The Democratic Party is less than enthusiastic about two rising third-party campaigns, echoing national tensions between progressives and the establishment.

"In Philadelphia, the Working Families Party went all in, backing two candidates who ran third-party bids — one of them, Kendra Brooks, took a seat that had been held by Republicans since the ’50s. Typically, WFP allies with Democrats, but this time the party ran on its own, aiming for two spots the city charter reserves for minority party council members. Brooks, with no help from the Dems, knocked out a Republican — shifting the balance of power left in the City Council. "

Prof Michael Hudson takes listeners through the new economic model of kleptocracy in a German interview. He has some tough advice for Germans, for democratic supporters.