Cliff Schecter guest hosts the show today. In addition to being Founder and President of the public relations and political strategy firm, Libertas LLC, he is also a regular guest of Leslie's on the show.

Cliff is joined by four different guests during the show.

First, he's joined by Thomas J. Sugrue is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History at New York University.

The two discuss how Donald Trump has went beyond dog whistles and is openly courting racists in this year’s presidential election. They also discuss the ways that some of America is ripe for the picking in this area.

Tom’s website is tomsugrue.com and his Twitter handle is @TomSugrue.

Second, Cliff is joined by Jared Yates Sexton, a political correspondent and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Georgia Southern University.

The two discuss Jared’s undercover reporting at multiple Trumps rallies, where is discovered horrific racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, and more. (https://newrepublic.com/article/134534/told-truth-donald-trump-rally-trolls-threatened-life)

Jared’s website is jysexton.com and his Twitter handle is @JYSexton.
Third, Cliff is joined by Ladd Everitt, the Director of One Pulse for America, a gun violence prevention group founded by actor and activist George Takei and Team Takei in response to the mass shooting in an LGBTQ club in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016.
Cliff and Ladd are joined by callers as they discuss how to break the NRA’s stranglehold over our lawmakers in order to finally pass common sense gun reforms.
Ladd’s Twitter handle is @LaddEveritt and the Facebook page for “One Pulse for America” is www.Facebook.com/groups/1779750855570640/.

Cliff’s final guest today is Jason Boxt, Managing Director of The Glover Park Group. Jason leads the group’s Research Division, providing public opinion research, message development and issue advocacy expertise. His organization’s website is www.gpg.com.
Cliff and Jason break down the latest National and State polls for this year’s Presidential election, as well as some Congressional races. They also discuss how much stock to put into traditional polls versus daily tracking polls.
Cliff Schecter has worked on campaigns or as a public relations consultant for everyone from former President Bill Clinton to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation.

Schecter is the author of the 2008 Bestseller "The Real McCain," a columnist for The Daily Beast and sits on the Board of the Ohio Innocence Project.
His Twitter handle is @CliffSchecter.