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Congress Hearing on Russian Hacking and US Cybersecurity

In this episode, we hear footage from today’s Senate hearing on Russian hacking and US cybersecurity. Then, Norman Solomon, journalist, media critic, activist, founder of Rootsaction.org, and author of War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.   And Arun Gupta (journalist and co-founder of The Indypendent and the Occupied Wall Street Journal) discus their perspectives on the … Continued


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Historian Matthew Delmont discusses the controversy over school desegregation in the 1960s and 70s and how it was reduced by the media and politicians to the frame of “busing” students.  He reflects on the political implications of turning civil rights and segregation in the North into the narrow issue of school transfers. Resources: Matthew F. … Continued


New Trump Immigration Memo Revives Call for Obama to Pardon All Undocumented Immigrants, Extend DACA; Rep. Grijalva: Power of the People Key to Stopping Repeal of Obamacare & Worst Instincts of Trump; Trump Treasury Pick Steven Mnuchin’s Bank OneWest Accused of Widespread Misconduct; Privacy Advocates Warn of Potential Surveillance Through Listening Devices Like Amazon Echo, … Continued


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