0:08 – Impeachment proceedings Tuesday night went through midnight, with Democrats and Republicans clashing over whether the public will see testimony from witnesses and earning admonishment from Chief Justice John Roberts. Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) says Mitch McConnell risks crossing independent voters who want to see an open and thorough trial.
0:19 – More than 8,000 people have been displaced by the earthquakes that hit Puerto Rico in past weeks, hammering a population still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Maria. Documentary filmmaker and journalist Juan Carlos Dávila (@juancinedoc) joins us from Puerto Rico to give an update on the residents camping outside their homes for safety, and the protests outside the office of Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced.
0:34 – An Iraqi man was denied access to metadata from Facebook to mount a legal defense in court, while that information was available to law enforcement. Social media and data giants are collaborating with prosecutors, but not defense attorneys — and this stacks the deck against anyone accused of a crime. For more we speak with Rebecca Wexler (@RebeccaWexler), an assistant professor of law at Berkeley Law and the faculty co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.
0:49 – A 25-year-old female entrepreneur is bringing solar power to Palestinians in the impoverished Gaza Strip. It’s a small but hopeful step for Gaza, where the 1.8 million residents suffer from chronic power shortages and live in fear of Israel bombing their sole power plant. Rami Almeghari reports from Gaza.
1:08 – Wedgewood Propreties is slated to negotiate to sell the house occupied by Moms 4 Housing to a land trust and nonprofit. But what is a land trust? Zachary Murray, a housing policy expert and the program director for the Oakland Community Land Trust (@oakclt), says the organizations create “deep democracy” in the process of housing and land use.
1:34 – Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich), host of Letters and Politics, gives an update on impeachment. KPFA is broadcasting impeachment proceedings every day live from 10 a.m. until the evening.