0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich
Depositions were scheduled to continue today, but for the second day this week, Trump officials have failed to appear. Thursday former National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to appear, but its doubtful he’ll show up. Sean Duffy, with the Office of Management and Budget charged with overseeing the aid for Ukraine, did not show up. No officials from the office has appeared before Congress. We discuss with our Capitol Hill correspondent, Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) is host of Letters and Politics, at 10am on KPFA and affiliated Pacifica stations.
0:34 – It’s Election Day in San Francisco: we discuss the ballot measures, campaign spending, and races for District Attorney and District 5 Supervisor, including recent revelations on how candidate Vallie Brown lied about a tenant dispute that occurred over 25 years ago, in which she evicted tenants unjustly. Those tenants are now suing for defamation.
Joe Eskenazi is managing editor and columnist at Mission Local, based in San Francisco.
Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org.
1:08 – Syria and the Resurgence of ISIS
Khury Petersen-Smith (@kpYES) is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration.
1:34 – 2020 Election Watch: Comparing Warren vs Sanders’ plans for paying for Medicare for All
Laurel Lucia is the Director of the Health Care Program the UC Berkeley Labor Center.