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Israel’s Killing of Seven Aid Workers Who Were Feeding Starving Gazans Sparks International Outrage We begin with Israel’s killing of seven aid workers from Palestine, the UK, Australia, Poland, Canada, and the U.S. who were with Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen, making food for the starving Gazans. Joining us to discuss this and Israel’s … Continued
New Evidence on “Havana Syndrome” Links the GRU’s Assassination Unit 29155 to the Mysterious Attacks on U.S. Officials and Their Families We begin with revelations from a joint investigation by CBS’ 60 Minutes, Der Spiegel, and The Insider that the AHI (Anomalous Health Incidents) known as “Havana Syndrome,” which incapacitated a number of high-ranking U.S. … Continued
While a Bitcoin Fraudster Gets a 25 Year Sentence Today, the Head of the SEC Gives Bitcoin a New Lease on Life We begin with today’s sentencing of the Bitcoin fraudster Sam Bankman Fried, who got 25 years for bilking customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange out of $8 billion. We speak with Robert Kuttner, the … Continued
Plutocrats Are Backing Trump, Not Because They Like Him, but to Extend Trump’s Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich We begin with America’s plutocrats lining up to support Trump, not because they like him, but because he will extend the Trump tax cuts for the ultra-rich when they expire next year. Joining us to discuss the … Continued
Is Israel Becoming a Strategic Liability For the United States? We begin with the growing rift between President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu and get an analysis of whether there could be a foreign policy shift beyond the immediate difficulty of dealing with an arrogant leader who is invested in continuing a war in order … Continued
A Look at the Islamic State’s Global Terrorist Franchises While Putin Tries to Shift the Blame Onto Ukraine We begin with Putin shifting the blame onto Ukraine as he tries to exploit the rage from the trauma the Russian people have following the slaughter of their citizens in a terrorist attack, which is similar to … Continued
Can the Public Own Giant Tech Companies Who Operate as Monopolies? We begin with the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Apple and explore the possibility of public ownership of the giant tech companies that operate as monopolies and control much of what we interact with socially, politically and economically. Joining us is Nathan Schneider, a Professor of … Continued
As a Million Gazans Starve, Kushner’s Callous Remarks on the Value of Their Beachfront Property Resonate While Netanyahu Talks to Republican Senators and the House Speaker We begin with Netanyahu addressing the Republican senators today by video after a lengthy call with House Speaker Johnson, who promised to host a future visit to the embattled … Continued
Who Will Come up With the Billion Dollars Trump Needs as he Faces the Prospect of His Assets Being Seized? We begin with Trump’s appeal to the New York appeals court for extra time to find the billion dollars he will need to appeal his fraud conviction, which is not going well after 30 bond … Continued
An Alarming Poll on the Rise of the “Duel Haters” Who Want Neither Trump nor Biden We begin with the findings from a veteran pollster that “duel haters” – voters who don’t want either Trump or Biden and were 18% of the voters in 2016 – are now at 23% of the electorate, with 91% … Continued
