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Trump’s History of Using and Abusing Women We begin with the role The National Enquirer played in helping to elect Trump in 2016, which emerged from today’s testimony from the tabloid’s ex-publisher David Pecker, who operated a “catch and kill” policy of burying damaging stories about Trump and his extramarital affairs, including Trump’s sexual encounter … Continued
Arrests of Students Protesting the War in Gaza Spread From Columbia to Yale We begin with dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza arrested today at Yale University following last week’s arrests of over 100 at Columbia University and speak with Alexander Sammon, a politics writer at Slate who has previously written for Mother Jones, … Continued
A View From Ukraine as the Fate of Their Country Hangs in the Hands of Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene We begin with Speaker Johnson promising the Ukraine aid bill will be on the House floor on Saturday, as the far-right Republican pro-Putin caucus intensifies their threats against him. We go to Ukraine to … Continued
The Prologue to the Trump Criminal Trial Underway in Which AG Barr Went Out of His Way to Protect “Individual 1” We begin with the criminal trial of Donald Trump underway in New York and examine the prologue to the trial, going back to the case brought by the Republican SDNY U.S. Attorney at the … Continued
A Look Inside Iran as Its People Wait for Israel’s Retaliation Which Could Lead to a Wider War We begin with a look inside of Iran to gauge the attitudes of its people, as the country waits for a retaliation from Israel that could lead to a wider war. Joining us is Assal Rad, former … Continued
Biden Meets With Iraq’s P.M. Over Concerns That U.S. Troops in Iraq and Syria Are Vulnerable if Israel Retaliates Against Iran We begin with today’s White House meeting between President Biden and Iraq’s Prime Minister Al-Sudani to discuss the future of U.S. troops in a country heavily influenced by Iran, with the possibility of an … Continued
Israel’s AI Tools “Gospel,” “Lavender” and “Where’s Daddy” are Being Used for Targeted Assassinations in Gaza We begin with information emerging that Israel has weaponized artificial intelligence and that AI tools are being used in Gaza for targeted assassinations, with the “Gospel” system used to target buildings used by militants, “Lavender” used to compile kill … Continued
The Arizona Supreme Court Takes the State Back to 1864 Before it Was a State With a Draconian Abortion Law We begin with the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling to take Arizona back 160 years to before it was a state, making an 1864 law criminalizing abortion the law of the land in two weeks. Joining … Continued
Did Trump’s Lawyers Mislead the NY Appeals Court to Get a Lower Bond? We begin with information emerging that the $175 million bond put up by Don Hankey Jr, the bottom-feeding billionaire who so far has lined Trump’s pockets with $400 million, may have been the result of Trump’s lawyers misleading the New York Appeals … Continued
Top House Republicans Express Concern Russian Propaganda Has a Foothold Among Members and Has Infected the Party’s Base We will begin with two top House Republicans Mike Turner, the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee and Michael McCaul, the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee both expressing concern that Russian propaganda has found a … Continued
