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The Power Grab by Ohio Republicans Behind Today’s Election We begin with the important vote today in Ohio to stop a cynical Republican power grab aimed at heading off a November referendum for abortion rights that has majority support which the gerrymandered Republican-controlled legislature is trying to do and end run around by changing the … Continued
Have Putin and Xi Handed a Strategic Opportunity to the West We begin with the possibility that Putin’s disastrous invasion and Xi’s mismanagement of the pandemic have opened a narrow window of strategic opportunity for the West. Joining us is Mathew Burrows, a distinguished fellow and program lead for Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy and the Strategic … Continued
Ukraine Tries to Woo the BRICS Nations to Get Aboard Their Peace Plan We begin with the peace talks underway in Saudi Arabia at which 40 nations have sent senior officials to discuss Ukraine’s 10-point peace plan. With Russia not invited it is clear there is an attempt underway to appeal to the BRICS nations, … Continued
Trump’s Latest Indictment is not a First Amendment Issue About His Words. It’s About His Deeds We begin with political response to the latest four count federal indictment of Trump for the January 6 insurrection and election interference which Republicans and their Fox News echo chamber are spinning as a First Amendment issue of free … Continued
The GOP’s Long Quest For an Imperial Presidency. Now They’re About To Crown Trump King Donald the First We begin with the GOP’s long quest for an imperial presidency starting with Nixon but now accelerating with frightening plans developed by Trump’s inner circle and the Heritage Foundation that envision an even more powerful imperial presidency … Continued
The Ukrainian Peace Plan to be Discussed by 30 Nations in Saudi Arabia on August 5 We begin with the peace plan put forth by Ukraine that will be discussed by representatives of 30 countries on August 5 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the Saudis acting as the brokers for a peace deal between Russia … Continued
More Indictments of Trump That Pro-Trump Jurors in Florida Could Agree Are Crimes We begin with the superseding indictments of Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case with 3 new charges bringing the total to 40 counts. We discuss how the new charges could be easily understood by jurors, in particular pro-Trump jurors in Florida, … Continued
We begin with an article written in 2018 “Autocratic Legalism” which has been translated into a book in Hebrew and has become a must-read in Israel to explain the movement by Netanyahu and the Israeli right from democracy to autocracy. Joining us is the author of the article Kim Lane Scheppele, a Professor of Sociology and … Continued
We begin with Hunter Biden’s plea agreement falling apart, Rudy Guiliani conceding he made defamatory charges against election workers in Georgia, General Flynn and Peter Navarro calling for civil war while blaming it on Democrats and the expectation that a third indictment against Trump for January 6 could come as early as tomorrow, Thursday. Joining … Continued
