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We begin and go to the UK to speak with Alec Bertina, a freelance journalist and researcher of non-traditional security actors with a focus on Russian private military contractors and paramilitary groups. He is an all source analyst for Grey Dynamics and a conflict analyst for Militant Wire. We assess claims by Prigozhin that his Wagner … Continued
We begin and go to Japan for an update on the G7 summit which has been dominated by the surprise arrival of Ukraine’s President Zelensky on a French government plane leading to pledges from world leaders to starve Russia of resources used in its war machine while calling for a free and open Indo-Pacific and … Continued
We begin with the G7 summit underway in Hiroshima, Japan and examine the inescapable symbolism of Hiroshima summoning the issue of nuclear weapons to the forefront even if the summit’s agenda is largely about Ukraine, climate change and countering China’s more assertive foreign policy. Joining us to discuss what is likely to happen with Saturday’s … Continued
We begin with reaction to the sudden cancellation of the Quad meeting in Australia and President Biden’s planned visit to that country along with his cancellation of the first trip by an American President to Papua New Guinea. This is happening because of the threat from far-right radicals on the House Freedom Caucus who hold … Continued
We begin with what could be the most damaging evidence against Trump emerging from an even more tawdry tabloid source than the porn star Stormy Daniels, in this case lurid details backed up by recorded evidence in Monday’s 70 page lawsuit brought against Rudy Giuliani in a Manhattan court by Noelle Dunphy who served as … Continued
We begin with the continuing standoff over the debt ceiling with the threat of default looming on June first. Joining us to discuss what the possibilities are that would enable Biden to call the House Republicans’ bluff is Stephanie Kelton, a professor of economics and public policy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. … Continued
We begin with the frightening prospect that Donald Trump could return to the White House with a recent ABC/Washington Post poll having Biden 6 points behind Trump. Although many Americans found Trump’s recent CNN Town Hall appalling, it is increasingly apparent that what Democrats think should disqualify him only makes him stronger and more dangerous. … Continued
We begin with last night’s CNN Town Hall which had Donald Trump spewing out a torrent of lies steamrolling the valiant moderator trying to fact check him before a Republican audience that applauded his crude and cruel remarks. Joining us to discuss a problem that goes beyond Trump’s unstable unfitness for office as our country … Continued
We begin with the indictment today of Republican Congressman George Santos on 13 counts, 7 on wire fraud, 3 counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and 2 counts of lying to the House of Representatives on financial forms. Joining us is a reporter who has followed the saga of this … Continued
We begin with the verdict today in a civil trial in a Manhattan Federal Court that found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation fining him $5 million in damages. Joining us to gauge the reaction from Republicans and rival Republican candidates to determine whether morality will become an issue for a … Continued
