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Erdogan Fails to Revive the Black Sea Grain Deal as Ukraine Breaks Through Russian Defenses We begin with the unsuccessful effort by Turkey’s Erdogan to revive the grain deal for Russia and Ukraine to resume exports of much needed food to Africa and other states and get an update on the war as Ukraine appears … Continued


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The Summer of Strikes Enters the Fall With Energized Labor Movements From Hollywood to Detroit We begin on this Labor Day as the summer of strikes is about to go into the fall with the UAW contract expiring on September 14, leading to a possible walk-out that would shut down the Big Three automakers over … Continued


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What Happened to America’s Liberals and Can They Reimagine a Vision For the Future? We begin with the question of what happened to America’s liberal majority that dominated the Supreme Court, the House and Senate for decades from the 1960’s to the 1980’s to the point where now liberals seem to be betting their success … Continued


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The Political Rise of the Annoyingly Ambitious Ramaswamy Who Will Do or Say Anything to Get Ahead We begin with Trump toying with the idea of Ramaswamy as his running mate because Ramaswamy said Trump was the greatest American president for a generation. Joining us to discuss the Republican presidential candidate rising in the polls … Continued


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As DeSantis Erases Black History, His Campaign Appeals to the Likes of the Young White Nazi Who Murdered 3 Blacks In Jacksonville We begin with Sunday’s vigil for the three African Americans murdered by a young white Nazi with swastikas painted on his assault rifle at which Governor Ron DeSantis was booed by the local … Continued


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Today’s Pentagon Announcement to Deploy Thousands of Drones and AI Robotic Warfare Platforms Against China Within Two Years We begin with the announcement today by the Pentagon of an ambitious new program to build and deploy within two years, thousands of drones and robotic warfare platforms operating on AI that will counter China’s defenses along … Continued


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How NASA and the DoD Defer to Elon Musk Who Holds Ukraine’s Fate in His Hands While Buying What Putin is Selling We begin with revelations in The New Yorker that Elon Musk has enormous leverage over the U.S. government, NASA, the Department of Defense and the country of Ukraine whose fate in this war … Continued


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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Deny Global Warming and Would Support Trump For President Even If He Is In Jail We begin with last night’s Republican presidential primary debate at which almost all the candidates denied global warming with one calling it a hoax while agreeing to support Trump for the 2024 presidency even if he were … Continued


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Revenge is Putin’s Dish Best Served Cold to His Former Chef We begin with what appears to be an act of terrorism by Vladimir Putin against his former chef Yevgeny Prigozhin who he labelled as a traitor two months ago for challenging Putin’s leadership in a dramatic march by Wagner mercenaries on Moscow. Joining us … Continued


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