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Republican Billionaires are Moving the Democratic Party to the Right as AIPAC Buys Elections For Corporate Democrats We begin with the most expensive primary election in US history in New York’s 16th district which saw the unseating of a Democratic incumbent Jamaal Bowman defeated by a candidate recruited and financed by AIPAC, the Israel lobby, … Continued
A Journalist Who Faced Jail Under the Espionage Act on Assange’s Plea Deal We begin with the end of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s 14-year legal saga as he is due to appear on Wednesday in a US court in the Northern Marianas to be charged with one count under the Espionage Act in a plea … Continued
Trump’s Open Declaration of War Against the Rule of Law We begin with Trump’s open declaration of war against the rule of law, as he attacks judges, district attorneys, juries, witnesses, the FBI, election workers, government whistleblowers, Republican lawmakers who have criticized him, and media figures and journalists who have reported the many damning facts … Continued
Secret Recordings of Trump’s Dirty Trickster Reveals Plans to Steal the Next Election We begin with further secret recordings by Lauren Windsor and her associate Ally Sammarco, this time capturing Roger Stone at Mar-a-Lago bragging about plans to steal the 2024 election for Trump. We discuss the apocalyptic mindset on the MAGA right, which extends … Continued
Juneteenth and the Legacy of Racism in Texas We begin with today’s Juneteenth holiday and examine the legacy of racism in Texas, since Juneteenth celebrates the freeing of slaves in Texas who were cynically and cruelly kept in slavery in Texas well after the Emancipation Proclamation. Joining us is Melanye Price, Endowed Professor of Political … Continued
America’s Plutocrats Believe the Threat to Capitalism From Democrats is Worse Than the Threat to Democracy From Trump We begin with the money race between Biden and Trump, as Biden and Obama held a fundraiser in Los Angeles, while Trump promised the billionaires and CEOs of the Business Roundtable tax cuts and the heads of … Continued
Netanyahu Dissolves the War Cabinet as Tensions on Israel’s Border With Lebanon Intensify We begin with PM Netanyahu dissolving Israel’s war cabinet, as the danger of a war breaking out on the border between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies. Joining us from Israel is Asher Kaufman, Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and … Continued
The Senate Launches a Probe Into Jared Kushner’s $2 billion Payoff From Saudi Arabia’s MbS We begin with the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee asking Jared Kushner for more details about the $2 billion investment in his new company from Saudi Arabia’s MbS, at a time when there is much focus on Hunter Biden’s … Continued
The Hunter Biden Trial as a Political Hit Job, With More Humiliation of the Troubled Son Coming in the September Trial We begin with questions arising from yesterday’s conviction of Hunter Biden on three felony counts and ask why he did not plead guilty in the first place and how much the trial was a … Continued
The Undercover Activist Who Captured the Real Justice Alito as a Christian Nationalist We begin with the mask coming off the right-wing Supreme Court Justices. They claim to be fair and impartial but, in the cases of Thomas and Alito, it is increasingly obvious that they are ideologues, if not political hacks. Now the true … Continued
