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The Casual Cruelty of the Recently Impeached Texas AG in Delaying a Life-Threatening Abortion We begin with the Texas Supreme Court issuing a stay on a ruling in a critical abortion case that would have allowed a pregnant woman to have an abortion because her life and her future fertility are in danger. The recently … Continued
A Meaningless Debate in a Democratic Ritual That Avoided Discussing Our Endangered Democracy We begin with the last of the Republican presidential candidates’ debate which was on a lesser known network NewsNation and featured the final four Christie, DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy challenging Trump who was not on the debate stage and is way ahead … Continued
How the Laws of War, International Law and the Right of Self-Defense Apply to the War in Gaza We begin with an exploration of how the laws of war, international law and the right of self-defense apply to the war in Gaza as the civilian death toll in Gaza mounts and PM Netanyahu castigates the … Continued
The Target of a Lunatic Conspiracy Theory Who Trump Claims Encouraged Jan. 6 Violence on Behalf of the Deep State We begin with one of Trump’s new targets who Trump’s lawyers named in court filings asking the DOJ for documents to support a lunatic conspiracy theory that our first guest today encouraged violence on Capitol … Continued
An Assessment of the Chillingly Precise Intelligence Report on the Planned Hamas Attack That Was Ignored We begin with the resumption of Israel’s war on Gaza and get an intelligence assessment of the devastating 40 page report called “Jericho Wall” that was analyzed and shared by Israeli military and intelligence officials for a year before … Continued
The Death of Henry Kissinger, a Great Elder Statesman to Some and a War Criminal to Others We begin with the death of Henry Kissinger at the age of 100 and get an appraisal of his life and legacy which is clearly controversial since Kissinger is being hailed as a great elder statesman by some … Continued
The Host of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai Exposed as a Cynic Willing to Sacrifice the Planet for Money and Power We begin with the damaging leak ahead on Thursday’s start on the UN’s annual climate summit COP 28 in Dubai from a whistleblower to the Center for Climate Reporting which reveals that the … Continued
Tensions Inside Netanyahu’s Cabinet and Between Him and the IDF Leadership We will begin with Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu hosting the Nazi/anti-Semite-friendly Elon Musk whose social media platform is awash with white nationalist hate and extremism that is not just tolerated, but is encouraged by Musk in the name of free speech. Joining us is Dr. Guy Ziv, a … Continued
An Update on Trump’s Many Trials and Whether He Will Be Sentenced Before the Election We will begin with an update on the many trials Trump is facing and whether there will be a verdict and sentencing of the former president before the next election after which, if he wins back the presidency, Trump will … Continued
Was the Generosity of Native Americans Towards the Pilgrims Repaid With Genocide? We begin on this Thanksgiving with a history of this uniquely American holiday and explore whether the generosity of the Native Americans toward the first white settlers was later repaid with genocide. Joining us is Stefan Aune, a Professor of American Studies at Williams … Continued
