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Biden Sides With Workers on the Picket Line We begin with the first American president to join striking workers on the picket line in Detroit today where Biden made an impassioned speech in favor of workers getting a fair deal and a decent wage in an economy in which CEOs are paid hundreds of times … Continued
Trump’s Latest Full-on Fascist Rant to Shut Down Any Media That’s Critical of Him We begin with Trump’s latest full-on fascist rant on Truth Social on Sunday against the media, in particular NBC and MSNBC, vowing, “I say up front, openly, proudly, that when I win the presidency of the United States, they and others … Continued
Tuesday Will See the First American President to Join a Picket Line in the UAW Strike in Detroit We begin with the first time an American president joined a picket line in support of a strike which will happen on Tuesday in Detroit when Biden joins the UAW strike against GM and Stellantis, sparing Ford … Continued
A Member of a Delegation of Australian Politicians in Washington Urging the US Not to Extradite Julian Assange We begin with a delegation of six Australian politicians from across the political spectrum delivering a message from 63 members of the Australian parliament that the vast majority of the Australian population feel strongly the Wikileaks founder … Continued
How the US Constitution’s Protection Against a Tyranny of the Majority Has Enabled a Tyranny of the Minority We begin with how the U.S. Constitution which was designed in part to protect against a tyranny of the majority, has generated the opposite problem by enabling a tyranny of the minority with the U.S. today more … Continued
In Spite of Damning, Salacious Testimony, Texas Republicans Acquit AG Paxton We begin with the acquittal of the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after damning and salacious testimony before the Texas State Senate which failed to sway Republican senators under pressure of threats from Trump and MAGA world to launch primary challenges against those who … Continued
The UAW and the Transition to EV: Avoiding the False Choice Between a Good Job and a Green Job We begin with the UAW strike and the possibility that two of the Democratic party’s main constituencies, unions and environmentalists could be on different sides as the pro-union Biden administration finds itself at odds with the … Continued
The False Equivalence of Hunter Biden on Trial While His Father is Running Against the Head of the Trump Crime Family We begin with the indictment today of Hunter Biden for allegedly making false statements on an ATF form and illegally possessing a handgun with the three counts heading for a possible criminal trial for … Continued
How Delusion and Distraction Now Dominate Our Politics We begin with how Speaker McCarthy is a prisoner of the madness that has captured the Republican party as he embarks on a fruitless impeachment of President Biden and a shutdown of the U.S. government at the end of the month. Joining us to discuss how delusion … Continued
Why Can’t Biden and the Pentagon Control Elon Musk From Helping His Pal Putin? We begin with Secretary of State Blinken’s inability to answer a question on CNN’s “State of the Union” about Elon Musk preventing Ukraine from attacking the Russian Black Sea fleet to stop it from firing Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets … Continued
