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0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Trump says his Administration will not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, launching a constitutional crisis John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) is the Washington correspondent with the Nation Magazine, and author of the book The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism. Get yours for a pledge of $80 to KPFA. 0:08 – An … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Lessons of the Nixon Impeachment Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) is a journalist and author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. Yours for a pledge of $125 to KPFA. 1:08 – Fund Drive Special: The Great White Hoax, featuring anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise (@timjacobwise), explores … Continued
0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch Impeachment Watch edition: Kurt Volker, Ambassador Gordon Sondland, and William Taylor and what happened on the diplomatic level around Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. 0:25 – Fund Drive Special: Blake Spalding (@blakerspalding) is a chef and co-owner of Hell’s Backbone Grill in Boulder, a Buddhist principled, farm-to-table … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: The real danger of Trump’s ‘civil war’ tweets, and the right-wing militia groups listening Adele Stan (@AddieStan) is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a columnist at The American Prospect. 0:25 – Fall Fund Drive: All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone describes how Independent journalist I. F. … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Inside the politics of Ukraine Nicolai Petro is the Silvia-Chandley Professor of Peace Studies and Nonviolence, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island. He also served as the US State Department’s special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union under President George HW Bush. 0:27 – Fund Drive: … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: Bill Barr, and who’s breaking the law in Trump’s inner circle Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel) is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties at emptywheel.net 0:25 – Fall Fund Drive: Dr Michael Greger (@nutrition_facts) is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and … Continued
0:08 – Impeachment Watch: How whistle-blowing works (and doesn’t) David Colapinto is one of the founders and General Counsel of the National Whistleblower Center, dedicated to protecting and obtaining public support and legal assistance for whistleblowers, based in Washington DC. 0:30 – Fall Fund Drive Launch: The End of ICE by Dahr Jamail Dahr Jamail … Continued
0:08 – Brian is back from the UN Climate Action Summit; we discuss impeachment, the escalating political conflict between House Democrats and the White House, potentially implosive conflict inside Fox News covering Trump and impeachment, and more. 0:34 – Oakland resident Doniece joins us to share her personal story of what it’s like to be … Continued
0:08 – Earlier this month a 14 year old girl committed suicide in Kenya after being shamed by her teacher for starting her period in class. We discuss the stigma and shame around menstrual cycles that led to the girl’s death, and the details surrounding it, with Tamerra Griffin (@tamerra_nikol) East Africa correspondent for BuzzFeed News … Continued
0:08 – Special Live Coverage: The House Intelligence Committee holds a public hearing to question Joseph Maguire, the Director of National Intelligence, over the handling of the whistleblower case at the heart of the impeachment launch. The whistleblower reported to superiors through proper intelligence channels, alleging Trump asked a foreign power, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky … Continued
