Explosions rock a chemical plant in Crosby, Texas after flooding cuts off power to refrigeration needed to keep the volatile substances from catching fire. California Senator Kamala Harris announces she will co-sponsor Bernie Sanders Medicare-for-All legislation when he introduces it this month. A group of State Senate Democrats proposes one billion dollars in cap … Continued
A Republican Senator introduces a single payer amendment to the Senate health legislation — hoping to embarrass Democrats by putting them on the record. Single-payer supporter Bernie Sanders call the move a sham and says he’ll introduce his own legislation later. A statewide tenants coalition takes action in several California cities to confront the California Apartment … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: From Mad to Madness: Inside Pentagon Nuclear War Planning. And on the next installment of the Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletin: Bernie Sanders and Jesse Jackson join hands to take on Trumps Vote Thief-in-Chief
Puerto Ricans boycotted an election over the idea of statehood versus independence or remaining a US territory. On today’s show we’ll speak with activist and academic Rosa Clemente, one of our news correspondents, to try to understand the vote results, and why she and others support full independence from the US. And, we’ll continue our … Continued
Full Interview: Naomi Klein on “No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics”; “No Is Not Enough”: Best-Selling Author Naomi Klein on Challenging Trump’s Shock Doctrine Politics; Naomi Klein: Trump is the First Fully Commercialized Global Brand to Serve as U.S. President; Naomi Klein on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders & Youth-Led Grassroots Progressive Insurgencies; Naomi … Continued
Full Interview: Naomi Klein on “No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics”; “No Is Not Enough”: Best-Selling Author Naomi Klein on Challenging Trump’s Shock Doctrine Politics; Naomi Klein: Trump is the First Fully Commercialized Global Brand to Serve as U.S. President; Naomi Klein on Jeremy Corbyn, Bernie Sanders & Youth-Led Grassroots Progressive Insurgencies; Naomi … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich talks with Jonathan Allen who covers the White House and the 2016 presidential campaign for Bloomberg News. An award-winning reporter, he has also written extensively about Congress and national politics, and he appears frequently as a political analyst on national television news programs. Jonathan Allen is co-author of the book Shattered: Inside Hillary … Continued
Vermont Independent Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announces a new push for Medicare for All in the wake of the failure of the Republican drive to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Senate Democrats force a one week delay in the confirmation vote for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. Ranking Democrat … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Will the Trump administration deliberately and actively sabotage Obamacare for millions of Americans? Also. will Bernie Sanders Introduce Medicare for all, or just for some? We’ll ask Corporate Crime Report Editor Russell Mokhiber that question. And the city of Oakland considers public banking; we’ll talk to an expert advocate and a local … Continued
House Republicans have pulled a bill to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act after failing to secure enough votes despite heavy lobbying from President Trump. The bill was opposed by the entire Democratic party as well as some moderate Republicans and many members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus. House Republicans have pulled … Continued
