As Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team charges yet another person in its federal investigation – this time a lawyer who worked with Paul Manafort – we’ll turn to our frequent guest Kevin Gosztola to put into context this story and the earlier indictment of 13 Russian nationals and ask whether or not online Russian trolls … Continued
Is the Nunes memo, much ado about nothing? We’ll begin our show today with Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause to discuss what the release of the controversial memo means, and whether Trump and his backers will succeed in muddying the waters of the Mueller investigation. Then our pop culture correspondent Stephanie Abraham will join us … Continued
The California Senate has passed SB 562 – a landmark bill for a single payer healthcare system in the nation’s most populous state. On today’s show we’ll speak with Michael Lighty of National Nurses United about what the vote means and the political hurdles that remain. And, we’ll hear part 2 of a 2 part … Continued
The Venezuelan government continues to face mass opposition protests in the streets as its economy falls amid reports of GM pulling out. But there is so much distortion about Venezuela in the US media that it’s hard to make sense of what is really happening. On today’s show we’ll turn to Miguel Tinker Salas, a … Continued
The Washington Post, in a widely critiqued article recently promoted the work of a secret group that has labeled hundreds of websites as pro-Russian propaganda. Today we’ll turn to Joshua Frank, managing editor of Counterpunch, which one of the media outlets identified by the neo-Red Baiting outfit. And, author and academic Steven Salaita joins us … Continued
