On today’s show we’ll explore the consequences of Trump firing Jeff Sessions and replacing him with Matt Whitaker. Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause will clarify what this means for the Special Counsel’s investigation into election-wrong doing. Then we’ll go to Georgia where a fight over the gubernatorial race has emerged as Democrat Stacey Abrams refuses … Continued
On today’s show we’ll analyze Day 2 of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings with my guest Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause. We’ll play clips from the exchanges between Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy and Kavanaugh’s responses on issues such as reproductive rights, gun control and presidential authority. Then, Chris Hedges speaks about his newest … Continued
On today’s show we first cover the main news of the day; then, we’ll delve into the indictment of 12 Russian military officers by Special Counsel Robert Mueller – the first such charges in the on-going inquiry. We’ll turn to Stephen Spaulding for what the indictment says and means. Then, we’ll go to the UK … Continued
Donald Trump has claimed the “absolute right” to pardon himself and also claimed he can pardon anyone he likes, in his on-going defensive posture toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The wild claims come at the same time that Mueller has accused Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort with witness tampering, which will likely lead … 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
On today’s show we’ll take up the unconscionable tactics that the Republican Party resorted to in order to pass the largest tax code re-write in recent history at the Senate, even though the Trump administration has been roiled in news of Michael Flynn’s guilty plea. We’ll speak with Stephen Spaulding of Common Cause about the … Continued
The Republican-dominated House has passed the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, which critics point out violates due process rights and encourages racial profiling. The act passed at the same time as the future of the DACA program is in grave danger. On today’s show we’ll speak with Thomas Saenz of the Mexican American Legal … Continued
