Patrick Cockburn joins the show for an update on Julian Assange, who continues to languish in jail as he awaits the results of his possible extradition from Britain to the U.S. on charges under the Espionage Act. Scott and Cockburn revisit the important role Assange has played in exposing government malfeasance over the last decade, including, notably, by enabling the heroic leaks by Chelsea Manning, which provided the source material for tens of thousands of news stories that the public needed to hear. Many in the mainstream media have been quick to vilify Assange, even though the supposed...
6/19/20 Dave DeCamp on the Killing of David McAtee
Dave DeCamp shares the tragic story of David McAtee, the owner of a barbecue restaurant in Louisville who was killed by National Guard troops during a recent night of protests. McAtee was cooking for a group of friends and customers several miles away from the nearest crowds of protesters, but the police showed up to enforce the city’s new curfew nonetheless. A small crowd began to rush toward McAtee’s restaurant, and thinking that it may have been looters, McAtee retrieved the gun he legally owned, possibly firing into the air as a warning. Some National Guard troops...
Dammit Pete, Quit Messing Around
How much did you pay this lady to record this thing? It just can't be real.
Trump Discovers Juneteenth, Claims No One Else Had Ever Heard of It and Takes Credit For Making It a Big Deal All At Once
Now that's leadership: On race issues, Mr. Trump said a black Secret Service agent told him the meaning of Juneteenth as the president was facing criticism for initially planning to hold his first campaign rally in three months on the day. The rally is scheduled to be held in Tulsa, Okla., where, in 1921, a mob of white residents attacked and killed black community members, destroying a thriving black business district. Holding a rally on that day, particularly as racial protests continued throughout the country, was insensitive, African-American leaders told Mr. Trump. He eventually pushed...
Liberal Hero John Bolton: Trump Cancelling Iran Strike ‘the Most Irrational Thing I Ever Witnessed Any President Do’
Partisanship makes people stupid. People who for partisan reasons hated Bolton's sorry guts in the W. Bush years now think he's just great as long as he's trashing Trump. But he's still a lunatic. More fun: https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1273623769781882880
Fauci Admits Government Lied About Masks
Just as we accused, Fauci admits the government was trying to manage the shortage in masks that they themselves had caused by lying directly to the American people for months that they absolutely should not wear them. Of course the only reason the hospitals needed them so badly was because people kept giving it to each other because they weren't wearing masks. Certainly tens of thousands of Americans are dead because they and/or the people who infected them believed and obeyed these lies. Tens of thousands. It isn't smears, it's droplets that spreads the disease. The shortage could have been...
Obama and Trump’s Ukrainian Nazis Support Derek Chauvin
https://twitter.com/27khv/status/1273308330673479680
Boris Johnson: Israeli Annexation Against Law
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank would “amount to a breach of international law.” Asked in the House of Commons about possible sanctions on Israel over the West Bank settlements, Johnson said: “I believe that what is proposed by Israel would amount to a breach of international law. We have strongly objected. We believe profoundly in a two-state solution and we will continue to make that case.” Not that he's going to do anything about it.