2020 Pete Buttigieg announces he is running for president. Currently, he is mayor of South Bend, Indiana. [Link] Tulsi Gabbard warns that Trump, Israel and Saudi Arabia are pushing the US into an unwise war with Iran. [Link] Assange Trevor Timm breaks down the...
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How You Can Be Certain That The US Charge Against Assange Is Fraudulent
Julian Assange sits in a jail cell today after being betrayed by the Ecuadorian government and his home country of Australia. A British judge named Michael Snow has found the WikiLeaks founder guilty of violating bail conditions, inserting himself into the annals of...
4/12/19 Daniel Lazare on the Plot to Use George Papadopolous to Get to Trump
Scott talks to Daniel Lazare about the story of George Papadopoulos, the young man at the center of the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump. Lazare recently reviewed Papadopolous's book, in which he claims to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing and merely a...
4/12/19 James Carden on America’s New Cold War with Russia
James Carden joins the show to talk about the obsolescence of NATO as the organization turns 70 this year. Far from Russia expanding its influence westward, as was feared, Carden explains how the U.S. has actually been the one to expand eastward, largely by including...
News Roundup 4/12/19
Assange Arrested The indictment of Julian Assange has been unsealed. He is charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. The charges are for the 2010 leak by Chelsea Manning. [Link] Trump says Wikileaks 'really isn’t his thing' and the Department of Justice...
Pardoning Assange Would be the First Step Back Toward Rule of Law
On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country’s London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his...
This Week in Congress Wrap-Up
Here is the roll-call vote on S.J.Res. 7, the resolution calling on the U.S. to end involvement in the Yemen Civil War. The vote was 247-176. Every Democrat plus 15 Republicans voted for the bill. Representative Justin Amash (MI-03) voted “present” because he objected...
News Roundup 4/11/19
Assange Arrested London police have arrested Julian Assange. Ecuador withdrew his asylum. [Link] US News The Department of Defense has awarded $1 billion in contracts to two companies to build portions of the southern border wall. [Link] Attorney General Barr says he...
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