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In this episode of On the Corner of Main Street, Jonathan Jossel and Gary Vickery sit down with the legendary Alex Yemenidjian, former CEO of MGM Studios and Tropicana Las Vegas. Alex shares his fascinating journey from Argentina to Los Angeles, his career beginnings in accounting, and his unexpected yet influential relationship with Kirk Kerkorian, one of the most iconic figures in Las Vegas history. Alex discusses the transformations in Las Vegas, from the early days of big personalities like Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson to the boom in themed mega-resorts like MGM Grand and New York-New York. He shares insights into his role in building MGM's legacy, including orchestrating high-stakes events like Mike Tyson's fights, the art of creating Vegas resorts with a "wow" factor, and his strategic acquisition of the Mirage. Later in the episode, Alex reflects on his time revitalizing the Tropicana and how he foresees the future of Las Vegas development. Tune in to hear stories about power moves, Vegas transformations, and invaluable life lessons from one of the most respected minds in gaming.

Identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, contemporary Macau has metamorphosed into a surreal, hypermodern urban landscape augmented by massive casino megaresorts, including two of the world's largest buildings. In Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China's Consumer Revolution, Tim Simpson uncovers various roots of the region's radical transformation. Here, Simpson is joined in conversation with Cathryn H. Clayton.Tim Simpson is associate professor of communication at the University of Macau.Cathryn H. Clayton is associate professor and chair of the Asian studies program at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.WORKS REFERENCED:David Schwartz / Suburban XanaduNatasha Dow Schüll / Addiction by DesignSusan Strange / Casino CapitalismCathryn H. Clayton / Sovereignty at the EdgePEOPLE REFERENCED:Sheldon AdelsonJohn Maynard KeynesDeng Xiaoping“A must-read for scholars and practitioners of urban planning and architecture, particularly those working in or studying urbanization in China.” —Miodrag MitrašinovićBetting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China's Consumer Revolution is available from University of Minnesota Press.

At a donor event last week with Miriam Adelson, the widow of Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, Donald Trump promised to be the best friend Jews have ever had in the White House. The event was entitled “Fighting Antisemitism in America.” This is what Trump said: “My promise to Jewish Americans is this: With your vote, I will be your defender, your protector, and I will be the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House. But in all fairness, I already am.” And without your vote? Later the same day, he spoke at the Israeli...Article Link

On his show, Phil Donahue never shied away from questioning those in power, be they government officials or corporate CEOs. And there was no more frequent guest on his program than Ralph Nader. Along with guests Joan Claybrook, Michael Jacobson and Jeff Cohen, we pay tribute to a man Ralph calls “the greatest enabler and defender of the First Amendment right of free speech in American history.”Joan Claybrook is one of the public interest champions of the modern consumer movement, and she is president emeritus of Public Citizen. Prior to becoming president of Public Citizen, Ms. Claybrook was head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981. Before serving as NHTSA administrator, she founded and ran Public Citizen's Congress Watch division and worked for the Public Interest Research Group, the National Traffic Safety Bureau, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[Phil Donahue] had the deepest understanding of the First Amendment of anybody I've ever met. And the reason is that not only did he have these voiceless leaders and victims on a show that other media would avoid like the plague—it would upset their advertisers, who would upset their corporate bosses—he would have people on whose views he vehemently disagreed with.Ralph NaderPhil [Donahue] knew that it wasn't just important to reach people on his show—that he had to have them accessible to materials that elaborated it in greater detail. And he did that for lots of people. But it all started with his sense of the purpose of the media and a public philosophy of justice for all.Ralph NaderDonahue was a great source of help to get information out to the public that they really wanted. And no one else would publicize it.Joan ClaybrookMichael Jacobson holds a PhD. in microbiology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he co-founded and then led the Center for Science in the Public Interest for four decades. Dr. Jacobson is the author of Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet. And he is the founder of the National Food Museum.Phil really was one of a kind— where he studied up on the topic, he knew it thoroughly, he was smart, he was generous, kind, thoughtful, asked good questions. So it was just a wonderful, positive experience for various reasons to be on his terrific daytime TV show.Dr. Michael JacobsonJeff Cohen is Co-Founder and Policy Director at RootsAction. He is a media critic, columnist, documentary filmmaker, and retired journalism professor who founded the media watch group FAIR—Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting— in 1986. For years, he was a regular pundit on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC discussing issues of media and politics, and he is the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. He was senior producer of MSNBC's Phil Donahue Show until it was terminated on the eve of the Iraq war.Management wrecked the show, and then they terminated the show three weeks before the invasion of Iraq. And remember, they terminated us right after the biggest anti-war marches in global history up until that point. And obviously there was a huge audience— if they had allowed Phil Donahue to be Phil Donahue and put on the experts that we wanted to put on. And we would have gotten huge ratings—but they ruined the show, they hurt our ratings. [And] when we were terminated—in spite of all of management's interference—we were still the most-watched program on MSNBC. Management doesn't usually cancel their most-watched television show, but they did it at MSNBC.Jeff CohenIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 8/21/241. Last week, the Kamala Harris campaign announced their first major policy proposal: “a federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries,” per the New York Times. In a statement to reporters, the campaign said this policy would “[set]…rules of the road to make clear that big corporations can't unfairly exploit consumers to run up excessive corporate profits on food and groceries,” according to the Washington Post. Reporter Jeff Stein further elaborates that this plan is expected to include “[money] for small firms to compete [and will] Challenge [industry] mergers.” This policy stems from the Federal Trade Commission report published by the New York Times in March, that found “Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions …[and] used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.”2. This week of course Kamala Harris is in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. Just before the convention, Mother Jones ran a profile of progressive Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, in which he said “What's happening right now [in Palestine] is not only egregious, it is genocidal.” Chicago is the largest local government in the United States to pass a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Further illustrating the success of pro-Palestine activism, Prem Thakker of the Intercept reports the DNC “will host [its] first ever panel on Palestinian human rights,” featuring Layla Elabed, co-leader of the Uncommitted movement, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, former Congressman Andy Levin, and Jim Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, among others. Ms. Elabed and her compatriot Abbas Alawieh said in a statement “Our focus remains on policy change. Vice President Harris has an opportunity to unite the party against Trump…by turning the page toward a human rights policy that saves lives…We will keep pushing for our party's leadership to break away from its current financing of Israel's horrific assault on Gaza and military rule over Palestinians.”3. Yet another sign that pro-Palestine activism is shifting the center of gravity in the Democratic Party, last Friday dozens of congressional Democrats – including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi – sent a letter to President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken “urging a halt to weapons transfers to Israel,” per AP. This letter referred to the Israeli strike on American aid workers with the World Central Kitchen relief group, saying “In light of the recent strike against aid workers and the ever-worsening humanitarian crisis, we believe it is unjustifiable to approve these weapons transfers.” Other signatories include Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Barbara Lee, and AOC. This letter comes on the heels of a series of state polls by IMEU and YouGov showing “A significant share of Democrats and independent voters in pivotal swing states…are more likely to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee…if said nominee pledges support for an arms embargo to Israel,” per Zeteo. In Pennsylvania, 34% said more likely and only 7% less likely; in Georgia 39% said more likely and only 5% less likely, with similar numbers in Arizona. Put simply, it is clear that an arms embargo is both good politics and good policy. Even Pelosi knows it.4. A scandal is unfolding at the University of Florida, centering on a massive misuse of funds by the University president, former Senator Ben Sasse. The Alligator, the university newspaper, reports “In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office's spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies.” This piece continues “A majority of the spending surge was driven by lucrative contracts with big-name consulting firms and high-salaried, remote positions for Sasse's former U.S. Senate staff and Republican officials…[these] contracts have been kept largely under wraps, leaving the public in the dark about what the contracted firms did to earn their fees.” So much for the party of fiscal responsibility.5. A new piece in St. Louis magazine recounts the ongoing miscarriage of justice against Yolanda Greene. Ms. Greene was “fired from her job after being arrested—even though the police report that provided the basis of the charges against her is clearly contradicted by bystander video.” This piece continues “The police report says that Greene struck one of the officers ‘several times in the back near his neck, head, and shoulders with what appeared to be a closed fist.' [and that she] ‘actively assaulte[d]' a second officer.” Yet the bystander video shows “Greene on the ground and an officer [striking] her several times…A different video, captured by an officer's body camera, records another officer exclaiming, ‘Don't throw a strike'—even as the officer atop Greene does just that.” Mark Pedroli, Greene's lawyer, is quoted saying “I sent the tape over to [Wesley] Bell's office and said, ‘You're prosecuting the wrong people. You should be prosecuting the police for lying in these reports,'” yet Bell – who is nearly guaranteed a spot in the next congress after his successful AIPAC-backed primary against Cori Bush – is pressing ahead with these charges.6. Continuing its series on civil asset forfeiture, libertarian magazine Reason reports “A new class action lawsuit accuses Indiana law enforcement of seizing millions of dollars a year in cash from FedEx packages without ever informing owners of what crime they're suspected of violating.” This piece cites Sam Gedge a senior attorney at the “libertarian public interest law firm,” Institute for Justice, which claims “the Marion County Prosecutor's Office has sued to forfeit $2.5 million in currency from at least 130 FedEx parcels in transit from one non-Indiana state to another over the past two years. This scheme is one of the most predatory we have seen…It's illegal and unconstitutional for Indiana to forfeit in-transit money whose only connection to Indiana is the happenstance of FedEx's shipping practices.”7. According ProPublica, Arizona's experiment with school vouchers has failed spectacularly. As the publication explains “In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education…any parent in the state…could get a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition, extracurricular programs or homeschooling supplies…Yet in a lesson for…other states, Arizona's…experiment has since precipitated a budget meltdown. The state this year faced a $1.4 billion budget shortfall, much of which was a result of the new voucher spending…Last fiscal year alone, the price tag of universal vouchers in Arizona skyrocketed from an original official estimate of just under $65 million to roughly $332 million…[and] another $429 million in costs is expected this year.” We hope this catastrophic budget implosion gives pause to the prominent Republicans and Democrats boosting the canard of “school choice.”8. The Federal Trade Commission has announced a new rule that will “combat fake reviews and testimonials by prohibiting their sale or purchase and allow the [FTC] to seek civil penalties against knowing violators.” FTC Chair Lina Khan adds “Fake reviews not only waste people's time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest competitors…By strengthening the FTC's toolkit to fight deceptive advertising, the final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest, and competitive.” These types of much-needed, commonsense consumer protection rules are exactly why billionaires and corporate America are terrified of Lina Khan and have been mounting a shadowy campaign for her ouster.9. More Perfect Union reports “Ride share drivers in Massachusetts are now guaranteed a minimum wage of $32.50/hr, plus benefits.” According to the Verge, “The two companies also agreed to pay a combined $175 million, the bulk of which will be paid out to ‘current and former drivers who were underpaid by the companies,' [Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea] Campbell's office announced.” Despite these victories, Uber and Lyft drivers will still be classified as independent contractors instead of employees.10. Finally, per Huffington Post labor reporter Dave Jamieson, “The Culinary Union has reached a tentative agreement on its first contract with longtime Vegas Strip holdouts the Venetian and Palazzo [closing] a long chapter in which previous owner Sheldon Adelson successfully resisted organizing efforts.” In addition to the Culinary Union, the deal with the Venetian and Palazzo's new owners – private equity firm Apollo Global Management – also includes Bartenders Local 165, Operating Engineers Local 501 and Teamsters Local 986. As the Nevada Independent notes, “Combined, the Venetian and Palazzo have some 8,000 gaming and nongaming workers covering 7,100 hotel rooms, 225,000 square feet of casino space and 2.3 million square feet of convention space. It's unclear how many members of the workforce could be covered by the union agreements.”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube! Our guest this week, Steve Poikenon can be found at his website here.  FULL TRANSCRIPT: Dr Leon (00:00): Now, usually I start this part of the show with a question or a few questions, but today I have to make a statement. After 13 years of either being held up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Britain, or being in Belmar Prison in solitary confinement, Julian Assange walks free. Why does this matter what led the Biden administration to finally come to its senses and accept a deal? Why should this matter to you? Announcer (00:42): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Dr Leon (00:49): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon. I'm Wilmer Leon. We have a tendency to view current events as though they happen in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historical context in which most events take place. During each episode, my guests and I have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between the events and the broader historical context in which they take place. This enables you to gain a better understanding and to analyze events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode. The issue before us is what's the significance of WikiLeaks and what's the impact on the freedom of the press? My guest for today's conversation is the host of AM Wake Up and Slow Newsday, which you can watch live on Rock Fin and Rumble, and you can listen anywhere. Podcasts are served. Steve Poin and Steve, welcome. Steve Poikenon (01:51): Thank you very much, Wilmer. It's good to see you not on the radio, Dr Leon (01:57): Man. Well, I have the perfect face for radio from what they tell me, and it's great to see you to be able to put a face with a voice. We've been talking for a couple years now, and it's finally great to be able to put a face with a voice. So footage tweeted by WikiLeaks, I think Julian Assange's wife showed him walking up the stairs onto an aircraft bound for Sipan in the US administered Mariana Islands. He has agreed to plead guilty to one count under the espionage act of conspiracy to disseminate national defense information. Steve, what were your thoughts when you first heard the news that Julian Assange was free? Steve Poikenon (02:44): I was a little stunned. This is something that we've discussed on and off over the last couple of years, and certainly in the last couple of months there have been substantiated rumors that the Biden Justice Department was preparing some sort of plea deal, whether or not the Assange team was going to accept it. That was the thing that we didn't have any certainty about whatsoever. They obviously have gone forward with accepting the deal. He should be, at this point, touching down or walking into the courtroom in the Marianas Islands says a lot about the state of the US empire that we even have a district courthouse in the Mariana Islands. That's just wild to me to begin with, but from the best that I can tell, and Wilmer, you may correct me if I'm wrong, from the best that I can tell, there's nothing in the initial plea agreement that says Julian won't be allowed near a computer or won't be able to access the internet. (03:51) Can't give speeches or interviews or can't have documentaries made about a situation. So by all accounts, up to this point, it appears that when he walks out of the courtroom later in the next couple of hours, he will be a legitimately free human being, and that is a win in and of itself. I'm a father. I can't imagine being taken away from my kids for making the US government angry and then having to know that they're growing up without me. And so the ability for him to take part in raising his own children, I think is the biggest godsend out of all of this. And then we can get into the implications and the impact that this is going to have on press freedom and citizen journalism and everything else going forward. But the huge win here is that he's no longer an inmate in the Guantanamo Bay of the United Kingdom where he was being held with the worst criminals on the island, having never once committed any crime of any sort of significance that would warrant that cell. Dr Leon (05:12): Do you have any idea in terms of why the Mariana Islands other than is the closest space that will enable him then to go from there to his home of Australia? Steve Poikenon (05:25): I think that was the ultimate deciding factor was proximity to Australia. It's not like the US can't construct a kangaroo court anywhere, and it's not like if they didn't have a different provisional, different courthouse, they wouldn't be going through the same sort of performative motions in the eyes of the Biden administration. I think the guilty plea is the thing that they were looking for, something that they could make at least a political, if not a legal for, and then also to not have it be an election issue going forward. Dr Leon (06:04): And from what I understand, this is not precedent setting because this was the result. This is the outcome of a plea deal. This did not actually come as the result of a trial. Steve Poikenon (06:17): If they would've gone to trial and evidence presented and a conviction was rendered and then upheld by a judge, then it would establish a legal precedent because he pled and pled out to time served for what he'd already done. The only thing that it can be used to set a precedent for is politically, or I guess emotionally or spiritually, where people are more hesitant to approach national security reporting or classified information, talk about it, disseminate any of that. And that is I think the real ultimate goal of not just the Biden administration, but the Trump administration and ultimately the Obama administration from where all of this stems is to redefine journalism in the future. Dr Leon (07:10): I want to read from the paragraph from the Washington Post as they reported out this story, Julian Assange's plea deal, sparks global celebration and condemnation reactions were divided as WikiLeaks. Julian Assange heads to a US Pacific territory to cement a plea deal that could soon set him free. WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's tentative plea deal with the United States, which could soon bring an end to his years long international legal legal saga, drew celebration and criticism reflecting the divisive nature of his role in obtaining and publishing classified military and diplomatic documents. A couple of things. One is the condemnation side of this. The only folks that I can see that would be condemning this deal are people that are tied to the Trump administration, people that are tied to the Biden administration. I don't understand where they get this idea that there's all this divisiveness and condemnation. Steve Poikenon (08:23): There were the usual, the people you just spoke of, but Mike Pence was one of the loudest. There have been a number of former Trump administration officials and a number of former Obama administration intelligence apparatus and national security apparatus officials who have expressed distaste. This now and again, realize that to be opposed to this means you wanted to see a 50-year-old man, 51-year-old man get effectively tortured to death in a US prison for the rest of his life. That's what being in opposition to this effectively means. The reasoning behind it though is because information is currency. Assange and WikiLeaks were a broker of this information that wasn't part of the sanctioned club, and so Pompeo called them a hostile rogue intelligence agency, non-state intelligence agency. If you are viewed like that amongst the apparatus that's making the national security decisions, it doesn't matter what the end result is, if it's not your wholesale destruction, they're going to be displeased. Dr Leon (09:43): There's another paragraph. While Assange supporters saw him as a courageous whistleblower of government misdeeds, his critics saw him as a self-promoter oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause, oblivious to the harm that his leaks might cause. There has not been one shred of evidence presented to show that any harm other than embarrassment by Hillary Clinton and some of the other government officials who were identified through these WikiLeaks releases, maybe their egos were damaged. But short of that, there's been no harm. WikiLeaks publication of the Afghan War logs did not obscure the names of Afghan civilians who provided information to the US military and omission that dismayed human rights groups and national security officials. Who are they talking about? Steve? Steve Poikenon (10:49): Okay, so when they say that the harm that they're talking about, it's not just their ego, it's their ability to continue to spy on their friends and allies that was harmed. It was the harm that was done by letting people know what the US government is doing with our tax dollars and our names. But Wim Dr Leon (11:07): Steve, it's not as though the allies did not know that they were being spied on. Remember what happened with Bill Clinton and Angela Merkel's? I think it was the Clinton administration and Angela Merkel's cell phone. I mean, it's not as though we don't know. We don't know Israel. It's not as though we don't know that Israel is spying on us. I mean, it's the game that they play. Steve Poikenon (11:31): It is the game that they play, but we're not supposed to know. And the rest of the diplomatic core is all that operates on the pretense and the fiction that it's not happening. That everybody's there to politely try to sort out the ills of the world and that all of the espionage going on in the background is never to be brought up. It doesn't have to stop. You just can't talk about it. If you bring it to light, then the whole operation gets blown up. And that's why WikiLeaks is parent company is called the Sunshine Press. The whole point of it is to bring it into the daylight, that kind of stance from a political point of view, from a journalistic point of view that's going to get you targeted, which is as we saw exactly what happened leading to 13 years of illegal and arbitrary detention. (12:29) Just one quick point to what you were talking about though, when you see major press outlets come out now in defensive Assange, these are, and you had mentioned it, I think even this morning, some of these instant outlets that are reporting on it are outlets that shared the same information. Are these guys then going to look at the plea agreement and go, golly, if Julian Assange isn't being charged as a journalist, does that mean that everyone who has ever shared a piece of classified information can be charged under the Espionage Act? Because Wilmer, I don't know about you. When I read the plea, when I read the plea deal, they're charging Assange as a private citizen. They're not charging 'em as a publisher. They're not charging 'em as a government contractor or a government employee. And those are prior to this, the only people that could get a charge for conspiring to disseminate classified information in this manner. So is that saying that Nick, the janitor or Dan the trucker or whoever your English teacher is now susceptible to Espionage Act charges? Dr Leon (13:48): Well, I think one of the reasons why they're not charging him as a journalist, because that was one of the issues that was being presented in his defense, is that as a journalist, he has the right to disseminate this information. So if they charged him as a journalist, then I think that would probably throw a wrench in their own argument. But to your point, one of the ironies here is when you read the Washington Poll story and the New York Times reporting out on this is that they were complicit in disseminating the information that he made available. Hence during the Obama administration, they called it the New York Times conundrum, and many say that the reason the Obama administration didn't charge him is because Barack Obama didn't want to open up that can of worms. Steve Poikenon (14:45): Well, certainly the idea that the Biden administration would try to with less competent people than were in the Obama administration is somewhat ridiculous. The only reason they could get a plea deal out of the guy is because they'd been torturing him for five years on top of the seven and a half, eight, almost eight years of being confined to one and a half rooms in the most spied on building in London, which is saying a lot because London has more cameras per capita than any other major city. But more cameras were pointed at the Ecuadorian Embassy than anywhere else in London for a very long time. That kind of constant surveillance is going to wreak havoc on an individual. And I got to tell you, Wilmer, it really did surprise me seeing the video, the very brief videos that we have seen of Julian, the last I had heard, he had been in very poor health. He had suffered a stroke or a mini stroke 18 months ago, 20 months ago, something like that. So to see him moving that rapidly, being able to stand walking Dr Leon (15:59): Up the stairs to the plane, Steve Poikenon (16:01): Being able to stand that upright when we had all been told that his back was wrecked and stuff like that, I'm really, really taken away by that. And I can only hope that he remains in that good of health or gets a little bit better shape from here on out because I was imagining the worst I was. And we haven't seen that. So that's very heartening. Dr Leon (16:32): This some will say is a very obvious question, but I think it still needs to be asked and answered Why this deal? Why now? Because when I look at, when I read the plea, when I see what the Biden administration got out of this, could have done this five years ago, he's out on bond. They could have allowed bond five years ago. He could have, instead of being tortured in solitary confinement in Belmar prison, he could have been walking the streets of Piccadilly Circus. So why now? Steve Poikenon (17:14): There's a number of different factors, and one is that it does get eliminated as an election year issue. Trump, regardless of the reality that he's the guy who had Julian arrested was able to successfully run on, we love the WikiLeaks. Have you seen the WikiLeaks? Can't get enough of the WikiLeaks. He was able to gain a lot of ground with that. So it is popular among Americans to want to at least think you have some sort of transparency with your government or think you might be able to have some sort of citizen accountability with your government, which is one of the benefits that WikiLeaks provided. So that's off the table, the Biden administration, because people have goldfish, brain can try to spin it as well. Donald Trump's the guy who had 'em thrown in jail and we're the guys who let him out. Well, you didn't let him out. (18:11) You made him plead guilty to something he didn't do after torturing him for five years and threatening every one and everything that he held dear, that's coercion. That's not a liberation. That's coercion. That's not a victory in any way, shape or form. And I've seen some on the progressive left already try to be like, Hey, man, Trump locked him up, bite him, let him out because he forced him to plead guilty to something that he didn't do. I think we all just need to keep circulating that last part until it sinks in. But we discussed for a number of years on the critical hour how it is a huge problem for the Biden administration or any administration to have Julian Assange on American soil even if the trial takes place behind closed doors in the Eastern District of Virginia, because then you are really putting the press on trial in America for everyone to be forced to pay attention to. And that's something that not Joe Biden, not Donald Trump, definitely not Merrick Garland is capable of dealing with or quelling in a manner that doesn't look like a total brutal dictatorship. And that's what it was going to turn into. Dr Leon (19:35): We have been saying for a couple of years, the one thing, the Biden, for all of the discussion about extradition and all these appeals and the United States sending attorneys to London and going through the barrister and all of that stuff that they were doing, we kept saying, they do not want this man on American soil. They were trying to kill him through the process. Let's drag this thing out for as long as we possibly can and hope the man dies in Belmar prison. We were saying the last, in fact, I remember having a very extensive conversation with you where I was saying, I think the time has come for the Assange Camp to flip the script and take the deal. Tell Merrick Garland, we want to come to the United States. Please extradite us. We want to be on American soil. And we kicked that around for a while. Steve Poikenon (20:41): Yeah, you're absolutely right. And the last thing that any government wants to deal with is having all of its media suddenly turn against it. And in the US, even though the mainstream media is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state, there are people who are allowed to operate with a little bit more freedom. And those are the people who usually command the largest audiences because they're allowed to show a little bit of authenticity on mainstream airwaves, and people are desperate for that. So they don't want their press turning on 'em. They don't want free Assange banners every time they pan into the crowd at a sporting event. They don't want free Assange banners signs every time they go do a man on the street interview. They were in the worst possible position you could be having to make up your case entirely. And having a still somewhat engaged public to where they could mount not just a resistance, but a real jury nullification campaign and a real on the ground, real time education of exactly what their government is trying to do. Via the prosecution of Julian Assange, again, under the Espionage Act of 1917, we're going to take an Australian citizen with a publishing company, publishing outlet, registered in Iceland, give him fake charges in Sweden, imprison him in London and have a Icelandic FBI snitch, make up a whole bunch of stories about him, then recant his testimony. I think Aile, because that's the thing that happened. Pedophile. Yeah, a convicted, convicted pedophile. Dr Leon (22:40): And you haven't even gone through what we did as it relates to Ecuador and what we did in terms of the Ecuadorian election to be, now I'm drawing a blank on the president. Steve Poikenon (22:51): Lennon Moreno was more Moreno. Yeah. Dr Leon (22:55): We didn't even go through what the machinations that the United States went through to get Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy. Steve Poikenon (23:05): Yeah. Or touch on the security company that was there at the embassy, uc Global, which was hired first by the Ecuadorian government to provide security then by the CIA via a spook convention effectively at one of Sheldon Adelson's casinos, who was one of Trump's biggest donors at the time, where the head of the security company wound up getting arrested, trying to flee the country after it was discovered that he had had this double dealing with the CIA. And then it was revealed that because of the illegal spying equipment morales's company had placed in assange's rooms at the embassy that led to a planning session with the American CIA where they were plotting out how to kidnap and murder Julian Assange. That was Mike. Dr Leon (23:56): They Steve Poikenon (23:56): Came to, Dr Leon (23:57): That was Mike Ell at the time. And so what folks, and you laying this out, what folks really need to understand is this is not some tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. All you got to do folks is Google it. It's there in mainstream press that this is what the United States went through trying. These are the illegal machinations that the United States government went through in order to try to get this guy. Steve Poikenon (24:28): Absolutely. And people feel certain ways about the gray zone or what, you don't have to read the initial reporting that Max Blumenthal did based off of the reporting that the Spanish outlet El Pais did. Michael Isikoff, two years later, 18 months later, Michael Isikoff through Yahoo News, did the same story, picked it up and took out some of the more poignant points so that he could fit it into a Yahoo story and put out that version of it. But it's there in several mainstream outlets everybody should know. Mike Pompeo tried to have a journalist and publisher assassinated or kidnapped and then assassinated just to prevent him from being able to testify in his own defense is all you can really assume at that point. You're trying to take him out while you have him basically captured. You want to make sure he never works a day in his life again, and you damn sure want to make sure that he doesn't testify because then it becomes part of a court record and then somebody can sue to have that court record or it'll be public Dr Leon (25:40): As a wrap up to this part of the conversation. So I never thought I'd see, this day I thought Julian Sal was going to die in Bell Marsh. What do you see as being the more immediate impacts to this as it relates to press freedom and journalism and some of the longer term impacts? And some of that, I know we won't really know until we hear from him, but your thoughts, Steve Poikenon (26:10): I hope it inspires people to kind of see where the new limits are, because most journalists have just been not necessarily holding back, but the amount of leak based journalism has basically vanished the amount of journalists truly going out there and trying to bring to light some major problems. Boeing comes to Dr Leon (26:35): Mind. Investigative journalism. Steve Poikenon (26:37): Yeah. I want to believe that Julian Assange breathing air again will be a beacon to people to do investigative journalism more often, better than they have been, however you want to frame it. I want that to be a spark that pushes the current boundaries and hopefully pushes 'em back a little bit because it's been relatively restrictive over the last several years. Dr Leon (27:08): There's another issue related to this. It was in consortium news, help us fight theocracy Psychological operations or PSYOPs are operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives and objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations and groups and individuals. William Casey, the CIA director under Ronald Reagan said, we'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And what happened with Julian Assange, I think is a perfect example of this type of behavior by the American government. Steve Poikenon (28:02): It is. And if you look at the amount of government shenanigans that have occurred in the last four, five years since they yanked Julian out of the embassy, there we're seeing more and more lawsuits being brought against major pharmaceutical companies for vital information that they withheld during the last several years were we found out that a lot of what we were originally told about the January 6th incident, and a lot of what happened then was not necessarily true. There's been multiple court cases that have kept political parties from taking part in the American political process. They've kept, Lawfare has been levied against everyone from the aru, the Aru fellas, Dr Leon (29:07): Mali. Yes. Steve Poikenon (29:09): Yeah, I can never, I know, yes. Ella is something that is just not chambered for me. It's not. But from those guys to, like Alex Jones has been a victim of lawfare. Donald Trump has been a victim of Lawfare, and the entire time there hasn't been a really adversarial reporting outlet with the international foundation that WikiLeaks has with the international audience, that WikiLeaks has to mount a citizen and open source intelligence challenge to any of this and the myriad ways, not just through the restrict Act or the new antisemitism bill or a number of the different laws in Europe and Europe, has the internet been shrunk down significantly? But Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter stating that he wants to turn it into WeChat where your entire internet based existence is on through this one app. I would imagine that Julian Assange would have a lot to say about what Elon Musk has been up to. (30:24) He'd have a lot to say about what happened with the WHO or the NIH over the last several years, but we haven't had that opportunity. And that to me is something that the US government can put as a Big W in their column. That's something that MI six could put as a Big W in their column and really goes right back to those forward documents where they were outlining the plan for what they wanted to do with WikiLeaks. They didn't get to scatter the organization to the winds the way they necessarily described 14 years ago. But when's the last time we got a WikiLeaks drop? Dr Leon (31:07): Well, and for folks that may not understand the significance of this, of course, it was the shooting of the civilians, the murder of the civilians in Iraq and the journalists in Iraq that were shot during the war. And WikiLeaks put that footage out for everybody to see the war crimes that were being committed. So if WikiLeaks had been allowed to continue to operate, I would think our understanding of Ukraine would be different. Our understanding of what's being done in Taiwan would be different. Our understanding of what's being done or trying to be done in North Korea would be different. We would have a lot more insight and information into the illegalities, whether they be international law, whether they be American law, whether they be war crimes, that the United States and its allies have been engaging in these various engagements around the world. Steve Poikenon (32:15): You're correct. And let's also recall that WikiLeaks and WikiLeaks alone disclosed the transpacific partnership. They were the outlet that that agreement came to. They published it, people looked at it and went, no, you want to do what? No, no. And those kinds of trade agreements being disclosed that were done in the dark, away from the eyes of the American public with zero opportunity for public comment or any sort of pushback that made WikiLeaks more dangerous in my opinion, then disclosing video of something that according to even the guys in the helicopter was like a three times a day event in Iraq. And it's something that people in the military kind of shrugged off like, well, yeah, that's what we do. But to the average citizen, it's shocking and horrifying, but not as shocking and horrifying as the United States government wants to set up a corporate court, and it will be a couple of CEOs that determine your future. And if you say something untoward about them on the internet, then they're appointed magistrates from the corporation will decide your faith. That's what the TPP was promising. And any outlet that is going to disclose information like that is suddenly become the most dangerous organization on the planet. Dr Leon (33:49): And when you said that, that I'm drawing a blank on his name, the attorney that sued ExxonMobil in Brazil, Steve Poikenon (33:58): Steven Inger, Dr Leon (33:59): Steven Inger, and how Mobil ExxonMobil was able to use a judge. I mean, they just flipped that whole thing. Don Zinger on behalf of the Indians in Brazil, sues ExxonMobil wins an ungodly amount of money, and he winds up going to jail and ExxonMobil because of what they were able to do with the judicial system in New York, it was criminal. So when you talk about a corporate magistrate, Don Zinger is what popped into my head. Steve Poikenon (34:42): And it was because of an agreement that happened during the Trump administration that that was even possible. And they basically dismantled the TPP, they put certain parts of it into different trade agreements and provisions, and then they got the quasi corporate court because the judge, I believe had been a former Chevron attorney. Correct. And that's how that may even be how he got his judgeship was Chevron bought his way into the judgeship. And that is kind of ordinary corruption, but it's ordinary corruption that also has multinational trade agreements codifying it. And again, in the absence of a WikiLeaks or an organization like it, disclosing these kinds of agreements on the regular, you're not going to get the rapid dissemination of that information amount, a successful pushback in time to stop it. You're not going to be able to get people on the same page understanding it because there's no trust with a number of these. (35:48) All of these other outlets are so disparate, nobody's really consolidated in a way that will lend the immediate mass public trust in what you're doing. Like Lit WikiLeaks had built up over a number of years to the point that when 2015, they disclosed the tpp, people from all over the world held rallies immediately, and there were people out in the streets immediately, and it became an election year issue and it wasn't. And people had to change their tone on it and say to the point where Donald Trump even won a lot of people over by saying, it's a bad deal. It's bad. I don't want to be any part of it. Hillary Clinton had to answer for it. They all had to answer for it. On that debate stage back in 2016, it became a real issue. And so if we don't have these kinds of things moving forward, we're going to be in a significantly less informed spot than we were a decade ago. And in the internet age, that should not be how information is progressing. Dr Leon (36:51): And final point here, and I want to go back to this William Casey quote, and this is the former director of the ccia A and Ronald Reagan will know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false. And that takes me, you've heard me say this too many times, Edward Bernas and the book Propaganda folks, you need to get a copy and you need to read Propaganda by Edward Bernas because that's to a great degree what Bill Casey was talking about. And this whole idea, the whole idea of psychological operations, PSYOPs and the PS ocracy. Steve Poikenon (37:47): Yeah. And fifth generation warfare is an asymmetrical warfare conducted on the citizenry, and that's conducted via all elements of propaganda. We're 12 years into living in a reality, a post Smith month modernization act reality. When the Smith Modernization Act passed and went into effect, government propaganda, military propaganda, and government analysts and experts became part and parcel of the media the better part of a halfway through a generation's worth of 24 hour, seven day a week asymmetrical warfare where the vast majority of the people walking around don't even know that they're at war, let alone with their own government, nor that their own government openly declared war on them. That's how good the propaganda is. Everybody should study Bnes. Everybody needs to internalize that the United States is the most propagandized country on the planet. And the only way that we can get out of that is if we understand the landscape that we're standing on and we start to look at how not necessarily individual people that make up that landscape operate, but the institutions that allow for those people to move freely on that landscape operate. And those institutions, we've been shown over and over and over again to be untrustworthy, to be acting not in our interest, to be acting at the behest of not even people in their own country. And yet for some reason, we still get Berna back into thinking that you can vote your way out of an oligarchy Dr Leon (39:44): And so quickly am wake up slow news day. Where do people go? What do they get when they listen to it? Steve Poikenon (39:50): You can go to am wakeup show.com for absolutely everything. We are live Monday through Thursday from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM Pacific us. There's content on the channel pretty much all the time. We stream out live on Rock fin and Rumble, and then you can catch them pretty much anywhere and everywhere else. And yeah, just thank you so much for having me on. I really have always enjoyed our conversations. Very glad to do your show. Dr Leon (40:22): Well, I got to thank you my guest, Steve Kin, for joining me today. I greatly, greatly appreciate you giving me time out of your schedule, and I always look forward to the conversations that we have and look forward to having many more with you here on Connecting the Dots. Thank you, Steve. Steve Poikenon (40:37): Thank you, Wilmer. Dr Leon (40:39): And thank you so much for listening to the Connecting the Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wilmer Leon, and Steve mentioned the Smith Mut Act, M-U-N-D-T Act. You all can Google that. Look it up. But simply put, for about 60 years that act prohibited the United States Department of State and the broadcasting Board of Governors from disseminating government produced programming within the United States over fear that these agencies would propagandize the American people. However, in around 2013, Congress abolished the domestic dissemination ban, which now has led to this big heated debate about the role of the federal government in free public discourse. Folks, stay tuned for new episodes every week and follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, make a contribution. We would greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it. Doing this every week is not an inexpensive venture. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Follow us on social media. You can find all the links below to the show. And remember that this is where the analysis of politics and culture and history converge talk without analysis is just chatter, and we don't chatter here on connecting the dots. See you again next time. Until then, I'm Dr. Woman Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (42:20): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus talks about her new film role as a mom struggling to accept her daughter's death. She also shares wisdom from conversations with women ages 70 and up.  California's early-season fires might be a sign of more intense blazes to come. A scientist explains how climate change is fueling natural disasters locally and nationally.  The widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has helped fund right-wing causes in the U.S. and in her native Israel. She's expected to give more than $90 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. Actress Anna May Wong's career spanned more than 60 films across the silent era and the talkies. Her life is now the focus of an exhibition at the Chinese American Museum.

Datas da semana: 57 anos de ocupação, 8 meses de guerra e possível saída de Gantz do governo. Será? Bloco 1 - Fronteira com Líbano literalmente em chamas e convocação de 350 mil reservistas. - Biden apresenta proposta para cessar-fogo feita por Israel e pressiona as partes para aceitarem. - Tzachi Hanegbi, chefe do Conselho Nacional de Segurança, humilha famílias de reféns em reunião. Bloco 2 (01:03:46) - Campo Republicano apresenta lei para dissolver o parlamento. - Durante tentativa de golpe do judiciário, governo pressionou Shin Bet para atuar contra opositores. - Suprema Corte debate o alistamento dos ultraortodoxos e decisão está próxima. - Violência na Marcha das Bandeiras. Bloco 3 (01:53:19) - Miriam Adelson, viúva do magnata Sheldon Adelson, condiciona apoio financeiro a Trump à anexação da Cisjordânia. 30 bilhões de dólares  - Eslovênia diz que reconhecerá Estado Palestino. - Netanyahu discursará no congresso americano. Para quem puder colaborar com o desenvolvimento do nosso projeto para podermos continuar trazendo informação de qualidade, esse é o link par a nossa campanha de financiamento coletivo.  No Brasil - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠apoia.se/doladoesquerdodomuro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ No exterior - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/doladoesquerdodomuro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Temos também a nossa campanha de apoio único.  No Brasil - ⁠⁠apoia.se/ladoesquerdopontual⁠⁠ Nós nas redes: site - ladoesquerdo.com twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@doladoesquerdo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ e ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joaokm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@doladoesquerdodomuro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ youtube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@doladoesquerdodomuro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Episódio #252 do podcast "Do Lado Esquerdo do Muro", com Marcos Gorinstein e João Miragaya.

To date, Miriam Adelson has donated over $200 million to various political campaigns. “She is effectively a queen,” reporter Elizabeth Weil writes in her New York Magazine article about the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the richest Israeli and eighth richest woman in the world. As Trump's top patron in 2020, Adelson has recently announced her intention to channel more than $100 million to this year's Trump reelection efforts. But what will she want in return? Some speculate Adelson will begin with insistence on complete support for Israel and a continuation of Trump's Israel agenda from last term, including backing Israel annexing the West Bank. We'll talk with Weil about Adelson's 30 billion dollar worth, and what it could mean for this campaign season and our foreign policy. Guests: Elizabeth Weil, feature writer, New York Magazine; author of the New York Magazine article "Miriam Adelson's Unfinished Business: What does the eighth richest woman in the world want?"

The past week ended with a controversial bang as the former President, Donald Trump, was declared guilty in a heavily disputed case. An array of legal analysts, ranging from conservatives to liberals, have questioned the legitimacy of the presented charges. Labelled as 34 'manufactured' felonies, these allegations were connected to a confidential payment made to an adult performer before Trump's triumph in the 2016 Presidential elections. Despite the controversy, the aftermath of the verdict was somewhat astonishing. Trump's campaign fundraising demonstrably peaked, experiencing a significant boost. Evidence indicates that the campaign has gathered well over $200 million in donations -- a considerable monetarily manifestation of support that emerged quickly post-verdict; a neat $53 million was raised in the aftermath of the court's decision. This spiral of financial aid was meticulously documented by multiple social media accounts and news platforms. Interestingly, a significant portion of the total funds accumulated by Trump's campaign originated from Republican high-roller, Miriam Adelson. Adelson, a known influencer in the party, demonstrated her intent to funnel tens of millions of dollars into a pro-Trump SuperPAC, after assessing various potential candidates during the primary. In the preceding year of 2020, the late Sheldon Adelson, a casino tycoon, and his spouse emerged as the leading contributors to the Preserve America PAC - offering their support to Trump's endeavor with a whopping $90 million. A recent report by Politico clarified that Miriam Adelson planned to back Trump's campaign with an astonishing $100 million donation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Navigate the shifting sands of the US job market with me, Darrell McClain, your captain through the complex tides of economic change. This episode promises insights into the latest job report's ramifications, where a notable slowdown in job growth and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate have stirred a pot of mixed reactions. We're not just crunching numbers; we're dissecting President Biden's optimistic front, Wall Street's intrigue at the hint of rate cuts, and the long-term consequences of a weakening dollar. As campuses erupt in activism, we'll also probe the potent force of student protests, the ethical quandaries they raise, and how they're reshaping the societal landscape.Turn your attention to the corridors of power, where the ultra-wealthy like George Soros and Sheldon Adelson leave imprints deep enough to shape policy. we debate the moral tightrope walked by billionaires influencing democracy with their wallets—questioning if their towering presence casts too long a shadow for fair play. Down in Florida, we're unmasking the implications of the latest law that clips the wings of civilian police oversight and weighs heavy on the scales of justice. Brace yourselves for a journey through the heart of social media's role in police narratives, and cap off with a reflection on the poignant words of Howard Zinn, who challenges us to reevaluate what we know about peace and disturbance. Join us for an episode that dives headfirst into the crux of these pivotal moments. Support the Show.

Mark Cuban is selling a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, at a $3.5 billion valuation. Cuban will retain control of the team's basketball operations while potentially collaborating with Adelson on a new arena and surrounding development. The sale and Cuban's coming departure from "Shark Tank" is raising questions about the billionaire entrepreneur's future. Plus, we hear from UNC field hockey legend Erin Matson, who went from on-field star to head coach in one year, continuing the Tar Heels' dominance with a national championship earlier this month.

USBets.com Managing Editor Eric Raskin and Senior Analyst Jeff Edelstein analyze Sheldon Adelson's family buying a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks and what it means for Texas gambling legalization, the California AG preparing an opinion on fantasy sports, and the quiet closure of a sportsbook inside a Pennsylvania restaurant, plus they talk to veteran gambling journalist Steve Ruddock about going out on his own with his Straight to the Point newsletter, the pace of online gambling expansion, and the challenges associated with responsible gambling messaging. Find us on Twitter @US_Bets or go to USBets.com for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

USBets.com Managing Editor Eric Raskin and Senior Analyst Jeff Edelstein analyze Sheldon Adelson's family buying a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks and what it means for Texas gambling legalization, the California AG preparing an opinion on fantasy sports, and the quiet closure of a sportsbook inside a Pennsylvania restaurant, plus they talk to veteran gambling journalist Steve Ruddock about going out on his own with his Straight to the Point newsletter, the pace of online gambling expansion, and the challenges associated with responsible gambling messaging. Find us on Twitter @US_Bets or go to USBets.com for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the version of Hot off the Wire posted Nov. 30 at 7:15 a.m. CT: WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died, his consulting firm says. He was 100. Kissinger dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China. He exerted uncommon influence on global affairs under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, earning both harsh criticism and the Nobel Peace Prize. The German-born diplomat got the U.S. out of Vietnam after bloody, costly years of delay and into China in a sudden burst of secret diplomacy. Decades later, his name still provoked impassioned debate over foreign policy actions long past. He stands among the 20th century's commanding figures in U.S. foreign policy. TOKYO (AP) — Global leaders are paying tribute to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, but there is also sharp criticism of the man who remained an influential figure decades after his official service as one of the most powerful diplomats in American history. Kissinger, who died Wednesday at 100, drew praise as a skilled defender of U.S. interests. On social media, though, he was widely called a war criminal who left lasting damage throughout the world. Kissinger dominated foreign policy as the U.S. withdrew from Vietnam and established ties with China. Current Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “few people were better students of history” and “even fewer people did more to shape history than Henry Kissinger.” PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends at her funeral in Plains, Georgia, the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born. The former president attended the intimate gathering at Maranatha Baptist Church. She and her husband spent decades there welcoming guests. Maranatha Pastor Tony Lowden gave tribute to what he called “the life and legacy of the greatest first lady" and said that as a humanitarian, she "served every nation around the world.” Hundreds watched her motorcade through town. Her burial plot is in view of the front porch of the home where the 39th American president still lives. LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's her, hi — Taylor Swift is Spotify's 2023 most-played artist. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023's most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion global streams since January. That means the pop superstar has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetonero Bad Bunny, who held the coveted title for three years in a row since 2020. He's in the second slot in 2023, followed by The Weeknd in third, Drake in fourth, and regional Mexican musician Peso Pluma in fifth. Bad Bunny's 2022 album “Un Verano Sin Ti” was Spotify's most-streamed album for the second year in a row, raking in 4.5 billion global streams since the start of the year. LONDON (AP) — Elton John has urged British lawmakers to do more to fight HIV and AIDS. He says the U.K. can be the first country in the world “to defeat this awful virus.” The British star spoke to dozens of lawmakers and campaigners in the grand Speaker's House of Parliament on Wednesday evening at an event honoring his dedication to fighting HIV. He told lawmakers: “I implore you not to waste your allotted time as political leaders." John set up his AIDS Foundation in 1992 and has helped raise millions of dollars to prevent HIV infections and reduce stigma. The Parliament reception for John came ahead of World AIDS Day, which takes place on Friday. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Daryl Hall has filed a court declaration that accuses his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” by planning to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo's joint venture without the other's permission. In the declaration filed Wednesday in a Nashville chancery court, Hall also lamented the deterioration of his relationship with and trust in his musical partner of more than a half-century. The court filing says the joint venture, named Whole Oats Enterprises LLP, includes Hall & Oates trademarks, personal name and likeness rights, record royalty income and website and social media assets. Oates responded in court that Hall had been trying to stand alone outside of the group for years. NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. Sternhagen won a Tony for best featured actress in a play in 1974 for her role in Neil Simon's “The Good Doctor” and a second one in 1995 for a revival of “The Heiress.” She was nominated for Tonys four other times, for starring or featured roles in “The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window,” “Equus,” “Angel” and “Morning's at Seven.” In sports: Big nights for Zion Williamson and Nikola Jokic in the NBA, a few upsets in men's college basketball and another win for the Rangers in the NHL. FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets opened the 21-day practice window for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The move Wednesday is the next step in the four-time NFL MVP's rehabilitation from a torn Achilles tendon. Coach Robert Saleh said Rodgers, who turns 40 on Saturday, was cleared for some football activities but was limited at practice and isn't cleared for contact. Saleh emphasized it's not necessarily a signal Rodgers will play again this season as it is the next step of the quarterback's rehabilitation process. At the end of the 21-day period, the Jets will decide whether to activate him or he'll spend the rest of this season on injured reserve. The family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company says it has entered agreements to buy the majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks from team owner Mark Cuban. The agreement would be in the valuation range of $3.5 billion, according to an AP source, and will take weeks for the league to process. Cuban would retain control of basketball operations in the deal. The family of Miriam Adelson, widow of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, has announced it is selling $2 billion of her shares to buy the team. The Newport Beach, California, Police Department say its detectives are conducting an investigation into an accusation that Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey had an improper relationship with an underage girl. In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user said a girl who is seen with Giddey in videos and photographs was a high school junior at the time. The social media account has since been deactivated. Giddey is an Australian who turned 21 in October. The NBA said last week that it is investigating. Giddey has declined to comment. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. 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On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist James Bamford, known for his groundbreaking investigations into the NSA (The Puzzle Palace) and the Iraq War (A Pretext for War), returns to the program to discuss his recent The Nation piece entitled "Why Israel Slept" about the October 7th Israel intelligence failure and the Israel covert operation Project Butterfly back by the late billionaire Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and involving a now defunct Israeli private intelligence firm known as Psy-Group. Psy-Group, for the uninitiated, was also a target of Robert Mueller in the Russiagate investigation. We'll also be going over some of the issues Bamford addressed in his latest book SpyFail: Foreign Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence. Bamford explains how Project Butterfly used Israeli resources, which could've been used for security in Israel (ie: along the Gaza border), for a cover operation aimed at de-legitimizing pro-Palestinian voices in the United States. Bamford also discusses AIPAC, the Iraq War and neoconservatives, the FBI officials who've voiced frustrations with pro-Israel lobbying groups, the intelligence failure of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, and much, much more.

Chapter 1 What's Dark Money"Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" is a non-fiction book written by investigative journalist Jane Mayer. Published in 2016, the book focuses on the influence of wealthy conservative donors and their impact on American politics. Mayer delves into the secretive network of conservative billionaires, such as Charles and David Koch, and how they have used their vast wealth to shape policies, fund political campaigns, and promote their own agendas. The book explores the rise of dark money in politics, the erosion of transparency, and the potential consequences for democracy.Chapter 2 Why is Dark Money Worth ReadDark Money by Jane Mayer is worth reading for several reasons:1. In-depth investigative journalism: Mayer's book delves deep into the secretive world of dark money in American politics. She uncovers the hidden influence wielded by wealthy donors and corporations who take advantage of legal loopholes to shape policies, influence elections, and advance their own agendas. Mayer's thorough research and meticulous reporting make the book a compelling and eye-opening read.2. Illuminating the erosion of democracy: The book exposes how the influx of unprecedented amounts of undisclosed money has undermined the democratic process. Mayer highlights the ways in which billionaires and special interest groups exploit the system to tilt politics in their favor. It sheds light on the detrimental consequences of this phenomenon on the integrity of elections, policy decisions, and the representation of ordinary citizens.3. Revealing the network of power players: Mayer uncovers the influential network of individuals and organizations behind the dark money apparatus. She traces the origins of this system and follows the flow of money to key players such as the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, and other wealthy donors. By highlighting the interconnectedness of these actors, Mayer provides a comprehensive view of the machinations of dark money in politics.4. Timely and relevant: Given the increasing influence of money in politics, Dark Money remains highly relevant. Mayer's work helps to demystify the hidden forces and unaccountable power structures that shape contemporary politics. The book provides essential background information and analysis that is crucial to understanding the current state of American democracy.5. Balanced and well-researched approach: Mayer's writing maintains an objective and balanced tone throughout the book. She carefully presents a multitude of perspectives and makes a concerted effort to include the voices of those who disagree with her findings. This nuanced approach adds credibility to her arguments and ensures that readers receive a fair and comprehensive understanding of the topic.Overall, Dark Money by Jane Mayer is a compelling and thought-provoking read that shines a light on the corruption and subversion of democracy by powerful and wealthy interests. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the hidden forces shaping American politics.Chapter 3 Dark Money Summary"Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" is a non-fiction book written by Jane Mayer and published in 2016. The book explores the influence of wealthy individuals and corporations in American politics, particularly on the conservative or far-right side.Mayer delves into the concept of "dark money," which refers to undisclosed or untraceable funds used in political campaigns to secretly influence the outcome. She investigates the origins and strategies of this dark money network, tracing it back to the 1970s and the rise of libertarian...

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01:00 Does Tucker cultivate helplessness, https://radixjournal.substack.com/p/cultivated-helplessness 07:00 Dennis Prager on the radio today about Tucker 09:45 CNN, Jonah Goldberg on Tucker 14:00 WP: With Tucker Carlson's ouster, House GOP loses a key ally - and agitator, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/26/with-tucker-carlsons-ouster-house-gop-loses-key-ally-agitator/ 21:00 Chuck Johnson, Eric Garland April 24 Space on Tucker Carlson: https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1650628080354971652?s=20 38:00 Burning Man and sexual blackmail by intelligence agencies 41:00 Atlantic: America Is in Its Insecure-Attachment Era, https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/04/insecure-attachment-style-intimacy-decline-isolation/673867/ 48:00 Daily Beast coverage of Tucker, https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/tucker-carlson 49:00 Don Lemon, Tucker Carlson hire a Hollywood attorney who paid out $40,000 to a woman accusing him of participating in a gang rape, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11457431/Celebrity-powerhouse-lawyer-Bryan-Freedman-paid-120k-settle-rape-lawsuit-1991.html 52:00 Chuck Johnson: Government (FBI etc) bust up bad actors in news 53:00 Nxivm cult 1:05:00 Chuck Johnson's April 26 Space on Tucker, https://twitter.com/JohnsonThought1/status/1651424548409974784 1:07:00 Chuck Johnson on Steven Crowder 1:11:00 Yashar Ali: Video Reveals Steven Crowder Emotionally Abusing Wife. In Statement, Hilary Crowder's Family Says She Hid His Emotionally Abusive Behavior For Years, https://yashar.substack.com/p/exclusive-video-reveals-steven-crowder 1:15:00 Chuck Johnson on businessman Cary Katz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Katz 1:16:30 Journos need billionaire sugar daddies 1:17:00 Tucker Carlson is on TV and the billionaires wish they were on TV 1:18:20 Chuck Johnson on Darren Beattie 1:25:45 Chuck Johnson is in the redacted Mueller report 1:26:10 Journalist Ali Watkins, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Watkins 1:28:00 Chuck Johnson and Peter Thiel 1:29:15 Ron DeSantis wants Peter Thiel's money 1:30:00 In 2018, Chuck Johnson was drinking heavily and feeling suicidal 1:33:45 Tucker Carlson's personal life fell apart after he criticized Paul Singer 1:34:00 Chuck Johnson says Paul Singer is a proxy for the Mossad 1:36:00 Tucker Investigates: What is destroying rural America?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdwH066g5lQ 1:36:30 In May of 2016, Steve Bannon asks Chuck Johnson for an introduction to Donald Trump 1:38:00 Chuck Johnson says he paid to bring the women to the second Trump-Hillary debate, Sheldon Adelson assembled the planes 1:39:00 Roger Ailes 1:39:45 Greg Gutfeld 1:41:00 Rupert Murdoch funded Weekly Standard when Tucker Carlson was there 1:42:00 Businessman Ken Langone, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Langone 1:44:45 Elliott Blatt joins 1:46:00 Alan Dershowitz says Jared Kushner is dumb 1:46:45 Chuck Johnson felt like he had operational control of parts of the White House 1:48:00 Ted Cruz is not running for president due to his wife and daughter

On this edition of Parallax Views, Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist reporting for Italy's Il Fatto Quotidiano who has dedicated a large portion of her career to covering Julian Assange and Wikileaks, joins us to discuss her book Secret Power: Wikileaks and Its Enemies. The book details how Wikileaks related to the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the War on Terror, diplomatic cables, the War on Terror, CIA cyberweapons, and more as well as the story of Julian Assange and his eventual imprisonment at Belmarsh Prison. In this conversation Stefania and I discussed: - How Wikileaks first came under Stefania's journalistic radar in 2008 - Cryptography, protected communications, and journalistic source protection in the age of mass surveillance; PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) encryption - Wikileaks publication of a manual relevant to the question of torture at the U.S.'s Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp during the War on Terror; the Pentagon vs. Wikileaks - Stefania's first contact with Julian Assange - The Wikileaks documents on Julius Baer, a Swiss bank alleged to have been involved in money laundering activities; how big financial institutions try to pressure news and media - Wikileaks and the Vault 7 documents about CIA cyberweapons; these documents detailed how the CIA was using software vulnerabilities to access smart TV, cars, phones, etc.; the CIA, Weeping Angel, and the hacking of TVs; a bit of the inside story of how Stefania covered the Vault 7 story, the fears she had covering the story, and the cautions she took while reporting on it; Mike Pompeo and the CIA's response to the Vault 7 documents; the alleged leaker of the Vault 7 documents, Joshua Schulte - Wikileaks and the public interest - Stefania discusses the Julian Assange she knows based on her years of experience with him - Stefania addresses the criticisms of Julian Assange and Wikileaks; the accusation that Wikileaks put lives in danger through its leaks; the rape allegations against Assange; accusations of Assange and Wikileaks being in bed with Russian and Donald Trump - State criminality, war crimes, and the persecution of whistleblowers - Stefania discusses her response to people that ask her if "Assange will be killed"; she argues in many ways Assange has already been "killed" in terms of the deterioration of his mental and physical well-being during his imprisonment - Wikileaks, democracy, and the freedom of the press - Assange, Chelsea Manning, the FBI informant Siggi hakkari (aka Siggi the Hacker aka Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson), and the password cracking/hacking charges against Assange - What Stefania sees as the stakes of the Julian Assange extradition case; the CIA and extraordinary rendition; Stefania's belief that Assange has no change of a fair trial in the U.S. and that his extradition would open a Pandora's box that'd have a chilling effect on freedom of the press in the U.S. and other countries as well as - Comparing and contrasting the Assange case to that of Daniel Ellsberg, who famously leaked the Vietnam War-era Pentagon Papers and was targeted by the Richard Nixon administration - The story of how Assange was targeted by the late, deep pocketed GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson's security firm UC Global; the investigation in Spain regarding UC Global - Stefania's story of being spied on and targeted while covering Julian Assange and Wikileaks; The Crown Prosecution Service and the destruction of crucial documents on the Julian Assange case - And more!

There's a movement going around in Conservative, quasi-Libertarian, & even Younk Turk Libby circles called a Constitutional Convection, Convention Of states, or Con-Con, but is it a way to hold #GovtCorp in check, or hand them even more power by bypassing Constitutional Law? Let's take a look by going deep down the rabbit hole, far beyond the mainstream!    Cheers, and Blessings     Show Notes       Robert Brown https://youtu.be/fTUlAPWdN-A   Alec and Article V https://newswithviews.com/alec-global-corporations-state-legislators-and-an-article-v-convention/   Behind The Deep State | Convention of States: Deep State Plan to Overthrow Constitution?  https://www.podbean.com/ei/dir-43tci-12e3cc08     The Scaife Family was one of the initial funders of the secretive Right-leaning Council For National Policy(CNP) along with blasphemous Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Koch Bros, and Mercers. Nearly every mainstream Conservative belongs to this group. If all is in the up, & up, why the secrecy? In 2021, Scaife donated $400,000 to the Reason Foundation, $180,000 to The CATO institute, $350,000 To The Daily Caller News Foundation, $800,000 to The Heritage Foundation, & several hundred thousand to the American Enterprise Institute(AEI) just to name a few.   http://scaife.com/sarah2021.pdf     The Mercer Family Foundation is also a premier donor to The Council For National Policy, Cato Institute, Media Research Center, Heritage, Federalist Society, & Reason Foundation to name just a handful.   https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mercer_Family_Foundation     According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2016 Mercer gave some $25 million to conservative groups and candidates, including President Trump. Last year, he was also one of the 10 biggest political donors in the country, alongside better-known figures such as George Soros, Sheldon Adelson and Mike Bloomberg.   2017   https://clips.cato.org/sites/default/files/Cato_nprkuar_mercer.pdf     CATO Funders, Even Soros, Carnegie, Ford Foundation!   https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriebennett/2012/03/13/the-kochs-arent-the-only-funders-of-cato/?sh=7d14fcc12096     79 other foundations who funded CATO   https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cato_Institute/2007_Foundation_Funders     COS Founder, & Yizzy   https://conventionofstates.com/news/how-a-trip-to-israel-changed-mark-meckler-s-worldview     Mark Meckler-ZioShillenstein   https://selfgovern.com/jewish-americans-must-take-a-stand-now/     Marck Meckler Breitbart Writer   https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2014/02/10/article-v-an-emergency-solution-hidden-in-plain-sight/     Mark Meckler Member Of ALEC, & COS Director   https://alec.org/person/mark-meckler/   COS https://securetherepublic.com/blog/2013/12/08/exposing-the-convention-of-the-states-cos-as-an-article-v-constitutional-convention/     A Convention of States is The Last Thing America Needs https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/380467-a-convention-of-states-is-the-last-thing-america-needs-right-now/     https://alphanews.org/counterpoint-convention-of-the-state-is-a-bad-idea/     Who's Funding It?     the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Koch brothers     https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Convention_of_States_Action     Dark Money Behind Convention Of States http://campconstitution.net/dark-money-scam-behind-concon-convention-of-states-by-andy-schlafly/     Council For National Policy(CNP) Member Lists   https://documented.net/investigations/documented-has-obtained-a-recent-council-for-national-policy-membership-list       It's been so long since the average person has heard the whole truth on an issue, on the rare occasions they do, their first reaction is like they've just been insulted.       Remember that top supporters of COS like Levin, Prager, Hannity, & Shapiro pushed multiple Unconstitutional Wars, & also they love to talk a big game about free speech, & how the Left are so quick to play the race card yet, as soon as we point out a Those We Speak Of connection, they say we're antisemitic. Not only that, but as I've said before, they also promoted George W. Bush, McCain, & Romney as Conservatives, & we see how that turned out.     Also, one of their biggest reasons for a Con-Con are Term Limits which sounds great on the surface, but when a politician knows they'll be voted out regardless, what's to stop them from leading completely dishonest campaigns in order to push specific policies? They know they'll have better paying jobs for the very companies they were shilling for waiting at the end of their terms.   Please check out my Podcasting Family over at Alternate Current Radio. You will find a plethora of fantastic talk, and music shows including the flagship Boiler Room, as well as The Daily Ruckus! https://alternatecurrentradio.com/   Fringe Radio Network- Radio on the Fringe!  http://fringeradionetwork.com/   Patreon-Welcome to The Society Of Cryptic Savants  Welcome members of The Society Of Cryptic Savants! 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Goldman Sachs is the pinnacle of prestige for ambitious finance chimps. But the status and money you can earn at Goldman require a lot of sacrifices to be made. It is famous for its long hours, toxic work culture and MDs hitting you with a nightly pls fix at 3 am. Enter David M. Solomon, the current chief executive officer at Goldman Sachs who was able to not only succeed in this hyper-competitive environment but also defeat his colleagues in a battle of climbing the corporate ladder and coming out as the primus inter pares in a pool full of sharks.

Michael's conversation with Darrell West of Brookings, author of "Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust." Original air date 14 November 2014. The book was published on 28 September 2014.

Marvel's Loki shows us what fascism looks like, and how it comes to take root within innocuous conservatism. https://literatemachine.com https://Patreon.com/ericrosenfield  Corrections: • Rupert Murdoch and the Koch Bros are not Jewish. Actual examples of Jewish funders of the right include Sheldon Adelson and Ike Perlmutter. I may upload a revised version of this audio with the names changed. • Malthus never directly said that the poor and unskilled should be liquidated, but he did oppose aid to the poor on the theory that they should be allowed to naturally die out if they were of no use to society in order to preserve resources. Interstitial music: "I Can't Stop" by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck  Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com   Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US  Bibliography and Further Reading David Brooks article on the foundations of conservatism: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853/?utm_source=feed George W. Bush says he looked in Putin's eyes and "saw his soul": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia_Summit_2001 Mussolini on Totalitarianism and Fascism: http://www.historyguide.org/europe/duce.html "Ur Fascism", Umberto Eco Rich Scott wants to raise taxes on the poorest: https://news.yahoo.com/rick-scott-lies-tax-proposal-171630154.html 10% of Americans own 89% of the stock market: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/18/the-wealthiest-10percent-of-americans-own-a-record-89percent-of-all-us-stocks.htmlRight-wing proposals to nationalize Facebook: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/bannon_proposes_nationalizing_facebook_google_data Laura Ingraham on punishing Disney: https://www.thewrap.com/laura-ingraham-disney-apple-republican-retaliation/ Texas arresting parents of trans kids: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/texas-trans-kids-abortion-lgbtq-gender-ideology/ Republicans allowed the Child Tax Credit to expire, throwing 3.7 million children into poverty: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/study-child-poverty-rising-tax-credit-expires-83071832 FDR achievements: https://fdrsuite.org/americas-greatest-presidents-franklin-delano-roosevelts-top-achievements-as-president/ Half of Americans are "not American in any meaningful sense":  https://americanmind.org/salvo/why-the-claremont-institute-is-not-conservative-and-you-shouldnt-be-either/ More than half of Republicans believe in Great Replacement Theory: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/09/nearly-half-republicans-agree-with-great-replacement-theory/ 77% of drug traffickers are US citizens, and come through ports of call: https://www.cato.org/blog/77-drug-traffickers-are-us-citizens-not-illegal-immigrants The border is not a "war zone": https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/not-war-zone-veterans-visit-texas-borderlands-military-outdoors-sierra-club Growing number of Republicans think Democracy is wrong for America: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/21/republicans-biden-trump-election-democracy GOP seizing the election system: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-01-01/insurrection-gop-seizes-election-power 401ks are a scam: https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/25/derechos-humanos/#are-there-no-poorhouses America's disappearing middle class: https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-the-future-well-all-be-renters-americas-disappearing-middle-class Peter Thiel's essay on how democracy is not compatible with freedom: https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/ Republicans becoming anti-democratic in charts: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22274429/republicans-anti-democracy-13-charts More information on the Backfire Effect, where people dig into their beliefs when presented with contrary evidence: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2017/01/13/yanss-093-the-neuroscience-of-changing-your-mind/

Notably, the Inflation Reduction Act didn't attract a single Republican vote in the Senate. (And at least one Democratic senator — Kyrsten Sinema — made sure its tax provisions wouldn't raise tax rates on rich individuals.) Why? We talk a lot about money in politics, but there's a huge and growing difference between the big money (campaign donations of $1 million or more), most of it pouring into Republican coffers and small money (individual donations of $200 or less), mainly pouring into the Democrats. (Corporations have been giving to both sides, in roughly equal measure.)The significance of this difference is growing. With the midterms elections looming, the gap between the two sources is larger than ever. Democrats are far outpacing Republicans in small-dollar donations. The most recent reports (through June 30) show, for example, that: — In Georgia, incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock has raised $14 million in small donations; Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker has raised only about $8 million in small donations. — In Florida, Val Demings, the Democratic challenger to Senator Marco Rubio, has raised more than $24 million in small donations; Rubio himself has reported $12.7 million in small donations. — In Arizona, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly's re-election campaign has raised nearly $23 million from small-dollar donors. His GOP challenger, Blake Masters, less than $2 million from small donors. But the GOP's big money donors are making up the difference.— Billionaire Peter Thiel has so far poured over $25 million into the races of Blake Masters in Arizona and J.D. Vance in Ohio. — Kenneth C. Griffin, the CEO of giant hedge fund Citadel, is bankrolling Republican super PACs to the tune of nearly $50 million. — Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman of giant hedge fund Blackstone, has so far contributed a combined $20 million to the main House and Senate Republican super PAC. — Banking heir Timothy Mellon (descendant of the robber baron Andrew Mellon) has so far contributed $10 million to the main House GOP super PAC.— Ditto billionaire Patrick R. Ryan. — Miriam Adelson (whose husband, Sheldon Adelson, was one of the GOP's most generous contributors until his death last year) just made her first $5 million donation. The list goes on. — And, of course, Rupert Murdoch, Charles Koch, et al. Small donors are ramping up their giving to Democrats because they're aware of how nuts the Republican Party has become on issues ranging from abortion to democracy. Trump has pulled into the GOP white supremacists, Christian nationalists, QAnon paranoids, xenophobic cultists, antisemites, misogynists, and rightwing militias. Plus a StarWars cantina of grifters, crackpots, and thugs who — as the January 6 attack showed — pose a clear and present danger to American democracy. Big donors are ramping up their giving to Republicans because they now have so much money that any Democratic-led tax increase on them (or Republican-led tax cut for them) will invariably have large financial consequences. The Inflation Reduction Act reveals just how much damage Democrats could do to the bottom lines of the rich.Many big donor billionaires (e.g., Peter Thiel) are trying to justify their donations as “libertarian,” but they know damn well the current Republican Party has nothing to do with personal freedom. It's busy intruding on reproductive rights, pushing book bans in libraries and classrooms, barring young transgender people from playing on certain sports teams or using certain bathrooms, refusing to allow teachers to talk about aspects of American history they don't want young people to know, and actively suppressing votes. Liberty my foot. No, the billionaires aren't libertarian. They want only one thing: more tax cuts.The extraordinary growth of small donors to Democrats is all about justifiable fears of what Republicans will do with more power. The growth in big dollars to Republicans is all about greed. What do you think? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscribe

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) picked Blockchain.com as the team's first crypto-related sponsorship. Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones made the announcement at a press conference Wednesday. The deal comes at a time when the NFL is beginning to ease up on how teams get involved with the crypto industry. Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy said on CNBC Thursday morning that the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant is likely not close to adding cryptocurrency as a payment mechanism for its retail business, but it's possible it will sell NFTs (non-fungible tokens) in the future. Andy Jassy also predicted that cryptocurrencies will continue to become bigger over time, but noted that he doesn't own any bitcoin personally. Cyprus-based Sand Vegas Casino Club, not to be confused with Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands (LVS), has been ordered by securities regulators in two U.S. states to stop selling non-fungible tokens that promise a cut of profits from casinos on metaverse platforms. Sand Vegas Casino Club is using part of the proceeds from the 11,100 “Gambler” NFTs to purchase land in Decentraland and The Sandbox.

With the recent controversy surrounding Whoopi Goldberg and her remarks about the Holocaust, with the recent hostage situation at a Texas synagogue, with generational trauma and anti-Semitism on the brain, Why We Theater re-releases this episode from Season 1 with a new intro and new context. Dig into Tony Award winner Steven Levenson's play IF I FORGET with Steven himself and experts Rabbi Shuli Passow (B'nai Jeshurun in New York City) and scholar Judah Isseroff. Watch IF I FORGET on BroadwayHD. Michael's monologue, as performed by Tony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos, appears with the permission of Roundabout Theatre Company, which premiered IF I FORGET Off-Broadway in 2017, and Steven Levenson. Referred to in this new intro Watch: Whoopi Goldberg shares thoughts on the Holocaust on The View Debra Messing tweets a helpful response to Goldberg Banning of "Maus" in schools.... and the subsequent nationwide results Hostage situation at Texas synagogue Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA What is Zionism? Referred to in this episode “The Rise of Social Orthodoxy: A Personal Account” by Jay P. Lefkowitz “The Problem with ‘Social Orthodoxy'” by Joshua R. Fattal, a critical response to Lefkowitz “What is the Talmud? Definition and Comprehensive Guide”, Yehuda Shurpin Who is Theodore Herzl? Who is David Ben-Gurion? Who is Sheldon Adelson? Who is “Adolf Eichmann”? Who is Hannah Arendt Neveragain.com Anti-Defamation League: Fighting Hate for Good What is Jerusalem Syndrome”?   Create the change Learn more about Judaism — knowledge facilitates compassion with “Introduction to Judaism” OR “The Basics of Judaism” Name anti-Semitic incidents as such, report them, and speak out against them Use Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide Learn about The New Israel Fund, which envisions a Jewish and democratic state Fight for justice guided by Jewish values with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) Be aware of your own bias — it's evolutionarily built in us to be tribal and we need to self-examine our thoughts and introduce dissenting viewpoints If you are Jewish and looking for ways to become involved: Choose a small tradition and incorporate that into your home, like lighting candles on Friday night for Shabat or saying the “Shema” before bed each night Take inspiration from B'nai Jeshurun's The Jewish Home Project In COVID, many synagogues have moved services online; explore to find a place that feels right to you   Why We Theater is a product of part of the Broadway Podcast Network, edited by Derek Gunther, and produced by Alan Seales. Follow us @whywetheater on Instagram & Twitter. Our theme music is by Benjamin Velez. Hear more at BenjaminVelez.com. Our logo is by Christina Minopoli. See more at MinopoliDesign.com. Special thanks to Genesis Johnson, Dori Berinstein, Leigh Silverman, Patrick Taylor, Tony Montenieri, Elena Mayer, Wesley Birdsall, and Suzanne Chipkin.   Connect with Ruthie! RuthieFierberg.com Instagram: @ruthiefierceberg / @whywetheater Twitter: @RuthiesATrain / @whywetheater Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tribute to Sheldon Adelson, A'H, the billionaire who cared about Israel and the Jews, with Jonathan Tobin, award winning journalist and editor-in-chief of JNS. Sheldon was a billionaire on the Forbe's list of the world's wealthiest people, and also one of the most prolific donors in conservative politics. This past week was his Yahrzeit. We memorialize what he has done for the United States and Israel. In fact, he was one of the first super-wealthy Americans to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling, which has created the open door to 8 and 9 figure political donations so long as the money does not go to candidates or party committees, but rather to independent Super Pacs. For Sheldon it was not about how he made his money, but the manner in which he gave so much of it away. Together with his lovely wide, Miriam, they built an empire of charity and goodwill to benefit people throughout the world. When Sheldon left this world on January 11 2021, it was a loss to all. Sheldon Adelson's life was not just about what he did, but he set the standard for other Jews to follow in his footsteps. Being proud of one's Jewish heritage, and unapologetic about engaging in the interests of people and Israel. May Sheldon's memory be for a blessing.

In tribute to Sheldon Adelson, A'H, the billionaire who cared about Israel and the Jews, with Jonathan Tobin, award winning journalist and editor-in-chief of JNS. Sheldon was a billionaire on the Forbe's list of the world's wealthiest people, and also one of the most prolific donors in conservative politics. This past week was his Yahrzeit. We memorialize what he has done for the United States and Israel. In fact, he was one of the first super-wealthy Americans to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United Ruling, which has created the open door to 8 and 9 figure political donations so long as the money does not go to candidates or party committees, but rather to independent Super Pacs. For Sheldon it was not about how he made his money, but the manner in which he gave so much of it away. Together with his lovely wide, Miriam, they built an empire of charity and goodwill to benefit people throughout the world. When Sheldon left this world on January 11 2021, it was a loss to all. Sheldon Adelson's life was not just about what he did, but he set the standard for other Jews to follow in his footsteps. Being proud of one's Jewish heritage, and unapologetic about engaging in the interests of people and Israel. May Sheldon's memory be for a blessing.

This week, Jack Hardcastle is locked in and hiding out in what looks like a church for this controversial episode of 'The Lock-In'. Joining our hosts Dara and David, Jack fires lots of shots, not least in the direction of Unibet Ambassador and 'The Chip Race' newsman Ian Simpson. Of course, that's right after the fresh-faced assassin does a little bit of bragging about his recent $270,000 score in the Blowout Series. (Ambassador material, Unibet?) The trio say goodbye to billionaire casino magnate, Republican mega-donor and online poker's public enemy #1 Sheldon Adelson. They pay their actual respects to Chris Moneymaker as he departs Pokerstars after 17 years and chat about the rumour that he is bound for ACR. The conversation then switches to subject of coaching as both Dara and Jack weigh in on what qualities and skillsets are required to be a good coach in the current paradigm. There are some quick takes on Tony G's imminent return to poker, his role in the poker media landscape and the news that MGM Resorts have made an $8.1 Billion offer for Entain plc, the parent company of Partypoker. The lads finish up with not one but two nuggets of strategy, one that's particularly pertinent to the upcoming Unibet PKO Series.

(Topic begins at 0:14:57 mark): Mike Postle's attorney Steven Lowe dismissed by judge as his counsel, Veronica Brill files anti-SLAPP motion..... (0:36:29): Sheldon Adelson dead at age 87.... (1:04:05): Netherlands woman releases "gender neutral playing cards".... (1:31:26): Annie Duke featured in cringey Forbes article.... (2:11:46): Daniel Negreanu goes on winning streak, then gives some back against Doug Polk.... (2:20:57): Australian sportsbettor sues site after mistaken line wins him $120k, but he doesn't get paid.... (2:33:12): Colorado officially kills $100 max bet limit, change to take place starting May 1.... (2:46:48): Degenerate NHL player Evander Kane files for bankruptcy despite signing $49 million contract in 2018.... (3:08:25): $13 million stolen by employee of South Korean casino.... (3:16:30): Popular old-school poker player Howard "Tahoe" Andrew passes away at 86.... (3:36:55): Chinese vaccine CoronaVac is only 50% effective.... (3:47:26): WHO finally investigating Wuhan for lab being responsible for COVID-19.... (3:55:50): State and local governments flub vaccine.... (4:18:45): Call from female forum user "splitthis"

New hopeless parties are appearing like mushrooms, old centrist parties are collapsing, and the chances are that the fourth election in a row won't solve anything. On the third episode of Haaretz's Election Overdose podcast, Anshel Pfeffer and Dahlia Scheindlin ask whether the system is broken or will everything go back to normal once Netanyahu is gone. Special guest Tzipi Livni thinks the problem is that Israeli politicians are simply too afraid to talk about matters of substance anymore.   Want to get an email every time a new episode is available? Click "Follow" on top of this article, or "Subscribe" on the podcast embed - and you'll never miss out.   Also on the show, we ask also what legacy did Sheldon Adelson leave Israeli politics and who was the last Israeli politician whose campaign promise was to bring us peace? The answer will surprise you. As Israel embarks on its fourth election in two years, Anshel and Dahlia, along with guests, will guide you every week through Israel's electoral thickets, the issues, the personalities, the polls and a history of elections in campaign jingles. Have questions for Anshel and Dahlia? Follow them on twitter and leave your comments there @AnshelPfeffer @dahliasc. Read more from Anshel and Dahlia on Haaretz.com.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nachum Segal presents great Jewish music, the latest news from Israel, Morning Chizuk with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, an interview with Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie, M.D., Senior Rabbi in Residence of the Jewish Council of the Emirates (JCE), an interview with Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger of ArtScroll about a number of fascinating new ArtScroll releases and a remembrance of Sheldon Adelson, ob"m, with Phil Rosen:

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On March 2, 1999, Ira spoke with Adelson prior to the opening of the Venetian Resort. This was the first time he appeared on a talk radio show. The program (then called Las Vegas Notebook) aired live on KDWN radio. Adelson talks about  his battles with the Culinary Union and government officials; the property's sidewalk controversy;  his belief that he was forced into the local political arena;  his decision to go after the high-end market and his vision for its expansion; his doubts about the Las Vegas Monorail; and his belief in the quality of the soon-to-be opened property.

Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Wednesday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Talkline with Zev Brenner special on Billionaire Philanthropist Sheldon Adelson. Guests: Phil Rosen VP Board of Directors Birthright Israel and Mort Klein National President of the Zionist Organization of America. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

Radix and Pinata cover the U.S. Spy Jonathan Pollard, who sold out America, engaged in treason, sold secrets for cash to Israel, China, Russia, South Africa, Pakistan and more and how he was released from parole by Bill Barr so Sheldon Adelson could ferry him away in a private jet to Israel, where Bibi met him on the runway in Tel Aviv to give him a hero's welcome for compromising American national security, endangering US Troops and being one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. But hey, our "greatest allies" who we give billions to each year in foreign aid, military aid and other absurd groveling "gifts."

Welcome to the Independent Left dot News Daily Headlines podcast for Thursday, December 10th, 2020. Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate! Today's Early Edition - Thursday, December 10th, 2020 https://independentleft.news/?edition_id=c43e64f0-3ae4-11eb-96dc-002590a5ba2d&utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=top-headlines-podcast&utm_content=ILN-Anchor-top-headlines-podcast-early-ed-12-10 Top Headlines:

(Topic starts at 0:06:13 mark): Announcement about PFA YouTube Election Show on November 3 at 3pm.... (0:40:14): Interview with Lee Bradbury (AHoosierA) about his ordeal with Christopher Mitchell's frivolous restraining order against him.... (2:29:04): Doug Polk, Daniel Negreanu set for heads up match on November 4, sidebetting is heavy.... (2:59:06): Old school poker character Sam Grizzle passes away.... (3:28:44): Interview with forum member "Kn1sh", who claims two Cubans are cheating live PLO games throughout the US.... (4:04:02): Controversial WSOP Main Event winner Jonathan Duhamel in tax battle in home country of Canada, which may have major implications for other Canadian poker pros.... (4:38:38): Sheldon Adelson might sell Venetian and Palazzo.... (4:55:00): Late stat change costs DFS player almost a million dollars.... (5:02:00): DraftKings refunds sportsbettors for blown call in Penn State game.... (5:14:38): WSOP, PokerstsrsNJ, PartyPokerNJ, all have massive geolocation failure.... (5:29:26): Dan Bilzerian responds to critical YouTuber Tom Nash regarding his company IGNITE.... (6:17:02): VitalVegas wins anti-SLAPP motion, gets lawsuit from Sahara dismissed.... (6:26:12): Update on Dustin "neverwin" Woolf and his recent plans.... (6:55:18): 12-to-30-year-olds are getting the coronavirus at a fast pace in the US. Is this good or bad?.... (7:23:47): Editorial: What is fake news, and who should judge it?.... tradershky co-hosts in final 2.5 hours.

Thanks to our guest player Scott Maxwell who suggested a piece of long-form journalism for Whatd'ya Do That's New presented by Klausman Law. Scott's pick was Sheldon Adelson Bets It All - The billions he made in Macau transformed him into a GOP kingmaker. But has he overplayed his hand?

Sheldon Adelson has cancer, hasn't been at work in over 2 months (topic starts at 0:17:10 mark). Entertaining listener "shoeshine box" calls in to talk about his battle with cancer (0:35:35). Crazy ranting player leads to fight at Talking Stick in Arizona (0::52:59). Two advantage players file lawsuit against Harrah's Joliet over false arrest in 2014 (1:12:46). Adam "Pacman" Jones arrested for cheating at Indiana casino (1:55:40). Harrah's Metropolis closed to due to massive flood (2:13:42). Poker pro Jon Jonsson missing for nearly 3 weeks after attending Dublin poker tournament (2:24:10). Druff mocks latest Annie Duke podcast appearance (2:33:26). Surprise phone call from neverwin and his girlfriend, bearing shocking news (3:26:10). DOJ decides to delay enforcement of new Wire Act interpretation until June (3:45:26). Carl Icahn gets three preferred members added to Caesars board (3:51:27). Flashback 30 years: Druff injured while on Jewish ski trip (3:55:50). Druff's DOs and DON'Ts for solving customer service & billing issues (4:39:09). Co-hosted partially by tradershky.

Gantz & Lapid merge parties ahead of elections  A new centrist-left joint list has been created; Benny Gantz of the Israel Resilience Party and Yair Lapid with Yesh Atid. #BENNYGANTZ #YAIRLAPID __________________ 2. Israel Resilience & Yesh Atid parties merge Zohar Tal, Political Analyst; Chairman of "OZZ - Zionist Foundation" joins us in the studio to speak about the last minute Gantz-Lapid unity block.  #ZOHARTAL #OZZ ____________________ Gantz draws ire from English speakers Gantz and his Israel Resilience Party are now coming under heavy fire from the immigrant communities in Israel, following remarks he and his affiliates made this week targeting Prime Minister Netanyahu. #BENNYGANTZ #IMMIGRANTS ___________________ Night-riots along the Gaza border resume In the West Bank, five suspects were detained by Israeli Security Forces for terrorist activities along route 60; 17 wanted suspects were arrested for violence and terrorist activities against civilians and soldiers. #RIOTS #GAZA ___________________ Al-Tamimi Et Al V Adelson Et Al A United States appeals court has just given new life to a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit launched by 18 Palestinians against Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson. #SHELDONADELSON #LAWSUIT ___________________ Thousands rally against Anti-Semitism in France Following a recent series of increasingly aggressive acts targeting Jews and Jewish institutions in France, tens of thousands gathered in Paris and other select cities in the country to rally against Anti-Semitism and racism in the nation #FRANCE #ANTISEMITISM      ___________________ Netanyahu & Putin postpone their Moscow meeting Prime Minister Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin postponed their meeting to a phonecall. #BIBINETANYAHU #VLADIMIRPUTIN  ___________________ IDF offers free ‘Morning After Pills' As part of continued efforts to lower the rates of abortions while still giving women in Israel a choice regarding contraceptives The Israeli Health Ministry authorized a few years ago the free availability of ‘Morning After Pills' for female soldiers. #CONTRACEPTIVES #ISRAELHEALTHMINISTRY ___________________ Official Eurovision song ‘Home' is announced  The official song for Israel's 2019 contestant, Kobi Marimi, has just been chosen by a team of experts at the Kan public broadcaster and the name of the tune is ‘Home'. #KOBIMARIMI #EUROVISION ___________________ 10. Israeli police welcome new k-9 recruits The Israeli Police welcomed 12 new police dogs this week that came all the way from the Czech Republic. #ISRAELIPOLICE #CZECHREPUBLIC ___________________ Beresheet Explorer is scheduled for launch Israel will launch the world's first privately-funded mission towards the moon from Cape Canaveral, tune in with the IAI at 8:45 pm (EST); 3:45 am (Israel time) for live broadcast. #BERESHEET #IAI                        ___________________ Hebrew word of the Day: BERESHIT | בראשית = GENESIS Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today's word is ' BERESHIT ' which means GENESIS. #LEARNHEBREW   #HEBREWWORDOFDAY   #ILTVHEBREWWORDOFDAY  ___________________ The Weather Forecast Tonight should be mostly clear and cool, with a low of forty-nine or nine degrees Celsius. then over the weekend you can expect cloudy skies and a slight rise in temperatures, to a high of sixty-four or eighteen degrees Celsius.  #ISRAELWEATHER   #ISRAELFORECAST See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eli Elezra attempts "Ask Me Anything" on 2+2 to promote upcoming book, results in scamming accusations (topic starts at 0:24:24 mark). Should 2+2 publish books by scammers or other disgraced poker players? (1:46:08) For the record: Druff clarifies a few details about last week's AsianSpa death story (1:58:24). Former PFA guest Jonny Ferrari claims Gavin Smith's death was due to "something hereditary" (2:07:23). WSOP releases full 2019 schedule (2:21:45). Disgraced Epic Poker head & former WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack named President of XFL (2:58:16). Shaun Deeb taunts Daniel Negreanu on Twitter about recent engagement (3:29:25). Terminally ill man chooses to meet Negreanu as his Dream Foundation trip (3:40:26). Ali Fazeli sentenced to 18 months for Super Bowl ticket scam (3:49:30). Sheldon Adelson found to have links to 2018 DOJ Wire Act reinterpretation (3:55:19). Pennsylvania informs casinos to comply with new Wire Act rules (4:02:10). Bellagio dealer refuses tip from poker player Johnnie Moreno (4:06:13). Editorial: Why not to jump to conclusions from viral social media stories (4:33:34). PCA $25k event winner was tip-shamed by Sam Grafton (5:10:23).

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Sketches of Malaysian Hamas-hit suspects posted Malaysian police have just released composite sketches of the suspected assassins of a top Hamas engineer who was in the country, both the victim's family and Hamas have accused Israel's Mossad agency of carrying out the killing. Russia mulls delivery of s-300 rockets to Syria Dr. Martin Sherman, Founder & Executive Director of the IISS speaking at ILTV Studio the threat Russia has announces following both Israeli and joint-western powers' strikes on Styrian and Iranian installations in Syria. Trump addresses elephant in the room Apparently Trump and Netanyahu had a very frank phone call sometime last year, according to those familiar with the call, Trump apparently asked Netanyahu point blank: do you actually care about peace in the Middle East? Are you prepared against electronic attacks? The jury's still out on whether or not U.S. President Donald Trump will be at the ribbon-cutting ceremony when the American embassy opens in Jerusalem next month, but Israeli officials have just confirmed that at least President's daughter Ivanka, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner will attend. 5. “Price Tag” attacks on the rise A difficult reality the so-called “price tag” revenge crimes, and Jewish hate crimes committed against Palestinians. These crimes are generally investigated the same way Palestinians crimes are by Israeli security forces, but now, the Shin Bet has just released some startling statistics on Anti-Palestinian hate crime. Dunham P.D. puts the cuffs on Israeli training With global terrorism on the rise, most of the world's nations are trying to get their hands on whatever Israeli training they can find. Durham North Carolina has become the first American city to actually ban its police force from any kind of training with either Israeli P-D, or the I.D.F.   The best designs come ‘naturally' Dr. Daphne Haim-Langford, Chair of the Israel Biomimicry Organization and Dr. Yael Helfman Cohen, Co-Founder & CEO of the Israel Biomimicry Organization speaking at ILTV Studio about the organization that is spreading the word about how incredibly effective Biomimicry is. Adelson pledge $70m to Birthright Some say relations between Diaspora Jews and Israel has never been stronger, and a claim solidified by a seventy-million dollar gift from Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam were seen to help fund free birthright trips for American Jews to Israel. 9. ‘We've been treating Diabetes all wrong' Dr. Mariela Glandt, Endocrinologist at the Glandt Center for Diabetes Care speaking at ILTV Studio about how lifestyle changes are the most effective tool in the box for Diabetes care. 10. Fruit flies experience the “oy” of sex Israeli researchers have finally answered the question “when fruit flies have sex, do they enjoy it?” well according to top Israeli minds that answer is shockingly a resounding “yes, yes they do.” 11. Hebrew word Of The Day: : TA'ANUG | תַעֲנוּג = PLEASURE Learn a New Hebrew word every day. Today's word is "Ta'anug" which means "Pleasure" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are Ivey's Room and Bobby's Room in Vegas breaking Nevada law regarding open games? Is new high-end VIP "Diamond Spade Club" actually a scam? Black "Humpty Hump" robber of New York, New York casino turned out to be a white guy. HPT Meadows disallows guarantee on two events if minimum number of entrants not met. Fold heard around the world: Was amazing rivered set fold actually that amazing? Dude looks like a lady! Woman to disguise herself as a man during 2018 WSOP. Nevada Attorney General who charged Bryan Micon to run for governor. Planet Hollywood has added a horrible 000 roulette game. "Kind Heaven", a weird holographic, southeast Asian themed complex to open at The Linq Promenade in 2019. Betonline sportsbook clobbered by nasty, long-running DDoS attack. Sheldon Adelson getting out of Pennsylvania casino business. tradershky co-hosts most of the way, and TMMLK co-hosts during the second half of the show.

Archiving works again after system glitch failed recording of January 31 show. Lauren Wolfe of KillResortFees.com comes on the show to explain why resort fees are deceptive, and how to get them refunded to you. Vegas hotels have mostly raised resort fees for 2018. Steve Wynn resigns as CEO of Wynn Resorts after Sheldon Adelson's newspaper throws itself under the bus in order to place more pressure on Wynn. What will fallout be from Wynn resignation? "Chicago Joey" Ingram comes on the show to explain his botting/collusion/superuser allegations against America's Card Room. Poker world angry as CNBC chooses Annie Duke as "business expert" for article. Gus Hansen suing former business partner in Denmark. High roller events at 2018 WSOP to "test" usage of shot clock & big-blind ante. Ethics question: If stolen money is gambled away at legalized online casino, who should take the loss? Pokerstars had huge overlay due to Superbowl Sunday. Seminole Hard Rock poker room in Florida robbed, suspect caught. What is the reason for bitcoin's recent losses? Discussion of the true impact Caesars' recent degradation of Seven Stars will have on their business. Show co-hosted by khalwat during the first half, tradershky in the middle, and Brandon in the 2nd half.

WSOP announces partnership with Poker Central, which will televise much of streaming content, ends November 9. WSOP Player of the Year revamped by longtime media figure Jess Wellman. WSOP Circuit adds events in Sacramento area & Seminole Hard Rock in Florida. Interview with Andrew Barber, Twitter social justice warrior. Brandon Cantu gives long-awaited update regarding the "Jennicide feet washing" story, and reminisces with Druff about Chantel. Should you really be afraid to stay at the Rio? JaoPoker reps trash & lie about PokerFraudAlert after critical article posted. Pokerstars goes offline temporarily -- players get screwed. Amaya to change name to "The Stars Group". Nevada state attorney general Adam Laxalt focus of ethics probe involving Sheldon Adelson. American Gaming Association backs legalized sportsbetting in any state which wants it. FBI asked Best Buy Geek Squad to look for child porn on computers, criminal case thrown out. khalwat co-hosts.

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Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The Republican presidential primary in Florida, Sheldon Adelson's support of Newt Gingrich, and CIA officer John Kiriakou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices