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Peter Welch, U.S. Vermont Senator, joins Kurt & Anthony to give an update from Washington.

Today on the show; We feature Bernie Sanders, back on the road again, on his national “Fight The Oligarchy” tour. We feature excerpts of The Vermont Senator's recent speech at his stop in Iowa City, Iowa.     The post Bernie Sanders On The Road Again appeared first on KPFA.

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President-elect Donald Trump roiled Washington this week with his picks for Defense Secretary, Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General. Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), a member of the Judiciary Committee, will have a say on whether Matt Gaetz, Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, gets confirmed. He joins Major at the CBS News Washington Bureau to rehash the busy week that was in politics and to look ahead at what's to come when the new administration sweeps into town in January. Join us!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on America in the Morning Graduations Being Canceled With pro-Palestinian protests continuing on their campus, Columbia University officials have decided to cancel its large campus-wide commencement ceremony. John Stolnis has the details.     The Trump Trial Resumes The hush money trial for former President Donald Trump resumed in New York City. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports the week began with Trump being hit with another fine from the judge.   Russia Arrests US Soldier U.S. officials have confirmed that an American soldier has been arrested in Russia under questionable circumstances. The details from Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani.     Johnson On The Hot Seat After a nearly two-hour meeting with Mike Johnson yesterday, Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke to the media and said the two will continue their discussions this morning. America in the Morning's Jeff McKay has details.   Divine Intervention Saying “God jammed the gun,” a Pennsylvania pastor is happy to be alive when an armed man walked up to his pulpit during a sermon and tried to open fire.   An Extra Year Medicare and Social Security each got a bit of a reprieve. Correspondent Ed Donahue has more.     Jewish Groups Denounce Anti-Israel Protests Unrest on college campuses around the nation is continuing. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports that Jewish groups at college campuses are denouncing anti-Semitism displayed at anti-Israel campus protests.     Latest In The Middle East There was a surprise development in the Middle East when the terrorist group Hamas announced they would agree to the terms of an Egypt and Qatar-mediated ceasefire deal that also involves the United States. However, Israel has not signed on. Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports the fighting continues, as Israeli forces entered Rafah, where they warned over 100,000 residents to leave the area to avoid civilian casualties.     Trump Faces More Contempt Warnings Both the former president and the judge presiding over the case had a lot to say as Donald Trump's trial in New York City is again underway. Ed Donahue reports.    Record Snow & Tornadoes From thunderstorms to flooding, tornadoes and hail, and even record snowfall in the western mountains, severe weather is being experienced from parts of the Midwest to the west coast. Correspondent Clayton Neville has the latest.    Lawsuit Over Child Abuse A new lawsuit says that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades.  Lisa Dwyer has more.    Starliner Launch Scrapped Again The planned launch of a Boeing Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station was scrubbed just two hours before liftoff. The planned takeoff from Cape Canaveral which included two astronauts was stopped due to what NASA described as concerns over an oxygen relief valve on the upper stage of the craft.      Garland Facing House Charges The clock is ticking as House Republicans are planning to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt. Correspondent Norman Hall reports.     Sanders To Run Again For anyone who thought Bernie Sanders was planning to leave Congress, guess again. The 82-year-old Vermont Senator says he will run for reelection to another 6-year term.   Tech News New smartphones due out next year will likely have additional battery life, due to integrated A-I Power management. Here's Chuck Palm with today's tech news.    Finally   The annual Met Gala took place in New York City, complete with fashion and controversy. Kevin Carr reports.    Country music legend Randy Travis may no longer be able to sing, but that's not stopping him from releasing a new single. Correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports the new song was generated by artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the wake of October 7th, when Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis, Senator Bernie Sanders spoke out in favor of Israel's right to defend itself. But now he says Israel is violating international law, arguing “the United States cannot continue to be complicit in the horror that is taking place now." Senator Sanders joins the program from Capitol Hill to discuss America's politics at home and abroad.  Also on today's show: Michelle O'Neill, First Minister of Northern Ireland; global affairs journalist Emily Tamkin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“The more important the issue the less it is discussed.” The Vermont Senator talks to Nihal Arthanayake about the future of capitalism - and offers his thoughts on the upcoming presidential election.

First Jake goes one-on-one with GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, who responds to the final Des Moines Register poll showing him trailing significantly behind Trump and Haley ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Jake presses DeSantis on what a third place finish in Iowa would mean for the rest of his campaign and asks DeSantis if he underestimated Trump's grip on the Republican Party. Next, Jake interviews Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and his push to restrict US military support for Israel. They also discuss US strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen and how Biden's handling of the situation in the Middle East will impact Biden's support among young voters in the election. After, CNN Senior Political commentator David Axelrod and former Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan join Jake to preview what they think will happen in the GOP Iowa caucuses. Then, our panel breaks down the Des Moines Register Iowa poll and what the outcome of the caucuses could mean for the rest of the GOP primary. Finally, Jake digs into Trump's most brazen argument in the January 6 case against him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Examining the race to succeed Patrick Leahy as Vermont Senator.Middlebury College political science professor Bert Johnson helps us understand the role of the Senate, and we talk to the candidates: Rep. Peter Welch and Gerald Malloy about their campaigns for U.S. Senate.

On this edition of Parallax Views, Ari Rabin-Havt, deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign, joins me for a brief 20 minute about his new campaign memoir The Fighting Soul: On the Road With Bernie Sanders. Rabin-Havt provides not only a behind-the-scenes look at the Sanders campaign but also a rare glimpse into the passionate Vermont Senator himself that gets beyond what one saw from him in televised appearances, town halls, and Presidential debates. Most of this conversation focuses on how Bernie developed a greater confidence in his foreign policy views and detailing his fight to pass the Yemen War Powers Act/Resolution alongside seemingly unlikely allies Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). We also discuss Bernie's 2018 lunch with then Iranian foreign minister Javad Zaraf, an anecdote about Bernie Sanders and America's most prominent Israel lobby AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), Bernie's love of mo-town, an exchange between Barack Obama and Bernie that illustrates Bernie's principles, and an amusing story involving Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus. Be sure to pick of The Fighting Soul: On the Road With Bernie Sanders as this only covers a small slice of a book that is a fast-paced, rollicking read throughout. In the second segment of the show, former Senior Federal Reserve official Thomas M. Hoenig joins me to discuss the aftermath of the global financial crisis and his opposition to Quantitative Easing, "Too Big To Fail Banks", and support for a new, modernized Glass-Steagall Act to break up mega-banks. As listeners of Parallax Views may recall, Hoenig was recently featured as the main protagonist of recent guest Christopher Leonard's The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Broke the American Economy. In the second segment of the show, former Senior Federal Reserve official Thomas M. Hoenig joins me to discuss the aftermath of the global financial crisis and his opposition to Quantitative Easing, "Too Big To Fail Banks", and support for a new, modernized Glass-Steagall Act to break up mega-banks. As listeners of Parallax Views may recall, Hoenig was recently featured as the main protagonist of recent guest Christopher Leonard's The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Broke the American Economy. In Leonard's book, which covers the Federal Reserve's policies in the years following the 2008 financial crisis, Hoenig is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City who consistently (and in opposition to other Federal Reserve officials) votes "No" on proposed policies. Although painted as being merely an "anti-inflation hawk", Leonard says this is a misrepresentation and that Hoenig saw how Quantitative Easing was hurting rather than helping the ordinary citizens of Main Street America. In this conversation, Hoenig explains exactly how he saw policies like Quantitative Easing and the belief in "Too Big To Fail Banks" as having negative consequences for ordinary America. Hoenig is unfiltered in the course of our discussion and expresses his pro-market views, small "c" conservative views while also noting the ways in which some of his views have overlapped with liberal and left-wing figures like Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown. This conversation doesn't get into a debate about politics, but rather allows Hoenig to express his views. All in all it is hope by Parallax Views that this is seen as a fascinating discussion with a former major figure from the Federal Reserve who now serves as a Distinguished Fellow for the Mercatus Center.

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-west

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

John and new Brandeis host Jerome Tharaud (author of Apocalyptic Geographies) learn exactly how the growth of America's public universities relied on shameful seizures of Native American land. Working with Tristan Athone --editor of Grist and a member of the Kiowa Tribe--historian Robert Lee wrote a stunning series of pieces that reveal how many public land-grant universities were fundamentally financed and sustained by a long-lasting settle-colonial "land grab." Their meticulous work paints an unusually detailed picture of how most highly praised institutions of higher education in America (Cornell, MIT, UC Berkeley and virtually all of the great Midwestern public universities) were initially launched and sometimes later sustained by a flood of cash deriving directly or indirectly from that stolen and seized land. Jerome and John discuss with Lee issues that are covered in the initial article in High Country News, a dedicated website with a better version of this fantastic map, a follow-up article tracing land that was never sold, and a scholarly forum that followed from their findings. The Morrill Act (1862, right in the middle of the Civil War, and that is no coincidence). Its author Justin Morrill, a Vermont Senator, argued the land-grants were a payback for the East's investment in opening the West. The West was "a plundered province" wrote Bernard de Voto (Harpers, August 1934). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sen. Ram Hinsdale joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to discuss to the open US Congressional seat, legislative priorities, and will she jump in the race.

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING PART 1 (0:0 - 9:44): ────────────────── Moral Revolution of Unprecedented Nature: Biden Administration Seeks to Strip Right From Christian Colleges to Operate According to Historic, Christian Beliefs on Gender WALL STREET JOURNAL (JERRY C. DAVIS) Biden Policy Disrespects Both Science and Religion PART 2 (9:45 - 13:26): ────────────────── As Texas Board Rejects Sex Ed Materials, Christians are Reminded that Education — Of Any Sort — is Never Morally Neutral DALLAS MORNING NEWS (CORBETT SMITH) Texas Board Rejects Proposed Sex Ed Materials for Middle and High Schoolers PART 3 (13:27 - 19:15): ────────────────── Beto O'Rourke Announces Run for Texas Governor — But Will Texas Elect Self-Proclaimed Progressive ‘Man of Destiny'? DALLAS MORNING NEWS (MARK DAVIS) With Beto, Texas Democrats will Party Like It's 2018 PART 4 (19:16 - 22:33): ────────────────── Senatorial Realities: Lisa Murkowski Fights for Re-Election in Alaska Amidst History of Controversial Political Decisions Within the Republican Party DALLAS MORNING NEWS (EMILY COCHRANE) Murkowski Announces Re-election Bid, Setting Up Clash With Trump PART 5 (22:34 - 24:35): ────────────────── Vermont Senator of 48 Years, Patrick Leahy, Set to Retire — What Can We Learn From the Shift in the State's Political Landscape During His Tenure?

Senator Mazza joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to talk about the end of the legislative session, work on the transportation committee, and much more.

Sen. Ram joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to talk about bills that are currently being handled in the legislature including S.10. Hear about what is happening in her committee and more.

Sen. Brock joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to talk about S.10 involving changes to unemployment insurance, how to use stimulus funds in Vermont, and S.46 encouraging people to move and live in Vermont.

Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of both Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, joins us to discuss election interference claims. The US intelligence agencies are again making abstract election interference claims against foreign nations. This time they included a list of nations and groups that are targeted for regime change or otherwise named as official adversaries. As usual, the intelligence agencies are reporting an attack that only they can detect and provide no evidence or support other than their history of lies and deception.Ted Rall, a political cartoonist and syndicated columnist, joins us to discuss 2020 election interference by the Democratic Party. A new book called "Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency," makes claims that the real election battle for the Democrats in 2020 was against Bernie Sanders. They claim that the party used its entire apparatus to interfere in the election and ensure that the Vermont Senator could not win the primary battle.Dan Lazare, investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court and the Decline of American Democracy," joins us to discuss the new Cold War. A new Black Agenda Report article by Danny Haiphong asserts that the new Cold War is built on lies and the dismissal of actual war crimes. Danny argues that "whatever separation that existed between the military-industrial complex and the U.S. corporate media is a thing of the past." He goes on to give numerous examples with a particular focus on China and Venezuela.David Schultz, author and professor of political science and law at Hamline University, joins us to discuss filibuster reform. Amidst numerous calls for filibuster reform, President Biden has come out in favor of changes to the filibuster. Biden argues that the current form of the Senate's most controversial rule is thwarting democracy and is giving his blessing for, at minimum, forcing parties to require senators who wish to obstruct to hold the floor and speak continuously.Scott Ritter, a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, joins us to discuss Afghanistan. A military insider reveals how the military worked to obstruct President Trump's efforts to remove troops from Afghanistan. A Grayzone article outlines how the military establishment was once again successful in preventing the drawdown of troops and ending hostilities in the occupied nation.Professor Danny Shaw, author, activist and professor of Latin American studies, joins us to discuss US oppression of nations in the global south. The Biden administration is supporting the unconstitutional extension of the presidency of Jovenel Moise in Haiti. Also, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, has spoken out against the prosecution of US puppet and Bolivian coup plotter Jeanine Anez.Miko Peled, author and activist, joins us to discuss Israel. James Zogby's latest article argues that the Biden administration is taking the same track as his predecessors regarding Israel. Biden has so far demonstrated that he will defer to Israel when it comes to Middle East policy regarding Iran and Palestine. Nick Davies, peace activist and author of "Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion of Iraq," joins us to discuss Syrian sanctions. China has joined Russia in condemning the brutal sanctions levied against Syria by the US empire and its vassal allies. Also, numerous members of congress and peace organizations are arguing that President Biden's bombing of Syria was illegal.

Senator Mazza joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to discuss how the Transportation committee has been doing, focusing on, and celebrating the Mazza General Store which has been going strong for 67 years.

Senator Hardy joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to talk about her bill to consider whether schools should be funded for SROs (school resource officers). Senator Hardy shares her insight, reflection, and the discussion she wants to open up statewide.

Sen. Brock joins WVMT's The Morning Drive to talk about the recent legislature move to condemn the Capital riots in D.C., the upcoming session, and much more.

From his humble beginnings as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont to his seat in the Senate, Demoractic Socialist Bernie Sanders has consistently backed the working class, universal health care and taxing the wealthiest Americans. The Vermont Senator joins us this week to talk about the future of Trumpism, priorities for the new administration, and what this upcoming shift in power could mean for transformative, inclusive change.   Our team is taking a break for the next few weeks, but not to worry – we’ll have new episodes ready for you come January. In the meantime, stay safe and happy holidays!   Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX.    Resources from this episode: Follow Sen. Sanders’ updates on Twitter. Learn more about your local Democratic Socialists chapter here.   Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook.    To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, this beloved land of the United States of America is. But this land, our land is so divided in so many ways by we the people that it becomes daily far from beautiful. Our recent elections show how divided we are even though, amazingly so, elections for the most part were peaceful. With minor exceptions, riots and violence did not occur. At least for now. But as we are as a people, this American house of ours cannot stand. Unity, common ground, commonality in ideas and values seem long gone. But now comes a President Elect who promises UNITY. Joe Biden as our presumptive leader and President asks us to come together and unite in common causes for the good of America. But, that of course will depend upon what the causes are. Biden promises moderation, announces he eschews the radicalism and ultra liberal progressivism of so much of his party, while at his side as Vice President is the most liberal, radical member of the United States Senate. Having large hands in decision making will be none other than Vermont Senator and radical socialist Bernie Sanders. And of course, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, liberal as they come. And Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, she the author of the Equality Act as radical as it comes, and Congressmen Schiff and Nadler among many others and of course the Squad, AOC, Tlaib, Omar, and Pressley, again as liberal and radical as four women can be. Along with Kamala Harris, it will be simply amazing if this think tank, this President – Elect by committee does not attempt in every way possible a major LURCH TO THE LEFT which of course would tear America apart. Only the election and confirmation of two Republican Senators from the great state of Georgia can prevent that.What Democrats will do, now in charge of the White House, and the House of Representatives may happen gradually, step by step, but change, and eventually radical change will in fact occur. COUNT ON IT!We are told that our Supreme Court is reasonably conservative. This court, the pundits say will prevent extreme and radical legislation, and congressional and state action from becoming the law of land in defiance of the Constitution. Our Supreme Court is comprised of Chief Justice John Roberts, a supposed conservative, and Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, confirmed constitutional originalists, and Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, also supposed conservatives in thinking and decision making, and now after a brutal confirmation hearing, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, yet another so called constitutional originalist and textualist. That is a total of six supposedly conservative–leaning Justices. But are they? The vote of John Roberts is always unpredictable. Thomas and Alito invariably vote in conservative, originalist fashion. But Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, like Roberts, are unpredictable in decision making, leaning more conservative but always potentially ready for that surprise liberal vote. We can assume that conservative decision making of Justice Barrett but that remains to be seen.But we the people can surely count on virtual unanimity in decision making from the liberal block including Justices Kagan, Breyer and Sotomayor. It takes only two votes from two Justices leaning left to change a decision. That has and will happen, perhaps time and again. For three liberal Justices vote consistently and openly in liberal even progressive fashion, unashamed and consistent. So often, it seems, the conservative Justices so called, including and especially Chief Justice Roberts vote leaning left, perhaps political rather than constitutional and are consequently unpredictable unlike the three liberal Justices. The Supreme Court may be conservative on paper but the legal paper they produce can be anything but. This court, this newly formed group of nine Justices will vote on some of the most crucial issues which have ever faced our great country. Democrats are determined to effectuate THE GREEN NEW DEAL. Biden has indicated clearly and emphatically that he intends to do away with fossil fuels. Natural (green) energy will eventually rule the day, so say Biden and the Democrats, no matter the cost now estimated in the several trillion dollars as a starter, preventing any and all kinds of FRACTURING, and drilling wherever possible, and the construction of new pipelines in an attempt first to curtail the usage of fossil fuels and then to eliminate them. We can just imagine the litigation which will ensue.And taxes. We will see, if Biden and his party have their way, an unbelievable, progressive increase in taxes for every American. It is just simply amazing that these radical politicians continue with the old saw of tax increases for the wealthy only, untrue in every way, for these very same taxes ultimately affect the so called middle class and even those below. The more, the bigger government, the more taxes. The Trump Tax Reforms will be done away with as soon as possible. Everyone and every entity, including and especially corporations will pay more, and in some cases far more taxes. The Democrats are the party of big government and they will tax private enterprise with a vengeance. Unchecked, there will be a continual whittling away of our private economy which pre–Corona had begun to thrive and grow so much so under the Trump–induced economy. There may well be the end of so much opportunity, including large portions of the American Dream. Entrepreneurs will be scarce; venture capital will be difficult to raise. Risk taking will be at a minimum. Our economy will in fact be dominated by large Corporations, by BIG TECH and competition, real economic competition will be extremely limited. Many predict that capitalism will be attacked at every level and that socialism, gradual and perhaps imperceptible will take route step by step until it ultimately dominates our great country.Many economists say that the Biden government will return to far more and oppressive regulations. If legislation, radical in nature, can be blocked by a Republican Senate, executive orders will issue which will increase regulations and eventually suffocate private enterprise. The swamp which the Trump Administration was determined to reduce or eliminate will grow creatures now more than ever. Capitalism is a target, the enemy for these socialists in hiding. The radical, socialistic elements in the Democrat party wish to change the Constitution so as to eliminate the electoral college. They are against federalism. They wish to eliminate or control the power and authority of the various states. But at the same time, they wish to admit two new states to our union, total 52 in the form of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, states newly formed which Democrats are convinced will allow them further representation and control in the Senate and the House. And, Democrats are determined as well to PACK THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. They want to add Justices, perhaps as many as four or even more who can be appointed by a Democrat President and confirmed by a Democrat Senate so as to control the Supreme Court for liberal purposes. These new Democrats, our new leaders, radical and progressive are determined to change America and to eliminate so very much of our beloved constitutional and free way of life. Watch for this to happen step by step. Watch for what is called:         CANCEL CULTURE.The cancelling of traditional American constitutional rights and freedoms one by one.Elections 2020 had some most interesting results. The House of Representatives, all 435 of them elected every two years, saw some rather significant gains by Republicans. Democrats will in fact control the House but nowhere near as significantly in number as before. We begin already to see challenges to the leadership of Pelosi and the typical Democrat approach to legislation. The more radical elements in the House, like the Squad, will no longer take a backseat to Pelosi and the traditional Democrat way of doing business. The Schumer leadership in the Senate will be challenged by centrist Senators, few as they are, but more importantly, by the more radical Democrats senatorial elements like Bernie Sanders, challenged to champion socialistic and radical legislation. Rather than unity and coming together, many predict WE THE PEOPLE will have more division than ever before. I pray they are wrong but I fear they are right.Joe Biden as President will be pressured to issue executive orders time and again, and especially when legislation, progressive or radical in nature, cannot pass House and Senate. When these executive orders occur, you can count on litigation at every turn. Our federal courts and our Supreme Court will be busier than ever as our once great country continues to fracture. Many will have voted and as is so typical, withdraw from the political arena. But the task of any good American, any real citizen, only just begins. It is our duty, not in any way optional, but a firm duty for every citizen to stay involved in the political process and to make certain that those elected fulfill the promises they have made. WE THE PEOPLE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. Politicians will do and say anything to get elected. When that happens, who they really are and what they really believe comes out and it is then BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. Pre–elections had rallies, meetings, marches, the assembly so often of concerned citizens and all of that, ALL OF THAT must continue if America is to survive. We must hold these politicians accountable, WE THE PEOPLE MUST HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. We live in a day and age, in our very own country and globally, which absolutely requires all of us, every caring American citizen to be and stay involved politically. We cannot withdraw, WE CANNOT, for if we do, we the good men and women of America, if we withdraw from the political arena, the bad men and women will take over. This is our country, and it is our duty not to mention our privilege to protect and defend the America we love and which has given us so much. Stay involved my fellow Americans, STAY POLITICALLY INVOLVED NOW MORE THAN EVER. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE! Our future as free citizens depends upon our ability to hold 545 people, citizens like us, including 435 House of Representatives, 100 Senators, 9 Supreme Court Justices and one President, 545 fully and completely:         ACCOUNTABLE!If you want the beautiful America to remain as free and beautiful as it has always been. 

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: The Trump administration certainly looks like it’s trying a very messy, very stupid coup, forcing out several Pentagon officials and encouraging the Justice Department to pursue its partisan goals in overturning the election. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court deliberated on a case that could gut the Affordable Care Act, but early quotes from the justices suggest that they may not be open to axing the entire bill like some in the GOP want. And lastly, Bernie Sanders is shooting his shot to become Joe Biden’s Labor Secretary. Lets hope he gets it, because the rest of Biden’s transition team is stacked with private sector vultures. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Is Trump actually attempting a coup? If he is, it’s an extremely stupid and messy one that probably won’t work -- but that doesn’t mean it’s not scary. But let’s not ring all the alarm bells just yet: here’s what we know. Late on Monday night, Attorney General and Trump lackey Bill Barr authorized the DOJ’s prosecutors to look into Trump’s almost certainly bogus allegations of voter fraud quote “in certain cases.” endquote. Trump’s entire “coup,” if we’re calling it that, will currently rely on the extremely unlikely success of a series of lawsuits filed in various battleground states. Standard DOJ policy is to stay away from any elections related cases until the results are certified and the election is over, but it’s not really a huge surprise that Barr would cross this line. On the bright side, however, the Trump administration’s legal challenges aren’t exactly making a lot of headway, mostly because the number of votes he’s trying to get thrown out in many of these states is nowhere NEAR the margins that he’s losing by. What it seems like instead is that Trump’s trying to make a lot of noise and, if he wins even one case, will claim that the whole thing was rigged and that he actually won. To be fair, he’s doing this already. What has set a lot of people on edge lately, though, is a massive shakeup in the nation’s military leadership. Since Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper yesterday, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense’s Chief of Staff, the NSA’s General Counsel, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Chief, the DOJ’s Election Crimes Branch chief and several others have all resigned or been pushed out. That’s a lot of pretty powerful people who are quickly being replaced by Trump lackeys. CNN reports that some of this shakeup may be related to non-election policy: Esper and some of the DOD guys, for instance, were at odds with Trump already over his plans to withdraw in haste from Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, is doing everything he can to toe the line, quipping at a press conference today quote “there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” endquote. He got to use the “just kidding” excuse, but it’s clear that top GOP officials are fully ready to see how far Trump can take this thing before they cut him loose. Supreme Court Stops Short on Killing ACA The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case brought by several Republican-led states that could strike down the Affordable Care Act, one of the top priorities for most of the GOP, but thus far, even the heavily conservative bench doesn’t appear willing to do it. Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump’s precious boy Brett Kavanaugh made arguments on Tuesday that suggested the legal challenge would only apply to the ACA’s “individual mandate,” and not to the law overall. Their arguments basically said that if the Republican side wins, the most they’d get would be an elimination of that mandate, while the greater bill would still stand. Granted, the ACA itself isn’t all that great. But the fact that even Trump’s hand-picked, 6-3 majority Supreme Court doesn’t think they have the legal standing to completely destroy it is a good sign. The individual mandate, if you’re not familiar, is the bit of the ACA that says you have to get health insurance or pay a penalty. But a GOP-led congress already set that penalty to $0 in 2017, so it’s a bit of a moot point. Kavanaugh and Roberts also pointed to that decision as actually working against the Republican side in this particular suit, saying that if Congress had actually wanted the whole law gone they would have done it in 2017 instead of just altering the individual mandate. The case is still before the court, however, and a final decision isn’t expected till June, so we may get more twists and turns in this one. Bernie Sanders Guns for Labor Secretary Bernie Sanders may be heading for a new role in politics. Given his age, it’ll probably be his last one, although we should know better than to count the Vermont Senator out. According to a new report by In These Times, Sanders is actively making calls to Biden’s team and other allies in the politics and labor world indicating that he wants the job of Labor Secretary in the hopefully forthcoming Biden administration. If Sanders is gunning for the seat, it means he probably figures he could actually accomplish something good in the position, rather than being sidelined by bureaucracy in an executive branch gig. And we should hope he or someone likes him gets it, as Biden’s other advisors in that area of policy are about as bad as it gets. Biden announced his official transition team on Tuesday, and it’s stacked with plenty of names fresh off private sector gigs at big banks, defense contractors, and tech companies. One of them, former deputy labor secretary Seth Harris, was the author of a paper that argued for creating a third type of worker classification beyond employee and independent contractor to allow gig-economy companies to sidestep the tricky business of misclassifying their workers. Not exactly the guy we want running the show at the moment. Still, Sanders’ route to the position will be a tricky one, which might hinge on Democrats winning the two long-shot Georgia Senate runoffs in order to get him confirmed. We’ll see how things shape up over the next few months. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug Burgum announced that COVID-positive nurses could stay at work, as his state’s hospitals are currently at 100% capacity and starting to overflow. Real grim stuff. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hired a small-time sports blogger, Uber Driver, and repeat coronavirus conspiracy theorist as a data analyst for the state’s official pandemic response team. Probably not the best candidate for the job there! The postal worker touted by Republicans as a brave whistleblower on voter fraud admitted that he made the whole thing up. Richard Hopkins, a postal worker in Pennsylvania, told investigators from the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General that his claims that a postmaster had ordered workers to backdate late ballots were completely made up, and signed an affidavit that recanted his claims. Amazon is getting slammed once again by European regulators, as the EU’s competition chief charged the company with misusing the data of its third party merchants that use it’s online marketplace, giving it’s own in-house products an unfair advantage. That’s about par for the course for the Bezos Behemoth. NOV 11, 2020 - AM QUICKIE HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Bad news for the global ecosystem that keeps us all alive: the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than ever. Record tons of fresh meltwater are diluting the seas. Meanwhile, Joe Biden accepted the Democratic Party nomination to the presidency last night. His campaign tried to set expectations that he would reassure more than inspire. And lastly, Steve Bannon, the strategist behind Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was arrested yesterday on fraud charges. Could Don Junior be next? THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Record melting in Greenland A study published yesterday says the Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of mass last year, all due to climate change. The ice melted at an astonishing rate of a million tons per minute, for a total of five-hundred and thirty-two billion tons. Greenland’s fast-melting ice sheet is reportedly the largest single contributor to sea level rise. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications: Earth and Environment. Researchers based their estimates on data from advanced satellites belonging to NASA. Because the meltwater is freshwater, it dilutes the surrounding seawater, which has an additional effect on global weather patterns. For example, there are two simultaneous tropical cyclones forecast to hit the Gulf of Mexico next week. The record ice loss amounts to more than one-hundred and forty trillion gallons of water. It’s more than double the average annual ice loss recorded by the NASA satellites since 2003. And it added more than half an inch to global sea levels – a shocking amount for the seas to rise in a single year. Before global warming began to spiral out of control, there were some years in the last century when the Greenland sheet actually gained ice. No more. The preceding two years before the study period were unusually cold in Greenland, but even then, the sheet still lost ice. Researchers told the Guardian that cold years no longer compensate for hot ones in terms of ice loss, as was the pattern in the past. Among other things, the research means the ice sheet has grown unstable. And without a major drop in carbon emissions, coastal cities will be in greater danger than ever. Biden accepts Democratic nomination The fourth and final night of the virtual Democratic National Convention concluded with the nomination of Joe Biden to the party’s presidential ticket. Prior to the night’s speeches, Vermont Senator and former candidate Bernie Sanders told PBS Newshour that he believed Biden understood what needed to be done in regards to climate change, public health, the economic crisis and mass evictions. Sanders said QUOTE He’s going to face an American people who are hurting today. He’s going to face young people [who] want action ENDQUOTE. Later, in a taped endorsement, Sanders said Biden would keep his word and listen to others’ views. Former candidates Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg also spoke last night. As it has for much of the week, the prepared programming focused on Biden’s family story. Videos filled with testimonials cast him as a familiar and reassuring figure – as well as a hard worker, in contrast to Donald Trump. Biden’s daughter Ashley and embattled son Hunter vouched for their dad in a prerecorded video, before Biden the elder took his turn on stage at Chase Center in Delaware. Biden said Trump has QUOTE cloaked America in darkness for too long ENDQUOTE. He said his first step as president would be to get the coronavirus under control, in part, with a national mandate to wear a mask. Biden called attention to the recent third anniversary of the Charlottesville, Virginia neo-Nazi rally, and said QUOTE at that moment I knew I had to run... Silence was complicity... In this dark moment, I believe we’re poised to make great progress again, that we can find the light once more ENDQUOTE. Bannon arrested over fraud Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon was arrested yesterday by US Postal Inspectors aboard a one-hundred and fifty million-dollar yacht off the coast of Connecticut. The charges? Mail fraud. The US Coast Guard assisted USPS officers with Bannon’s arrest at sea, where he has been for several weeks. During his arraignment in New York, Bannon pleaded not guilty. His bail was reportedly set at one point seven-five million dollars in cash or property, and his bond conditions ban him from travel on private airplanes or boats. Per the New York Times The yacht Bannon had been living on belonged to an exiled Chinese businessman. According to a federal indictment, Bannon conspired with three other men, also charged, to defraud donors of a GoFundMe campaign called We Build The Wall. The money was supposed to be used to build a section of Trump’s promised wall on the Mexico border. Instead, Bannon used the money for at least one million dollars worth of personal expenses. Those included, in addition to a Range Rover, a small pleasure boat named Warfighter. Bannon, who formerly ran Breitbart News, is the third person who led Trump’s 2016 campaign to face criminal charges. Trump’s son Don Junior promoted Bannon’s fraudulent GoFundMe campaign, calling it, as the Times reported, QUOTE private enterprise at its finest ENDQUOTE. Hear hear! The Trump Organization attempted to distance Don Junior from Bannon’s scheme in a statement yesterday. Trump himself, asked about Bannon’s arrest, at first said he knew nothing of Bannon’s fundraising effort. Then he said he didn’t like the project, calling it inappropriate. Apparently Trump didn’t know about Bannon’s arrest ahead of time. Sad. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: A study published yesterday in the Journal of Pediatrics suggests children play a larger role in spreading the coronavirus than was previously understood. Researchers found that some children have high levels of the virus in their airways during the early days of infection, though they may show no symptoms. One of the authors, Alessio Fasano, told the Washington Post that children may be as susceptible as adults to the coronavirus, but not as visibly so. Another reason not to rush back to in-person classes this fall! Another one point one million workers filed for unemployement last week, according to the latest numbers from the US Labor Department. On top of that, more than half a million freelancers and part-time workers filed for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Last week’s new unemployment numbers were slightly better, but this week shows that ain’t so. How arepeople supposed to survive during a pandemic with a few hundred dollars in state benefits and little hope for finding work? As Steve Bannon proved, GoFundMe is no solution. A federal judge yesterday threw out a lawsuit from Donald Trump that sought to deny a subpoena for his tax records. The decision by US District Judge Victor Marrero follows a Supreme Court ruling last month that found Trump is not immune from criminal investigation during his tenure as president. It’s now more likely than ever that Trump will actually be forced to deliver some eight years of tax records to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Junior, who is investigating Trump’s hush money payments as well as possible bank fraud. At least two people have died so far in California’s all-out firefighting effort. Fires in the northern and central parts of the state continued to spread, merge, and grow yesterday, consuming three-hundred and fifty thousand acres at last count. Homes on the edge of San Jose were evacuated. People in areas where the air is full of smoke and ash are advised to stay indoors – and definitely don’t go outside to exercise. Firefighters say they are having better luck when the winds die down at night. Hang tight out there, folks. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. Nomiki Konst is guest hosting and her first guest is Noam Chomsky! Check it out. Aug 21, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Senator Ingram joins The Morning Drive by phone to discuss her campaign, her focus for Vermont, and her challengers.

For the first time, Sen. Pollina joins The Morning Drive by phone to discuss recent events in Vermont. He is also the chair of the Prograssive party in Vermont so he responds to actions taken by Progressives in the area.

June comes into The Morning Drive studio to discuss her desire to be a Vermont Senator for Chittenden County. She will share her story and her focus as she wishes to make a difference as a Senator. How will she stand out among 13 candidates? What are her top priority issues? She will tell you that and more.

WERC's Michael Bower joins JT to talk about what’s next for the Vermont Senator after dropping out of the hunt for the presidency, leaving the Democratic field wide open for Joe Biden to clinch.

A mini biography on the Vermont Senator and Presidential candidate https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/profile-in-courage-essay-contest/past-winning-essays/2000-winning-essay-by-peter-Buttigieg                      https://www.sanders.senate.gov/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheDarrellmcclainshow)

Daybreak USA plays a couple of clips from Former Vice President, Joe Biden and Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders.

The 9th Democratic debate takes place in Las Vegas this Wednesday, only three days before the Nevada caucuses. For the first time ever, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg—the 9th richest person on the planet and only one of the billionaires trying to buy the Democratic nomination—will join his rivals onstage. With Eli Sanders out today, Rich Smith steps in to host Dan Savage and Katie Herzog in a brief preview of the debate and a not-so-brief conversation about Bloomberg’s past and the many problems he poses for the future. Then, Bernie Sanders. Before the Vermont Senator hunkered down this week in Nevada for a series of get-out-the-vote rallies, he helped rallies in a few working class west coast cities. Stranger culture critic Jasmyne Keimig, digital editor Chase Burns, and Rich hopped in a van and felt the Bern at Sanders's 17,000-person rally in Tacoma, Washington. They talk about Bernie’s appeal, and, for the umpteenth (and final?) time, the problem with a minority of Sanders’s online supporters. Finally, Chase and Jasmyne gush over two great, gay romances playing in a cinema near you. In Portrait of A Lady On Fire, director Céline Sciamma tells the story of a woman painter commissioned to paint a portrait of a subject who refuses to sit for it. And Then We Danced, directed by Levan Akin, looks at, among other things, forbidden love between traditional dancers in the country of Georgia. 

On January 20th, The Guardian published an op-ed by New York attorney and law professor Zephyr Teachout entitled “‘Middle Class’ Joe Biden has a corruption problem – it makes him a weak candidate”. In it, Teachout argues that Biden’s history of taking big donations from the credit card, healthcare, and fossil fuel industries and then voting on their behalf makes him a poor choice against Trump in the Fall: “a lot of the voters we need,” wrote Teachout, “independents and people who might stay home – will look at Biden and Trump and say: “They’re all dirty.”” Teachout is a public supporter of Bernie Sanders and when the Biden camp took umbrage at the piece, Sanders publicly apologized for it. “It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way,” said the Vermont Senator. “And I'm sorry that that op-ed appeared.” But was that really the right reply from a candidate who has made the fight against big money in politics one of the cornerstones of his campaign? Zephyr Teachout joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss Joe Biden and the culture of corruption in Washington.

After Bernie Sanders shared clips of Joe Rogan saying that he would probably vote for Sanders in the California Primary, woke-scolds came for the podcast host and Vermont Senator. However, why are they so outraged by Joe Rogan's support when they have no problem with other Bernie fans who are *actually* bigoted? Want to submit a question for Ian? Send them to mailbag@ighaworth.com! LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for early access to episodes. Find out more at https://www.ighaworth.com/

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claims Vermont Senator and fellow presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told her in 2018 that said that he did not think a woman could win the presidency. The story, first reported by CNN, was completely denied by Sen. Sanders. Who do you believe?

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claims Vermont Senator and fellow presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told her in 2018 that said that he did not think a woman could win the presidency. The story, first reported by CNN, was completely denied by Sen. Sanders. Who do you believe?

Politics Weekly is a podcast on politics, news and principals. This week, the impeachment talk continues as Vermont Senator and 2020 Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D-VT) suffers a heart attack and the stage is set for the next Democratic Presidential Debate. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nolancleary/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nolancleary/support

We had planned a debate between Sparks and Jeremy Montanez of YouTube infamy but Montanez was a no show! So we ended up having a good chat about the Vermont Senator's chances to become the next president in 2020 Is Bernie a good candidate? Is he too old? Is America ready for his ideas? Let's find out Find Michael Sparks' book here https://www.amazon.com/My-Bernie-Journey-Democratic-Volunteer/dp/1973770997 Dr Ben Davis joins us for a guest Top 10 list https://www.facebook.com/AskDrBen/ And we hear the hilarious Freudian slip of a racist straight pride parade organiser...

Hey folks! Not the newest story in the news, but it's important to consider the basic economics at work behind Bernie's decision to cut his staff's hours after their demand to receive more payment when working more than 40 hours a week.  Nate's out of town, and Charlie is crazy sick, so we've been a bit slow to release content this week. Rest assured, we WILL be back at it full time next week.  Here's the article from www.bernielies.com   Bernie Sanders has a problem.   The Vermont Senator and Presidential hopeful has always been a strong proponent of a mandated $15 an hour minimum wage. He's disparaged the likes of Walmart and Amazon for paying their employees what he calls "starvation wages." It's important to remember that Walmart's minimum is $11 and hour, and Amazon's is $15 (while many employees made more than that when stock options were taken into account- before they gave in to Bernie's push for them to set wages at at least $15).   As you've likely heard, Bernie's campaign staffers are unionized, and recently, they've been quitting. Why? They aren't making $15 an hour. In the traditional socialist exercise of "do as I say, not as I do," Bernie is in fact employing low skill labor that he has not valued over $15 an hour at a certain amount of hours. Continue reading at this link --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningliberty/support

On July 16, The Washington Post Live hosted Vermont Senator and two-time presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The Senator laid out his vision for America, and why he believes he is the most qualified person to take on -- and defeat -- President Trump.

Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is announcing a plan to cancel all $1.6 trillion of U.S. student loan debt. Sanders' plan will have no eligibility criteria and will be available to the nation's approximately 45 million student loan borrowers of both federal student loans and private student loans. Is the good Senator trying to buy votes?

Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is announcing a plan to cancel all $1.6 trillion of U.S. student loan debt. Sanders' plan will have no eligibility criteria and will be available to the nation's approximately 45 million student loan borrowers of both federal student loans and private student loans. Is the good Senator trying to buy votes?

Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is announcing a plan to cancel all $1.6 trillion of U.S. student loan debt. Sanders' plan will have no eligibility criteria and will be available to the nation's approximately 45 million student loan borrowers of both federal student loans and private student loans. Is the good Senator trying to buy votes?

Bernie Sanders and his 2016 campaign helped usher in a new generation of politicians and brought several progressive ideas to the Democratic Party platform. But that's not enough for the Vermont Senator. He has his eyes on 2020.

Progressive Party Vermont Senator Christopher Pearson joined us on the podcast to discuss single-payer healthcare, democratic socialism, equitable taxation, and more.

First, Jake talks to Florida Senator Marco Rubio about Hurricane Michael, the effects of climate change, and the diplomatic fallout over the missing Saudi Journalist. Jake is then joined by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to discuss healthcare, Trump's response to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, and who will run for the Democrats in 2020. Next, our panel of Paul Begala, Scott Jennings, Amanda Carpenter, and Symone Sanders joins to discuss new CNN polling on the 2020 race and their thoughts on the upcoming elections. Finally, in this week's State of the Cartoonion, Jake takes a look at how the feud between Kanye West and Taylor Swift... may lead to the West Wing?

The campaign for attorney general candidate Keith Ellison got a big boost this week from Bernie Sanders, current Vermont Senator and former Democratic presidential candidate...

On What’d You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Scarlet Fu and Julia Chatterleyspoke with Pavlina Tcherneva, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College, about the no longer so radical economic idea of a government jobs guarantee program. This is a concept that she has long researched and advocated for and one that Sen. Bernie Sanders recently proposed as a bill. The Vermont Senator's plan would provide a job that pays at least $15 an hour with health care benefits for every American who wants one. Pavlina explained that the program would become a structural reform to the economy as a whole, providing an effective minimum wage. Stephen Noerper, Korea Society Senior Director, also joined to talk through the historic meeting between Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in that was high on symbolism and short on details. Stephen explained how this time contrasted with past inter-Korean summits and what it means that the North Korean leader is trying to cast himself as different from his father and grandfather. Then Saeed Amen, Cuemacro Founder, came on to chat about the quant craze burning through the hedge fund world. Its become more of a buzzword than an actual strategy, but Saeed explained how traditional funds could integrate the approach effectively and why quants are pleading "don't put us in the basement" and "don't lock us in a room."

Religious liberty is again in the crosshairs at the federal level, with from Vermont Senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attacking Office of Management and Budget nominee Russell Vought for his Christian faith. John Gerardi joins Jonathan Keller to discuss how Senator Sanders' questioning was bigoted, ignorant, and likely unconstitutional. Then, CFC's Joshua Denton calls in to discuss the necessity of strong abortion clinic regulations, citing the example of a recent Pennsylvania clinic that was closed after investigators found 44 pages of health and safety violations.

This week, the intensity of the 2016 campaign season ratched up another hundred notches or so. On the Democratic side, a surprise win in Michigan from Bernie Sanders flummoxed the pollsters, boosted the Vermont Senator's chances, and put the Clinton campaign back into arrears. But as life bloomed anew for Sanders, on the Republican side, Florida Senator Marco Rubio looked to be headed to his end, with only one debate left to alter his fortunes in Florida. Full coverage of these races are on the way. Meanwhile, the Flint water crisis has shone a despairing light on what life is like in poorer cities, and the infrastructural problems that need fixing across the nation. But now that the Michigan primary is over and Flint is no longer a campaign talking point, are we poised to forget about our nation's lead pipe problem just as attention is cresting? Finally, the biggest threat to reproductive freedoms in two decades is currently before the Supreme Court, and it comes in the form of some restrictions on... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Millions of Americans are sold on Bernie Sanders, but one Bernie Sanders doll is sold out. Professional seamstress Emily Engel is feeling the #bern. She's been offered contracts and toy deal, but she's happy to keep sewing the doll, one stitch at a time, Emily is the creator of the popular handmade doll “Lil Bernie.” First shared on facebook and instagram, the doll went viral. Emily, who had vowed to donate $25 per doll to the Vermont Senator's campaign, soon met the donation cap.

Feel the Bern this week as The Lost At Home Podcast sits down with Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. We ignore the issues and get to the matters Americans really care to know about, like:Who is Bernie's favorite Ghostbuster? Can we ban the sugared diarrhea that is artificial maple syrup? And what's a weekend at Bernie's really like?Later our good friend Bruce Bruce stops by and discusses all things Australia.Feel the Bern on The Lost At Home podcast!