U.S. Elections

Ethnic Cleansing vs. Resistance: What’s Really Happening in Palestine with Mariam Barghouti

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The occupied West Bank has seen a sharp increase in violence from Israeli occupation forces and emboldened settlers. At least 254 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since Oct. 7th, including 57 children, along with more than 3,300 who have been injured.

Trump’s 2024 Announcement Speech Debunked — His Real Record Against Workers

Brian Becker
Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he’s running for president again, despite only delivering a “red trickle” in the midterm elections and losing the presidency by seven million votes in 2020. What was his real record in office? Brian is joined by Eugene Puryear, an author, activist, and co-host with...

Voter Suppression Behind Georgia’s Run-Off: One GOP Operative Blocked 32,000 Ballots from Going Out

Brian Becker
Brian is joined by investigative reporter Greg Palast, who wrote the film “Vigilantes: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitmen,” available at gregpalast.com.

Election Night ’22: LIVE Midterm Coverage with Eugene Puryear & Sam Sacks

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Eugene Puryear and Sam Sacks break down midterm election coverage as it comes in, LIVE on election night, Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. Eugene and Sam will be joined by guests to discuss the key races and initiatives on the ballot including labor struggles, abortion rights, and much more. Tune in...

Supreme Court Plots to End ‘One Person, One Vote’ & the Hidden Hand of Big Oil

Brian Becker
The right-wing loves yelling, “We’re a republic, not a democracy!” Now they have a Supreme Court that agrees with them. The Court is about to hear Moore v. Harper, a gerrymandering case that will also take up the Electors Clause of the Constitution. The Republican legal argument, made famous by...

No Wonder Democrats Have Sunk in Midterm Polls — They’re Quiet on Voters’ #1 Issue! with David Sirota

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With midterms approaching and inflation rising, polls show that the economy is the top concern for voters — yet Democratic candidates are offering no economic plan. They have exclusively focused on abortion-related messaging, without action, giving Republicans an opening to fraudulently posture as better on economic issues. Journalist David Sirota...

India Walton: ‘By Executive Order, Biden Could Wipe Out Student Debt Right Now, Today’

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Student loans are one of the largest forms of debt for Americans, despite the country needing its residents to be educated to run society. President Biden promised to forgive student debt, and could do so through an executive action, but as of now has yet to do so. Former socialist...

Biden’s Year of Failure is a Failure of the Capitalist System, with Prof. Jodi Dean

Eugene Puryear
One year of Joe Biden’s presidency has gone by – but what has actually changed? The climate is still a huge crisis, we still don’t have sufficient public health response to the pandemic, billionaires are still getting richer while more and more people sink into poverty. What’s the alternative? Dr....

A year later, what are the lessons from the Trump-backed insurrection of January 6?

Monica Cruz
Brian Becker, National Director of the ANSWER Coalition, talks about the insurrection of January 6, 2021, why Donald Trump has only grown more popular, and why the Democrats have failed to bring any of the true perpetrators to justice A year ago today, a fascist mob took over the US...

Russiagate Unravels Further — How to Explain It to Your Family at Thanksgiving, w/ Aaron Mate

Eugene Puryear
Igor Danchenko was charged with deliberately feeding false information to Christopher Steele, the author of the infamous and now widely discredited ‘Steele Dossier,’ which alleged Kremlin involvement in the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Aaron Maté, journalist at The Grayzone & host of the show ‘Pushback with Aaron Maté,’ explains...
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