“Eleanor LeCain talks about defending our democracy from a Russian cyber-attack with Danielle Root, lead author of the new report “Election Security in All 50 States: Defending America’s Election” and the voting rights manager at the Center for American Progress.” Download this episode (right click and save)
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 01.11.18
ELECTION THEFT AT THE SUPREME COURT & HOMELAND SECURITY Election protection heroes Bob Fitrakis, Chris Sautter and John Brakey join us in Solartopia to discuss the hugely important upcoming Supreme Court decision on voter suppression in Ohio. The Court will decide whether secretaries of state like Jon Husted could eliminate millions of suspected Democrats from the voter rolls based primarily …
The Gary Null Show – 08.21.17
Today is August 21st and like always The Gary Null Show is here to inform you on the best news in health, healing, the environment and all things political around the world. In this episode Gary opens up the phone lines to talk about whats on your mind. In this episode Gary pays respect to Dick Gregory after being a …
Leid Stories—An inevitable Question: Is It Time to End the Two-Party System?—06.27.17
If the 2016 presidential election proved nothing else, it surely proved how proved how tenaciously we hang on to the notion that two is quite enough, thank you—two political parties, that is—and that need not change. So, today on Leid Stories we try to understand why we seem to believe this, and why we’re unwilling to explore other political systems …
Connect The Dots – Guest John Bonifaz – 06.07.17
Listen to John Bonifaz, founder of Free Speech for People, discussing election integrity and the recent leak of an NSA document about alleged foreign intrusion in election technology in the 2016 US Presidential election — with Alison Rose Levy. Download this episode (right click and save)
Leid Stories—How Much Longer the Democrats-vs-Republicans Equation? (Part 2)—03.15.17
We continue tracking developments in major news stories we’ve been discussing, and we return to our open-forum question on whether a burgeoning opposition movement that emerged during the 2016 presidential election and sparked hope of independent politics has succumbed to the old Democrats-vs-Republicans political paradigm.
Trump likely to start rolling back regulations immediately
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to launch swiftly his administration’s deregulatory agenda, according to lobbyists who have discussed the matter with the transition team, affecting rules governing everything from investment advice to mortgage insurance and power-plant emissions. Among Trump’s first acts as president Friday may be an order to federal agencies to temporarily cease ongoing rule-making initiatives, these people said. That …
Chris Hedges – American Psychosis
Reality is under assault. Verbal confusion reigns. Truth and illusion have merged. Mental chaos makes it hard to fathom what is happening. We feel trapped in a hall of mirrors. Exposed lies are answered with other lies. The rational is countered with the irrational. Cognitive dissonance prevails. We endure a disquieting shame and even guilt. Tens of millions of Americans, …
Michael Payne – Trump declares war on the media; a monumental mistake he will soon regret
You would think that a newly elected U.S. president who needs all the help he can get to achieve his objectives would think deeply about what he was going to say before he actually said it. Most incoming presidents would do just that; except this president, Donald J. Trump. Trump engaged in a running feud with this country’s national media …
It’s Our Money – Can History Please Not Repeat Itself? – 01.25.17
The earliest days of private banking cartels in America occurred before we were the United States. The pattern of private capital determining government policy is centuries old – but so is the sort of public interest banking emerging in the US now. Ellen’s guest Jim Hogue, an author, broadcaster and historian, recounts how the struggle for control of finance rocked the early American colonies and precipitated a permanent war footing enabled by big finance. Later, cohost Walt McRee talks with Dr. Maurie Cohen about his latest book dealing with the future of consumer society and whether we can create a sustainable post-consumerist economy.