What you may have missed on PDR last week
Following is our end-of-the-week summary of all the topics covered on our Politics Done Right on KPFT 90.1 FM program, which is also streamed on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitter, and Twitch.
Monday January 22nd, 2024
Kevin Higgins Jr. on organizing a mental institution to create a workers’ union in Texas: Kevin Higgins Jr. and his team did what every American worker must do. They organized a Texas institution and collected the signatures necessary to create a union. [More]
MTP Kristen Welker exposes Gov. Sonunu’s moral failure. He calls out Trump yet will vote for him: Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) is often referred to as your normal law & order and remove-regulation sane Republican. Yet even as he admits that Trump would be an autocrat, he would still vote for him. [More]
Sen Klobuchar’s answer to Nikki Haley’s claim Dems are lying about abortion overturn was really bad: Sen. Amy Klobuchar had a terrible response to Nikki Haley’s claim. Democrats are lying when they say Republicans would have a nationwide ban on abortion because said bill would never get 60 votes. [More]
It turns out that it is Trump who is in mental decline, as the Right tried to project: The Right attempted to put the fallacy that Biden was mentally incapacitated into the ethos. Poetic justice and karma are with Trump as he shows it was but projection. [More]
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Tuesday January 23rd, 2024
Martha Raddatz to Trump endorsing governor on a Trump bad act: PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION, SIR!: Martha Raddatz was initially stern with the North Dakota Governor and former Presidential Candidate who endorsed Trump. She then let him bloviate with a basket of misinformation. [More]
Mainstream media limits Trump’s on-air lying. Uncontested partisans like this get his lies out: The mainstream media are not giving Trump shenanigans and lie-fests a lot of coverage. But they are letting Republican liars get on, which could be more effective in misinforming the low-information voter. [More]
Progressive Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Attack ‘Disease’ of Corporate Greed: “The American people are sick and tired of CEOs making nearly 350 times more than their average employees while over 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. [More]
Wednesday January 24th, 2024
Did Stock Buybacks Knock the Bolts Out of Boeing?: You’d think that Boeing would not compromise on safety, given that one small production error or software glitch could down a plane worth hundreds of millions of dollars while killing hundreds of people in one blow. But you’d be wrong. [More]
Bill Burch, Democratic Candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, exposes oil segment time bomb: Petroleum Engineer Bill Burch, Democratic Candidate for TX Commissioner, exposes an oil sector time bomb. Are Boeing stock buybacks a cause for its many recent safety problems? [More]
Thursday January 25th, 2024
Diana Martinez & David Lopez of Somos Spring Branch discuss grassroots action in their community: Somos Spring Branch, champions for the Northside community, launches a non-profit to continue organizing efforts to engage the community to grow community organizing and civic engagement. [More]
The pattern of better economies by Democratic Presidents continues. The economy expands more than expected: Presidential historian Jon Meacham told an inconvenient truth as the panel discussed the better-than-expected economic growth numbers. The economy always does better under Democrats vs Republicans. [More]
James Carville – What Trump and MAGA do is not normal and must not be normalized: James Carville did not mince his words about Trump. He can only win if he is treated like a normal candidate. He is not one! [More]
Friday January 26th, 2024
Chris Hayes highlights Biden’s economic successes and Fox News’ misleading coverage: Chris Hayes highlighted the success of Biden’s economy, which he revived with progressive economic policies. He also shows the meltdown at Fox News, which does not know how to cover the success. [More]
Nikki Haley calls out Trump: He has lost Republicans too many elections: Nikki Haley articulated the worst-kept secret about Donald Trump. He has never won in the political arena. He is a drag on Republicans. [More]
Ali Velshi knocks Nikki Haley for her willfully ignorant slavery comments: Nikki Haley continues to play the role of a willfully ignorant politician as she refuses to assert full-throatily that the main cause of the Civil War was slavery. [More]
Politics Done Right’s Egberto Willies discusses Trump’s male, white, & class privilege on KPFT’s UTalk: Politics Done Right’s Egberto Willies appeared on Steve Hunter’s UTalk on KPFT. He discussed that had Trump not had male, white, & class privilege, he would be a joke running as a viable presidential candidate. [More]
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