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 November 27th, 2023
Netanyahu Sr. Advisor thinks the world is blind. Does he really want to compare atrocities?: The former Israeli ambassador appeared on MSNBC and projected. It turns out that the evil of which he justifiably accuses Hamas is what Netanyahu is doing more effectively. [More]
I explained to a caller who initially supported the carnage in Gaza why Israel’s action is inhumane: If we choose to believe our eyes and use objective sources of information, it is not difficult to understand that the massacre effected by Israel in Gaza is disproportionately unjustified. [More]
SAD: Family finds out that America may be just as violent & dangerous as Gaza: A West Bank family sent their kid to America, believing it was safer. A hate-filled gun touting Vermont resident did more harm with a gun than back in the Middle East. [More]
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Tuesday November 28th, 2023
Netanyahu Says He Is ‘Only One Who Will Prevent a Palestinian State’: “Look Joe Biden: Netanyahu is spitting in your face,” said one critic. “Are you going to keep hugging him in public, or are you going to finally end the blank check and hold him accountable for his words and actions?” [More]
Rula Jebreal provides the only solution to solve the Israel-Palestinian problem: Rula Jebreal points out the obvious. There is no military solution to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. It must be political. Benjamin Netanyahu is a hindrance to any solution. [More]
Chris Hayes points out some economic truths about inflation and more. Ignore the GOP narrative: While the design of our economic system is severely flawed and biased toward those with capital, compared to past economies and world economies, the U.S. is doing fine. [More]
Alex Wagner reality check- Israel is doing a good job in losing sympathy by killing 14K+ civilians: The guest explained that Israel is doing the right thing despite losing the PR war. Alex Wagner pointed out that the 14,000 Palestinians Israel killed is enough for Israel to lose all sympathy. [More]
Wednesday November 29th, 2023
Explanation of Medicare and why Medicare Advantage is a SCAM on all taxpayers: After a caller said he loved his Medicare Advantage, I explained why it is a fraud and why everyone should stick with traditional Medicare if they can. [More]
Hey House GOP, Hands Off Social Security and Medicare!: House Speaker Mike Johnson knows how important Social Security is to hard-working Americans, so he has devised an accountability-free way to gut it. [More]
‘Epic Humiliation’: GOP Mocked for Rejecting Hunter Biden Testimony Offer: “Chairman Comer’s insistence that Hunter Biden’s interview should happen behind closed doors proves it once again. What the Republicans fear most is sunlight and the truth,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin. [More]
Thursday November 30th, 2023
GOP Staffer: Everybody should vote for Joe Biden if they want our Democracy to survive: Cassidy Hutchinson, unlike the vast majority of grown men, Trump sycophants, is brave enough to take a position for her country. [More]
Explanation of Medicare and why Medicare Advantage is a SCAM on all taxpayers: After a caller said he loved his Medicare Advantage, I explained why it is a fraud and why everyone should stick with traditional Medicare if they can. [More]
‘Huge Win for the Planet’ as Panama Court Shuts Down Massive Mine: “The people have spoken and expressed that they don’t want more mines, that they want sustainable economic development, and have no intention of destroying the country for profit,” said one campaigner. [More]
Gilded Age for Billionaire Offspring as $5.2 Trillion Wealth Transfer Accelerates: “Without robust wealth and inheritance taxes,” said one analyst, “the children and grandchildren of today’s billionaires will dominate our future politics, economy, culture, and philanthropy.” [More]
Friday December 1st, 2023
Houston Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire’s dog whistle was subtle & effective & must be called out: Houston Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire effectively used a dog whistle technique developed by Republican Lee Atwater. He misrepresented the diversity of Mayor Sylvester Turner’s administration. [More]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner calls out Mayoral Candidate John Whitmire’s dog whistle: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner did not let mayoral candidate John Whitmire get away with a Lee Atwater-styled dog whistle in his attempt to nudge a “particular voter’ away from Sheila Jackson Lee. He called out the media in the process and made it clear that Whitmire can get away with things he can’t in the two-tier system under which politicians live. [More]
Israel Knew Hamas’s Attack Plan More Than a Year Ago: A blueprint reviewed by The Times laid out the attack in detail. Israeli officials dismissed it as aspirational and ignored specific warnings. [More]
They’re Not Presidential Front-Runners. But They Played Them on TV: Ron DeSantis, Gavin Newsom, and a not-exactly-neutral Sean Hannity staged a campaign debate from an alternative timeline. [More]
Mehdi Hasan Booted From MSNBC After ‘Daring to Practice Journalism’: “Mehdi Hasan’s program has felt like an oasis on air and more needed than ever,” said one Palestinian American advocate of the journalist’s Gaza coverage. [More]
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