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.
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Monday, May 20th, 2024
Michael Steele: How many more Americans, after seeing this crap show continue to buy it: Michael Steele did not mince his words. He wants the factionalization of the Republican Party. His biggest fear is that Americans will continue to buy the Trump crap show and believe Biden, as opposed to Trump, is the threat. [More]
Trump is a fascist. The insanity of the media and politicians treating Trump with a false balance: Michael Tomasky confirmed that Trump is a fascist. Yet, Mitt Romney believes that President Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump. Anand Giridharadas points out that the media and politicians give the likes of Trump a pass. [More]
GOP Farm Bill Decried as Pro-Corporate, Anti-Family ‘Waste of Everyone’s Time’: The head of MomsRising said that “it would be mean-spirited and shameful for Congress to cut the SNAP benefits moms and families rely on; and it also would be damaging to our economy.” [More]
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
Analysis Warns Student Debt Crisis ‘Would Likely Worsen’ If Trump Elected: The Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership declares that “there should be no loan forgiveness.” [More]
‘Truly Disturbing’: FEC Republicans Vote Unanimously to Give Even More Shadow to ‘Dark Money’: “Preventing the disclosure of the sources of political spending would deprive voters of critical information and undermine the essential need for checks on monetary power,” warned one democracy watchdog. [More]
This American family fled to Australia after the healthcare system failed the wife during pregnancy: I stumbled across this Twitter thread about an American family that had to flee to Australia for humane medical care. [More]
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
‘Fani Willis wins in a landslide. After Trump loses in November, he will meet his biggest fear!: If Trump thought the election would rid him of Fani Willis, he has something coming. She won in a landslide and clarified that she will continue bringing Donald Trump to justice. [More]
Alito’s Beach House Flew Second Flag Linked to Jan. 6, Christian Nationalism: “What is it going to take for Congress to rein in this out-of-control Supreme Court?” asked one critic. “Sen. Durbin should begin an immediate investigation into Justice Alito’s behavior.” [More]
Neil Aquino is on deck: Houston Democracy Project’s Neil Aquino discusses the success of progressives in getting most of their candidates elected in Houston and Harris County, Texas. [More]
Friday, May 24th, 2024
When Profit-Driven Clinics Kick “Noncompliant” Patients off Dialysis, Is Anybody Watching?: Banishment from the facility was bad enough. But after getting the boot, Tommy struggled to find another clinic for regular treatment. His only other option was to wait until his body was so chock-full of toxins that the local ER would treat him—an approach that kept him alive, if barely. [More]
‘Guess I Hit a Nerve’: McGovern Rebukes ‘Pathetic’ GOP for Striking Remarks About Trump: “In their creepy cult-like devotion to Trump, House Republicans won’t allow anybody to say anything they deem as negative about him on the floor,” said the Democratic congressman after his remarks were stricken. “So much for freedom of speech.” [More]
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