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Friday, July 11, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump/GOP budget bill; Texas flooding tragedy
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| Original airdate 7-11-2025. Over the July 4th weekend, Donald Trump and Republicans celebrated the narrow passage of their big ugly budget bill, which guts healthcare and food assistance for millions, super-sizes ICE, kills climate and clean energy investments, and increases the national debt by $3 trillion to pay for $4 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy. In Texas, a 'blame game' is underway after a climate-intensified storm triggered deadly, historic flooding; we detail the confirmed facts and much more.
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Thursday, July 10, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarian Buffoonery; Voting Rights; Environment
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| The wannabe authoritarians of the Trump Administration also happen to be clowns and incompetent buffoons. Donald Trump marveled at the Liberian President's excellent English, unaware that English is Liberia's official language. DHS Sec. Kristi Noem made absurd, false claims about victims of the Maui Fires as a pretext for dismantling FEMA. Native American tribes challenge an appeals court ruling maintaining racially discriminatory, gerrymandered voting maps. Texas Gov. Greg Abbot (R) called a special state legislative session to order a rare, mid-decade redrawing of the state's voting maps in order to reduce minority voter participation. Plus Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect
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| Climate change costs; Absurdities in Trump/GOP tax bill; Fact check
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| The U.S. has been hit with a wave of deadly flash floods in Texas, North Carolina and New Mexico over the last five days. RYAN COOPER of the American Prospect explains a new analysis showing that climate-fueled disasters cost the U.S. nearly a trillion dollars last year alone. Cooper also delves into many under-reported absurdities that were inserted into Trump's and Republicans' tax cut bill, and its negative impacts on energy, the economy, the climate, and Medicare. Plus a fact-check of Trump's 'Cabinet Meeting Theatre' that was filled with ridiculous falsehoods.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Josh Kovensky, Talking Points Memo
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| Authoritarianism; Supersized ICE; Environment
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| Investigative journalist JOSH KOVENSKY explains how the Trump/GOP budget-busting bill supersizes ICE's budget to expand its power across the U.S. Federal agents swarm Los Angeles' MacArthur Park in performative intimidation stunt. EPA staffers punished for letter critizing Trump Admin. efforts to undermine science and the agency's mission. Rightwing US Supreme Court supermajority allowed Donald Trump to move ahead with mass firings at critical federal agencies, subverting Congress' authority. Federal ICE agents swarmed a nearly empty Los Angeles park in a performative intimidation stunt. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, July 7, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump/GOP budget bill; Texas flooding tragedy
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| Over the July 4th weekend, Donald Trump and Republicans celebrated the narrow passage of their big ugly budget bill, which guts healthcare and food assistance for millions, super-sizes ICE, kills climate and clean energy investments, and increases the national debt by $3 trillion to pay for $4 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy. In Texas, a 'blame game' is underway after a climate-intensified storm triggered deadly, historic flooding; we detail the confirmed facts and much more.
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Friday, July 4, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', The Pro Left Podcast
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| NYC Election; Trump, ICE and fascism; Environment
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| Original airdate: 6-26-2025. OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Professional Left Podcast' bring insight, history, context and hilarity to another absurdly overstuffed news week. From Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in the Democratic mayoral primary in NYC, to the potential for 'generational change' in the Democratic Party and racist attacks from Republicans. We also delve into Trump's bombing of Iran, ICE assaults on Latinos, the Trump/GOP massive tax cut bill that punishes the poorest Americans to give to the rich, and more. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, July 3, 2025 3:00 pm
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| John Nichols, The Nation
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| NYC mayoral election; GOP budget bill; Public lands
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| Original airdate 6-25-2025. Trump and Republicans' massive, deficit-exploding bill is wildly unpopular with the public -- it guts healthcare and services for everyday Americans and adds $3 trillion to the national debt to pay for a $4 trillion tax cut for the rich. The Senate Parliamentarian blocked the auction of public lands and other GOP proposals. The Trump Administration moved to repeal the landmark 'Roadless Rule' protecting national forests. The Nation's JOHN NICHOLS discusses the stunning victory of progressive Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, and what it means for the nation and progressive politics going forward.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Brooke Nichols, Boston University
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| DOGE cuts blamed for 300k deaths; CBO deficit-exploding budget bill
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| Original airdate 6-4-2025. Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Donald Trump's and Congressional Republicans' massive budget bill would increase the deficit by $2.4T and cut off health care and food nutrition for up to 14 million low-income Americans - all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Dr. BROOKE NICHOLS of Boston University explains her meticulous database documenting the 300,000 preventable deaths globally caused by the Trump/DOGE shutdown of US AID, how gutting foreign aid harms Americans here at home, and much more.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
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| 'Anti-war' Trump bombs Iran on false WMD claims
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| Original airdate 6-23-2025. Donald Trump ordered the bombing of Iran nuclear sites over the weekend, but his administration has offered no evidence to suggest that Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon, the pretext for the attack. ANDREW PEREZ of Rolling Stone discusses his new reporting on the dearth of evidence to justify the administration's strikes on Iran, Trump's sudden decision to bomb Iran while trying to negotiate a new nuclear deal with them, disturbing parallels with the Iraq War, and much more. Callers weigh in.
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Monday, June 30, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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| Trump/GOP bad budget bill; Trump travel ban; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 6-19-2025. The GOP-controlled Senate's version of Donald Trump's cruel budget bill calls for deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP food assistance for millions of low-income and disabled Americans, guts clean energy incentives, and increases the national debt by $3 trillion -- all to give the wealthiest Americans and corporations a $4 trillion tax cut. BOBBY KOGAN, former Biden-Harris White House budget advisor, explains the many negative impacts of the Republicans' bill, and more. Trump's travel ban from 19 countries is preventing sick children from receiving life-saving medical care. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Friday, June 27, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Gilbert, WIRED
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| Trump's "Remigration" is Ethnic Cleansing; Accountability
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 6-17-2025. WIRED journalist DAVID GILBERT explains the U.S. State Department's restructuring plan and its disturbing new 'Office of Remigration,' a sinister far-right codeword for 'ethnic cleansing' that would force immigrant U.S. citizens to return to their original countries, and much more. 2020 election denier Mike Lindell found liable for defaming voting system company employee. CA State Bar recommends that 2020 election denier John Eastman should lose his law license. Federal DHS/ICE roughed up New York City Comptroller Brad Lander for attempting to help a migrant at court.
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', The Pro Left Podcast
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| NYC Election; Trump, ICE and fascism; Environment
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| OG bloggers HEATHER DIGBY PARTON of Salon and 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Professional Left Podcast' bring insight, history, context and hilarity to another absurdly overstuffed news week. From Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's upset victory in the Democratic mayoral primary in NYC, to the potential for 'generational change' in the Democratic Party and racist attacks from Republicans. We also delve into Trump's bombing of Iran, ICE assaults on Latinos, the Trump/GOP massive tax cut bill that punishes the poorest Americans to give to the rich, and more. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 3:00 pm
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| John Nichols, The Nation
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| NYC mayoral election; GOP budget bill; Public lands
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| Trump and Republicans' massive, deficit-exploding bill is wildly unpopular with the public -- it guts healthcare and services for everyday Americans and adds $3 trillion to the national debt to pay for a $4 trillion tax cut for the rich. The Senate Parliamentarian blocked the auction of public lands and other GOP proposals. The Trump Administration moved to repeal the landmark 'Roadless Rule' protecting national forests. The Nation's JOHN NICHOLS discusses the stunning victory of progressive Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, and what it means for the nation and progressive politics going forward.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Authoritarianism; Elections; Environment
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| Trump's Administration lies freely and absurdly. Donald Trump's bombing of Iranian nuclear sites did not 'obliterate' them. Fossil-fueled extreme heat wave broils the nation. NYC Mayoral primary today is using wildly complicated Ranked Choice Voting. Far-right Supreme Court supermajority allowed Trump to violate due process and deport migrants to third countries. America is not yet in full-blown authoritarianism, thanks to the still-free press, but we are getting close. Masked, armed federal goons violently arrested the father of three Marines to deport him, then lied about it. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, June 23, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone
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| 'Anti-war' Trump bombs Iran on false WMD claims
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| Donald Trump ordered the bombing of Iran nuclear sites over the weekend, but his administration has offered no evidence to suggest that Iran was close to building a nuclear weapon, the pretext for the attack. ANDREW PEREZ of Rolling Stone discusses his new reporting on the dearth of evidence to justify the administration's strikes on Iran, Trump's sudden decision to bomb Iran while trying to negotiate a new nuclear deal with them, disturbing parallels with the Iraq War, and much more. Callers weigh in.
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Friday, June 20, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| Trump's war on L.A., Constitution; Elections
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| Original airdate 6-11-2025. In special state legislative election on Tuesday in six states, Democratic candidates strongly outperformed their 2024 results. In New Jersey's gubernatorial race, Rep. Mikey Sherrill (D-NJ) will face Donald Trump-backed MAGA Republican Jack Ciatterelli. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a speech excoriated Trump's federalization of the state's National Guard troops. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and 'DRIFTGLASS', of the 'Professional Left Podcast,' bring context, history, and hilarity in our roundup discussion of Trump's dumb, dangerous incitement of violence, where all this is headed, and much more.
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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| Trump/GOP bad budget bill; Trump travel ban; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! The GOP-controlled Senate's version of Donald Trump's cruel budget bill calls for deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP food assistance for millions of low-income and disabled Americans, guts clean energy incentives, and increases the national debt by $3 trillion -- all to give the wealthiest Americans and corporations a $4 trillion tax cut. BOBBY KOGAN, former Biden-Harris White House budget advisor, explains the many negative impacts of the Republicans' bill, and more. Trump's travel ban from 19 countries is preventing sick children from receiving life-saving medical care. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 3:00 pm
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| MAGA and War; Supreme Court and trans rights; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! A MAGA civil war is erupting over Donald Trump's threats to fully join Israel's military attack on Iran, again exposing that Trump was never an 'anti-war' candidate. The rightwing supermajority on the US Supreme Court upheld TN's ban on medically prescribed gender-affirming care for trans minors, underscoring that Republicans don't give a damn about parental rights or Big Government coming between doctors and their patients.Polls show growing majority of public opposes the Trump/GOP 'big beautiful bill' that guts Medicaid, healthcare, food assistance and more to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025 3:00 pm
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| David Gilbert, Wired
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| Trump's "Remigration" is Ethnic Cleansing; Accountability
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! WIRED journalist DAVID GILBERT explains the U.S. State Department's restructuring plan and its disturbing new 'Office of Remigration,' a sinister far-right codeword for 'ethnic cleansing' that would force immigrant U.S. citizens to return to their original countries, and much more. 2020 election denier Mike Lindell found liable for defaming voting system company employee. CA State Bar recommends that 2020 election denier John Eastman should lose his law license. Federal DHS/ICE roughed up New York City Comptroller Brad Lander for attempting to help a migrant at court.
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Monday, June 16, 2025 3:00 pm
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| 'No Kings'; Trump's birthday parade; Israel/Iran War; MN political assassination
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Some 5 million Americans attended joyful, largely peaceful 'No Kings' anti-Trump and anti-ICE demonstrations across the country. Donald Trump threw an authoritarian-style military birthday parade for himself. Israel launched a war against Iran, complicating the Trump administration's negotiations to reach a nuclear deal with Iran. Police captured the long-time Trump supporter who assassinated a top Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and others. Callers weigh in, and share their experiences at the 'No Kings' protests.
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Friday, June 13, 2025 3:00 pm
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| GOP's brutal budget bill; Elections; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 6-5-2025. Democratic wins in special elections offer potentially good news for those opposed to authoritarianism. Lincoln Project's blunt new ad warns Americans about the Trump/Republican 'MAGA Murder Budget.' Catholic media outlet excoriates GOP budget bill's brutal cuts that punishes poor people to profit the rich. SCOTUS upholds Catholic charity's tax-exempt status. Newark mayor sues Trump-appointed US Attorney (NJ) Alina Habba over 'malicious prosecution.' Hundreds of retired judges criticize Trump Justice Department for undermining judicial immunity. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, June 12, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump's New Police State; CA clean car rules; Environment
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| Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was roughed up and handcuffed when he tried to ask a question of DHS Sec. Kristi Noem during a press briefing promoting ICE immigration raids in L.A. Donald Trump is expanding his new police state to small towns. Polls show majorities of voters reject Trump's policies and actions on every issue. Trump and Congressional Republicans succeed in killing California's clean car/clean air rules. Plus Randy Rainbow's hilarious new satirical song and Desi Doyen has our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| Trump's war on L.A., Constitution; Elections
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| In special state legislative election on Tuesday in six states, Democratic candidates strongly outperformed their 2024 results. In New Jersey's gubernatorial race, Rep. Mikey Sherrill (D-NJ) will face Donald Trump-backed MAGA Republican Jack Ciatterelli. California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a speech excoriated Trump's federalization of the state's National Guard troops. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and 'DRIFTGLASS', of the 'Professional Left Podcast,' bring context, history, and hilarity in our roundup discussion of Trump's dumb, dangerous incitement of violence, where all this is headed, and much more.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Trump Escalation/Distraction; Elections; Environment
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| Team Trump is trying to escalate fear and tensions, and distract from the Administration's many failures, by deploying military assets to Los Angeles to counter largely peaceful protests against ICE immigration roundups. Protests are expanding across the country. Top Trump cabinet members pushed for troops to participate in law enforcement on US soil, an apparent violation of law. US Supreme Court halted another GOP attempt to disenfranchise voters. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's trial for defaming a voting machine company employee is underway. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, June 9, 2025 3:00 pm
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! We set the record straight on what is actually happening in Los Angeles, where peaceful weekend demonstrations against Donald Trump's new ICE quotas for arresting migrants are not 'riots.' Trump federalized the CA National Guard without approval from CA Gov. Gavin Newsom, likely unlawfully. Newsom called the actions 'purposely inflammatory,' and the state is suing. Trump's power grab claims the authority to deploy federal troops in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, anywhere in the country. Callers weigh in.
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Friday, June 6, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Chris Geidner, veteran legal journalist, Law Dork
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| Hate crimes and war; US Supreme Court
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 6-6-2025. A man in Boulder, CO was charged with federal hate crimes after attacking a demonstration in support of hostages held by Hamas. Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza were killed near an aid distribution center in an attack attributed to the Israeli military. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on military targets deep inside Russia, after weeks of Russia attacking civilians and infrastructure deep inside Ukraine. The US Supreme Court declined to hear appeals seeking to overturn state assault weapons bans, while also allowing the Trump Admin. to end protected legal status for half a million refugees before their litigation is complete. Veteran legal journalist CHRIS GEIDNER of Law Dork explains how the activist rightwingers on SCOTUS are twisting law and precedent to achieve their desired political outcome.
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Thursday, June 5, 2025 3:00 pm
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| GOP's brutal budget bill; Elections; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Democratic wins in special elections offer potentially good news for those opposed to authoritarianism. Lincoln Project's blunt new ad warns Americans about the Trump/Republican 'MAGA Murder Budget.' Catholic media outlet excoriates GOP budget bill's brutal cuts that punishes poor people to profit the rich. SCOTUS upholds Catholic charity's tax-exempt status. Newark mayor sues Trump-appointed US Attorney (NJ) Alina Habba over 'malicious prosecution.' Hundreds of retired judges criticize Trump Justice Department for undermining judicial immunity. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Brooke Nichols, Boston University
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| DOGE cuts blamed for 300k deaths; CBO deficit-exploding budget bill
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Donald Trump's and Congressional Republicans' massive budget bill would increase the deficit by $2.4T and cut off health care and food nutrition for up to 14 million low-income Americans - all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Dr. BROOKE NICHOLS of Boston University explains her meticulous database documenting the 300,000 preventable deaths globally caused by the Trump/DOGE shutdown of US AID, how gutting foreign aid harms Americans here at home, and much more.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Degraded weather agencies; Elections; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Veteran meteorologist John Morales warns that the Trump Administration's deep cuts to the nation's science and weather agencies are degrading the quality of forecasts. FEMA is not ready for hurricane season. Elon Musk performatively attacks Trump's massive budget bill. Rightwing nationalist narrowly wins Poland's presidential election. The Netherland's far-right party leader quit over not-cruel-enough immigration policies, triggering a governance crisis. South Korean voters elected liberal party presidential candidate in wake of rightwing leader's attempted coup. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, June 2, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Chris Geidner, veteran legal journalist, Law Dork
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| Hate crimes and war; US Supreme Court
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| A man in Boulder, CO was charged with federal hate crimes after attacking a demonstration in support of hostages held by Hamas. Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza were killed near an aid distribution center in an attack attributed to the Israeli military. Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on military targets deep inside Russia, after weeks of Russia attacking civilians and infrastructure deep inside Ukraine. The US Supreme Court declined to hear appeals seeking to overturn state assault weapons bans, while also allowing the Trump Admin. to end protected legal status for half a million refugees before their litigation is complete. Veteran legal journalist CHRIS GEIDNER of Law Dork explains how the activist rightwingers on SCOTUS are twisting law and precedent to achieve their desired political outcome.
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Friday, May 30, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
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| Climate and National Security; Immigration
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-21-2025. The Trump Administration defied court orders barring the deportation of migrants to third countries. Newly uncovered documents reveal that a top aide to DNI Tulsi Gabbard tried to manipulate a national intelligence analysis that contradicted Donald Trump's lies about Venezuelan migrants, used to justify his unlawful invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. New investigation debunks the Trump Admin's false claims that deported Venezuelans are criminals. Climate scientist DR. PETER GLEICK explains how the climate crisis threatens national and global security, the Trump Administration's censoring of science and environmental threats, the scientists working to preserve publicly-funded scientific data, and much more.
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Justin Levitt, Loyola Univ. Law School
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| Voting rights; Springsteen on defending freedom
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-19-2025. Rock legend Bruce Springsteen sounded the alarm about democracy under attack in America and around the world. In Romania's presidential election, the centrist candidate defeated a far-right Trump clone. Congressional Republicans advance deficit-exploding bill drastically cutting food and healthcare assistance for the poorest to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Constitutional law expert JUSTIN LEVITT explains a troubling new appeals court ruling that effectively eliminates the ability to challenge racially discriminatory election laws under the Voting Rights Act, and what can be done to defend and restore voting rights.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| 'Tyrants, Bribes and Influence'; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-22-2025. House Republicans rammed through a deficit-exploding bill that guts Medicare and Medicaid by more than a trillion dollars to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, belying Donald Trump's promise he would never cut the vital programs. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and the notorious 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Pro-Left Podcast' discuss the Trump Regime's ongoing horrors, errors, and blatant authoritarian violations of court orders, the Constitution, common sense, and much more. Plus our latest 'Green News Report.'
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Randall D. Eliason, George Washington Univ. Law
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| Emoluments Clause; Elections; Accountability
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-14-2025. In the Omaha, NE mayoral race and school districts in Texas, voters rejected book-banning, trans-hating right-wingers. Federal judge orders reinstatement of federal staffers who assist coal miners with black lung disease. USDA will restore public climate database after pressure from farmers. RANDALL D. ELIASON, former chief of the Public Corruption section at the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C., discusses the unquestionably corrupt 'gift' of a $400 million plane to Donald Trump, explaining the legal nuances of criminal bribery laws, the Emoluments Clause, rebuilding the degraded Justice Department, and much more.
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Monday, May 26, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Bobby Kogan, Senior Director, Federal Budget Policy, Center for American Progress
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| GOP cuts to Medicaid; Judicial intimidation; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-13-2025. Congressional Republicans are proposing some 'profoundly evil' cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and more to pay for massive tax cuts to the richest Americans, while vastly increasing the deficit; BOBBY KOGAN, Senior Director for Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress, breaks down the cruel cuts at the heart of Trump's and Republicans' budget and tax agenda for his second term, and details ways that concerned citizens can take action. Federal judges are receiving chilling threats at their homes. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Friday, May 23, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Daniel Mach, ACLU Program for Freedom of Religion and Belief
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| Religious freedom; Elections; Trans ban
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-7-2025. GOP loser in North Carolina state supreme court race finally conceded, after six months of trying to invalidate tens of thousands of lawfully-cast votes. VP Vance's endorsement failed to help his half-brother win an Ohio mayoral race. The rightwing Supreme Court supermajority temporarily allowed the Trump Administration to enact its ban on trans service members in the US military. DANIEL MACH of the ACLU's Program for Freedom of Religion and Belief discusses SCOTUS oral arguments over whether a religious school in Oklahoma should receive public school funding, striking at the heart of the Constitution's Establishment Clause and the separation of church and state.
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Thursday, May 22, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Heather Digby Parton, Salon; 'Driftglass', Pro Left Podcast
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| 'Tyrants, Bribes and Influence'; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! House Republicans rammed through a deficit-exploding bill that guts Medicare and Medicaid by more than a trillion dollars to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy, belying Donald Trump's promise he would never cut the vital programs. Salon columnist HEATHER DIGBY PARTON and the notorious 'DRIFTGLASS' of the 'Pro-Left Podcast' discuss the Trump Regime's ongoing horrors, errors, and blatant authoritarian violations of court orders, the Constitution, common sense, and much more. Plus our latest 'Green News Report.'
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Dr. Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
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| Climate and National Security; Immigration
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| The Trump Administration defied court orders barring the deportation of migrants to third countries. Newly uncovered documents reveal that a top aide to DNI Tulsi Gabbard tried to manipulate a national intelligence analysis that contradicted Donald Trump's lies about Venezuelan migrants, used to justify his unlawful invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. New investigation debunks the Trump Admin's false claims that deported Venezuelans are criminals. Climate scientist DR. PETER GLEICK explains how the climate crisis threatens national and global security, the Trump Administration's censoring of science and environmental threats, the scientists working to preserve publicly-funded scientific data, and much more.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Keith Barber, Attorney
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| Fascism and the Courts; Press freedom; Environment
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| The Trump Administration charged Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) with assaulting armed ICE agents while she was attempting to conduct official oversight of an ICE detention facility. Attorney KEITH BARBER explains his assessment of the evidence, major problems with the government's case, their use of fascist intimidation tactics, and more. DHS Sec. Kristi Noem reveals she knows nothing about due process or the Constitution. CBS News' parent company claims to support press freedom but is hypocritically pressuring the news division to cave to Donald Trump's pathetic lawsuit. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Monday, May 19, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Justin Levitt, Loyola Univ. Law School
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| Voting rights; Springsteen on defending freedom
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Rock legend Bruce Springsteen sounded the alarm about democracy under attack in America and around the world. In Romania's presidential election, the centrist candidate defeated a far-right Trump clone. Congressional Republicans advance deficit-exploding bill drastically cutting food and healthcare assistance for the poorest to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Constitutional law expert JUSTIN LEVITT explains a troubling new appeals court ruling that effectively eliminates the ability to challenge racially discriminatory election laws under the Voting Rights Act, and what can be done to defend and restore voting rights.
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Friday, May 16, 2025 3:00 pm
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| John Bonifaz, President, Free Speech For People
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| Canada elections; Accountability; Environment
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| PLEASE DONATE to KPFK! Original airdate 5-16-2025. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal Party won a decisive election victory, boosted by Donald Trump's insults and threats to acquire Canada. New polls find majorities of American voters disapprove of Trump and his policies, and support his impeachment. US House Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) filed articles of impeachment against Trump. Constitutional law expert John Bonifaz explains Free Speech for People's campaign calling for Trump's impeachment, and why accountability now is critical to defend democracy. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 3:00 pm
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| Supreme Court; GOP budget; Environment
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| PLEASE SUPPORT KPFK! At the US Supreme Court, the Trump Admin. challenged the constitutionality of nationwide injunctions as part of Donald Trump's wildly unconstitutional executive order to end birthright citizenship. House GOP can't agree on how many Americans should go hungry and be stripped of health care to pay for enormous tax cuts for the rich and corporations. Due to Trump's cuts and layoffs, FEMA is unprepared for hurricane season and the National Weather service is dangerously understaffed. DHS Sec. Noem promotes Trump's absurd, brain-addled lies. Late Supreme Court Justice David Souter warned about authoritarianism. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'
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