Peter Sterne is an independent journalist that specializes in press freedom issues. He has been a senior reporter at the Freedom of the Press Foundation and helped set up the US Press Freedom Tracker. He also worked at Politco.

We discuss the recent arrest of Julian Assange, whistleblowers and the encroachment on press freedom.

You can read Peter's piece on The Espionage Act here

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Barrett Brown, whose column received the 2016 National Magazine Award for columns and commentary at The Intercept, is the founder of Project PM, a crowd-sourced investigation into the cyber-industrial complex. His writing has also appeared in The Guardian and Al Jazeera. In 2012, the FBI raided his house, and later that year Brown was indicted on 12 federal charges relating to the 2011 Stratfor hack. The most controversial charge, linking to the hacked data, was dropped, but in 2015 Brown was sentenced to 63 months in prison.

We discuss the hacks and all that surrounded them as well as first amendment rights. This is a not to be missed story in light of Julian Assange's arrest this week. Press freedom is under fire.

This week I sat down with Savage Joy from Real Progressives to discuss the weeks events. From Lucy Flores speaking her truth on Joe Biden to Andrew Yang leaning into the Alt Right.

Yiu can watch Joy's show live on Facebook or Archived on YouTube.

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Amar Shergill ia an attorney and activist. He is also an executive board member of the California Democratic Party.

He recently made headlines in Sacramento by speaking truth to power on the murder of Stephon Clark.

Join us as we discuss the state of affairs in Sacramento.

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Bill Corbett is an American writer and performer for television, film and theatre. He was a writer and performer on the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K), for which he voiced the robot Crow T. Robot during the show's later seasons on the Sci Fi Channel and played the character Observer and other minor roles. In 2001, Corbett co-wrote the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Adventures of Edward the Less with several other former MST3K writers. Corbett also co-wrote the 2008 film Meet Dave starring Eddie Murphy.

Bill is also a advocate for Medicare for All and for reforming the Democratic Party.

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JM Williams is running for Senate in California. He is a progressive from central state who is working on bringing a new UC campus to the Tulare area.

Running on a Progressive Platform, JM will be advocating for the following policies at minimum as the Senator from the Great State of California;

1) $22 per hour minimum wage

2) Green New Deal

3) Federal Jobs Guarantee

4) #ADOS Reparations

5) Election Reform

6) #NoMoreWar

7) Full Equality under law for all Americans regardless of any factor.

You can learn more about JM's campaign here

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The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. They are guided by humanism and political progressiveness. The host, Mike Figueredo, has an MA in political science. Join us for a conversation on AIPAC, Venezuela, Yemen and other current affairs.

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Mike Hersh is the Communications Director for Progressive Democrats of America. Mike was born and raised in upstate NY. Mike earned an AB in Government from Cornell University where he was on the Dean’s List and served in the Student and University Governments. He earned a JD from the Washington College of Law. Mike helped progressive candidates win elections at the local, state and federal levels. He works with PDA’s national, state, chapter, and issue teams implementing communications strategies: drafting, editing, and sending email blasts, action alerts, press releases, and letters to legislators as well as designing graphics, leaflets, programs and updating websites.

You can learn more about PDA here

Steve Cox is a photojournalist running for Congress in CD 39. His favorite philosopher is George Carlin and his platform includes Medicare for All, veterans rights and getting money out of politics. Join us for a discussion on these things and more.

You can learn more about Steve here: http://www.voteforcox.com/

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