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Haiti’s Interim President Jocelerme Privert’s Ties to Washington The Nevada Primary: Race to the Finish for Republicans and DemocratsHillary

Clinton’s handpicked president of Haiti, Michel Martelly, prohibited by

law to seek reelection after his five-year term, unwillingly left

office Feb. 7, leaving behind a leadership vacuum and a nation mired in

poverty, corruption, political chaos, protests and partisan violence.

Haiti’s Parliament named Jocelerme Privert, president of the National

Assembly, interim president on Feb. 14, and immediately he began talking

about putting the nation on the right track. But Kim Ives, editor of Haïti Liberté, reports that many are concerned about Privert’s ties to Washington.The

Feb. 20 primary elections in Nevada netted wins for Donald Trump and

Hillary Clinton, a fatal blow to Jeb Bush’s candidacy, and

incontrovertible proof that race matters in America. Leid Stories

explains.

Cast Your Vote in Your Own Referendum! It’s ‘Free Your Mind Friday’ on Leid Stories!It’s our weekly referendum on The System. Listeners analyze and deconstruct what it’s up to on “Free Your Mind Friday,”

an open forum for the exchange of information, opinions and ideas. In

the midst of national “selections” for president, the shenanigans of the

duopoly may take center stage, but callers are free to discuss whatever

they wish.Cast your vote by calling in and sharing your views—888-874-4888.

Election Primaries 2016: The Republicans’ Offensive Counteroffensive to the Democrats' Shenanigans

The presidential race is at full throttle. Skirmishes earlier this month in

Iowa and New Hampshire have winnowed the ranks of contenders, and a further

culling might occur before Super Tuesday (March 1) after primaries in Nevada

and South Carolina. Leid Stories has been discussing the shenanigans on the

Democratic side, a fierce battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to

be the standard bearer in the general election. We look at how the other wing

of the duopoly is faring as six survivors of a brutal political editing execute

an offensive counteroffensive.

The “This System Is Rigged, But What Will We Do About It” BluesDrawing

from previous programs about the 2016 presidential election and what

they have learned from other coverage, Leid Stories listeners offer

their own analyses of where things—and they—stand, and what they see as

workable strategies, choices and actions in this election cycle and

beyond.

A Court Supreme: The Not-So-Endearing Legacy of Justice Antonin ScaliaThe Un-Democratic Party Helps Hillary Win Without Actually WinningDr.

Gerald Horne, the John J. and Rebecca Moores chair of history and

African American studies at the University of Houston and frequent

analyst of world affairs on Leid Stories, discusses the enduring impact

of Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, decisions that

reflect both its politicization and rightward shift in recent decades,

and whether President Obama’s nominee to replace Scalia could

substantially change the tenor and direction of the court. Bernie

Sanders’ underdog campaign almost torpedoed Hillary Clinton in Iowa,

and she definitely “felt the Bern” in New Hampshire with Sanders’

double-digit victory margin. Yet she’s winning. Big. Leid Stories

explains how the Democratic Party’s rigged delegate system could cause

Sanders to lose the party’s nomination, even if he wins in the

primaries.

With Justice Scalia’s Death, A Return of ‘Constitutional Originalism’Election Follies: Hillary, Bernie Seek Salvation in NevadaThe

death over the weekend of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has

added yet another dimension to the 2016 presidential race: Who will

President Barack Obama appoint to replace the right-leaning

constitutional originalist? While the president says he will not be

rushed or pressured about a nominee, U.S. Supreme Court pundits and

congressional pols are already making noises about which ideological

camp the prospective nominee should stand call home. John Friedl,

professor of political science at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, provides a backgrounder that dispels the myth that the U.S. Supreme Court is apolitical.Bernie Sanders thought he’d clinched an appearance at Victory Missionary Baptist Church in Las Vegas, ahead of Nevada’s Feb. 20

primary. When he got there, he found Hillary Clinton, civil-rights icon

Rep. John Lewis in tow to introduce her. In a commentary, Leid stories

says black voters appear not to be safe anywhere.

Bring It On! Make Your Point on ‘Free Your Mind Friday!’Another news-filled week comes to a close, and “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories is open to hear what you made of it. Call in (888-874-4888) and add your own special intellectual flavor to this delicious, simmering soup of information, opinions and ideas.

In Like Flint: Hillary Clinton Sees Victory in Lead Poisoning Congressional Black Caucus PAC Adds Insult to Injury with Its EndorsementAbayomi

Azikiwe, editor in chief of Pan-African News Wire and a Detroit

organizer for the Workers World Party, has been coursing us through the

process of Detroit’s forced bankruptcy and its devastating social,

economic and political impact, including it ripple effects throughout

the state and across the country. He discusses Hillary Clinton’s foray

into Flint, Mich., trolling for votes from people whose water system has

left untold thousands poisoned by lead.The

Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee today endorsed

Clinton’s candidacy for president. Leid Stories explains why (a) this is

no surprise and (b) black communities must reassess their political

leadership and options.

Election 2016: White Bread and Corn Bread PoliticsLeid

Stories looks at how the media and the candidates have used, and are

using, race to shape the course of the 2016 presidential election and,

eventually, its outcome.

Leak at NY Nuclear Power Plant Again Raises Safety IssueHaiti: A Horror Show As Clinton’s Toady President Leaves OfficeIt was to be a raucous Mardi Gras in Haiti today, the annual carnival celebration coinciding with the election of a new president. Instead, a somber mood envelops the country. Michel Martelly, the singer Hillary Clinton helped install as president, left office on Feb. 7 and left total chaos in his wake—postponed elections, a now-leaderless country, violence and turmoil in the streets, and a legacy of corruption that harkens back to the Duvalier regime of 30 years ago. Kim Ives, editor of Haïti Liberté, discusses the current situation.Paul DeRienzo, who has been reporting on “America’s Fukushima”—actual and looming disasters of America’s nuclear program and at several nuclear power plants—discusses a radioactive leak into the ground water beneath the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan, N.Y., that was found to be 65,000-percent higher than “normal” levels.