Progressive Commentary Hour

Prof. David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter and a professor of practice in journalism at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the co-founder of DCReport.org -- a non profit site that provides core investigative journalism and reporting on politics, economics and current events that most affect citizen's daily lives. In the past he has been staff writer for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers and news outlets like Reuters, and served on the faculty of Syracuse University's College of Law for 15 years. Four of Prof Johnston's 8 books have been bestsellers. His latest is "The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family". David's website for DC Report is DCReport.org

The immigration crisis in the United States has become a hot-button issue, stirring up debates across the political spectrum. In a recent episode of the Progressive Commentary Hour, host Gary Null speaks with J.J. Carrell, a former U.S. border patrol officer, who brings a wealth of firsthand knowledge to this complex topic. Through his extensive experience, Carrell sheds light on the implications of immigration policies and the realities on the ground that often go unnoticed. Understanding the Shift in Immigration Policies The conversation begins with a historical perspective, as Carrell discusses the significant changes in U.S. immigration policies since the 1960s. He highlights the Immigration Act of 1965, which dramatically shifted the demographic makeup of immigrants entering the country. Carrell argues that this act, largely backed by influential politicians like Ted Kennedy, opened the floodgates for an influx of individuals from various regions, including the Middle East and Latin America, without adequate vetting processes. This transition, he claims, has led to challenges in assimilation and integration, creating a complex landscape for American society.

A very special Progressive Commentary Hour as Gary Null pays tribute to Peter Duesberg. The Progressive Commentary Hour presents Part 1 of the Gary Null documentary 'Deconstructing the Myth of Aids' 

Gary Null Interviews Gerald Celente 

Interview with Nicholas Hulscher 

The Progressive Commentary Hour with Gary - 1.6.26. 

Colonel Lawrence (Larry) Wilkerson is a retired US Army Colonel who served in the military for 31 years and was the former chief of staff to General Colin Powell in his role as Secretary of State and earlier as a General Powell's special assistant when he served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  He is a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of  Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Col. Wilkerson was an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, the Bush and Cheney White House, and the Biden administration's fueling the current military engagements underway in Ukraine and Palestine at the expense of peaceful negotiations. 

Dr. Alex Gomez-Marin is a Spanish theoretical physicist who became a neuroscientist. Alex has specialized in the neurobiology of action perception -- or how we perceive the world and then immediately act upon it. His current focus has been on what he calls "the edges of consciousness", which takes into account paranormal phenomena such as near-death experiences, hypnosis, and the subjective experience of animals, to find new ways of understanding consciousness without falling into the materialist pathological trap of transhumanism. 

A special commentary by Gary:

“Happiness is the quiet truth that remains when illusion dissolves.” Gary Null PhD

There are conversations we must return to again and again, not because they are comfortable, but because they illuminate something essential about the human condition. Happiness is one of those conversations. And yet, in all our modern discussions about well-being, ambition, success, identity, and progress, we often overlook the foundation that held earlier generations together—the quiet structures of morality, ethics, community, and responsibility.