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Brook Hines on how Zuckerberg, Gates and Bloomberg created a fake think tank to oppose any kind of economic relief for suffering Americans. Also, Valentines to the CIA and why pluralism isn't what it used to be

Jeanine Molloff on impeachement and the 14th Amendment.

CITATIONS:

Sirota's Daily Poster on "Opportunity Insights," a fake think tank and how cable news bought it hook, line and sinker. 

Joe Biden takes Medicare hostage in asinine game of chicken.

With Co-Host Mircea Dan Duta, and another selection poets from Romania and points east

This week we have poets from the U.K. Ms. Rebecca Lowe, and Ms Rhoda Thomas from Wales and the poet, storyteller and educator Kevin Kiely with a marvelous French poem talking to us from Dublin. Further east another poet this time from Africa Prof. Bilkis Moola.

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Rick Spisak Producer / Co-Host

This week on the Environmental Justice Report, I will be interviewing environmental activist Maggie Hurchalla. Maggie was hit with a SLAPP suit by a corporation named Mosaic. Her alleged 'crime'? Using her 1st Amendment rights. Maggie was advising colleagues who were council members on licensing for the big phosphate corporation, Mosaic. She was using her 1st amendment rights to present an opposition case against Mosaic and was rewarded by Mosaic suing her for millions of dollars in alleged damages. Maggie lost and was ordered to pay in excess of 4 million dollars to Mosaic. She appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court, who then refused to hear her case and offered no reason why they denied her petition. This case is not only about environmental concerns, but about the corporate strategy known as SLAPP suits. SLAPP suits are civil lawsuits that generally have no true legitimacy and are engineered to silence dissent--and destroy the 1st amendment for REAL people as opposed to corporate persons.  

Come hear Maggie Hurchalla's story!

Brook Hines on how we could do without "Secret Conspiracies to save democracy."

Mystery Caller calls in to discuss Joe Biden's history of means-testing. 

Rick Spisak and a raft of special guests present "Jewish Lasers From Space."

Jeanine Molloff's Justice Report on new voter suppression efforts. 

LINKS!

Time Magazine on the "conspiracy to save democracy."

New York Times on a "Ministry of Truth" for Biden's Administration (reality czar) 

New Republic on how the Dem Party doesn't understand Q-anon. 

An analysis of coordinated bot armies of the Dem Party

Poets of the East a series of poetic  gathering featuring first and foremost the Poets of Eastern Europe and beyond

Produced and edited by Rick Spisak and co-hosted by Associate ProducerMircea Dan Duta - we feature the voices and poetry of an amazing array of poets.

This week we focus on Poets of Hungary: Anna Terek, Závada Péter, Kornélia Deres  and  Sandor Halmosi reading work of Attila Balazs each poet brings an amazing voice. And a brilliant shining HEART!

Featuring Poetry read in English & Hungarian.

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Rick Spisak

POE Producer and Co-Host

Brook Hines on how we're fixin' to be screwed on stimmies. Also, forget any kind of public option. 

Kartik Krishnaiyer on how Florida's vote by MSA reveals the limits of idpol. 

Your guide to GameStop: An explainer on short selling, short squeeze.

Jeanine Molloff on Marjorie Taylor Green's (Jewish Lasers From Space).

 

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CITATIONS!

Kartik's stunning MSA analysis of Florida presidential votes

BrotherQ explains how hedge funds, short selling, and short squeeze works RE GameStop et al (follow @andraydomise)

Jonathan Mann (music) Jewish Lasers From Space (follow @songadaymann)

The Flint Water Crisis hit the national airwaves and the public consciousness in 2016. Via an "Emergency Manager Law", Flint was stripped of its right to democratically self-govern. Flint lost this right--because it was poor and black. Since the city of Flint was cash-strapped, Governor Snyder enacted the Emergency Manager Law and assigned a city manager, who then switched the source of Flint's water from Lake Huron---to the heavily polluted Flint River. 

 Lead poisoning reached astronomical levels in the children of Flint. If there ever was a case of environmental racism--this is it. The majority of citizens are low income and people of color. Now, after some 6 plus years, the politicians responsible for making a series of decisions which ultimately resulted in the poisoning of Flint's children; Michigan has a responsive Attorney General, Dana Nessel. AG Nessel filed criminal charges against the politicos that were responsible for this attack on the people of Flint---including criminal charges against former Governor Rick Snyder. 

Come listen to the story, and to the quest for justice. 

Jeanine

Brook Hines: No Labels group crafting Biden's Covid relief package. 

Kartik Krishnaiyer: Think a handful of Reps can't change Congress...think again!

Rick Spisak: Frontline Tampa nurse braces for superspreader SuperBowl

Jeanie Molloff: Prosecute Trump; ignore Marco Rubio

POETS of the East, Episode 6 - Cohosted by Pankhuri Sinha, with Johanna Devadayavu, Meher Prestonji and perhaps other mysterious and wonderful voices of the East

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Will Trump's removal from office spell an end to environmental racism, or will we suffer through a politics of stingy spirited incrementalism intended to created a facade of justice, but little else?  This is the critical question we must ask ourselves just a day after the new administration has been sworn in. While I congratulate President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris; I am wary that the promised transition from environmental racism to environmental justice will truly occur--and in a timely fashion. Inauguration day featured some lovley symbolism focused on inclusion and equality. We watched on television the tastefully scripted production with Jennifer Lopez addressing the crowd in English and Spanish. We also witnessed the same Republicans who earlier supported Trump--(or as my Missouri Senator Roy Blunt)--turned a blind eye to Trump's Nazism---socialize like old friends just back from summer hiatus. Roy Blunt was greeted with warmth as my new Congresswoman Cori Bush was booed by Republican colleagues a few days ago. While I agree that we must come together as a nation; we must never forget the treachery of Trump and his collaborators. Trump and every member of the GOP who supported him, (including those who enabled his treason by remaining silent); must be held criminally accountable. Too many of our people have been abused by the GOP of Trump. To preach 'unity' without a plan for legal accountability represents a hollow promise. And hat includes the issues of environmental racism and the concomitant police abuse. We cannot--and we must not rest--until Trump and his corporate Nazis are held legally accountable--and every victim of this environmental racism---of his economic and environmental violence--is granted reparations. 

There cannot be a peace until we have justice.