The first guest on this week's program is Kevin Gosztola of www.Shadowproof.com  .

He and Mickey speak about notable whistleblowers who've been in the news recently, including Julian Assange,

Daniel Hale, and Reality Winner.

 

In the second half of the show, a look at the fallout from a 2020 Congressional election, when Shahid Buttar ran again

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her San Francisco district. Although Pelosi was easily re-elected, Buttar says elements of

the local Democratic Party retaliated against him for challenging Pelosi, by spreading groundless allegations

of personal misconduct. And, he says, multiple local media outlets covered the allegations despite the absence of

credible evidence. Buttar joins the program, along with Gloria Berry, a member of the party's Central Committee

("DCCC") for San Francisco.

 

Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor of the news web site www.Shadowproof.com 

He has covered the Julian Assange legal proceedings in the UK from the beginning, as well as other press-freedom and whistleblower cases.

 

Shahid Buttar is a civil-rights lawyer, and has worked at the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

In the 2020 election, he challenged long-time incumbent Nancy Pelosi for her seat in California's 12th District (San Francisco).

Gloria Berry is a Navy veteran, and the founder of a womens' mentoring organization.