Lee Camp interviews Matt Johnson, an animal rights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere. He's currently facing felony charges for exposing the brutality of the factory farming industry. An Iowa pork producer was using brutal methods to massacre surplus pigs whose meat they couldn't harvest because of slowdowns in the Covid economy. Johnson faces serious jail time for helping a whistleblower show the world this torturous practice.

The digital divide is a growing problem for rural communities and the poor across the country. Naomi Karavani reports on how different municipalities are addressing this problem without fundamentally addressing the corporate monopolization of telecom infrastructure. As we all become more reliant on access to the internet, many are realizing that it's time for that access to be guaranteed to all. Anders Lee looks at the fake fact-checking of people like Seth Abramson. The author and twitter personality has made a career out of throwing together roughshod "investigations" into popular issues for a commercial audience of liberals and providing them fact-free evidence for things they already want to believe.

Russia-EU relations are at an impasse. The Kremlin has made it clear it will no longer tolerate the EU lecturing about values and so-called international norms. And the Russians have had enough of the EU’s interference in Russia’s internal politics. The EU refuses to treat Russia as an equal partner. Until this changes, this bilateral relationship appears to be on hold.

CrossTalking with John Laughland, Geoffrey Roberts, and Luc Rivet.

Covid-19 has in many ways changed the way we view our health. We talked about this with David Sinclair, professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Ageing at Harvard Medical School.

Reggie Watts is comedian and musician best known as the lead band member of the Late Late Show with James Corden. He just launched an app to be able to share his content with friends and fans without ads, and without personal data being tracked. He discusses with Dennis Miller his plan to make this available for all artist in a more affordable way.

China’s rising tech dominance is set to be discussed at its national congress as the rest of the world is continuing its fight against the pandemic. Meanwhile, the EU is now reviewing the efficacy of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as the bloc continues its major rollout to combat the coronavirus. Plus, oil prices are spiking as major oil players have decided to keep output levels steady.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday rejected calls for his resignation in the face of sexual harassment allegations that have threatened his hold on power and damaged his national political standing. The Democrat, speaking somberly in his first public appearance since three women accused him of inappropriate touching and offensive remarks, apologized and said that he “learned an important lesson” about his behavior around women. “I now understand that I acted in a way that made people feel uncomfortable,” Cuomo said. “It was unintentional and I truly and deeply apologize for it.”

A report blames MBS for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, yet Biden won’t compromise Saudi relations. Were US airstrikes in Syria justified or even legal? 3M and DuPont let cancer-causing PFAS chemicals seep into our drinking water.

In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the “growing concern that market-based inflation expectations have become unreliable as indicators,” i.e. the central banks have destroyed the price signal foundational to free and fair markets. In this environment, we see Goodhart’s Law at work: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Billionaire hedge fund investor Paul Singer says of the “market craziness” that there is a “scarcity of honest profits.”

One of China’s top financial regulators has issued a warning about the growing bubble in the West. Meanwhile, in the wake of new US sanctions, Russia has vowed to retaliate. We take an in-depth look at the impact of the sanctions efforts around the globe. Plus, more optimism has emerged in the fight against Covid-19, as President Biden claims there will be enough vaccines available for all US adults by May.

Does this week’s return of Donald Trump to the frontline of American politics herald recovery or decline for the Grand Old Party? The Alex Salmond Show features two diametrically opposing views on the future of the Republicans. The founder of ‘GOP Women for Biden’, Rina Shah, portrays Trump as the master of disaster, but Ed Martin, the president of ‘Phyllis Schlafly Eagles’, says that ‘The Donald’ still reaches parts of America that other Republicans cannot.