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April 16, 2019The World According to Jesse: Pension crisis & nuclear arms control with Jimmy Dore & Matt TaibbiJimmy Dore fills in for Jesse Ventura. Producer Brigida Santos and Jimmy Dore discuss the fate of America’s nuclear arms control treaty with Russia and the looming pension crisis. Journalist and author Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) shares insight from his latest book, ‘Hate Inc. How, And Why, The Press Makes Us Hate One Another.’...more30minPlay
April 16, 2019The World According to Jesse: History of DARPA with Jimmy DoreJimmy Dore fills in for Jesse Ventura. Producer Brigida Santos and Jimmy Dore discuss the history of the Pentagon’s top-secret military research and development agency known as DARPA. While DARPA has advanced science and technology, it also has a dark side. Vector CEO Jim Cantrell talks about what it’s like partnering with DARPA in space and whether he’s conflicted about helping the military-industrial complex....more28minPlay
April 16, 2019The World According to Jesse: Criminal corporations with Jimmy DoreJimmy Dore fills in for Jesse Ventura. Producer Brigida Santos and Jimmy Dore discuss why companies like Purdue Pharma and Pacific Gas & Electric are facing criminal lawsuits. The Department of Justice reinvestigates a 2008 plea deal that helped accused child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein avoid federal criminal charges. Epstein is a wealthy and politically connected hedge fund manager whose former clients include Bill Clinton and Donald Trump....more27minPlay
April 16, 2019The World According to Jesse: Netanyahu indictments and government spying with Jimmy DoreJimmy Dore fills in for Jesse Ventura. Producer Brigida Santos and Jimmy Dore discuss why the attorney general of Israel plans to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases. The NSA says it’s no longer collecting the phone records of civilians, but a new government spy program reveals that mass surveillance is far from over. Plus, JP Morgan Chase vows to stop funding the private prison industry. Author Greg Grandin shares insight from his book, ‘The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America’....more28minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: EPA refuses to limit chemicals lurking in our drinking waterMike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins take a look at a recent decision made by the EPA, which is subjecting more than 110 million American citizens to increased amounts of cancer-causing corporate toxins in their drinking water. Then, RT Correspondent Brigida Santos discusses how a federal judge has approved historic plans to change the way the Chicago Police Department interacts with the public. Plus, legal journalist Mollye Barrows discusses a new documentary about disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein, which highlights how the media was enabling and protecting him....more28minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: Consumer protection bureau guts new rules for payday loansFarron Cousins and Bartlett Naylor, financial policy analyst with Public Citizen, discuss how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is gutting new rules for payday loans. Then, RT Correspondent Brigida Santos discusses the Justice Department’s investigation into Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, and his role in negotiating a controversial plea deal with a wealthy New York investor accused of molesting more than 100 underage girls.Plus, legal journalist Mollye Barrows discusses a shocking expose that reveals more than 700 survivors of abuse by the Southern Baptist leaders and staff....more27minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: Cause for concern over Attorney General William BarrMike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss why incoming Attorney General William Barr should give Americans cause for concern. Then legal journalist Mollye Barrows discusses the reasons Amazon decided to cancel its plans to build a second headquarters in New York. Plus, a discussion with Lee Camp on why lobbyists from the alcohol industry are working overtime as they consider whether the booming legalized marijuana business represents competition or opportunity....more29minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: How insurance companies control your medical careMike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss a new report that reveals the health insurance industry is offering big prizes to contractors who convince companies to go with higher priced plans that offer little protection for their employees. Legal journalist Mollye Barrows gives an update on the Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse case. Plus, a discussion with RT Correspondent on how the Supreme Court has overturned a Circuit Court of Appeals decision on equal pay due to the judge’s death, citing that federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity....more28minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: Saudi students facing jail time in the US go missingMike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss a massive investigation underway on students from Saudi Arabia that are disappearing across the US, and which all have one thing in common – they are all wanted on criminal charges. Legal journalist Mollye Barrows discusses the controversial pesticide Dicamba. Despite scientific evidence & impassioned public pleas, Arkansas sided with Monsanto, deciding that restrictions on the weed killer should be relaxed. RT Correspondent Brigida Santos talks about PG&E and how they finally acknowledged that their equipment was likely the cause for the deadliest wildfire in California history....more28minPlay
April 16, 2019America's Lawyer: Amazon’s bid on a $10-billion Pentagon contract faces conflicts of interestMike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss the reasons behind the drawn-out battle over a $10-billion contract between Amazon and the Pentagon, after cloud-computing company Oracle filed a lawsuit alleging that the Pentagon rigged a major contracting process in favor of Amazon. Then, Political Commentator Steve Malzberg discusses the controversial decision by Facebook to remove several ads placed by Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants. Plus, RT Correspondent Brigida Santos talks about the newly leaked documents that reveal the US government secretly tracking immigration journalists, activists, and lawyers....more26minPlay