The Baltimore Bureau Podcast for June 15, 2018

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--Pt. 1 & 2: AT&T – TimeWarner Merger: A Disaster for Consumers when Combined with Net Neutrality Repeal

--Presidential Campaign in Mexico Gets Dirty

--Dean Baker on Trump's China Tariffs

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--Does the DNC Want to Stop the Next Bernie?

--Can North Korea Believe Trump’s Promises?

--Trump Halts War Games, Floats Troop Pullout in Korea

--Defiant Trump Ignites Trade War with Canada and G-7 Allies

--Incarceration Nation: How US Political Prisoners Live in Hellish Conditions

Paul Jay, Senior Editor of the The Real News, says that Trump's North Korea diplomacy overshadows both his administration's war-mongering on Iran and Koreans' decisive efforts to make peace. Jay also discusses the partisan liberal angst over the prospect of reducing the U.S. military presence on the Korean peninsula

‘The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!’ Corporate news is consumed with covering the Trump/Russia affair, but it pales in comparison to the real threats in people’s lives--climate change, underemployment, poverty, lack of health care, lack of clean water--just to name a few. How should independent news cover the most pressing issues of our times without speaking into their own silos? In the age of Trump, is the future of independent media at risk?

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--US Movement for Single-Payer Health Care Grows, with Historic NY Bill

--Success of N. Korea Meeting Depends on Whether Trump ‘Likes’ Kim Jong-Un

--Supreme Court Allows Ohio to Scrub the Voter Roll

--Pope Francis to Big Oil Executives: ‘There is no time to lose’

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--Embarrassing Defeat for the U. S. in Its Efforts to Expel Venezuela from the OAS

--Pt. 1 & 2: Israeli Police Brutality Reaches New Extremes Against Israeli-Palestinian Protesters

--Mexico’s Presidential Race: López Obrador has a 25% Lead, How Reliable are The Polls?

--Canada Update: Doug Ford Becomes Ontario Premier in Waiting, Trudeau ‘Heads for the Hills’ for the G-7 Summit

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--Livestock Industry Greatly Underestimates Carbon Emissions, Endangering Paris Climate Agreement

--'Freedom Flotilla' Heading for Gaza to Raise Awareness

--Human Rights Watch Director Ordered Deported from Israel-Palestine (1/2)

--“Bankrolling Abuse: Israeli Banks in West Bank Settlements” (2/2)

--A New Government in Ethiopia Promises Major Political Changes

Down with Tyranny blogger Howie Klein says corporate Democrats fight to undermine and defeat progressive candidates in-spite of Sanders proven success in working class districts

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--US-Saudi-UAE War on Yemen Could Starve Millions of Civilians

--Protesters in India Are Massacred as Environmentally Destructive Corporations Have Impunity

--Argentine Soccer Team Cancels Match With Israel Over Gaza Killings

--MD Democrat Ballot Maneuvering Under Fire

--Primaries Expose Bitter Fight in Democratic Party