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Despite soft approach at Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has shown little interest in diplomacy on issue after issue. We speak to Medea Benjamin of Code Pink and Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies

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--Laura Flanders Show: After Hurricane Maria (0:20)

--Economic Update: Distorting Economic Truths (26:42)

--The Complex History and Relations of the Kurdish YPG, Syria, and US (54:46)

Turkish-Kurdish journalist Ali Ornek discusses the history of the PKK, Turkey's brutally violent repression of the Kurds, and the complex relations between the YPG, Syria, and US.

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--US Military Presence in Syria and Support for Rebels Is Illegal (0:20)

--Striking Teachers Targeted by Kochs (14:33)

--Israel Mows Down Unarmed Gaza Protesters for 3rd Week as US Blocks UN Investigation (32:11)

--Trump Pardons Libby, Sending Message to Mueller's Targets (37:01)

--Zuckerberg Hearing: An Opening for Regulating Social Media? (46:17)

The Baltimore Bureau Podcast - April 13, 2018 by The Real News Network

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--US Attack on Syria Would Be Illegal Under International Law (0:20)

--What is Pompeo's Agenda as Secretary of State? Ask the Highest Bidder (16:05)

--Miscarriage of Justice: Ex-President Lula's Imprisonment in Brazil (25:35)

--Real Media: Facebook - What Next? (39:45)

--After Criticizing Israel, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Fights for Survival Day Killings (60:38)

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--Trump's Border Policies are 'Gutting' the Right to Asylum in the US (0:20)

--Amid Scandals, Pruitt Puts the Brakes on Auto Regulation (9:26)

--Pt. 1 & 2: Why is Israel so Threatened by Unarmed Gaza Protesters? (28:11)

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--Do Teachers Need More Militant Unions to Win? (0:20)

--Israel Massacres Unarmed Gaza Protesters Again as International Community Shrugs (9:12)

--Syria Chemical Attack - Another Rush to Judgement? (26:37)

--Major Banks Ramp Up Fossil Fuel Financing Despite Climate Crisis (45:16)

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--Col. Larry Wilkerson: Pentagon Plans for Climate Change Despite White House (0:20)

--Pt. 1 & 2: Super Victory for the Far-Right in Hungary (12:36)

--UN Declared Humanitarian Crisis in the DRC, President Kabila Rejects Aid (35:22)

--Pt.1: After the 2008 Financial Crisis, a State of 'Productive Incoherence' (46:37)

The Israeli military massacred unarmed Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border for the second week in a row, and journalist Ali Abunimah says Israel has been granted "total impunity" on the global stage.