Journalist and co-host of Breaking Points Krystal Ball joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches for a raw conversation about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Democratic Party’s moral bankruptcy, Republican hypocrisy, and the media’s role in selling lies. From grilling Rep. Elissa Slotkin to confronting corporate media censorship, Krystal unpacks the political shifts, propaganda, and double standards defining U.S. politics today.


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Trump has declared a police state in D.C., announcing a federal military takeover. Despite recent violent crime rates in D.C. at a 30-year low, he cited “crime” as the reason—but professor Richard Wolff & Brian Becker discuss his real goals. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com.

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Zoe Alexandra, editor at Peoples Dispatch, joins the show to discuss Brazil’s Supreme Court placing former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, just days after Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian products and accused the government of persecuting him. Alexandra says the tariffs are about more than Bolsonaro, they’re an attempt to “undermine Brazil as a major player on the world stage and Lula’s commitment to building structures that don’t favor the US.” She explains how Lula is pushing back against Trump’s bullying while deepening BRICS ties, strengthening global solidarity with Palestine, and pushing forward efforts to hold once “untouchable” far-right leaders accountable for their crimes.

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Dr. Jemima Pierre, professor of Global Race at the University of British Columbia and member of Black Alliance for Peace, joins the show to discuss the role of private mercenaries like Erik Prince, the founder Blackwater, in escalating violence in Haiti. As Prince funnels weapons and armed drones into Haiti, Pierre warns the real goal isn’t security, but profit and imperialist control, using militarized violence against Haitians to serve US geopolitical interests.

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Protesters will mobilize at the New York Times HQ to condemn Israel’s invasion of Gaza City and its systematic killing of Gaza’s journalists— including the assassination of five Al Jazeera journalists.


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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s latest attack on Los Angeles called Operation Trojan Horse as Trump directs Ice Agents to invade worksites in Los Angeles once again.

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The summer economic data releases have been a disaster under Trump. Downward revisions on prior jobs reports on top of soft hiring for July. Inflation is rearing its ugly head in various parts of the economy. A growing housing affordability crisis. Loss of confidence in long-term treasuries. The only reason the stock market continues to perform is because foreign investors and U.S. corporations are propping up share prices because there are fewer and fewer places to find a return on investment. All the while, the GOP continues forward with plans to hurt the impoverished and middle class citizens of the United States.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Canada continuing to stick the dagger in Trump after refusing to make a bad deal with the United States as Prime Minister Carney senses Trump’s weakness.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s past and the cabal he hung out with as he now covers up his dark past.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s horrors in the street, in the courts, and in our homes by ICE agents as their evil acts are caught on camera and with survivors coming forward to tell their tragic stories.

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