Is the antiwar left missing the forest for the trees when it comes to Russia's war on Ukraine? Bill Fletcher, organizer and writer, argues that the left has a responsibility to stand with an oppressed country fighting for its sovereignty. Plus, comedian River Butcher on Ohio's attack on transgender kids in sports, George Santos is finally indicted on 13 felony counts and finally, Ron DeSantis is requiring college and university schools to only teach "the basics": guns, manifest destiny, and missionary position. Well, we assume.
Featuring:
River Butcher, watch him live
Bill Fletcher Jr. 
https://twitter.com/BillFletcherJr 
Watch his panel for The Real News on Ukraine
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Ukrainian Solidarity with Bill Fletcher and River Butcher (EP 182)

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Cities are without drinking water, planes are coming apart and trains are derailing. If your community hasn't already been affected it is a corporate crime scene waiting to happen. Max Alvarez, editor at The Real News Network, joins Francesca to talk everything from East Palestine to Atlanta. Then, Trump is a convict according to New York law, and is now promising a second administration even more unhinged. And Biden proposes a ceasefire in Gaza but neither Israel nor Hamas have agreed to it, and finally good news from around the world in "You Love to See It". 

Featuring: Max Alvarez, Editor of The Real News
https://x.com/maximillian_alv
https://therealnews.com/author/maximillian-alvarez 
Read: Echoes of East Palestine in the Key Bridge Collapse
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/echoes-of-east-palestine-in-the-key-bridge-collapse/

Will Weldon, comedian 
I Hate Bill Maher Podcast
https://www.instagram.com/oldmanweldon/
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Corporate Crime Scene with Maximillian Alvarez & Will Weldon (Ep 234)

If they can do this to Trump, they can do this to any other white collar criminal who cheats on his pregnant wife with a porn star in Lake Tahoe and cooks the books to pay her to keep quiet about it while running for president!!!!
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RIGHT WING COPE AS TRUMP FOUND GUILTY *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY* May 31

From Rafah to Oregon, people living in tents are being targeted. In Gaza it's missiles and in Grants Pass it's laws that criminalize the homeless. Francesca is joined by content creator and Michael Rappaport troller Blakeley to talk about Israel's mass murder of displaced families who were sleeping in so-called safe zone and Nikki Haley signing American-made IDF missiles because the bloodlust is real. Then, producer and journalist Paige Oamek and co-writer Rohan Montgomery join to talk about Kentucky allowing residents to shoot the unhoused, and what an upcoming Supreme Court case Grants Pass v. Johnson is telling us about how conservatives want to strip away rights from the homeless. Finally, we play a "game" where we try and guess which brands aren't owned by private equity firms. It's tricky!

Featuring: 
Blakeley
https://www.tiktok.com/@iamblakeley

Paige Oamek, producer and journalist
https://x.com/paigehtml

Rohan Montgomery
https://x.com/RohanMontroro 

Read Paige and Rohan's work:
Kentucky Is About to Pass the Cruelest Criminal-Justice Bill in America
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kentucky-crime-bill/

How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/homelessness-urban-alchemy/

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Tents with Blakeley, Paige Oamek & Rohan Montgomery (Ep 233)

Why hasn't Biden reversed Trump's policies on Cuba? It's thanks in part to one Senator Bob Menendez, a guy currently on trial for corruption. Journalist with  @BellyofTheBeastCuba  Liz Oliva Fernandez joins Francesca to talk about her new documentaries "Hardliner on the Hudson" and "Uphill on the Hill". Watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfRTNTWkPgY 
Then, Francesca breaks down her appearance on Piers "Why Can't We Have Biscuits" Morgan, and the "debate" over trans athletes. Ultimately are we supposed to celebrate booing a teenager who won her race? Where is our real humanity here? 
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Cuban Journalist On Mendendez & Talking Trans Athletes on Piers Morgan *FRANTASTIC FRIDAY 5/24*

At UCLA, Zionist counter-protesters brutally attacked the Palestine encampment and now the chancellor is being hauled before Congress for all the wrong reasons. Robin DG Kelley, professor of History at UCLA joins Francesca to discuss the right-wing attack on universities and colleges vis-à-vis false claims of anti-semitism. Then comedian Megan Gailey joins to break down the ICC ruling and the pro-Israel mob bullying YouTube children's creator and every family's personal savior, Ms. Rachel. Finally, a break and take down of Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's sexist psycho commencement speech. 

Featuring:
Robin D.G. Kelley, Historian & author
Read his latest: UCLA’s Unholy Alliance https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/uclas-unholy-alliance/

Megan Gailey, comedian
https://www.instagram.com/bettermegangailey/

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Ukrainian Solidarity with Bill Fletcher and River Butcher (EP 182)

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