Author: Richard Eskow

Jeff Sessions is Trampling States’ Rights in Favor of Government Mandated Morality

Jeff Sessions is Trampling States’ Rights in Favor of Government Mandated Morality

Posted by | Apr 18, 2017 | , , , , |

Whether it is legalized pot, online gambling, LGBTQ rights, or immigration enforcement, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is drastically expanding the power of the Department of Justice. Traditionally, Republicans, including Sessions, have favored a smaller federal government with more power going to the individual states. However, that all changes when it comes to legislating morality. “Good people don’t smoke marijuana.” – Jeff Sessions On the topic of marijuana, AG Sessions has been staunchly opposed to its legalization. He continues to claim that marijuana is “only slightly less awful” than heroin even though thousands of Americans die from heroin overdoses each...

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Corporate Media Is Marching In Lockstep, Pushing Us Towards War – Thom Hartmann Program

Corporate Media Is Marching In Lockstep, Pushing Us Towards War – Thom Hartmann Program

Posted by | Apr 18, 2017 | , , , |

Guest host Alex Lawson (Executive Director – Social Security Works and Co-Owner – We Act Radio) talks with guest Richard Eskow (Senior Fellow – Campaign for America’s Future, Host – The Zero Hour) about the corporate media’s complicity in the military industrial complex’s relentless drive to push us into...

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Trump’s Backdoor Attempt To De-Fund Social Security

Trump’s Backdoor Attempt To De-Fund Social Security

Posted by | Apr 16, 2017 | , , , , |

President Trump has sort of scrapped his tax plan that he actually campaigned on, and instead, he and the Republicans are going to kind of go item by item, make individual tax cuts here and there, threatening countless government-sponsored programs, but one program that could take a significant hit, affecting millions of American citizens, is Social Security. Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to explain what Trump is proposing to do to Social Security here in the United States. Transcript of the above video: Farron: President Trump has sort of scrapped...

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