Wall Street Whiz Kid Turns Hero – The Zero Hour
Richard Eskow, host of The Zero Hour, talks about how Neel Kashkari, President of the Reserve Bank of Minnesota, has become a real fighter against big Wall Street...
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Trump Has Weakened America By Destroying Environmental Protections
Republicans have long told us that the United States can’t “go it alone” on fighting climate change, and they’ve used that as an excuse to destroy environmental protections. This week, Trump took an ax to environmental protections with an executive order, and now the United States is guilty of doing what Republicans have accused other countries of doing. While everyone else is making progress, we’re moving backward. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcript of the above video: During the Republican presidential campaign, the primary, the Republican debates, we heard Republicans very briefly tell us that the...
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TV News Is Ignoring The Drug Cost Crisis – The Zero Hour
Poll after poll has shown that Americans are deeply concerned about drug prices in this country. But is our news media stepping up and giving the public the information they need about this issue? Richard Eskow, host of The Zero Hour, is joined by Cat Duffy, a researcher at Media Matters, to talk about her latest study about how TV news has ignored the prescription drug...
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Trump’s Budget Hack Throws The Disabled Under The Bus – The Zero Hour
Richard Eskow, host of The Zero Hour, is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Hilzik to discuss Trump’s House Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney’s latest attacks on social security and disabled...
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Neil Gorsuch’s Qualifications Should Worry The American People – Ring of Fire Radio
Ari Berman, from The Nation, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to give his analysis on the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on SCOTUS nominee, Neil Gorsuch, and why we should be worried about the conservative judge’s qualifications when it comes to justice in the courthouse. Transcript of the above video: Sam: So Ari, of course, there were two major narratives this week. One of course was the fact that the President is being investigated by the FBI in a counter intelligence investigation but the other story this week which got still some attention in the media but I don’t...
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