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Even the Koch Institute Has a Presidential Pardon List of Thousands of Prisoners
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
“Even the Koch Institute has a presidential pardon list of thousands of prisoners,” by Kerry Shakaboona Marshall. The conservative Koch Institute, owned conservative billionaire Charles Koch of Koch Industries, has organized a loose coalition of… Full Transcript
Politics 2019 or The Hope Games
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Politics 2019, or The Hope Games.” It’s early yet. But the politics of this, the Trump era, has formed the framework of the clashes to power. Democrats, especially after the age of Obama, are enmeshed… Full Transcript
Hidden Voters
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Hidden Voters.” At the last presidential election, the press and pollsters got it about as wrong as two left feet. Few people believed that Trump could triumph over the brilliant and accomplished secretary of state… Full Transcript
Immigration Nation
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Immigration Nation.” Say one thing about the Trump presidency. From day one, issue one has been immigration, more specifically, the issue has been American anxiety about the rising tide of immigrants, especially Mexican or other… Full Transcript
When Congress Isn’t Enough
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“When Congress Isn’t Enough.” Former special prosecutor Robert Mueller came before two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives, haltingly answered critics and questioners, and left the scene in silence. Much of the media had… Full Transcript
Biden His Time
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Biden His Time.” The candidacy of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. for president of the United States has caused multiple reactions across the land. Biden, who enters his 77th year of life, draws warm feelings from… Full Transcript
Mad at the World, Fearful of the Future
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Mad at the World, Fearful of the Future.” As an American presidents stomps in the ground in mock anger, decrying the alleged wrongs of young women, he is chilling at windmills, fighting battles he can… Full Transcript
The Raids Cometh
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“The Raids Cometh.” America has always had periods of state violence, attacks against dreaded others, people who were considered alien to a false white norm. The Palmer raids of the early 20th century, named for… Full Transcript
FBI Spies and Spying
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Of FBI Spies and Spying.” In light of the empty dud of the fall of the Mueller report, we have heard repeated charges of outrage that alleged FBI spying of the Trump campaign and administration.… Full Transcript
Trump, Mad at the World
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump, Mad at the World.” Donald Trump, from the first day he unleashed his venomous campaign for the U.S. presidency, has lashed out at people he considers beneath him. It began, as all now know,… Full Transcript
Trump in Triumph
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump in Triumph.” The news that special prosecutor Robert Mueller would return no additional indictments and no charges of wrongdoing by incumbent president Donald Trump has hit Washington like a thunder clap. Leading democratic politicians… Full Transcript
Venezuela, Again
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Venezuela Again.” Several years ago during the early days of Hugo Chavez’ presidency, U.S. Forces supported a coup attempt against it and the barrios of Caracas exploded in support for the former military officer. The… Full Transcript
Manafort Rises
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Manafort Rises.” Much of the nation waited with bated breath on the eminent sentencing of Paul Manafort, the once powerful operator of a foreign representation firm and ally of an American president. According to the… Full Transcript
Trump Trumped
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Trump Trumped.” After over a month of the partial government shutdown, president Trump threw in the towel following to an avalanche of political and economic disaster. U.S. house speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco emerged… Full Transcript
Twilight of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Twilight of Empire.” The Trump era, when it finally passes from the stage of history, will not pass either easily nor willing. It will have left the aura of anxiety, the pangs of paranoia, and… Full Transcript
Venezuela and Presidential Legitimacy
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Venezuela and Presidential Legitimacy.” Now, the U.S. president Donald Trump has decided that he will determine who is and isn’t the legitimate leader of a foreign nation. He has said that Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela… Full Transcript
Operation Shutdown
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Operation Shutdown.” As government offices shut their doors and government workers continue to work despite no paychecks for weeks, the U.S. government shutdown marches on. If ever there was an opportunity to show the sharp… Full Transcript
Cracks In The Walls of Empire
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Cracks In The Walls of Empire.” Legates: as we gather today, we do so amid the fire and smoke of chaos both figuratively and literally. In France, the city of light, Paris, is surrounded by… Full Transcript
Why White Supremacy Means White Male Supremacy
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Why white supremacy means white male supremacy.” When Donald Trump lamented at the loss of one of his employees’ career, a bomb of females protest erupted, for he not surprisingly ignored the suffering of his… Full Transcript
At the time of the Iraq war when Bush II unleashed a war of shock and awe over Saddam Hussein’s country extensively in search of weapons of mass destruction, the northern territory of the Kurds,… Full Transcript