Tag: Show-Watching the Hawks

The US budget deficit is set to top $1 trillion next decade. The NFL’s New Orleans Saints have found themselves in the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal. American exceptionalism is really unpopular. And a preview of our upcoming special on Mississippi’s prison crisis. … Read More >Catholic Church abuse scandal hits New Orleans Saints NFL team

Some say doomsday is closer than we think. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu joins Trump in Washington to sign a new peace deal. And we look at the new debate around the separation of Church and State. … Read More >Trump, Netanyahu sign problematic Israel ‘peace’ deal & Peter Kuznick discusses doomsday

34 US soldiers were diagnosed with brain injuries following a recent attack in Iraq. We reflect on the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation from Nazi forces. Establishment Democrats are trying hard to squash Bernie’s presidential chances. … Read More >DNC fears Bernie Sanders’ popularity & US soldiers injured in Iran attack

Protesters in Baghdad are demanding the evacuation of the US military in Iraq. Insys Therapeutics’ founder was sentenced to five years in prison for bribery and kickbacks. Netflix is facing criticism over the documentary ‘Killer Inside.’ Then, RT sports producer Regina Ham gives us the details about the first female coach in the Super Bowl. … Read More >Baghdad demanding US military out & first female coach in Super Bowl

More accusations come to light in the investigation of OPCW concerning the 2018 chemical attack in Douma. Then, who will defend the defenseless if the US public defender system is experiencing budget cuts? And, firefighters will now have access to facial recognition that can identify people’s emotions. … Read More >OPCW: Hiding and politicizing the facts & public defenders in crisis

Economist Richard Wolff breaks down the latest Oxfam report on income inequality. Former US Congressman Alan Grayson talks the latest on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. RT correspondent Natasha Sweatte reports on the underreported toxic chemicals in the US water supply. And engineers at Stanford University create the PigeonBot. … Read More >The 21st century great depression & the impeachment game show

Nick Brana from Extinction Rebellion discusses the issue of climate change at the World Economic Forum. RT correspondent Natasha Sweatte brings the latest on plant-eating bacteria breaking down ocean plastic. Then, online free speech is in jeopardy as members from both political parties want to end Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. And tardigrades might not be as indestructible as they seem. … Read More >Climate change heats up in Davos & the fight for online free speech

Activists Netfa Freeman and Perry Redd join us to discuss the real legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., beyond whitewashing and distortion. Then we discuss the controversial gun rally that took place in Richmond, Virginia this week. … Read More >The real MLK: Fighting against poverty, imperialism, racism

Journalist Tareq Haddad joins us to discuss why he quit his job at Newsweek after editors tried to suppress evidence suggesting the 2018 Syrian chemical attacks were staged, and the overall apparently declining state of journalism. Former NYC mayor and presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg says he doesn’t regret his controversial stop and frisk policing policy. … Read More >Newsweek journalist quits after editors suppress Syrian chemical attack

The Iraqi Parliament voted to expel all US troops from its nation. However, the US says it will cut military aid to Iraq if it’s asked to leave. Canada’s Exxon oil subsidiary ignored its own climate change research for decades. Tensions in a Mississippi prison continue to mount as five incarcerated people have died in the last month. … Read More >Oil industry ignored climate change research & US to punish Iraq if troops asked to leave