PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “What If the Cops Attack? ‘They’ll Have to Kill Me’ Veterans to Stand with DAPL Protesters” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮

Led by veteran and former Baltimore Sargent Michael A Wood Jr and Wes Clark Jr, veteran and son of General Wesley Clark, a group of veterans are traveling to North Dakota in order to stand with water protectors against the police who are committing state-sanctioned violence in defense of corporate profits.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “The Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t Just About Oil” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮

Robert F Kennedy visited the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and pointed out an ominous truth about why the fossil fuel industry is so desperate to build pipelines.

FOR-PROFIT CREDENTIAL: “John McCain Tears into Reporters Who Exposed Deceptive Recruiting at University of Phoenix “/ Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

 At an Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Senator John McCain attacked reporting by our guest, Aaron Glantz, on the University of Phoenix’s deceptive recruiting practices that prompted the Pentagon to put the for-profit school on probation for deceptive recruiting practices. The move was welcomed by consumer advocates and veterans groups. We air an excerpt of the report for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and get Glantz’s response.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Human Rights Watch Slams Cuba for Brutalities the United States Does” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮

Following the death of Fidel Castro, Human Rights Watch tweeted about the “abusive tactics” used by the Castro regime, all of which are actively being used by the United States.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Sarah Palin to Lead Largest Government Agency” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur, and Ana Kasparian ☮

Trump is rumored to appoint Sarah Palin to lead a very important government agency. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Trusting Obama is Worse Than Fearing Trump – Here’s Why” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮

The horrific treatment of protesters at the Dakota Access pipeline is just one of the failings of the Obama administration. He also made permanent the Bush era tax cuts, tortured whistleblowers and removed habeus corpus, among others. The trust liberals still have in him are why he’s gotten away with such abuses.

POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Cornel West on Keith Lamont Scott Case: Yet Again An Officer Gets Away With Killing a Black Man”/ Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮

In Charlotte, North Carolina, people took to the streets Wednesday night to protest the announcement that police officer Brentley Vinson will not face charges for fatally shooting African American father Keith Lamont Scott. We talk to Dr. Cornel West about the Keith Lamont Scott case and the national issue of police brutality.