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POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Political Persistence with Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guillaume Long” / RT America / On Contact with Chris Hedges ☮
On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges sits down with Guillaume Long, Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility. They discuss the effect of neoliberalism on Latin American development, combatting inequality and standing up to corporations and foreign powers in Ecuador. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at Ecuador’s decision to provide refuge to Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange at its embassy in London.
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Pie Commits a Hate Crime” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Freedom of speech is for everyone: including sexists and Trump!
SOCIAL COMMENTARY: “Obama’s Cowardly Answer to Colin Kaepernick is Beyond Disappointing” / Jimmy Dore ☮
President Obama’s answer to Colin Kaepernick and other protesters showed that he cares more about not offending anyone and protecting his legacy than about leading on one of the most important issues of our time.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Sorry Republicans, But Businesspeople Make Horrible Candidates” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
In college I recall spending Friday nights and weekends studying, while business majors spent their Fridays, weekends, and every other night at frat, and sorority parties. Businesspeople are neither the best, nor the brightest our society has to offer. They are simply extroverts that get through life with pedestrian social skills, and a lack of empathy. They are certainly not qualified to be the President of the United States.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE: “Alabama’s Ten Commandments Bigot Judge, Ray Moore, Suspended for Rest of Term for Defying Federal Judiciary Over Same-sex Marriage” ☮
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary today suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for the rest of his term in office.
The Court ruled that Moore violated the canons of judicial ethics by ordering Alabama’s probate judges to defy a federal court injunction requiring them to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on a non-discriminatory basis. This is the second time in 13 years that Moore has been sanctioned as a result of ethics complaints filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
h/t: SPLC
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Police Using Car Hoods to Block Dash Cam” / Jimmy Dore ☮
Police in at least one district are using their hoods to block the dash cam, proving how far they’re willing to go to keep the public in the dark.
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Barbers Get FAR More Training Than Cops and Other Stunning Comparisons” / Jimmy Dore ☮
The number of hours of training required to become a cop in the United States is shockingly lower than many common jobs such as barber, electrician and others.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Keith Olbermann: About That Other Wall Donald Trump Might Build” / The Closer / GQ ☮
Trump’s supporters and their views would be hilarious if they weren’t so off the wall.
U.S. POLITICS: “Senator Elizabeth Warren on the Republicans’ Government Shutdown Threats” ☮
Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on September 27, 2016 about the Republican threats of a government shutdown over SEC disclosure of corporate political donations and funding for the lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan.
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