Cenk Uygur’s argument at the 2017 Oxford Union Democracy Debate, ‘This House Believes Democracy Is For Sale.’
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Cenk Uygur’s Argument at the Oxford Union Debate on Money in Politics” / The Young Turks ☮
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PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “This 52 Yr. Old First Time Voter Supporting Jeremy Corbyn!” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “It’s Make Your Mind Up Time!” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Pie is more excited than usual over this years election.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson Bash Trump for Leaving Paris Agreement” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
Some of the US’s most famous faces in the scientific community are lashing out at Donald Trump for pulling the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Could this move by the president finally be the motivation scientists need to run for public office?
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Vote for Policies” / Jonathan Pie ☮
If you don’t know who to vote for, vote for policies.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Hate and Anger” / Jonathan Pie ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Budget Chief Lies to Bernie, and He Crushes Him” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “The DNC and RNC are Soulless: Is it Time to Move on?” / TYT Politics / Dylan Ratigan ☮
TYT Politics Reporter Dylan Ratigan (https://Twitter.com/DylanRatigan) discusses how ridiculous it is that we are constantly told we have to pick our poison when it comes to voting for the most powerful leader in the free world.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Trump Isn’t a Toddler — He’s a Product of America’s Culture of Impunity for the Rich” / MUST READ! ☮
Ross Douthat’s column arguing for the superiority of “25th Amendment remedies” to impeachment for Donald Trump’s various misdeeds is impressive in its ability to actually find something new and interesting to say about the president. But its premise — shared with a David Brooks column from earlier in the week — that we should understand Trump’s behavior as resembling that of a little kid is fundamentally wrong.
“It is a child who blurts out classified information in order to impress distinguished visitors,” Douthat writes. “It is a child who asks the head of the F.B.I. why the rules cannot be suspended for his friend and ally.”
The truth is that Trump is no child. He’s 70 years old. And he’s not just any kind of 70-year-old. He’s a white male 70-year-old. A famous one. A rich one. One who’s been rich since the day he was born. He’s a man who’s learned over the course of a long and rich life that he is free to operate without consequence. He’s the beneficiary of vast and enormous privilege, not just the ability to enjoy lavish consumption goods but the privilege of impunity that America grants to the wealthy.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Donald Trump’s Affluenza Has Fueled His Corruption” / Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins / MUST WATCH! ☮
Donald Trump has lived a life without consequence, much like the drunk driving Ethan Couch who killed several people but was let off easy by claiming “affluenza.” And Donald Trump’s “affluenza” is what has created so many of the scandals that are quickly sinking his presidency. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
Always Question Authority 