PBC News & Comment: Welcome to 2016, Year of the American Idiot
Led by Bundy brothers, heavily-armed white idiots occupy federal site in Oregon as Trump launches first TV ad targeting American idiots–the Bundy gang says it’s willing to die, can FBI avoid turning...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Obama’s Action on Gun Buyer Background Checks Exposes...
Hammered by gun huggers, Obama’s feeble efforts at sensible gun regulation expose the extreme power of NRA, its minions… –Gareth Porter follows up on Sy Hersh’s pre-holiday bombshell, that Pentagon...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Prof. Ken Geiser Envisions Transition to Green Chemicals
Free Preview Clip Ken Geiser is Professor Emeritus of Work Environment at U-Mass Lowell, former director of Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute, and author of Chemicals Without Harm: Policies...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Even As Frame-jobs and Entrapment Are Exposed, FBI Keeps...
From Fort Dix to Rochester to Shrimp Boy trial in San Francisco, FBI’s Gestapo tactics are revealed, and Americans yawn….–FBI spent $1 million to ensnare former Chinese gang leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy”...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: ObamaCo Appears to Accept Assad Remaining in Power in Syria
Obama’s stubborn insistence that Assad and Islamic State must both be ousted yields to reality, according to new leaked document….–the twin objectives were unachievable and irrational –new layer of...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Speaker Ryan Takes Baby Steps Toward War Powers Bill
–GOP Speaker Ryan makes timid move to debate and pass some form of authorization for Obama’s 17-month-old war on IS….–America’s top spooks invade Silicon Valley to demand that tech companies accept...
View ArticleMusic & Chat: Roy Zimmerman Live at the Secret Studio!
Free Preview Clip Talented singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman dropped by to share some of his new songs, laced with political satire.Zimmerman is a wandering minstrel who’s hitting the road again this...
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Presenting Newsbud: Independent, Publicly-Funded Outlet to Launch in 2016
Joined by Sibel Edmonds, founder and publisher of BoilingFrogsPost, and Pepe Escobar, the acclaimed globetrotting journalist, we announce our plan to launch Newsbud this year, an independent,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Sean Penn Goes Gonzo, Scoops Global Media with El Chapo...
We honor David Bowie’s death with “Criminal World”, perfect intro for Sean Penn’s undercover exploits interviewing fugitive drug lord…–Penn’s efforts may have helped Mexican and US authorities to track...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: As Obama Seeks His Legacies, State of the Union is Chaotic
In final year with GOP controlled Congress, annual ritual speech will try to shape history, not legislative agenda for 2016….–State of the Union message is a laundry list of ideas, talking points,...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Author Les Leopold Says, “Get Out of Your Silos, Build a...
Free Preview Clip Les Leopold, author and co-founder of the Labor Institute, talks about his new book, Runaway Inequality: An Activist’s Guide to Economic Justice.We begin with a discussion about the...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Supreme Court Snubs Don Siegelman, Again
Supreme Court uses valid principle to strike down part of Florida’s death penalty, ignores the same principle in Siegelman appeal…–Roger Shuler notes that the Court has denied the latest appeal from...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold Talks About Clinton...
Free Preview Clip Vice News investigative reporter Jason Leopold returns, to talk about Hillary Clinton’s State Dept. emails, and my unanswered questions about the reported events in San Bernardino on...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Stingray Cellphone Surveillance Spreads to Britain
Vice News exposes British use of Stingray-type cellphone surveillance, and finds willing black market seller of systems intended only for police….–the Vice video report is here –in Canada, 2 cellphone...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: In Latest GOP “Debate”, Demagoguery Rules in Slimefest
Trump sets low bar as candidates trade slimy half-truths, fear-mongering, and repeated attacks on Obama, who isn’t running this year…..–Cruz faces attacks on citizenship, loans from Goldman Sachs,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Prisoners Are Swapped As Iran Nuke Deal Takes Effect
Last minute snags at Tehran airport as Jason Rezaian’s mother and wife were held, then released with him amid confusion…–prisoner exchange and quick release of wayward sailors suggest improved...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Washington Groupthink Infects All Presidential Candidates
In brilliant analysis of Sunday’s Democratic debate, Robert Parry lays out some false Beltway memes that are accepted as fact…–read Parry’s article here –in report on new unity government in Libya, AP...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Update on the Siegelman Case with Journalist Roger Shuler...
Free Preview Clip In its recent refusal to hear the latest appeal from former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, the Supreme Court should have applied a principle about sentencing it used in a fresh...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Gitmo Prisoner Balks at Release, Stays in Cuba
Yemeni prisoner Bwazir declines to be relocated to a country where he has no family or connections, highlighting a major problem….–many former Guantanamo prisoners have been dumped in countries where...
View ArticleHere’s the Latest on Newsbud, the New Independent, Publicly-funded Media Outlet
Veteran Investigative Journalist Bill Conroy Joins Sibel Edmonds and Peter B. Collins. This is the third in a series of special podcasts introducing Newsbud, the new independent, publicly funded media...
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