Republicans: We’ll eliminate the filibuster to pass a national abortion ban if we get control
Democrats: We’ll read a poem and hope that makes you feel better
>>This is unironicly a fantastic idea. They’ll never in a million years have the balls to actually do it, but it’s a great idea.
The Democratic Party and the War Machine – Vijay Prashad
The roots of the Democratic Party’s foreign policy are found in WWII, the atomic bombing of Japan and militarization during the Cold War. Biden supported the Iraq War but fought for the nuclear agreement with Iran. What should we expect from his administration? Vijay Prashad joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news podcast.
Anti-war US Army veteran warns of hawks in Biden transition team
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is full of war hawks and weapons industry shills. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with US Army veteran Danny Sjursen, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming an anti-imperialist activist and journalist, about what a Biden-Harris administration foreign policy would look like. Sjursen, who previously taught at the United States Military Academy, also discusses how warmongering members of the West Point Mafia dominate the US government and military-industrial complex.
Thomas Frank on Fake Populism & Silicon Valley Fantasies | Useful Idiots
Thomas Frank rejoins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of the Democratic party. Hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper look into the Trump rallies planned for this weekend.