Protests, Sports and Music

On Friday mornings, Nicole Sandler segues into the weekend with her Flashback Friday segments, featuring music interviews & performances from her music radio days. Today, she interviews Melissa Etheridge in real time about the biz, her new album and more. Plus The Nation's Sports Editor Dave Zirin on the intersection of sports and politics and the Rams "John Carlos moment".

11-17-14 News Notes

TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally.   Pope Francis is coming to the U.S. in September 2015 to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia In the News Obama condemns U.S. hostage's execution Did something go wrong with ISIS' video? Ferguson: Tactics set for grand jury decision DEA raids NFL In Brisbane, Obama sounds off [...]

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10-1-14 News Notes

TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. In the News Ebola in the U.S.A. Felon with gun in elevator with Obama Obama didn't know Secret Service director: "Mistakes were made" Spox: WH backs Secret Service Spox: "Conflicting facts can emerge" Hong Kong expects huge National Day protests Netanyahu at WH today: Fireworks? Obama huddles on ISIS Obama [...]

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There Is No Planet B

Nicole discusses yesterday's largest-ever climate march and what we must do to change things. Engineer/inventor Mitch Heldt guests to tell us about some planet-saving inventions he's working on. Howie Klein joins in for The Steve Israel Hour, sponsored by Little Debbie to talk about climate-concerned candidates, Debbie's woes and what a real progressive looks like.

9-22-14 News Notes

  TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. In the News Climate change protest takes New York UN climate summit: Low expectations WH security breach: Tourist screening next? Why not release the dogs? Officers don't carry Tasers Gonzalez concerned atmosphere collapsing Obama: Halt movement of terror recruits ISIS: Pols on ground troops Amb Power: U.S. won't do [...]

Protecting Ourselves

  I find it ironic that we're getting ready to spend $50 million to arm and train the "moderate" Syrian rebels so they can fight against ISIL in the Middle East yet, according to the Republican party, we can't afford to pay for food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid or even Social Security (even though we've paid into some of those programs to insure we'd be covered as we age). It's also ironic that as we face imminent danger from the effect of climate change, many of those same members of Congress who voted to send the cavalry to Iraq and [...]

9-18-14 News Notes

TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. In the News House backs Obama's Syria plan Kerry: U.S. won't go it alone Australia: anti-terror raids over plot to kill Army's top general: Ground forces Scotland independence: Voting today VA official: Link - delays and patient deaths Ukraine's Poroshenko in DC today Obamacare website in hot seat on Hill today Sports: [...]

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Keep Pushing Back

Three years ago today, a group of New Yorkers descended on Wall Street's Zuccotti Park to protest the problems caused by and lack of any consequences for those responsible for the financial meltdown of 2008. Obviously, there was much more that the original Occupiers of Wall Street were protesting, but the wealth and justice inequality that is synonymous with Wall Street was the unifying evil that was being fought. Today, though, I was hard pressed to find any remnants of the once-promising protest movement. Even the official Occupy Wall Street website had no new front-page article to commemorate the day. Ironically, [...]

9-16-14 Victoria Jones’ News Notes

TRNS News Notes is brought to you by Victoria Jones. Victoria Jones is the Chief White House correspondent and global analyst of the Washington DC based Talk Radio News Service, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. Cameron: "Extensive new powers" to Scots if they reject secession: vote is Thursday (BBC) In the News Ebola response ramps up Cost: $500 million House GOP measure on Syrian rebels: a go? Some Republicans dubious For Foley's family, U.S. policy offered no hope Benghazi: Brewing Ray Rice likely to appeal suspension House [...]

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What’s the Matter Here?

The stories about domestic abuse in the NFL were bad enough. The video of Ray Rice dragging his unconscious then-fiance from an elevator provided the visual that enraged us. The second video of him landing the blow that knocked her into the raid and knocked her out somehow changed everything in the discussion of the culture of violence surrounding that already violent sport. As abhorrent as someone as big, strong and powerful as a professional football player hitting a woman who is most certainly stronger and weaker than he, the news that one of these brutes brutalized his child and defended [...]

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