1-18-17 What’s News – The We Don’t Need No Education Edition
Nicole Sandler gets an assist from Dylan Matthews and Vox.com to take a look at what's possible if Hillary Clinton is elected. Reach the entire article, "Hillary Clinton's quiet revolution" here! And vote!
Nicole talk with UK Progressive's Dennis Campbell and his partner on the Three Muckrakers Podcast, Phil Parry, about the US presidential elections, the correlations with Brexit and other global crises. And journalist Sarah Jaffe returns to the show to discuss her first book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. She'll be appearing at the Miami International Book Fair on Sunday Nov 20.
If life were fair, we wouldn't be looking at a presidential election with the two worst possible candidates as the major party nominees. Sometimes you just get handed a shit sandwich. That's how I'm feeling right now. I'm off for a couple of days to meet with doctors and find the surgeon to remove the cancerous tumor that's growing in my left lung. Shit sandwich it is. Today, I spoke with two wonderful women who both had me laughing. Singer/songwriter and political animal Jill Sobule joined in. She's been promising for a few years now to record a new [...]
Yesterday, I talked about working out the conflicts of our inner voices, though some people thought I "went too far." Others thanked me for being "spot on." All I know is all I know. Today, it's that the world continues down its pathway of madness. People hear what they want to hear instead of actually listening to what's being said. We talk past one another instead of with each other. Until we learn to shut up and listen, we're bound to continue making the same mistakes. Today, I talked a bit about that disconnect. I praised the celebration of [...]
It was NEVER about Bernie; it was about his ideas. But today, the vitriol from some of his "supporters" is ugly and stinging. Take, for example, this message I received from a now-former listener. I am very sad and angry knowing one of my heroes is just like all the rest. I foolishly believed that Bernie Sanders was someone I could trust and believe in only to find he's no different then any other politician. Bernie is dead to me as is his movement and any policy or person he puts forward for office in the future. I had intended [...]
Victoria Jones created and edits Quick Morning News. She is chief White House correspondent with Washington DC-based Talk Media News, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. Quick NewsObama-Sanders hug-fest: Nudge to ClintonObama: Little "ouchy" during primariesClinton: Trump behaves like "demagogue"Trump: Don't need much money for campaignRyan rolls out security agenda todayTel Aviv terror attackFreddie Gray police trial: MurderIndia's Modi stresses warming ties with US Obama-Sanders Hug-Fest: Nudge to Clinton (NYT, TMN, TMN, me)• President Obama will use an Oval Office meeting with Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) at 11:15 this morning [...]
Victoria Jones created and edits Quick Morning News. She is chief White House correspondent with Washington DC-based Talk Media News, where her insight and analysis are made available to over 400 news talk radio stations around the country and internationally. Quick NewsClinton claims victory in Dem primaryTrump: "Our African-Americans"Trump: Attacks on judge "misconstrued"Obama, India's Modi meet, agreeBlack students not equal in schoolingHelen Mirren: Return art stolen from Jews by NazisFemale lawmakers outraged: Stanford sentenceClinton Claims Historic Victory in Dem Primary (AP, Politico, Politico, Politico, TMN, TMN, TMN, TMN, me)• Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising [...]
Nicole Sandler attempts to unpack the media malpractice by the AP and NBC "news" in declaring Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee before reaching 2383 pledged delegates. Randi Rhodes calls in to weigh in, and give us an update on our new radio venture. GottaLaff joins in for hour two and takes calls with Nicole.