It's Tuesday, so GottaLaff joins us to talk about the news. Laffy mines Twitter for the best news-bearing Tweets and brings them to us in her "Tweet Spot." Today, Jeff Sessions was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, so there were a lot a Tweets about Jefferson Beauregard Sessions...
It's Tuesday, so GottaLaff joins us to talk about the news. Laffy mines Twitter for the best news-bearing Tweets and brings them to us in her "Tweet Spot." Today, Jeff Sessions was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, so there were a lot a Tweets about Jefferson Beauregard Sessions...
After an update on the day's news, we welcome Gaius Publius back to the show to discuss his article "Shocking the Shock Doctrine: What Recovery in Puerto Rico Could Look Like". We also talked about his piece published yesterday, "Defining Neoliberalism". At the beginning of the show, I read from a Washington Post article about how difficult it is to file a sexual harassment claim on Capitol Hill, "How Congress plays by different rules on sexual harassment and misconduct," something that should both anger and sicken you.
Via Nicole, today's show: Fox News and its "star" "personality" Bill O'Reilly have something in common with the president in addition to their propensity for making shit up: they're all sexual harassers. All have been sued numerous times for their illegal and unwarranted advances on women, with Fox and O'Reilly ponying up many millions of dollars to settle with a number of them. And now advertisers are fleeing! For some unknown reason, Fox just signed O'Reilly to a new $18 million a year contract, even as the new allegations pile up. I guess it's a good thing he makes that [...]
Fox News and its "star" "personality" Bill O'Reilly have something in common with the president in addition to their propensity for making shit up: they're all sexual harassers. All have been sued numerous times for their illegal and unwarranted advances on women, with Fox and O'Reilly ponying up many millions of dollars to settle with a number of them. And now advertisers are fleeing! For some unknown reason, Fox just signed O'Reilly to a new $18 million a year contract, even as the new allegations pile up. I guess it's a good thing he makes that much money, as he's [...]
