Nicole talks about the Democrats habit of self sabotage, underscored by their ridiculous vote on the Keystone XL pipeline last night. Crooks & Liars' Susie Madrak joins in to discuss the latest news, and Global Trade Watch's Melinda St. Louis updates us on the Trans Pacific Partnership
Nicole discusses the election outcome with Howie Klein (Down With Tyranny, Blue America PAC) and Congressman Alan Grayson, who just won his third term in Congress
I like the concept of "Giving Tuesday" - especially in the wake of the crass commercialism of the past few days (not to mention the coming three weeks!). Today, we'll be giving lots of stuff to Women in Distress here in South Florida. I encourage you to find a great organization to give to today - perhaps check out Ellen Ratner's Goats for the Old Goat - and, of course, your giving is always welcome here to help support our work at Radio or Not! Today, I was joined by an old friend of the show, Kevin Zeese. He's one of [...]
Most Americans have no clue what the TPP is, but we all need to know. So today, we talked a bit about the Trans Pacific Partnership. It's the newest so-called "Free Trade" agreement - which seems to deal with a lot more than just trade. Our friends at Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch put lots of information about this very secretive deal on a new website, ExposeTheTPP.org to educate us all. Let's start with this short video: Global Trade Watch research director Ben Beachly joined me on the show this morning to talk about it... but if you still want [...]