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Member of Canada's Parliament; former Global Editor-at-Large for Thomson Reuters Digital and author of Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
PROFILE
Chrystia Freeland
Guest/Host
FROM Chrystia Freeland
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The Politics of Vaccines, You're Hired, Unrest in the Ukraine Should people have to vaccinate their children? Also, a blockbuster jobs report and a last ditch effort for peace in the Ukraine
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Matt Miller & Mitt Romney Say Goodbye, Keystone Pipeline, Greece and the Ukraine Matt Miller's last LRC, Mitt Romney bows out, Senate approves Keystone pipeline, Gr-exit for real? Ukraine Trouble.
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The Senate Vs. the CIA, End of the Gaza Ceasefire, and the Role of the US Abroad The CIA vs. the Senate, the end of the Gaza ceasefire, and how the world sees U.S. leadership.
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The US, Russia and Ukraine; Sebelius Leaving Should the Ukrainian city of Donetsk join Russia? HHS Secretary Sebelius steps down.
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Monumental Movement on Gay Marriage, Voting Rights and Immigration A new day for gay marriage, a step back on voting rights, and rumblings on immigration and climate change.
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Eric Holder Meets the Press and the Lois Lerner State Eric Holder, Lois Lerner, the rise of the female breadwinner and the end of Medicare anxiety.
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Drones; SOTU; Rebranding the GOP; the Saturday Mail Shocker The war over drones, Republican rebranding, the State of the Union preview, and the postman won't even knock once on Saturdays.
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Our Best Year Ever? Our end-of-year special looks at asks whether 2012 was, in some ways, the best year ever, and compares the glasses that are half empty and the glasses that are half full.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.