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Daniel Hale and America’s unending persecution of whistleblowers
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Borderline insanity: A proposal to fix the US-Mexico frontier by Joe Mathews
ImmigrationThe U.S.-Mexico border is set to reopen following a long shutdown to all but “essential” traffic.” This will likely bring heavy traffic, sanitation issues and crimes.
Why did a jury of seven US military officers blast the CIA for “torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history”?
PoliticsTorture victim Majid Khan’s lawyer J. Wells Dixon joins Robert Scheer to discuss his client’s shocking testimony about the CIA’s so-called “enhanced interrogation tactics.”
The more bad news Democrats get, the closer they are to passing Biden’s agenda
NationalJosh Barro, Liz Bruenig and Tim Carney talk about Kyrsten Sinema’s political ideology (or lack thereof) and whether the child care and climate proposals in the Democrats’ spending bill…
California lives rent-free in the minds of other Americans, says Joe Mathews
CaliforniaOther states are obsessed with California and its policies, which is a way to show their love, according to Joe Mathews.
How much can the president do to curb inflation?
NationalJosh Barro, Liz Bruenig and Ross Douthat discuss the high rate of inflation, its political risk and what (if anything) the president can do about it.
Summer’s over
PoliticsJosh and Ken talk about the indictment of Steve Bannon, the end of Summer Zervos’ defamation lawsuit against former President Trump, and more.
$1.8 billion settlement for Aliso Canyon gas leak isn’t good enough, victims say
EnvironmentSome people believe the amount offered by Southern California Gas Company is insufficient to put the pieces back together for the community that has been devastated by the largest…
VP Kamala Harris’ low approval rating: How she got here, what it means for reelection prospects
PoliticsJust 28% of voters approve of the job Vice President Kamala Harris is doing, according to a recent poll from USA Today and Suffolk University.