PBC News & Comment Tuesday, June 5
More coverage of the Supreme Court’s denial of Siegelman appeal, with excerpt from Andrew Kreig of Justice Integrity Project; 9th Circuit denies appeal of Prop 8 gay marriage ban Also: –PBC reveals...
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Disturbing and disappointing elections results from Wisconsin and California, plus critical questions about the credibility of the vote count in Wisconsin and Obama’s no-show there On Wisconsin...
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Attorney Carl Mayer updates us on the legal play that could overturn Citizens United this year! And he breaks big news about the ruling to protect us from detention without charge or trialWith Mayer’s...
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Big News! Attorney Carl Mayer and Activist Adam Furgatch Lead Effort to...
First in a series: Mayer has novel legal strategy to force the extreme Supremes to choose between states’ rights and Citizens United…and your help is needed. No subscription required.Carl Mayer and...
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PBC News & Comment Friday, June 8
Lighting a “prairie fire” under Montana officials to challenge Supreme Court jurisdiction on appeal of corporate campaign ban, undermining Citizens United; public gives Court lowest marks in 25 years...
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Part 2: Fighting for Immediate Rollback of ‘Citizens United’ with Mayer and...
Carl Mayer and Adam Fergatch update their campaign to force the Supreme Court to undermine its Citizens United ruling; Ted Rall is a great political cartoonist and columnist, author of The Book of...
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PBC News & Comment Monday, June 11
Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo appeals, sentencing 60+ innocent Yemenis to life without parole; Montana’s AG tells TEAM it won’t use 11th Amendment challenge Attorney Rob Hager joins Adam...
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Montana AG Refuses to Use 11th Amendment in Supreme Court Brief; Dr. Jeff...
Veteran attorney Rob Hager joins Adam Fergatch in part 3 of our series on the Montana appeal that directly challenges the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United; psychologist/journalist Jeffrey...
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More on Citizens United challenge: Carl Mayer hits NY Times’ Adam Liptak for failing to cover jurisdiction issue; Huckabee slams Holder over “Fast & Furious” coverup, ignores bigger issues...
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Part 4 on ‘Citizens United’: Mayer and Fergatch Respond to Adam Liptak Report...
Attorney Carl Mayer and activist Adam Fergatch return for Part 4 of our series on their effort to overturn Citizens United. This podcast is free, available to all–please share it! Mayer has emailed...
View Article‘Citizens United’ Part 5: File Name for Montana Case Mysteriously Changes;...
Attorney Rob Hager returns to talk about key issues in the Montana appeal to the Supreme Court challenging Citizens United; public radio host Maureen Fiedler talks about religion in politics and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Wednesday, June 13
We open with a powerful critique of the Supreme Court by attorney Rob Hager, excerpted from today’s Part 5 on Citizens United; US drops charges against John Edwards, not Don Siegelman Also: –Senate...
View ArticleAttorney Rob Hager: Decision Day At Supreme Court? Prof. Eli Zaretsky on His...
Attorney Rob Hager returns for our 6th report on the pending appeal at the Supreme Court of Montana’s ban on corporate campaign contributions; Author Eli Zaretsky explores the rich history of the...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Thursday, June 14
Jon Stewart nails it–we open with an excerpt from his take on the leaks that revealed Obama’s Kill List; we await news from the Supreme Court on the disposition of the Montana case Also: –a clip...
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Top courts rule against democracy in Egypt, Bahrain–will US Supreme Court decline (we win!) or accept (we lose) the Montana case banning corporate political contributions?? Egypt heads for choas as...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Monday, June 18
Rodney King dies, let’s all try to get along; Harvard Prof. Roberto Unger, who taught Obama Law, says he should be defeated; Rory O’Connor warns about the CIA and Facebook –elections followed...
View ArticleNo Action Yet from Supreme Court on Montana Appeal; Journalist Rory O’Connor...
Attorney Carl Mayer and activist Adam Fergatch return to update us on the important Montana appeal that challenges Citizens United; journalist and author Rory O’Connor’s new book is Friends, Followers...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Tuesday, June 19
U2 honors Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi in Dublin, we open with the song they wrote for her, Walk On; Obama and Putin spar over Syria at G20 summit in Cabo Wabo –German newspaper reports...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Wednesday, June 20
GOP-controlled House committee passes contempt citation against AG Eric Holder as Obama invokes executive privilege to expand the apparent coverup and fuel more partisan attacks Some lefties whom I...
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Boiling Frogs: Author Chase Madar on Whistleblower Bradley Manning
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Preview Clip Chase Madar joins us to discuss his new book The Passion of Bradley Manning, and talk about Manningâ€s motives, his treatment by the U.S. government and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Thursday, June 21
NY Times reports that CIA is arming rebels in Syria via third parties; Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley raise important questions about new head of Amnesty International, Suzanne Nossel Read the...
View ArticleSpecial Report: California’s Barbaric Solitary Confinement Prisons
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Preview Clip In this special report, we feature 4 views on the use of long-term solitary confinement in the California prison system. Led by the Center for Constitutional...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Friday, June 22
As Senate committee investigates solitary confinement in US prisons, we deliver Special Report on California’s “SHU”, and lead with an excerpt from Prof. Jules Lobel, new CCR president Sen. Dick...
View ArticleSupreme Disappointment: Supreme Court Summarily Dismisses Montana Appeal to...
Activist Adam Furgatch and attorney Carl Mayer comment on the brief, unsigned opinion that dismissed the appeal from Montana’s state supreme court, and the failure of Montana AG Steve Bullock to...
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View ArticlePBC News & Comment Tuesday, June 26
Supreme Court recap on Montana appeal of Citizens United, the ban on LWOP for teen convicts, and the Arizona immigration law, proving that Scalito, Roberts and Thomas are heartless Also: –Mississippi...
View ArticleBreaking: Karl Rove’s Rant on Fox May Have Been Triggered by His Concern Over...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Our Deep South correspondent, Roger Shuler, shares his exclusive report that Karl Rove’s unhinged rant on Fox Nooz may be related to reports that he is bisexual, has young...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Thursday, June 28
Supreme Court upholds most of Obamacare, corporate welfare for the health insurance industry, with some surprises; GOP-controlled House votes contempt for AG Holder, no surprisePBC comments on the...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment Friday, June 29
Next News & Comment July 9! Fox and CNN both blew it! They got the Obamacare decision wrong. America’s leading political commentator, Jon Stewart, rips into Fox and CNN –from Jon Stewart to...
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