Working Americans pay Trump’s tariff tax and war costs while Washington defends a nuclear double standard and RFK Jr.’s reckless leadership leaves preventable diseases spreading.
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Coffee Party Shows
Arnie Arnesen Exposes Capitalism: DSA Smears, Founders and Taxpayer-Subsidized Wages
Arnie Arnesen challenges myths about the founders and democratic socialism while exposing how Walmart, Amazon and other profitable corporations make taxpayers subsidize starvation wages.
Hegseth’s $5000 Pentagon Tax Exposes Trump’s Economic Lies and Washington’s War Scam
Hegseth demands a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget—about $5,000 per household—while Trump celebrates an economy leaving families with higher costs, weak job growth and austerity.
From Houston to Maine: Activists Challenge ICE, Trump’s War and Schumer’s Leadership
Activists expose Trump’s failed war and ICE abuses, challenge Houston Mayor John Whitmire, and demand Senate Democrats move beyond Chuck Schumer’s cautious leadership.
Trump Widens Iran War as El-Sayed Schools Tapper and Medicare for All Exposes the Scam
Trump escalates toward a wider Iran war, Abdul El-Sayed rejects Jake Tapper’s distractions, and Medicare for All exposes how Wall Street profits from America’s costly healthcare failure.
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Interviews
Weems and Willies Expose War Talk, Petrodollar Panic, Media Myths, and U.S. Empire
Weems and Willies unpack Trump’s Iran threats, Israel’s aggression, media war spin, petrodollar anxiety, and the myths that protect U.S. empire.
Trump’s China Trip Flops as Iran Peace Talks Continue and Israel Defies Gaza and Lebanon Ceasefires
A WBAI panel with Jenna Flanagan discusses Trump leaving China with little to show, Iran peace talks remaining fragile, and Israel continued attacks in Gaza and Lebanon despite ceasefires.
The Clean New Deal and Politics Done Right Reveal America’s Oligarchic Crisis
The Clean New Deal conversation reveals how oligarchs and authoritarian politics threaten America and what citizens can do to rebuild democracy.
Steal This Story, Please! documents Amy Goodman’s fearless reporting and the urgent need for people
Amy Goodman and Tia Lessin explain why independent journalism is essential to democracy and why corporate media consolidation threatens truth.
Do the Math: Denmark Proves Universal Services Cost Less Than America’s Corporate System
Arnie Arnesen: Do the math. Denmark pays one bill and gets healthcare, childcare, education, and retirement. Americans pay many bills and enrich corporations while getting less.
KPFT Shows
Nuclear Hypocrisy, Trump’s Failed Economy, Anti-ICE Sentences and Political Grant Cuts
Ali Velshi exposes nuclear hypocrisy as Trump’s tariffs and DOGE promises collapse, the media ignores extreme anti-ICE sentences, and clean-energy grants become political weapons.
Trump’s Tariff Tax, Voter Betrayal, and Why Americans Are Turning Left
Trump’s new tariffs raise prices as voters see his betrayal. Michael Steele and Arnie Arnesen expose corporate socialism, capitalism’s failures, and the demand for justice.
Trump’s Power Grab: Voter ID Trap, Houston ICE Revolt, and a USPS Takeover
Thirteen Democrats help pass a GOP stock bill with a voter-ID trap, Neil Aquino examines Houston’s ICE resistance, and senators warn Trump is stacking the USPS board.
Brooker Confronts Whitmire as Hegseth Demands War Billions and GOP Targets Voting
Houston’s Brooker demands justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo while Hegseth seeks more war money and the GOP turns an ethics bill into a nationwide voting barrier.
LIVE! Trump’s Wars at Home and Abroad: Iran, ICE, Texas Schools, and Rubio’s Cuba Crusade
Trump weaponizes war, immigration and wildfire smoke while Michelle Williams defends Texas schools and communities—and Rubio’s McCarthyite Cuba report raises alarms about another invasion.
Independent Media Warriors
Daniel J. Cohen
As President of Indivisible Houston, I understand that our support for protests, political engagement, and support for independent media are all part of a multilegged stool.
George Batten: School Discipline Made Easy
George Batten is a former inner-city teacher and swim coach for the Houston Independent School District.
Robby L. Caban
I am not your average agent. I believe in equal access. I have used independent media to open the eyes of many ensuring that the real estate is less than that black box many are afraid of.
Kathleen Morin-Morgan
Independent Media is important because clearly we do not get unbiased news. In fact, it is clear that in this political season there are predetermined candidates who get preferential coverage.
Tamara Johnson Shealey
As a candidate for one of the two Senate seats from Georgia, I know the importance of having independent media. It is clear that too often the mainstream media have an affinity for certain candidates and as such restrict their access to constituents through their venues.
A Deeper Look
A Deeper Look Ep01: Post Insurrection
The unpatriotic seditious insurrection is still fresh in our psyche. The unbalance remains. We discuss the reasons and ramifications.
A Deeper Look Ep01: Is America Great Again?
A Deeper Look interviews radio host, author, & professor Harvey Wasserman about Trump, the election, voting, and more.
General
Trump is winning with the help of ‘ALL’ mainstream media. It is up to us to stop it!
The mainstream media continues to fail as they have allowed Trump to produce their news coverage. The Big Beautiful Bill coverage is virtually nonexistent, as it primarily focuses on LA protests.
MEDIA FAIL: Tapper gives Speaker Johnson a platform to lie about Trump’s economy and EVIL bill
Jake Tapper’s failed pushback allowed Speaker Johnson to present Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill as a good thing, as opposed to the suffering it will inflict on MAGA and others.
The Biden tapes sadly along with his cancer diagnosis is creating mainstream media distraction again.
An easily captured mainstream media, unable to concentrate on stories that matter, focuses on Biden. Let’s keep our eyes on the massacre of Trump’s effect on the working class!
Meet The Press’ Trump interview normalizes Tarrifs, Election, Inflation lies and invading countries.
Trump’s interview by mainstream media, Meet The Press, illustrates why Trump won. It normalized all his evil acts, including tariffs, elections, inflation lies, and invasions.
Trump’s mass deportation, deceiving MAGA, coercing Senators. Electoral college hope. Lemon & media.
Snippets on Trump’s mass deportation and his deceiving of his MAGA base. My wish is that the Electoral College correct its mistake. Don Lemon dings the media. A MAGA caller upset at Trump’s coverage.