Ayana Gray challenges billionaire control of AI. Corporations pay record-low tax rates, Medicare rules restrict copay relief, and Trump’s GOP drives healthcare crisis. People deserve power and care.
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Coffee Party Shows
LIVE! Talarico vs. Paxton & Musk, Vivek’s Ad, Trump’s Patriarchy, Democrats’ Win & Capitalism Exposed
Arnie’s panel takes on Talarico vs. Paxton and Musk; Vivek’s cruel ad exposes GOP rot. Plus: patriarchy shields Trump, Democrats risk wasting a big win, and @adriftdrifloon takes capitalism apart.
LIVE! Student Loan Seizures, AI Robocalls, Sean Simon’s Justice, Brin’s Tax Fight & Texas Voter Backlog
Trump’s student loan wage seizure plans, AI robocall risks, Sean Simon’s humane justice, Brin’s billionaire tax fight, and Texas voter backlogs expose whose interests government serves. People win.
LIVE! Trump Inflation Lies, Farmers Turn Blue, Freeland Warns of U.S. Decline, and Inherited Wealth Wins
Graphs expose Trump’s inflation lies. Republican farmers turn Democratic. Chrystia Freeland warns of America’s superpower suicide. Inherited wealth exposes the rigged rules behind the myth of merit.
LIVE! Trump’s Capitalism, Putin Betrayal, WBAI: Omar Raid, Citizenship, Netanyahu Claims & War Inflation
Workers pay for Trump’s war and capitalist cruelty while his diesel deal rewards Putin. WBAI examines the Omar raid, citizenship threats, execution spectacle and Netanyahu’s alleged records cover-upeo
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Interviews
Ayana Gray: AI Runs on Humanity’s Knowledge. Why Should Billionaires Own the Profits
AI draws on humanity’s knowledge. Ayana Gray explores who controls it, who profits, and how people can fight for privacy, democratic oversight, and a fair share.
Arnie Arnesen The Attitude Panel: Texas vs. MAGA Can Talarico Beat Paxton and Elon Musk’s Millions
Can Texas voters defeat Paxton and Musk’s millions? Arnie Arnesen’s panel examines Talarico’s challenge, attacks on Ilhan Omar, and MAGA’s politics of fear.
Jenna Flanagan’s WBAI Panel: No Kings, Meta, Ukraine, and the Fight for People Power
Jenna Flanagan leads a discussion of No Kings, Indivisible, Meta, and Ukraine—and why defending democracy requires independent media and organized people power.
Sean Simon for Harris County JP: Justice Should Serve People, Not Punish Poverty
Sean Simon advocates youth diversion, community service, and humane courts. His vision challenges punishment-first thinking and centers the people behind every case.
Can Shaun Finnie Beat Steve Toth? His Closing Case on Healthcare, Tariffs, and Flooding
Can Texas’s 2nd District reject culture-war politics? Shaun Finnie discusses Steve Toth, Trump’s tariffs, a public healthcare option, and the urgent need for flood protection.
KPFT Shows
LIVE! Early Voting & No Kings: Aquino on Whitmire–Talarico, FEMA; Vance Backs Ramaswamy; AI Bubble Risk
Early voting, Whitmire–Talarico, Houston No Kings & FEMA’s state burden/Kerr aid denial with Neil Aquino; Vance backs Ramaswamy’s ad as an AI bubble threatens workers. Who protects working people?
LIVE! Medicare for All Surge; Texas vs. MAGA; Trump’s Social Security Tax Lie; Ramaswamy-Acton Ad Furor
Democrats risk ignoring Medicare for All. Arnie’s panel tackles Talarico, Paxton, Musk and Omar. Trump’s Social Security tax lie persists as Ramaswamy defends the ugly ad attacking Acton. KPFT 90.1. #
LIVE! No Kings, Meta, Ukraine: Boomer Greed, Capitalism and the Trump-GOP Medicaid Contractor Cash Grab
Jenna Flanagan’s WBAI panel tackles No Kings, Meta and Ukraine; a selfish boomer exposes generational betrayal; capitalism hides extraction; Medicaid contractors cash in on Trump-GOP healthcare cuts.
LIVE! Trump’s 2027 Cuts Loom, WBAI: No Kings, Meta & Ukraine, Kohen Wiley Justice, MAHA’s Toxic Betrayal.
Trump’s 2027 cuts hit families; Jenna Flanagan’s WBAI panel tackles No Kings, Meta and Ukraine; Kohen Wiley’s family demands justice; a report exposes MAHA’s toxic betrayal. People power fights back.
LIVE! Sean Simon’s Justice, Farmers Reject Trump, Abbott’s Data Center Cash & Hinojosa’s Populist Rise
Sean Simon champions humane courts; a Trump voter says farmers are voting Democratic as costs rise. Plus: Abbott’s $9M from data center-linked donors and Gina Hinojosa’s populist challenge on KPFT.
The Reality Check
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.
The Reality Check 2026-04-22 (Democrats Must Fight Back Before Republicans Rig Democracy)
Watch now | The Reality Check takes on gerrymandering, weak Democratic leadership, progressive power, and a capitalist system that rewards greed while working people pay the price.
The Reality Check 2026-04-15 (Medicare Trap, Trump Gimmicks & Democrats’ Reality Check)
Medicare Advantage traps, Trump’s “no tax on tips” gimmick, and timid Democrats collide as The Reality Check exposes who profits—and why working people need bold progressive change.
Marlon Weems discusses likely US regrets about the irresponsible Canada, Mexico, & China tariff war.
Marlon Weems, author of The Journeyman Substack, and Egberto Willies, author of Egberto Off The Record Substack, discussed the inconvenient truth about Trump’s irresponsible tariffs.
The GOP Civil War is on, MAGA vs DOGE duo: Weems & Willies expose the realities of the conned MAGA.
The DOGE duo, Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy, exposed their disdain for the MAGA workers as they showed support for replacing them with skilled immigrants.
Independent Media Warriors
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.
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.