Call: (713) 526-5738 – Live stream: KPFT (Entire USA) Radio Show Date: July 6th, 2016
Police life and death power must be checked
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How many more times will Politics Done Right have a show like this? We will have a show like this until it is no longer needed. Philando Castile is the latest casualty of our police one day after Alton Sterling was gunned down by yet another unhinged cop. Folks, these cops are our alter egos. After all, our police is a reflection of us all. They are our alter ego with the power to kill, with the power to maim, with the power to control.
Today we will talk about Philando Castile and Alton Sterling’s murder-by-cop and its implications. What can we do? What must we do?
As I perused Facebook last night I saw a video of one of Houston’s political figures addressing a group of young people protesting police brutality. I watched her give sound advice to these young folks just like she did with those of us at Occupy Wall Street in Tranquility Park back in 2011 when the police started to move in. Our special guest today is Former City Council Woman, Former University of Houston Track Star, Former Survivor participant, Current TV Star of the reality show Sisters in Law, Current Houston Independent School Board Member, and attorney Jolanda Jones.
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Another DOGE Fail- Instead of finding fraud in Social Security they reduced efficiency by 25%.
- Professor: In 100 days Trump financially strips MAGA & destroys the faith the world has in America.
- Prof. Scott Galloway exposes corporate lies. They never cared about Americans.
- Conservative CEO of rural hospital slams Medicaid cuts, inferring they will kill rural healthcare.
- REALLY!! Trump Admin charters flights to bring white South African ‘refugees’ to U.S.
- Trump’s policies, cuts, and more are another dimension of End State Capitalism.
- Trump will garnish your tax returns, wages, and pension to collect your student loans next month.
- JB Pritzker delivered an unabashedly progressive critique of Trumpism that even MAGA should embrace.
- MAGA called out: Your condition only changes when you realize it’s class warfare and not the isms.
- Watch Congressman ridicule a bumbling Treasury Secretary unable to tell the truth about tariffs
- GOP Senator on Republican politicians: We are all afraid. Does a mob run America?
- Tesla, built on government welfare, is failing even with record subsidies from taxpayers.
- The Trump Administration is plotting massive budget cuts that would destroy public health.
- A Nigerian immigrant points out the reality versus the American myth that confronts all of us.
- Sen. Elissa Slotkin undermines progressivism, taking exception to Bernie & AOC’s use of oligarchy.
- I had to school a caller attempting to make the DC airline crash a ‘DEI pilot’ caused an accident.
- Bernie Sanders provides clear-eyed reason why he urges some Americans to run as independents.
- Sen. Schumer Delusional about the Democratic Party: We’re doing very well. We are totally united.
- Dehumanizing groups of Americans has allowed Trump, MAGA, and Neoliberals to take power.
- What’s up with efforts to restore wild salmon to the U.S. West?
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