Air Date 1/7/2022
Today, we take a look at the criminal charges against Donald Trump that the January 6th Committee has referred to the DOJ but examine them through the lens of past presidential crimes that have gone unpunished from Nixon to George W. Bush
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: No One Is Above The Law - Calls Grow for Trump to Be Charged to Avoid Another Coup Attempt - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-20-22
We speak with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a scholar of fascism and authoritarianism, and Robert Weissman, president of the advocacy group Public Citizen.
Ch. 2: Historian Meets Watergate Prosecutor On The Right (And Wrong) Kinds Of President Part 1 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 12-28-22
Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and Jill Wine-Banks, MSNBC legal analyst and former Watergate special prosecutor look to lessons from Watergate for what needs to happen with the Jan. 6th committee report.
Ch. 3: Lisa Gilbert on the January 6 Report - CounterSpin - Air Date 12-23-22
We spoke with Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen and co-founder of the forged-for-purpose Not Above the Law Coalition, about what the hearings found and why it can’t end there.
Ch. 4: Historian Meets Watergate Prosecutor On The Right (And Wrong) Kinds Of President Part 2 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 12-28-22
Ch. 5: "Brazen" Fraud: David Cay Johnston on How Trump's Tax Returns Show He Defrauded U.S. & Enriched Himself - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-3-23
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump for decades, says the new documents show "absolutely brazen" tax fraud. "Donald Trump has been a criminal his whole life," says Johnston.
Ch. 6: Obama on Investigating Bush Crimes: "Need to Look Forward" - This Week - Air Date 1-11-09
Barack Obama on This Week, January 11, 2009
Ch. 7: Obama Admin: Torture Not Illegal, Just A "Disagreement" - The Young Turks - Aired 3-27-10
Speaking of hangovers... Look forward, not backward. We don't do truth and reconciliation in this country.
Ch. 8: The Central Cause of January 6th Was One Man House Panel Urges Trump Be Banned from Public Office - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-23-22
We’re joined by John Nichols, The Nation’s national affairs correspondent, to discuss the full report.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Ch. 9: Ginni Thomas not mentioned in Jan. 6 Committee report - The Mehdi Hasan Show - Air Date 1-3-23
Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern and political strategist Rina Shah join Mehdi to discuss.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 10: The upside of TikTok - James
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 11: Final comments on the good and bad of tech and the structural nature of media
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#1536 Your Food Choices Are Not Your Food Choices
#1534 Every Move You Make (Facial Recognition, TikTok, and Surveillance Capitalism 2.0)
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#1451 The Foxification of American Media (Fox News 25th Anniversary) (Repost)
#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran)
The Last Resort (The Story of Cal-Exit)
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#1530 The Pillars of Polarization and Persuasion
#1529 Monopolies Run By Morons
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