A politics newsletter, written by Ryan Grim, reporter and editor at Drop Site, co-host of Counter Points and Deconstructed, and author of the books "The Squad," "We've Got People," and "This Is Your Country On Drugs."
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Friday evening at 6:45 pm, there will be a screening in Silver Spring, Maryland of the new documentary about legendary journalist Amy Goodman called “Steal This Story, Please!” I’ve heard it’s truly excellent.
For updates on the newest war on Iran, I’m live with Jeremy Scahill, Ali Abunimah in Jordan, and Iranian-American analyst Hooman Majd.
On today’s program, Krystal Ball and I discussed the latest on war with Iran, war on Cuba, the apparent AI propensity to launch nuclear war when given the chance, and also interview the American Prospect’s Dave Dayen, David Hogg of “Leaders We Deserve,” and Nida Allam, running in North Carolina’s 4th district, an election coming next week.
I filled in for Krystal on today’s program, which was a dark one, given the mass shootings in Australia and at Brown University, and the ongoing deterioration of living conditions in Gaza, fueled by Israel’s ongoing siege and routine violations of the ceasefire agreement.
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The ferocity with which Catherine Connolly stood up for Palestinian dignity drew her heaps of criticism, but clearly helped her with the public.
I cohosted with Saagar today; we led with the latest on Israel ceasefire news.
On today’s program, we led with the government shutdown and interviewed Freedom Caucus Rep.
I filled in today for Krystal because I’ll be out tomorrow, heading to NYC for the UN General Assembly meeting (where Trump is speaking now).
