Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Released Saturday, 29th January 2022
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Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Ukraine Tensions, SCOTUS Pick and Harris in Honduras

Saturday, 29th January 2022
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At the top of the show: Mindia Gavasheli, Bureau Chief, Washington DC for Sputnik Radio stops by to discuss the crisis in the Ukraine and the fallout from Biden’s call to Ukraine’s Zelensky. It seems CNN and the Ukrainian governments spectacularly failed to get their story straight. CNN’s reporting on what some Ukrainian sources said about Biden’s call has earned a rebuke from the White House - and caused some high placed reporters to back away while a couple of others are standing by their source.

Aaron Good: political scientist and host of the American Exception podcast on Patreon. His doctoral dissertation is going to published by Skyhorse in April under the title 'American Exception: Empire and the Deep State’ joins John and Michelle to discuss Xiomara Castro inauguration yesterday in front of a cheering crowd that included Vice President Kamala Harris. She pledged closer US-Honduran ties and assistance in combating corruption and undocumented migration.

Gregg Mosson: state and federal court litigator in private practice in Maryland, at Mosson Law, LLC, and author of “Employee Rights in Maryland: A Concise Guide” joins the Misfits during the second hour to discuss the SCOTUS horserace. Joe Biden is going to get a chance to nominate a justice to the Supreme Court, and he has pledged to nominate a black woman to the position. Justice Kamala Harris?

For the last segment Dan Kovalik: author, human rights and labor lawyer. His most recent book is “No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using ‘Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests” talks about Vice President Harris in Honduras and what’s the state of US-Honduran relations right now?

Its Friday time for News of the Weird. The Misfits sign off with a delicious story about a hairy tongue and Super Bowl performers asked to dance for no dollars. Till next time, happy weekend!

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More on the show: Political Misfits brings you news, politics and culture ‒ without the red and blue treatment. We guide conversations that take new looks at the stories and topics that mean a lot to us, including corporate misconduct, foreign policy and secret wars, climate change, media criticism, poverty, pop culture, electoral politics and much, much more.Political Misfits airs live daily Monday through Friday from 12-2 p.m. EST and is broadcast on 105.5 FM in Washington, DC, 102.9 FM in Kansas City, Missouri, and to 35 countries on signals such as FM, digital DAB/DAB+ (Digital Radio Broadcasting), and HD-Radio. The show is also made available globally live on SputnikNews.com and is distributed as a podcast shortly after broadcasting on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spreaker and more, and you can check us out on Twitter @SputnikMisfits.About us: Hosts John Kiriakou and Michelle Witte bring different backgrounds to Political Misfits, but arrive with a mutual curiosity and compassion. John is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News. In 2007, John blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, saying that the CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by then-President George W. Bush. He was indicted by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act – a law designed to punish spies – and served 23 months in prison as a result of the revelation. He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, and won the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest and the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. John has written a number of books about his experiences in Washington’s secret wars and his time in the prison system.Michelle is a committed explorer, observer and documentor of our big, beautiful planet and the strange creatures that inhabit it. A long-time writer, teacher and journalist, she returned to the US after ten years overseas with a broader perspective on American politics and culture and our impact on the world. She has worked, traveled and sometimes reported from Thailand, Lao PDR, Taiwan and Kazakhstan, and has spent significant time elsewhere in Asia. Michelle gets fired up about foreign policy, indigenous rights, responsible travel, good books and bad movies, animal welfare, baking and long-distance hikes.

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