Robbie Martin interviews journalist Yasha Levine about his new book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet.
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There are 26 registered lobbyists for every elected representative on the hill, with experts suggesting the true amount is closer to 100,000.
Yet transparency laws that people believe help combat this system of pay-to-play politics have been weaponized against them to further cement corporate control.
Congressional researcher James D’Angelo argues how the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, which opened up politicians voting records–has only helped special interests and corporations.
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Robbie and Abby Martin talk about US commentators ruining the historic Olympic ceremony to fearmonger about North Korea, the meat of the Mueller indictment of 13 Russian trolls from a bot farm in St. Petersburg, the debate about gun control, mental health, white supremacy and domestic violence in the wake of the horrific mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida on Media Roots Radio.
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On top of overtly genocidal threats, the Trump Administration has announced new terms: that they “will never accept a nuclear North Korea.” But, the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea already has nuclear weapons. Does that mean a war is imminent?
While the bipartisan warmongering is receiving no push-back from the mainstream media, Abby Martin interviews Tim Shorrock–journalist and expert on US-Korea relations–to learn what is left out of the debate and the potential cost of a new war.
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In this solo episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin talks about the downed Israeli jet in Syria, the Iranian/Israeli proxy war brewing, US bombing escalations against Assad and the recent TYT Russia debate between Kyle Kulinski and Cenk Uygur.
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