Feb 5, 2023 - On Saturday afternoon a single missile fired by a jet fighter ended the brief, spectacular life of the Chinese spy balloon that had become a social media star with its own hashtag by the time it had finished passing through United States air space. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports on questions that investigators will seek to answer by recovering the balloon’s wreckage.
Sunday, February 5, 2023
House Republican Priorities Take Shape
Feb 5, 2023 - This week, the House GOP moved to remove Ilhan Omar from her seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. The controversial spectacle distracted from several other wild Republican moves, however. Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett joined MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin to discuss the GOP quashing a ban on firearms in a committee hearing room, their meaningless vote condemning the “horrors of socialism” and hijacking hearings on pandemic aid with discussions of Critical Race Theory (CRT).
Ron DeSantis ramps up war on education
Feb 5, 2023 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing a new plan to eliminate diversity and inclusion programs at state colleges. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined American Voices with guest host Julián Castro to discuss DeSantis’ attacks on higher education and how it undermines American democracy.
Sen. Whitehouse: ‘Pressure is mounting’ for SCOTUS ethics code
Feb 2, 2023 - A former colleague of Chief Justice Roberts’s wife is calling for Congress and Justice Dept. to investigate potential conflicts of interest her work poses to the chief justice. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the lack of process for holding justices accountable and why John Roberts refuses to investigate allegations against conservative justices.
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Why Wall Street is Buying Up Land Around the Colorado River
Feb 1, 2023 - Wall Street firms like Water Asset Management are purchasing land around the Colorado River to obtain water rights. --- "Financial speculators are buying and selling rights to the Colorado River's dwindling water resources in a bid to profit as historic drought conditions intensified by the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis lead to worsening scarcity. Wall Street investment firms "have identified the drought as an opportunity to make money," Andy Mueller, general manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District, told CBS News on Tuesday. "I view these drought profiteers as vultures. They're looking to make a lot of money off this public resource." Matthew Diserio, the co-founder and president of a Manhattan-based hedge fund called Water Asset Management (WAM), makes no secret of his intentions, having described water in the United States as "the biggest emerging market on Earth" and "a trillion-dollar market opportunity." The company's website declares that "scarce clean water is the resource defining this century, much like plentiful oil defined the last." --- Read more @ commondreams.org
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Man Fatally Shot By Cops For Cleaning Dead Grandma's Home ... !?
Feb 3, 2023: 28-year-old Joe Frasure was shot by police who thought he was burglarizing her home near downtown Cincinnati. Dr. Rashad Richey and Jordan Uhl discuss on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments @ YouTube.com. Read more @ nbcnews.com
"An investigation is underway after a 28-year-old Ohio man died Tuesday, a day after he was shot by police who believed he was a burglary suspect, as, his family says, he was cleaning out his late grandmother's home. Joe Frasure was shot at early Monday in Wyoming, a city of about 9,000 about 12 miles north of downtown Cincinnati. He was hospitalized and died Tuesday, according to the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office. "
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