Thursday, March 9, 2023

WATCH: Teamster president calls GOP senator a ‘greedy CEO’ in hearing

Mar 8, 2023 - MSNBC - When Sean O’Brien, president of the teamsters, testified before a Senate committee, GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, who used to own a plumbing company, tried to grandstand. But O’Brien quickly showed him who’s boss. 


 

 

Matt Taibbi’s Lack Of Journalistic Integrity Exposed During Twitter Hearings

Mar 9, 2023 - The Majority Report - Billionaire Madness: Matt Taibbi’s appearance before Congress to discuss his role in the so-called Twitter Files further exposes his lack of journalistic integrity. Taibbi tells Republican Mike Johnson that his reporting on the Twitter Files is more important than his reporting on the 2008 financial crisis ... ?!


 

Saturday, March 4, 2023

'Weapons, weapons and weapons': Top Zelensky aide on what Ukraine really needs

Jan 16, 2023 - CNN - Igor Zhovkva, chief diplomatic adviser to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour his country is thankful to Western allies for providing support, but it needs more to defend Ukrainian territory and energy infrastructure. 


 

Republican congressman's biography falls apart under scrutiny (no, not Santos)

  Feb 27, 2023 - MSNBC - Rachel Maddow shares the reporting of WTVF in Nashville into the background of Republican Congressman Andy Ogles, who appears to have misrepresented his background in economic, his college major, and more.


 

Friday, March 3, 2023

Sen. Whitehouse: Conservative activist got rich helping billionaires 'capture' SCOTUS

Mar 2, 2023 - Rhode Island’s Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’ Donnell to discuss new Politico reporting detailing how Leonard Leo, the Federalist Society co-chair, grew his own wealth and raised over a billion dollars in donations after pushing Trump to appoint Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.


 

 

Rescue efforts underway for snowed-in California residents trapped in their homes

Mar 2, 2023 - CBS Evening News - In the aftermath of two powerful back-to-back storms which pummeled California, many residents in mountain areas have been stranded in their homes for days because of the heavy snow. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has also declared a state of emergency. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.