WPKN Archives: 05.29.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses legal basis for impeaching Trump; The Trump budget's threat to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid; Pentagon wants to send 5,000 more US troops to Afghanistan & Ralph Nader receives Gandhi Peace Award

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Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, May 29th, 2017
8:09PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 55 minutes

Posted:
Monday, May 29th, 2017 8:00PM

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Episode: 05.29.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses legal basis for impeaching Trump; The Trump budget's threat to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid; Pentagon wants to send 5,000 more US troops to Afghanistan & Ralph Nader receives Gandhi Peace Award

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Ron Fein, Legal Director with the group Free Speech For People assesses the mounting evidence that Donald Trump and his regime have likely committed high crimes and misdemeanors, which many observers believe should trigger an impeachment investigation in the Republican controlled House of Representatives.

2) Alex Lawson, executive Director of Social Security Works, examines President Trump's proposed federal budget and how it will impact Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid -- as well as the work his group is doing to educate the public on the serious threat Trump poses to the nation's social safety net programs.

3) Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director, Policy & Political Affairs with the group Peace Action, discusses both Trump's recent trip to the Middle East/Europe & the NATO Summit, and the Pentagon recommendation to deploy 5,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan.

4) Excerpt of talk by Ralph Nader accepting the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award at Yale University on April 23, 2017. Nader, and co-awardee Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, are part of a long line of prominent peace and social justice activist recipients of the award that includes: Eleanor Roosevelt, César Chávez, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Daniel Ellsberg, Bill McKibben and Medea Benjamin.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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