WPKN Archives: 08.12.24 Counterpoint host Scott Harris: Tim Walz's Progressive MN Legislative Record; Kamala can Neutralize SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling; To End Ukraine War US & Russia Must Talk; Project 2025's Blueprint for Environment & Climate Catastrophe

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Monday, August 12th, 2024
8:01PM to 9:31PM

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1 hour, 30 minutes

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Monday, August 12th, 2024 8:12PM

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Episode: 08.12.24 Counterpoint host Scott Harris: Tim Walz's Progressive MN Legislative Record; Kamala can Neutralize SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling; To End Ukraine War US & Russia Must Talk; Project 2025's Blueprint for Environment & Climate Catastrophe

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Branko Marcetic, a Jacobin magazine staff writer and author of "Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden," discusses his recent articles, "The Tim Walz VP Pick Shows America’s Politics Are Changing," and "Tim Walz, the Progressive’s Moderate, Is the Obvious VP Choice." He'll reflect on the state of the presidential election campaign where Harris-Walz have energy and momentum heading into the Democratic convention in Chicago August 19th.

2) Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School, and author of more than a dozen books, including his latest titled, "How to Steal a Presidential Election," written with Matthew Seligman, discusses his recent Slate article, "How Kamala Harris Can Upend the Supreme Court’s Horrible Immunity Ruling in One Move," and other issues related to SCOTUS ethics.

3) Melvin Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, an author and a former CIA analyst talks about his recent article, "Biden Believes He Doesn’t Have to Talk to Putin," and the Russia - Ukraine War now approaching 2 1/2 years.

4) Dana Drugmand, an environmental journalist focusing on climate change and climate accountability reporting, talks about the important issues examined in her Sierra magazine article, "Inside Trump’s Plan to Bulldoze American Climate Policy," and other issues related to the Heritage Foundation's "Project 2025."

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