Distinguished climate scientist Michael Mann explains that a business-as-usual scenario will lead to increasingly devastating storms Story Transcript DIMITRI LASCARIS: This is Dimitri Lascaris for The Real News. Hurricane Harvey brought the biggest rainfall in United States history last month. Now Hurricane Irma, a category five storm that is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded […]
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Is Scott Pruitt’s EPA Violating Federal Ethics Laws?
Nick Surgey, Senior Fellow with the Center for Media and Democracy discusses California’s lawsuit against the EPA under the Freedom of Information Act and Scott Pruitt’s conflict of interest in his ties to the corporate elite’s climate denial group, ALEC Story Transcript SHARMINI PERIES: It’s The Real News Network. I’m Sharmini Peries, coming to you […]
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Climate Scientist Michael Mann: Trump’s Policies Are ‘Game Over’ for Our Climate
If we do not take the next exit ramp from the fossil fuel highway, we commitment ourselves to dangerous and irreversible changes in our climate, says Dr. Michael Mann Story Transcript SHARMINI PERIES, TRNN: Its The Real News Network, I’m Sharmini Peries coming to you from Baltimore. President-to-be, Trump, has announced his transition team will […]
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The Urgency of Now – A Message from Paul Jay
Paul Jay concludes our election night coverage with a promise to our viewers to be a platform for movements trying to organize Story Transcript PAUL JAY, TRNN: As I said earlier, I don’t think there’s a party more responsible, assuming you’re not happy about Trump’s victory, if you are then I’m surprised you’re watching us. […]
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How Corporate Media Made Trump President
TRNN senior editor Paul Jay says that people never would’ve voted for Donald Trump if the mainstream media covered major stories with real standards of journalism. interview with acTVism.org based in Munich, Germany Story Transcript ZAIN RAZA: Paul, can you hear me? PAUL JAY: I can. Thanks very much for having me. ZAIN RAZA: So, […]
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Court Rules Newly Confirmed EPA Head Must Release Thousands of Emails
Republicans pushed to confirm Scott Pruitt before his communications with fossil fuel companies could be made public, says Nick Surgey of the Center for Media & Democracy Story Transcript KIM BROWN: Welcome to the Real News Network in Baltimore. I’m Kim Brown. Oklahoma Attorney General, Scott Pruitt was confirmed and sworn in as the Fourteenth […]
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Trump Unifies GOP Around Far Right VP Pence, Who Calls for Projecting American Global Strength
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrzZjs19FUM Pence, who voted for the Iraq war and speaks of the need for greater militarization, extreme social conservatism and climate change denial, could play a powerful role in the Trump administration – Paul Jay with Bill Curry and Brian Tashman Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m […]
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What Kind of Man Spends Millions to Elect Ted Cruz?
By Zachary Mider. This article was first published on Bloomberg. Robert Mercer is one of the wealthiest, most secretive, influential, and reactionary Republicans in the country. In 2010, Arthur Robinson, a research chemist, decided to run for Congress in southern Oregon. Robinson, now 73, was not your average candidate. In a lab on a sheep […]
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The CIA’s hypocritical stance on election interference
By Informed Rant. This podcast was first published on SoundCloud. Welcome to Informed Rant, this week we have John Kiriakou, 15-year veteran of the CIA and whistleblower, on to discuss many aspects of the intelligence community. First looking at Russian hacking and the CIA, president-elect Trump’s refusal to listen to his daily intelligence briefing. Also, […]
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A Bad Summer for Miscreants: AIPAC and GOP Grandees Take a Hit
By Andrew Levine. This article was first published on Counterpunch. Thanks to global warming and the vagaries of Nature, this has been a long, hot summer all over the northern hemisphere, including much of the United States. If only that were the worst of it! Bad weather pales in comparison to the refugee crisis in […]
