Category: Briefings

The 10 Richest Americans Made $365 Billion More in 2024 and Trump and the GOP Want to Give Them a Huge Tax Break 

We begin with Trump formally accepting a $400 million luxury jumbo jet from the Emir of Qatar while pressuring the House to pass his “Big Beautiful Bill” that cuts over a trillion from Medicaid, Food Stamps and other programs in order to pay for $3.8 trillion in tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and corporations. We discuss how Trump is making the richest Americans even richer by taking money from the poor and the middle class who rely on an inadequate social safety net that the Republicans are now shredding. Joining us is Rebecca Riddell, the senior policy lead for economic and racial justice at Oxfam America. An international human rights lawyer with a background in addressing extreme inequality and excess corporate power and promoting economic and social rights, she served as a Senior Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, carrying out investigations and advising governments on policies relating to tax, social spending, and other areas. She is a contributor to a new report at Oxfam, “Wealth of 10 richest US billionaires increased by over $360 billion in the last year, as President Trump and Congress prepare massive tax giveaways for the ultra-rich.”

In an Oval Office Ambush of South Africa’s President, Trump Spewed Lies Musk Had Filled His Head With

Then we look into today’s Oval Office ambush of South Africa’s President Ramaphosa who came prepared to diffuse the racist lies Elon Musk has filled Trump’s head with which should have led to an apology from Trump but that will never happen. Joining us is Dr. Steven Nabieu Rogers, the Executive Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network. He has a background in public policy and urban planning with a special interest in globalization and governance in Africa. With several years of experience in higher education in Sierra Leone and South Africa, he was a faculty member and Old Mutual Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business in South Africa.

More Conspiracy and Quackery From RFK Jr. Before Today’s Senate as Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums and Alien Enthusiasts Wreck Science

Then finally with the country’s most powerful purveyor of conspiracy and quackery RFK Jr. in the hot seat again in a Senate Hearing where he lost it refusing to answer a question from Senator Patty Murray, we speak with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, a journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting. He has been named as a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and is the winner of a George Polk Award and was voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association. He is the author of A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear and If it Sounds Like a Quack and his latest book, just out, is The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science.