Syndicated around the globe he also founded and headed the Award Winning site truthdig and later in the show now only mcgill will also show us the Hidden History of the pledge of allegiance but 1st heres my talk with legendary journalist Robert Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine in the l. A. Times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways theyre actually fewer gate keepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse. We should not under our underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l. A.
A very important interview for you today you spoke with angelica joining us shes a mother an activist a Sexual Assault survivor a mutual aid volunteer a former Bernie Sanders delegate and shes running for congress in california so many important issues to discuss with her also on this episode i talk about the drug Company Holding the country hostage and correspondent anders we will get into some mind blowing old news about the greek revolution but 1st heres we cam with Angelica Duenas take a look and jellicoe thanks for being here thank you so much for having me so youve got a lot going on right now youre the mother of 5 children your husband has been laid off due to the pandemic i think for Many Americans youre living the common american spirit experience right now loss of income and security watching trillions of dollars go to wall street and big banks while most people dont see a dime of it can you just start off by talking about what the experience has been like for you and your fa
Syndicated around the globe he also founded and headed the Award Winning site truthdig and later in the show now only mcgill will also show us the Hidden History of the pledge of allegiance but 1st heres my talk with legendary journalist Robert Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine in the l. A. Times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways theyre actually fewer gate keepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse. We should not under our underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l. A.
Is not leading the world in coronavirus testing but we are leading the world in coronavirus death does that count that we get a prize for that you know maybe a decoder ring or plastic spider to scare your friends. Were probably also close to leading the way in the level of unemployment increase during the pandemic so theres Something Else to be proud of right now we have to ask ourselves is there another way we could be doing things right now is there a better way yes of course paris lets take a look at countries that dont have corn dog brains look at denmark denmark has had almost twice as much testing per capita as the United States and fewer than half as many deaths per capita that would mean around 40 or 50000. 00 extra americans have died in the past few months because we have not dealt with. This as well as denmark that 169 elevenths that could have been stopped if we hadnt behaved like idiots but death is not the only problem caused by this pandemic theres also the economic coll
The Global Pandemic surpassed 5000000 new cases as a lot in america surpassed several countries in europe cases in brazil are still surging the country recorded nearly 20000 new cases its biggest single day spike it could soon have the 2nd highest number of cases in the world its thursday and unemployment numbers are in from last week and still on the rise will nearly all 50 states have at least partially reopen and still 2400000 more americans filed for unemployment just last week that brings the 9 week total jobless claims to more than 38000000. 00 analysts are even expecting even worse numbers for the month of april now russia still seeing its cases surged deputy Prime Minister a top 10 are goalie cova reported the countrys Unemployment Rate has risen by 30 percent since the start of covert 19 the pandemic is expected to wipe out 20 percent of russians disposable income in the 2nd quarter of 2020 well the World Health Organization reported the world record in newly reported cases wo