PBC News & Comment: Will GOP Shelve Gun Law Rollbacks?
Mass shooting in Las Vegas happened same day news broke about GOP bills to pre-empt state laws on concealed carry, silencers….–lone wolf shooter is 64-year-old white guy, Stephen Paddock, with no...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Will Supreme Court Fix Gerrymandering?
Oral arguments over Wisconsin’s partisan maps show swing-vote Kennedy has finally seen illegal rigging of district lines, may support remedies….–gerrymandering and campaign finance are two major...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Podcaster/Author Scott Horton Makes the Case for US Exit...
Free Preview Clip https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Horton.mp3 Scott Horton, opinion editor at Antiwar.com, just published Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Yes, Rexxon, He IS a Moron!
Clearly frustrated by Trump’s undermining tweets and idiotic policies, Rexxon Tillerson denies threatening to quit, but not calling 45 “moron”…–Senate Intel committee leaders embrace “Russian meddling...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Top House Dem Says It’s Time for Pelosi to Retire
Breaking taboo, 5th-ranked Democrat Linda Sanchez politely says it’s “time to pass the torch to new generation of leaders”…–Trump ignores his generals, announces he will “decertify” Iran agreement,...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Frances Moore Lappe and Adam Eichen Confront...
Free Preview Clip https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/F.Lappe_.mp3 Francis Moore “Frankie” Lappe, the legendary author of Diet for a Small Planet, returns with co-author Adam...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Media Downplays Major NSA Hack
Corporate media outlets continue to stoke Russiagate narrative, downplaying major NSA hack that occurred 2 years ago, no charges for contractor….–accused NSA leaker Reality Winner is denied bail, and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: N. California Wildfires Rage in Napa, Sonoma
14 separate fires, driven by Santa Ana winds, destroy hundreds of homes and buildings, thousands evacuate, only 1 fatality so far….–Bob Corker becomes second Repub Senator to talk honestly about Trump,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Talking Back to Rachel Maddow, Again
Ripping Rachel Maddow’s nightly Russiagate telenovela, PBC notes her reports are riddled with speculation, inference, unproven claims of “Russian agents”, more…–you’ll hear an excerpt from Maddow’s...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: On Nukes and Media Law, Trump Shows Ignorance
Trump thinks he’s real smart, but displays dangerous ignorance on nuclear arsenal, and regulation of media he wants to silence…–digging into why Rexxon Tillerson called Trump a “fucking moron”, NBC...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Trump on Puerto Rico, Obamacare: Drop Dead!
Trump warns Puerto Rico that feds can’t stay “forever”, and uses executive order to strangle Obamacare, approving “junk policies”…..–Trump has plenty of patience for recovery in Texas and Florida, but...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Reporter Trevor Aaronson Tells of Florida Man Who...
Free Preview Clip https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Aaronson3.mp3 Trevor Aaronson returns to explain the case of a Florida man who aggressively rejected efforts by ICE and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Trump Slams Iran, Obamacare; Plus, Senate Candidate Pat...
Rejecting advice from many really, really smart people, Trump pokes Iran and pursues fantasy of jamming new terms on Tehran…–his vision of “cramdown” is rejected by all other parties to the deal, and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Wild Theories Floated as California Fires Are Being...
Major progress in controlling Wine Country wildfires, but wild speculation from self-styled experts, pseudo scientists precede investigations, and real evidence….–on Facebook, theories are floated by...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Trump Travel Ban 3.0 Blocked by Court
Federal judge stays 90% of latest travel ban , as Supreme Court and Trump deal fresh injustice to Guantanamo prisoners….–judge in Hawaii issues last minute ban on almost all of Trump travel ban –SCOTUS...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Kansas Teacher Fights Ban on Support for BDS
Boycotts are clear constitutional right; Kansas, other states passed laws punishing boycotts of Israel, teacher Esther Koontz is fighting back….—The Intercept’s Zaid Jilani broke this story last week,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Congress Is Deeply Addicted to Opioid Cash
At news conference where he sharted over military condolences, Trump blurted out the truth about Big Pharma’s total domination of Congress….–The Guardian has the story, shaming US corporate media –in...
View ArticleIn-Depth Interview: Ai Weiwei, Chinese Artist and Activist, Talks About His...
Free Preview Clip https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/AiWeiWei.mp3 Ai Weiwei, the respected Chinese artist and activist, talks about his impressive 2015 exhibition at the...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: In Flap Over Dead Troops, Media Finally Ask “Why?”
After four days of descending rancor and emotion over condolences for soldiers killed in Niger, Maddow, other media finally ask “Why?”….–following Gen. Kelly’s effort to clean up Trump’s remarks by...
View Articlein-Depth Interview: Mickey Huff of Project Censored Talks About the Wine...
Free Preview Clip https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Huff.fires_.mp3 Reacting to wild speculation in social media about the cause of the wildfires that devastated Napa and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Dems and Repubs in Deep Trouble
Under Tom Perez, pro-corporate, anti-Sanders people benefit from purge, as Steve Bannon rips into GOP establishment at California party convention…–many California Republicans cower as Bannon promotes...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Amid Distractions, GOP Senate Screws Consumers
While Flake and Corker posture against Trump, they joined McCain in killing new rule allowing consumer lawsuits, maintaining binding arbitration….–despite recent Wells Fargo scandals, VP Pence cast...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Dems Are Losing Control of Russiagate Narrative
With admission that Clinton campaign paid for Steele dossier and release of informant on Uranium One deal, Trump allies gain ground…–Assange confirms approach from Cambridge Analytica, says he rejected...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Deep State Maintains JFK Coverup
Trump says he has “no choice” but to withhold some documents ordered released 25 years ago, fueling the “conspiracy theorists”….–corporate media outlets deride skeptics as they cover release of 2,800...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Indictments of Manafort & Davis Not Related to Election
Mueller unseals indictments for Manafort, partner plus garnish of guilty plea from Trump campaign aide Papadapoulos, 45 tweets “NO COLLUSION”….–for background, we begin with Joe Lauria’s excellent...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Corporate Media Mislead on Mueller Indictments
Mainstream media mix indictments of Manafort, Davis with Papadopoulos plea deal, and mislead people who don’t go beyond the headlines….–Robert Parry at Consortium News offers good analysis...
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