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Debt Deal Raises Military Spending & OKs WV Pipeline While Introducing Work Rules for Food Stamps

2023-06-01T23:37:12.364Z

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are urging lawmakers to support a deal to suspend the debt ceiling until January 1, 2025, in order to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt for the first time in history. The two leaders reached a tentative agreement over the Memorial Day long weekend, but it must still be approved by Congress before a June 5 deadline, when the government is expected to run out of money to pay its bills. Both progressive lawmakers and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus have expressed some opposition to the deal, which calls for nondefense discretionary spending to remain mostly flat while boosting military spending by about 3%. New work requirements would be established for some recipients of federal aid programs, and it cuts funding to the IRS and lifts a moratorium on student loan payments in place since the pandemic. The deal also speeds up the approval and construction of the proposed $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia and West Virginia. We speak with Lindsay Owens, executive director of the Groundwork Collaborative and a former policy adviser to Senator Elizabeth Warren.

After DNC Rejects Climate Debate, Candidates Discuss Green New Deal, Environmental Justice at Forum

2019-09-12T18:26:25.914Z

Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage in New York City Wednesday night for a climate town hall hosted by CNN. The event was held less than two weeks after the Democratic National Committee rejected a resolution that would have allowed candidates to participate in a debate focused on the climate crisis. Former Vice President Joe Biden is facing scrutiny after being questioned about his relationship with the fossil fuel industry and attendance at a fossil fuel executive's fundraiser the following day, while Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders diverged on the issue of nationalizing public utilities and the fossil fuel industry. We host a roundtable with former EPA official Mustafa Ali, journalist Kate Aronoff and Sunrise Movement digital director Mattias Lehman.

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Roland, Jemele Hill, Mark Thompson Deconstruct The NFL/Jay-Z Deal + What Does This Mean For Kap?

2019-08-29T18:14:17.070Z

Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rapper and businessman Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, is entering into a multiyear partnership with the NFL to enhance the NFL's live game experiences and to amplify the league's social justice efforts.

A lot of people are wondering what's really happening here. Jay-Z showed tremendous support for Colin Kaepernick who still doesn't have a job after being "whiteballed' by the league for taking a knee during the national anthem in protest against police brutality.

Roland Martin spoke with Mark Thompson, host of Make It Plain and Jemelle Hill, Staff Writer at The Atlantic about the controversy surrounding Jay-Z partnering with the NFL during Wednesday's edition of #RolandMartinUnfiltered.

Former Iran Ambassador: Nuclear Deal is Model for Closing Path to Militarization and Weaponization

2015-07-16T18:20:14.820Z

President Obama is defending the global agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear program as critics of the deal are accusing the White House of appeasement. The deal reached Tuesday will see Iran reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98 percent and cut its number of centrifuges by two-thirds. In exchange, Iran will see an easing of international sanctions that have battered the economy, causing food insecurity and medication shortages. Congress will have 60 days to review the agreement. "The deal has closed all possible pathways toward possible militarization, weaponization of Iranian nuclear program," says Iranian Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator. "If the opponents in the region used the Iranian model for all countries in the Middle East, this would be the only way to assure a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East," Mousavian is now an associate research scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the author of "The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir" and, most recently, "Iran and the United States: An Insider’s view on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace".

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Retired NYPD Detective Tells Community How To Deal With Police Officers "Stop Being Afraid!"

2014-08-26T19:15:10.472Z

Retired NYPD Detective Tells Community How To Deal With Police Officers "Don't Talk To Cops, Stop Being Afraid!"