Journalist and writer Daniel Lazare joins Misfits hosts Michelle Witte and John Kiriakou to discuss whether and when Western countries will provide fighter jets to Ukraine, how much defense production the US is actually capable of, whether France’s failures in the Sahel will affect Washington’s courtship of Africa, Israel’s escalation of force against Palestinian resistance, Tel Aviv’s refusal to send many weapons to Ukraine, and charges in the case of the 2020 Beirut port explosion.
Founder of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor and publisher of Prison Legal News Paul Wright discusses corruption in the Miami Police Department, the killing of an environmental activist protesting Atlanta’s ’Cop City’, the Tyre Nichols case in Memphis as criminal charges are to be announced, and smuggling at Rikers Island.
Political cartoonist, columnist, and author Ted Rall discusses the resilience of the US economy, Sen. Josh Hawley’s attempts to ban stock trading among congress members, Donald Trump’s possible return to Twitter, the Memphis Police Chief’s approach to the Tyre Nichols case, Boeing’s trial over 737 Max crashes, a debate about sex education at schools, the consideration of ketamine as a miracle drug, and whether another Biden-Trump election is in the cards.
Illinois Market President of Gorman & Company Ron Clewer, an affordable housing advocate, discusses the Biden administration’s new measures to protect renters, whether guidelines will ever transform into more binding regulations, the future of the housing market, and how to define “affordable housing.”
The Misfits also discuss the announcement of a centrist party’s ballot access in Colorado, and an asteroid passing by Earth.
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