In the News: Trump and Right Wing Privilege
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the beginning of Trump's impeachment trial, climate change, the latest on the pandemic, the election in Ecuador, mass protests in Haiti, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | The impeachment trial of Trump. |
| 0:04.0 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to today's episode of In The News, our Tuesday show on the Socialist Program with Brian Becker. |
| 0:45.0 | It's February 9th, 2021. |
| 0:47.3 | This is an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the news right now, today, and this week. |
| 0:52.3 | We look beyond the headlines and expose the distortions in the |
| 0:55.1 | corporate-owned media. I'm Nicole Roussel here with Esther Evarim, Walter Smalerick, and our |
| 1:00.2 | host, Brian Becker. Brian, we know that we have a very dedicated and expanding group of people |
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| 2:14.0 | today on impeachment. The trial is starting today. And you've talked a lot in the past weeks about impeachment. You've said it's a tactical blunder on the part of the Democrats. What's your view now? |
| 2:24.7 | Yes, I think it is a tactical blunder. I think ultimately Trump won't be convicted by the U.S. Senate. There needs to be two-thirds vote. The Republicans, |
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