The Politics of the Trump Indictment
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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On today's episode Nicole Roussell interviews Brian Becker about the indictment of Donald Trump, the leader of Taiwan meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, the ever expanding story about who destroyed Nordstream 2, and the win for abortion rights in Wisconsin.
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump was indicted on 34 felony counts in New York City. |
| 0:05.0 | The leader of Taiwan is in the United States meeting with Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. |
| 0:10.0 | And the story about who destroyed Nord Stream 2, the Russian natural gas pipeline to Europe, |
| 0:15.0 | is one that the U.S. and NATO want to go away, but it just won't. |
| 0:20.0 | We need a new system. We need a new system. |
| 0:22.6 | We need a new society. |
| 0:24.6 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, |
| 0:28.6 | but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Welcome to the Socialist Program. |
| 0:57.6 | This is producer Nicole Roussel, and I'm here with Brian Becker. |
| 1:00.9 | If you enjoy or rely on this show or both, please show your support by subscribing to our show on patreon.com slash the socialist program. |
| 1:09.9 | So Brian, Kevin McCarthy just met with Taiwanese officials, and there's more important coverage, |
| 1:15.1 | like I said, in the intro on Nord Stream 2, really, I think, important coverage to talk about |
| 1:19.8 | also some really big news for abortion rights. |
| 1:22.9 | But before we get to all those stories, let's start with a story that the media thinks is pretty much the biggest news ever invented in the history of news, the Trump indictment. |
| 1:33.2 | Can you give us your take? |
| 1:34.8 | Yeah, Carl Marx said history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. |
| 1:40.0 | Well, I think the media coverage of Donald Trump's indictment on these 34 felony counts in New York City |
| 1:48.1 | is a repetition, a clear repetition of exactly what happened before the 2016 election that Trump |
| 1:56.8 | surprisingly won. And it happened again during the Robert Mueller investigation, during the |
| 2:02.5 | impeachment trials. Here we have all of the corporate-owned, capitalist-owned mainstream media |
| 2:09.8 | giving wall-to-wall attention to Donald Trump once again, as he's indicted by a prosecutor, a U.S. attorney in New York City, a Democrat, |
| 2:22.1 | he's indicted on charges related to hush money that was paid to Stormy Daniels seven years ago, |
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