AmericasDemocrat.org Netcast - January 1st, 2017

Published: Dec. 31, 2016, 11 a.m.

Regular commentator Fred Rotondaro says Americans were feeling neglected for 30 to 40 years and that’s why we have Trump. Professor Peter Marcuse lets us in on a much overlooked problem – what he calls “housing for profit gone mad.” And Bill Press talks with the Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly about the scandal of America’s local jailhouses.

 

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Fred Rotondaro

Commentator Fred Rotondaro says the FBI’s interference in the election is tragic and needs to be investigated. In the meantime, the only hope for Trump might be that it could turn into a “Nixon goes to China” moment.

 

Peter Marcuse

Urban planning professor Peter Marcuse says housing is a primary responsibility of government and should be about a place to live, not about real estate speculation.

 

Ryan Reilly

Bill Press talks with the Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly about the scandal that is America’s penal system.

 

Jim Hightower

Koch brothers are out to conquer the countryside.