House Democrats File Articles Of Impeachment Against President Trump
House Democrats filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, making him just the fourth U.S. president to be so charged. The Judiciary Committee could vote as soon as Thursday on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the commander in chief. But assuming the measures pass in the House, Senate Republicans and Vice President Mike Pence have indicated they will strongly oppose them.
To discuss, Jim Braude was joined by David Gergen, a former adviser to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, now a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School.
The Afghanistan Papers Reveal Two Decades Of White House Lies
A blockbuster investigative series from The Washington Post reveals the extent to which top officials in both the Bush and Obama administrations misled the public about widespread failures in America’s 18-year war in Afghanistan. The story described the ways in which the original mission of dismantling the Taliban was expanded with time, and how American money was funneled into the war despite a shared understanding among many U.S. officials that it was helping spawn corruption in the fledgling democracy. What impact — if any — will the stark findings have on Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, or American voters?
To discuss, Jim Braude was joined by Stephen Kinzer, a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times, now a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, and Neta Crawford, director of the Watson Institute’s Cost Of War Project, and chair of the political science department at Boston University.
IMHO: Opioid Accountability
Jim Braude shares his thoughts on the accountability needed for the Sackler family, owners of the OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma.
