WPKN Archives: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's likely announcement withdrawing the US from the Iran nuclear deal; Trump, Pruitt Dismantle the EPA; Trump scandal circus exposes contempt for rule of law; CT Working Families Party 2018 Legislative Agenda

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, May 7th, 2018
8:07PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes

Posted:
Monday, May 7th, 2018 8:00PM

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Episode: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's likely announcement withdrawing the US from the Iran nuclear deal; Trump, Pruitt Dismantle the EPA; Trump scandal circus exposes contempt for rule of law; CT Working Families Party 2018 Legislative Agenda

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Gareth Porter, independent investigative journalist and author of the book "Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare," discusses his views on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that Israel has evidence that the Iranian government was lying when they stated Iran was not developing nuclear weapons years ago... and the consequences if Pres. Trump withdraws the U.S. from the international Iran nuclear agreement. 

2) Neela Banerjee,Senior Washington, D.C. Correspondent with Inside Climate News discusses her recent article, "Pruitt's EPA Is on the Verge of 'Regulatory Capture', Study Says"... with a focus on the Trump administration's mission to dismantle key EPA agency priorities and functions.

3) Stephen Spaulding, Chief of Strategy and External Affairs with Common Cause, assesses current initiatives to protect the Mueller Trump-Russia-collusion investigation, and the efforts by some Republican Congresspersons to derail the probe and impugn the reputation of FBI & Justice Dept. officials.

4) Carlos Moreno, State Director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut talks about the CT WFP's legislative agenda this year, and the status of priority proposed legislation, including the recently defeated Senate Bill 318, the "Fair Workweek" bill.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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