WPKN Archives: 04.22.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the debate on impeaching Donald Trump; White House executive orders easing regulations on fossil fuel pipelines; Report on asylum-seekers at the US- Mexico Border; Climate Change event in Bridgeport, CT

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
8:07PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes

Posted:
Monday, April 22nd, 2019 8:11PM

Tags:
globalwarming mexico congress ice senate immigrants climatechange trump republicans deregulation democrats impeachment fossilfuels pipelines executiveorder mueller commoncause border greennewdeal cbp barr asylumseekers ecosocialism


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Episode: 04.22.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the debate on impeaching Donald Trump; White House executive orders easing regulations on fossil fuel pipelines; Report on asylum-seekers at the US- Mexico Border; Climate Change event in Bridgeport, CT

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) Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause, discusses the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr's attempt to spin the report's content, and how House Democrat's should proceed to investigate and hold accountable Trump campaign and administration misconduct.

2) Collin Rees, Senior Campaigner with Oil Change International talks about his group's response to President Trump's recent executive orders making approval of oil and gas infrastructure projects across the U.S. easier, while making it more difficult for states to block them.

3) Writer, activist, WPKN radio news reporter and Between The Lines’ producer Melinda Tuhus recounts the nine days she recently spent in Tucson, Arizona and south across the border in Nogales, Mexico, where she spoke with asylum-seekers and the people who are supporting them to learn firsthand about a microcosm of the current migrant crisis. She walked migrant trails in the desert, visited shelters and communal kitchens, and volunteered for three days at a Catholic monastery converted into a refuge for asylum seekers.

4) Stanley Heller, Administrator with the New Haven-based group Promoting Enduring Peace and host of the TV news magazine "The Struggle," talks about PEP's upcoming event, "The Green New Deal and Other Ideas on Avoiding The Coming Climate Catastrophe which will be held at the Bridgeport Islamic Community Center in Bridgeport on Sunday, April 28th from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.

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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