WPKN Archives: 02.05.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Nunes Trump-Russia memo; Important court rulings on challenges to gerrymandering; Legislation to prevent Trump pre-emptive attack on N.Korea & State-by-state campaign to sideline Electoral College

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, February 5th, 2018
8:08PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

Posted:
Monday, February 5th, 2018 8:00PM

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war congress election campaign russia korea fbi gop trump votersuppression electoralcollege seoul gerrymandering nunes memo carterpage pa preemptive collusion


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Episode: 02.05.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Nunes Trump-Russia memo; Important court rulings on challenges to gerrymandering; Legislation to prevent Trump pre-emptive attack on N.Korea & State-by-state campaign to sideline Electoral College

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) Mel Goodman, a former senior CIA analyst at the Office of Soviet Affairs and author who currently serves as a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University, examines the controversy over the Republican House and White House decision to release a sensitive GOP-generated memo critical of the FBI's surveillance practices related to the Trump-Russia investigation.

2) Steven Rosenfeld, who covers national political issues for AlterNet, including America's democracy and voting rights, discusses his recent article, "The GOP Has A Stranglehold on America's Election Map That Will Go On for Years," covering important recent court decisions on partisan gerrymandering.

3) Jim Cason, Associate Executive Secretary for Strategic Advocacy, Legislative Director for Foreign Policy with the Friends Committee on National Legislation talks about FCNL's campaign to pass new legislation that would block President Trump from starting a "preventive" war with North Korea without congressional consent.

4) Dr. John R. Koza, Chair, National Popular Vote discusses his group's ongoing work to bypass the federal electoral college system and provides an update on the status of the effort in Connecticut to adopt the group's Interstate Compact legislation, where a canvassing campaign is underway to convince key State Senators to support the NPV bill in this year's legislative session.

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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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