Where it’s never politics as usual
Episodes
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Trump has a tiger by the tail
Congress is being thwarted in its attempts to look into the Mueller Report (which they still have yet to see in an un-redacted form). Trump vows to block any subpoenas issued by Congress.
Did Trump forget that there are three equal branches and the Legislative branch is one of the three that has every right to the information to conduct their own research into the Mueller findings?
Did Trump forget that we elected those representatives? When Trump defies those whom we have elected, that’s the day our democracy as written in The Constitution fails to work..
Next up: This weeks ‘wink and nod’ to white supremacy by Trump
Lastly some strange stories in the news this past week..
Our question to listeners:what would you do if stranded on a deserted island with Trump? Go to www.rustedculture.com and you can leave a message we may just play on the air.
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Contagious obstruction: help Cummings fight high drug prices; Mueller facts vs Barr‘s ‘spin cycle’
Congressman Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee is trying to lower drug prices but is being thwarted by republicans Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows. Is it any wonder when drug companies gave 42% more money to House Republicans than Democrats in 2018?
https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/drug-prices
Link to ‘Open Secrets.org who track the money..
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=H04&cycle=2018&recipdetail=A&sortorder=U
Barr hits the ‘spin cycle’ as fast as he can to try and wash away the lies, collusion and obstruction
Some strange stories about... a haunted grocery store?
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Tuesday Apr 16, 2019
Running a country on zero taxes? Buttigieg gathers steam; ICE unchecked..
Ohio swing voters prefer this person over all other candidates for president in this study..
Thoughts on presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg declaring his run and his appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show last night..
Here we go again, over 60 companies pay zero taxes and guess who has an interesting solution?
Trump’s ICE deported the husband of a female US soldier killed serving our country in Afghanistan and leaves their 12 year old daughter behind?
And we have some interesting news stories that include what Assange was really up to in the Ecuadorian embassy.. would you want a houseguest like this?
Interview with Nancy Hartwell, an internationally recognized authority on human trafficking. Nancy has authored 3 best selling, award winning books about victims of this crime and has been featured on over 500 radio shows. Hear her insight and tips on how to protect your kids and yourself from this growing problem.
For further information mentioned in the interview, see www.nancyhartwell.com
Nancy’s website includes helpful telephone numbers, links to books about human trafficking and a free course you can take.
Music credits;
"Iron Bacon" and “Rocket Power” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Mueller Investigators If you are listening; Income Inequality and the need for greed
When the richest of the rich are worried about income inequality folks, you know it’s a big problem. The system is rigged for people like Trump and they know it- it’s all about their need for greed.
When the billionaires get worried they start pointing and screaming socialism at the top of their lungs. They screamed socialism at FDR’s “New Deal” they screamed socialism at “Social Security”, it’s what they do folks..
In my opinion, Attorney General Bill Barr is obstructing justice with the Mueller Report.. Trump calling the report “Treasonous” and “against the constitution” that’s why I say “Mueller Investigators, if you are listening.....l
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Tuesday Apr 02, 2019
Foreign Aid Isn’t Bribery Mr. President; Facebook’s Grand Bargain
Foreign aid shouldn’t be treated like a bribe where if a country doesn’t do ‘what you want’ (has to many immigrants to the US) then you simply pull the foreign aid. Normally, one would do an assessment of what’s working and what’s not working and make changes. Do you thinkTrump has any idea of this?
Facebook is willing to make a “Grand Bargain” to encourage regulation of their platforms. We’ll discuss why and what’s behind their call for regulation.
Time for news tidbits with Curtis where we discuss the news of the day and solve all the worlds problems!
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Thursday Mar 28, 2019
Time for a bipartisan committee to review Muller Report
Something doesn’t look right here folks, on one hand AG Bill Barr is saying there’s nothing to see here, the Mueller Investigation is over, yet on the other hand, a prosecutor for the Mueller Investigation says “it is continuing robustly” (Politico https://goo.gl/KdKQY7 ) How this could be a calculated move by Mueller to protect and “immunize” the Investigation..
We have had tax cuts for the rich and now it’s cut time for budget cuts to pay for that.. PBS and Special Olympics are in the cross hairs
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
E 71 Socialism Is The New McCarthyism Are you sick and tired of Trump and his henchmen calling Democrats socialists? Republicans invented corporate welfare as we know it.. The Trump family has made building wealth using Government subsidies a family tradition.. Salon.com article on how the Trumps made a fortune on Government subsidies. https://goo.gl/Y6BtHd “Corporate Welfare Lives On and On” article by the Cato Institute https://goo.gl/crSzF8 The Trump tweets about ( McCain) and George Conway, the Conway family dynamic casts light on just how divisive Trump has been to many families
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
70; Time To Confront Racist Ideology Mr. Trump; Boeing’s Incredible Lack Of Regulation Here’s an example of how allowing a company to “self regulate” is a problem. Common sense regulation is necessary otherwise you have players like Boeing who try and rush the system just to make a deadline on a new plane and you know what happens then.. see article https://goo.gl/Hn2hzP I’m sick of this: time and time again, Trump refers to ‘bad people’ and never confronts the racist white extremism or white supremacy that is the root of the growing problem in the USA. Listen to Chief Of Staff Mick Mulvaney spin this issue in technicolor folks and you will ‘hear’ what I mean!
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
Wednesday Feb 20, 2019
69: How Our Tax System Favors The Rich How our tax system favors the rich and how we can change it. -Trumps creative accounting for a billion dollar write off: https://goo.gl/XNa7Aq -Let’s get capital gains taxes inline with the tax brackets, it’s how the rich get rich after all https://goo.gl/ir7rEr Now for the soon to be released Mueller report, here’s why we are gonna have to fight to get the truth.. like KellyAnne Conway says, “we’ll see” if the report gets released.
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Show notes for the Trump and the Gullibles” episode by Frank Ebersold and the Rusted Culture Podcast:
Trump calls Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum a thief? Show me YOUR taxes Mr. President and I will show you a thief..
The Gullibles: How facts are mutated and conspiracy theories are molded into an alternative reality that makes the Gullibles feel comfortable..
-the migrant caravan is hiding gangs and diseases..
Gullibility in America isn’t a state of mind it’s a movement with Trump and Fox News as the machinery that turns conspiracy theories into their comfortable form of reality for the “Gullibles” to easily digest..