The Real News / 28 December 2016

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• Trump and Putin Share Ties with the Post-USSR Kleptocracy
  Economist James Henry traces the rise of both Putin and Trump to the West’s failed reconstruction of the former Soviet states in the 1990’s
• Pressure Mounts in Baltimore to Complete Police Consent Decree Before Trump Takes Office
  Advocates says Mayor Catherine Pugh needs to complete the agreement with the Department of Justice to ensure police reform efforts continue
• Researchers Fault Mass Incarceration for Black-White Wage Gap Returning to 1950’s Levels
  Black labor has become superfluous in the US economy, and the ruling class is responding with more incarceration and police oppression, says Glen Ford
• Israeli Journalist: The ‘Real Landlords’ of Israel Are the Settlers
  Gideon Levy discusses how the government’s preoccupation with a small colony in the occupied West Bank demonstrates the political power of the settler lobby in Israel
• Obama Dismantles Post-9/11 Muslim Surveillance Program Before Trump Takes Office
  TRNN speaks to the ACLU and grassroots advocates who hailed President Obama’s move against the NSEERS program, which they long criticized as ineffective and discriminatory
• UN Vote Reveals Growing Rift Between Israeli Settlements and US Interests
  Netanyahu’s response reveals that the Israeli government has no strategic plans beyond hoping that Palestinians will accept life under occupation, says economist Shir Hever

From time to time we may also have more “timely” articles than can be presented on air at, uh, one time. The following is an example that you can peruse…

• Trump’s Cabinet, the Church of Neoliberal Evangelicals
  Professor Henry Giroux says Trump’s appointments signal a future of more war, violent military interventions, and an embrace of Islamophobia