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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 10, 2020
Pulitzer-winning author and host of “On Contact” Chris Hedges joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the influence of lobbyists on establishment media in their coverage of politics and that donors, bankers and billionaires have on the US political process. He argues that the corporate elite sees Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is a much greater threat to corporate power than President Trump, which is why they are uniting so stridently behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary.
See also:
If It’s Biden vs. Trump, This Year’s One-Choice Election Will Be for Oligarchy by Chris Hedges
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Oligarchic Electoral Manipulations Continue, by Rainer Shea
In a Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy, Something Must Give by Michael Hudson
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I had a dream that Trump was given an antidote to the virus which is why he’s not worried. Then the dream showed certain people were also given the shot, which stopped the virus from progressing. I woke up in a sweat. I also supported Jill Stein in 2016 and voted my conscience,
In many states, there will be alternatives on the ballot and in others write-ins are allowed.
Third Parties and write-ins aren’t going to become the next president. Hedges knows this all too well. He supported Jill Stein in 2016.