Pope vs. Dope | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

About this episode

Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas discuss various political issues including a recent election win and government surveillance concerns.

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM Eastern time. Today we discuss: • Pope Leo XIV says the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” with nothing for “healing, education and restoration.” “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth ,” Leo said, presumably about Trump and Netanyahu . • Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia won a special election in New Jersey’s 11th District, by a landslide, allowing Democrats to further narrow Republicans’ razor-thin majority in the House to 217-214. AIPAC had interfered in the primary by going after incumbent Tom Malinowski, a self-described Zionist, because he wanted conditions on aid to Israel. • House conservatives, concerned that warrantless government surveillance of foreign individuals could sweep up data on Americans, shot down an 18-month extension Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . They have 10 days to talk. • Disgruntled employee Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland, California, is accused of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas

Topics covered

• mainstream media
• politics
• elections
• government surveillance
• corporate crime

Keywords

• Pope Leo XIV
• Analilia Mejia
• AIPAC
• government surveillance
• Chamel Abdulkarim

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AIPAC, Department of Justice, Kimberly-Clark

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