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We begin with an assessment of who will be left standing in the presidential primaries as Donald Trump continues to dominate the crowded Republican field in spite of alienating a number of constituencies including American Muslims who he suggested might have to be registered in a database. David Halperin, a former senior policy advisor for Howard Dean's presidential campaign and White House speechwriter for President Clinton and counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, joins us to discuss the comparatively boring race on the Democratic side and which candidate might best deal with the systemic corruption and theft of taxpayer money in Washington exemplified by the $40 billion a year for-profit college racket in which one company EDMC, owned by Goldman Sachs, swindled federal taxpayers out of $11 billion. |
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Then we speak with Stephan Schwartz the editor of the daily web publication, Schwartzreport.net, about his new book "The 8 Laws of Change: How to be an Agent of Personal and Social Transformation" which shows how Margaret Mead's notion "never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has", can be put into action. We discuss how the ultimate challenge facing the planet, global warming, can be addressed following the examples of Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Franklin and Mahatma Gandhi who changed history by implementing the strategies and tactics of the 8 laws of change.
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