In the same week, a kid shot up a public school in Georgia and a second gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. As usual, people in this highly militaristic society are asking: what is inspiring all this mayhem?
The Final Countdown – 9/17/24 – The Final Countdown Show Summery: Guest Rundown 9/16/2024 – Boeing in Hot Water as Latest Strike Causes Major Economic Implications
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On this edition of The Final Countdown, hosts Ted Rall and Steve Gill discussed several topics from around the world. Boeing employees vote to go on strike which could have serious economic impacts throughout the American economy. To add to the political chaos in the United States there has been a second assassination attempt on the United States at a time when tensions with Russia are increasing. In the final hour, The Final Countdown team will analyze the Yemeni missile attack inside Israel. Is it a game changer?
In the opening segment, Ted and Steve discuss the turbulent American political scene. Political commentator Scotty Nell Hughes will speak to Ted Rall about the second assassination attempt on former President Trump in just under three months.
Then The Final Countdown team speaks to Mark Sleboda. Sleboda is an international relations analyst who will walk the Countdown team through the escalating tensions between Russia and the West including the counteroffensive in Kursk.
At the top of the second hour The Final Countdown team then speaks to financial expert Aquiles Larrea about the effect that a prolonged strike by Boeing employees could have on the entire American economy. The final guest of the Final Countdown is Michael Maloof. Maloof is a retired senior Defense Department analyst with over 30 years of experience. Mr. Maloof will walk us through the collapse of the Hamas Israel ceasefire negotiations, and explain how the Houthis in Yemen were able to strike Israel with a missile. Has the balance of power shifted in the Near East? Michael Maloof will answer this important question.
Donald J. Trump’s Magic Bullet
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On July 13th an assassin attempted to kill former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler Pennsylvania. The bullet grazed his right ear but his bravado-filled response turned out to have greatly benefited his campaign for reelection.
DMZ America Podcast #155: Assassin Shoots Trump
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Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt yesterday afternoon when a gunman shot at him at a rally in Pennsylvania, grazing the former President’s right ear. He appeared defiant, raising his fist as Secret Service agents spirited him away from the scene. Political cartoonists and analysts Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (from the Right) look into the political and cultural ramifications from the history of political violence in the United States to gun culture to the upcoming Republican National Convention to the question of whether overheated rhetoric, this time by Democrats, contributed to the current volatile situation.
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(Video will be live as of 10:45 Eastern time July 14th.)
