Inside a Trump Rally (David Smalley, Dogma Debate #228)

Alix goes inside a Trump Rally, and we have audio from supporters and protestors. We’re fact checking Democrats and Republicans, and Ken Ham reviewed our science book for kids!
Interview:
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/dogma-debate-with-david-smalley/e/228-inside-a-trump-rally-43205115

The bizarre optimism in Donald Trump’s theory of the economy

Trump appears to blend economic conspiracy theories with magical-thinking accounting: Stocks are a bubble inflated by "easy money"; government regulators have taken control of banks and choked off lending to everyone but the rich; the "real" unemployment rate is closer to 20 percent than 5 percent, and his crowd sizes prove it; cutting taxes and renegotiating the terms of trade will reinvigorate the economy and the middle class and somehow pay off the federal debt within eight years...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/02/the-bizarre-optimism-in-donald-trumps-theory-of-the-economy/

Donald Trump Says His Very Rich Muslim Friends Won't Be Banned From The Country | ThinkProgress

Pressed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews whether Trump’s friends could even get into the country with a ban on Muslims, Trump conceded. “They’ll come in,” he said. “They’ll come in, and you’ll have exceptions.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/31/3765216/trump-muslim-friends-immigration/

Kansas Bill Would Pay Students A $2,500 Bounty To Hunt For Trans People In Bathrooms

The complementary bills (SB 513 and HB 2737) declare in no uncertain terms that transgender students are going to harm other students just by using the same facility alongside them. “Allowing students to use restrooms, locker rooms and showers that are reserved for students of a different sex will create potential embarrassment, shame, and psychological injury to students,” they read...
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/03/22/3762490/kansas-transgender-ransom-bathrooms/

Donald Trump says Iran military will have nuclear weapons as soon as enrichment limits expire

Donald Trump: "When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/24/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-iran-military-will-have-nuclear/

NYPD Commissioner Slams Trump's Terrorist Fears: We Face a 'Bigger Threat' From Our Own Armed Citizens

Bill Bratton knows Americans with guns are a greater threat to our safety than international terrorism.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/nypd-commissioner-slams-trumps-terrorist-fears-we-face-bigger-threat-our-own-armed

"The Muslim Problem" (commentary)

*** Explicit Language ***
https://youtu.be/g2k24aJITgo

Lindsey Graham Just Went Off on Donald Trump and the GOP: "My Party Is Completely Screwed Up"

Graham proceeded to basically call out the entire Republican Party, which he called "absolutely screwed up," even warning Noah to prepare accordingly if Trump were to make it to the White House. "If Trump wins, your days are numbered, pal," he said. "Young, black, liberal guy from Africa is not going to work with him."
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2016/03/lindsey-graham-daily-show-ted-cruz-donald-trump
https://youtu.be/tPOOXp3S2UI

John Oliver Tries To Take Donald Trump's Border Wall Proposal Seriously (VIDEO)

What will it be made of? Who will pay for it? Where will it go? Oliver gets to the bottom of it all—and comes back to the xenophobia.
https://youtu.be/yMAPRDBBjX4 

Glenn Greenwald: Cruz, Trump, Clinton "Playing into the Hands" of ISIL After Brussels Bombings

http://democracynow.org - Belgium has entered its second day of mourning following Tuesday’s bombing attack targeting the Brussels Airport and a crowded subway station near the headquarters of the European Union that killed at least 31 people and injured over 230. The bombings took place just days after authorities arrested Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the November Paris attacks that killed 130 people. In response to Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, Texas Senator Ted Cruz said, "We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized." Republican front-runner Donald Trump called for "closing up" U.S. borders and doubled down on his vow to bring back waterboarding and other forms of torture. And Hillary Clinton asked for Silicon Valley’s help, calling for "an intelligence surge" to help track online activity. For more on the election, the attacks in Brussels and more, we speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald... Interview:
https://youtu.be/lnpVyYOG0GI

Ted Cruz Is an Anti-Muslim Bigot, Too

The GOP has an anti-Muslim hate problem: Ted Cruz’s foreign-policy team is anchored by America’s biggest Islamophobe...
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/ted-cruz-anti-muslim-bigot-too

The New Push To Close Guantanamo (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Once more with feeling, the President called yesterday for the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. He laid out a broad plan to do it. He laid out – again – the rationale: that Guantanamo is a costly stain on American core values and a recruiting poster for ISIS. Guantanamo, he said, is counter-productive. Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s immediate response: keep it open. Ted Cruz’s response: expand it. Republicans in Congress: hands off. This hour On Point, Guantanamo. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/02/24/closing-guantanamo-cuba-obama

Katrina Pierson: Trump Rally violence is ‘people having a head-on collision with the truth’

https://youtu.be/Pbx7j78uMWs

Meet The People Behind Ted Cruz's Terrifying Foreign Policy Plan | ThinkProgress

Cruz has previously called for carpet-bombing the Middle East to combat ISIS, said the United States should send troops to Iraq and Syria, and said something is torture only when it causes “pain equivalent to losing organs and systems.” Still, the list of advisers were surprising to many.
Here are three of the most shocking names...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/17/3761344/cruz-foreign-policy-advisers/

DOJ Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into New Jersey Town's Denial Of Mosque

The suit alleges that Bernard Township planning board members were swayed by a swell of local opposition to the mosque, which masked anti-Islam sentiment.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/doj-ciil-rights-investigation-bernard-township-mosque

As Romney Warns Trump Will Lead U.S. into Abyss, Challengers Vow to Back Trump If He's GOP Nominee

In an extraordinary day for the Republican Party, the GOP’s past two presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and John McCain, denounced Donald Trump, saying the current Republican front-runner is a danger to the nation and the party. "Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud," Romney said. "His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University." Hours after Mitt Romney spoke, Donald Trump came under more criticism at a debate in Detroit, but all three of his remaining challengers vowed to support him if he wins the nomination...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/UdsqbIlUJnA

Is Donald Trump the Charismatic Leader the KKK & Neo-Nazis Have Been Waiting For?

http://democracynow.org - After initially refusing to condemn an endorsement from former KKK leader David Duke, Donald Trump has faced a series of questions about why his campaign has been so embraced by Neo-Nazis and Klansmen. We speak to Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University in San Bernardino. Levin talks about encountering Trump supporters at a recent rally held by a chapter of the Klan in Anaheim known as the Loyal White Knights, or LWK.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/iRsGiFKcpuk

Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime – March 4, 2016 (HBO)

Bill Maher and his guests – Raheel Raza, Rep. Donna Edwards, Ari Shapiro, Matt Lewis and Sarah Silverman – answer viewer questions after the show.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/FdW5OkizEto

How The Republicans Paved The Way For Donald Trump, Explained In 2 Minutes

How did we get here? Read the full transcript...
https://youtu.be/IUpcZMbpcjo

Donald Trump Wants to Commit War Crimes and Neocons Still Think He's Too Moderate

Republican front-runner Donald Trump’s campaign has come under fire from high-level military officials, including former CIA Director Michael Hayden, who has said if Trump were elected president, it is possible U.S. military officials would refuse to follow his orders. Trump has pledged to reinstate forms of torture, including waterboarding, and other practices he said were "so much worse." He has also repeatedly called for killing the family members of terrorists—a practice that violates the Geneva Conventions. We speak with Zaid Jilani, staff reporter at The Intercept, who argues the pledges Trump made about torture are "flatly illegal," but past presidents have also disobeyed and disavowed international law. His new article is "Neoconservatives Declare War on Donald Trump." We also speak with Mychal Denzel Smith, Knobler fellow at The Nation Institute and a contributing writer for The Nation magazine.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/mQ9qY4pg9dA