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Congressional democrats were patting themselves on the back after passing an amendment to this years annual n. D. A. The Natural National Defense Authorization act which would prohibit the expenditure of monies to reduce the number of u. S. Troops deployed in afghanistan below 8000 without a series of conditions 1st being met yes reduced and just what are these socalled conditions well according to the men according to the amendment the department of war sorry the department of defense must be able to certify that leaving afghanistan will not will not increase the risk for the expansion of existing or formation of new terrorist safe havens inside of afghanistan and that it will not compromise or otherwise negatively affect the ongoing United States Counterterrorism Mission against the Islamic State al qaeda and associated forces. In other words my friends lets set the bar for leaving afghanistan so high so impossible to reach that no president no matter how just or unjust in their intentions for leaving will ever be able to bring our troops home from the war that never read and that is why we are always watching the hawks. On a city street you want to be there so you. See this you always stay ill see a little slice of grapes see this ladys systemic deceptions late show which i will so please dont. Welcome on the watch of the hawks i am tired rove and im. So they are certain the bar high to get out of afghanistan over the last few weeks and the amount of money that theyre spending on the n. B. A. In general during this crisis of pandemic just makes me weep inside after 10 years of covering stories like this and i think youre not alone with when with all of the things that you listed off in terms of the characteristics that they have to lead up to for a real pull out. There is no way you will ever meet them. To meet one it would take decades to meet all of those who were going to go through presidency after presidency before we could even you know edge off a little bit of progress it really is incredible music because its like those those where the those parameters are so like specific and yet very good percentile you know its like its like well we have to know the afghanistan will be safe and that you know terroristic forces or groups will never take over parts of the government before we leave well thats impossible to know and how we choose to have what is what is the process because unlike their new subnational actors that pop up all the time there are terror. Groups and terrorist cells that they believe have been eradicated but come to find out a decade later they have not been theres no possible way to make that a legitimate claim that we could actually have any level of security and leap from thats that its unfair to set up a set of characteristics that youll never possibly be able to meet and to me and then its sad to see it come from House Democrats to this wasnt the son of this wasnt like Mitch Mcconnell and those boys these were the House Democrats this Committee Led by House Democrats and it just shows the weird lust for neverending war that you have that permeates a lot of the halls of congress the Committee Approved the overall india as i said unanimously by 560 that gives 740500000000 in military spending for the next year thats roughly 3 times more than the worlds 2nd highest spender which is china thats a bit obscene given the nature of the of the crisis is that were facing right now is that. It isnt it is not only because of you know the Pandemic Response and everything thats gone wrong there in addition to you know the economic losses that the United States has taken since 1000. 00 hit the country but also the ones that are projected out over the next decade there are several things we could do with this kind of cash that would be a lot more peaceable than using it for purposes that are problematic in more ways than one you mean thats only a mission that you are not excited right now you are not excited right now about the authorization of 79. 00 new f. 35. 00 thats not made to be like oh man we got 79 yes 79 up 30 fives lockheed martins joint strike by fighters they were approved in the bill along with yet again another Nuclear Powered virginia class Fast Attack Submarine because hey you know were seeing a pandemic and massive amounts of people getting forced out of their apartments due to you know due to the rent coming back doing them and all of these other problems at 39 and 35 is a good thing to have on the back pocket of this military and us. The complex is never ending it seems like our pockets continually dig deeper for a lot of things that we honestly do not know we do not and then just to give people an idea as to the of where our priorities are according to the advancement of science the pentagon last year spent 55900000000. 00 on research and development this is generally things that are designed to kill lots of people in mass when you look at that figure and look at the research and development that was spent in other branches of Government Health care 38000000000 compared to 55 energy just for billions in the environment just to this we spend 55. 00 almost 60000000000. 00 on research and development of weapons of war rather than on new forms of energy or environment or health care and show that what we care about is not the things that people often run on but it does in fact show that this is a congress piracy. America schools are taking a beating again 2821000 were marred with protests and demonstrations from teachers parents and local leaders teachers strikes during that period where the largest the nation has ever seen from chicago to l. A. And virginia to georgia teachers protested over pay the need for smaller classroom sizes more special education teachers counselors and other commonsense needs and by the looks of it 2020 is launching more teacher advocacy the Los Angeles Teachers Union recently released a white paper outlining new call for action the demands range from defunding the police placing a moratorium on Charter Schools increasing funding from the local state and federal government as well as a wealth tax the white paper entitled the same storm but different boat is gaining traction because it outlines the way Vulnerable Children and communities are continually underserved and how cope at 19 continues to lift the veil on systemic racism. Today Teachers Principals superintendents local School Councils and parents are fighting the white house and United States department of education secretary thats a good boss over the safety of students returning to school with out a plan during the pandemic there is always room for one more clown in the car for the Trump Administration and folks in walks bitsy develops schools should do whats right on the ground at that time for their students and for their situation there is no one uniform approach that we can take should take nationwide. President trump is tweeting and yelling at anyone who will listen that its time for students to return to school hes even threatening to cut School Funding if they arent reopened as if schools are already struggling financially trump dismissed the centers for Disease Control and prevention guidelines calling them quote very tough and expensive which he said ask schools to do impractical things impractical things mr president like what social distancing reducing classroom size to stop the spread providing better cleanest and say material measures what is impractical about that. Absolutely nothing if we actually cared about the youth of america im just as if we actually cared about the children and their schooling or at least cared about the ones who are giving their money to private schools and but you know we care about kids in Public Schools but then you would see action but i dont i dont really think they do at the end of the day i dont think theres a lip service that but i think at the end of the day they care and youre absolutely right again this goes back to politicians having priorities in word but in action not so much heat of off somebody who never should have been department of education secretary she doesnt have a background in education shes not someone whos ever served in any education capacity as a principal as a superintended as any type of School Leader as a teacher nothing assistant teacher somebody to volunteer in the classroom go on down the list shes never had the experience but she is someone who is wrote big checks to Charter Schools and weve seen over and over her need for privatization of schools but theres Something Else that is an undercurrent here when it comes to the priorities because as you know there are several acts that were designed from the federal level to give more money to Public Schools the cares act the heroes act being among them those were never fully funded k. 12 education is lacking a lot of funding from the federal level the local level and the state level and right now estimates show that it would take up to 500000000000. 00 in allocation just for the special Education Needs of students to be met alone right now theyre asking for 500000000000. 00 theyre not even getting 1000000000. 00 wow its amazing too because as you said you know you always hear politicians running whether you know federal or state talking about education and thats what they run on on the campaign trail more money to education all that stuff but its amazing when you look at the actual percentage of members of schools who are being formed a group absolutely 87 percent of schools in america are not funded adequately at the state level and that means that where where do you pick up that huge shortfall in the budget at the local level and they do that by property taxes and if youre. Somebody who grows up in an impoverished or Poor Community or community where there are more renters than there are homeowners there schools dont have that monkey those property tax dollars are a lot lower and that helps to set the standard between schools that are and wealthier areas or upper middle class areas versus those that are largely underserved underprivileged or areas that are black and brown and the free market is going to change because as weve talked about on this show as youve talked about most lenders arent given out home loans to folks who live in that area to begin with so theyre being go no thats not going to change anytime soon unless people get together in the community through the government or through the elected politicians that we are aware of these things and want to change things for real thats the only way youre going to see that change absolutely so its kind of a selffulfilling prophecy but you know with still funded a very high levels regardless of being in black and brown impoverished communities the police. The School District particularly the touch on l. A. But they are looking to push towards a lot of the deep on the Police Narrative because theyre seeing how many billions are thrown to policing districts at the behest of the School Districts that are begging for dollars or basic Things Technology books that are up to date theyre begging for it you know these that they have around coping 19 were talking reducing classroom sizes you can only do that if you have a space that is the bay level for you to have enough classrooms for reducing from 2535 students to 12 and many places just dont you know its really incredible to me when you talk about the l. A. Teachers and zest one of the biggest Teachers Union in the country and the fact that theyre saying hey were on the police the fact they introduce like hey we want to wealth tax like that that speaks volumes about where. You know obviously one union doesnt represent everybody but the Biggest Union saying this is where we stand thats a pretty big statement exactly and their white paper to its credit goes through great pains to talk about and point to research as to why the deep under Police Movement needs to be taken seriously. What these things could go towards in terms of more special Education Funding in terms of more teachers aid and assistance particularly looking at counsellors because one folks need to recognize is that a lot of people are dying during kobe 900 and there are young people who are still going to school after the loss of their parents grandparents violence in certain communities homelessness homelessness is a huge problem in l. A. A lot of those kids come to school and they dont have a home to go back to so theyre also looking towards relief for that thats incredible i mean more power to the Teachers Union for Standing Firm and saying no this is what we want and i hope that sets a precedent for other unions across the country to say hey look at what theyre asking its not pile in the sky its actually what would potentially work to revitalize our Public School educators absolutely and with the protest movement i think that they just might be able to break through the noise so all right everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t. V. App which is available as you can see on all platforms right now if you got no excuse pick it up all right coming up on our next half n. S. A. Whistleblower bill bennett joins us to discuss the state of security or possibly lack thereof surrounding us voting in 2020 i dont want to miss this state so watchable. During the vietnam war u. S. Forces. There in laos it was a secret war. And for years the American People did not know. How much it is especially heavily bombed country per capita. Human history millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this Small Agricultural country. Even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago. Is the u. S. Making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area russia. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. 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Democrats republicans green parties libertarians independents i dont know satanists everybody across the United States from sea to shining sea have this upcoming election day and early member have pegged this upcoming election day in early november as one of the most important for the future history of the United States while every election day here in the u. S. Center around the world makes for the ultimate choose your own adventure 2020 is set to be quite the doozie from the debate over voting by mail that has u. S. President donald trump so panicked to hack the Voting Machines to good Old Fashioned legalized gerrymandering that weve seen over the years this years better one state elections on november 3rd are looking right for controversy. Security boulevard observes that it is alarmingly easy to hack into u. S. Voting systems at the 2018 def con conference an 11 year old boy hacked into a replica of the Florida State election web site and change the Voting Results in under 10 minutes wow at the 2100 death con conference organizers assembled over 100 machines and not a single machine was left on compromised. So how do we protect the most basic and important tool of our free society and of our democracy of a republic well joining us now to discuss these dangers and more is the former National Security Agency Intelligence officer and whistleblower thank you for your service the one and only William Binney but bill always a pleasure having you on sir. Roberto hadnt he so theres a lot of different stories and scenarios leading in the best selection where you know concerning the sanctity and security of our individual votes what do you feel is the biggest concern but u. S. Voters should have when going to the polls in november. Well i believe the integrity of whose vote is fundamental to t