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Published on Saturday, 23 May 2015 15:39
Hosts: Darren Weeks, Nancy Levant
Eating "federal food" and healthcare issues. Broadcasting industry buried under mounting regulations. Big banks face criminal charges for market rigging, but will anyone actually go to jail? U.S. Senate passes Fast Track Authority for the president, while Japanese file lawsuit over Trans-Pacific Partnership. We hear more from Penny Pritzker, U.S. Commerce Secretary on Fast Track legislation. Waco biker gang shootout and its connection with the Mexican drug cartel. Congress tries to renew NSA spying provisions in the Patriot Act. Recent derailments raise questions about America's decaying infrastructure. The FBI begins home visitations for people who question Jade Helm 15 drills, and more. Phone calls in the final half hour.
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Another FCC Deadline on Horizon: SAP requirement kicks in May 26
http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/another-fcc-deadline-on-horizon/275559Five big banks face criminal charges and $6b fine over currency rigging
http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/five-big-banks-face-criminal-charges-and-6b-fine-over-currency-rigging-20150520-gh5hvf.htmlJobless claims climb to 4-week high of 274,000
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jobless-claims-climb-to-4-week-high-of-274000-2015-05-21Jobless Claims Rise: Survey Finds 40% Of Unemployed Quit Looking For Work
http://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/news/economy/2015/05/21/jobless-claims-rise-survey-finds-40-of-unemployed-quit-looking-for-work/Many Jobless (Still) Giving Up Looking For Work
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/many-jobless-still-giving-looking-work-n362481Americans Not In The Labor Force Rise To Record 93,194,000
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-05-08/americans-not-labor-force-rise-record-93194000More than 1,000 plaintiffs file lawsuit to keep Japan out of TPP
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/05/15/national/crime-legal/ex-minister-turns-courts-bid-keep-japan-tpp-talks/Senate clears hurdle on bill to give Obama fast-track authority on Pacific Rim trade deal
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-votes-to-give-obama-fast-track-authority-on-pacific-rim-trade-deal/2015/05/21/e54c539a-ffbd-11e4-8b6c-0dcce21e223d_story.htmlPENNY PRITZKER, U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE BEING INTERVIEWED BY BLOOMBERG’S AL HUNT
http://charlierose.com/watch/60560245Penny Pritzker Bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_PritzkerPritzker family (showing her business connections — conflicts-of-interest)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritzker_familyI’ve Read Obama’s Secret Trade Deal. Elizabeth Warren Is Right to Be Concerned
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/tpp-elizabeth-warren-labor-118068.html6 Chinese nationals accused of stealing US firms' technology
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/6-chinese-nationals-accused-stealing-us-firms-technologyVideo: FBI Now Going Door-To-Door Interrogating Americans About Jade Helm Military Exercises: “We Follow Up With Anything Like That”
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/video-fbi-now-going-door-to-door-interrogating-americans-about-jade-helm-military-exercises-we-follow-pp-with-anything-like-that_05212015
Turf, Drugs, Blood: Behind the Waco Biker Gang Brawl
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/turf-drugs-violence-behind-waco-biker-gang-brawl-n360861FBI Report: Bandidos Biker Gang Allied with Los Zetas Cartel
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/05/20/fbi-report-bandidos-biker-gang-allied-with-los-zetas-cartel/FBI National Gang Intelligence Center 2013 (Page 22 of the report, which shows as Page 15 in the Adobe pdf reader)
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/national-gang-report-2013FOI Commission: State Police Must Turn Over Lanzas' Papers
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-connecticut-sandy-hook-foi-ruling-20150513-story.htmlFreddie Gray death: Grand jury indicts police officers
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/21/us/baltimore-freddie-gray-death-officers-indicted/Baltimore's mayor: Spike in crime 'disheartening'
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-mayor-spike-in-crime-disheartening-20150521-story.html
ANTHONY BATTS - POLICE COMMISSIONER BALTIMORE Discussing how difficult it’s been for the cops there to do their job. Obama signs 'Blue Alert' law to protect police
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/19/obama-blue-alert-law-bill-signing/27578911/S. 665: Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s665Senate scrambles to save Patriot Act
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/242812-senate-scrambling-to-save-patriot-actFBI admits no major cases cracked with Patriot Act snooping powers
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/21/fbi-admits-patriot-act-snooping-powers-didnt-crack/?page=allWhat happens if the PATRIOT Act expires?
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/patriot-act-expires-recess-vote-nsa-house-118191.htmlUS declassifies Osama Bin Laden compound documents (Just in time for Patriot Act vote)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/11618234/US-declassifies-Osama-Bin-Laden-compound-documents-live.htmlAmtrak Engineer Investigated After Derailment
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/amtrak-engineer-investigation_n_7408782.htmlIs there a criminal case in Amtrak crash?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/opinions/jackson-criminal-case-amtrak-crash/index.html4 chemical tanker cars derail in La.; precautionary evacuation ordered; no injuries reported
http://www.startribune.com/train-derails-in-louisiana-precautionary-evacuation-ordered/304350191/U.S. Infrastructure Has Been Neglected for Decades
http://www.govtech.com/transportation/US-Infrastructure-Has-Been-Neglected-for-Decades.html