Tue, 10 January 2006 Shownotes:
- This week's host: Kay Shepherd
- Update on the hearing of Daniel Strauss and Shanti Sellz, the subjects of Vivian Pettyjohn’s “Charged With Possession of a Conscience� – the next step in their request to dismiss federal charges of transporting illegals for rendering humanitarian aid to undocumented migrants
- Meanwhile, HR 4437 promises stiff new penalties for immigration violations that could ensnare church and humanitarian workers – coauthor Peter King has promised to review the language, Duke 1676 says “Prove It.�
- EPMedia author interview: Jeff Huber and the Snoopgate/War Powers series
- It’s all on for Alito! Keep track of his confirmation hearings at the Community site
- EPMedia’s first birthday is approaching – look back on some milestones of the past 12 months in the January News diary
- Visit the community – join, discuss, contribute!
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Thu, 5 January 2006 Shownotes:
- This week's host: Kay Shepherd
- Top story: When is humanitarian aid a crime? A talk with Vivian Pettyjohn, R.N., about the case of two Arizona twentysomethings who are charged with a federal offense for taking desperately sick illegal migrants to a Tucson emergency room – read Vivian’s op-ed, “Charged With Possession of a Conscience,� for background, and visit No More Deaths for breaking news
- FEMA Follies, continued: The EPMedia gang discusses Congressional efforts to restore the agency’s independence, and whether that will help salvage its shattered credibility, in “What Will Happen to FEMA?�
- More hot air! Land of Enchantment brings you the scary stats in “The Hurricane Year in Review�
- All Snoopgate, all the time: Jeff Huber points out the Bush Administration’s sadsack, “Night Court�-style excuses in “All the President’s Lawyers
- Visit the community – join, discuss, contribute!
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