and glenn greenwald on sunday's election in brazil. the current presidential front runner is a far right former army officer who is openly present -- praised brazil's military dictatorship. all of that more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the senate will vote this morning on whether tend debate on the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court, setting up a confirmation vote as early as saturday. key republican senators, including susan collins of maine, jeff flake of arizona and lisa murkowski of alaska, have yet to announce their position on the vote. on friday, both senators flake and collins said that the recent fbi background report into kavanaugh was thorough and did not corroborate accusations against the nominee. democratic leaders said the report, which was withheld from the public and was made available in a single copy to senators on thursday, was incomplete. this is ranking member of the senate judiciary committee senator dianne feinstein. >> t

when we come back, we will be joined by glenn greenwald.sident trump just tweeted his congratulations to jair bolsonaro, the far right now president-elect of brazil. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to brazil, where a far right former army officer who openly supports dictatorships and torture has been overwhelmingly elected president. jair bolsonaro's election marks the most radical political shift in brazil since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. he won 55% of the vote, easily defeating fernando haddad of the leftist workers' party. bolsonaro campaigned on a promise to end corruption and crack down on crime, but many fear the future of democracy in brazil is in danger. for decades, bolsonaro has openly praised the country's former military dictatorship once saying the dictatorship should have killed 30,000 more people. he also has a history of making racist, misogynistic, and homophobic comments, spoken in favor of torture, and thre

having repercussions and is also being conveniently left out of pundit biographies intercepts glenn greenwald is reporting that last thursday the daily beast published an article about the. saudi u.s. relationship and donald trump by david rothkopf the former editor in chief of foreign policy and what the daily beast and later m.s.n. b.c. failed to disclose during rothkopf commentary was that he is in fact a paid lobbyist for the saudi regimes close ally the equally despotic regime of the united arab emirates and last month the roughed up formally registered as a foreign agent for the americas this is important my friends because in politics and media just like in business money equals influence and now with the magnifying glass turned up to eleven on just how much influence money can buy we must once again start watching the hawks. like you that i got. with that we. would. welcome them on the watching the hawks i am i robot and joining me today to discuss how important the disclosure of influence is in the media business and other businesses is the professor of journalism at george so you ar

having repercussions and is also being conveniently left out of pundit biographies the intercepts glenn greenwald is reporting that last thursday the daily beast published an article about the saudi u.s. relationship with donald trump by david rothkopf the former editor in chief of foreign policy what the daily beast and later amazon b.c. failed to disclose during rothkopf commentary was that he is in fact a paid lobbyist for the saudi regimes close ally the equally despotic regime of the united arab emirates and last month the rocket formally registered as a foreign agent for the americas. this is important my friends because in politics and media just like in business money equals in.

having repercussions and is also being conveniently left out of pundit biographies the intercepts glenn greenwald is reporting that last thursday the daily beast published an article about the saudi u.s. relationship and donald trump by david rothkopf the former editor in chief of foreign policy but what the daily beast and later m.s.n. b.c. failed to disclose during rothkopf commentary was that he is in fact a paid lobbyist for the saudi regime to close ally the equally despotic regime of the united arab emirates and last month the raaf got formally registered as a foreign agent for the americas. this is important my friends because in politics and media just like in business money equals influence and now with the magnifying glass turned up to eleven on just how much influence money can buy we must once again start watching the hawks. like you that i got. with that we. welcome on the watching the hawks i am. and joining me today to discuss how important the disclosure of influences in the media business and other businesses is the professor of journalism at george so you receive chris chambers

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