cnn is part of the power mafia that is out of power and now which has been vanquished. and in many ways discredited by the re election of donald trump, cnn doesn't matter as much as it used to. and i think the trump administration understands that uh what cnn is doing is cherry picking and, and it, this honestly editing the exchange that took place because the american public for understandable reasons, most members of it don't have the time to watch the full 15 minute exchange and they haven't been provided with the facts on what ukraine actually is. and why this conflict started. they don't, they haven't been told that ukraine is simply a proxy. and that zalinski cannot exist without their funding. and they don't understand how ukraine was substantially nato wise. in order to provoke russia into conflict, but that is changing over time because fewer and fewer americans watch cnn. they're turning more to alternative media to pod cast, including pro trump podcasts like joe rogan and opinion is shifting. and then we just have the we, you can look at the, the pattern of a

district court of eastern district of new york is known as the mafia court. why is that? judge block: because, you know, we have jurisdiction over most of these cases. most of these folks were sort of born and raised in howard beach, part of queens, part of the eastern district of new york district -- distribution and a lot of them live in staten island and the murders and criminal activities came about in brooklyn, mostly, in the eastern district of new york and i think the bodies were buried here so we have jurisdiction over most of the mafia cases because of their connection they have to their residences and living patterns in the eastern district of new york, which consists of brooklyn, staten island, queens, and two long island counties suffolk and nassau county. so it's divided into 94 districts and it is basically a population oriented dynamic. in new york we have four of the 96 district court's. we have the eastern district, which i just mentioned, the southern district is manhattan, westchester, some of the upstate counties near westchester, between the eastern a

we see this same structure in mafias and rebel armies and also other types of armed groups. and unlike other groups, prisoner organization and are born from polity. and this is very important as we're going to see they are also born out of conflict. they're born out of struggles and scholars. we kind of have a little bit of beef, if you will, about like we you know, we kind of differ and we we argue politely as to what these struggles are over. like what are they fighting? and so some people will say that the struggle is purely economic and a desire to control all very valuable commodity. and so these commodities could be drugs. they could be territory, human labor or natural resource source. but others and i'm i'm going to be in this intellectual camp argue that before see any of these conflicts really take about economic power. you first must have struggles who belongs on what side and under banner and essentially who's a member of your group. and as you will learn in this semester over time and you'll learn today for. sure race is a very group in terms of thinking about w

he rose up the ranks from attorney general to governor by taking down the mafia as well as wall streetanks. these are people who are stealing money. they may not do it with a gun, but the result is just as criminal. he won the hearts of minds of new yorkers as if he were derek jeter made out of thin-crust pizza, more trusted than the "times," more untouchable than the subway handrails. he was such a hopeful person for the people. now is our time to build a government that exists not for those who hold an office but for those who pay the bill. he probably could have been a great governor. he could have been president. he tripped on his dick. governor eliot spitzer is under investigation for allegedly meeting with a prostitute at a washington, d.c., hotel. cooper: eliot spitzer, linked to an alleged prostitution ring. reporter: the affidavit alleges the prostitution ring operated under the name of emperors club vip. reporter #2: one official says that spitzer is referred to as client number 9. i can remember the "new york times" breaking the story and literally saying, "holy shit." the t

all of these families sort of become part of this mafia. -yeah.political mafia, and they're the ones who make the rules. i didn't come from that. i had to marry into it. i met a girl on the 6th of march, 1988. she was wearing a red dress, and she happened to be the daughter of an old-fashioned chicago political war boss. and she's my wife patti. we fell in love. patti blagojevich is a loyal wife, she is a tough customer, and she's the daughter of dick mell. she's complicated. that budding relationship between those two is how rod goes from this nobody politically, finding a way to kind of imbed himself into one of these big political families in chicago. they have so much power. i don't think it was, you know, some great surprise that, like, you know, when it comes time to meet the parents, that dick mell was the father-in-law and the--the powerful city council chieftain. we're gonna try to work together to put this great city back together so that we're all part of it and we all feel free. dick mell was a guy who always had the voice in the backr

. >>> a new york city jury spent this week hearing a case seemingly pluckedded out of a mafia movie.rs to try to take out their competition. senior correspondent eric shawn has this strange story. >> reporter: he was sworn to uphold the law, but now a former detective is accused of being a cop for the mafia. prosecutors say former detective hector rosario who in 2022 was fired from long island's nassau county police department in new york, worked for the bonanno crime family while he carried a shield. he is on trial for obstruction of justice charges and lying to the fbi. prosecutors say rosario led a fake police raid with bonanno mobsters dressed up as police officers hitting a gambling den run by a rival family in the back of in this shoe repair family to try to run them out of business. in court prosecutors played a secretly-recorded tape they say is rosario telling them wise guy sal russo the feds if are on to them. >> i promise you, they're watching. i promise you. >> what kind of friend would i be if -- [inaudible] >> reporter: this is not the first time detectives have been ac

but it looks like they're going to they're going to do a mafia, a mafia sort of move on zelensky herepressure on him to step down and which he has to resist. >> yeah. >> he has to resist that. and i think, you know, julia, just to wrap it up with you, you've got this headline. russia's state media briefly enters the oval office during the zelensky meeting. >> how did they. >> get there? >> we don't know. >> but you know, that's what happens. >> when the white house controls the press pool. >> what are you hearing from your circles? how is this playing in russia. what do you think giddiness. >> giddiness. >> and also what i'm hearing. >> is. >> that there's. >> not a ton of. >> respect for. >> trump, but hey, we'll. >> take it. >> whatever works, we will absolutely take it. i will say, though, to. >> your point and to. >> rick's point to wrap it. >> up. >> i would. >> say there is continuity. >> and. >> the continuity. is a the republicans were. always anti-communist. >> but that does kind of put. >> them on the right wing, closer to being pro. >> fascist, which is. >> what we're seein

it's not trying to squeeze exactly as you said, and it's supplying the mafia tactics. but this is always a little house. i don't think that there is a real prospect of returning to the war for reasons that have to do with this rarely domestic politics. so i don't see any financial and says i, even this morning there were reports and these are the media. just the 4 reports about closing the border process. there were reports about how senior political on projects, which usually means prime minister. think that an understanding can be reached with some us. this early squeezing is always playing hardball. it's doing so with limited resources. if it wanted to go back to work, there's nothing easier than putting the bomb bombers up in the air. this isn't happening. it is it a comfort to palestinians as we just heard? but it's important to notice that this isn't happening is always using different resources because it's options are limited. okay, thank you so much for your perspective today or a callback as rodney political commentary to speaking from tel aviv uh we had join

. >> great to be here, mafia.cretary, you were sitting across from the president on friday. before we get to tariffs, i want to get your reaction to what a went down. how us with the in the room -- how was it in the room, and do you believe democrats were egging on zelenskyy to not sign that rare earth minerals deal? >> no. so we were 40 minutes before the cameras came in, 45 minutes before the meltdown. 9 and the fact was zelenskyy never stopped asking for, you know, i will give no concessions. they've got to leave my land. i want reparations of $300 billion. and i want the united states to give me security guarantees while they're at war with russia. and that's why the president called it world war iii. you're gambling with world war iii. we're not going to give you security guarantees while you're at war with russia. it's just ridiculous. his requests were redick house, they were not -- ridiculous. the president let it go for a while. he was this to make peace. our president is there to make peace as he said, e

. >> mafia boss, like president. >> xi or. >> a putin, rather than. an american president. who is. >> the. >> leader. >> of the free world. >> senator, one of the other people in the oval office was the chief diplomat of the united states secretary of state, marco rubio. you, i believe i'm not sure where you said this, but you said i regret voting to confirm senator rubio to become secretary of state. talk more about that. why the regret? >> well, secretary rubio. now, secretary rubio had a unanimous vote in the united states senate. and i do regret it because when he was a senator, marco rubio was somebody who i didn't always agree with, but he did stand up for the principles and values that have underlined u.s. foreign policy for decades. the idea of a rules based system, the idea that we will promote freedom and democracy around the world. since he's become secretary of state, two things have happened. first, elon musk is more in control of the department of state than marco rubio is. i mean, we've seen that with the dismantlement of a and the and the freezing of very im

. >> and that mafia style intimidation that doesn't actually bring power on. >> world scale. >> it justhe same company. >> as xi. >> and putin. >> but it doesn't. >> even. >> make you the. >> leader, right? you're trading the chance. >> of being the leader of the free world for. >> being a mid-pack in unfreedom. >> you know, there was a lot of spin from maga world, david, about america first today, and i just can't help but note that like that is precisely the disingenuous term used by the supporters of global fascism and domestic fascism in the run up to world war two. they called it america first, even though it was kind of fascism first, really. and today felt like a like a authoritarianism first. it didn't feel like a standing up for america. it felt like it was standing up for charles. yeah. >> charles lindbergh would have been very proud of this performance today. he would have been very proud. you know, i and the first to say that joe biden made a terrible mistake in staying in the race, i'm the first. to criticize american foreign policy when it's wrong. and if i'm ever. >> wron

mafia boss. >> like president. >> xi or. >> a putin, rather than. an american president. >> who. >> is. >> the leader of the free world. >> senator, one of the other people in the oval office was the chief diplomat of the united states secretary of state, marco rubio. you, i believe and i'm not sure where you said this, but you said i regret voting to confirm senator rubio to become secretary of state. talk more about that. why the regret? >> well. secretary rubio. now, secretary rubio. had a unanimous vote in the united states senate. and i do. regret it. because when he. >> was a senator. >> marco rubio. >> was somebody who. >> i didn't always agree. >> with, but he. >> did stand. >> up for the principles and values that. >> have. >> underlined u.s. >> foreign policy. >> for decades. the idea of a rules. based system, the idea that we will promote freedom. >> and democracy. >> around the world. >> since he's. >> become secretary of state. >> two things. >> have happened. first. >> elon musk. >> is more in. >> control of the department of state tha

so enter the maple leaf mafia. a john goes on to write. as well as canada's ambassador to the united states, kirsten hillman. other provincial leaders, as well as federal ministers, have regularly been in and out of washington on air canada since the election. meeting privately with trump aides and lawmakers of both parties. kudos to you for getting in tim hortons. you got to have it in any piece about canada. it's got to include it. so what do they feel like? what is the sincere level of panic inside canada? we've seen all the 51st state stuff from president trump. we've heard canadians booing the national anthem at hockey games. but when you cut through all that, what is the level of concern from people who actually can make a difference here? >> it's significant. >> i've covered. >> the nba. >> for the. >> last. >> 15 years. >> i don't think i've missed. >> one in that period of time. i can never. remember any canadian presidents at. >> the. national governors. >> meeting, let alone the extent. >> of what i saw over. >> the weekend here

peace deal. 50 if they won't allow nato to be deployed as a, as a as allow nato to be deployed as a, mafia as a peace force in ukraine, what do you do? you have a coalition of the willing under a new badge. it can't be the european union army, as has been mooted in the past by france. that will be unacceptable to uk politicians, given we�*re outside the european union. 50 what could be a european defence force? but as you say, it might stretch money or assets, soldiers and the like shared with nato. where does it leave nato? 0r shared with nato. where does it leave nato? or in fact, are we seeing the splintering of nato? if we can no longer rely on america as a military force to support the uk and european allies, then is nato's time done?|s allies, then is nato's time done? is it time for a new form of nato less reliant on on the us? the one positive thing i think that came out of last week, or one of them in terms of nato and trump was he was asked, does the article five still stand? what that means is if a nato country is attacked, are other nato countries obliged to go and support that

it�*s the mafia basically. and i personally veer towards the latter.. it has a nicer burr, it has a nicer finish. some people are able to put on a nice. but you know, the godfather was literally about the ambition of don corleone, that his, his favourite son should become a senator, that they should move from one form of organised crime into another. that�*s how it is, right? there is no overarching polity. there is no overarching polity. there is no. but trump. >> gets the same thing, doesn't he. >> in world affairs? yeah, it is basically a series of veiled threats. >> and i guess we�*re seeing the >> and i guess we're seeing the sort of that being put out in the open by trump right now. and if we move on to the guardian, there's this story about at least 25 police spies duped sexual partners. this was undercover cops who were lying to women. i mean, i think this is a this is a bit unfair to i mean, we've all lied to women to. you know what i mean? >> speak for yourself, liam. >> speak for yourself, liam. >> i pretended i'm not a terrible person. >> y