Truthdig Radio airs Thursdays at 4 p.m. Pacific time on 90.7 KPFK Los Angeles.

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This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The great Internet switch-off; the ACLU vs. jailhouse abuse; S&P’s downgrade mania; Robert Scheer on the election, and Chris Hedges discusses his lawsuit against the president.

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Segments:

Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer

ACLU / L.A. County Jail Brutality

Free Press / SOPA and PIPA

S&P / Nomi Prins

Election 2012 / Robert Scheer

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