‘Left, Right & Center’: Patriot Act, Biker Shootout and Minimum Wage
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists ask why coverage of the deadly biker gang dispute in Texas was so different from that of the Baltimore unrest. Sen. Rand Paul took to the Senate floor for 10 hours to discuss the Patriot Act, and Los Angeles will raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul spoke out — at length — against government surveillance. (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0)
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists ask why coverage of the deadly biker gang dispute in Texas was so different from that of the Baltimore unrest. Sen. Rand Paul took to the Senate floor for 10 hours to discuss the Patriot Act and Los Angeles will raise its minimum wage to $15 hour by 2020.
Scheer is joined by Josh Barro of The New York Times moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right and Heather McGhee, president of Demos, as special guest.
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