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Program Summary, Jan. 11, 2016

During the 2nd hour hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss all manner of Kansas small town life after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)  See: http://fair.org/

Description:  This week on CounterSpin: Barack Obama described beheadings by the extremist group ISIS as  “an assault on all humanity,” but when US ally Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on January 2, many by beheading, the administration expressed “concern” and urged “restraint.” Media don’t make it easy to make sense of US policy in the Gulf region. We’ll get some context from Toby Craig Jones, associate professor of history at Rutgers University and author of Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia.

Between the Lines Radio (30 min.) See: http://btlonline.org/

This news program is broadcast and streamed at KKFI-fm 90.1 Friday 9am (CST)

Descripton: "The case was brought by a group of people who are represented by some very right-wing foundations that are funded by the Koch Brothers. This is part and parcel of the effort of dismantling a progressive America. So this is about trying to destroy the public employee unions and ultimately destroy the private sector unions, and that will follow." – Caroline Fredrickson, president of the American Constitution Society, commenting on what's at stake in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11, 2016.