Jill Stein Talked to Us About Michael Flynn, That RT Dinner, and the Recount Money
This is a little different from the topics I tend to cover--more straight politics and than arts and politics together--but last year I secured an interview with Jill Stein for Rantt News and had an absolutely fascinating talk with her on the 2016 Election, her dinner with Vladimir Putin, and her involvement with the Mueller investigation. Rantt's founders Ahmed Baba and Zak Ali joined me on the call, and our full conversation was recorded as a podcast. (As sort of an arts tie-in, we also discussed a film she was promoting, Flesh and Blood, directed by Mark Webber, son of her former running-mate Cheri Honkala.) While I'm no Stein supporter, and I think she's partially to blame for Trump's win, I appreciate the time she spent with us and her interest in improving future election cybersecurity. (Plus, the movie she was promoting was actually pretty good!)
We know more about Russia's involvement in the election now than we did last winter, but a lot of our talk is still very relevant, so if you'd like to read/hear the full thing, you can follow the link here.
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"The 2016 election may be over, but last year’s Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein continues to be a unique player in American politics. While she may have received only one percent of last year’s popular vote, for Americans dissatisfied with both major parties, she offered a voice of opposition. To others on the left, she was seen as a spoiler, whose eagerness to challenge Democrats ultimately hurt progressive causes by indirectly helping conservatives. (While the last election was not as close as the infamous Ralph Nader situation, it’s clear that if she hadn’t run and even a fraction of her supporters voted Democrat, it would’ve most likely resulted in a Clinton win.)
Post-election, however, Stein remains an active force for the Green Party, emerging as an advocate for a full investigation into election hacking — as well as being investigated herself by the Senate Intelligence Committee for possible collusion, whether knowingly or not, with Russia in their 2016 election interference. She’s also been promoting a film, Flesh and Blood, starring her 2012 running mate Cheri Honkala, directed by Honkala’s son, actor and director Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 13 Sins).
The film is what brought Stein into a conversation with Rantt. It’s a drama that unfolds in a documentary style. Honkala, Webber, her other son Guillermo, and others in their lives all play themselves, as the film follows Webber’s return from prison to his home in Philadelphia.
Stein joined me and Rantt’s founders Ahmed Baba and Zak Ali for an hour-long interview on November 2, 2017 (interview was held before reports of the Senate’s investigation into her campaign), where she described the film and also took our questions on a range of other issues..."
(For the full article and podcast, you can listen here.)