The Mark Thompson Show Pressure On Hegseth Around Alleged ‘Kill Everybody’ Order Triggering War-Crime Accusation 12/2/25
Dec 2, 2025
02:00:11
According to the White House Press Secretary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized Admiral Frank Bradley to carry out a second strike on a burning drug boat, already hit by one US mortar, in the Caribbean. Two people were hanging off the boat after it was hit the first time and reportedly did not survive the second strike. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says there is no question the second strike was a war crime. The matter brings to the forefront the question of what constitutes an illegal order and whether Admiral Bradley and those involved in carrying out such killings, have a duty to refuse.
We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston to the show. We’ll talk about this and much more.
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The Mark Thompson Show
12/2/25
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We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston to the show. We’ll talk about this and much more.
Today, the White House announced Trump Accounts. The investment accounts are said to be away to help young people prepare for the future. Is this the first indicator of privatizing social security? We’ll talk to professor Ray Madoff about what these accounts really mean. We'll also discuss her eye-opening new book “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.“
The Mark Thompson Show
12/2/25
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