Healthcare Hijacking | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou
Healthcare Hijacking | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou  
Podcast: DeProgram with John Kiriakou and Ted Rall
Published On: Fri Jan 02 2026
Description: Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST.Special TWO-HOUR SHOW! Starting 10 AM EST, we’re taking your voice calls. Tune in early for a full explanation for how to talk to Ted and John LIVE.Today we discuss:• Happy New Year! Millions of Americans now have no health insurance, thanks to bipartisan Congressional inaction.• Taking a page from Trump, new NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hits the ground running with leftie rhetoric and an unapologetically liberal agenda. Gone is the Adams’ Administration’s IHRA’s right-wing definition of anti-Semitism. He will also speed up public and private housing construction.• Swiss ski resort fire kills about 40 people. A “flashfuire” is blamed.• Venezuela’s president says he’s open to a deal. Meanwhile, the Pentagon blew up 3 more “drug boats”—and left survivors floating in the ocean.