Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast Wed, 13 May 2026 10:55:37 -0400 http://btlonline.org en-us © 2026 @2020 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. yes bab1f9ae-6378-549a-ab9a-dd2ea8f1dd8b contact@btlonline.org Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon episodic false Between The Lines is a weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues. Since 1991, Between The Lines has provided in-depth, timely analysis on a wide range of political, economic and social issues including:  increasing disparity in wealth in the U.S.; the crisis in the U.S. health care system; international grassroots mobilization to confront global climate change; racism permeating the prison industrial complex; and efforts to repair flaws in the U.S. electoral system.

In recent years, our coverage has raised the alarm about Donald Trump and the Republican party’s ongoing fascist threat to America’s democratic institutions. We believe that accurately and bluntly communicating this threat is vital to mobilizing the American people to defend civil society, civil liberties and our multiracial democracy. It’s critical that media outlets counter corporate media’s constant “sanewashing” and sanitizing of Trump and the GOP’s embrace of political violence and contempt for the U.S. Constitution. Trump 2.0 has shown itself to be even far worse than expected in these past few months, with the widespread dismantling of our government and vital social services, the lawlessness of weaponizing the Department of Justice, the targeting law firms and universities to bend them to his will -- and the downright cruelty to the nation's most vulnerable in our communities. Squeaky Wheel Productions is our 501(c)(3) nonprofit production company and distributor. This consumer podcast may occasionally contain a fundraising pitch. 233680

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) progressive, timely, in-depth analysis, health care, peace movement, inequality, prison reform, 233680 Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon contact@btlonline.org https://storage.buzzsprout.com/bgadw97r18e9jck0uk15pqppg2t2?.jpg Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcast http://btlonline.org Scott Harris Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza Iran War Week 11: Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

Social Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service

Food and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children
• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking
• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other cities


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]]> Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Iran War Week 11—Media Ignores Israel’s Attacks on Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza

Social Security Administration former commissioner Martin O'Malley: Trump’s Social Security Administration Downsizing Demolishes Customer Service

Food and Water Watch's Thomas Meyer: Opposition to Resource Hungry Artificial Intelligence Data Centers Spreads Across the U.S. Like Wildfire

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• ICE has detained 11,000 parents of U.S. citizen children
• South American crime groups now prefer illegal gold mining over drug trafficking
• Portland's affordable housing strategy a model for other cities


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James Zogby, Martin O'Malley, Thomas Meyer Buzzsprout-19171164 Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #DATACENTERS,#ICE,#ICEdetention,#Israelattacks,#Lebanon,#Portlandhousingmodel,#SocialSecurity #SouthAmericancrimegroups,#U.S.citizenchildren,#affordablehousing,#gaza,#illegalgoldmining,#iranwar,#ssa,#westbank full false Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize


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]]> National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Kills Voting Rights Act, Green-Lights Return of New ‘Jim Crow’ Era

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Is the U.S.-Israel War on Iran About to Reignite?

Coal River Mountain Watch Executive Director Vernon Haltom: As Trump Pushes to Extract More Coal, Mountaintop Removal Mining Linked to Severe Health Impacts


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Arizona's SNAP participation rate craters—portends crisis for most vulnerable in America
• Islamist militants seize Mali's capital city after the defense minister is assassinated
• Papua New Guinea human rights activist wins 2026 Goldman Environmental prize


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Phyllis Bennis, Vernon Haltom Buzzsprout-19134939 Wed, 06 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #newjimcrowera ,#votingrightsact, #votingrightsactrepealed, #VRA, #SCOTUS, #mountaintopremovalmining, #MTRhealtheffects,#JCPOA, #usisraelwaroniran, #iranwar, #trumpdementia, #globalsecurity, #SNAP, #Mali, #PapuaNewGuinea full false Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency


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]]> National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: 'Tax Day 2026' Report: Average U.S. Taxpayer Paid More Than $4,000 for War Last Year

Latin American Perspectives Associate Managing Editor Steve Ellner: Trump’s Wars on Iran, Venezuela and Cuba: a ‘New Stage of US Imperialism’

Poor People's Campaign West Virginia Tri-Chair Pam Garrison: Low-Income Americans’ Gains of Recent Years Now Lost to Trump’s Corporate Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump may send Afghans who aided US forces to Congo
• Fire service will close research stations that study wildfire risk
• Despite racial hostilities, Haitian immigrant communities are models of resiliency


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lindsay Koshgarian, Steve Ellner, Pam Garrison Buzzsprout-19097014 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #AfghansCongo,#Cuba,#Fireservice,#wildfireriskresearch,#Haitianimmigrants,#IranCubaVenezuela,#Trumpcorporateallies,#Trump,#billionairetaxcuts,#iran,#lowincomegainslost,#newUSimperialism,#poorpeoplescampaign,#researchstations,#taxdayreport,#venezuela,#wild full false As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act Peace Action President Kevin Martin: As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act

About Face: Veterans Against the War Organizing Manager Rebecca Roberts: Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector Status

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Colombia and Netherlands Convene Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• China adds 50 coal plants despite a 2020 pledge to phase out coal
• GOP using little known law to target public lands for coal mining
• Small towns saying 'no' to untested PFAS water treatment plant


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]]> Peace Action President Kevin Martin: As Americans Increasingly Oppose Trump’s Iran War, Pressure Building on Congress to Invoke War Powers Act

About Face: Veterans Against the War Organizing Manager Rebecca Roberts: Amid Iran War, Many U.S. Service Members Seek Advice on Conscientious Objector Status

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Colombia and Netherlands Convene Historic 1st International Summit to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• China adds 50 coal plants despite a 2020 pledge to phase out coal
• GOP using little known law to target public lands for coal mining
• Small towns saying 'no' to untested PFAS water treatment plant


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kevin Martin, Rebecca Roberts, Osprey Orielle Lake Buzzsprout-19059600 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #PFAStreatmentplan,#aboutface,#chinacoalplants,#climatesummit,#coalmining,#colombia,#conscientiousobjectors,#iranwar,#netherlands,#phaseoutfossilfuels,#publiclands,#warpowersact full false Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks Collapse Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks Collapse Quincy Institute's Brandon Carr and UCLA associate professor Kevan Harris: Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks Collapse

Yale University Divinity School's Center for Theology and Public Policy Director Bishop William Barber: U.S. Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and His ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media Post

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Julie Hollar: U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression Campaign

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Iran War causing soaring fertilizer prices and fears of global food shortages
• Organizers set their sights on state legislatures to tax the rich
• Sunrise movement's climate legislation advocacy requires defeating endless wars


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]]> Quincy Institute's Brandon Carr and UCLA associate professor Kevan Harris: Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks Collapse

Yale University Divinity School's Center for Theology and Public Policy Director Bishop William Barber: U.S. Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and His ‘Blasphemous’ Social Media Post

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Julie Hollar: U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression Campaign

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Iran War causing soaring fertilizer prices and fears of global food shortages
• Organizers set their sights on state legislatures to tax the rich
• Sunrise movement's climate legislation advocacy requires defeating endless wars


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Brandon Carr, Bishop William Barber, Julie Hollar Buzzsprout-19020854 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #TrumpasJesus,#Trumpsblasphemouspost,#climatelegislation,#corporatemedia,#endlesswars,#faithleadersdecryIranWar,#fertilizershortage #globalfoodshortagefears #gopvotersuppression #iranwartalkscollapse,#statestaxtherich,#straitofhormuz,#sunrisemovement,# full false U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’ U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’ Brandeis University professor Naghmeh Sohrabi: U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’

Back from the Brink activist Ann Froines: U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear War

Ms. magazine Editor Katherine Spillar: ‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s Rights

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Taiwan's anti-democracy opposition leader to visit China before Trump
• Cambodian court upholds journalists' 14-year prison sentence for border photo
• Fourteen states now have paid family leave, with campaigns in six other states underway


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]]> Brandeis University professor Naghmeh Sohrabi: U.S.-Israel War on Iran Shattering Ordinary Iranians’ Lives, Including Regime Opponents’

Back from the Brink activist Ann Froines: U.S. Campaign Launched to Lead the World Back from Brink of Nuclear War

Ms. magazine Editor Katherine Spillar: ‘Project 2026’: Trump Regime’s New Blueprint to Suppress Women’s Rights

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Taiwan's anti-democracy opposition leader to visit China before Trump
• Cambodian court upholds journalists' 14-year prison sentence for border photo
• Fourteen states now have paid family leave, with campaigns in six other states underway


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-18982822 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1740 full false Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War Former USMC Capt. Matthew Hoh: Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War

People's Law Collective attorney Xavier de Janon: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Accused Antifa Activists, Criminalizing Dissent

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Philippines president declares energy emergency
• Cuba's economy at Trump's mercy
• Western heatwave threatens summer water and fire crises


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]]> Former USMC Capt. Matthew Hoh: Iran Maintains Upper Hand over U.S. and Israel in Escalating and Costly War

People's Law Collective attorney Xavier de Janon: Trump DOJ Wins Terrorism Conviction of Accused Antifa Activists, Criminalizing Dissent

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Senate Confirms ‘Unqualified Hothead’ Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Philippines president declares energy emergency
• Cuba's economy at Trump's mercy
• Western heatwave threatens summer water and fire crises


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Matthew Hoh, Xavier de Janon, Kica Matos Buzzsprout-18944707 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Antifa,#DOJwinterrorismcase,#Trumpdementia,#cubaseconomy,#dhsconfirmation,#dhssecretary,#energyemergency,#iranwar,#USIsraelIranwar,#markwaynemullins,#philippines,#prairielandtexasantifa,#summerwatercrisis,#trump,#westernheatwave,#wildfirecrises full false An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Democracy for the Arab World Now Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran

Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab's Nathaniel Raymond: As the Sudanese Armed Forces Make Gains in Sudan’s Civil War, Civilians Bear Brunt of the Violence

Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba delegate Andy Shallal: Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba, in Defiance of Trump’s Oil Blockade

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Vietnam attempting to expand international relations beyond relying on China and the US
• Third World nations seek debt relief for environmental conservation
• Former Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development U.S. representative slacks off on ethic pledge


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]]> Democracy for the Arab World Now Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: An Erratic Trump Desperate To Exit Disastrous U.S.-Israeli War on Iran

Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab's Nathaniel Raymond: As the Sudanese Armed Forces Make Gains in Sudan’s Civil War, Civilians Bear Brunt of the Violence

Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba delegate Andy Shallal: Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba, in Defiance of Trump’s Oil Blockade

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Vietnam attempting to expand international relations beyond relying on China and the US
• Third World nations seek debt relief for environmental conservation
• Former Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development U.S. representative slacks off on ethic pledge


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Raed Jarrar, Nathaniel Raymond, Andy Shallat Buzzsprout-18906152 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Cuba,#NuestraAmericaconvoy,#OECD,#RSF,#Seanpatrickmaloney,#Trumperratic,#USIsraelIranwar,#cubaaid,#debtrelief, #ecologicalconservation,#sudan,#sudancivilwar,#thirdworld,#trumpdementia,#vietnam full false Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives

Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic: Trump Follows Israel Into Disastrous War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots

Connecticut Visibility Brigade Founder Katherine Hinds: Judge Dismisses Charges Against Connecticut Visibility Brigade Activist in Major Free Speech Victory

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• U.S. hasn't learned from lesson from regime-change war to destabilize oil-rich Libya
• Indian police raid environmental activists' home over anti-fossil fuels campaign
• Ethanol's carbon footprint doesn't merit corn production's land shift use



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]]> Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump’s Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran Has No Clear Objectives

Jacobin Staff Writer Branko Marcetic: Trump Follows Israel Into Disastrous War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots

Connecticut Visibility Brigade Founder Katherine Hinds: Judge Dismisses Charges Against Connecticut Visibility Brigade Activist in Major Free Speech Victory

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• U.S. hasn't learned from lesson from regime-change war to destabilize oil-rich Libya
• Indian police raid environmental activists' home over anti-fossil fuels campaign
• Ethanol's carbon footprint doesn't merit corn production's land shift use



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Branko Marcetic, Katherine Hinds Buzzsprout-18867588 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #Indianpoliceraid,#Netanyahu,#antifossilfuelcampaign,#ctvisibilitybrigade,#economicWWIII,#environmentalists,#ethanol,#ethanolcarbonfootprint,#freespeech,#illegaliranwar,#iranwar, #libya,#netanyahutrump,#regimechangeoilwars,#trump full false International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on Iran International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on Iran International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on Iran

How Democracies Die author and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky: Trump’s Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: The 2026 Midterm Election

Former EPA administrator Joe Goffman: Trump EPA Eliminates 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• The Democratic party needs to recognize its base is progressive, social democratic
• Indonesia's nickel industry is boon to renewable energy market & China's rust belt workers
• Rio Grande's sewage cleanup overshadowed by unfulfilled treaty, tariffs and border wall


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]]> International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: International Law is the Number One Casualty of the US & Israel’s Illegal War on Iran

How Democracies Die author and Harvard professor Steven Levitsky: Trump’s Authoritarian Regime’s Next Target: The 2026 Midterm Election

Former EPA administrator Joe Goffman: Trump EPA Eliminates 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• The Democratic party needs to recognize its base is progressive, social democratic
• Indonesia's nickel industry is boon to renewable energy market & China's rust belt workers
• Rio Grande's sewage cleanup overshadowed by unfulfilled treaty, tariffs and border wall


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Craig Mokhiber, Steven Levitsky, Joe Goffman Buzzsprout-18829039 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #2026midtermelection,#Democraticpartybase,#Indonesianickelindustry,#Trumpauthoritarianregime,#Trumptariffs,#borderwall,#endangermentfinding,#epa,#epa2009greenhousegas,#illegalwaroniran,#internationallaw,#iranwar,#laborunionbase,#progressive,#renewableener full false Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to Midnight Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to Midnight Federation of Atomic Scientists' Jon B. Wolfsthal: Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to Midnight

University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Trump-Aligned Oligarchs' Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms

Yale University School of Architecture's Adam Hopfer: Yale Architecture Students Design and Build Rent Free Homes

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• SCOTUS sets dangerous ICE racial profiling precedent—double jeopardy for blacks
• African leaders push for reparations for colonization crimes
• Russia and China forging an axis of Asia powered by natural gas


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]]> Federation of Atomic Scientists' Jon B. Wolfsthal: Coming Threat of Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis Move Doomday Clock Closer to Midnight

University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Trump-Aligned Oligarchs' Media Mergers Transforming Outlets into MAGA Propaganda Platforms

Yale University School of Architecture's Adam Hopfer: Yale Architecture Students Design and Build Rent Free Homes

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• SCOTUS sets dangerous ICE racial profiling precedent—double jeopardy for blacks
• African leaders push for reparations for colonization crimes
• Russia and China forging an axis of Asia powered by natural gas


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jon B. Wolfsthal, Victor Pickard, Adam Hopfner Buzzsprout-18650997 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #AI,#Africanleaders,#climatecrisis,#doomsdayclock,#ICE,#MAGApropaganda,#mediamergers,#billionaires,#oligarchs,#rentfree,#Russia,#SCOTUS,#Yalearchitecture,#Yalestudents full false Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Killed Hundreds of Thousands Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Killed Hundreds of Thousands ENCORE PRESENTATION:

Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxwell: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump intensifies AI critical minerals scramble
• Canada signs energy pact with China
• Zero homeowners approved for FEMA buyout after Helene


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]]> ENCORE PRESENTATION:

Oxfam America CEO Abby Maxwell: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump intensifies AI critical minerals scramble
• Canada signs energy pact with China
• Zero homeowners approved for FEMA buyout after Helene


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Abby Maxman, Chad Marlow, Robert Shetterly Buzzsprout-18615595 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0500 1740 #AI,#Canada-Chinapact,#Chinapact,#USAIDcuts,#americanswhotellthetruth,#femabuyout,#helene,#nspm-7,#usaid,#usaidcutsdeaths full false After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain

Journalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local Resistance

Color of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial Democracy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expired
  • Deadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota’s Twin Cities is ending
  • Some states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take hold


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]]> Amnesty International's Ben Linden: After Four Years of Ukraine War and Nearly 2 Million Casualties, Prospects for Peace are Uncertain

Journalist Andrea Pitzer: Trump Regime's Massive Buildout of Immigrant Concentration Camps Meets Local Resistance

Color of Change's Amanda Hollowell: In Second Term, Trump Acts to Eliminate America's Multiracial Democracy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia has expired
  • Deadly “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota’s Twin Cities is ending
  • Some states' vaccination rates losing ground as vaccine exemptions take hold


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ben Linden, Andrea Pitzer, Amanda Hollowell Buzzsprout-18706483 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ICEwarehouses,#STARTtreaty,#detentioncenters,#operationmetrosurge,#trumpsethniccleansing,#ukrainewar,#vaccinations full false Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins

The Dissenter Newsletter publisher Kevin Gosztola: FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Escalating Attack on Press Freedom

FairVote senior fellow David Daley: Trump Asks GOP Congress to ‘Nationalize’ the 2026 Midterm Election, Attempting to Rig the Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Will there be a permanent U.S. military presence in Latin America?
  • Record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands
  • Activists across the U.S. are organizing “No Sleep for ICE” action


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]]> Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: Gaza Humanitarian Disaster Continues as Ceasefire Plan’s Deeply Flawed Second Phase Begins

The Dissenter Newsletter publisher Kevin Gosztola: FBI Spies on, Then Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Escalating Attack on Press Freedom

FairVote senior fellow David Daley: Trump Asks GOP Congress to ‘Nationalize’ the 2026 Midterm Election, Attempting to Rig the Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Will there be a permanent U.S. military presence in Latin America?
  • Record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands
  • Activists across the U.S. are organizing “No Sleep for ICE” action


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Josh Ruebner, Kevin Gosztola, David Daley Buzzsprout-18664112 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #AI-gasemissionslink,#FBIraid,#Gazaceasefire,#Gazagenocide,#Hannahnatanson,#USmilitaryoccupation,#latinamerica,#nationalize2026election,#nosleepforICE,#washingtonpost,#AIdatacenters full false Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE Violence Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE Violence Vote Common Good CEO Pastor Doug Pagitt: Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE Violence

Fairfax County, Virginia attorney Steve Descano: National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce Accountability

Starbucks Workers United Union delegate Silvia Baldwin: Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice Strike

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Syrian military overriding Kurds' hopes for autonomy
• ICE using states' Medicaid data to find immigrants
• Campaign season for Michigan Democratic party Senate seat primary heating up


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]]> Vote Common Good CEO Pastor Doug Pagitt: Minnesota Shows the Country How to Effectively Resist ICE Violence

Fairfax County, Virginia attorney Steve Descano: National Coalition of Local Prosecutors Target Federal Lawbreakers to Enforce Accountability

Starbucks Workers United Union delegate Silvia Baldwin: Starbucks Workers Union Enters Third Month of Unfair Labor Practice Strike

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Syrian military overriding Kurds' hopes for autonomy
• ICE using states' Medicaid data to find immigrants
• Campaign season for Michigan Democratic party Senate seat primary heating up


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Pastor Doug Pagitt, Steve Descano, Silvia Baldwin Buzzsprout-18624168 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #3monthStarbucksstrike,#FAFO,#MichiganSenateprimary,#Starbucksworkersunion,#federaloverreach,#iceviolence,#prosecutorsFAFO,#resistIce,#starbucksunionstrike,#statemedicaiddata full false ICE Agents’ Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More Protests ICE Agents’ Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More Protests Minnesota Reformer reporter Madison McVan: ICE Agents’ Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More Protests

Former CIA analyst Mel Goodman: The World Revolts Against Trump’s Irrational, Deadly Foreign and Domestic Policy

Gulf Coast fisherman Eddie Lejuine: Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero’ of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry’s Sacrifice Zone

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Japan reopening massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
• Department of Justice making unprecedented demand for state voter lists
• States, cities concerned over huge taxpayer subsidies for multi-bilionaires' stadiums


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]]> Minnesota Reformer reporter Madison McVan: ICE Agents’ Killing of 2nd Minneapolis Resident Provokes Nationwide Outrage and More Protests

Former CIA analyst Mel Goodman: The World Revolts Against Trump’s Irrational, Deadly Foreign and Domestic Policy

Gulf Coast fisherman Eddie Lejuine: Gulf Coast Residents Live in ‘Ground Zero’ of U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry’s Sacrifice Zone

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Japan reopening massive Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant
• Department of Justice making unprecedented demand for state voter lists
• States, cities concerned over huge taxpayer subsidies for multi-bilionaires' stadiums


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Madison McVan, Mel Goodman, Eric LeJuineob Nixon Buzzsprout-18584645 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ICEkillings,#Trumpdomesticpolicies,#alexpretti,#billionaireownedstadiums,#fossilfuelindustry,#gulfcoast,#japannuclearplants,#kashiwazakinuclearplant,#makeamericaagoaway,#minneapolisICEraids,#sacrificezone,#stadiumtaxpayersubsidies,#trumpforeignpolicies full false Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights' CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs: Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence

Program for Global Public Health and Common Good's Dr. Philip Landrigan: Study Finding Weedkiller Roundup Safe Retracted Amid Renewed Concern Over Cancer Link

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free Press

Bob Nixon's: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary

  • Chevron uniquely positioned to profit from U.S. takeover of Venezuelan oil
  • Federal tax prosecutions fell over 27 percent due to staffing cuts
  • Outside investors buying up 2/3 of rebuilt Altadena, California


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]]> Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights' CEO Rabbi Jill Jacobs: Religious Leaders Step Up to Resist ICE Violence

Program for Global Public Health and Common Good's Dr. Philip Landrigan: Study Finding Weedkiller Roundup Safe Retracted Amid Renewed Concern Over Cancer Link

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez: FCC Commissioner Decries Government Assault on Free Press

Bob Nixon's: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary

  • Chevron uniquely positioned to profit from U.S. takeover of Venezuelan oil
  • Federal tax prosecutions fell over 27 percent due to staffing cuts
  • Outside investors buying up 2/3 of rebuilt Altadena, California


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Dr. Philip Landrigan, Anna Gomez Buzzsprout-18547357 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #UStakeoverofVenezuela,#altadena,#assaultonfreepress,#assaultonfreespeech,#cancerlink,#chevron,#fcc,#fccintimidation,#federaltaxprosecutions, #freepress, #freespeech,#iceviolence,#religiousleaders,#resistice,#roundup full false Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil Journalist Andreína Chávez and Latin American Perspective's Steve Ellner: Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Again

Third Act volunteer Lynn Stoddard: ‘Simplify Solar’ National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More Affordable

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Yemen's civil war enters dangerous new phase with Saudi attack on UAE military
• Thailand and Cambodia agree to short-term ceasefire in border conflict
• Private equity spending spree threatening New Mexico's clean renewable energy mecca


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]]> Journalist Andreína Chávez and Latin American Perspective's Steve Ellner: Trump’s Lawless Venezuela Offensive Was Never About Drugs, But All About Oil

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: After Venezuela Attack, Trump Threatens to Strike Iran Again

Third Act volunteer Lynn Stoddard: ‘Simplify Solar’ National Campaign Aims to Make Residential Rooftop Solar More Affordable

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Yemen's civil war enters dangerous new phase with Saudi attack on UAE military
• Thailand and Cambodia agree to short-term ceasefire in border conflict
• Private equity spending spree threatening New Mexico's clean renewable energy mecca


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Andreína Chávez, Steve Ellner, Trita Parsi, Lynn Stoddard Buzzsprout-18468661 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #TrumpthreatensIran,#Venezuela,#affordablesolarenergy,#iran,#madurokidnapping,#newmexico,#newmexicocleanenergy,#nobloodforoilinVenezuela,#privateequity, #privateequityspending,#rooftopsolarenergy,#thaicambodiabordertruce,#yemencivilwar full false CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Corporate Media Consolidation CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Corporate Media Consolidation Free Press & Free Press Action's Craig Aaron: CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Corporate Media Consolidation

Media critic Parker Molloy: Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care Nationwide

The Labor Force Coordinator Maeg Yosef: 'The Labor Force' Working to Strengthen America’s Rising Union Movement

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling could eliminate dozens of Black & Latino congressional seats
• Libyan oil corruption is hurting international investors
• Trump claims to fight urban crime in National Guard deployment to cities


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]]> Free Press & Free Press Action's Craig Aaron: CBS Political Censorship of ’60 Minutes’: Another Victim of Corporate Media Consolidation

Media critic Parker Molloy: Trump, RFK Jr. Impose Ban on Trans Youth Gender Affirming Care Nationwide

The Labor Force Coordinator Maeg Yosef: 'The Labor Force' Working to Strengthen America’s Rising Union Movement

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• SCOTUS Voting Rights Act ruling could eliminate dozens of Black & Latino congressional seats
• Libyan oil corruption is hurting international investors
• Trump claims to fight urban crime in National Guard deployment to cities


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Craig Aaron, Parker Molloy, Maeg Yosef Buzzsprout-18436488 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 60minutescensored,GOPredistricting,NationalGuard,SupremeCourt,TheLaborForce,Unionmovement,Urbancrime,VotingRightsAct,black&latinodistricts,corporatemediamergers,genderaffirmingcareban,libyaoilcorruption,mediacensorship,nationalguard,nationalguarddeployed full false Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes

Palestinian anti-apartheid activist Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israel Increases Repression and Attacks on the Local Economy in Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Free Speech for People co-founder and President John Bonifaz: Impeachment: The Antidote to Trump’s Authoritarian Presidency

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• One Afghan emigré's alleged crime causes crackdown on all Afghan immigration
• Globally, land mine casualties and injuries highest ever since 2020
• Family Dollar, Dollar General's shelf prices may not be the same at checkout


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]]> Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Trump Marching to War with Venezuela Unless Congress Intervenes

Palestinian anti-apartheid activist Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israel Increases Repression and Attacks on the Local Economy in Occupied Palestinian West Bank

Free Speech for People co-founder and President John Bonifaz: Impeachment: The Antidote to Trump’s Authoritarian Presidency

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• One Afghan emigré's alleged crime causes crackdown on all Afghan immigration
• Globally, land mine casualties and injuries highest ever since 2020
• Family Dollar, Dollar General's shelf prices may not be the same at checkout


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Medea Benjamin, Mazin Qumsiyeh, John Bonifaz Buzzsprout-18411435 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #afghanimmigration,#afghanshootingsuspect,#authoritarianism,#dollarstores,#impeachment,#israel,#landmines,#nationalguard,#settlements,#trump,#venezuela,#venezuelawar,#westbank,#westernhemispherecontrol full false Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable Deaths Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable Deaths

Psychotherapist, author, and Duty to Warn founder John Gartner: Trump’s Cognitive Decline is More Obvious Every Day

Columbia University Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Growing Israeli occupation in south Syria violates 1974 UN resolution buffer zone
• Rare earth mining & deforestation in Amazon River Basin alarms environmentalists worldwide
• Trump regime giving even more tax breaks to wealthy corporations


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]]> Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Expiring ACA Subsidies Accelerate America’s Healthcare Disaster and 51,000 Preventable Deaths

Psychotherapist, author, and Duty to Warn founder John Gartner: Trump’s Cognitive Decline is More Obvious Every Day

Columbia University Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuits Seek Accountability for Trump Effort to Suppress Palestinian Activism in U.S.

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Growing Israeli occupation in south Syria violates 1974 UN resolution buffer zone
• Rare earth mining & deforestation in Amazon River Basin alarms environmentalists worldwide
• Trump regime giving even more tax breaks to wealthy corporations


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, Dr. John Gartner, Mahmoud Khalil Buzzsprout-18371859 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #ACAtaxsubsidiestoexpire,#ExpiringACAsubsidies,#amazonrareearthmining,#israel,#israeloccupiessyria,#mahmoudkhalillawsuits,#moretaxbreaksforwealthy,#nomoreobamacaretaxcredit,#obamacaresubsidiesexpire,#palestinianactivism,#syria,#trumpcognitivedecline full false U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’: A Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’: A Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’: A Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela

Yale Law School professor Bruce Ackerman: Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Further Increase Trump’s Unchecked Executive Power 

Journalist and author Nell Bernstein: New Book In Our Future We Are Free Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration 75%

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Major cuts in AIDS treatment, prevention to spike HIV infections by 3.3 million
• South Asia, among most water-stressed regions globally, faces ‘water wars’
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange data center's 11-hour blackout exposes vulnerability


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]]> Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: U.S. War Crime Attacks on ‘Drug Boats’: A Prelude to U.S. Attack on Venezuela

Yale Law School professor Bruce Ackerman: Supreme Court Hears Case that Could Further Increase Trump’s Unchecked Executive Power 

Journalist and author Nell Bernstein: New Book In Our Future We Are Free Recounts 25-Year Campaign that Cut U.S. Youth Incarceration 75%

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Major cuts in AIDS treatment, prevention to spike HIV infections by 3.3 million
• South Asia, among most water-stressed regions globally, faces ‘water wars’
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange data center's 11-hour blackout exposes vulnerability


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Matthew Hoh, Bruce Ackerman, Nell Bernstein Buzzsprout-18330912 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #datacenterblackout,#HIVinfections,#SCOTUS,#USwarcrimes,#authoritarianism, #datacentervulnerability,#drugboats,#extrajudicialkillings,#humphreysexecutorvUS,#majorAIDscuts,#massmurderonhighseas,#southAsia,#southasiawaterwars,#trumpvslaughter, #unitaryexecu full false Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported Veterans for Peace board member Gerry Condon: Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?

Prison Policy Initiative communications strategist Wanda Bertram: 34 Urgent Criminal Justice Reform Bills State Legislatures Can Pass in 2026

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• World's second largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, is most overlooked in climate policy
• Establishment progressive state Sen. John Cavanaugh running in Nebraska primary
• Nuclear weapons plans reopen uranium mining, renewing Navajo communities' health risks


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]]> Veterans for Peace board member Gerry Condon: Credible Accusations of Trump-Pentagon War Crimes Reported

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Is the Trump-GOP Authoritarian Nightmare Unraveling?

Prison Policy Initiative communications strategist Wanda Bertram: 34 Urgent Criminal Justice Reform Bills State Legislatures Can Pass in 2026

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• World's second largest rainforest, the Congo Basin, is most overlooked in climate policy
• Establishment progressive state Sen. John Cavanaugh running in Nebraska primary
• Nuclear weapons plans reopen uranium mining, renewing Navajo communities' health risks


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Gerry Condon, Sasha Abramsky, Wanda Bertram Buzzsprout-18292212 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #trumptankinginpolls,#2ndlargestrainforest,#CongoBasin,#Nebraskaprimary,#StateSenJohnCavanaugh,#authoritarianism,#climatepolicy,#criminaljusticereform,#healthrisks,#maga,#magafracture,#navajo,#nuclearweapons,#pentagonwarcrimes,#trumpnightmare,#trumpnightm full false Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-Aids Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-Aids Physicians for a National Health Program President Dr. Diljeet Singh: Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-Aids

National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva: Under Trump’s New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose Housing

Friends of the Earth U.S. Finance Policy Advocated Zimyl Adler: COP30 UN Climate Summit in Brazil, Another Disappointing Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Big Ag, fossil fuel industry lobbyists derail COP30 climate crisis mitigation
• SNAP's largest cuts in the program’s history are becoming apparent
• Chicago organizers demanding AT&T cut ties with DHS and ICE


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]]> Physicians for a National Health Program President Dr. Diljeet Singh: Deepening U.S. Healthcare Crisis Demands Radical Transformation, Not Band-Aids

National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva: Under Trump’s New Homelessness Policy, Nearly 200,000 Will Lose Housing

Friends of the Earth U.S. Finance Policy Advocated Zimyl Adler: COP30 UN Climate Summit in Brazil, Another Disappointing Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Big Ag, fossil fuel industry lobbyists derail COP30 climate crisis mitigation
• SNAP's largest cuts in the program’s history are becoming apparent
• Chicago organizers demanding AT&T cut ties with DHS and ICE


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Diljeet Singh, Ann Oliva, Zimyl Adler Buzzsprout-18257870 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #AT&T,#BigAglobbyists,#DHS,#HealthInsurance,#ICE,#SNAP,#SNAPCUTS,#climatechange,#cop30,#cop30climatesummit,#federalhomelesspolicy,#healthcarecrisis,#homelessness,#homelessnesspolicy,#singlepayer,#singlepayersystem,#universalhealthcare full false Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today

University of Wisconsin's former Associate Director of Middle East Studies Jennifer Loewenstein: The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Trump Drowning in Epstein File Scandal

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Venezuelans deported by Trump to CECOT tortured
• U.S. sold sniper rifles to notorious Brazil police unit 
• DOGE conspiracy theories hampered Social Security services


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]]> Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: Sudan’s Civil War Unleashed Worst Active Genocide and Famine in the World Today

University of Wisconsin's former Associate Director of Middle East Studies Jennifer Loewenstein: The Dire Situation for Palestinians Living in Post-Ceasefire Gaza

Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Trump Drowning in Epstein File Scandal

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Venezuelans deported by Trump to CECOT tortured
• U.S. sold sniper rifles to notorious Brazil police unit 
• DOGE conspiracy theories hampered Social Security services


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Nathaniel Raymond, Jennifer Lowenstein, Heather Digby Parton Buzzsprout-18218361 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #CECOT,#Epsteinfilescandal,#TrumpToast,#conspiracytheories,#dogeconspiracy,#epsteinfiles,#gaza,#gazaceasefire,#gazapostceasefire,#palestinians,#socialsecurityDOGE,#sudancivilwar,#sudanworstfamine,#sudanworstgenocide,#venezuelansdeported full false After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy

The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics

University of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and Repression

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe
• Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations
• South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coal


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]]> RootsAction.org co-founder Norman Solomon: After Government Shutdown Surrender, It’s Clearer Than Ever Democrats Must Overhaul Their Strategy

The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Mamdani’s Uncompromising Progressive NYC Mayoral Victory Inspires Hope for U.S. Politics

University of California Santa Barbara sociology professor William I. Robinson: Linking the Growing Global Economic Crisis to Rising Austerity and Repression

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's 'radical ideas' are 'normal' in Europe
• Union shareholders fighting data collection brokers behind ICE deportations
• South Africa's new green energy plan won't phase out coal


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, John Tarleton, William I. Robinson Buzzsprout-18178293 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #ICE,#austerity,#authoritarianism,#cleancoal,#datacollectionbrokers,#democraticpartyoverhaul,#democraticpartystrategy,#deportations,#federalshutdownsurrender,#globalrecession,#greenenergyplan,#southafrica,#zohranmamdani full false Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Executive Vice President for Policy and Program Development Peggy Bailey: Judge Forces Trump to use Contingency Funds to Restore SNAP Benefits to Nation’s Poor Families

Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russia's war on Ukraine has ravaged the nation's forests
• Ethiopia opens new dam threatening Egypt's water security
• US-Mexico border wall imperils region's pollinators


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]]> ACLU Senior Policy Counsel Chad Marlow: Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations

Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Executive Vice President for Policy and Program Development Peggy Bailey: Judge Forces Trump to use Contingency Funds to Restore SNAP Benefits to Nation’s Poor Families

Artist and activist Robert Shetterly: ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russia's war on Ukraine has ravaged the nation's forests
• Ethiopia opens new dam threatening Egypt's water security
• US-Mexico border wall imperils region's pollinators


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Chad Marlow, Peggy Bailey, Robert Shetterly Buzzsprout-18138335 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #NSMP7,#SNAP,#americanswhotellthetruth,#borderwall,#contingencyfund,#courageouscitizenship,#disabled,#domesticterrorism,#egypwatersecurity,#elderly,#ethiopiadam,#federalshutdown,#judgeorderstrump,#nonprofitorganizations,#pollinators,#poorfamilies,#russias full false Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians

Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy

Louisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles
• Trump attacks cashless bail policies
• Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag’s attempt to weaken water regulations


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Deliberate Omissions in Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Endanger Future of 2.3 Million Palestinians

Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Voting Rights Act, Imperiling U.S. Multi-Racial Democracy

Louisiana commercial fisherman Eddie Lejuine: LNG Terminals Decimate Louisiana’s Once Thriving Commercial Fishing Industry

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Afghanistan and Pakistan engage in deadly border battles
• Trump attacks cashless bail policies
• Wisconsin court rejects Big Ag’s attempt to weaken water regulations


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Steve Phillips, Eddie Lejuine Buzzsprout-18057402 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #LNG,#SupremeCourt,#WisconsinBigAg,#Wisconsinwaterregulation,#afghanistan,#cashlessbailpolicies,#gaza,#gazaceasefire,#india,#louisianafishingindustry,#pakistan,#palestinians,#votingrightsact,#wisconsinCAFO,#Wisconsinfactoryfarms full false After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms CODEPINK World Court Campaign Coordinator Robert Jereski: After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms

U.S. Marine veteran Bryce Lockwood: Recounting Israel’s 1967 Attack on U.S. Research Ship during Six-Day War and Its Lasting Impact

Former health insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter: Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Crisis in Long Failing U.S. Healthcare System

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of coup plot, running out of options
• Russia, Vietnam can avoid U.S. sanctions with backdoor energy enterprise
• Puerto Ricans' mutual aid food system could be a model post-natural disasters


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]]> CODEPINK World Court Campaign Coordinator Robert Jereski: After Gaza Hostage/Prisoner Exchange, Ceasefire Lacks Enforcement Mechanisms

U.S. Marine veteran Bryce Lockwood: Recounting Israel’s 1967 Attack on U.S. Research Ship during Six-Day War and Its Lasting Impact

Former health insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter: Federal Government Shutdown Exposes Crisis in Long Failing U.S. Healthcare System

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of coup plot, running out of options
• Russia, Vietnam can avoid U.S. sanctions with backdoor energy enterprise
• Puerto Ricans' mutual aid food system could be a model post-natural disasters


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Robert Jereski, Bryce Lockwood, Wendell Potter Buzzsprout-18015997 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #1967six-daywar,#ACA,#Medicare,#PuertoRico,#RussiaVietnamenterprise,#codepink,#failinghealthcaresystem,#federalshutdown,#gazaceasefire,#jairbolsonaro,#medicaid,#mutualaid,#mutualaidfoodsystem,#naturaldisasters,#russiaVietnamsanctions full false Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. Cities Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. Cities Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. Cities

Furloughed HHS federal worker Danny Tsoi: Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs

7 Directions of Service Co-Founder Crystal Cavalier-Keck: UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• India detains popular Ladakh, Himalayas region leader
• California teachers and unions fight Trump campus witch hunt
• 2020 election denier appointed to help DHS oversee U.S. elections


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]]> Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act as He Expands Military Occupation of U.S. Cities

Furloughed HHS federal worker Danny Tsoi: Federal Workers, Jobs on the Line, Support Shutdown to Save Endangered Healthcare Programs

7 Directions of Service Co-Founder Crystal Cavalier-Keck: UN Climate Week Events Feature Presentations on the ‘Rights of Nature’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• India detains popular Ladakh, Himalayas region leader
• California teachers and unions fight Trump campus witch hunt
• 2020 election denier appointed to help DHS oversee U.S. elections


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Danny Tsoi, Crystal Cavalier-Rock Buzzsprout-17977675 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #ACA,#ACApremiumsdoubling,#Californiateachers,#DHSelectionsoversight,#Electiondenier,#heatherhoney,#Governmentshutdown,#NationalGuard,#RightsofNature,#UNClimateWeek,#californiaunions,#elections,#federalworkers,#healthcarecut,#heatherhoney,#india,#insurrec full false Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’ The Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead: Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’

Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith: Documentary ‘Stripped for Parts’ Examines Vulture Capital’s Role in Demolishing Local Newspapers

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump cronies still fixated on annexing Greenland, where socialism works
• Trump administration planning to reopen notorious prisons for ICE
• Colchester, Vermont mobile home park experimenting with cooperative housing


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]]> The Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead: Rapidly Moving the U.S. Toward a Police State, Trump Labels Critics ‘Domestic Terrorists’

Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman: Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith: Documentary ‘Stripped for Parts’ Examines Vulture Capital’s Role in Demolishing Local Newspapers

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump cronies still fixated on annexing Greenland, where socialism works
• Trump administration planning to reopen notorious prisons for ICE
• Colchester, Vermont mobile home park experimenting with cooperative housing


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Whitehead, Abby Maxman, Rick Goldsmith Buzzsprout-17939035 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #14Mcoulddie,#ICE,#Trumppolicestate,#USAIDclosure,#USAID,#annexgreenland,#cooperativehousing,#deathofjournalism,#demolishingnewspapers,#domesticterrorists,#greenland,#localnewspapers,#policestate,#reopeningbadprisons,#strippedforparts,#vulturecapitalism full false Trump’s FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech Trump’s FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood: Trump’s FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech

University of Arizona professor emerita epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs: RFK Jr.’s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase

Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit Co-Founder Armon Alex: Petrostate Tour of U.S. Capitol Shines Light on Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attack on Environment/Climate

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Refugees from Western Sahara fuel humanitarian crisis in Algeria
• Tuberculosis is spreading in ICE detention centers
• Anti-opioid drug less available in black and latino communities


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]]> Free Press General Counsel Matt Wood: Trump’s FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech

University of Arizona professor emerita epidemiologist Elizabeth Jacobs: RFK Jr.’s War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase

Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit Co-Founder Armon Alex: Petrostate Tour of U.S. Capitol Shines Light on Fossil Fuel Industry’s Attack on Environment/Climate

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Refugees from Western Sahara fuel humanitarian crisis in Algeria
• Tuberculosis is spreading in ICE detention centers
• Anti-opioid drug less available in black and latino communities


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Matt Wood, Elizabeth Jacobs, Armon Alex Buzzsprout-17898553 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Disney,#FCC,#Freespeech,#RFKJr,#algeriacrisis,#antiopioiddrug,#antivax,#autism,#blackandlatinocommunity,#buprenorphine,#climate,#environment,#fossilfuelindustry,#hulu,#icedetentioncenters,#jimmykimmel,#petrostatetour,#pregnancy,#tuberculosis,#tylenol,#va full false Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Threaten Leftist Groups with Repression Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Threaten Leftist Groups with Repression Independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk's Murder, Vowing to Investigate and Dismantle Progressive Left Groups

Connecticut Visibility Brigade founder Katherine Hinds and defense attorney Margaret Donovan: Protest Leader Arrested for Exercising Free Speech Rights

Youth climate activist and Fridays for Future Cape Cod lead organizer Madison Sheppard: ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Growing U.S. military partnership with the Philippines, threatening China
• Trump has fast-tracked deep-sea mining, despite global opposition
• Utah unions fight ban on collective bargaining with historic referendum


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]]> Independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk's Murder, Vowing to Investigate and Dismantle Progressive Left Groups

Connecticut Visibility Brigade founder Katherine Hinds and defense attorney Margaret Donovan: Protest Leader Arrested for Exercising Free Speech Rights

Youth climate activist and Fridays for Future Cape Cod lead organizer Madison Sheppard: ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Growing U.S. military partnership with the Philippines, threatening China
• Trump has fast-tracked deep-sea mining, despite global opposition
• Utah unions fight ban on collective bargaining with historic referendum


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Justin Glawe, Katherine Hinds, Madison Sheppard Buzzsprout-17860939 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #charliekirk,#collectivebargaining,#deepseamining,#freespeech,#freespeechrights,#makebillionairespay,#philippinesmilitary,#protestleaderarrested,#typhonmissiles,#utahlaborunions full false New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship Stand Up America's Brett Edkins: New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship

National Immigration Law Center attorney Hilda Bonilla: Trump’s Cruel & Traumatizing Attempt to Deport Guatemalan Children Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge

Center for International Policy and former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: Trump’s Erratic and Destructive Foreign Policy Alienates Adversaries and Allies Alike

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Global plastic pollution talks collapse
• Russian-backed Wagner Group floundering in Africa
• Trump administration escalating attack on anti-ICE activists


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]]> Stand Up America's Brett Edkins: New Guardrails Must Be Enacted to Defend Democracy Against a Future Trump-like Dictatorship

National Immigration Law Center attorney Hilda Bonilla: Trump’s Cruel & Traumatizing Attempt to Deport Guatemalan Children Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge

Center for International Policy and former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: Trump’s Erratic and Destructive Foreign Policy Alienates Adversaries and Allies Alike

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Global plastic pollution talks collapse
• Russian-backed Wagner Group floundering in Africa
• Trump administration escalating attack on anti-ICE activists


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Brett Edkins, Hilda Bonilla, Mel Goodman Buzzsprout-17821626 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #guatemalanchildrendeportation, #Wagnergroup,#anti-iceactivists,#authoritarianism,#civilservants,#democracy,#democracylegislation,#dictatorship,#federaljudges,#globalplasticpollution,#guatemelanchildren,#trumpadversaries,#trumpdictatorship,#unconstitution full false Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide? Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide? International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?

Environmental Protection Network Executive Director Michelle Roos: Former EPA Staff Defend Federal Environmental Regulations Being Weakened or Eliminated by Donald Trump

American Doom newsletter Editor Justin Glawe: A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 Election

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Mineral-rich Congo's peace negotiations collapse
• Staffers warn Trump's FEMA cuts portend another Katrina-like catastrophe
• Democrats lacking working class support by ignoring progressive priorities


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]]> International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?

Environmental Protection Network Executive Director Michelle Roos: Former EPA Staff Defend Federal Environmental Regulations Being Weakened or Eliminated by Donald Trump

American Doom newsletter Editor Justin Glawe: A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 Election

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• Staffers warn Trump's FEMA cuts portend another Katrina-like catastrophe
• Democrats lacking working class support by ignoring progressive priorities


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Craig Mokhiber, Michelle Roos, Justin Glawe Buzzsprout-17781029 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Congopeacenegotiations,#Democratsprogressives,#EPAregulations,#FEMAcutswarning,#NationGuard2026elections,#UNPlanonGaza,#UNPlantoendGazagenocide,#defendEPAregulations,#democratsworkingclass,#progressivepriorities,#trumpordernationalguard full false Floundering Democrats Urged to Embrace FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies Floundering Democrats Urged to Embrace FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Floundering Democrats Urged to Embrace FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies

CT Students for a Dream Executive Director Tabitha Sookdeo: Effort Underway to Build Bridges Between Diverse Immigrant Communities Facing Trump Mass Deportation

University of Washington's Dr. Ferric C. Fang: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Cuts Federal mRNA Vaccine Research Funding, Endangering Public Health

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]]> Salon.com columnist Heather Digby Parton: Floundering Democrats Urged to Embrace FDR New Deal-Style Popular Economic Policies

CT Students for a Dream Executive Director Tabitha Sookdeo: Effort Underway to Build Bridges Between Diverse Immigrant Communities Facing Trump Mass Deportation

University of Washington's Dr. Ferric C. Fang: HHS Secretary RFK Jr. Cuts Federal mRNA Vaccine Research Funding, Endangering Public Health

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Heather Digby Parton, Tabitha Sookdeo, Dr. Ferric Fang Buzzsprout-17742589 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Democrats,#FDRNewDeal,#NYPD,#NYPDreform,#NewDealpopulareconomics,#Zohranmamdani,#immigrants,#massdeportation,#mrnavaccineresearch,#vaccineresearchfundingcuts,#progressivechange,#publichealth #sudanmassacre #voterrolls full false Trump’s Militarized Occupation of Washington, D.C. a Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities Trump’s Militarized Occupation of Washington, D.C. a Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard: Trump’s Militarized Occupation of Washington, D.C. a Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities

Professor Jason Stanley: Authority on Totalitarianism Leaves U.S. for Canada to Fight International Fascism

Stop Cop City defense attorney Xavier de Janon: Domestic Terrorism Charges Dismissed in One ‘Stop Cop City’ Defendant’s Trial

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]]> Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard: Trump’s Militarized Occupation of Washington, D.C. a Rehearsal for Takeover of Other U.S. Cities

Professor Jason Stanley: Authority on Totalitarianism Leaves U.S. for Canada to Fight International Fascism

Stop Cop City defense attorney Xavier de Janon: Domestic Terrorism Charges Dismissed in One ‘Stop Cop City’ Defendant’s Trial

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Jason Stanley, Xavier de Janon Buzzsprout-17704580 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #LosAngeles,#TRUMPAUTHORITARIANISM,#WashingtonDC,#alligatoralcatraz,#authoritarianism,#domesticterrorism,#medicaid,#mentalhealthcrisis,#militarizedoccupation,#northkorea,#russia,#stopcopcity full false Trump and GOP’s Unprecedented Gerrymandering Scheme Aim to Rig 2026 Election Trump and GOP’s Unprecedented Gerrymandering Scheme Aim to Rig 2026 Election Author David Daley: Trump and GOP’s Unprecedented Gerrymandering Scheme Aim to Rig 2026 Election

350.org US Campaign Manager Candice Fortin: Trump EPA to Eliminate Virtually All Climate Regulations and Research

U.S. Gulf South climate activists Manny Robinson and Roishetta Ozane: Gulf South Activists in NYC Protest Banks’ and Insurance Companies’ Role in Exacerbating Climate Crisis


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]]> Author David Daley: Trump and GOP’s Unprecedented Gerrymandering Scheme Aim to Rig 2026 Election

350.org US Campaign Manager Candice Fortin: Trump EPA to Eliminate Virtually All Climate Regulations and Research

U.S. Gulf South climate activists Manny Robinson and Roishetta Ozane: Gulf South Activists in NYC Protest Banks’ and Insurance Companies’ Role in Exacerbating Climate Crisis


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Daley, Candice Fortin, U.S. Gulf South climate activists Buzzsprout-17665361 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Brazil50%tarif,#EPAendsClimateregulation #EPAendsclimateresearch,#Floridainsuranceclimate,#GulfSouthclimateactivism,#banksroleinclimatecrisis,#gerrymandering,#insuranceroleinclimate,#laraloomer full false Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State University of Wisconsin-Madison former associate director of Middle Eastern studies Jennifer Lowenstein: Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State

University of San Francisco's professor of philosophy Rebecca Gordon: Trump Authorizes a New More Dangerous Surveillance State

Americans for Financial Reform's Kimberly Fountain: Trump Judge Eliminates Biden-Era Rule Removing Medical Debt from Consumer Credit Reports

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• Utah senator says selling public lands will solve housing crisis
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]]> University of Wisconsin-Madison former associate director of Middle Eastern studies Jennifer Lowenstein: Netanyahu Moves to Militarily Re-Occupy Gaza as European Nations Plan to Recognize Palestinian State

University of San Francisco's professor of philosophy Rebecca Gordon: Trump Authorizes a New More Dangerous Surveillance State

Americans for Financial Reform's Kimberly Fountain: Trump Judge Eliminates Biden-Era Rule Removing Medical Debt from Consumer Credit Reports

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• Utah senator says selling public lands will solve housing crisis
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jennifer Loewenstein, Rebecca Gordon, Kimberly Fountain Buzzsprout-17624592 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #gazacrisis,Housingcrisis,MikeLeepubliclands,Syria,Trumpleverageinsyria,blackvoteforMamdani,blackvoteformamdani,creditreports,medicaldebt,palestinianstate,publiclandsselloff,recognizepalestinianstate,trump,trumpsurveillancestate,zohranmamdani full false Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day DropSite News' Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day

Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ National Defense System is Unachievable and a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars

Act-LA's Scarlett de Leon: LA Activists Demand Public Transit System Do More to Protect City’s Immigrants From ICE

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• Shortage of firefighters hampering the U.S. Forest Service
• Mexico City protests echo global backlash against gentrification


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]]> DropSite News' Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Israel’s Gaza Starvation Policy is Killing More Palestinians Every Day

Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ National Defense System is Unachievable and a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars

Act-LA's Scarlett de Leon: LA Activists Demand Public Transit System Do More to Protect City’s Immigrants From ICE

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• Shortage of firefighters hampering the U.S. Forest Service
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Mel Goodman, Scarlett de Leon Buzzsprout-17587976 Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #DOJvoterregistrationlist,#GoldenDome,#forestfirefightercuts,#gazafamine,#gazagenocide,#goldendomemissiledefense,#icedetentionprotection,#israelstarvationpolicy,#israelstarvinggazans,#mexicocityprotests full false U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Ayaz Pathan: U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed

Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: New ‘Birth Behind Bars’ Report Finds Alarmingly High Rates of Injury and Death for Newborns

The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Understanding Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Primary Victory

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• New IRS system to share confidential immigrant tax data with ICE
• Thousands, but not all, Afghans who worked with British military secretly relocated to U.K.


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]]> Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Ayaz Pathan: U.S. Doctors Describe the Slaughter and Starvation of Gaza Civilians They’ve Witnessed

Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: New ‘Birth Behind Bars’ Report Finds Alarmingly High Rates of Injury and Death for Newborns

The Indypendent Editor-in-Chief John Tarleton: Understanding Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Mayoral Primary Victory

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• New IRS system to share confidential immigrant tax data with ICE
• Thousands, but not all, Afghans who worked with British military secretly relocated to U.K.


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Feroze Sidwha, Dr. Ayaz Pathan, Wanda Bertram, John Tarleton Buzzsprout-17551640 Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #SCOTUS,#ROGUESCOTUS,#dismantlinggovernment,#massfederalstafffirings,#IRStaxdatatoICE,#confidentialIRStaxdata,#AfghansintelligencetoUK,#Gazagenocide,#gazacivilians,#birthbehindbars,#newborndeaths, #newborninjury, #newborninfections full false Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy University of Pennsylvania media professor Victor Pickard: Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy

The Nation magazine columnist Kali Holloway: Trump is Carrying Out an Explicitly White Supremacist Policy Agenda

Palestinian-American human rights attorney Jonathan Kuttab: Can Israelis and Palestinians Find a Way to Live Together?

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
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• ICE ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino


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]]> University of Pennsylvania media professor Victor Pickard: Corporate Media’s Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy

The Nation magazine columnist Kali Holloway: Trump is Carrying Out an Explicitly White Supremacist Policy Agenda

Palestinian-American human rights attorney Jonathan Kuttab: Can Israelis and Palestinians Find a Way to Live Together?

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
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• ICE ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Victor Pickard, Kali Holloway, Jonathan Kuttab Buzzsprout-17515200 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #DHSWhiteHouse,#HIVpregnancies,#ICEJuarezZeferino,#ICEfarmworkers,#PEPFAR,#SouthAfrica,#USAIDScuts,#corporatemedia,#israelispalestinians,#israelpalestine,#mediareforms,#organizedcrime,#savejournalism,#trumpwhitesupremacy,#two-statesolution,#whitesupremaci full false Trump-GOP Budget: 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually Trump-GOP Budget: 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually Harvard's Dr. Adam Gaffney and First Focus on Children's Bruce Lesley: Under Trump-GOP Budget, 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually

The Nation Magazine's Chris Lehmann: ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump’s Move to Impose Repressive Police State

Defense Lawyer Xavier de Janon: First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial

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• Chicago’s progressives fight far right to fortify their wins from 2023 election
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]]> Harvard's Dr. Adam Gaffney and First Focus on Children's Bruce Lesley: Under Trump-GOP Budget, 17 Million Americans Lose Health Insurance; 51,000 Preventable Deaths Expected Annually

The Nation Magazine's Chris Lehmann: ICE Budget Spikes 365%: Evidence of Trump’s Move to Impose Repressive Police State

Defense Lawyer Xavier de Janon: First Stop Cop City Protester Trial in Georgia RICO Case Ends in Mistrial

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• Chicago’s progressives fight far right to fortify their wins from 2023 election
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Alan Gaffney, Bruce Lesley, Chris Lehmann, Xavier de Jamon Buzzsprout-17477132 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Chicago'sprogressives,#CongoRwandadeal,#HealthInsurance,#ICEBudget,#StopCopCityMistrial,#TrumpBudgetexpecteddeaths,#TrumpGOPbudget,#Trumppolicestate,#congorwandapeacedeal,#datacentertaxexemptions full false The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship Alianza Americas' Dulce Guzmán: The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship

Best-selling author Sarah Kendzior: As the Trump GOP ‘Mafia State’ Relentlessly Attacks the Foundations of Democracy, is There Reason for Hope?

Hurricane Helene survivor Padma Dyvine: North Carolina Neighbors Employed Mutual Aid in Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane Helene’s Destruction

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• China’s Tibetan dam project poses big risks
• Democratic National Committee tensions simmer over future direction


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]]> Alianza Americas' Dulce Guzmán: The Chaos and Dire Consequences of Supreme Court’s Ruling on Birthright Citizenship

Best-selling author Sarah Kendzior: As the Trump GOP ‘Mafia State’ Relentlessly Attacks the Foundations of Democracy, is There Reason for Hope?

Hurricane Helene survivor Padma Dyvine: North Carolina Neighbors Employed Mutual Aid in Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane Helene’s Destruction

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dulce Guzman, Sarah Kendzior, Padma Dyvine Buzzsprout-17437048 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #AfDexpanding,#ChinaTibetanDam,#DNCfuturedirection,#GOPMafiaState,#Germany,#HurricaneHeleneaftermath,#NorthCarolinadestruction,#SCOTUS,#TrumpMafiaState,#birthrightcitizenship,#democracy,#federalinjunctions full false In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Vietnam veteran Mike Ferner: As Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen

Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump-GOP Authoritarian Agenda

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• VA secretary refused to take responsibility for drastic downsizing
• Kansas City, Missouri rent strikers win after 247 days


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: In Echo of Iraq War, Trump Distorted Intelligence to Justify Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Sites

Vietnam veteran Mike Ferner: As Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast for Gaza Nears End, Conditions for Palestinians Worsen

Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump-GOP Authoritarian Agenda

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• VA secretary refused to take responsibility for drastic downsizing
• Kansas City, Missouri rent strikers win after 247 days


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Mike Ferner, Norman Solomon Buzzsprout-17396191 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #1982ikonjournalists,#KansasCityrentstrikewin,#VAdownsizing,#VAsecretarydougcollins,#bombingirannukes,#democratsprogressive,#distortedintelligence,#progressiveeconomicsnow,#salvadoranconvictions,#trumpbombingirannukes,#trumpgopauthoritarianism,#veteransfa full false Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S. Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S. University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S.

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism

Center for Biological Diversity's Randi Spivak: House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands

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• China's Uyghurs forced to work in factories supplying global brands
• Trump plans deportation of European, Haiti citizens to Guantanamo
• Growing union militancy in support of federal workers


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]]> University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Israel-Iran Conflict Risks Regional War That Could Entangle the U.S.

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Massive Nationwide ‘No Kings’ Protest the Largest Demonstration of Opposition Yet to Trump Fascism

Center for Biological Diversity's Randi Spivak: House Approves Trump-GOP Budget That Will Decimate National Parks, Sell Off Public Lands

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• China's Uyghurs forced to work in factories supplying global brands
• Trump plans deportation of European, Haiti citizens to Guantanamo
• Growing union militancy in support of federal workers


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jennifer Loewenstein, Sasha Abramsky, Randi Spivak Buzzsprout-17358403 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #TrumpGOPbudget,#federalworkers,#gitmodeportations,#israeliranwar,#nationalparkscuts, #nokingsdayprotest,#nokingsprotests,#selloffpubliclands,#trumpfascism,#unions,#uyghurs full false June 14 Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office June 14 Nationwide Pro-Democracy Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office Women's March's Tamika Middleton: June 14 Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

Formerly of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights' New York Office Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law

Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Trump & GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• UN aid convoy attacked in Sudan
• Record-breaking wildfires burning across Canada
• Trump officials may be profiting from insider information


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]]> Women's March's Tamika Middleton: June 14 Nationwide Anti-Authoritarian Protests Likely to be Largest Since Trump Returned to Office

Formerly of the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights' New York Office Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Seizure of Gaza-Bound Humanitarian Aid Ship Violates International Law

Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Trump & GOP Slash Clean Energy Incentives that Reduced Pollution, Created Jobs, Lowered Electric Bills

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• UN aid convoy attacked in Sudan
• Record-breaking wildfires burning across Canada
• Trump officials may be profiting from insider information


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Tamika Middleton, Craig Mokhiber, Collin Rees Buzzsprout-17319308 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Canadawildfires,#Trumpmilitaryparade,#UNAidconvoySudan,#cleanenergyinitiatives,#gazaaidship,#gretathunbertgazaaidship,#insidertrading,#june14nokingsday,#june14protests,#kickouttheclownsday,#prodemocracyprotests full false ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism

Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Alan Minsky: Passive Democrats Fail to Convene Emergency Meeting to Confront Trump’s Assault on Democracy

Defend and Recruit organizer Umme Hoque: Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

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• Seventy-five of the poorest nations owe large debts to China
• Tax breaks flipped GOP representatives on Medicaid cuts
• Pro bono architectural aid rebuilding Los Angeles after wildfires


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]]> New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project Esther’ Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, Equating All Dissent with Terrorism

Progressive Democrats of America Executive Director Alan Minsky: Passive Democrats Fail to Convene Emergency Meeting to Confront Trump’s Assault on Democracy

Defend and Recruit organizer Umme Hoque: Growing National Boycott Campaign Targets Avelo Airlines for its ICE Deportation Flights Contract

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Seventy-five of the poorest nations owe large debts to China
• Tax breaks flipped GOP representatives on Medicaid cuts
• Pro bono architectural aid rebuilding Los Angeles after wildfires


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Andra Watkins, Alan Minsky, Umme Hoque Buzzsprout-17281163 Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Avelo,#Medicaidcuts,#altadenafires,#altadenarebuilding,#chinadebtcollector,#democracy,#deportationflights,#dissent,#medicaid,#palestiniansolidarity,#projectesther,#trumpabuseofpower,#trumpism,#ProjectEsther full false Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare

Vietnam veteran Russell Brown: Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast Demands Israel Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Connecticut Action Group's Helen Humphries: Campaign Targets Insurance Companies to End Their Underwriting and Investments in Fossil Fuels

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Salvadoran dictator arrests human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez
• Peru courts grant "personhood" status to Marañon River in Amazon basin
• Trump emergency logging directive supercharges wildfire risk

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]]> Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to Healthcare

Vietnam veteran Russell Brown: Veterans and Allies’ 40-Day Fast Demands Israel Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Connecticut Action Group's Helen Humphries: Campaign Targets Insurance Companies to End Their Underwriting and Investments in Fossil Fuels

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Salvadoran dictator arrests human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez
• Peru courts grant "personhood" status to Marañon River in Amazon basin
• Trump emergency logging directive supercharges wildfire risk

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, Russell Brown, Helen Humphries Buzzsprout-17240444 Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #CCAGcampaign,#Gazagenocide,#Maranonpersonhood,#RuthLopezarrest,#SNAPcuts,#Trump-GOPHouseBill,#bukele,#climateactivism,#climatecrisis,#fossilfuelunderwriting,#gazafamine,#israelwarcrimes,#medicaidcuts,#medicarecuts,#trumpemergencylogging,#veteransfastforG full false Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts Popular Democracy in Action's Analilia Mejia: Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

Democracy for the Arab World's Raed Jarrar: Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Outcome

Democratic Constitution Blog's Luke Pickrell: Repairing the Constitution’s Democracy Deficit Key to Challenging Trump Authoritarian Power Grab

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • South Sudan conflict escalates
  • New policies criminalize homelessness
  • Unique labor organization organizes ex-convicts



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]]> Popular Democracy in Action's Analilia Mejia: Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP’s Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

Democracy for the Arab World's Raed Jarrar: Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed Outcome

Democratic Constitution Blog's Luke Pickrell: Repairing the Constitution’s Democracy Deficit Key to Challenging Trump Authoritarian Power Grab

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • South Sudan conflict escalates
  • New policies criminalize homelessness
  • Unique labor organization organizes ex-convicts



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Analilia Mejia, Raed Jarrar, Luke Pickrell Buzzsprout-17202762 Wed, 21 May 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #SNAPcuts,#TRUMPAUTHORITARIANISM,#constitution,#criminalizinghomeless,#democracydeficit,#exconvictslaborunion,#medicaidcuts,#oilrichmonarchies,#snapfoodaidcuts,#southsudanconflict,#trumpvisitsmonarchies full false Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship Lawyers for Civil Rights Senior Attorney Jacob Love: Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

Economic Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock: New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers

International Association of Machinists Union member Phil Clarkin: Machinist Strike Against Pratt and Whitney Over Job Security Enters 2nd Week

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russian drone strike's multi-million-dollar damage at Ukraine's nuclear plant
• Dairy farmers fear loss of workers from ICE raids
• Several pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists arrested again


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]]> Lawyers for Civil Rights Senior Attorney Jacob Love: Challenging Trump’s Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship

Economic Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock: New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US Workers

International Association of Machinists Union member Phil Clarkin: Machinist Strike Against Pratt and Whitney Over Job Security Enters 2nd Week

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russian drone strike's multi-million-dollar damage at Ukraine's nuclear plant
• Dairy farmers fear loss of workers from ICE raids
• Several pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists arrested again


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jacob Love, Margaret Poydock, Phil Clarkin Buzzsprout-17158384 Wed, 14 May 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Jan6arrestedagain,#Jan6insurrectionists,#Machiniststrike,#Pratt&Whitney,#SCOTUS,#Trumps100Days,#birthrightcitizenship,#chernobyldronedamage,#dairyfarmersiceraids,#labor,#ukrainenuclearplant,#unconstitutional,#usworkers full false Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' former NYC Office Director Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition

The nation's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship’

Memphis Community Against Pollution Executive Director KeShaun Pearson: Memphis Resident Fighting to Shut Down Elon Musk’s Polluting Super-Computer Data Center

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Halted Agent Orange cleanup outs thousands at risk
  • Trump border nominee accused of ‘cover-up’
  • FEMA eliminates popular disaster adaptation program


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]]> UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' former NYC Office Director Craig Mokhiber: Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition

The nation's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Labels Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship’

Memphis Community Against Pollution Executive Director KeShaun Pearson: Memphis Resident Fighting to Shut Down Elon Musk’s Polluting Super-Computer Data Center

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Halted Agent Orange cleanup outs thousands at risk
  • Trump border nominee accused of ‘cover-up’
  • FEMA eliminates popular disaster adaptation program


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Craig Mokhiber, Ralph Nader, KeShaun Pearson Buzzsprout-17116367 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #RodneyScott, #trumpCBPnominee, #FEMA, #disasteradaptationprogram,#FEMAcuts,#FEMAdismantling,#Gaza,#Gazagenocide,#MuskxAIdatacenter,#RodneyScottcoverup,#agentorange,#fascistdictatorship,#gazafamine,#rodneyscottbordernominee,#trump100days,#xAIdatacente full false Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge Alianza Americas Executive Director Dulce Guzmán: Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge

Child Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: As Trump Weakens Worker Protections, Assault on State Child Labor Laws Escalates

Investigative journalist Gareth Gore: Opus Dei, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church and Trump’s MAGA Movement

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • How vulnerable is the US dollar?
  • EPA plans to eliminate data collection for polluters
  • Sri Lanka pledges to build a “sustainable” world


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]]> Alianza Americas Executive Director Dulce Guzmán: Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin Judge

Child Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: As Trump Weakens Worker Protections, Assault on State Child Labor Laws Escalates

Investigative journalist Gareth Gore: Opus Dei, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church and Trump’s MAGA Movement

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • How vulnerable is the US dollar?
  • EPA plans to eliminate data collection for polluters
  • Sri Lanka pledges to build a “sustainable” world


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dulce Guzmán, Reid Maki, Gareth Gore Buzzsprout-17072562 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #EPAtoenddatacollection,#SRILANKA,#USDollar,#USchildcitizensdeported,#catholicchurch,#childlaborlaws,#datacollectionpolluters,#opusdei,#sustainablesrilanka full false Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act Climate Disobedience Center organizer Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor: Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Protests Target Avelo Airlines for Its Trump Contract to Fly ICE Deportation Flights

Roots Action Political Director Sam Rosenthal: Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Landmines in Syria killing hundreds
  • American detained by the Taliban is freed
  • Justice Department scales back crypto cases


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]]> Climate Disobedience Center organizer Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor: Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump’s Future Invocation of the Insurrection Act

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Protests Target Avelo Airlines for Its Trump Contract to Fly ICE Deportation Flights

Roots Action Political Director Sam Rosenthal: Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump’s Authoritarian Coup

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Landmines in Syria killing hundreds
  • American detained by the Taliban is freed
  • Justice Department scales back crypto cases


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Nastasia Lawlor-Sticklor, Kica Matos, Sam Rosenthal Buzzsprout-17027954 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Aveloprotests,#DOJCryptocases,#GeorgeGlezmann,#TrumpCoup,#authoritariancoup,#aveloairlines,#deportationhub,#insurrectionact,#landmines,#syrialandmines,Avelo Airlines,Avelo protests,DOJ crypto cases,Deportation hub,Insurrection Act,Taliban,Trump Coup,auth full false As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on Campus As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on Campus Princeton University's visiting professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan: As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on Campus

Yale University's Jason Stanley: Tyrants Use Racism and Patriarchy to Split Civil Society Apart and Dismantle Democracy

Connector newsletter Editor Micah Sifry: Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Trump team facing competing counter-terrorism strategies for Somalia
• Medicaid cuts likely to hurt rural Trump country hardest
• Tearing down small dams help restore Northeast rivers for migratory fish


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]]> Princeton University's visiting professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan: As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on Campus

Yale University's Jason Stanley: Tyrants Use Racism and Patriarchy to Split Civil Society Apart and Dismantle Democracy

Connector newsletter Editor Micah Sifry: Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Trump team facing competing counter-terrorism strategies for Somalia
• Medicaid cuts likely to hurt rural Trump country hardest
• Tearing down small dams help restore Northeast rivers for migratory fish


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Jason Stanley, Micah Sifry Buzzsprout-16989130 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gazaethniccleansing,#IsraelGazaCrisis,#civilsociety,#dismantlingdemocracy,#dismantlingsmalldams,#ethniccleansing,#federalworkers,#freespeechoncampus,#israelgazawar,#medicaidcuts,#migratoryfish,#oppositionmovement,#patriarchy,#racism,#restoringNortheastri full false Trump’s Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic Inequality Trump’s Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic Inequality Institute for Policy Studies' Omar Ocampo: Trump’s Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic Inequality

Labor historian and documentary filmmaker Fred Glass: The Trump Resistance Movement and Prospects for a Proposed General Strike

New York State Jails Justice Network's Jerome R. Wright: Deal to End New York Wildcat Correction Officer Strike Suspends Solitary Confinement Reform Law

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Eritrea has imprisoned, tortured 14,000 journalists, ministers and opposition leaders
• Supreme Court could be lowering bar for whites to prove reverse discrimination
• Fracking has spiked volume of toxic solid waste and wastewater at Pennsylvania landfill


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' Omar Ocampo: Trump’s Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic Inequality

Labor historian and documentary filmmaker Fred Glass: The Trump Resistance Movement and Prospects for a Proposed General Strike

New York State Jails Justice Network's Jerome R. Wright: Deal to End New York Wildcat Correction Officer Strike Suspends Solitary Confinement Reform Law

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Eritrea has imprisoned, tortured 14,000 journalists, ministers and opposition leaders
• Supreme Court could be lowering bar for whites to prove reverse discrimination
• Fracking has spiked volume of toxic solid waste and wastewater at Pennsylvania landfill


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Omar Ocampo, Fred Glass, Jerome R. Wright Buzzsprout-16945658 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Eritrea,#Pennsylvania,#SupremeCourt,#correctionofficer,#fracking,#generalstrike,#globalrecession,#landfill,#resistancemovement,#reversediscrimination,#solitaryconfinement,#torture,#trumpresistance,#trumptariffs,#u.s.inequality,#wildcatstrike full false Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Vile White Supremacist Agenda Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Vile White Supremacist Agenda Anti-racism educator and educator Tim Wise: Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Vile White Supremacist Agenda

Georgetown University's Nader Hashemi: Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for All

IRIS Executive Director Maggie Mitchell Salem: Trump Attack on Immigrants and Aid Groups Felt at Local Agencies Across the US

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Student activists protest President Vucic's corruption in Serbia
• Congo accuses Apple of ‘laundering’ minerals
• Trump cuts federal wildfire crews


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]]> Anti-racism educator and educator Tim Wise: Confronting the Reality of Trump’s Vile White Supremacist Agenda

Georgetown University's Nader Hashemi: Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for All

IRIS Executive Director Maggie Mitchell Salem: Trump Attack on Immigrants and Aid Groups Felt at Local Agencies Across the US

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Student activists protest President Vucic's corruption in Serbia
• Congo accuses Apple of ‘laundering’ minerals
• Trump cuts federal wildfire crews


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Tim Wise, Dr. Nader Hashemi, Maggie Mitchell Salem Buzzsprout-16904990 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Appleminerals,#IRIS,#Serbia,#TrumpCoup,#aidgroups,#apple,#appleCongo,#congo,#deportation,#freespeech,#immigrants,#studentdeportations,#trumpwhitesupremacy,#whitesupremacy,#wildfirecrews full false Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional Crisis Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional Crisis American Constitution Society's Christopher Wright Durocher: Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional Crisis

The New Republic's Aaron Regunberg: As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders & AOC Rally, Energize Democracy Defenders

Pipeline Safety Trust's Bill Caram: Trump Fossil Fuel Deregulation and Staff Cuts Could Lead to Increase in Pipeline Accidents

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• U.S.-backed Kurdish army signs peace deal with Syria's interim government
• Trump expels South Africa's ambassador to US over criticism
• USDA cancels $1 billion in funds, hurting farmers and low-income school children


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]]> American Constitution Society's Christopher Wright Durocher: Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional Crisis

The New Republic's Aaron Regunberg: As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders & AOC Rally, Energize Democracy Defenders

Pipeline Safety Trust's Bill Caram: Trump Fossil Fuel Deregulation and Staff Cuts Could Lead to Increase in Pipeline Accidents

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• U.S.-backed Kurdish army signs peace deal with Syria's interim government
• Trump expels South Africa's ambassador to US over criticism
• USDA cancels $1 billion in funds, hurting farmers and low-income school children


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Christopher Wright Durocher, Aaron Regunberg, Bill Caram Buzzsprout-16864067 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BernieSandersrally,#BernieSanders,#SDF,#SandersAOCrally,#SouthAfricaambassador,#Syria,#USDA,#constitutionalcrisis,#democracydefenders,#farmers,#fossilfuelderegulation,#hungrychildren,#pipeline,#pipelineaccidents,#resistance,#trumplawlessness,#trumpresist full false Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable American Doom independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable

Public Citizen Co-Executive Director Lisa Gilbert: Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of Lawlessness

Left Voice Editor Sam Carliner: Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Former Philippines President Duterte in Hague after ICC arrest
• Executives at White House Crypto Summit gave $11M to Trump inaugural
• New secretary of Veterans Affairs cancels 875 vital services contracts


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]]> American Doom independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable

Public Citizen Co-Executive Director Lisa Gilbert: Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of Lawlessness

Left Voice Editor Sam Carliner: Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Former Philippines President Duterte in Hague after ICC arrest
• Executives at White House Crypto Summit gave $11M to Trump inaugural
• New secretary of Veterans Affairs cancels 875 vital services contracts


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Justin Glawe, Lisa Gilbert, Sam Carliner Buzzsprout-16822689 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Dutertedrugwar,#Gazagenocide,#ICCarrest,#VAsecretary,#cryptocurrency,#dutertearrested,#freespeech,#freespeechrights,#mahmoudkhalil,#palestinianrights,#publiccitizen,#publiccitizenlawsuits,#socialsecurity,#trumplawlessness,#trumpmuskcoup,#veteransaffairs, full false Trump’s Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through History Trump’s Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through History Yale professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump’s Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through History

Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant: Target's Elimination of Its DEI Policy Provokes 40-Day Nationwide Boycott

Greenpeace USA Interim Executive Director Sushma Raman: In Effort to Suppress Climate Protests, Fossil Fuel Company Energy Transfer Sues Greenpeace USA

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney challenges Trump tariffs
• Project 2025's architect dismissing Consumer Finance Protection Bureau cases
• Peace deal could boost development in Senegal's Casamance region


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]]> Yale professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump’s Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through History

Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant: Target's Elimination of Its DEI Policy Provokes 40-Day Nationwide Boycott

Greenpeace USA Interim Executive Director Sushma Raman: In Effort to Suppress Climate Protests, Fossil Fuel Company Energy Transfer Sues Greenpeace USA

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney challenges Trump tariffs
• Project 2025's architect dismissing Consumer Finance Protection Bureau cases
• Peace deal could boost development in Senegal's Casamance region


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, Sushma Raman Buzzsprout-16779715 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #trumptariffs,#canadasnewprimeminister,#CFPBcasedismissals,#Senegalpeacedeal,#TrumpGleichschaltung,#Trumpauthoritarianism,#trumpism,#trumpdictatorship,#trumpdictator,#greenpeacesued,#climateprotests,#greenpeacelawsuit,#energytransferlawsuit,#MarkCarney full false Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to Trump Coup Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to Trump Coup RootsAction.org Co-Founder Norman Solomon: Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to Trump Coup

New Haven, CT Mayor Justin Elicker: Nearly 2 Dozen U.S. Cities Sue Trump Regime for Threat to Withhold Funding from Sanctuary Cities

Committee to Protect Journalists Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen: Trump Launches Campaign of Threats and Intimidation to Suppress US Press Freedom



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]]> RootsAction.org Co-Founder Norman Solomon: Confronting the Democratic Party’s Weak Opposition to Trump Coup

New Haven, CT Mayor Justin Elicker: Nearly 2 Dozen U.S. Cities Sue Trump Regime for Threat to Withhold Funding from Sanctuary Cities

Committee to Protect Journalists Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen: Trump Launches Campaign of Threats and Intimidation to Suppress US Press Freedom



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Mayor Justin Elicker, Katherine Jacobsen Buzzsprout-16740258 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:00:00 -0500 1740 #Balkans,#FBIcuts,#TrumpCoup,#USAID,#authoritarianism,#democracy,#democracyactivism,#democracyactivists,#dictators,#foreignaid,#foreignintelligence,#freepress,#freespeech,#massdeportations,#migrants,#nationalism,#pressfreedom,#resistance,#resisttrump full false Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid 

Horizons Project Co-Lead Maria J. Stephan: Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk Coup

Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Director Michael Gerrard: As NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shut Down

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• New DNC chairman: Democrats are “true party of labor and working people"
• U.S. firm accused of Guantanamo migrant rights abuses
• Impeachment calls for Argentina president after cryptocurrency crashes


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]]> Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid 

Horizons Project Co-Lead Maria J. Stephan: Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk Coup

Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Director Michael Gerrard: As NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shut Down

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• New DNC chairman: Democrats are “true party of labor and working people"
• U.S. firm accused of Guantanamo migrant rights abuses
• Impeachment calls for Argentina president after cryptocurrency crashes


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, Maria J. Stephan, Michael Gerrard Buzzsprout-16697284 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #$800BinMedicaidcuts,#Congressionpricing,#ResistTrumpMuskCoup,#Resistance,#TrumpMuskCoupresist,#Trumptaxcuts,#billionairetaxcuts,#medicaid,#medicaidcuts full false Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment Constitutional lawyer and Free Speech for People President John Bonifaz: Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment

Journalist and author Fred Pearce: After Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Civil Infrastructure, Palestinians Face a Water & Environmental Crisis

Former CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Trump’s Ukraine War Peace Overture to Russia Creates Rift with European Allies

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

  • Trump executive order awards refugee status to South African Afrikaners
  • New U.S. protectionism leaves power vacuum for China to fill
  • Red states create their own DOGE task forces 


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]]> Constitutional lawyer and Free Speech for People President John Bonifaz: Trump’s Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for Impeachment

Journalist and author Fred Pearce: After Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Civil Infrastructure, Palestinians Face a Water & Environmental Crisis

Former CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Trump’s Ukraine War Peace Overture to Russia Creates Rift with European Allies

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

  • Trump executive order awards refugee status to South African Afrikaners
  • New U.S. protectionism leaves power vacuum for China to fill
  • Red states create their own DOGE task forces 


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Bonifaz, Fred Pearce, Mel Goodman Buzzsprout-16654834 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Gazawatercrisis,#RedstateDOGE,#SouthAfricanafrikaners,#USprotectionismChina,#cancelgovernment,#constitutionalcrisis,#coup,#deletegovernmenet,#europeanallies,#gazaenvironmentalcrisis,#muskcoup,#refugeestatus,#russia,#trumpmuskcoup,#ukrainewar full false Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from Gaza Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from Gaza Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis: Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from Gaza

Salon Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Elon Musk’s Racist Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies

50501 Organizer Praisely McNamara: Nationwide 50501 Anti-Trump Protests Mobilize to Protect Democracy from Authoritarian Power Grab

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

  • Germany’s AfD migration bill fails
  • Māori protesters turn their backs on right-wing ministers
  • New Orleans nurses call strike coinciding with Super Bowl


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis: Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from Gaza

Salon Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Elon Musk’s Racist Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies

50501 Organizer Praisely McNamara: Nationwide 50501 Anti-Trump Protests Mobilize to Protect Democracy from Authoritarian Power Grab

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

  • Germany’s AfD migration bill fails
  • Māori protesters turn their backs on right-wing ministers
  • New Orleans nurses call strike coinciding with Super Bowl


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Amanda Marcotte, Praisely McNamara Buzzsprout-16610019 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #50501,#AfDmigrationbill,#Gaz-a-lago,#Gazaethniccleansing,#Maoriprotesters,#MiddleEast,#MiddleEastRiviera,#NewOrleansnursestrike,#antitrumpprotests,#stopmusk,#StopCoup full false Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda

Bethlehem University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh: After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank

Hunter College distinguished professor of public health Stephanie Woolhandler: RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public if Confirmed as HHS Secretary

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Rwanda-backed M-23 rebel army stokes carnage in Goma, Congo
• Uyghurs held in Thailand go on hunger strike
• LA housing activists see signs of illegal disaster profiteering


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]]> Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda

Bethlehem University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh: After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank

Hunter College distinguished professor of public health Stephanie Woolhandler: RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public if Confirmed as HHS Secretary

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Rwanda-backed M-23 rebel army stokes carnage in Goma, Congo
• Uyghurs held in Thailand go on hunger strike
• LA housing activists see signs of illegal disaster profiteering


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Steve Philips, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler Buzzsprout-16569746 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:00:00 -0500 1740 Congo,Gazaceasefire,LA housing activists,M23 rebel army, Project 2025,Public health,RFKJr,Thailand,Uyghurs,West Bank,illegal,disaster, profitee,retribution agenda,whitesupremacy full false As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance American Friends Service Committee's Amy Gottlieb: As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance

University of California Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies' Lawrence Rosenthal: Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan 6 insurrectionists: An Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Trump-Musk ‘Government Efficiency’ Advisory Group Sued for Lack of Transparency

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Elon Musk endorses German far right party
• United Healthcare reports $35 billion in profits
• Embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends Trump inauguration


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]]> American Friends Service Committee's Amy Gottlieb: As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance

University of California Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies' Lawrence Rosenthal: Trump’s Pardon of 1,500 Jan 6 insurrectionists: An Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Trump-Musk ‘Government Efficiency’ Advisory Group Sued for Lack of Transparency

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Elon Musk endorses German far right party
• United Healthcare reports $35 billion in profits
• Embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends Trump inauguration


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amy Gottlieb, Lawrence Rosenthal, Lisa Gilbert Buzzsprout-16526603 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #executiveorders,#Adams, #Trumpinaugural,#AfD,#DOGEsued,#Massdeportation,#MuskendorsesAfD,#UnitedHealthcareprofits, #deportation,#resistance,#domesticterrorism,#politicalviolence,#trumppardons full false Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda People's March protesters: Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

Sunrise climate activist Alejandro Sobrera Barboza and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez: Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump’s Energy Secretary

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Jennifer Loewenstein: The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold, But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• How will Trump support global security in China-Taiwan conflict? 
• World Bank changes course to now back mega dams
• Trump cryptocurrency plans include cashing in on his family's bitcoin

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]]> People's March protesters: Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

Sunrise climate activist Alejandro Sobrera Barboza and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez: Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump’s Energy Secretary

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Jennifer Loewenstein: The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold, But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• How will Trump support global security in China-Taiwan conflict? 
• World Bank changes course to now back mega dams
• Trump cryptocurrency plans include cashing in on his family's bitcoin

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: People's Marchers, Alejandro Sobrera Barboza, U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez, Jennifer Loewenstein Buzzsprout-16484322 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ChinaTaiwan,#Israelhamasceasefire,#antifracking,#chriswright,#energysecretary,#globalsecurity,#megadams,#palestiniansfuture,#peoplesmarch,#resisttrump,#sunriseclimateactivism,#trumpbitcoin,#trumpcybercurrency,#trumpresistance,#worldbankdams full false Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children War Child Alliance's Kieran King: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children

Public Citizen's Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law

Third Act's Michael Richardson: Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary 

  • Fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad may weaken Russia in Africa
  • Migrant deportations could threaten US agricultural economies
  • Oath Keepers leader revealed as former police detective


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]]> War Child Alliance's Kieran King: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children

Public Citizen's Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law

Third Act's Michael Richardson: Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary 

  • Fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad may weaken Russia in Africa
  • Migrant deportations could threaten US agricultural economies
  • Oath Keepers leader revealed as former police detective


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kieran King, Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Michael Richardson Buzzsprout-16443086 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Gazachildtrauma,#J-6insurrectionists,#PutininfluenceinAfrica,#climatecrisispolicies,#gazawar,#j6pardons,#losangeleswildfires,#massdeportationsfarming, #oathkeepers,#palisadeswildfire,#policeforce full false On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes

Elbit Out of South Carolina Coalition organizer Chris Tittle: South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker Whose Weapons are Used in Gaza Genocide

Center for American Progress' Senior Director Kate Kelly: Campaign Urges Biden to Publish Equal Rights Amendment Before Leaving Office

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Election protests disrupt Mozambique
• Enbridge oil spill erodes confidence
• More deaths revealed in US Indian boarding schools


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]]> Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes

Elbit Out of South Carolina Coalition organizer Chris Tittle: South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker Whose Weapons are Used in Gaza Genocide

Center for American Progress' Senior Director Kate Kelly: Campaign Urges Biden to Publish Equal Rights Amendment Before Leaving Office

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Election protests disrupt Mozambique
• Enbridge oil spill erodes confidence
• More deaths revealed in US Indian boarding schools


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sasha Abramsky, Chris Tittle, Kate Kelly Buzzsprout-16403089 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #BidenmustsignERA,#Elbitgunmaker,#ERA,#Enbridgeoilspill,#Jan6insurrection,#USindianschooldeaths,#democracy,#jan6anniversary,#mozambiqueelectionriots full false Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response

The Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America’s Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election Outcomes

National Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Western oil money empowers Russian president and regional elites
• Mortgage regulators ignore climate change risk
• Trump administration will drive everyday Americans deeper in debt


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]]> Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response

The Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America’s Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election Outcomes

National Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Western oil money empowers Russian president and regional elites
• Mortgage regulators ignore climate change risk
• Trump administration will drive everyday Americans deeper in debt


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Parker Malloy, John Stoehr, Chris Wellborn Buzzsprout-16366045 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Transrights,#transgenderrights,#transgenderrights,#media,#disinformation,#elections, #westernoilmoney,#russia,#putin,#oilmoney, #fanniemaefreddiemac, #USdebt,#Americansdebt full false UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza

Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

Third Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Bill Before Year Ends

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump 2.0 chaos likely to extend to U.S. strategic defense planning
• Private equity stands to profit from Trump's mass deportation plan
• Whole Foods workers file to form a union


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]]> World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza

Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

Third Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Bill Before Year Ends

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Trump 2.0 chaos likely to extend to U.S. strategic defense planning
• Private equity stands to profit from Trump's mass deportation plan
• Whole Foods workers file to form a union


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kathy Kelly, Rachel Carroll Rivas, Michael Richardson Buzzsprout-16338549 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #Gazagenocide,#climateactivism,#hategroups, #israelwarcrimes, #makepolluterspay, #privateequitydeportation, #trump2.0, #trump2.0defenseplanning,#trumpisolationism, #whitesupremacy,#wholefoodsunion,#wholefoodsunionizing full false Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators

America's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Multiple Failures

Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office

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• Bhopal's disaster still lingers, 40 years later
• Trump's plans "impoundment" to freeze appropriated funds
• Judge's decision a major win for labor in Wisconsin


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]]> Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators

America's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Multiple Failures

Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
• Bhopal's disaster still lingers, 40 years later
• Trump's plans "impoundment" to freeze appropriated funds
• Judge's decision a major win for labor in Wisconsin


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Heather Digby Parton, Ralph Nader, Robin Maher Buzzsprout-16301795 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Bhopaldisaster, #Cabinetnominees,#Democratsfailures, #clemency, #collectivebargaining, #deathrow, #election2024,#humanrights,#impoundment,#religiousgroups,#wisconsinlabor full false Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime

Ploughshares Fund's Dr. John Carl Baker: Courageous South Koreans Rise Up to Block a Right-Wing Coup

National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: National Immigrant Advocacy Groups Prepared to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Starvation threatens an estimated 500,000 in North Darfur
• Municipal water systems need help to replace lead pipes
• Trump 2.0 to weaken EPA environmental regulation and health laws


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime

Ploughshares Fund's Dr. John Carl Baker: Courageous South Koreans Rise Up to Block a Right-Wing Coup

National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: National Immigrant Advocacy Groups Prepared to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Starvation threatens an estimated 500,000 in North Darfur
• Municipal water systems need help to replace lead pipes
• Trump 2.0 to weaken EPA environmental regulation and health laws


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Dr. John Carl Baker, Kica Matos Buzzsprout-16262022 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Massdeportation, #NorthDarfurstarvation, #SouthKorea, #Trump2.0EPA, #immigration, #leadpipes, #municipalwater, #postassadSyria, #southkoreacoup, #syria full false Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years Former chairman of Ohio's Democratic party and author David Pepper: Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years

Author and Left Hook Substack columnist Wajahat Ali: Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President

Third Act climate activist Sheldon Pollock: Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Costs

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Rohingya refugees recruited from Bangladesh to fight in Myanmar
• Thousands march in New Zealand to protest bill's interpretation of founding treaty
• Trump administration may privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac


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]]> Former chairman of Ohio's Democratic party and author David Pepper: Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 Years

Author and Left Hook Substack columnist Wajahat Ali: Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon President

Third Act climate activist Sheldon Pollock: Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Costs

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Rohingya refugees recruited from Bangladesh to fight in Myanmar
• Thousands march in New Zealand to protest bill's interpretation of founding treaty
• Trump administration may privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Pepper, Wajahat Ali, Sheldon Pollock Buzzsprout-16221608 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #NYfossilfuelspollution, #climateaction, #fanniemaefreddiemac, #newzealandtreaty,#rohingyarefugees,#trumpresistance, #trumpvoters full false How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump? How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump? The Nation's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?

Women March Managing Director Tamika Middleton: Women’s March Organizing 1st Major Protest Jan. 18 to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0

Climate activists Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker: Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate Regulations

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• COP29 climate talks in trouble
• Corporate landlords enable a mold epidemic
• Trump and Congressional GOP begin talks on Medicaid cuts


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]]> The Nation's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: How To Explain Voters’ Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?

Women March Managing Director Tamika Middleton: Women’s March Organizing 1st Major Protest Jan. 18 to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0

Climate activists Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker: Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate Regulations

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• COP29 climate talks in trouble
• Corporate landlords enable a mold epidemic
• Trump and Congressional GOP begin talks on Medicaid cuts


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amy LIttlefield, Tamika Middleton, Teagan Blackburn, Teya Blackburn-Baker Buzzsprout-16184195 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #COP29,#FERCmeeting,#abortionvote,#capitalrealty,#capitalrealtymold,#climateactivism,#climatecrisis,#trump2.0Medicaidcuts,#trumpvote,#womensmarch,#womensmarchjan18 full false How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years

Author and commentator Sarah Kendzior: Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime

Co-chair New York Labor fo Palestine and Amazon Union Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain: As Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Continues, US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Insurance companies dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to unprofitability
• TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money laundering settlement
• Global warming opening up Antarctica oil, minerals access & international conflict


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]]> Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: How Democrats’ Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More Years

Author and commentator Sarah Kendzior: Merrick Garland’s Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia Regime

Co-chair New York Labor fo Palestine and Amazon Union Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain: As Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Continues, US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Insurance companies dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to unprofitability
• TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money laundering settlement
• Global warming opening up Antarctica oil, minerals access & international conflict


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Rachel Bitecofer, Sara Kendzior, Sultana Hossain Buzzsprout-16141125 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #MerrickGarland,#TDBankmoneylaundering,#TDBanksettlement,#antarctica,#antarcticaresources,#gazawar,#globalwarming,#laborunions,#mafiaregime,#medicareadvantage,#palestinianrights,#palestiniansupport,#traitortrump full false Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent

University of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media’s Failures Covering 2024 Election Campaign

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel’s War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again
• New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments
• "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraud


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]]> Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris’ Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic Discontent

University of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media’s Failures Covering 2024 Election Campaign

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel’s War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West Bank

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again
• New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments
• "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraud


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Branko Marcetic, Victor Pickard, Mazin Qumsiyeh Buzzsprout-16099333 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #2024election,#Africapolitics,#WestBank,#democraticlosses,#election2024,#kamalaharris,#mentalhealthghostnetworks,#ruralAmerica,#westbankethniccleansing,#workingclass full false After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats

Yale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their Repression

Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans
• Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation’s highest court
• Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humans


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]]> The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump’s Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for Democrats

Yale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their Repression

Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral Outcome

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans
• Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation’s highest court
• Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humans


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Nichols, Jason Stanley, Nora Benavidez Buzzsprout-16059440 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #2024election,#MAGAstategovernments,#abortionbans,#avianflu,#democrats,#disinformation,#ginnithomas, #progressiveactivists full false Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice

Rutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump Policies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region
• New voting laws could tip November election outcome
• New York congressional races could tip House control


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]]> The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media’s Sanitizing of Trump’s Candidacy is Journalistic Malpractice

Rutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,’ Describes MAGA’s State-Based Attack on Democracy

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump Policies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region
• New voting laws could tip November election outcome
• New York congressional races could tip House control


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Chris Lehmann, David Noll, Kica Matos Buzzsprout-16018450 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Housecontrol, #MAGA,#democracy,#electionsubversion, #immigration,#journalisticmalpractice,#newvotinglaws,#newyorkcongressionalrace,#sanewashing,#scapegoatingimmigrants,#trumpcandidacy, #turkicregion, #vigilantenation full false Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End Yale University professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End

Georgetown University Justice and Peace Studies lecturer Josh Ruebner: As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel

Seed the Vote volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs, While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary 

  • UAE, Iran secretly fueling Sudan’s bloody civil war with arms
  • Harris campaign courts predatory lenders she claims to be tough on
  • Fate of DACA sits with right-wing Texas court


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]]> Yale University professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears End

Georgetown University Justice and Peace Studies lecturer Josh Ruebner: As Wider Middle East War Looms, Most Voters Support US Arms Cutoff to Israel

Seed the Vote volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Physician Canvassing for Harris in Philly Suburbs, While Opposing U.S. Gaza Policy

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary 

  • UAE, Iran secretly fueling Sudan’s bloody civil war with arms
  • Harris campaign courts predatory lenders she claims to be tough on
  • Fate of DACA sits with right-wing Texas court


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Josh Ruebner, Dr. Kate Sugarman Buzzsprout-15976597 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BidencalltoendGazaWar,#DACA,#Hamasleaderkilled,#Harriscampaign,#Sudancivilwar,#UAE,#UnitedArabEmirates, #canvassingforKamala,#endgazawar,#fascistagenda,#iran,#militaryweapons, #philadelphiacanvassing,#predatorylenders, #rightwingTexasCourt, #seedthevote full false Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose

New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief

350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right
  • After decades, still no clear path to U.S. citizenship for Haitian immigrants
  • San Francisco's mayoral election defined by housing crisis


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]]> Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose

New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief

350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right
  • After decades, still no clear path to U.S. citizenship for Haitian immigrants
  • San Francisco's mayoral election defined by housing crisis


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Justin Glawe, Andra Watkins, Nico Udu-Gama Buzzsprout-15937280 Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #NOAA, #SanFranciscoelection, #bolsonaristas, #brazilpoliticalright, #eastafricanoilpipeline, #electionsubversion, #federalstormforecasting, #haitianimmigrants, #housingcrisis, #project2025, #trumpGOPelection full false US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon RootsAction Co-Founder Norman Solomon: US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon

Media critic Parker Molloy: Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline

Climate activist Sydney Collins: As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast U.S., Fossil Fuel’s Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Sri Lanka elects leftist president to pressure IMF debt repayment reduction

• National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Amazon

• Presidential candidate Kamala Harris lacks policy details renter protections


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]]> RootsAction Co-Founder Norman Solomon: US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel’s Savage War in Gaza and Lebanon

Media critic Parker Molloy: Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline

Climate activist Sydney Collins: As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast U.S., Fossil Fuel’s Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural Communities

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• Sri Lanka elects leftist president to pressure IMF debt repayment reduction

• National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Amazon

• Presidential candidate Kamala Harris lacks policy details renter protections


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Parker Molloy, Sydney Collins Buzzsprout-15897591 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Amazon, #Gaza, #KamalaHarrispolicies, #KamalaHarrisrenters, #NLRB, #SriLanka, #Trumpcrazytalk, #fossilfuels, #hurricanes, #imf, #israel, #lebanon, #media, #mediasanitizingisraelwar, #sanewashing, #trumpcognitivedecline full false Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer: Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War

Anti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War

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  • Growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken
  • Populist Democratic campaigning emerges in deep red states
  • Somalia-Ethiopia tensions mount


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer: Israel’s Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional War

Anti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine War

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  • Growth-based climate framework is fundamentally broken
  • Populist Democratic campaigning emerges in deep red states
  • Somalia-Ethiopia tensions mount


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Feffer, Gregory Daly, Joe Lauria Buzzsprout-15856394 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gazagenocide, #blinken, #blinkenrecklessness, #climateactivism, #climatecrisis, #gazagenocideprotests, #israellebanon, #netanyahu, #populistcampaigning, #redstates, #somaliaethiopia, #ukrainewar full false The US Stands with Israel as Middle East on the Brink of All-Out-War The US Stands with Israel as Middle East on the Brink of All-Out-War University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War

The Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women

Third Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024

  • New banking crisis between Libya's ruling heads
  • Telegram app's the new home for domestic terrorists
  • GOP wields powerful cash advantage in state legislative races


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]]> University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: Escalating Cross-Border Attacks Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Erupt into All-Out War

The Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump’s Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing Women

Third Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export Terminals

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024

  • New banking crisis between Libya's ruling heads
  • Telegram app's the new home for domestic terrorists
  • GOP wields powerful cash advantage in state legislative races


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jennifer Loewenstein, Amy LIttlefield, Lisa Finn Buzzsprout-15814101 Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPcash, #LNGExportTerminals, #abortionbandeaths, #GOPstateraces, #LNGExportTerminals, #Telegramapp, #domesticterrorists, #abortionbandeaths, #israelHezbollah, #israelhezbollahwar, #libya full false Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio Author and columnist Wajahat Ali: Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio

Stop the Money Pipeline Executive Director Alec Connon: 13-Week ‘Summer of Heat’ Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel Financing

Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on His 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of Music

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• EU’s top court rules Apple must pay back taxes
• Project 2025 regulates the nation’s public lands
• Environmental groups challenge new EPA rules


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]]> Author and columnist Wajahat Ali: Donald Trump’s Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in Ohio

Stop the Money Pipeline Executive Director Alec Connon: 13-Week ‘Summer of Heat’ Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel Financing

Singer/songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on His 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of Music

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• EU’s top court rules Apple must pay back taxes
• Project 2025 regulates the nation’s public lands
• Environmental groups challenge new EPA rules


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Wajahat Ali, Alec Common, Billy Bragg Buzzsprout-15774822 Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Applebacktaxes, #Project2025regulation, #Trumpterrorism, #billybragg, #citibankclimateprotests, #environmentaljustice,#epachallenges, #haitiansspringfieldohio, #rebelbillybragg, #summerofheat full false 'The Inflection Election' Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 'The Inflection Election' Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election

Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War

Gaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary
• Mexico's lower house passes controversial judicial reform
• German far-right AfD party celebrates historic election victory
• New green energy laws face backlash in rural Michigan


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]]> Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election

Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War

Gaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War

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• Mexico's lower house passes controversial judicial reform
• German far-right AfD party celebrates historic election victory
• New green energy laws face backlash in rural Michigan


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mark Green, Abigail Fuller, Bob Sanders Buzzsprout-15734941 Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #AFDhistoricvictory, #Gazagenocide, #Israeldivest, #Mexicojudicialreform, #Michigangreenlaws, #bobsanders, #fascismordemocracy, #inflectionelection, #michigangreenenergy, #trumpthreattodemocracy full false Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths

Climate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protest Federal Reserve Climate Policy, Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium

Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy

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  • U.S. sanctions former Haitian president
  • Right-wing cracks down on the unhoused
  • Weaponized Trump IRS could wreck progressive infrastructure


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]]> Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths

Climate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protest Federal Reserve Climate Policy, Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium

Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy

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  • U.S. sanctions former Haitian president
  • Right-wing cracks down on the unhoused
  • Weaponized Trump IRS could wreck progressive infrastructure


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James Zogby, Ethan Wright, Nora Benavidez Buzzsprout-15695032 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gazacrisis,#IRS,#Netanyahu,#climatecrisis,#climatedefiance,#criminalizingunhoused, #democracythreat, #electionthreats,#gazagenocide, #haitianpresident, #homelessness, #israelhostages, #project2025 full false U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors

New York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter Support

The Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist

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  • Obscure strategy wreaked short-lived havoc on global markets
  • US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities
  • Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations


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]]> Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors

New York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter Support

The Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Obscure strategy wreaked short-lived havoc on global markets
  • US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities
  • Arizona schools don’t want to be polling locations


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Ahmad Yousaf, James Risen, Joshua Rovner Buzzsprout-15657258 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #GazaHell, #Trumpracism, #arizonapollinglocations, #arizonaschools, #arizonavotersuppression, #eyewitnessgaza, #gazaeyewitness,#globalmarkets,#neonaziterrorism,#racialdisparities,#trumpismracism, #youthincarceration full false As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture University of Wisconsin former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture

People's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals

WE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers

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• Global warming changing Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice production
• US farm income plunging for prairie states
• 'Clean energy' industrial-scale wood-pellet industry ravaging forests


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]]> University of Wisconsin former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture

People's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals

WE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Global warming changing Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice production
• US farm income plunging for prairie states
• 'Clean energy' industrial-scale wood-pellet industry ravaging forests


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jennifer Loewenstein, Matt Bruenig, Micaela Martinez Buzzsprout-15618831 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gazagenocide, #MekongDeltarice,#cancer, #cleanenergy, #climatecrisis, #farmincome,#gazaceasefire,#kamalaeconomics,#kamalaharris,#toxichairproducts, #woodpelletindustry full false Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Can Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally?

Extinction Rebellion NYC activist John Mark Rozendaal: In NYC, Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing Bach

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  • Around the world, death squads attack environmental activists
  • New talking points for Democrats: climate crisis and homeowners insurance
  • 13 GOP governors opt out of summer food program for kids


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]]> Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Can Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally?

Extinction Rebellion NYC activist John Mark Rozendaal: In NYC, Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing Bach

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  • Around the world, death squads attack environmental activists
  • New talking points for Democrats: climate crisis and homeowners insurance
  • 13 GOP governors opt out of summer food program for kids


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lawrence Lessig, Branko Marcetic, John Mark Rozendaal Buzzsprout-15582772 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #SCOTUSimmunityruling, #citibankclimateprotests,#climatecrisis, #deathsquads, #environmentalactivists, #gopgovernors, #homeownersinsurance, #insurancepremiumscosts, #presidentialimmunity,#summerfoodprograms,#summerofheat, #timwalz, #timwalzlegislativewins full false Israel’s Reckless Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks Wider Middle East War Israel’s Reckless Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks Wider Middle East War Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel’s High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War

Renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader’s New Book

Amnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom

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• Revamping peace process in war-torn Sudan
• Voter ID laws can block legitimate voters—those without driver's licenses
• Scientist found 3M forever chemicals in human blood nearly 25 years ago


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]]> Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel’s High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War

Renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader’s New Book

Amnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom

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• Revamping peace process in war-torn Sudan
• Voter ID laws can block legitimate voters—those without driver's licenses
• Scientist found 3M forever chemicals in human blood nearly 25 years ago


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Trita Parsi, Ralph Nader, Justin Mazzola Buzzsprout-15547148 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:00:00 -0400 1740 #VoterIDlaws, #israelassassinations, #leonardpeltierclemency, #revolution, #sudanpeaceprocess, #workingfamilies full false Trump's Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World Trump's Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump’s Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World

New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025’ Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy

Rally organizer Alex Chatfield:  Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can’t Afford

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Bangladeshi students riot over job quotas for war veterans
• Sea levels rising alarmingly along southern US coastline
• States rethinking data centers as electricity hogs


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]]> SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump’s Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World

New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025’ Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy

Rally organizer Alex Chatfield:  Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can’t Afford

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• Bangladeshi students riot over job quotas for war veterans
• Sea levels rising alarmingly along southern US coastline
• States rethinking data centers as electricity hogs


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lawrence Wittner, Andra Watkins, Alex Chatfield Buzzsprout-15508907 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #trumpnucleardanger, #trumpnuclearinfatuation, #christiannationalistideology, #project2025, #heritagefoundation, #americantheocracy, #climatepollutingprivatejets, #campaigntohaltprivatejetexpansion, #bangladeshijobquotas, #SouthcoastSealevelrise, #climate full false After Biden Ends Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee After Biden Ends Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law

Pass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee

Amistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused

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•  UK frees minor offenders to resolve prison overcrowding
• Kenya's youth protests upend tax hikes spurred by IMF austerity measures
• Will Arizona be MAGA's last stand?


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]]> Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law

Pass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee

Amistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused

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•  UK frees minor offenders to resolve prison overcrowding
• Kenya's youth protests upend tax hikes spurred by IMF austerity measures
• Will Arizona be MAGA's last stand?


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Michael Lynk, Aaron Regunberg, Joel Nieves Buzzsprout-15468102 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #ICJ, #Israelwarcrimes, #gazagenocide, #israel-palestine, #passthetorch, #stepasidejoe, #kamala2024, #homelessness, #amistadcatholicworkerhouse, #kenya, #IMF, #UKprisonovercrowding, #arizonaMagalaststand full false GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer:  GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda

Hub Project Senior Director of Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject and Fear Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda

Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

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  • NYC police commissioner using retention to prevent discipline for misconduct


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]]> AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer:  GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda

Hub Project Senior Director of Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject and Fear Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda

Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

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  • Many women and girls leaving Afghanistan to seek education in Iran
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Michael Podhorzer, Bryan Bennett, Michael Gerrard Buzzsprout-15429994 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:00:00 -0400 1740 #Afghanwomen, #Afghaneducation, #TrumpAssassinationattempt, #authoritarianagenda, #Project2025, #TrumpBlueprint, #NYCcongestion, #EdwardCaban, #NYCpolicecomplaints, #NewMexicoMethaneLoophole full false Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats

Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal Regulations

Washington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald Trump

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• Is Boeing plea agreement a 'sweetheart deal'?
• Oklahoma tribes fight for food sovereignty

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]]> People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats

Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal Regulations

Washington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald Trump

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• Oklahoma tribes fight for food sovereignty

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marge Baker, David Doniger, Steward Lawrence Buzzsprout-15392482 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Bidendebate, #Boeingpleadeal, #Dutertedrugwar, #SCOTUS, #SupremeCourt, #bidendebatedebacle, #chevrondoctrine, #oklahomatribes, #presidentialimmunity full false After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate

The Dissenter Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange is Free, But His Prosecution Threatens Press Freedom

Summer of Heat rally speakers Alec Connon, Juan Mancias, and Dr. Sandra Steingraber: Civil Disobedience Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Demands End to Fossil Fuel Financing

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• Women’s voices absent on Haiti’s Transitional Council
• Far-right US groups working to ban ranked choice voting


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]]> RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate

The Dissenter Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange is Free, But His Prosecution Threatens Press Freedom

Summer of Heat rally speakers Alec Connon, Juan Mancias, and Dr. Sandra Steingraber: Civil Disobedience Protest at Citibank’s NYC Headquarters Demands End to Fossil Fuel Financing

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• UK Labour is hoping to retake working class towns
• Women’s voices absent on Haiti’s Transitional Council
• Far-right US groups working to ban ranked choice voting


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jeff Cohen, Kevin Gosztola, Alex Connon, Juan Mancias, Dr. Sandra Steingraber Buzzsprout-15356429 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Bidendebate, #DNC, #HaitiTransitionalCouncil, #JulianAssange, #StepAsideJoe, #UKLabourparty, #civildisobedience, #fossilfuelprotests, #pressfreedom, #rankedchoicevoting, #summerofheat full false US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia Retired US Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia

U.S. Air Force Airman Juan Bettancourt: Active Duty U.S. Soldiers ‘Appeal for Redress’ to Voice Opposition to America’s Role in Israel’s War in Gaza

Playwrights Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue: ‘Voices from the Silenced’ Play Tells Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before Roe v Wade

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• Tennessee governor sabotages police reforms
• Former DCCC officials work against The Squad


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]]> Retired US Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia

U.S. Air Force Airman Juan Bettancourt: Active Duty U.S. Soldiers ‘Appeal for Redress’ to Voice Opposition to America’s Role in Israel’s War in Gaza

Playwrights Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue: ‘Voices from the Silenced’ Play Tells Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before Roe v Wade

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Juan Bettancourt, Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue Buzzsprout-15316701 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #AppealforRedress,#DCCC, #ProtestUSWarRoleinGaza, #RoevWade, #Tennesseepolicereforms, #TheSquad, #US-MexicoWaterWars, #USweaponsauthorization, #Ukraine, #abortions, #progressives, #ukraineattacksRussia, #ukrainewar, #voicesfromthesilenced full false Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Killing Rising Number of Palestinian Children Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Killing Rising Number of Palestinian Children Journalist Catherine Cartier: Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Killing Rising Number of Palestinian Children

ExxonKnews reporter Emily Sanders: Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects

Free Speech for People Co-founder and President John Bonifaz: SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform

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• Myanmar's military regime losing control along border
• World's top banks greenwashing role in Amazon destruction
• Catholic bishops apologize for church role in Indian schools, but sidestep on abuse


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]]> Journalist Catherine Cartier: Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Killing Rising Number of Palestinian Children

ExxonKnews reporter Emily Sanders: Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects

Free Speech for People Co-founder and President John Bonifaz: SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform

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• Myanmar's military regime losing control along border
• World's top banks greenwashing role in Amazon destruction
• Catholic bishops apologize for church role in Indian schools, but sidestep on abuse


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Catherine Cartier, Emily Sanders, John Bonifaz Buzzsprout-15277217 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #BigOil, #Gazagenocide, #SCOTUS, #SCOTUSScandals, #banksgreenwashing, #catholicchurch, #freespeech, #indianschoolsexabuse, #myanmar, #palestinianrights full false International Criminal Court Targets Both Israeli & Hamas Leaders for War Crimes International Criminal Court Targets Both Israeli & Hamas Leaders for War Crimes National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn:  Arms Embargo and Sanctions Can Hold Israeli & Hamas Leaders Accountable for War Crimes

People's Tribunal conveners Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Crazy Bear Keck: People’s Tribunal Convened to Expose Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Violation of the Rights of Nature

Just Associates' Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Historic Election as Mexico’s First Female President

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  • Is bird flu destined to be next pandemic?
  • Proud Boys re-emerge to rally around Trump


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]]> National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn:  Arms Embargo and Sanctions Can Hold Israeli & Hamas Leaders Accountable for War Crimes

People's Tribunal conveners Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Crazy Bear Keck: People’s Tribunal Convened to Expose Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Violation of the Rights of Nature

Just Associates' Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Historic Election as Mexico’s First Female President

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Jason Crazy Bear Keck, Laura Carlsen Buzzsprout-15238367 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #nextsouthafricagovernment, #ANC, #Gazagenocide, #ICC, #ICJ, #Internationalcourt, #SouthAfricaparties, #avianflu, #birdflu, #claudiasheinbaum, #gazafamine, #israelhamaswar, #mexico1stfemalepresident, #mountainvalleypipeline, #nextpandemic, #peoplestribuna full false If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One Yale professor and "How Fascism Works" author Jason Stanley: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One

Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas

National Popular Vote board secretary Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support

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  • Namibia seeks reparations from Germany, return of ancestral lands
  • EPA seeks to allow 10 times more acephate on food than current limits
  • Trump leads in counties with declining populations, business losses


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]]> Yale professor and "How Fascism Works" author Jason Stanley: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One

Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas

National Popular Vote board secretary Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support

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  • Namibia seeks reparations from Germany, return of ancestral lands
  • EPA seeks to allow 10 times more acephate on food than current limits
  • Trump leads in counties with declining populations, business losses


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Christopher Pearson Buzzsprout-15083890 Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #ElectoralCollege, #Frackinghealthhazards, #Trumpism, #acephate, #EPA, #authoritarianism, #decliningpopulations, #electoralreform, #germanyreparations,#interstatecompact, #namibia, #trumpfascism full false Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of political science Maurice T. Cunningham: Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty

Green Workers Alliance Executive Director Matthew Mayers: Green Workers Alliance Fights for Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions in Renewable Energy

Food and Water Watch Public Water for All Campaign Director Mary Grant: EPA Issues New Standards for PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water


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• Mining in Madagascar is contaminating region's water 
• AI has the potential to widen the racial wealth gap
• As fentanyl overdoses soar, Los Angeles city crews discard Narcan


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]]> University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of political science Maurice T. Cunningham: Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty

Green Workers Alliance Executive Director Matthew Mayers: Green Workers Alliance Fights for Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions in Renewable Energy

Food and Water Watch Public Water for All Campaign Director Mary Grant: EPA Issues New Standards for PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water


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• Mining in Madagascar is contaminating region's water 
• AI has the potential to widen the racial wealth gap
• As fentanyl overdoses soar, Los Angeles city crews discard Narcan


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Maurice T. Cunningham, Matthew Mayers, Mary Grant Buzzsprout-15009200 Wed, 29 May 2024 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #LosAngeles, #Narcan, #PFAS, #contaminatingwater, #drinkingwater, #fentanyl, #foreverchemicals, #greenworkers, #liveablewages, #madagascarmining, #momsforliberty, #racialwealthgap, #renewableenergy, #safeworkingconditions full false U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Project Manager Eric Fine: Creating Online Tools to Better Understand American Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis

Independent journalist Steven Monacelli: Texas Governor Pardons Racist Murderer Who Killed Black Lives Matter Activist

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  • US and Mexican elections risk bilateral relations
  • Push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium
  • I.R.S. audit uncovers dubious Trump accounting maneuver


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]]> Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Project Manager Eric Fine: Creating Online Tools to Better Understand American Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis

Independent journalist Steven Monacelli: Texas Governor Pardons Racist Murderer Who Killed Black Lives Matter Activist

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  • US and Mexican elections risk bilateral relations
  • Push for nuclear power is fueling demand for uranium
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Eric Fine, Steven Monacelli Buzzsprout-15116314 Wed, 22 May 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #GarrettFoster, #Gazagenocide,#Gazastudentprotests, #danperrypardon, #Govabbottpardon, #US-Mexicorelations, #blacklivesmatteractivist, #climateaction,#climatechange, #climatecrisis, #nuclearpower, #uranium, #TrumpIRSaudit full false Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Link: Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials

DAWN Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: State Department Report Presents Contradictory Findings on Israel’s Illegal Use of US Weapons in Gaza

Salon Politics writer Amanda Marcotte: Trump's Contempt for Women Seen in Hush Money Trial, Linked to his Misogynist Policies

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  • Assassination plots reveal India's transnational repression of its citizens
  • Jared Kushner building new "Riviera" in Albanian environmentally sensitive area
  • Gun safety reformers seeking to prevent gun violence at polling centers


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]]> Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Link: Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials

DAWN Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: State Department Report Presents Contradictory Findings on Israel’s Illegal Use of US Weapons in Gaza

Salon Politics writer Amanda Marcotte: Trump's Contempt for Women Seen in Hush Money Trial, Linked to his Misogynist Policies

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  • Assassination plots reveal India's transnational repression of its citizens
  • Jared Kushner building new "Riviera" in Albanian environmentally sensitive area
  • Gun safety reformers seeking to prevent gun violence at polling centers


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Michael Lynk, Raed Jarrar, Amanda Marcotte Buzzsprout-15073696 Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gunviolencepollingcenter, #ICC, #ICCarrestwarrants, #JaredKushneRiviera, #USillegalweaponsuseGaza, #israelsillegalweaponsuse, #netanyahuarrest, #trumphushmoneytrial, #trumpmisogyny, #Indiaassassinationplotss full false The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict: The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters

The Intercept D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim: Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients



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]]> Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict: The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters

The Intercept D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim: Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Helen Benedict, Ryan Grim, Kica Matos Buzzsprout-15033894 Wed, 08 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #ACAexpansion,#DACArecipients,#EastAfricafloods,#TysonFoodstoxicpollution, #UAWMexicoautoworkers #antiwarprotesters, #biasedcablenewsgaza, #criminalizingprotests, #propalestinianprotesters full false Weaponizing Anti-Semitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War Weaponizing Anti-Semitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War Arun Kundnani: Weaponizing Antisemitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War

Alice Hu: Protest at Citibank Headquarters Kicks of ‘Summer of Heat’ Actions Targeting Wall Street Fossil Fuel Financiers


Kim Ives: Haiti Crisis Draws International Intervention for Third Time in 30 Years

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  • Zuma's comeback in South African elections
  • Republicans are cutting climate funding that mostly benefits red state farmers
  • Native Americans receive longer prison sentences than non-Natives


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]]> Arun Kundnani: Weaponizing Antisemitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War

Alice Hu: Protest at Citibank Headquarters Kicks of ‘Summer of Heat’ Actions Targeting Wall Street Fossil Fuel Financiers


Kim Ives: Haiti Crisis Draws International Intervention for Third Time in 30 Years

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  • Zuma's comeback in South African elections
  • Republicans are cutting climate funding that mostly benefits red state farmers
  • Native Americans receive longer prison sentences than non-Natives


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Arun Kundnani, Alice Hu, Kim Ives Buzzsprout-14990878 Wed, 01 May 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #HaitiCrisis, #NativeAmericans, #SummerofHeat, #antisemitism, #citibank, #climatefunding, #prisonsentencing, #southafrica, #wallstreet, #zuma full false In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses Tikun Olam publisher Richard Silverstein: In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses

Yale hunger strikers: Student Hunger Strikers Call for Yale Divestment from Companies Providing Weapons to Israel

Inside Climate News reporter Kiley Price: Victory in European Climate Crisis Lawsuit Could Influence Parallel Efforts Worldwide

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• Mexico has cracked down on migrants traveling to the U.S.
• Chevron profited from illegal surface spills
• Whistleblowers call out management culture at Boeing


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]]> Tikun Olam publisher Richard Silverstein: In a First, Biden Administration Poised to Sanction Israeli Military Unit for Human Rights Abuses

Yale hunger strikers: Student Hunger Strikers Call for Yale Divestment from Companies Providing Weapons to Israel

Inside Climate News reporter Kiley Price: Victory in European Climate Crisis Lawsuit Could Influence Parallel Efforts Worldwide

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• Mexico has cracked down on migrants traveling to the U.S.
• Chevron profited from illegal surface spills
• Whistleblowers call out management culture at Boeing


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Richard Silverstein, Yale hunger strikers, Kiley Price Buzzsprout-14948697 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #israelimilitarysanctions, #israelihumanrightsabuses, #BDS, #yalehungerstrikers, #Gazagenocide, #europeanclimatelawsuit, #Israeliwarcrimes, #mexicocrackdownmigrants, #chevronoilspillprofits, #boeingwhistleblowers full false After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack Boston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack

Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable

Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban

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• Tension between China and the Philippines heating up
• Why did the US Navy kill Arizona’s housing bill?
• Florida slates referendum on constitutional amendment on abortion


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]]> Boston University professor Assaf Kfoury: After Iran Retaliation Against Israel’s Bombing of Embassy in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens Counterattack

Independent journalist Julie Dermansky: Media Coverage Lapse of 2023 Marathon Petroleum Refinery Fire Leaves Residents Vulnerable

Mother Jones fellow Katie Herchenroeder: Arizona Supreme Court Revives ‘Zombie’ 1864 Abortion Ban

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• Tension between China and the Philippines heating up
• Why did the US Navy kill Arizona’s housing bill?
• Florida slates referendum on constitutional amendment on abortion


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Assaf Kfoury, Julie Dermansky, Katie Herchenroeder Buzzsprout-14906485 Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Arizonaabortionban, #Arizonahousingbill, #chinaphilippines, #floridaabortionban, #iranretaliates, #marathonrefineryfire full false Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War Former CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War

The Lever investigative reporter Katya Schwenk: The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery

FAIR intern Phillip HoSang: Trump, GOP, Right-wing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration

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  • Rural America’s ‘hidden’ homeless
  • Trump Media saved by Russian-American under criminal investigation


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]]> Former CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Israel’s Attack on Iran’s Syrian Embassy Could Trigger a Perilous Regional War

The Lever investigative reporter Katya Schwenk: The Supreme Court May be Poised to Weaken Federal Anti-Corruption Laws, Legalize Bribery

FAIR intern Phillip HoSang: Trump, GOP, Right-wing Media Weaponize Disinformation on Immigration

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  • Russia’s Black Sea naval base ambitions in Abkhazia, Georgia
  • Rural America’s ‘hidden’ homeless
  • Trump Media saved by Russian-American under criminal investigation


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Melvin Goodman, Katya Schwenk, Phillip HoSang Buzzsprout-14864195 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Iransyrianembassyattack, #Russiannavalbase, #SCOTUS, #abkhaziageorgiabase, #antonpostolnikov, #federalanticorruptionlaws, #israelgazawar, #israelhamaswar, #rightwingdisinformation, #ruralamericahomeless, #trumpmedia full false Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot Physicians for Reproductive Health former board chairwoman Dr. Kristyn Brandi: Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot

Hartford Catholic Worker co-founder Jackie Allen Doucot: Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War

Independent journalist Arvind Dilawar: Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing Coverage of Gaza War

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• Niger coup regime closes US counter-terrorism military base, troops

• Novo Nordisk insulin manufacturer cuts prices, then discontinues it

• ProPublica reports railroad safety data omits deaths, severed limbs


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]]> Physicians for Reproductive Health former board chairwoman Dr. Kristyn Brandi: Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot

Hartford Catholic Worker co-founder Jackie Allen Doucot: Activists at Groton Submarine Base Protest the Ongoing Threat of Nuclear War

Independent journalist Arvind Dilawar: Israeli Propagandists Target US Journalists, Skewing Coverage of Gaza War

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Niger coup regime closes US counter-terrorism military base, troops

• Novo Nordisk insulin manufacturer cuts prices, then discontinues it

• ProPublica reports railroad safety data omits deaths, severed limbs


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Kristyn Brandi, Jackie Allen Douco, Arvind Dilawar Buzzsprout-14820614 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Niger, #Nonordiskinsulin, #abortionrights,#gazawar, #gazawarmediacoverage, #nuclearwarprotests, #railroadsafety, #reproductiveRights full false After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution Georgetown University Justice and Peace Program Adjunct Lecturer Josh Ruebner: After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

Faith Coalition to Stop Cop City member Rev. Keyanna Jones: ‘Stop Cop City’ Opponents Fight for Atlanta Voters to Decide Fate of Militarized Police Training Facility

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Karen Dolan: Assessing Biden’s Domestic Policy Agenda as 2024 Election Campaign Heats Up 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• China's Article 23 National Security Law tightens grip on Hong Kong dissent
• Electric vehicles raise prospect of UAW, environmental activism alliance
• Trump plans to make massive tax cuts for rich, corporations permanent


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]]> Georgetown University Justice and Peace Program Adjunct Lecturer Josh Ruebner: After 5 Months of Palestinian Carnage, US Finally Allows Passage of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

Faith Coalition to Stop Cop City member Rev. Keyanna Jones: ‘Stop Cop City’ Opponents Fight for Atlanta Voters to Decide Fate of Militarized Police Training Facility

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Karen Dolan: Assessing Biden’s Domestic Policy Agenda as 2024 Election Campaign Heats Up 

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• China's Article 23 National Security Law tightens grip on Hong Kong dissent
• Electric vehicles raise prospect of UAW, environmental activism alliance
• Trump plans to make massive tax cuts for rich, corporations permanent


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Josh Ruebner, Rev. Keyanna Jones, Karen Dolan Buzzsprout-14779244 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #BidenDomesticPolicy, #Bidenelectioncampaign, #CopCityballotinitiative, #GazaCeasefireResolution, #UAW, #UNSecurityCouncil, #USAbstains, #chinaarticle23, #electricvehiclesalliance, #environmentalactivism, #hongkongdissent, #permanenttaxcutsforrich, #stopc full false Biden's Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action Biden's Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action The Nation Senior Editor Jack Mirkinson: Biden’s Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action

Center for Economic and Policy Research Senior Research Associate Jake Johnston: US and Other Nations Intervene Once Again in Haiti to Address a Crisis They Helped Create

Elder Climate Activist Karen 'River' Bixler Risks Freedom and Health in Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest

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  • India enacts law seen as ‘discriminatory’ to Muslims
  • Four US banks have dropped the Equator Principles
  • UnitedHealth exploits an ‘emergency’ it created


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]]> The Nation Senior Editor Jack Mirkinson: Biden’s Contradictory, Deadly Gaza Policies Prioritize Rhetoric Over Action

Center for Economic and Policy Research Senior Research Associate Jake Johnston: US and Other Nations Intervene Once Again in Haiti to Address a Crisis They Helped Create

Elder Climate Activist Karen 'River' Bixler Risks Freedom and Health in Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest

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  • India enacts law seen as ‘discriminatory’ to Muslims
  • Four US banks have dropped the Equator Principles
  • UnitedHealth exploits an ‘emergency’ it created


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jack Mirkinson, Jake Johnston, Karen Bixler Buzzsprout-14730620 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Equatorprinciples, #Gazagenocide, #Gazaseige, #HaitiCrisis, #IndiaMuslims, #MVP, #UnitedHealthinsurance, #civildisobedience, #gazaceasefire, #genocide, #haiti, #israelhamaswar, #mountainvalleypipeline full false Immediate Ceasefire Urgently Needed as Israel Uses Starvation as Weapon of War in Gaza Immediate Ceasefire Urgently Needed as Israel Uses Starvation as Weapon of War in Gaza Oxfam America President Abby Maxman and Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Doctors Against Genocide member Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle: Humanitarian Crisis and Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza Demands Immediate Ceasefire

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Beyond the Devastation in Gaza, Repression & Violence Impact Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank

Journalist, historian and author Rick Perlstein: Corporate Media Coverage of Election 2024 is Riven by Journalistic Malpractice

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• Fighting flares in the eastern Congo
• How Bogotá became an environmental hawk
• Nevada Supreme Court issues major water ruling


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]]> Oxfam America President Abby Maxman and Harvard Medical School assistant professor and Doctors Against Genocide member Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle: Humanitarian Crisis and Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza Demands Immediate Ceasefire

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Beyond the Devastation in Gaza, Repression & Violence Impact Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank

Journalist, historian and author Rick Perlstein: Corporate Media Coverage of Election 2024 is Riven by Journalistic Malpractice

Bob Nixon's Under-reported news summary

• Fighting flares in the eastern Congo
• How Bogotá became an environmental hawk
• Nevada Supreme Court issues major water ruling


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Abby Maxman, Dr. Karameh Kuemmerle, Mazin Qumsiyeh, Rick Perlstein Buzzsprout-14683587 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Bogota, #IsraelGazaCrisis, #Nevadawaterruling, #Westbank, #ceasefirenow, #corporatemedia, #Congo, #gaza, #gazacrisis, #humanitariancrisis, #israelhamaswar, #israeli-palestinian, #palestiniangenocide, #palestinianrights, #starvationaswarcrime full false Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message Arab American Institute President James J. Zogby: Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message 

Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: The World and Americans Must Hold All Israeli Institutions Accountable for Occupation, Apartheid and Genocide 

Former Connecticut Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher: SCOTUS Review of Trump’s Total Immunity Claim Effectively Delays Jan. 6 Trial Until After Election

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  • US eyes Asia natural gas market as Texas pipeline OK'd to connect Mexico LNG export terminals
  • Progressive states proposing "Mansion taxes" to address homelessness, affordable housing
  • Israel AIPAC lobby's strategy to defeat Democratic progressives


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]]> Arab American Institute President James J. Zogby: Ongoing Gaza Catastrophe Rouses Michigan Primary Voters to Send Biden a Message 

Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: The World and Americans Must Hold All Israeli Institutions Accountable for Occupation, Apartheid and Genocide 

Former Connecticut Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher: SCOTUS Review of Trump’s Total Immunity Claim Effectively Delays Jan. 6 Trial Until After Election

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  • US eyes Asia natural gas market as Texas pipeline OK'd to connect Mexico LNG export terminals
  • Progressive states proposing "Mansion taxes" to address homelessness, affordable housing
  • Israel AIPAC lobby's strategy to defeat Democratic progressives


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James Zogby, Ofer Neiman, Thomas Moukawsher Buzzsprout-14639466 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #AIPAC, #Gazagenocide, #LNGExportTerminals, #SCOTUS, #Saquaropipeline, #Texaspipeline, #Trumpimmunity, #israeliaccountability, #mansiontaxes, #progressives, #saquaropipelineapproval, #climatecrisis full false Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US "The Dissenter" Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US

For a Better Bayou founder James Hiatt: Worldwide Protests Demand Insurance Companies Stop Fueling the Climate Crisis

St. Joseph's University associated professor Theodore Hamm: New Information Emerges in the Assassination of Malcolm X Implicating the FBI

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Thousands march in protest against Mexican President Lopez Obrador
• Dwindling water source for High Plains towns in eight states
• Medical collection cases clog U.S. courtrooms

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]]> "The Dissenter" Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US

For a Better Bayou founder James Hiatt: Worldwide Protests Demand Insurance Companies Stop Fueling the Climate Crisis

St. Joseph's University associated professor Theodore Hamm: New Information Emerges in the Assassination of Malcolm X Implicating the FBI

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Thousands march in protest against Mexican President Lopez Obrador
• Dwindling water source for High Plains towns in eight states
• Medical collection cases clog U.S. courtrooms

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kevin Gosztola, James Hiatt, Theodore Hamm Buzzsprout-14593723 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #AMLOprotests, #AssangeExtradition, #HighPlainwatershortage, #JulianAssange, #LNG, #LNGExportTerminals, #climateactivism, #climatecrisis, #liquefiednaturalgas, #malcolmx, #malcolmxassassination,#medlcalcollections full false As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing Former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing

Veterans for Peace National Director Mike Ferner and Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: Veterans for Peace Demands Biden Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Investigate Violation of US Law

Appalachian Voices Director of Govern Affairs and Strategy Chelsea Barnes: Coalition Proposes Federal Legislation to Clean-up Zombie Coal Mines’ Environmental Hazards

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• Thousands of India's farmers march for crop subsidies
• EPA rule forces oil states to cut methane emissions
• Southern Hyundai workers joining UAW union drive


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]]> Former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman: As Ukraine War Enters 3rd Year, It’s Time to Stop the Killing

Veterans for Peace National Director Mike Ferner and Eisenhower Media Network Associate Director Matthew Hoh: Veterans for Peace Demands Biden Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Investigate Violation of US Law

Appalachian Voices Director of Govern Affairs and Strategy Chelsea Barnes: Coalition Proposes Federal Legislation to Clean-up Zombie Coal Mines’ Environmental Hazards

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Thousands of India's farmers march for crop subsidies
• EPA rule forces oil states to cut methane emissions
• Southern Hyundai workers joining UAW union drive


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Melvin Goodman, Mike Ferner, Matthew Hoh, Chelsea Barnes Buzzsprout-14547215 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #EPAruleonmethane, #HyundaiworkersjoinUAW, #UAWHyundai, #Zombiecoalminecleanup, #indiafarmersprotest, #stopUSweaponstoisrael, #ukraine, #ukrainerussiawar, #ukrainewar, #veteransforpeace full false Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War

Unity Council for East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment's Hilary Flint: One Year After East Palestine Toxic Train Derailment, Residents Still Seeking Help on Heath Impacts

Free Speech for People's Amira Mattar: SCOTUS Hearing on Colorado’s Removal of Trump from State Ballot Ignores Role as Insurrectionist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Germany's far right AfD has secret plan to deport millions
• Wildfires sweep through Chile’s coastal hills
• Asbestos victims and families condemn Koch brothers


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Biden’s Ineffectual Response to Israel’s Ongoing Carnage in Gaza War

Unity Council for East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment's Hilary Flint: One Year After East Palestine Toxic Train Derailment, Residents Still Seeking Help on Heath Impacts

Free Speech for People's Amira Mattar: SCOTUS Hearing on Colorado’s Removal of Trump from State Ballot Ignores Role as Insurrectionist

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Germany's far right AfD has secret plan to deport millions
• Wildfires sweep through Chile’s coastal hills
• Asbestos victims and families condemn Koch brothers


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Hilary Flint, Amira Mattar Buzzsprout-14501543 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 06:00:00 -0500 1740 #Asbestosvictims,#BidenresponsetoIsrael, #Chilewildfires, #EastPalestineTrainDerail, #Gazawar,#GermanyAfDdeportation, #SCOTUSonTrumpBallotBan, #kochbrothers full false Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza Code Pink Women for Peace Co-Founder Medea Benjamin: Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza

Vessel Project founder and CEO Roishetta Ozane: Biden Pause on Approving LNG Export Terminals Won’t Solve Frontline Communities’ Health Hazards

San Diego City College professor Justin Akers Chacón: GOP and Far Right Forces Provoking National Emergency at Southern Border


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]]> Code Pink Women for Peace Co-Founder Medea Benjamin: Preventing a Wider Middle East War Linked to Ending Israel’s Brutal War in Gaza

Vessel Project founder and CEO Roishetta Ozane: Biden Pause on Approving LNG Export Terminals Won’t Solve Frontline Communities’ Health Hazards

San Diego City College professor Justin Akers Chacón: GOP and Far Right Forces Provoking National Emergency at Southern Border


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Medea Benjamin, Roishetta Ozane, Justin Akers Chacón Buzzsprout-14458030 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #LNGExportTerminals,#Mexicotalkingpoints,#NSOGroup,#NationalEmergency,#bordercrisis, #dreamsecurity, #gazaceasefire, #healthhazards, #middleeastwar, #pegasusspyware, #walmart, #walmartfinancialservices full false Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians

Climate Defiance organizer Maxwell Downing: Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen, Joe Manchin as “Climate Super Villain”

Stand Up America's Tishan Weerasooriya: Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health

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]]> Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Now Killed 25,000 Palestinians

Climate Defiance organizer Maxwell Downing: Direct Action Climate Group Targets Retiring Sen, Joe Manchin as “Climate Super Villain”

Stand Up America's Tishan Weerasooriya: Supreme Court Poised to Decimate Federal Regulations on Pollution, Climate, Public Health

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Michael Lynk, Maxwell Downing, Tishan Weerassoriya Buzzsprout-14368148 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500 1740 #Cubahumanitariancrisis, #Gazaseige, #NYPDradioencryption, #SCOTUS, #SenJoeManchin, #SupremeCourt,#chevrondoctrine, #climateaction, #climatecrisis, #climatesupervillain, #federalclimatepolicies, #federalpollutionpolicies, #federalpublichealth, #gaza,#isra full false US Media Downplays Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy US Media Downplays Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Yale professor and author of 'How Fascism Works' Jason Stanley: Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Political Director Morgan Fox: US Dept of Health and Human Services Recommends Marijuana be Classified as a Schedule III Drug

Smith College professor and MS magazine Contributing Editor Carrie Baker: U.S. Courts Uphold States’ Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives

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]]> Yale professor and author of 'How Fascism Works' Jason Stanley: Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws' Political Director Morgan Fox: US Dept of Health and Human Services Recommends Marijuana be Classified as a Schedule III Drug

Smith College professor and MS magazine Contributing Editor Carrie Baker: U.S. Courts Uphold States’ Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Morgan Fox, Carrie Baker Buzzsprout-14327162 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Fascism, #LArentalprofiteering, #courtsupholdabortionlaws, #ethopiaredseaport, #extremistabortionlaws, #federaldecriminalization, #foreverchemicalsinfish, #legalizinggrass, #marijuana, #media, #legalizingpot, #somalia, #threattodemocracy,#legalizingweed full false South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza Human rights laywer Robert L. Herbst: South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza

Nonviolence International Director Michael Beer: Protest at US Holocaust Museum Demands Response to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington senior counsel Nikhel Sus: Two States Rule Insurrectionist Donald Trump Ineligible to Appear on 2024 Ballot

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• Myanmar's internal conflict could be a challenge for China
• Homeless residents face uncertainty as encampment sweeps gain steam
• Some states pushing Fair Share millionaire tax to quell public transit quagmires


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]]> Human rights laywer Robert L. Herbst: South Africa Files International Court of Justice Case Accusing Israel of Genocide in Gaza

Nonviolence International Director Michael Beer: Protest at US Holocaust Museum Demands Response to Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington senior counsel Nikhel Sus: Two States Rule Insurrectionist Donald Trump Ineligible to Appear on 2024 Ballot

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• Some states pushing Fair Share millionaire tax to quell public transit quagmires


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Robert Herbst, Michael Beer, Nikhel Sus Buzzsprout-14285576 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #14AmendmentSection3, #ICJ, #Internationalcourt, #SouthAfrica, #Trump2024Ballot,#affordablehousing, #barringTrump2024ballot,#encampmentsweeps, #ethniccleansing, #fairsharemillionairetax, #gazagenocide, #genocide,#holocaustmuseumprotest, #homelessness full false Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024 Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024 Palestinian-American Dr. Dana Elborno: Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024

National Popular Vote's Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support

Clean Slate's Rodney Moore, Phil Kent and Helen Caraballo: Connecticut’s Clean Slate Law Seals Criminal Records of People Convicted of Misdemeanors, Some Felonies

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• Canadian court awards compensation to First Nations
• How carbon capture and storage could create NY fracking spree


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]]> Palestinian-American Dr. Dana Elborno: Physician Relates the Horror Palestinians Face in Gaza as Israel-Hamas War Continues into 2024

National Popular Vote's Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support

Clean Slate's Rodney Moore, Phil Kent and Helen Caraballo: Connecticut’s Clean Slate Law Seals Criminal Records of People Convicted of Misdemeanors, Some Felonies

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• US conducts a high-profile prisoner swap with Venezuela
• Canadian court awards compensation to First Nations
• How carbon capture and storage could create NY fracking spree


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Dana Elborno, Christopher Pearson, Rodney Moore, Phil Kent, Helen Caraballo Buzzsprout-14241101 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Canada, #ElectoralCollege, #FirstNations, #InterstateCompact, #IsraelGazaCrisis, #NYFracking, #Venezuelaprisonswap, #canadianreparations, #carboncapture, #cleanslatebill, #cleanslatelaw, #electoralcollegereform, #electoralreform, #israelhamaswar, #israel full false If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening? If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening? Salon senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening?

Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: A Bipartisan ‘Fiscal Commission’ is GOP’s Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits

Yale University Local 33 grad student union member Sasha Tabachnikova: After 30 Years of Organizing, Yale Grad Student Union Local 33 Wins First Contract

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• Brazil's president must work out who owns Amazon to save it
• U.S. Deep South epicenter of new AIDS crisis
• Corporate media's blind spot for right-wing political violence


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]]> Salon senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: If Re-elected, Trump Vows to Impose a Fascist Regime. But Are Americans Listening?

Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: A Bipartisan ‘Fiscal Commission’ is GOP’s Latest Threat to Cut Social Security, Medicare Benefits

Yale University Local 33 grad student union member Sasha Tabachnikova: After 30 Years of Organizing, Yale Grad Student Union Local 33 Wins First Contract

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• Brazil's president must work out who owns Amazon to save it
• U.S. Deep South epicenter of new AIDS crisis
• Corporate media's blind spot for right-wing political violence


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amanda Marcotte, Alex Lawson, Sasha Tabachnikova Buzzsprout-14209091 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #DeepSouthAIDSepicenter,#GOPnewsocialsecuritycut, #GOPnewMedicarecut, #fascism, #media&rightwingviolence, #mediablindspot,#savingtheAmazon, #trumpfascism, #trumpthreat, #trumptotalitarianism, #yalegradstudentunion, #yalelocal33, #yalelocal33contract full false Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza Palestinian-American writer Samer Badawi: Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza 

Greenfaith Executive Director Fletcher Harper: COP28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis

SUNY economics professor emeritus Michael Zweig: New Book Examines the Issues of Class, Race, Gender and the Injuries of Capitalism

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• French President Emmanuel Macron's immigration bill fails
• U.S. labor law is the barrier to UAW expansion
• Pro-Israel lobby backing primary challenges to The Squad


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]]> Palestinian-American writer Samer Badawi: Biden Has The Power to Stop Israel’s Carnage in Gaza 

Greenfaith Executive Director Fletcher Harper: COP28 Showcase for False Solutions Fails to Make Urgently Needed Progress Addressing Climate Crisis

SUNY economics professor emeritus Michael Zweig: New Book Examines the Issues of Class, Race, Gender and the Injuries of Capitalism

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• French President Emmanuel Macron's immigration bill fails
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• Pro-Israel lobby backing primary challenges to The Squad


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Samer Badawi, Fletcher Harper, Michael Zweig Buzzsprout-14180731 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #AIPAC, #COP28, #COP28climatesummit, #Gazagenocide, #Gender, #Race, #TheSquad, #UAW, #capitalism, #class, #climatecrisis, #immigrationbill, #israel, #israelhamaswar,#israeli-palestinian, #laborlaw, #palestiniangenocide, #primarychallenges full false Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's Will Creeley: Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws

Climate activist and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Peter Kalmus: Too Little, Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai

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• Italy ends participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative
• Medicare Advantage enrollees in 46 states unable to switch back to Medicare without financial risk
• EPA wants unprecedented total removal of lead pipes


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]]> Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's Will Creeley: Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Anti-Semitism, Islamophobia

National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws

Climate activist and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Peter Kalmus: Too Little, Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai

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• Italy ends participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative
• Medicare Advantage enrollees in 46 states unable to switch back to Medicare without financial risk
• EPA wants unprecedented total removal of lead pipes


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Will Creeley, Kica Matos, Dr. Peter Kalmus Buzzsprout-14141521 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #COP28climatesummit, #EPAleadpipes, #anti-semitism, #chinaBRI, #climateemergency, #collegecampuses, #freespeech, #immigrationlaws, #islamophobia, #italy, #israelaid, #medicare, #medicareadvantage, #ukraineaid full false Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Executive Vice President Trita Parsi: Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack

Palestinian engineer and social justice activist Salma Abu Ayyash: Indigenous Activists Embrace Palestinian Struggle for Human Rights & Self-Determination

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale history professor Greg Grandin and National Security Archive's Peter Kornbluh: The Dark, Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger

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• Saudi Arabia is working to drive up oil demand in Africa
• In Michigan's Macomb County, uncertainty over ‘Bidenomics’
• How the AR-15 became America’s best selling rifle


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]]> Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Executive Vice President Trita Parsi: Biden Pays High Price for Embrace of Israel’s Deadly Gaza Attack

Palestinian engineer and social justice activist Salma Abu Ayyash: Indigenous Activists Embrace Palestinian Struggle for Human Rights & Self-Determination

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale history professor Greg Grandin and National Security Archive's Peter Kornbluh: The Dark, Violent Legacy of Henry Kissinger

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• Saudi Arabia is working to drive up oil demand in Africa
• In Michigan's Macomb County, uncertainty over ‘Bidenomics’
• How the AR-15 became America’s best selling rifle


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Trita Parsi, Salma Abu Ayyash, Greg Grandin, Peter Kohnbluh Buzzsprout-14100478 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #IsraelGazaCrisis, #IsraelPalestinian, #bidenpolls, #henrykissinger, #nationaldayofmourning, #palestinianstruggle full false After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire The Friends Committee on National Legislation Legislative Director Hassan El-Tayyab: After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire

Harvard University Kirkland & Ellis professor of law Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US Democracy

Canadian Indian residential school system survivor Harriet Prince: Canadian Indian School Survivor Shares Her Story at Annual ‘National Day of Mourning’ Rally

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  • U.S. is expanding its military presence in Greenland
  • Millions of Americans are losing their Medicaid coverage
  • Wisconsin justices poised to eliminate gerrymandered districts


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]]> The Friends Committee on National Legislation Legislative Director Hassan El-Tayyab: After Gaza Humanitarian Pause, Hostage/Prisoner Release, Activists Push for Permanent Ceasefire

Harvard University Kirkland & Ellis professor of law Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Federal Appeals Court Ruling Further Erodes 1965 Voting Rights Act and US Democracy

Canadian Indian residential school system survivor Harriet Prince: Canadian Indian School Survivor Shares Her Story at Annual ‘National Day of Mourning’ Rally

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  • U.S. is expanding its military presence in Greenland
  • Millions of Americans are losing their Medicaid coverage
  • Wisconsin justices poised to eliminate gerrymandered districts


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Hassan El-Tayyab, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Harriet Prince Buzzsprout-14056839 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #NewcoldwarinArctic, #Thuleairbase, #Wisconsingerrymandering, #gazaceasefire, #israelgazacrisis, #israelhamaswar, #israelhostages, #medicaidcoverage, #medicaidpurge, #nationaldayofmourning, #votingrightsact full false Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives America's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives

Documentary producer, author and journalist James Bamford: Israel’s US Spy Network Aims to ‘Smash’ Student Activists who Support Palestinian Rights

Belkis Teran: Mother of ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Slain by Atlanta Police Brings her Healing Message to Mid-November Protest

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• Mass killings as Sudanese paramilitaries seize western Darfur
• Britain is reversing climate-friendly policies
• Chicago to vote on public funding to address housing crisis


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]]> America's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader on Israel’s War in Gaza and the Shocking Loss of Over 13,000 Palestinian Lives

Documentary producer, author and journalist James Bamford: Israel’s US Spy Network Aims to ‘Smash’ Student Activists who Support Palestinian Rights

Belkis Teran: Mother of ‘Stop Cop City’ Activist Slain by Atlanta Police Brings her Healing Message to Mid-November Protest

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• Mass killings as Sudanese paramilitaries seize western Darfur
• Britain is reversing climate-friendly policies
• Chicago to vote on public funding to address housing crisis


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]]> Anna Manzo Guests: Ralph Nader, James Bamford, Belkis Teran Buzzsprout-14018566 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #6thextinction,#BDS,#Chicagohousingcrisisplan, #IsraelGazaCrisis, #IsraelGazaWar,#Israelspynetwork, #SudanRSF,#Tortuguita, #UKclimateaction, #chicagohousingcrisis, #climateaction, #darfur, #endfossilfuels, #israelhamaswar,#israelpalestinian, #rishisunak full false Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity Democracy for the Arab World Now Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson: Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity

Jewish Voice for Peace Media Coordinator Liv Kunins-Berkowitz: Jewish Voice for Peace Protests Demand Biden, Congress Pressure Israel to Accept Gaza Ceasefire

Ohio Democratic Party former chairman David Pepper: Ohio Voters Overcome GOP Obstacles to Approve Abortion Access Constitutional Amendment 

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  • Pakistan carries out a mass expulsion of Afghans
  • China has become the world’s biggest debt collector
  • IRS says Microsoft owes $28.9 billion in back taxes


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]]> Democracy for the Arab World Now Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson: Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S. Complicity

Jewish Voice for Peace Media Coordinator Liv Kunins-Berkowitz: Jewish Voice for Peace Protests Demand Biden, Congress Pressure Israel to Accept Gaza Ceasefire

Ohio Democratic Party former chairman David Pepper: Ohio Voters Overcome GOP Obstacles to Approve Abortion Access Constitutional Amendment 

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  • Pakistan carries out a mass expulsion of Afghans
  • China has become the world’s biggest debt collector
  • IRS says Microsoft owes $28.9 billion in back taxes


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sarah Leah Whitson, Liv Kunnis-Berkowitz, David Pepper Buzzsprout-13977929 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Afghanrefugees, #Microsoftowes$29Bbacktax, #ohioconstitutionalamendment, #ohiovotesforabortionaccess,#chinadebtcollector, #israelhamasceasefire, #israelhamaswar, #israeli-palestinian, #pakistan, #pakistanexpelsafghans, #reproductiverights full false As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefirepisode As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefirepisode Arab American Institute co-founder and President James J. Zogby: As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefire

Empire State College Assistant Professor of labor studies Jeff Schuhrke: UAW Strike Ends Winning Historic Agreements with Big 3 Automakers

Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas

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• Argentine Economy Minister Sérgio Massa heads to runoff election against libertarian Javier Milei
• Billion of dollars to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells a drop in the bucket
• Voters in 10 states trying to protect abortion rights as GOP sets up roadblocks


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]]> Arab American Institute co-founder and President James J. Zogby: As Israeli Bombs Kill 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Worldwide Protests Demand Humanitarian Ceasefire

Empire State College Assistant Professor of labor studies Jeff Schuhrke: UAW Strike Ends Winning Historic Agreements with Big 3 Automakers

Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James J. Zogby, Jeff Schuhrke, Dr. Sandra Steingraber Buzzsprout-13933728 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Big3automakers,#Ford,#GM,#Stellantis,#UAWUnionstrike, #abandonedoilgaswells, #abortionrights, #argentinaelection, #gazasiege, #genocide, #honda, #israelhamaswar, #israeli-palestinian, #naturalgashealthhazards, #oilgaswells, #palestiniangenocide, #tesla full false As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe New York University professor Zachary Lockman: As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe

Huffington Post senior politics reporter Jennifer Bendery: GOP's New Speaker of the House is a Christian Right Extremist

Amistad Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville: New Haven Activists Address Housing Crisis, Building Tiny Houses in Their Backyard

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• U.S. eases  Venezuelan oil sanctions after Maduro agrees to elections
• Anti-Dobbs election strategy heads South
• Dallas climate activists win major investment in green transit


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]]> New York University professor Zachary Lockman: As Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire, Israel Escalates Gaza Assault, Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe

Huffington Post senior politics reporter Jennifer Bendery: GOP's New Speaker of the House is a Christian Right Extremist

Amistad Catholic Worker activist Mark Colville: New Haven Activists Address Housing Crisis, Building Tiny Houses in Their Backyard

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• U.S. eases  Venezuelan oil sanctions after Maduro agrees to elections
• Anti-Dobbs election strategy heads South
• Dallas climate activists win major investment in green transit


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Zachary Lockman, Jennifer Bendery, Mark Colville Buzzsprout-13888983 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #2024election,#Antidobbs,#DARTstudentsridefree, #DallasClimateactivists,#GOPHouseSpeaker, #Maduro, #MichaelJohnson, #TinyHouses, #Venezuelansanctions, #abortionrights, #ceasefire, #election2024, #gazahumanitariancrisis, #housingcrisis,#israelhamaswar full false Gaza Humanitarian Disaster: 5,000 Civilians Killed as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked Gaza Humanitarian Disaster: 5,000 Civilians Killed as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked Middle East Children's Alliance Executive Director Zeiad Shamrouch: 5,000 Gaza Civilians Killed in Humanitarian Disaster as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked

Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Planned Gaza Ground Offensive Could Trigger Wider Middle East War

Environmental Working Group advocate Susan Little: California Food Safety Act Banning Use of Four Chemical Food Additives Likely to Impact the Nation

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• Historic drought lowers Amazon River levels, endangering indigenous peoples
• States, major cities urge expedited work authorization permits for growing number of asylum seekers
• Toxic waste cleanup worker safeguards lagging in $150 billion disaster restoration industry


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]]> Middle East Children's Alliance Executive Director Zeiad Shamrouch: 5,000 Gaza Civilians Killed in Humanitarian Disaster as Water, Food, Fuel & Medical Supplies Blocked

Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Planned Gaza Ground Offensive Could Trigger Wider Middle East War

Environmental Working Group advocate Susan Little: California Food Safety Act Banning Use of Four Chemical Food Additives Likely to Impact the Nation

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Zeiad Shamrouch, Mel Goodman, Susan Little Buzzsprout-13843212 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #AmazonRiverdrought, #FoodSafetyAct, #Gaza, #Gazaseige, #Venezuelasanctions, #asylumseekers, #brominatedvegetableoil, #califfoodadditiveban, #disasterrestoration, #foodadditiveban, #foodadditives, #gazaceasefire, #gazagroundoffensive, #middleeastwar full false Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel Institute for Policy Studies and author Phyllis Bennis: Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel

Jewish-Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: Israelis United in Response to Hamas Attack, But Many Blame Netanyahu for his Failure to Protect the Nation

University of California research professor Nelson Lichtenstein: The UAW Strike: What’s at Stake for the U.S. Labor Movement


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies and author Phyllis Bennis: Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll in Gaza and Israel

Jewish-Israeli anti-apartheid peace activist Ofer Neiman: Israelis United in Response to Hamas Attack, But Many Blame Netanyahu for his Failure to Protect the Nation

University of California research professor Nelson Lichtenstein: The UAW Strike: What’s at Stake for the U.S. Labor Movement


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Ofer Neiman, Nelson Lichtenstein Buzzsprout-13801765 Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Gazaseige, #Haiti, #Haitipeacekeeping, #UAW, #ceasefire, #disabled, #eastpalestinetoxictrain, #gazastrip, #genocide, #haitigangviolence, #israelhamasceasefire, #israelhamaswar, #israeli-palestinian, #labormovement, #middleeast, #safetyissues full false Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance The Nation Magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance

Yale-New Haven Hospital's Dr. Sharon Chekijian: Azerbaijani Military Operation Succeeds in Ethnic Cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh

Stop Cop City organizer Jamie Peck: Major ‘Stop Cop City’ Protest Action Planned for Nov. 10-13

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• South China Sea's other crisis: irreparable environmental damage & deep sea mining
• GOP now refusing to fund AIDS relief to programs that partner with abortion clinics
• Wildfire smoke eroding decades of air quality improvement

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]]> The Nation Magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengeance

Yale-New Haven Hospital's Dr. Sharon Chekijian: Azerbaijani Military Operation Succeeds in Ethnic Cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh

Stop Cop City organizer Jamie Peck: Major ‘Stop Cop City’ Protest Action Planned for Nov. 10-13

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• South China Sea's other crisis: irreparable environmental damage & deep sea mining
• GOP now refusing to fund AIDS relief to programs that partner with abortion clinics
• Wildfire smoke eroding decades of air quality improvement

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Nichols, Dr Sharon Chekijian, Jamie Peck Buzzsprout-13757417 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #AIDSFunding,#Hamas,#IsraelPalestine, #Nagorno-Karabakh, #PEPFAR, #SouthChinaSea, #armenia, #abortionclinics, #airquality, #azerbaijan, #ethniccleansing, #genocide, #palestiniangenocide, #stopcopcity, #wildfiresmoke full false Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Bolsters Repressive Governments Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Bolsters Repressive Governments Democracy for the Arab World Now's Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Provides Support to Repressive Governments

Environment California's Director Laura Deehan: California Leads Nation with Climate Legislation and Launches Lawsuit Targeting Big Oil

Just Associate's Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Mexico Poised to Make History by Electing First Woman President in June 2024 Election

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• Families of 43 missing Mexican students march to demand answers
• Pentagon misled Congress about U.S. bases in Africa
• Maine tries to take back its utilities


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]]> Democracy for the Arab World Now's Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: Biden Effort to Normalize Israel–Saudi Relations Provides Support to Repressive Governments

Environment California's Director Laura Deehan: California Leads Nation with Climate Legislation and Launches Lawsuit Targeting Big Oil

Just Associate's Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Mexico Poised to Make History by Electing First Woman President in June 2024 Election

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• Families of 43 missing Mexican students march to demand answers
• Pentagon misled Congress about U.S. bases in Africa
• Maine tries to take back its utilities


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Raed Jarrar, Laura Deehan, Laura Carlsen Buzzsprout-13714582 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #43missingmexicanstudents,#Africom, #BigOil, #Maineutilities,#claudiasheinbaum, #endfossilfuels, #israel, #israelsaudirelations, #mexico, #presidentialelection, #saudis, #womencandidatesinMexico, #xochitlgalvez full false Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence "Cult of Trump" author Steven Hassan: Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence

Climate Defiance activist Betty Moose: 'Climate Defiance' Targets Government Officials Who Aren’t Using Their Power to Address (the) Climate Crisis

Economics professor emeritus Richard D. Wolff: BRICS Nations' Rise: Shaping a New Global Economy the US and its Allies No Longer Dominate

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• Southeast Asian nations flooded with West's plastic junk waste
• Dollar General moves into the health market
• Super-rich oil heirs back organizing against fossil fuels

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]]> "Cult of Trump" author Steven Hassan: Cult Expert Concerned a Trump 2024 Defeat will Again Incite Supporters to Violence

Climate Defiance activist Betty Moose: 'Climate Defiance' Targets Government Officials Who Aren’t Using Their Power to Address (the) Climate Crisis

Economics professor emeritus Richard D. Wolff: BRICS Nations' Rise: Shaping a New Global Economy the US and its Allies No Longer Dominate

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Steven Hassan, Betty Moose, Richard D. Wolff Buzzsprout-13626245 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #2024Election, #BRICS, #ClimateAction, #DollarGeneral, #G7, #TrumpCult, #Trumpdefeat, #climateactivism, #climatechange, #climatecrisis, #climateemergency, #election2024, #globaleconomy, #healthmarket, #insurrection, #nofossilfuels, #oilheirs, #plasticdump full false UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks The Lever Editor Lucy Dean Stockton: UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks

Wisconsin Examiner Editor-in-Chief Ruth Conniff: GOP Attacks Wisconsin’s Democratic Institutions to Maintain Grip on Minority Rule

Leonard Peltier supporters Holly Cook Macarro and Fawn Sharp: Supporters of America’s Longest Serving Political Prisoner Urge Biden His Release 

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  • Kenya launches inquiry into British soldiers' abuse of its citizens
  • Tennessee county using opioid settlement funds to collect highway litter
  • Progressive Caucus pushing End Child Poverty Act


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]]> The Lever Editor Lucy Dean Stockton: UAW Strike Demands Fairness for Workers, as US Automakers Spend Billions on Stock Buybacks

Wisconsin Examiner Editor-in-Chief Ruth Conniff: GOP Attacks Wisconsin’s Democratic Institutions to Maintain Grip on Minority Rule

Leonard Peltier supporters Holly Cook Macarro and Fawn Sharp: Supporters of America’s Longest Serving Political Prisoner Urge Biden His Release 

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  • Kenya launches inquiry into British soldiers' abuse of its citizens
  • Tennessee county using opioid settlement funds to collect highway litter
  • Progressive Caucus pushing End Child Poverty Act


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lucy Dean Stockton, Ruth Conniff, Leonard Peltier supporters Buzzsprout-13626955 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPattackondemocracy, #GOPpoliticalviolence, #UAWStrike, #Wisconsingerrymandering, #endchildpovertyact, #justicejanetprotasiewicz, #kenyainquiryBritsoldiers, #leonardpeltier, #wisconsinimpeachjustice full false 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror "War Made Invisible" author Norman Solomon: 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate scientist Peter Kalmus: Climate Activists are Doing the Most Important Work on Planet Earth Right Now

Vote to Stop Cop City spokesperson Paul Glaze: RICO Indictment of 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Criminalizes Dissent, Sets Dangerous Precedent

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• Mexico’s Supreme Court eliminates all federal criminal penalties for abortion
• North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia making it harder for ex-felons to vote
• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's private equity backer linked to Jeffrey Epstein


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]]> "War Made Invisible" author Norman Solomon: 22 Years After 9/11, It’s time to Reassess the U.S. War on Terror

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory climate scientist Peter Kalmus: Climate Activists are Doing the Most Important Work on Planet Earth Right Now

Vote to Stop Cop City spokesperson Paul Glaze: RICO Indictment of 61 ‘Stop Cop City’ Activists Criminalizes Dissent, Sets Dangerous Precedent

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• Mexico’s Supreme Court eliminates all federal criminal penalties for abortion
• North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia making it harder for ex-felons to vote
• Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's private equity backer linked to Jeffrey Epstein


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Peter Kalmus, Paul Glaze Buzzsprout-13584633 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Waronterror, #climateactivism, #climatecrises, #criminalizingdissent, #criminalizingprotests, #exfelonvotingrights, #kyrstensinema, #mexicoabortion, #mexicosupremecourt, #militaryindustrialcomplex, #stopcopcity full false 'Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping & Hurting American Workers 'Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping & Hurting American Workers Oxfam America Seniors Research Adviser Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson:  ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers

Prison Policy Institute Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths

Beyond Nuclear Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist Cindy Folkers: Japan’s Dumping Fukushima’s Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long-Term Health Hazards

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]]> Oxfam America Seniors Research Adviser Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson:  ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights State Policies Helping and Hurting American Workers

Prison Policy Institute Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Climate Change-Driven Higher Temperatures in Prisons Leads to Increased Deaths

Beyond Nuclear Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist Cindy Folkers: Japan’s Dumping Fukushima’s Radioactive Water in Pacific Linked to Long-Term Health Hazards

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  • The Inuit plan to reclaim their sea
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dr. Kaitlyn Henderson, Wanda Bertram, Cindy Folkers Buzzsprout-13541020 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #inuit, #Arctic, #Nunatsiavut, #projectveritas, #JamesOKeefe, #EPA, #Farmworkers, #pesticide, #chemicalpoisoning, #heatstroke, #bestplacestowork, #worstplacestowork, #wealthinequality, #climatecrisis, #prisonsystem, #Fukushima, #fukushimawastewater full false Confronting GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes Confronting GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes Right-wing Watch Managing Director Peter Montgomery: Confronting Link Between GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania board president Dr. Ned Ketyer: New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma

Award-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn: Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy

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• Ecuador voters reject Amazon drilling
• Biden cracks down on Cytrox and Intellexa spyware
• The push for zero-emission trains and good union jobs



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]]> Right-wing Watch Managing Director Peter Montgomery: Confronting Link Between GOP’s Racist Rhetoric and Rising Terrorist Hate Crimes

Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania board president Dr. Ned Ketyer: New Pennsylvania Study Links Fracking Extraction Operations to Childhood Cancer & Asthma

Award-winning investigative journalist Allan Nairn: Guatemalans Elect New President who Pledges to Restore Democracy

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Ecuador voters reject Amazon drilling
• Biden cracks down on Cytrox and Intellexa spyware
• The push for zero-emission trains and good union jobs



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill Buzzsprout-13498588 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BernardoArevalo, #Cytrox, #Ecuador, #Ecuadordrilling, #RepublicanParty, #asthma, #cancer, #fracking, #guatemala, #guatemalanpresident, #hatecrimes, #intellexa, #racism, #spyware, #unions, #whitesupremacy, #zeroemissiontrains full false Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics Vice President & Chief Counsel Donald Sherman: Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction

Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign Co-Director Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Georgia’s RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israeli Occupation and Colonization’s Impact on Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystem

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Climate crisis hitting minority communities harder
• Some cities pushing to overcome rent control obstacles
• Brazil’s former president accused of trying to sell official gifts


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]]> Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics Vice President & Chief Counsel Donald Sherman: Campaign to Disqualify Trump from 2024 Election Ballot Gains Traction

Public Citizen's Democracy Campaign Co-Director Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Georgia’s RICO Indictment Seeks to Tell Full Story of Trump-GOP Election Subversion

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability founder Mazin Qumsiyeh: Israeli Occupation and Colonization’s Impact on Palestinian West Bank’s Biodiverse Ecosystem

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Climate crisis hitting minority communities harder
• Some cities pushing to overcome rent control obstacles
• Brazil’s former president accused of trying to sell official gifts


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Donald Sherman, Jonah Minkoff-Zern, Mazin Qumsiyeh Buzzsprout-13456899 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #14thamendment, #Bolsonaro, #Georgia, #OccupiedWestBank, #RICOIndictment, #Trumpindictments, #climatechange, #disqualifyingTrump, #rentcontrol full false US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign The Nation DC Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign

Hartford, CT Catholic Worker community member Jackie Allen Doucot: Civil Disobedience Actions at European Air Base Links Threat of Nuclear Weapons with Climate Crisis

City College of San Francisco emeritus professor Abdul Jabbar: Report Charges US Pressured Pakistan to Oust the Nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan


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• Is Cameroon the next Sudan?
• Big Dairy is milking California dry
• Payday lenders engage in reverse redlining


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]]> The Nation DC Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: US Media Repeating Same Mistakes Covering Trump ’24 Presidential Campaign

Hartford, CT Catholic Worker community member Jackie Allen Doucot: Civil Disobedience Actions at European Air Base Links Threat of Nuclear Weapons with Climate Crisis

City College of San Francisco emeritus professor Abdul Jabbar: Report Charges US Pressured Pakistan to Oust the Nation’s Prime Minister Imran Khan


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Is Cameroon the next Sudan?
• Big Dairy is milking California dry
• Payday lenders engage in reverse redlining


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Chris Lehmann, Jackie Allen Doucot, Abdul Jabbar Buzzsprout-13416345 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BigDairy, #Cameroon, #ImranKhan, #Pakistan, #Paydaylending, #Trump, #Trump2024campaign, #Trumpmediamistakes, #antinuclearactivism, #civildisobedience, #climateactivism, #climatecrisis, #nuclearwarthreat, #reverseredlining full false US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indictment US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indictment Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion  Indictment

Pen America Managing Director Nadine Farid Johnson: Pen America & Penguin-Random House Sue a Florida School District Over Book Bans

Freelance reporter Tim Rowland: Adirondacks Affordable Housing Crisis Echoes  Pervasive US Trend

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Russia's Wagner Group disappeared and executed civilians in Mali
• China is far ahead of the U.S. in rare earth mining
• One year after union victory, Amazon still refuses to recognize union


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]]> Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion  Indictment

Pen America Managing Director Nadine Farid Johnson: Pen America & Penguin-Random House Sue a Florida School District Over Book Bans

Freelance reporter Tim Rowland: Adirondacks Affordable Housing Crisis Echoes  Pervasive US Trend

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
• Russia's Wagner Group disappeared and executed civilians in Mali
• China is far ahead of the U.S. in rare earth mining
• One year after union victory, Amazon still refuses to recognize union


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sasha Abramsky, Nadine Farid Johnson, Tim Rowland Buzzsprout-13377025 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #democracyunderthreat, #Trumpelectionsubversionindictment, #federallawsuitbookbans, #affordablehousing, #adirondacks, #Wagnergroup,#mali, #Chinarareeathminerals, #Amazonunions full false ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election

Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They’ve Profited From

University of Southampton (UK) professor of oceanography and climate Robert Marsh: Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Putin to miss BRICS summit to evade International Criminal Court warrant
• EPA closes civil rights investigation into Cancer Alley
• Right-wing activists challenge 100,000 Georgia voter registrations


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]]> RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: ‘Step Aside Joe’ Campaign Underscores Risks for Democracy as Biden Runs for Re-election

Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Fossil Fuel Industry Must Pay for the Climate Crisis They’ve Profited From

University of Southampton (UK) professor of oceanography and climate Robert Marsh: Predictions of a Future Collapse of a Vital Atlantic Ocean Current Linked to the Climate Crisis

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Putin to miss BRICS summit to evade International Criminal Court warrant
• EPA closes civil rights investigation into Cancer Alley
• Right-wing activists challenge 100,000 Georgia voter registrations


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jeff Cohen, Jamie Henn, Robert Marsh Buzzsprout-13337815 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #AMOC, #AMOCCOLLAPSE, #BRICS, #Biden, #CancerAlley, #EPA, #Georgiavoterpurge, #ICC, #PUTINarrest, #StepAsideJoe, #Trumpindictments, #atlanticcurrentcollapse, #climatecrisis, #fossilfuelindustry, #fossilfuels full false Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project Director Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights

Thacker Pass activist and attorney Will Falk: Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Oppose Nevada Lithium Mine on Sacred Site

Get Free Executive Director Nicole Carty: Youth Activists Protest Regressive SCOTUS Rulings and Larger Attack on US Multi-Racial Democracy  

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  • Fukushima wastewater plan puts Tokyo in hot water
  • California lawmakers struggle to drop fossil fuels from state pensions
  • Mondaire Jones is back when Democrats need him most


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]]> Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project Director Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Pro-Democracy Activists Detached from Palestinian Struggle for Basic Human Rights

Thacker Pass activist and attorney Will Falk: Indigenous Tribes and Conservationists Oppose Nevada Lithium Mine on Sacred Site

Get Free Executive Director Nicole Carty: Youth Activists Protest Regressive SCOTUS Rulings and Larger Attack on US Multi-Racial Democracy  

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary

  • Fukushima wastewater plan puts Tokyo in hot water
  • California lawmakers struggle to drop fossil fuels from state pensions
  • Mondaire Jones is back when Democrats need him most


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Will Falk, Nicole Carty Buzzsprout-13292463 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #SCOTUS, #california, #californiafossilfuels,#californiastatepensions, #fukushima, #fukushimawastewater,#fukushimawastewaterplan, #israeliprotests, #lithiummining,#mondairejones,#multiracialdemocracy, #palestinianrights, #thackerpass full false Ohio GOP’s Aug. 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule Ohio GOP’s Aug. 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: Ohio GOP’s August 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule

Jacobin Staff Writer Alex N. Press: Teamsters Union Prepares for Historic Strike Against UPS

New York psychiatrist Dr. Yochai Re’em: Long COVID Patients Band Together to Share Data on Effective Treatment

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  • Brazil's electoral judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030
  • Biden pledge to build new chip plant with union labor less than ideal
  • Why Sioux tribes won't accept $100 million from government for land


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]]> Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: Ohio GOP’s August 8th ‘Issue 1’ Referendum Would Impose Minority Rule

Jacobin Staff Writer Alex N. Press: Teamsters Union Prepares for Historic Strike Against UPS

New York psychiatrist Dr. Yochai Re’em: Long COVID Patients Band Together to Share Data on Effective Treatment

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Brazil's electoral judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office until 2030
  • Biden pledge to build new chip plant with union labor less than ideal
  • Why Sioux tribes won't accept $100 million from government for land


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Pepper, Alex Press, Yochai Re'em Buzzsprout-13251683 Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #MinorityRule, #Ohio, #SiouxNation, #Teamsters, #UPSStrike, #bidenchipact, #bidenpledge, #bolsonarobanned, #brazil, #chipplantunionlabor, #issueone, #longcovid, #ohioissue1, #siouxtribes, #siouxwantlandback full false House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball: House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Rutgers University adjunct professor of philosophy Ben Burgis: Biden Believes Right-Wing Extremist Supreme Court ‘Not Normal,’ But Resists Calls for Reform

Public Services Loan Forgiveness support website founder Christina Ceballos: After Supreme Court Rejects Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Public Service Workers Have Another Option


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Burkina Faso gold mines may have been Wagner Group's next project
  • Guatemalan voters leaning to left presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo
  • 600,000 North Carolinans now eligible for Medicaid coverage


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]]> Arms Control Association Executive Director Daryl Kimball: House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Rutgers University adjunct professor of philosophy Ben Burgis: Biden Believes Right-Wing Extremist Supreme Court ‘Not Normal,’ But Resists Calls for Reform

Public Services Loan Forgiveness support website founder Christina Ceballos: After Supreme Court Rejects Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Public Service Workers Have Another Option


Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Burkina Faso gold mines may have been Wagner Group's next project
  • Guatemalan voters leaning to left presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo
  • 600,000 North Carolinans now eligible for Medicaid coverage


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Daryl Kimball, Ben Burgis, Christina Ceballos Buzzsprout-13209548 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Medicaid, #SupremeCourt, #biden, #clusterbombs, #guatemala, #guatemalaelection, #progressives, #publicserviceloanforgive,#studentdebtrelief, #supremecourtreform, #ukraine, #wagnergroup full false Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action

Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation

Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Rice feeds 3 billion people—but also fuels climate change
  • Corn, soy, wheat may not be harvested due to Midwest drought
  • Will other racial, ethnic groups support California Black reparations?  


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]]> American Association of University Professors General Counsel Risa Lieberwitz: Extremist Supreme Court Majority Ignores Decades of Precedent and Systemic U.S. Racism to Overturn Affirmative Action

Young Invincibles' Executive Director Kristin McGuire: After Supreme Court Blocks Biden Student Debt Relief Plan, Advocates Continue to Push for Debt Cancellation

Independent filmmaker Josh Fox: New Documentary Film ‘The Welcome Table’ Brings Attention to the Global Climate Migration Crisis 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Rice feeds 3 billion people—but also fuels climate change
  • Corn, soy, wheat may not be harvested due to Midwest drought
  • Will other racial, ethnic groups support California Black reparations?  


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Risa Lieberwitz, Kristin McGuire, Josh Fox Buzzsprout-13164197 Wed, 05 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0400 1740 #MidwestDrought, #SCOTUS, #StudentDebtCancellation, #affirmativeaction, #blackreparations, #cashpaymentsreparations, #californiablackreparations, #studentdebt, #Ricecropyields, #climatechange full false A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade

Jewish Voice for Peace's New Haven, CT chairperson Shelly Altman: Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence

Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Billionaire Paul Singer’s Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

• Colombian President Petro pressing ahead on peace with armed rebels
• U.S. government support for childcare providers in danger
• Incoming Chicago mayor wants to broaden and deepen his city’s green agenda


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]]> The Nation magazine's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade

Jewish Voice for Peace's New Haven, CT chairperson Shelly Altman: Israel’s Far-Right Government’s Expansion of Illegal Settlements Incites Escalating Violence

Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Billionaire Paul Singer’s Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito Further Erodes Public Confidence in Supreme Court

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

• Colombian President Petro pressing ahead on peace with armed rebels
• U.S. government support for childcare providers in danger
• Incoming Chicago mayor wants to broaden and deepen his city’s green agenda


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amy Littlefield, Shelly Altman, Greg Palast Buzzsprout-13167904 Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:00:00 -0400 1740 #Justicalito,#VRA, #VotingRightsAct, #abortion, #abortionpostroe, #billionairepaulsinger, #chicagogreendeal, #childcare, #colombia, #israel, #miscarriages,#pregnancycomplications, #prochoice,#roevwade, #womensreproductiverights full false Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare

Environmental and climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre: As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal

Clafkin University Assistant Professor Robert Greene II: Juneteenth Federal Holiday Must Remain Radical and Relevant to Today's Civil Rights Struggles

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Global demand for coal hit a new high in 2022
• Colombian indigenous protest Irish packaging giant
• Bipartisan Farm Bill efforts to protect family farms could be upended


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]]> Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Opponents Gear Up to Fight GOP’s Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare

Environmental and climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre: As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal

Clafkin University Assistant Professor Robert Greene II: Juneteenth Federal Holiday Must Remain Radical and Relevant to Today's Civil Rights Struggles

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Global demand for coal hit a new high in 2022
• Colombian indigenous protest Irish packaging giant
• Bipartisan Farm Bill efforts to protect family farms could be upended


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Robert Greene II Buzzsprout-13082167 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #SocialSecurity, #medicare, #GOPBudgetcuts, #payrolltax, #FICApayrolltaxcap, #debtceilingdeal, #climatecrisis, #climatepolicy, #juneteenth, #keepingjuneteenthradical, #civilrights, #coal, #coalexpansion, #Asiacoaldemand, #SmurfitKappa,#Colombia, #colombia full false GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation Salon.com senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Protesting Deal to Build Mountain Valley Pipeline, Rep. Tlaib Says Corporate Greed is Killing Us

Portland State University professor emeritus of political science Mel Gurtov: The Urgent Need to Reduce Rising US-China Tensions and Avert Future Conflict

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Germany's far right polling at record high
  • Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind Amazon murders
  • Drag performers resist anti-trans legislation


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]]> Salon.com senior politics writer Amanda Marcotte: GOP Threat of Violence After Trump’s Federal Indictment Spreads Across the Nation

Rep. Rashida Tlaib: Protesting Deal to Build Mountain Valley Pipeline, Rep. Tlaib Says Corporate Greed is Killing Us

Portland State University professor emeritus of political science Mel Gurtov: The Urgent Need to Reduce Rising US-China Tensions and Avert Future Conflict

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Germany's far right polling at record high
  • Brazil police charge alleged mastermind behind Amazon murders
  • Drag performers resist anti-trans legislation


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amanda Marcotte, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Mel Gurtov Buzzsprout-13039614 Wed, 14 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Amazonrainforestmurders, #Germanyfarright, #MAGA, #MAGAviolencethreat, #US-Chinatensions, #climatechange, #climatecrisis, #corporategreed, #dragqueens, #mountainvalleypipeline, #trumpindictment full false Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion

Food & Water Watch Legal Director Tarah Heinzen: Supreme Court Weakens EPA Enforcement of Clean Water Act, Endangering Wetlands

Atomic veteran Hank Bolden, Golden Rule Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa and crew member Bill Good: Historic Cold War-Era Peace Boat Sails Again to Demand Nuclear Abolition

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• United Nations: Rohingya refugees in ‘state of desperation’
• Remarkable successes for Minnesota progressives
• Demands for shakeup at United Food and Commercial Workers Union


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]]> Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Extortion

Food & Water Watch Legal Director Tarah Heinzen: Supreme Court Weakens EPA Enforcement of Clean Water Act, Endangering Wetlands

Atomic veteran Hank Bolden, Golden Rule Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa and crew member Bill Good: Historic Cold War-Era Peace Boat Sails Again to Demand Nuclear Abolition

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• United Nations: Rohingya refugees in ‘state of desperation’
• Remarkable successes for Minnesota progressives
• Demands for shakeup at United Food and Commercial Workers Union


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Will Rice, Tarah Heinzen, Hank Bolden, Capt. Kiko Johnson-Kitazawa, Bill Good Buzzsprout-12996376 Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Debtceilingextortion, #UFCW, #climatecrisis, #debtceilingdeal, #foodworkersunion, #minnesota, #nuclearabolition, #peaceboat, #progressive, #progressives, #rohingya, #rohingyarefugees full false Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy

National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: Massive Pentagon Budget Increased Under Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal

Haven's Harvest Executive Director Lori Martin: Food Rescue Group Feeds The Hungry, Protects the Environment

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  • South Africa’s non-alignment is challenged
  • Western states agree to breakthrough water deal
  • New generation of coal miners dying from Black Lung disease


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]]> New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy

National Priorities Project Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian: Massive Pentagon Budget Increased Under Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal

Haven's Harvest Executive Director Lori Martin: Food Rescue Group Feeds The Hungry, Protects the Environment

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  • South Africa’s non-alignment is challenged
  • Western states agree to breakthrough water deal
  • New generation of coal miners dying from Black Lung disease


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Lindsay Koshgarian, Lori Martin Buzzsprout-12953535 Wed, 31 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #SouthAfrica, #authoritarianism, #blacklungdisease, #debtceilingcrisis, #debtceilingdeal, #democracy, #foodrescue, #rondesantis, #waterdrought, #fascism full false Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat Cornell University law professor Robert C. Hockett: Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat 

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: After Title 42 Biden’s New Immigration Policies Make it More Difficult for People Seeking Asylum in the US

"How Fascism Works" author and Yale professor Jason Stanley: Fascist Republican Party Declares War on U.S. Democracy, While Imposing Minority Rule

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  • Tens of thousands evacuated due to dozens of wildfires in Alberta, Canada
  • Students imperiled as stopped freight trains block crossings
  • Teamsters begin major Amazon fight over delivery truck drivers


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]]> Cornell University law professor Robert C. Hockett: Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Threat 

National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: After Title 42 Biden’s New Immigration Policies Make it More Difficult for People Seeking Asylum in the US

"How Fascism Works" author and Yale professor Jason Stanley: Fascist Republican Party Declares War on U.S. Democracy, While Imposing Minority Rule

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  • Tens of thousands evacuated due to dozens of wildfires in Alberta, Canada
  • Students imperiled as stopped freight trains block crossings
  • Teamsters begin major Amazon fight over delivery truck drivers


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Robert C. Hockett, Kica Matos, Jason Stanley Buzzsprout-12867615 Wed, 17 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #14thamendment,#Albertawildfires, #Amazon, #AmazonUnion, #Freighttrains,#Republicanparty #Teamsters #Title42 #climatecrisis #debtceilingcrisis, #democracy, #fascism,#immigration, #minorityrule, #politicalasylum, #studentsafety, #warondemocracy full false MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation MoveOn.org Executive Director Rahna Epting: MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation

Prison Policy Initiative Communications Director Mike Wessler: Census Bureau Prison Gerrymandering Policy Skews Electoral Representation

The Lever Senior Editor Andrew Perez: Right-wing Billionaire-Funded ‘No Labels’ Group Financing 2024 Third Party Spoiler Presidential Bid 

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  • Climate change drives East Africa drought, famine risk
  • Justice Thomas' patron Crow purchased citizenship in St. Kitts, Nevis
  • Immigrants working to unionize meatpacking workers


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]]> MoveOn.org Executive Director Rahna Epting: MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers for Funding Dangerous Lies and Disinformation

Prison Policy Initiative Communications Director Mike Wessler: Census Bureau Prison Gerrymandering Policy Skews Electoral Representation

The Lever Senior Editor Andrew Perez: Right-wing Billionaire-Funded ‘No Labels’ Group Financing 2024 Third Party Spoiler Presidential Bid 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Climate change drives East Africa drought, famine risk
  • Justice Thomas' patron Crow purchased citizenship in St. Kitts, Nevis
  • Immigrants working to unionize meatpacking workers


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Rahna Epting, Mike Wessler, Andrew Perez Buzzsprout-12822869 Wed, 10 May 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #FoxNewsLies, #FoxNewsdisinformation, #HornofAfricadrought,#Kenya, #Meatpackingunions, #NoLabelsParty, #eastafricafamine, #electoralrepresentation, #ethiopia, #famine, #gerrymandering,#harlancrow,#prisongerrymandering, #prisonpopulation, #somalia, #thirdp full false Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties Common Cause Director of Constitutional Convention & Protect Dissent Program Viki Harrison: Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties

Christians for the Mountains Co-Founder Allen Johnson: Despite Drop in Coal Production, Destructive Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Continues

In These Times Magazine Executive Director Alex Han: New In These Times Magazine Director Ponders the Future of Progressive Media

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  • Somalia on the brink of famine
  • 4-day work week could be closer than realized
  • Fear renewed after informant infiltrated Black Lives


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]]> Common Cause Director of Constitutional Convention & Protect Dissent Program Viki Harrison: Right-Wing Push for Article V Constitutional Convention Threatens Basic Liberties

Christians for the Mountains Co-Founder Allen Johnson: Despite Drop in Coal Production, Destructive Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining Continues

In These Times Magazine Executive Director Alex Han: New In These Times Magazine Director Ponders the Future of Progressive Media

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • Somalia on the brink of famine
  • 4-day work week could be closer than realized
  • Fear renewed after informant infiltrated Black Lives


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-12776625 Wed, 03 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #4dayworkweek, #ArticleV, #BlackLivesMatter, #ConstitutionalConvention, #civilliberties, #coalmining, #independentmedia, #inthesetimes,#mountaintopremoval, #progressivemedia, #somalia, #somaliafamine full false Dominion Lawsuit Wasn’t Launched to Protect Democracy from Fox News Propaganda Dominion Lawsuit Wasn’t Launched to Protect Democracy from Fox News Propaganda The Intercept Senior Editor Peter Maass: Dominion Lawsuit Wasn’t Launched to Protect Democracy from Fox News Propaganda

Trustees for Alaska Senior Attorney Bridget Psarianos: Willow Project ‘Climate Bomb’ is Gateway to More Oil, Gas Development in Fragile Arctic

Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy & Political Affairs Brett Edkins: Supreme Court Justice Thomas’ Ethics Violations Demand Congressional Action

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  • Two generals at the heart of Sudan's civil strife
  • Wall Street bonuses down but still dwarf worker pay increases
  • Climate activists find Biden's fossil fuel stance not strong enough on clean energy


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]]> The Intercept Senior Editor Peter Maass: Dominion Lawsuit Wasn’t Launched to Protect Democracy from Fox News Propaganda

Trustees for Alaska Senior Attorney Bridget Psarianos: Willow Project ‘Climate Bomb’ is Gateway to More Oil, Gas Development in Fragile Arctic

Stand Up America Managing Director of Policy & Political Affairs Brett Edkins: Supreme Court Justice Thomas’ Ethics Violations Demand Congressional Action

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  • Two generals at the heart of Sudan's civil strife
  • Wall Street bonuses down but still dwarf worker pay increases
  • Climate activists find Biden's fossil fuel stance not strong enough on clean energy


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Peter Maass, Bridget Psarianos, Brett Edkins Buzzsprout-12725226 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400 1740 dominionlawsuit, #foxnews, #foxNewspropaganda, #WillowProject, #ClimateBomb, #westernarctic, #fossilfuels, #clarencethomas, #SCOTUS, #ethicsscandal, #harlancrow, #Sudan, #wallstreetbonuses, #bidenclimateaction full false Texas Judge’s Ruling Banning Widely Used Abortion Drug Based on Ideology, Not Science Texas Judge’s Ruling Banning Widely Used Abortion Drug Based on Ideology, Not Science Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy: Texas Judge’s Ruling Banning Widely Used Abortion Drug Based on Ideology, Not Science

Rainforest Action Network Research Manager April Merleaux: Amid the Deepening Climate Crisis, Banks Invested Staggering $673 Billion in Fossil Fuel Projects in 2022

Climate Defiance action organizer Rylee Haught: Climate Defiance Activists Plan Blockade of White House Correspondents Dinner April 29th

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  • U.S., EU condemn Myanmar military airstrikes on Sagaing province
  • Right-wing legal activist accused of laundering $73 million via nonprofits
  • IRS overhaul aims for 10-fold increase on audits for wealthy


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]]> Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy: Texas Judge’s Ruling Banning Widely Used Abortion Drug Based on Ideology, Not Science

Rainforest Action Network Research Manager April Merleaux: Amid the Deepening Climate Crisis, Banks Invested Staggering $673 Billion in Fossil Fuel Projects in 2022

Climate Defiance action organizer Rylee Haught: Climate Defiance Activists Plan Blockade of White House Correspondents Dinner April 29th

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • U.S., EU condemn Myanmar military airstrikes on Sagaing province
  • Right-wing legal activist accused of laundering $73 million via nonprofits
  • IRS overhaul aims for 10-fold increase on audits for wealthy


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Pema Levy, April Merleaux, Rylee Haught Buzzsprout-12683136 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #dirtyenergy, #banking, #climatecrisis, #bankinvestments, #mifepristone, #abortionpill, #dayoafterpill, #abortion, #medicationabortion, climateaction, #climatecrisis, #directaction, #Myanmarairstrikes, #IRSaudits, #wealthy, #leonardleo, #irsoverhaul full false Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Calls for National Education Strike to Demand Action on Gun Violence Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Calls for National Education Strike to Demand Action on Gun Violence Manuel “Manny” Oliver: Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Calls for National Education Strike to Demand Action on Gun Violence

Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: New Tactics are Required to Resist and Defeat GOP Authoritarianism 

Socialist Action staff writer Jeffrey Mackler: Massive Protests in France Continue to Oppose Increase in Pension Retirement Age 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• 8 U.S. has troublesome ally, the Marcos-led Philippines, against China
• Cigna saved millions of dollars by rejecting claims in automated system
• Former teacher, union organizer, county officials wins Chicago mayoral race 



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]]> Manuel “Manny” Oliver: Father of Parkland School Shooting Victim Calls for National Education Strike to Demand Action on Gun Violence

Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: New Tactics are Required to Resist and Defeat GOP Authoritarianism 

Socialist Action staff writer Jeffrey Mackler: Massive Protests in France Continue to Oppose Increase in Pension Retirement Age 

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• 8 U.S. has troublesome ally, the Marcos-led Philippines, against China
• Cigna saved millions of dollars by rejecting claims in automated system
• Former teacher, union organizer, county officials wins Chicago mayoral race 



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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Manny Oliver, Bill Fletcher Jr., Jeffrey Mackler Buzzsprout-12636896 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #China, #ChinaTaiwan, #Cigna, #Parklandshooting, #authoritarianism, #chicago, #chicagomayoralrace, #francepension, #franceprotests, #gunviolence full false As Trump is Indicted, Threats of Political Violence From His Supporters Surge As Trump is Indicted, Threats of Political Violence From His Supporters Surge Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior: As Trump is Indicted, Threats of Political Violence From His Supporters Surge

Georgetown University adjunct lecturer Josh Ruebner: Israelis Protest Netanyahu’s Threat to Democracy, but Ignore Rising Violence Targeting Palestinians

Hip Hop Caucus President & CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood: From Slavery to Fossil Fuels, Banks Have Been an ‘Industry of Injustice’

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  • Germany's hardline conservative party prevails in Berlin election
  • United Auto Workers union elects reform president
  • NYC council pushes for changes to NYPD handling of protests


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]]> Gaslit Nation co-host Sarah Kendzior: As Trump is Indicted, Threats of Political Violence From His Supporters Surge

Georgetown University adjunct lecturer Josh Ruebner: Israelis Protest Netanyahu’s Threat to Democracy, but Ignore Rising Violence Targeting Palestinians

Hip Hop Caucus President & CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood: From Slavery to Fossil Fuels, Banks Have Been an ‘Industry of Injustice’

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  • Germany's hardline conservative party prevails in Berlin election
  • United Auto Workers union elects reform president
  • NYC council pushes for changes to NYPD handling of protests


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sarah Kendzior, Josh Ruebner, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Buzzsprout-12594316 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Berlin, #ChristianDemocraticUnion, #Dirtybankprotests, #Germany, #GreenParty, #NYC, #NYCProtests, #NYPD, #Netanyahu, #Palestinians, #SocialDemocrats, #ThreattoIsraelDemocracy, #UAW, #UAWPresident, #israel, #trumpindicted, #trumpindictment full false Trump & GOP Embrace of Political Violence Threatens to Extinguish Democracy Trump & GOP Embrace of Political Violence Threatens to Extinguish Democracy Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: Trump & GOP Embrace of Political Violence Threatens to Extinguish Democracy

Greenpeace USA Co-Executive Director Ebony Martin: Senior Climate Activists Protest ‘Dirty Banks’ Financing of Fossil Fuel Projects

ERA Coalition's Bettina Hager: After 51 Years, Campaign Continues to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment

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• Macron survives narrow no-confidence vote after raising pension age
• New era of COVID now in hands of private health marketplace
• Financial industry eyeing emergence of clean energy-as-a-service


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]]> Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: Trump & GOP Embrace of Political Violence Threatens to Extinguish Democracy

Greenpeace USA Co-Executive Director Ebony Martin: Senior Climate Activists Protest ‘Dirty Banks’ Financing of Fossil Fuel Projects

ERA Coalition's Bettina Hager: After 51 Years, Campaign Continues to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment

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• Macron survives narrow no-confidence vote after raising pension age
• New era of COVID now in hands of private health marketplace
• Financial industry eyeing emergence of clean energy-as-a-service


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Rachel Bitecofer, Ebony Martin, Rose Abramoff, Bettina Hager Buzzsprout-12542020 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #COVID19, #Dirtybankprotests, #ERA, #Equal, #Frenchstrikes, #GOP, #Macron, #Pension, #energyasaservice, #equalrightsamendment, #fascism, #fossilfuel,#politicalviolence, #renewableenergy, #trump full false Recent Bank Failures Underscore Need to Toughen Federal Regulation Recent Bank Failures Underscore Need to Toughen Federal Regulation Economist James S. Henry: Recent Bank Failures Demand Tougher Federal Regulation

Code Pink Co-Director Medea Benjamin and author Nicolas Davies: 20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion Seen in Russia’s Ukraine War

Rocking Chair Rebellion member Kendall Hale: Elder Activists  Join ‘Stop Cop City’ Protests as Valued Climate Movement Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Mexico to investigate alleged human rights abuses by military
• Railroad companies shared sensitive data before merger
• Democratic party of Nevada riven by division


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]]> Economist James S. Henry: Recent Bank Failures Demand Tougher Federal Regulation

Code Pink Co-Director Medea Benjamin and author Nicolas Davies: 20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion Seen in Russia’s Ukraine War

Rocking Chair Rebellion member Kendall Hale: Elder Activists  Join ‘Stop Cop City’ Protests as Valued Climate Movement Allies

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Mexico to investigate alleged human rights abuses by military
• Railroad companies shared sensitive data before merger
• Democratic party of Nevada riven by division


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: James Henry, Medea Benjamin, Kendall Hale Buzzsprout-12494300 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Bankregulation, #Iraqwar, #Mexicomilitaryabuse, #NevadaDemocraticParty, #Railroads, #RockingChairRebellion, #StopCopCity, #Ukraine, #bankfailures, #federalbankregulation, #iraqwaranniversary #northfolksouthern, #railroadmerger, #russiaukrainew full false GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows Human Rights Campaign's Tori Cooper and Lindsey Clark: GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows

Feminist, abortion activist and writer Steph Black: Republicans Strive to Outlaw Medication Abortion in All 50 States

Activist Fiona Mac and independent journalists Kat Morris: Stop Cop City Protests Today’s Frontline on Issues of Police Violence and Environmental Justice

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

  • European rush for clean power
  • Historic deal to protect international waters
  • Court case threatens tribal sovereignty


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]]> Human Rights Campaign's Tori Cooper and Lindsey Clark: GOP Pushes Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows

Feminist, abortion activist and writer Steph Black: Republicans Strive to Outlaw Medication Abortion in All 50 States

Activist Fiona Mac and independent journalists Kat Morris: Stop Cop City Protests Today’s Frontline on Issues of Police Violence and Environmental Justice

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  • European rush for clean power
  • Historic deal to protect international waters
  • Court case threatens tribal sovereignty


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Tori Cooper, Lindsey Clark, Steph Black, Fiona Mac, Kat Morris Buzzsprout-12446778 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPtargetsLGTBQ, #LGTBQ, #StopCopCity, #cleanpower, #dragqueens, #europeancleanpower, #internationalwaters, #medicationabortion, #moroccosolarfarms, #nationalabortionban, #outlawingabortion, #transyouth, #tribalsovereignty full false Fox News’ Republican Propaganda Machine Tests Limits of Free Speech Fox News’ Republican Propaganda Machine Tests Limits of Free Speech University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Fox News’ Republican Propaganda Machine Tests the Limits of Free Speech

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]]> University of Pennsylvania media policy professor Victor Pickard: Fox News’ Republican Propaganda Machine Tests the Limits of Free Speech

Delaware Riverkeeper Network Deputy Director Tracy Carluccio: After Ohio Train Derailment Biden, Congress Must Implement New Safety Standards, Worker Protections

Center for Economic and Policy Research Program Associated Sarah Rawlins: ‘Scrap the Cap:’ How to Save Social Security Without Cutting Benefits

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Victor Pickard, Tracy Carluccio, Sarah Rawlins Buzzsprout-12400911 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Foxnews, #Greentransition, #RupertMurdoch, #northfolksouthern, #propaganda, #railsafety, #scrapthecap, #socialsecurity, #trainderailment, #tunisia, #ukrainewar full false Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact Peace Action Executive Director Jon Rainwater: Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact

The Real News Network Associate Editor Mel Buer: Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Underscores Urgent Need for Tough Government Regulation

350.org co-founder Bill McKibben: Third Act, Organizing People Over 60 to Defend Democracy and Address the Climate Crisis 

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]]> Peace Action Executive Director Jon Rainwater: Putin’s Suspension of New START Treaty Endangers Last Remaining U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Pact

The Real News Network Associate Editor Mel Buer: Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Underscores Urgent Need for Tough Government Regulation

350.org co-founder Bill McKibben: Third Act, Organizing People Over 60 to Defend Democracy and Address the Climate Crisis 

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jon Rainwater, Mel Buer, Bill McKibben Buzzsprout-12354630 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #$80BforIRS, #Colombia, #IRS, #Putin, #START, #climateaction, #climatecrisis, #colombia, #federalregulation, #gustavopetro, #kyrstensinema, #norfolksouthern, #nucleararmspact, #ohiotrainderailment, #trainderailment full false Professor Resisting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Censorship of Black History Professor Resisting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Censorship of Black History Florida International University professor emeritus Marvin Dunn: Resisting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Censorship of Black History

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Lakota Law Project organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk: Reflecting on Progress Made Since the American Indian Movement’s Occupation of Wounded Knee

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• Is it time to nationalize the railroads?


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]]> Florida International University professor emeritus Marvin Dunn: Resisting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Censorship of Black History

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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marvin Dunn, Sergio Muñoz, Madonna Thunder Hawk Buzzsprout-12305143 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #AIM, #AmericanIndianMovement, #Blackhistory, #DeSantis, #FTXbankruptcy, #FoxNews, #FoxNewsdisinformation, #Railroads, #amazonrainforest, #blackhistorycensorship, #humanitariancrisis, #railroadnationalization full false After US Shoots Down 'Chinese Spy Balloon,' Diplomacy is the Path to Avert Future Conflict After US Shoots Down 'Chinese Spy Balloon,' Diplomacy is the Path to Avert Future Conflict Author and American University professor of political anthropology David Vine: Chinese ‘Spy Balloon,’ New U.S. Philippines Military Bases Inflame U.S.-China Tensions

River Valley Organizing Director Amanda Kiger: Ohio ‘Bomb Train’ Derailment Releases Dangerous Toxic Chemicals


Journalist Bryce Greene: U.S. Corporate Media Ignores Report Concluding U.S. Sabotaged Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline


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]]> Author and American University professor of political anthropology David Vine: Chinese ‘Spy Balloon,’ New U.S. Philippines Military Bases Inflame U.S.-China Tensions

River Valley Organizing Director Amanda Kiger: Ohio ‘Bomb Train’ Derailment Releases Dangerous Toxic Chemicals


Journalist Bryce Greene: U.S. Corporate Media Ignores Report Concluding U.S. Sabotaged Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline


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  • India's new bridge to Kashmir dividing the region
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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-12260513 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0500 1740 #NordStreampipeline, #Ohiobombtrain, #US-Chinatensions, #chinaspyballoon, #kashmir, #maternitycaredeserts, #newhampshireprimary,#northcarolinacaredeserts, #ohiotrainderailment, USPhilippinesmilitarybase full false Bigotry, Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee Bigotry, Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee People for the American Way's President Svante Myrick: Bigotry and Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee

Stop Cop City activist Shaheen Rana: Police Killing of Forest Protector Activist Won’t Deter Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Campaign

Pan-African theorist and author Max Rameau: National Debate on Policies to Address Police Violence Must Include Local Community Control

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  • Rep. George Santos' connections to Russian-sanctioned oligarch


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]]> People for the American Way's President Svante Myrick: Bigotry and Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign Affairs Committee

Stop Cop City activist Shaheen Rana: Police Killing of Forest Protector Activist Won’t Deter Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Campaign

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  • Ten years after a coup, a crisis of confidence in Egypt
  • Philippine police purge likely uneffective against corruption
  • Rep. George Santos' connections to Russian-sanctioned oligarch


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]]> Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Svante Myrick, Shaheen Rana, Max Rameau Buzzsprout-12211931 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #GOPcontrol, #GOPouster, #IlhanOmar, #ManuelPaezTeran, #Philippinepolicepurge, #egypteconomyfail, #foreignaffairscommittee, #forestprotector, #forestprotectorkilled, #georgesantos, #philippinecorruption, #policeabuse, #policekilling, #policeviolence full false Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight
  • Physicist and Princeton University professor emeritus Robert Socolow: Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight’
  • Friends of Hebron Executive Director Issa Amro: Rising Israeli-Palestinian Violence Amid the Oppressive Daily Reality of an Occupied People
  • Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele: Long-Running Race and Class Divide in Peru Provokes Protest and Escalating Violence
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    -     South Korea could “acquire its own nukes”
    - Canada settles residential school lawsuit for $2.8 Billion
    - Extreme inequality and gentrification arising in Montana



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  • Physicist and Princeton University professor emeritus Robert Socolow: Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds to ‘Midnight’
  • Friends of Hebron Executive Director Issa Amro: Rising Israeli-Palestinian Violence Amid the Oppressive Daily Reality of an Occupied People
  • Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele: Long-Running Race and Class Divide in Peru Provokes Protest and Escalating Violence
  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     South Korea could “acquire its own nukes”
    - Canada settles residential school lawsuit for $2.8 Billion
    - Extreme inequality and gentrification arising in Montana



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Robert Scolow, Issa Amro, Francesca Emanuele Buzzsprout-12163177 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #nuclearwarthreat, #doomsdayclock, #climatecrisis, #firstnationslawsuit, #israeli-palestinian, #extremeisraeligovernment, #peru, #peruclassdivide, #perucrisis, #southkorea, #Canadaresidentialschools, #indigenousCanadalawsuit, #montanagentrification full false     New Oxfam Report on Rising Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich New Oxfam Report on Rising Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich
  • Oxfam America Director of Economic Justice Nabil Ahmed: New Oxfam Report on Rising Global Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich

  • Beyond Extreme Energy activist Andy Hinz: U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Projects that Generate Equivalent of 76 Coal Plants

  • Aliana Americas Associate Director Nancy Treviño: Crisis on Southern Border Underscores Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Immigration & Asylum System

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    -     Western companies providing weapons, technology to Myanmar junta
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    -Cities rethink fare-free transit as federal Covid subsidies run out


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  • Oxfam America Director of Economic Justice Nabil Ahmed: New Oxfam Report on Rising Global Inequality Calls for 5% Tax on Super-Rich

  • Beyond Extreme Energy activist Andy Hinz: U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Approves Projects that Generate Equivalent of 76 Coal Plants

  • Aliana Americas Associate Director Nancy Treviño: Crisis on Southern Border Underscores Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Immigration & Asylum System

  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     Western companies providing weapons, technology to Myanmar junta
    -Will the Supreme Court revoke the right to strike?
    -Cities rethink fare-free transit as federal Covid subsidies run out


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Nabil Ahmed, Andy Hinz, Nancy Treviño Buzzsprout-12117397 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Superrichtax, #5%TaxonSuperRich, #FRECNOTFERC, #Farefreetransit, #OxfamInequalityreport, #RIGHTTOSTRIKE, #SuperRichTax, #SupremeCourt, #climatechange, #energy, #fossilfuels, #immigration, #myanmarjunta full false     GOP Maga Extremists are Burning Down the House GOP Maga Extremists are Burning Down the House Author and Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House 

    Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: House Republican Majority Votes to Repeal IRS Funding to Protect Rich Donors, Tax Cheats

    Yale grad student union organizers Paul Seltzer and Arita Acharya: After 30 Years of Organizing, Local 33 Wins Yale Grad Student Union

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Ghana has struck a preliminary IMF deal
    • EPA seeks tighter limits on soot
    • Unions fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen


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    ]]>     Author and Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House 

    Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: House Republican Majority Votes to Repeal IRS Funding to Protect Rich Donors, Tax Cheats

    Yale grad student union organizers Paul Seltzer and Arita Acharya: After 30 Years of Organizing, Local 33 Wins Yale Grad Student Union

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Ghana has struck a preliminary IMF deal
    • EPA seeks tighter limits on soot
    • Unions fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Wajahat Ali, Will Rice, Paul Seltzer and Arita Acharya Buzzsprout-12069279 Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #EPASoot, #GOPExtremists, #GhanaIMFdeal, #MAGAGOP, #Irsfunding, #RepublicanExtremists, #farright, #local33, #taxcheats, #unionssolartechnicians, #yalegradstudentunion full false     Two Years After January 6th Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy Two Years After January 6th Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy Stand Up America's Policy and Political Affairs Managing Director Brett Edkins: Two Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy

    PEN America's Freed Expression and Education Director Jonathan Friedman: Groups Organize to Fight Repressive Culture War Book Banning Across America 

    Stop Cop City organizer Kei: Opponents of Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Training Center Accused of Domestic Terrorism

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    • Chinese army patrol clash with Indian troops near Tibet
    • An “electoral reform” in Mexico may make elections less safe
    • Companies pioneering clean extraction of lithium under Salton Sea

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    ]]>     Stand Up America's Policy and Political Affairs Managing Director Brett Edkins: Two Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, GOP Continues to Pose Threat to Democracy

    PEN America's Freed Expression and Education Director Jonathan Friedman: Groups Organize to Fight Repressive Culture War Book Banning Across America 

    Stop Cop City organizer Kei: Opponents of Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ Training Center Accused of Domestic Terrorism

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Chinese army patrol clash with Indian troops near Tibet
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Brett Edkins, Jonathan Friedman, Kei Buzzsprout-12023851 Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #AMLO, #Atlanta, #Brazil, #Coup, #IndiaChinaConflictzone, #LGBTQ, #Mexicanelections, #bookbanning, #criticalracetheory, #culturewar, #culturewars, #democracy, #domesticterrorism, #electionreform, #january6, #lithium, #racism, #stopcopcity full false     International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government Boycott From Within member Ofer Neiman: International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government

    Institute for Policy Studies' Foreign Policy in Focus Director John Feffer: What Motivates Far Right Voters and How to Win Them Back

    Defending Rights and Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons: As U.S. Pursues Julian Assange Extradition, Press Freedom Groups Demand Charges be Dropped

    Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Jan. 4, 2023

    • Taiwan responds to Chinese military threat
    • Omnibus legislation expands tax benefits for the richest Americans
    • Less cops,  more student conflict mediation with "restorative practices"

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    ]]>     Boycott From Within member Ofer Neiman: International BDS Movement Challenges Israel’s New Ultranationalist, Far Right Government

    Institute for Policy Studies' Foreign Policy in Focus Director John Feffer: What Motivates Far Right Voters and How to Win Them Back

    Defending Rights and Dissent Policy Director Chip Gibbons: As U.S. Pursues Julian Assange Extradition, Press Freedom Groups Demand Charges be Dropped

    Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Jan. 4, 2023

    • Taiwan responds to Chinese military threat
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ofer Neiman, John Feffer, Chip Gibbons Buzzsprout-11978776 Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #restorativepractices, #taxbreaksforwealthy, #SocialSecuritycrisis, #taxfreefunds, #retirementsavings, #china, #taiwan, #Taiwanselfdefense, #militaryspending, #julianassange, #BDS, #israelultranationalism, #farrightvoters full false     Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? People for the American Way's incoming President Svante Myrick: Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? 

    United American Indians of New England Co-Leader Mahtowin Munro: United American Indians of New England Leader Reflects on Current State of Indigenous Americas

    National Coalition for the Homeless Executive Director Donald Whitehead: New Biden Administration Policy Aims to Reduce Homeless Population 25% in Next Three Years

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    • Major commitment at COP15 biodiversity summit
    • Activist Staughton Lynd dies


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    ]]>     People for the American Way's incoming President Svante Myrick: Will Jan. 6 House Committee Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Accountability? 

    United American Indians of New England Co-Leader Mahtowin Munro: United American Indians of New England Leader Reflects on Current State of Indigenous Americas

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Svante Myrick, Mahtowin Munro, Donald Whitehead Buzzsprout-11942093 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #3rdIntifada, #COP15Biodiversity, #CriminalReferral, #IndigenousAmericas, #Jan6, #StaughtonLynd, #TrumpAccountability, #homelessness full false     GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts Social Security Works' Executive Director Alex Lawson: GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts

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    ]]>     Social Security Works' Executive Director Alex Lawson: GOP Threatens to Hold Federal Debt Limit Hostage to Force Social Security, Medicare Cuts

    ACLU of Connecticut Legal Director Dan Barrett: Federal Court Dismisses Challenge to Connecticut’s Trans-Inclusive Student Athletics Policy

    March for Our Lives Director of Policy Zeenat Yahya: 10 Years After Sandy Hook School Massacre, Campaign to End Gun Violence Continues

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    • Russian Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, Dan Barrett, Zeenat Yahya Buzzsprout-11911998 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #2012CampFire, #Chicosubdivision, #GOP, #RepublicanParty, #SocialSecurity, #SocialSecurityWorks, #debtlimit, #endgunviolencecampaign, #guncontrol, #gunviolence, #marchforourlives, #medicare, #russiamercenaries, #sandyhookmassacre, #ukrainewar full false     Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S. Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S. Investigative journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast: Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S.

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    Brown University's School of Public Health's Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo: Nursing Homes Unprepared for Ongoing Deadly COVID Pandemic

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    ]]>     Investigative journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast: Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across the U.S.

    Starbucks Union organizer Aleah Bacetti: Starbucks Continues Anti-Union Tactics to Slow Unionization Drives


    Brown University's School of Public Health's Pandemic Center Director Jennifer Nuzzo: Nursing Homes Unprepared for Ongoing Deadly COVID Pandemic

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    • Ethiopian guards massacred scores of Tigrayan prisoners
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Greg Palast, Aleah Bacetti, Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo Buzzsprout-11871801 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #AMLO, #Chiapas, #ColoradoRiverwaterrights, #GOPvotersuppression, #Georgia, #Guerrero, #Mexico, #Oaxaca, #bivalentbooster, #covid, #ethiopia, #indigenoustribes, #navajo, #nursinghomes, #omicron, #starbucksunionbusting, #tigrayanprisoners full false     Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis Former CIA analyst and Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis

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    FreePress.net Senior Counsel Nora Benavidez: The Wider Impact of Elon Musk’s Devolution of Twitter

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    • Amazon collected over $5 billion in economic development subsidies
    • Title lenders thrive in states which allow loans with predatory interest rates


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    ]]>     Former CIA analyst and Center for International Policy Senior Fellow Mel Goodman: Israel’s Dangerous New Ultranationalist Government Likely to Trigger Crisis

    Women's Earth and Climate Action Network Executive Director Osprey Orielle Lake: Climate Activists Mobilize Support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

    FreePress.net Senior Counsel Nora Benavidez: The Wider Impact of Elon Musk’s Devolution of Twitter

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    • Independent journalists flee Russia to regroup, report on Ukraine war
    • Amazon collected over $5 billion in economic development subsidies
    • Title lenders thrive in states which allow loans with predatory interest rates


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Osprey Orielle Lake, Nora Benavidez Buzzsprout-11830842 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Amazon, #Israel, #Russia, #Titlelending, #Twitter, #climateactivism, #devolution, #economicsubsidies, #elonmusk, #fossilfuel, #fossilfueleconomy, #independentjournalists, #nomorefossilfuels, #nonproliferationtreaty, #titlemax, #ukrainewar, #ultra full false     The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols:  The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy

    Salon.com senior political writer Amanda Marcotte: Republicans Blame Single Women for Their Midterm Election Losses

    Boston University student Herbie Waters: Letter from US Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Read at ‘Thanksgiving,’ Day of Mourning Event

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    • Toxic metal pollution 10x worse in racially segregated communities

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    ]]>     The Nation's national affairs correspondent John Nichols:  The Republican Party’s Devolution into a Violent, White Supremacist Threat to Democracy

    Salon.com senior political writer Amanda Marcotte: Republicans Blame Single Women for Their Midterm Election Losses

    Boston University student Herbie Waters: Letter from US Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Read at ‘Thanksgiving,’ Day of Mourning Event

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    • New leftist Colombia president takes new approach to cocaine
    • Biden's green industrial policies not making green jobs good union jobs
    • Toxic metal pollution 10x worse in racially segregated communities

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Nichols, Amanda Marcotte, Leonard Peltier Buzzsprout-11789268 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Cocaine, #Colombia, #Biden, #Democrats, #GOP, #GOPDevolving, #RepublicanParty, #democracy, #greenjobs, #leonardpeltier, #segregation, #thanksgiving, #toxicmetalpollution, #unionjobs, #whitesupremacists full false     GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

    Climate activists and Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Assessing the Good, Bad and Ugly at the UN’s COP-27 Climate Summit

    Plant the Land Team Co-Director Laura Schleifer: Project Brings Vegan Food to Palestinians in Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     U.S. intelligence report says UAE meddled in American politics
      • Canadian indigenous communities set aside vast areas for protection
      •New Jersey Casino Reinvestment agency makes housing options worse

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    ]]>     New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

    Climate activists and Fossil Free Media Director Jamie Henn: Assessing the Good, Bad and Ugly at the UN’s COP-27 Climate Summit

    Plant the Land Team Co-Director Laura Schleifer: Project Brings Vegan Food to Palestinians in Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     U.S. intelligence report says UAE meddled in American politics
      • Canadian indigenous communities set aside vast areas for protection
      •New Jersey Casino Reinvestment agency makes housing options worse

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Jamie Henn, Laura Schleifer Buzzsprout-11752026 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Canada, #Gaza, #UAE,#affordablehousing, #casinos, #climatesummit, #cop27, #indigenousrights, #israeliblockade, #palestinianrights, #politicalviolence full false     Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War 

    Voters of Tomorrow Deputy Communications Director Marianna Pecora:  Gen Z Vote was Critical in Blocking GOP’s Predicted ‘Red Wave’

    Lead attorney Chase Iron Eyes: Supreme Court Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act Threatens Native American Culture and Survival

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    • China fishing industry in standoff with U.S.
    • Africa will remain poor unless access to electricity is broadened
    • Renters are the most vulnerable to climate change


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    ]]>     Labor and racial justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr.: Midterm Election a Major Battle in America’s Political Cold War 

    Voters of Tomorrow Deputy Communications Director Marianna Pecora:  Gen Z Vote was Critical in Blocking GOP’s Predicted ‘Red Wave’

    Lead attorney Chase Iron Eyes: Supreme Court Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act Threatens Native American Culture and Survival

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • China fishing industry in standoff with U.S.
    • Africa will remain poor unless access to electricity is broadened
    • Renters are the most vulnerable to climate change


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Bill Fletcher Jr., Marianna Pecora, Chase Iron Eyes Buzzsprout-11707696 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #GenZ, #House, #IndianChildWelfareAct, #NativeAmericans, #SCOTUS, #Senate, #democracy, #electiondeniers, #midtermelections2022, #midterms, #redwave full false     State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy

    Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief David Corn: New Book Recounts Origins of GOP Extremism and White Supremacy


    Climate activist and Yale Divinity School student Tyler Mark Nelson: Faith Groups Taking Action on the Climate Crisis


    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Sudan faces 'generational catastrophe' as millions of children miss school
    - Guatemalan investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora arrested, detained
    - Governmental regulations authority under new generation of reformers


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    ]]>     Former Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy

    Mother Jones' Washington Bureau Chief David Corn: New Book Recounts Origins of GOP Extremism and White Supremacy


    Climate activist and Yale Divinity School student Tyler Mark Nelson: Faith Groups Taking Action on the Climate Crisis


    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Sudan faces 'generational catastrophe' as millions of children miss school
    - Guatemalan investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora arrested, detained
    - Governmental regulations authority under new generation of reformers


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Pepper, David Corn, Tyler Mark Nelson Buzzsprout-11663675 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #GOPextremism, #Guatemalajournalists, #OIRA, #RepublicanParty, #Sudan, #antidemocracy, #climateactivism, #climatecrises, #climatecrisis, #democracy, #electiondeniers, #faithgroups, #fascism, #governmentalregulations, #politicalviolence, #publichealth&safe full false     In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans   

    Prison Policy Initiative Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Polling Stations in Jails Provide Opportunity for Eligible Pre-Trial Detainees to Vote  

    Media Matters Senior Researcher Andrew Lawrence: Corporate Media’s Horse-Race Election Coverage Ignores Critical Issues Important to Voters

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    • Who will be Minneapolis's new prosecutor?
    • Amy’s Kitchen freezes union drive


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    ]]>     Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: In Midterm Election, Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans   

    Prison Policy Initiative Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Polling Stations in Jails Provide Opportunity for Eligible Pre-Trial Detainees to Vote  

    Media Matters Senior Researcher Andrew Lawrence: Corporate Media’s Horse-Race Election Coverage Ignores Critical Issues Important to Voters

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • North Korea-Japan missile tensions
    • Who will be Minneapolis's new prosecutor?
    • Amy’s Kitchen freezes union drive


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Wanda Bertram, Andrew Lawrence Buzzsprout-11617463 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Pelosiattack, #bluetsunami, #corporatemediafail, #defeatfascism, #detentionvoting, #electionhorserace, #fascistRepublican, #fascistrepublicans,#jailelectionpolls, #midtermelections2022, #pretrialvoting, #progressives, #votersuppression, #voting, #votingb full false     Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention Black Alliance for Peace team on Haiti's Jemima Pierre: Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention

    University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of economics William Lazonick: Big Oil Stock Buybacks Must be Stopped 

    Indiana University School of Public Health professor emeritus Michael Hendryx: Biden Urged to Restart Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Health Study Halted by Trump


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    ]]>     Black Alliance for Peace team on Haiti's Jemima Pierre: Amid Haiti Crisis, Civil Society Groups Oppose Foreign Military Intervention

    University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of economics William Lazonick: Big Oil Stock Buybacks Must be Stopped 

    Indiana University School of Public Health professor emeritus Michael Hendryx: Biden Urged to Restart Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Health Study Halted by Trump


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jemima Pierre, William Lazonick, Michael Hendryx Buzzsprout-11572928 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Biden, #BigOil, #BigOilBuybacks, #Haiti, #appalachia, #cholera, #coalmining, #foodshortages, #fossilfuel, #gangviolence, #inflation, #militaryintervention, #mountaintopremoval full false     After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability Gaslit Nation podcast cohost Sarah Kendzior: After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability

    Social Security Works Communications Director Linda Benesch: Republicans Propose Policies That Would Weaken or End Social Security and Medicare

    Doctors for Camp Closures volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Volunteers Provide Assistance to Asylum Seekers Used as Political Props by GOP Governors  

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary 

    • U.S. says no to emergency liquidity for emerging markets
    • Prison labor reform movement hopes to close ‘slavery loophole’
    • Amazon suspends workers who refused to work after a fire


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    ]]>     Gaslit Nation podcast cohost Sarah Kendzior: After Last Jan. 6 House Committee Hearing, Trump Continues to Escape Accountability

    Social Security Works Communications Director Linda Benesch: Republicans Propose Policies That Would Weaken or End Social Security and Medicare

    Doctors for Camp Closures volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Volunteers Provide Assistance to Asylum Seekers Used as Political Props by GOP Governors  

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary 

    • U.S. says no to emergency liquidity for emerging markets
    • Prison labor reform movement hopes to close ‘slavery loophole’
    • Amazon suspends workers who refused to work after a fire


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sarah Kendzior, Linda Benesch, Kate Sugarman Buzzsprout-11529023 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #AmazonLaborUnion, #Amazonsuspensions, #Jan6Committee, #Jan6insurrection, #asylumseekers, #emergencyliquidity, #endingslaveryloophole, #forcedprisonlabor, #medicare, #socialsecurity, #trumpaccounability full false     Italy Resurrects Neo-Fascism with Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni Italy Resurrects Neo-Fascism with Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni • Yale professor Jason Stanley: Meet Italy’s neo-Fascist Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni

    • National Lawyers Guild past president Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Election Theft, Further Erode Democracy

    • Familias Unidas por la Justicia Political Director Edgar Franks: Amid Rising Temperatures Caused by Climate Change, Farmworkers Union Fights for Safety Regulations

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

         - Flooded West Africa awaits $100 billion annually in climate aid pledged in 2009
         - Kushner Company agrees to $3.25 million settlement for shoddy apartments
         - Democrats hoping abortion issue and technology aid midterm victories


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    ]]>     • Yale professor Jason Stanley: Meet Italy’s neo-Fascist Prime Minister-Elect Giorgia Meloni

    • National Lawyers Guild past president Marjorie Cohn: Supreme Court Poised to Legalize Election Theft, Further Erode Democracy

    • Familias Unidas por la Justicia Political Director Edgar Franks: Amid Rising Temperatures Caused by Climate Change, Farmworkers Union Fights for Safety Regulations

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

         - Flooded West Africa awaits $100 billion annually in climate aid pledged in 2009
         - Kushner Company agrees to $3.25 million settlement for shoddy apartments
         - Democrats hoping abortion issue and technology aid midterm victories


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Marjorie Cohn, Edgar Franks Buzzsprout-11486079 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Climatechange, #FascistItaly, #climateactivism, #elections, #electionthreat, #farmworkersunion, #fascisminitaly, #giorgiameloni, #merrillvmilligan, #votingrightsact, #electiontheft, #SCOTUS, #SupremeCourt full false     New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End Russia-Ukraine War Escalation New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End Russia-Ukraine War Escalation Quincy Institute's Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe: As Ukraine War Intensifies, New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End the Conflict

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    •     Thousands of workers plan to strike this fall
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    ]]>     Quincy Institute's Director of Grand Strategy George Beebe: As Ukraine War Intensifies, New Poll Finds Americans Want U.S. to Pursue Talks to End the Conflict

    Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Director Maria Luisa Mendonça: Polls Get it Wrong in Brazil’s First Round Presidential Election

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: George Beebe, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Drew Hudson Buzzsprout-11444047 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Brazilelectionpresident, #USdiplomacy, #amazon, #bolsonaro, #climatechange, #colombia, #decliningwindspeeds, #environmentalactivists, #honduras, #laborstrikes, #brazilelection, #lula, #mexico, #philippines, #russiaukrainewar, full false     After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest National Iranian American Council's Policy Director Ryan Costello: After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest    

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    • China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan sign a railway feasibility study
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    ]]>     National Iranian American Council's Policy Director Ryan Costello: After the Arrest and Death of Mahsa Amini, Iran Explodes in Protest    

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    • Massive wave of violence and protest spreads across Haiti
    • China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan sign a railway feasibility study
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ryan Costello, Jake Love, Patricia Joseph Buzzsprout-11401131 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Mahsaamini, #asylumseekers, #climateaction, #climateactivists, #haiti, #hijab, #iran, #iranprotests, #kyrgyzstan, #marthasvineyard, #minneapolispolicing, #newhavenclimateaction, #policeabuse, #rondesantislawsuit full false     Democracy threat looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case Democracy threat looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case Common Cause Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña: Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case

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    Climate Cabinet Deputy Director Emma Fisher: 17 States Criminalize Protests Targeting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Projects

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    ]]>     Common Cause Redistricting Manager Dan Vicuña: Threat to Democracy Looms as Supreme Court Set to Hear Moore v. Harper Case

    National Campaign for Transit Justice's leader Libero Della Piana: Massive Investment in Public Transit Needed to Achieve Racial Equity and Climate Justice

    Climate Cabinet Deputy Director Emma Fisher: 17 States Criminalize Protests Targeting Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Projects

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Famine engulfs Somalia in the Horn of Africa
    • Creative ways Chinese activists attempt to pressure the state
    • Water activism bubbles up in suburban Towamencin, Pennsylvania


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dan Vicuña, Libero Della Piana, Emma Fisher Buzzsprout-11360060 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #MoorevHarper, #Towamencin, #climateactivism, #climatejustice, #creativeChineseprotest, #criminalizingprotests, #famine, #fossilfuel, #fossilfuelinfrastructure, #freespeech, #protests, #publictransit, #racialequity, #redistricting, #somaliafamine full false     Brazil's October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest Brazil's October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest Portland State University's political science professor emeritus Mel Gurtov: Brazil’s October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest

    Mountain Valley Pipeline activists Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson: Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and ‘Manchin’s Dirty Deal’

    University of California's Institute for Health Policy Studies professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Reduced U.S. Life Expectancy Tied with For-Profit Health Insurance System Failure

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    • Chile's president make major changes to senior team after constitutional failure
    • Uranium mill's toxic waste left a New Mexico ghost town
    • U.S. senator calls for independent probe into journalist's killing in Israel


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    ]]>     Portland State University's political science professor emeritus Mel Gurtov: Brazil’s October Election Could Make or Break the Amazon Rainforest

    Mountain Valley Pipeline activists Mary Crow and Naadiya Hutchinson: Opponents Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and ‘Manchin’s Dirty Deal’

    University of California's Institute for Health Policy Studies professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Reduced U.S. Life Expectancy Tied with For-Profit Health Insurance System Failure

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Chile's president make major changes to senior team after constitutional failure
    • Uranium mill's toxic waste left a New Mexico ghost town
    • U.S. senator calls for independent probe into journalist's killing in Israel


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Gurtov, Mary Crow Naadiya Hutchinson, Dr. James Kahn Buzzsprout-11318944 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Chileconstitution, #MVP, #SenManchin, #amazonrainforest, #brazilelections, #climatechange, #climatecrisis, #forprofithealthsystem, #homestake, #longevity, #mountainvalleypipeline, #reducedUSLifeexpectancy, #shireenabuakleh full false     Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible Jacobin magazine staff writer Branko Marcetic:  Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible 

    University of Connecticut Director of American Studies Christopher Vials: After 18 Months, Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy 

    Fair Vote CEO Rob Ritchie: Alaska’s First-Time Use of Ranked Choice Voting Demonstrates a Sound Option for Electoral Reform

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          • Longtime Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in ill health
      • Puerto Rico's Big Pharma tax breaks are larger than government's operating budget
      • Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods have turned northwest Arkansas into modern day company towns


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    ]]>     Jacobin magazine staff writer Branko Marcetic:  Six Months After Russia's Ukraine Invasion, There's Signs a Negotiated End to the War is Possible 

    University of Connecticut Director of American Studies Christopher Vials: After 18 Months, Biden Finally Responds to Trump and GOP Threat to Democracy 

    Fair Vote CEO Rob Ritchie: Alaska’s First-Time Use of Ranked Choice Voting Demonstrates a Sound Option for Electoral Reform

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
          • Longtime Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in ill health
      • Puerto Rico's Big Pharma tax breaks are larger than government's operating budget
      • Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods have turned northwest Arkansas into modern day company towns


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Branko Marcetic, Christopher Vials, Rob Ritchie Buzzsprout-11277581 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPsemifascism, #MahmoudAbbas, #PuertoRicoBigPharma, #Ukrainewar, #Walmart, #democracy, #electoralreform, #endofukrianewar, #palestinian, #rankedchoicevoting, #russiaukrainewar, #tyson full false     Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done Student Debt Crisis Center Executive Director Cody Hounanian: Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done

    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Press Secretary Jenna Grande: Big Oil Donates Over $2 Million to GOP Seditionists

    Whiteface Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Operations Manager Paul Casson: Adirondack Mountain Research Center Tracks Industrial Pollution and Climate Change

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    • 1 million Rohingya experience horrific living conditions in world's largest refugee camp
    • League of Women Voters takes more activist stance, drawing GOP criticism
    • Interns working to make New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward climate resilient

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    ]]>     Student Debt Crisis Center Executive Director Cody Hounanian: Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan a Good Start, But More Must be Done

    Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Press Secretary Jenna Grande: Big Oil Donates Over $2 Million to GOP Seditionists

    Whiteface Mountain Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Operations Manager Paul Casson: Adirondack Mountain Research Center Tracks Industrial Pollution and Climate Change

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • 1 million Rohingya experience horrific living conditions in world's largest refugee camp
    • League of Women Voters takes more activist stance, drawing GOP criticism
    • Interns working to make New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward climate resilient

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    #Adirondackspollution #DonationstoSeditionists #GOPSeditionists #Lower9thWard #NewOrleans #adirondacksclimatechange #climatechange #climateresiliency


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-11236556 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 full false     Investigation Exposes New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme Investigation Exposes New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme

     Assistant professor of labor studies at Empire State College in New York City:  Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: Healthcare Program and Climate Policies

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    • Chinese military ship docks in Sri Lanka over India, U.S. objections
    • DRC journalist remains behind bars after release of U.S. reporter
    • Defense contractor Lockheed Martin's recruiting on college campuses 


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    ]]>     Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme

     Assistant professor of labor studies at Empire State College in New York City:  Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign

    Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: Healthcare Program and Climate Policies

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Chinese military ship docks in Sri Lanka over India, U.S. objections
    • DRC journalist remains behind bars after release of U.S. reporter
    • Defense contractor Lockheed Martin's recruiting on college campuses 


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Greg Palast, Jeff Schuhrke, Ned Lamont Buzzsprout-11196751 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #ElectionFraud,#elections, #GetVoteReady, #gapol,#supportstarbucksunion,#starbucksunion, #top3percent full false     Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security President Joseph Gerson: Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident

    Author and World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee: Donald Trump and Republican Party’s Dangerous Embrace of Political Violence 

    Adirondack Voters for Change member Phyllis Sinclair: Activist Group Launches Campaign to Educate Voters on NY Rep. Stefanik’s Extremist Voting Record

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    • Pro-democracy activists in Brazil fear possible Bolsonaro coup
    • Conservation of UNESCO sites has forced evictions of Indigenous peoples
    • Secretive GOP attempt to convert minorities into Republicans



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    ]]>     Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security President Joseph Gerson: Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident

    Author and World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee: Donald Trump and Republican Party’s Dangerous Embrace of Political Violence 

    Adirondack Voters for Change member Phyllis Sinclair: Activist Group Launches Campaign to Educate Voters on NY Rep. Stefanik’s Extremist Voting Record

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Pro-democracy activists in Brazil fear possible Bolsonaro coup
    • Conservation of UNESCO sites has forced evictions of Indigenous peoples
    • Secretive GOP attempt to convert minorities into Republicans



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Joseph Gerson, Dr. Bandy Lee, Phyllis Sinclair Buzzsprout-11154743 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPelectionsubversion, #Bolsonarocoupattempt, #GOPminorityrule, #GOPpoliticalviolence, #US-Chinatensions, #china, #electiondenialism, #electiondeniers, #eliseStefanik, #indigenousrights, #taiwan, #trumpism full false     Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence Salon.com's Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence

    Ohio Democratic Party former Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy

    Protect Our Water, Heritage and Rights Co-Chairman Russell Chisholm: Inflation Reduction Act Passes Senate Trades Climate Provisions for Completion of Gas Pipeline

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    • Brazil’s weak response to murders threatens indigenous people
    • Gig workers bear the brunt of the global economic crisis
    • Wisconsin GOP threaten to make elections meaningless


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    ]]>     Salon.com's Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Speculation Surrounds FBI Raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Residence

    Ohio Democratic Party former Chairman David Pepper: State Legislatures are Ground Zero for GOP Assault on Democracy

    Protect Our Water, Heritage and Rights Co-Chairman Russell Chisholm: Inflation Reduction Act Passes Senate Trades Climate Provisions for Completion of Gas Pipeline

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Brazil’s weak response to murders threatens indigenous people
    • Gig workers bear the brunt of the global economic crisis
    • Wisconsin GOP threaten to make elections meaningless


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Amanda Marcotte, David Pepper, Russell Chisholm Buzzsprout-11113740 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Brazil, #FBIRaidMaraLago, #GOP, #GOPcontrol, #POWHR, #Trumpcriminalprobe, #antidemocratic, #authoritarianism, #climatecrisis, #climateemergency, #dictatorship, #election, #electiondeniers, #electionsubversion, #gigworkers, #indigenousactivists full false     Inflation Reduction Bill Would Lower Prescription Drug Costs, Tax Profitable Corporations at Minimum 15% Rate Inflation Reduction Bill Would Lower Prescription Drug Costs, Tax Profitable Corporations at Minimum 15% Rate Public Citizen's Access Medicines Program Advocate Steve Knievel: Proposed Senate Bill Requires Medicare to Negotiate a Short list of Drug Prices

    American for Tax Fairness' Wealth Tax Campaign Director Maura Quint: Senate Bill Proposes New 15% Corporate Minimum Tax, Closes Carried Interest Tax Loophole

    Roanoke, Virginia tour guide Jordan Bell: Roanoke’s Once Vibrant African-American Community Remembered 

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists
    • Pegasus Spyware maker NSO lobbying to get off U.S. blacklist
    • Buffalo, N.Y. community activists fight to prevent gerrymandering


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    ]]>     Public Citizen's Access Medicines Program Advocate Steve Knievel: Proposed Senate Bill Requires Medicare to Negotiate a Short list of Drug Prices

    American for Tax Fairness' Wealth Tax Campaign Director Maura Quint: Senate Bill Proposes New 15% Corporate Minimum Tax, Closes Carried Interest Tax Loophole

    Roanoke, Virginia tour guide Jordan Bell: Roanoke’s Once Vibrant African-American Community Remembered 

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • World condemns Myanmar junta for 'cruel' execution of activists
    • Pegasus Spyware maker NSO lobbying to get off U.S. blacklist
    • Buffalo, N.Y. community activists fight to prevent gerrymandering


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Steve Knievel, Maura Quint, Jordan Bell Buzzsprout-11075684 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #15%mincorporattax, #BigPharma, #Gainsboro, #InflationReductionAct, #Prescriptiondrugcosts, #Roanoke, #africanamericanhistory, #blacklist, #buffalogerrymandering, #carriedinterestloophole, #democracyactivists, #gerrymandering, #myanmarexecution, #myanmarj full false     DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump and GOP Coup Attempt DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump and GOP Coup Attempt Free Speech for People's Legal Director Ron Fein: DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump and GOP Coup Attempt

    Food and Water Watch's Policy Director Jim Walsh: With Senate Stalled, Pressure Growing on Biden to Take Immediate Action on Climate Crisis

    Citizens for Arsenal Accountability's Co-Chair Alyssa Carpenter: Virginia Group Demands Pentagon End Open Pit Burning of Toxic Military Munitions

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Banks in China's Henan province freezing millions of dollars in depositor accounts
    • Hedge fund billionaire spends $54 million fighting tax increase for wealthy
    • Texas voter registration hampered by paper supply chain delays


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    ]]>     Free Speech for People's Legal Director Ron Fein: DOJ Lags on Investigating Trump and GOP Coup Attempt

    Food and Water Watch's Policy Director Jim Walsh: With Senate Stalled, Pressure Growing on Biden to Take Immediate Action on Climate Crisis

    Citizens for Arsenal Accountability's Co-Chair Alyssa Carpenter: Virginia Group Demands Pentagon End Open Pit Burning of Toxic Military Munitions

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Banks in China's Henan province freezing millions of dollars in depositor accounts
    • Hedge fund billionaire spends $54 million fighting tax increase for wealthy
    • Texas voter registration hampered by paper supply chain delays


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ron Fein, Jim Walsh, Alyssa Carpenter Buzzsprout-11036923 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Chinabanks, #CitadelSecurities, #DOJinvestigation, #KenGriffin, #Texasvoterregistration, #TrumpCoup, #TrumpCoupAttemp, #chinaprotests, #climatecrisis, #munitions, #openpitburning, #pentagon, #senate, #taxonwealthy full false     Biden's Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments Biden's Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments California State University history professor David Yaghoubian: Biden’s Recent Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments

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    ]]>     California State University history professor David Yaghoubian: Biden’s Recent Middle East Trip: Long on Controversy, Short on Accomplishments

    Political Research Associates Senior Analyst Frederick Clarkson: Christian Extremists’ Embrace of Political Violence Threatens Democracy

    National Day Laborer Organizing Network Co-Executive Director Nadia Marin-Molina: Labor Department Issues New Protections for Exploited, Threatened Immigrant Workers

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Yaghoubian, Frederick Clarkson, Nadia Marin-Molina Buzzsprout-10999931 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Christiannationalists, #ChristianExtremists, #MiddleEast, #Pentagon, #Theocracy, #asia, #biden, #bribery, #christiannationalists, #democracy, #labordepartment, #moscow, #pensionfund, #politicalviolence, #privatequity, #immigrantlabor, #labor full false     In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists Author and NYC's 1st Public Advocate Mark Green: In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists

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    ]]>     Author and NYC's 1st Public Advocate Mark Green: In Midterm Election, Democrats Must Warn Voters of Dangerous Republican Extremists

    Center for International Policy & former CIA Analyst Mel Goodman: As the War in Ukraine Escalates, a Diplomatic Path to Ending the Conflict is Nowhere in Sight

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    •     100,000 Mexicans are missing in Mexico's war on drug cartels
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mark Green, Mel Goodman, Ben Crump Buzzsprout-10955597 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPextremists, #NewHavenman, #Republicanextremists, #civilrightscharges, #jeffyass, #mexicosmissing, #mexicowarondrugcartels, #midtermelections2022, #newhavenpoliceabuse, #russiaukrainewar, #voting2022 full false     Supreme Court Extremist Majority Rolls Back EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution, Carbon Emissions Supreme Court Extremist Majority Rolls Back EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution, Carbon Emissions Center for Biological Diversity senior attorney Jason Rylander: Supreme Court Extremist Majority Rolls Back EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution, Carbon Emissions

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    ]]>     Center for Biological Diversity senior attorney Jason Rylander: Supreme Court Extremist Majority Rolls Back EPA Authority to Regulate Pollution, Carbon Emissions

    RiseUp4AbortionRights organizer Emma Kaplan: Street Protest and Voting Both Essential to Win Back Reproductive Rights

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    • Warming takes toll on Rio Grande River, with aridification



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Rylander, Emma Kaplan, Bill Blum Buzzsprout-10915031 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #AbortionRightsProtests, #airlines, #Buttigieg, #EPA, #Ecuador, #Environment, #MinorityRule, #RioGrandeRiver, #SCOTUS, #indigenous full false     Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens National Lawyers Guild Past President Marjorie Cohn: Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens

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    ]]>     National Lawyers Guild Past President Marjorie Cohn: Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens

    University of Illinois professor emeritus Francis Boyle: Supreme Court’s ‘Originalists' on Path to Overturn FDR New Deal, Warren Court Precedents

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Francis Boyle, Dr. James Kahn Buzzsprout-10877479 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #COVIDDeaths, #Indiaprotests, #RoevWade, #covid19, #extremists, #originalists, #overturningRoevWade, #peterthiel, #privateequitythieves, #supremecourtextremists, #universalhealthcare full false     Between The Lines (broadcast affiliate version) - June 29, 2022 Between The Lines (broadcast affiliate version) - June 29, 2022 National Lawyers Guild Past President Marjorie Cohn: Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens

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    University of California professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Universal Healthcare Could Have Prevented More Than 300,000 U.S. COVID Deaths

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    ]]>     National Lawyers Guild Past President Marjorie Cohn: Overturning Roe v. Wade: American Women Now Second Class Citizens

    University of Illinois professor emeritus Francis Boyle: Supreme Court’s ‘Originalists' on Path to Overturn FDR New Deal, Warren Court Precedents

    University of California professor Dr. James G. Kahn: Universal Healthcare Could Have Prevented More Than 300,000 U.S. COVID Deaths

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    • Muslim protests erupt in cities across India
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Francis Boyle, Dr. James Kahn Buzzsprout-10877314 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #COVIDDeaths, #Indiaprotests, #RoevWade, #covid19, #extremists, #originalists, #overturningRoevWade, #peterthiel, #privateequitythieves, #supremecourtextremists, #universalhealthcare full false     Republicans and Christian Nationalists Support Jan. 6 Insurrection, Condone Political Violence Republicans and Christian Nationalists Support Jan. 6 Insurrection, Condone Political Violence Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali: Republicans and Christian Nationalists Support Jan. 6 Insurrection, Condone Political Violence

    Center for Economic and Policy Research program director Alexander Main: Colombians Elect Gustavo Petro, Nation’s First Leftist President

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    ]]>     Daily Beast columnist and author Wajahat Ali: Republicans and Christian Nationalists Support Jan. 6 Insurrection, Condone Political Violence

    Center for Economic and Policy Research program director Alexander Main: Colombians Elect Gustavo Petro, Nation’s First Leftist President

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Wajahat Ali, Alexander Main, Eric Sorensen Buzzsprout-10836982 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #EricSorensen, #Jan6hearing, #Vietnam, #cleanenergy, #climatechangecandidate, #colombianpresident, #famine, #fascism, #gustavopetro, #politicalviolence, #privateequitythieves, #republicanfascists, #whitenationalists full false     Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators? Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators? Gaslit Nation podcast co-host Sarah Kendzior: Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?

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    ]]>     Gaslit Nation podcast co-host Sarah Kendzior: Will Jan. 6 House Investigation Lead to Accountability for Trump and Coup Co-Conspirators?

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sarah Kendzior, Malik Morrison, The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Buzzsprout-10798305 Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Jan6committee, #Jan6insurrection, #MVP, #MarchonWashington, #YasinMalik, #abortion, #inflation, #jan6hearings, #kashmir, #moralmarchonwashington, #mountainvalleypipeline, #pipeline, #pipelineprotests, #poorpeoplescampaign, #poverty, #swings full false     Groups Work to Stop Disinformation and Protect 2022 Mid-term Elections Groups Work to Stop Disinformation and Protect 2022 Mid-term Elections Common Cause Program Director Yosef Getachew: Groups Work to Stop Disinformation to Protect 2022 Mid-term Elections

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    ]]>     Common Cause Program Director Yosef Getachew: Groups Work to Stop Disinformation to Protect 2022 Mid-term Elections

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    • Hunger spreads in Afghanistan due to U.S.-led freeze on government assets
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Yosef Getachew, Becky Crabtree, Andrew Lawrence Buzzsprout-10759121 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #afghancrisis, #afghanfamine, #afghanistan, #communityreinvestmentact, #foxnews, #mininglaw, #mountainvalleypipeline, #politicaldisinformation, #politicalrhetoric, #unfoxmycablebox, #violence full false     Biden Upends ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Over U.S. Response to a Future Chinese Attack Biden Upends ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Over U.S. Response to a Future Chinese Attack Former Defense for International Security Affairs Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman: Biden Upends ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Over US Response to a Future Chinese Attack  

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    ]]>     Former Defense for International Security Affairs Assistant Secretary of Defense Chas Freeman: Biden Upends ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan Over US Response to a Future Chinese Attack  

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    • Australia's climate election ousts conservatives
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    • Oakland closes students' digital divide


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Chas Freeman, Po Murray, Autumn Crowe Buzzsprout-10719132 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Australiavoters, #australiaclimateelection, #OaklandUndivided, #BeefAmazondestruction, #ChinaTaiwan, #TexasSchoolMassacre, #US-Chinarelations, #assaultweaponban, #australianconservatives, #candydarterfish, #china, #closingdigitaldivide, #uvalde full false     GOP’s Embrace of ‘Replacement Theory’, Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy GOP’s Embrace of ‘Replacement Theory’, Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy New York University Italy History professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

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    ]]>     New York University Italy History professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

    Prison Policy Communications Strategist Wanda Bertram: Northeastern Governors Did Little to Grant Clemency to Prisoners Endangered by Coronavirus Pandemic

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    •     Gold mining boom ravages Myanmar
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    • Fight erupts in Iowa over carbon capture pipelines


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Wanda Bertram, Mike Mitchell Buzzsprout-10680732 Wed, 25 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Myanmargoldboom, #goldboom, #Myanmargoldmining, #RepublicanParty, #SouthAfrica, #authoritarianism, #carboncapture, #cleanpublicpower, #clemency, #coronavirus, #covidpandemic, #destabilizingdemocracy, #pipeline full false     Palestinian-American Journalist's Murder Provokes Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability Palestinian-American Journalist's Murder Provokes Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis: Palestinian-American Journalist's Murder Provokes Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability

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    ]]>     Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis: Palestinian-American Journalist's Murder Provokes Demands for Independent Investigation & Accountability

    Free Jessica Reznicek support team member Charlotte Grubb: State Imposes Terrorism Charges Against Anti-Pipeline Activist

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    • Turkey is makes diplomatic and corporate push into Africa
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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Phyllis Bennis, Charlotte Grubb, Andrew Perez Buzzsprout-10640220 Wed, 18 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Frenchpolitics, #Latinoworkplacedeaths, #Macron, #Melenchon, #SCOTUShomes, #Texas, #africa, #antipipelineactivist, #dakotapipeline, #deathofjournalist, #demandforinvestigation, #freejessicareznicek, #israeliforces, #jessicareznicek, #palesti full false     U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers Quincy Institute's Grand Strategy Director George Beebe: U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers 

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    ]]>     Quincy Institute's Grand Strategy Director George Beebe: U.S. Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Escalation Between Two Nuclear Powers 

    Connecticut State Rep. Matt Blumenthal: Connecticut Passes 1st in Nation Comprehensive Bill Making State an Abortion Safe Haven

    The Nation national affairs correspondent John Nichols: Demanding Accountability for America’s Coronavirus Criminals and Profiteers

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Europe slaps new regulations on Big Tech
    • Pennsylvania GOP primary draws backing from billionaires
    • 30 years after the riots, how far has LA come?


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: George Beebe, Matt Blumenthal, John Nichols Buzzsprout-10599214 Wed, 11 May 2022 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #BigTech, #CTabortionsafehavenlaw, #EUBigTechRegulations, #PennsylvaniaGOPprimary, #RodneyKingRiots, #abortionrights, #abortionsafehaven, #covidaccountability, #covidprofiteers, #nuclearwar, #postRodneyKingriots, #russiaukrainewar full false     Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War People for the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War 

    Extinction Rebellion co-founder Christina See: Extinction Rebellion Uses Nonviolent Resistance to Demand Urgent Action on the Climate Crisis

    FreePress.net senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Billionaire Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Another Symptom of Social Media's Failure

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    • No-knock raids sometimes fatal with little accountability


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    ]]>     People for the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery: Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War 

    Extinction Rebellion co-founder Christina See: Extinction Rebellion Uses Nonviolent Resistance to Demand Urgent Action on the Climate Crisis

    FreePress.net senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Billionaire Elon Musk's Takeover of Twitter Another Symptom of Social Media's Failure

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Dozens of Russian organizations hacked
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    • No-knock raids sometimes fatal with little accountability


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Peter Montgomery, Christina See, Nora Benavidez Buzzsprout-10557367 Wed, 04 May 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #GOPculturewar, #civildisobedience, #climateaction, #climatecrisis, #elonmusk, #elonmuskbuystwitter, #extinctionrebellion, #freespeech, #noknockraids, #opposingGOPculturewar, #russianoil, #russianshacked, #venezuela full false     Congressional Passage of War Powers Act Can End U.S. Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War That's Killed Nearly 400,000 Congressional Passage of War Powers Act Can End U.S. Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War That's Killed Nearly 400,000 Yemeni Alliance Committee chairwoman Jehan Hakim: 70 Groups Call for End to US Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War that’s Killed Nearly 400,000

    Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Groups Working to Unfreeze Billions of Afghan Assets in US to Fund Humanitarian Aid  

    Salon.com contributing writer Heather Digby Parton: GOP Openly Conspires to Steal the Next Election

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary:
    • Britain seeks to send refugees arriving via English Channel to Rwanda
    • Labor shortage stifles new US oil drilling in North Dakota
    • Rep. Connor Lamb, D-Pennsylvania, shifts view on campaign finance


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    ]]>     Yemeni Alliance Committee chairwoman Jehan Hakim: 70 Groups Call for End to US Complicity in Saudi-led Yemen War that’s Killed Nearly 400,000

    Code Pink Women for Peace co-founder Medea Benjamin: Groups Working to Unfreeze Billions of Afghan Assets in US to Fund Humanitarian Aid  

    Salon.com contributing writer Heather Digby Parton: GOP Openly Conspires to Steal the Next Election

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Weekly Summary:
    • Britain seeks to send refugees arriving via English Channel to Rwanda
    • Labor shortage stifles new US oil drilling in North Dakota
    • Rep. Connor Lamb, D-Pennsylvania, shifts view on campaign finance


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-10514952 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Afghanassets, #RepublicanParty, #Rwanda, #TrumpCoup, #UKrefugees, #UScomplicity, #campaignfinance, #campaignfinancereform, #electionsubversion, #northdakotaoildrilling, #oildrilling, #oildrillinglaborshortage, #unfreezeAfghanassets, #yemenwa full false     Russia-Ukraine War Exposes Human Rights, International Law Double Standards Russia-Ukraine War Exposes Human Rights, International Law Double Standards University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Russia’s War in Ukraine Exposes Double Standards in International Law and Human Rights 

    Gamers for Peace's Chris Velazquez: Gamers For Peace Reaches Out to Young People Offering Alternatives to Military Service

    National Coalition Against Censorship's Chris Finan: Combating GOP Moral Panic and Classroom Censorship

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Russian bankers have long hidden assets offshore
    • Marcos' son may become next Philippines president
    • Water is sacred on the Navajo Nation, and scarce


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    ]]>     University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Russia’s War in Ukraine Exposes Double Standards in International Law and Human Rights 

    Gamers for Peace's Chris Velazquez: Gamers For Peace Reaches Out to Young People Offering Alternatives to Military Service

    National Coalition Against Censorship's Chris Finan: Combating GOP Moral Panic and Classroom Censorship

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Russian bankers have long hidden assets offshore
    • Marcos' son may become next Philippines president
    • Water is sacred on the Navajo Nation, and scarce


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Stephen Zunes, Chris Velasquez, Chris Finn Buzzsprout-10472820 Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BongBongMarcos, #CRT, #FerdinandMarcosson, #LGBTQ, #NavajoNation, #PhilippineElection, #RepublicanParty, #Russianbankers, #censorship, #classroomcensorship, #criticalracetheory, #gamersforpeace, #militaryservice, #offsharetaxhavens, #russia full false     Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine Public Citizen's Alan Zibel: Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine 

    Climate Activist Donna Shaunesey: Climate Activists Blockade Coal-waste Plant Enriching Sen. Manchin Family

    University of Georgia Assistant Professor Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo: COVID Racial Disparities Made Many White U.S. Residents Less Supportive of Public Health Measures

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Sri Lanka protesters defy president's cabinet shuffle
    • Anti-corruption judge flees Guatemala
    • Justin Bibb’s election signals a new era in Cleveland


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    ]]>     Public Citizen's Alan Zibel: Big Oil Profiteering Amid Catastrophic War in Ukraine 

    Climate Activist Donna Shaunesey: Climate Activists Blockade Coal-waste Plant Enriching Sen. Manchin Family

    University of Georgia Assistant Professor Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo: COVID Racial Disparities Made Many White U.S. Residents Less Supportive of Public Health Measures

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Sri Lanka protesters defy president's cabinet shuffle
    • Anti-corruption judge flees Guatemala
    • Justin Bibb’s election signals a new era in Cleveland


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill; Guests: Alan Zibel, Donna Shaunesey, Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo Buzzsprout-10431824 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Manchin, #SriLanka, #climatechange, #coal, #coronavirus, #guatemala, #justinBibb, #oil, #profiteering, #protests, #publichealth, #racialjustice, #ukrainewar full false     Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe Peace Action's Jon Rainwater: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War  Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe

    National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need

    Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: DOJ Inaction on Trump Coup Attempt Condemned

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Russian Invasion shadows French election
    • Can Ethiopia’s ‘truce’ end its devastating civil war?
    • In Appalachia, mine cleanup system has collapsed


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    ]]>     Peace Action's Jon Rainwater: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War  Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe

    National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need

    Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: DOJ Inaction on Trump Coup Attempt Condemned

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Russian Invasion shadows French election
    • Can Ethiopia’s ‘truce’ end its devastating civil war?
    • In Appalachia, mine cleanup system has collapsed


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jon Rainwater, Lindsay Koshgarian, John Bonifaz Buzzsprout-10389813 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #DOJinaction, #DepartmentofJustice, #MerrickGarland, #appalachia, #civilwar, #ethiopiatruce, #frenchelection, #humanneeds, #massacre, #militarization, #minecleanup, #pentagonbudget, #russiaukrainewar, #trumpcoupattempt, #ukrainewarr full false     Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine

    Nonviolence activist Kathy Kelly: U.S. Weapons Feed Yemen War and Humanitarian Crisis

    Beyond Extreme Energy's Ted Glick: Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rubber Stamp of Fossil Fuel Projects

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Colombia presidential, legislative elections lean left
    • As the US focuses on Ukraine, Yemen starves
    • Due to redlining, 45 million Americans breathing dirtier air today



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    ]]>     Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Preconditions Necessary to End Russia’s War in Ukraine

    Nonviolence activist Kathy Kelly: U.S. Weapons Feed Yemen War and Humanitarian Crisis

    Beyond Extreme Energy's Ted Glick: Campaign Pushes Back Against Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rubber Stamp of Fossil Fuel Projects

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Colombia presidential, legislative elections lean left
    • As the US focuses on Ukraine, Yemen starves
    • Due to redlining, 45 million Americans breathing dirtier air today



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Kathy Kelly, Ted Glick Buzzsprout-10349806 Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:00:00 -0400 1740 #Colombia, #FERC, #Yemenwar, #airpollution, #colombianelections, #fossilfuel, #humanitariancrisis, #humanitarianrelief, #redlining, #russia, #ukraine, #ukrainerussiawar full false     U.S. Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks to End the War U.S. Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks to End the War Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Marcus Stanley: To End the War US, Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

    Oxfam America's Robbie Silverman: New International Agreement on the Global Distribution of COVID Vaccines Criticized as Inadequate

    Coalition on Human Needs's Deborah Weinstein: Activists Are Working to Fix the Broken U.S. Child Care System

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - UAE chooses oil producers' solidarity over military allies
    - Africa's climate funding shortfall
    - Parole reform squabble leaves hundreds in New York jails


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    ]]>     Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Marcus Stanley: To End the War US, Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

    Oxfam America's Robbie Silverman: New International Agreement on the Global Distribution of COVID Vaccines Criticized as Inadequate

    Coalition on Human Needs's Deborah Weinstein: Activists Are Working to Fix the Broken U.S. Child Care System

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - UAE chooses oil producers' solidarity over military allies
    - Africa's climate funding shortfall
    - Parole reform squabble leaves hundreds in New York jails


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marcus Stanley, Robbie Silverman, Deborah Weinstein Buzzsprout-10304292 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1741 #NYcityjails, #UAE, #USUkraineRussiapeacetalk, #africaclimatefunding, #brokenchildcaresystem, #childcare, #globalcovidvaccines, #oilsanctionsrussia, #parolereform, #parolereformNY, #ukrainerussiapeacetalks, #Ukrainewar, #RussiaUkraine, #UkraineR full false     Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' Could Ignite WWIII Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' Could Ignite WWIII Institute for Responsible Statecraft's William Hartung:  Dangers of Enforcing Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' and Urgent Need for Viable War Exit Strategy

    Stand.earth's Nathan Taft: Amid Ukraine War, Climate Groups Call on Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Renewables

    Climate Psychiatry Alliance's Lise Van Susteren: Climate Anxiety: Addressing the Psychological Effects of Global Warming

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
     • U.S. thaws on Venezuelan oil sanctions while banning Russian oil
     • Clean energy demands could set off  environmentally damaging mining booms
    • Turbo Tax maker Intuit facing mass consumer arbitration cases


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    ]]>     Institute for Responsible Statecraft's William Hartung:  Dangers of Enforcing Ukraine 'No Fly Zone' and Urgent Need for Viable War Exit Strategy

    Stand.earth's Nathan Taft: Amid Ukraine War, Climate Groups Call on Biden to Invoke Defense Production Act for Renewables

    Climate Psychiatry Alliance's Lise Van Susteren: Climate Anxiety: Addressing the Psychological Effects of Global Warming

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
     • U.S. thaws on Venezuelan oil sanctions while banning Russian oil
     • Clean energy demands could set off  environmentally damaging mining booms
    • Turbo Tax maker Intuit facing mass consumer arbitration cases


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: William Hartung, Nathan Taft, Lise Van Susteren Buzzsprout-10261868 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #noflyzone, #Ukraine, #ukrainerussiawar, #nationaldefenseact, #climateanxiety, #mentalhealth, #fossilfuels full false     Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation

    Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution's Michael Hansen: Climate Activists Confront Formidable Influence Wielded by the Alabama Power Company

    Jacobin Magazine's Alex N. Press: Starbucks Union Drive Catches Fire Across the US

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
       -Stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US
       -Investors bought record number of homes in minority neighborhoods in 2021
       -Progressives gain a foothold in Texas


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    ]]>     Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation

    Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution's Michael Hansen: Climate Activists Confront Formidable Influence Wielded by the Alabama Power Company

    Jacobin Magazine's Alex N. Press: Starbucks Union Drive Catches Fire Across the US

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
       -Stunning fall for ex-Honduran president wanted in US
       -Investors bought record number of homes in minority neighborhoods in 2021
       -Progressives gain a foothold in Texas


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Norman Solomon, Michael Hansen, Alex Press Buzzsprout-10219104 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #AlabamaPowerCompany, #Starbucks, #StarbucksUnionDrive, #climate activists, #nucleardescalation, #ukraine, #ukrainewar full false     Ukraine-Russia War Ushers in More Dangerous New Cold War Era Ukraine-Russia War Ushers in More Dangerous New Cold War Era
  • Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: After Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine, Can a Wider More Dangerous War with Russia be Averted?

  • Author and nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman: In War With Russia, Ukraine’s 15 Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Attack & Catastrophic health impacts

  • Connecticut state Sen. Marilyn Moore: Combating the Systemic Devaluation and Disregard for the Lives of Women of Color

  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - France and allies begin withdrawal from Mali
    - Welfare is no substitute for a child tax credit
    - High schoolers organized massive walkout for Amir Locke



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  • Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: After Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine, Can a Wider More Dangerous War with Russia be Averted?

  • Author and nuclear activist Harvey Wasserman: In War With Russia, Ukraine’s 15 Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Attack & Catastrophic health impacts

  • Connecticut state Sen. Marilyn Moore: Combating the Systemic Devaluation and Disregard for the Lives of Women of Color

  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - France and allies begin withdrawal from Mali
    - Welfare is no substitute for a child tax credit
    - High schoolers organized massive walkout for Amir Locke



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Harvey Wasserstein, Marilyn Moore Buzzsprout-10174620 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Putin, #Ukraine, #AmirLocke, #Childtaxcredit, #France, #Mali, #Putininvasion, #ThirdWorldWar, #UkraineRussiaWar full false     Exquisite Diplomacy Needed to Avert War in Ukraine Exquisite Diplomacy Needed to Avert War in Ukraine Retired Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: How War Can be Averted in Ukraine

    Newtown Action Alliance's Po Murray: Families of Sandy Hook School Massacre Victims Win Historic Suit Against Remington Arms Company

    University of New Brunswick's David Hoffman: The Danger of Extremists Inside Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
     •     Top court frees Honduras environmental activists
     • Why Texas' power grid still hasn't been fixed
     • One in five would-be “Patriot Front” white supremacists tied to U.S. military


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    ]]>     Retired Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: How War Can be Averted in Ukraine

    Newtown Action Alliance's Po Murray: Families of Sandy Hook School Massacre Victims Win Historic Suit Against Remington Arms Company

    University of New Brunswick's David Hoffman: The Danger of Extremists Inside Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
     •     Top court frees Honduras environmental activists
     • Why Texas' power grid still hasn't been fixed
     • One in five would-be “Patriot Front” white supremacists tied to U.S. military


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lawrence B. Wilkerson, Po Murray, David Hoffman Buzzsprout-10129741 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Canada, #FreedomConvoy, #diplomacy, #environmentalactivists, #honduras, #patriotfront, #remington, #rightextremists, #russia, #sandyhooklawsuit, #sandyhookmassacre, #texaspowergrid, #ukraine, #whitesupremacists full false     Europe's Dependency on Russian Gas Key Element in Ukraine Crisis Europe's Dependency on Russian Gas Key Element in Ukraine Crisis Canadian petrochemical economist John Foster: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline & Europe’s Need for Russian Gas, Key Elements in the Ukraine Crisis

    Quinnipiac University visiting professor Judge Angela C. Robinson: Critical Race Theory is Target #1 in GOP Culture War

    Former inmate Ramon Garcia: Connecticut Activists Continue Campaign to End or Restrict the Use of Solitary Confinement

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    • Thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal
    • Biden begins crackdown on power plant pollution
    • Right-wing lobby driving laws protecting fossil fuel industry against boycotts


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    ]]>     Canadian petrochemical economist John Foster: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline & Europe’s Need for Russian Gas, Key Elements in the Ukraine Crisis

    Quinnipiac University visiting professor Judge Angela C. Robinson: Critical Race Theory is Target #1 in GOP Culture War

    Former inmate Ramon Garcia: Connecticut Activists Continue Campaign to End or Restrict the Use of Solitary Confinement

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    • Thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal
    • Biden begins crackdown on power plant pollution
    • Right-wing lobby driving laws protecting fossil fuel industry against boycotts


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Foster, Angela C. Robinson, Ramon Garcia Buzzsprout-10086989 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ArgentinaDebtDeal, #Biden, #CRT, #NordStream2, #argentina, #criticalracetheory, #fossifuelindustryboycott, #pipeline, #powerplantpollution, #racism, #russiaukraine, #ukrainecrisis full false     There's a Way for US and Russia to Save Face Over Ukraine Crisis There's a Way for US and Russia to Save Face Over Ukraine Crisis The Nation magazine's Katrina vanden Heuvel: There is a Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis  

    Yale University's Jason Stanley: Republican Party Officially Endorses Political Violence as a Means to Gain Power

    Leonard Peltier's Attorney Kevin Sharp: America’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has COVID, Supporters Demand His Release

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    • Once Europe's liberal Hope, Macron now prey to France's toxic populism
    • North Korea tests largest missile since 2017
    • Gun violence rising as GOP-run states resist tracking illegal gun trafficking

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    ]]>     The Nation magazine's Katrina vanden Heuvel: There is a Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis  

    Yale University's Jason Stanley: Republican Party Officially Endorses Political Violence as a Means to Gain Power

    Leonard Peltier's Attorney Kevin Sharp: America’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has COVID, Supporters Demand His Release

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    • Once Europe's liberal Hope, Macron now prey to France's toxic populism
    • North Korea tests largest missile since 2017
    • Gun violence rising as GOP-run states resist tracking illegal gun trafficking

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    ]]>     There is a Way Out of the Ukraine Crisis; Republican Party Officially Endorses Political Violence as a Means to Gain Power; America’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has COVID, Supporters Demand Clemency Buzzsprout-10042879 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #EmmanuelMacron, #Francepresidentialelection, #Hwasong-12missile, #Illegalguntrafficking, #NorthKoreamissiletest, #RepublicanParty, #clemencyforPeltier, #farright, #fascism, #francetoxicpopulism, #leonardpeltier, #macron, #northkorea, #russia full false     Why Do U.S., U.K. See Russian Threat on Ukrainian Border, While Ukraine Does Not? Why Do U.S., U.K. See Russian Threat on Ukrainian Border, While Ukraine Does Not? University of Rhode Island's Nicolai Petro: Escalation of Rhetoric in Ukraine Crisis Risks Conflict

    People for the American Way's Marge Baker: Biden’s Historic Pledge to Nominate a Black Woman to Supreme Court

    Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition's Russell Chisholm: Mountain Valley Pipeline Opponents Encouraged as Federal Court Vacates Critical Permits

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • US halts Afghanistan humanitarian aid amid famine and sanctions
    • Coal and cryptocurrency win over wind power in North Dakota
    • Billionaires' Row homeless shelter opens after 4-year court fight


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    ]]>     University of Rhode Island's Nicolai Petro: Escalation of Rhetoric in Ukraine Crisis Risks Conflict

    People for the American Way's Marge Baker: Biden’s Historic Pledge to Nominate a Black Woman to Supreme Court

    Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition's Russell Chisholm: Mountain Valley Pipeline Opponents Encouraged as Federal Court Vacates Critical Permits

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • US halts Afghanistan humanitarian aid amid famine and sanctions
    • Coal and cryptocurrency win over wind power in North Dakota
    • Billionaires' Row homeless shelter opens after 4-year court fight


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Nicolai Petro, Marge Baker, Russell Chisholm Buzzsprout-9999193 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #SCOTUS, #SupremeCourtJustice, #afghanfamine, #afghanistansanctions, #afghanistan, #afghanistanaid, #africanamericanwoman, #appalachia, #billionairesrow, #blackwomanjustice, #coal, #cryptocurrency, #homelessshelter, #mountainvalleypipeline , full false     A Lawmaker Participated in 1/6 Insurrection. Does He Have a Right to Run for Congress? A Lawmaker Participated in 1/6 Insurrection. Does He Have a Right to Run for Congress? Free Speech for People's Ben Horton: Effort Underway to Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Right to Run for Public Office

    Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: Taxing Extreme Global Wealth Could Lift 2.3 Billion People Out of Poverty

    Center for Media and Democracy's Alex Kotch: Koch Network Funds War on COVID Public Health Measures

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Can Arab Gulf states coax Iran into new nuclear deal?
    • After Sudan's October coup, Biden support for democracy questioned
    • Farmworkers organizing to close wage gap


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    ]]>     Free Speech for People's Ben Horton: Effort Underway to Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Right to Run for Public Office

    Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: Taxing Extreme Global Wealth Could Lift 2.3 Billion People Out of Poverty

    Center for Media and Democracy's Alex Kotch: Koch Network Funds War on COVID Public Health Measures

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Can Arab Gulf states coax Iran into new nuclear deal?
    • After Sudan's October coup, Biden support for democracy questioned
    • Farmworkers organizing to close wage gap


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ben Horton, Chuck Collins, Alex Kotch Buzzsprout-9955862 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:00:00 -0500 1740 #Jan6insurrection, #KochWaronCovidHealth, #MadisonCawthorn, #Sudancoup, #farmworkerswagegap, #insurrectionists, #irannucleardeal, #sudancoup full false     Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship Cascade Institute's Thomas Homer-Dixon: Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship

    Witness Against Torture's Maha Hilal: After 20 Years, Human Rights Groups Continue to Demand Closure of U.S. Guantanamo Prison

    United Mine Workers of America's Phil Smith: Mine Workers Union Split with Manchin on His Opposition to Biden’s Build Back Better Bill

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Protesters call for action to prevent Bosnia sliding into war
    • On Mexico's southern border, the latest migration surge is Haitian
    • Chase resumes suing indebted customers


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    ]]>     Cascade Institute's Thomas Homer-Dixon: Canadian Scholar Warns America is Moving Toward Democracy Collapse & Right-wing Dictatorship

    Witness Against Torture's Maha Hilal: After 20 Years, Human Rights Groups Continue to Demand Closure of U.S. Guantanamo Prison

    United Mine Workers of America's Phil Smith: Mine Workers Union Split with Manchin on His Opposition to Biden’s Build Back Better Bill

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Protesters call for action to prevent Bosnia sliding into war
    • On Mexico's southern border, the latest migration surge is Haitian
    • Chase resumes suing indebted customers


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Thomas Homer-Dixon, Dr. Maha Hilal, Phil Smith Buzzsprout-9915171 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0500 1740 #Guantanamo, #SenManchin, #americandemocracy, #authoritarianism, #buildbackbetter, #closeGitmo, #closeguantanamo, #democracycollapse, #dictatorship, #election2022, #election2024 full false     Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election

    University of Connecticut Assistant professor Amanda J. Crawford: Dissecting the GOP's 'Big Lie' and Other Toxic Conspiracy Theories

    CDC Epidemiologist Ellen Yard: Is There a Link Between the Pandemic and a Dramatic Rise in Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Girls?

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Germany calls nuclear power ‘dangerous’, rejects EU plan
    • Amazon is building warehouses in Trump-sponsored opportunity zones
    • Trump acolytes vie for key election oversight posts in US midterms


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    ]]>     Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: Trump & GOP Are Planning to Use the Constitution's 12th Amendment to Steal the Next Election

    University of Connecticut Assistant professor Amanda J. Crawford: Dissecting the GOP's 'Big Lie' and Other Toxic Conspiracy Theories

    CDC Epidemiologist Ellen Yard: Is There a Link Between the Pandemic and a Dramatic Rise in Suicide Attempts by Adolescent Girls?

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Germany calls nuclear power ‘dangerous’, rejects EU plan
    • Amazon is building warehouses in Trump-sponsored opportunity zones
    • Trump acolytes vie for key election oversight posts in US midterms


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon, Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill; Guests: Greg Palast, Amanda J. Crawford, Ellen Yard Buzzsprout-9873868 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:00:00 -0500 1740 12th amendment, TrumpCoup, #Coup, #election, QAnon, #CovidHoax, #conspiracytheories, suicideattempts, #adolescentgirls, #adolescentsuicide full false     Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis Mel Goodman: Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis

    René Rojas: Major Challenges Ahead for Chile’s New Progressive President

    Karen Igou and Coby Owens: Occupy Biden Protest Encampment Calls on President to ‘Declare a Climate Emergency’

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Kim Jong Un prioritizes nuclear program as vital to his regime
    • In Mexico, fertilizer used by farmers is fueling climate change
    • Liberal groups now spend more "dark money" from undisclosed donors than GOP


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    ]]>     Mel Goodman: Halting NATO’s Eastward Expansion Would Help Resolve U.S.-Russia Ukraine Crisis

    René Rojas: Major Challenges Ahead for Chile’s New Progressive President

    Karen Igou and Coby Owens: Occupy Biden Protest Encampment Calls on President to ‘Declare a Climate Emergency’

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    • Kim Jong Un prioritizes nuclear program as vital to his regime
    • In Mexico, fertilizer used by farmers is fueling climate change
    • Liberal groups now spend more "dark money" from undisclosed donors than GOP


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Mel Goodman, Rene Rojas, Karen Igou and Coby Owens Buzzsprout-9835881 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Chilesnewpresident, #KimJongUn, #Mexicofarmers, #NATO, #OccupyBiden, #climatechange, #climateemergency, #darkmoney, #northkorea, #russiaukraineconflict full false     Grieving Father, Now Medicare4All Activist Responds to Manchin's Attempt to Kill Build Back Better Bill Grieving Father, Now Medicare4All Activist Responds to Manchin's Attempt to Kill Build Back Better Bill Poor People's Campaign's Scott Desnoyers: Joe Manchin Derails Biden’s Build Back Better Human Infrastructure Bill

    Sierra Club's Adele Shraiman: New Report Finds U.S. Financial Sector the 5th Biggest Emitter of CO2 in the World

    The Daily Poster's Andrew Perez: How Dark Money Bought a Supreme Court Seat

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Midsized autocracies are projecting more hard power
    • Maine’s new “right to food” could sprout legal challenges
    • Detroit removing problem highways to reconnect black neighborhoods

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    ]]>     Poor People's Campaign's Scott Desnoyers: Joe Manchin Derails Biden’s Build Back Better Human Infrastructure Bill

    Sierra Club's Adele Shraiman: New Report Finds U.S. Financial Sector the 5th Biggest Emitter of CO2 in the World

    The Daily Poster's Andrew Perez: How Dark Money Bought a Supreme Court Seat

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Midsized autocracies are projecting more hard power
    • Maine’s new “right to food” could sprout legal challenges
    • Detroit removing problem highways to reconnect black neighborhoods

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda TuScott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Scott Desnoyers, Adele Shraiman, Andrew Perez hus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-9802473 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #AmyConeyBarrett, #CO2emissionsreport, #Mainefoodsupply, #SCOTUS, #blackneighborhoods, #buildbackbetter, #darkmoneySCOTUS, #financialsector, #geopolitics, #joemanchin, #regionalpowerplays, #autocracies, #SenManchin, #SupremeCourt full false     Media's Dishonest Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden Media's Dishonest Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker: Corporate Media’s Dishonest Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden

    National Iranian American Council's Jamal Abdi: Talks to Restore Iran Nuclear Deal Face Numerous Obstacles

    Environment and Human Health's Nancy Alderman: Growth of Recreational Wood Burning Poses Risk to Human Health

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Bolivia's vast lithium deposits for electric vehicles could help fight climate change
    • Global vaccine production fails as Pfizer & Moderna won't cooperate
    • NYC taxi drivers win some debt relief from city


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    ]]>     Center for Economic and Policy Research's Dean Baker: Corporate Media’s Dishonest Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden

    National Iranian American Council's Jamal Abdi: Talks to Restore Iran Nuclear Deal Face Numerous Obstacles

    Environment and Human Health's Nancy Alderman: Growth of Recreational Wood Burning Poses Risk to Human Health

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Bolivia's vast lithium deposits for electric vehicles could help fight climate change
    • Global vaccine production fails as Pfizer & Moderna won't cooperate
    • NYC taxi drivers win some debt relief from city


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Dean Baker, Jamal Abdi, Nancy Alderman Buzzsprout-9774238 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Bidenagenda, #COVAX, #NYCTaximedallions, #NYCcabdrivers, #NYCtaxidrivers, #bidenpolls, #bolivialithium, #buildbackbetter, #covidvaccines, #inflation, #lithium, #mediabias, #omicron full false     Today's Russia-Ukraine Tensions Rooted in US Violation of US-Soviet Agreement Today's Russia-Ukraine Tensions Rooted in US Violation of US-Soviet Agreement University of Arizona's David Gibbs: NATO Expansion Key to Understanding Rising Russia-Ukraine Tensions

    ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: Jeopardizing Press Freedom, UK Court OKs WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Extradition to US 

    Health in Harmony's Kinari Webb: Connecting Human Health & Environmental Health to Protect Indonesia’s Rainforest

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion
    • How Lahore became the world’s most polluted place
    • The Arctic could get more rain and less snow sooner

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    ]]>     University of Arizona's David Gibbs: NATO Expansion Key to Understanding Rising Russia-Ukraine Tensions

    ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: Jeopardizing Press Freedom, UK Court OKs WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Extradition to US 

    Health in Harmony's Kinari Webb: Connecting Human Health & Environmental Health to Protect Indonesia’s Rainforest

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion
    • How Lahore became the world’s most polluted place
    • The Arctic could get more rain and less snow sooner

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Gibbs, Kevin Gosztola, Kinari Webb Buzzsprout-9726108 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ArcticRain, #AssangeExtradition, #BorneRainforest, #IndonesiaRainforest, #JulianAssange, #Lahorepollution, #NATO, #NATOexpansion #Rohingya, #RohingyaFacebookLawsuit, #RussiaUkraine, #WikiLeaks, #mostpollutedplace full false     Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Women's Right to Abortion Based on 'Viability' Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Women's Right to Abortion Based on 'Viability' Center for Reproductive Rights' Jenny Ma: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s Right to Abortion    

    Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care's Kay Tillow:  Trump-Era Program Continuing Under Biden Threatens  to Privatize Medicare

    Pitzer College's Suyapa Portillo Villeda: After Years of Corruption and Violence, Progressive, Female Candidate Wins Honduras Presidential Election

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Sudan security forces fire tear gas at march against military rule
    • Secretive prisons that keep migrants out of Europe
    • Starbucks launches aggressive anti-union effort in upstate NY


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    ]]>     Center for Reproductive Rights' Jenny Ma: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s Right to Abortion    

    Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care's Kay Tillow:  Trump-Era Program Continuing Under Biden Threatens  to Privatize Medicare

    Pitzer College's Suyapa Portillo Villeda: After Years of Corruption and Violence, Progressive, Female Candidate Wins Honduras Presidential Election

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Sudan security forces fire tear gas at march against military rule
    • Secretive prisons that keep migrants out of Europe
    • Starbucks launches aggressive anti-union effort in upstate NY


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jenny Ma, Kay Tillow, Suyapa Portillo Villeda Buzzsprout-9686323 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0500 1740 #EUmigration, #Medicareprivatization, #RoevWade, #Starbucksantiunion, #abortion, #abortionrights, #honduras, #honduraselection, #hondurasfemalepresident, #medicare, #prochoice, #reproductiveRights, #starbucksunions, #sudan, #womensrights full false     Biden Needs to Carve Out or End Filibuster to Save Voting Rights Act & Democracy Biden Needs to Carve Out or End Filibuster to Save Voting Rights Act & Democracy People for the American Way's Ben Jealous: December Deadline Looms for Senate Democrats to Pass Critical Voting Rights Legislation

    BlackRock's Morris Pearl: U.S. Tax Code Must be Rewritten to Compel America’s Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share

    Presente.org's Matt Nelson: California Proposes New Rule Banning New Oil Wells Within 3,200 Feet of Homes and Schools

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
    • FBI investigating Erik Prince's role in failed arms sale in Libya
    • South Africa is one of the world's most unequal countries
    • Can the U.S. still build & think big for future generations?


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    ]]>     People for the American Way's Ben Jealous: December Deadline Looms for Senate Democrats to Pass Critical Voting Rights Legislation

    BlackRock's Morris Pearl: U.S. Tax Code Must be Rewritten to Compel America’s Wealthiest Pay Their Fair Share

    Presente.org's Matt Nelson: California Proposes New Rule Banning New Oil Wells Within 3,200 Feet of Homes and Schools

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
    • FBI investigating Erik Prince's role in failed arms sale in Libya
    • South Africa is one of the world's most unequal countries
    • Can the U.S. still build & think big for future generations?


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ben Johnson, Morris Pearl, Matt Nelson Buzzsprout-9644764 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Libyaarmsembargo, #billionaires, #infrastructure, #libya, #oildrilling, #southafrica, #taxcode, #votingrights, #wealthgap full false     Gun Culture is Empowering Those Who Want to Use Violence With Impunity Gun Culture is Empowering Those Who Want to Use Violence With Impunity New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

    Peace activist Kathy Kelly: With Freeze of Assets, Millions of Afghan Civilians Face Famine 

    PayDay Report's Mike Elk: The Sacrifice of Essential Workers During Pandemic Led to Mass Resignations and Labor Strikes

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • U.S. journalist Danny Fenster freed from Myanmar prison
    • Uzbek president scores second term in landslide victory
    • The corporate state of Delaware



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    ]]>     New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat: GOP’s Embrace of Violence Endangers U.S. Democracy

    Peace activist Kathy Kelly: With Freeze of Assets, Millions of Afghan Civilians Face Famine 

    PayDay Report's Mike Elk: The Sacrifice of Essential Workers During Pandemic Led to Mass Resignations and Labor Strikes

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • U.S. journalist Danny Fenster freed from Myanmar prison
    • Uzbek president scores second term in landslide victory
    • The corporate state of Delaware



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Kathy Kelly, Mike Elk Buzzsprout-9607143 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0500 1740 #insurrection, #jan6insurrection, #DannyFenster, #Delaware, #Gunculture, #afghanfamine, #afghanistan, #corporatepower, #gunviolence, #laborstrikes, #pandemic, #talibanfamine, #uzbekistanelection full false     COP26's Generation Gap: Young Activists Still See 'Too Little, Too Late' Action on Looming Climate Emergency COP26's Generation Gap: Young Activists Still See 'Too Little, Too Late' Action on Looming Climate Emergency Inside Climate News' Delger Erdenesanaa: Youth Climate Activists in Glasgow Demand More

    True North Research's Lisa Graves: Let Joe Biden Know Trump’s Postmaster General DeJoy Has Got to Go 

    Libraries Without Borders' Aaron Greenberg: Libraries Without Borders Provides Internet Access to Underserved Communities Worldwide

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Many nations underreport their global emissions
    • UN Security Council extends peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara
    • Thousands of black farmers forced off their land since the 1980s


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    ]]>     Inside Climate News' Delger Erdenesanaa: Youth Climate Activists in Glasgow Demand More

    True North Research's Lisa Graves: Let Joe Biden Know Trump’s Postmaster General DeJoy Has Got to Go 

    Libraries Without Borders' Aaron Greenberg: Libraries Without Borders Provides Internet Access to Underserved Communities Worldwide

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     Many nations underreport their global emissions
    • UN Security Council extends peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara
    • Thousands of black farmers forced off their land since the 1980s


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Delger Erdenesanaa, Lisa Graves, Aaron Greenberg Buzzsprout-9565257 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Blackfarmers, #Greenhousegasreporting, #UNclimateaccord, #WesternSahara, #digitaldivide,#greenhousegasemissions, #systemicracism, #COP26, #climateactivism, #climateemergency, #climatechange, #FireDejoy full false     Without Actionable Plans & Penalties at UN Climate Summit, Catastrophic Global Warming Inevitable Without Actionable Plans & Penalties at UN Climate Summit, Catastrophic Global Warming Inevitable Independent Media Institute's Reynard Loki: Climate Activists Decry Lack of Progress at Glasgow’s UN Climate Summit

    RISE's Sharon Lavigne: Residents Rise Up to Oppose Construction of a Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

    Our Revolution's Joseph Geevarghese: Progressives Reject Blame for Democrats’ Election Losses

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     South Africa’s ANC support slides further in worst election result
    • Banks lobby against Biden raise IRS budget for 'ultrawealthy' tax cheats
    • The South is ripe for union organizing


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    ]]>     Independent Media Institute's Reynard Loki: Climate Activists Decry Lack of Progress at Glasgow’s UN Climate Summit

    RISE's Sharon Lavigne: Residents Rise Up to Oppose Construction of a Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

    Our Revolution's Joseph Geevarghese: Progressives Reject Blame for Democrats’ Election Losses

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     South Africa’s ANC support slides further in worst election result
    • Banks lobby against Biden raise IRS budget for 'ultrawealthy' tax cheats
    • The South is ripe for union organizing


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Reynard Loki, Sharon Lavigne, Joseph Geevarghese Buzzsprout-9526402 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0500 1740 #taxcheats, #COP26, #CancerAlley, #ClimateAction, #ClimateSummit, #DemocratsElectionLosses, #IRSbudgetincrease, #SouthAfricaANC, #SouthUnionorganizing, #wealthytaxcheats full false     'We're in danger of letting top officials who planned, promoted and facilitated Jan. 6, get away with insurrection' 'We're in danger of letting top officials who planned, promoted and facilitated Jan. 6, get away with insurrection' Free Speech for People's Ron Fein: Troubling Signs of Inaction from the Jan. 6 Insurrection Investigation 

    Code Pink Women for Peace's Jodie Evans: The Role of the Military in the Global Climate Crisis Goes Largely Unaddressed  

    Justice is Global's Ben Levenson: Activists: ‘Biden Must Take Action to Vaccinate the Global South. No One is Safe Until We Are All Safe.’

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

    • Biden’s $500 million Saudi deal contradicts policy on 'offensive' weapons
    • Why insurance companies aren’t aggressively fighting climate change
    • Gates Foundation avoids a reckoning on race and power


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    ]]>     Free Speech for People's Ron Fein: Troubling Signs of Inaction from the Jan. 6 Insurrection Investigation 

    Code Pink Women for Peace's Jodie Evans: The Role of the Military in the Global Climate Crisis Goes Largely Unaddressed  

    Justice is Global's Ben Levenson: Activists: ‘Biden Must Take Action to Vaccinate the Global South. No One is Safe Until We Are All Safe.’

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

    • Biden’s $500 million Saudi deal contradicts policy on 'offensive' weapons
    • Why insurance companies aren’t aggressively fighting climate change
    • Gates Foundation avoids a reckoning on race and power


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ron Fein, Jodie Evans, Ben Levenson Buzzsprout-9484010 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #GatesFoundation, #Globalclimatecrisis, #Globalvaccination, #Jan6insurrection, #climatechange, #insurrection, #saudiweaponsdeal full false     Many Options in Billionaires Tax Legislation Could Help Fund Biden Build Back Better Plan Many Options in Billionaires Tax Legislation Could Help Fund Biden Build Back Better Plan Americans for Tax Fairness' Frank Clemente: Billionaires Tax May Win Support in Congressional Negotiations on Biden’s Build Back Better Plan

    Greenpeace USA's John Noël: Joe Manchin Succeeds in Killing Key Climate Provision in Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill

    Jewish Voice for Peace's Shelly Altman: Israel Designates Palestinian Human Rights Groups as Terrorists

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Europe's Social Democratic parties in decline, losing popularity
    • U.S. legal marijuana is pouring into Mexico
    • Wisconsin governor takes aim at GOP gerrymandering


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    ]]>     Americans for Tax Fairness' Frank Clemente: Billionaires Tax May Win Support in Congressional Negotiations on Biden’s Build Back Better Plan

    Greenpeace USA's John Noël: Joe Manchin Succeeds in Killing Key Climate Provision in Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill

    Jewish Voice for Peace's Shelly Altman: Israel Designates Palestinian Human Rights Groups as Terrorists

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Europe's Social Democratic parties in decline, losing popularity
    • U.S. legal marijuana is pouring into Mexico
    • Wisconsin governor takes aim at GOP gerrymandering


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Frank Clemente, John Noel, Shelly Altman Buzzsprout-9443502 Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Wisconsingerrymandering, #buildbackbetter, #climate, #climateaction, #climatechange, #europesocialdemocratic, #israel, #marijuana, #palestinianrights full false     Day In, Day Out: 4,000 Corporate Lobbyists Working to Derail Build Back Better Infrastructure Agenda Day In, Day Out: 4,000 Corporate Lobbyists Working to Derail Build Back Better Infrastructure Agenda End Citizens United's Tiffany Muller: Unlimited, Unaccountable Corporate Campaign Cash Killing Biden’s Human Infrastructure Bill

    Greenpeace European Unit's Silvia Pastorelli: Investigation Exposes Systematic Deceptive Marketing by Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies

    Media Alliance's Tracy Rosenberg: Facebook Users Union’s #FireZuck Campaign 

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Justice slips away for Salvadoran massacre survivors under amnesty law
    • Pandora Papers reveal South Dakota's role in $367 billion tax haven
    • Hoffa's house divided in 2021 Teamsters election


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    ]]>     End Citizens United's Tiffany Muller: Unlimited, Unaccountable Corporate Campaign Cash Killing Biden’s Human Infrastructure Bill

    Greenpeace European Unit's Silvia Pastorelli: Investigation Exposes Systematic Deceptive Marketing by Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies

    Media Alliance's Tracy Rosenberg: Facebook Users Union’s #FireZuck Campaign 

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Justice slips away for Salvadoran massacre survivors under amnesty law
    • Pandora Papers reveal South Dakota's role in $367 billion tax haven
    • Hoffa's house divided in 2021 Teamsters election


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Tiffany Muller, Silva Pastorelli, Tracy Rosenberg Buzzsprout-9360828 Wed, 13 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0400 1740 #ElMozoteMassacre, #ElSavadoramnestylaw, #FireZuck, #PeoplevFossilFuels, #PandoraPapers, #SouthDakotaTaxHaven, #Teamsters, #Hoffa, #buildbackbetter, #europeanfossilfuel, #humaninfrastructure, #humaninfrastructurebill, #nofalsesolutions full false     Progressives Hold Fast in Human Infrastructure Showdown with Conservative Democrats Progressives Hold Fast in Human Infrastructure Showdown with Conservative Democrats
  • Truthout.org's William Rivers Pitt: Progressives Win Round One in Human Infrastructure Showdown
  • Cornell University's Tony Ingraffea: Banks’ Immoral Investment in Fracking Leading to Climate Catastrophe
  • ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: Investigation Exposes CIA Plot to Kidnap or Kill WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange

  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Biden's nuclear submarine deal with Australia rattles France, China
    - Rural Colombian farmers reviving coca trade despite peace deal
    - Nuts edging out people in California water wars




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  • Truthout.org's William Rivers Pitt: Progressives Win Round One in Human Infrastructure Showdown
  • Cornell University's Tony Ingraffea: Banks’ Immoral Investment in Fracking Leading to Climate Catastrophe
  • ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: Investigation Exposes CIA Plot to Kidnap or Kill WikiLeaks’ Founder Julian Assange

  • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Biden's nuclear submarine deal with Australia rattles France, China
    - Rural Colombian farmers reviving coca trade despite peace deal
    - Nuts edging out people in California water wars




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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: William Rivers Pitt, Tony Ingraffea, Kevin Gosztola Buzzsprout-9322950 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:00:00 -0400 1740 #Australiasubmarines, #BrazilSubmarines, #Californiawaterwars, #JulianAssange, #climatecrisis, #cocainetrade, #cocatrade, #colombia #fracking, #humaninfrastructure, #wikileaks full false     U.S. Government has Unused Tools to Address Global COVID Vaccination & End Pandemic U.S. Government has Unused Tools to Address Global COVID Vaccination & End Pandemic Peter Maybarduk: It’s Past Time to Address the Global COVID Vaccination Shortfall Crisis

    Sikowis Nobis: Indian Schools Tool of Genocide Committed Against Indigenous Peoples of North America 

    Jemima Pierre: U.S. Border Patrol’s Brutalization of Haitian Refugees Part of Long History of Racist Immigration Policy

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     China pledges to stop financing overseas coal-fired power plants, but not their own
    • Biden sets sights on meat processing industry while lobbying soars
    • Buffalo’s developer class backs last ditch attempt against Socialist India Walton


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    ]]>     Peter Maybarduk: It’s Past Time to Address the Global COVID Vaccination Shortfall Crisis

    Sikowis Nobis: Indian Schools Tool of Genocide Committed Against Indigenous Peoples of North America 

    Jemima Pierre: U.S. Border Patrol’s Brutalization of Haitian Refugees Part of Long History of Racist Immigration Policy

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    •     China pledges to stop financing overseas coal-fired power plants, but not their own
    • Biden sets sights on meat processing industry while lobbying soars
    • Buffalo’s developer class backs last ditch attempt against Socialist India Walton


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Peter Maybarduk, Sikowis Nobiss, Jemima Pierre Buzzsprout-9280492 Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #covid19, #globalvaccination,#genocide, #borderpatrol, #indianschools, #indigenouspeople, #haitianrefugees, #immigration, #racism, #chinacoalplants, #meatprocessing, #lobbying, #indiawalton, #buffalomayor full false     Gen. Milley Had No Authority to Prevent President Trump from Nuclear War Gen. Milley Had No Authority to Prevent President Trump from Nuclear War Ploughshares Fund's Tom Collina: Unhinged Trump Drove Top U.S. General to Take Steps to Prevent Nuclear War

    Cleveland Clinic's Heather McKee Hurwitz: Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later: Lessons Learned on Inclusion and Intersectionality

    Community First Coalition's Dave Cruz-Bustamante: School Resource Officers Aren’t the Answer to School Safety

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Somalia political rift intensifies over missing spy
    • Google illegally underpaid thousands of its workers
    • EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, blocking major gold mine


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    ]]>     Ploughshares Fund's Tom Collina: Unhinged Trump Drove Top U.S. General to Take Steps to Prevent Nuclear War

    Cleveland Clinic's Heather McKee Hurwitz: Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later: Lessons Learned on Inclusion and Intersectionality

    Community First Coalition's Dave Cruz-Bustamante: School Resource Officers Aren’t the Answer to School Safety

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Somalia political rift intensifies over missing spy
    • Google illegally underpaid thousands of its workers
    • EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, blocking major gold mine


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Tom Collina, Heather McGee Hurwitz, Dave Cruz-Bustamente Buzzsprout-9240788 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #EPABristolBay, #EPAGoldmine, #Googleworkers, #genmilley, #milley, #occupywallst10yearslater, #occupywallstreet, #schoolresourceofficers, #somalia full false     Shades of Historic Fascism in Jan. 6, Sept. 18 Pro-Insurrectionists, GOP Allies Rallies Shades of Historic Fascism in Jan. 6, Sept. 18 Pro-Insurrectionists, GOP Allies Rallies New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat:  Pro-Insurrectionists and GOP Allies Pose Clear, Present Danger to Democracy

    Everytown for Gun Safety's Justin Wagner: Right-Wing Protests with Firearms

    9/11 Widow and  September 11 Advocates' Kristen Breitweiser: After 20 Years of Pressure, Biden Declassifies 9/11 FBI Report Re: Saudi Connections

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Brazil President Bolsonaro’s popularity is sinking
    • New peace talks between Venezuela's president and opposition
    • Harvard University announces divestments in fossil fuels


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    ]]>     New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat:  Pro-Insurrectionists and GOP Allies Pose Clear, Present Danger to Democracy

    Everytown for Gun Safety's Justin Wagner: Right-Wing Protests with Firearms

    9/11 Widow and  September 11 Advocates' Kristen Breitweiser: After 20 Years of Pressure, Biden Declassifies 9/11 FBI Report Re: Saudi Connections

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Brazil President Bolsonaro’s popularity is sinking
    • New peace talks between Venezuela's president and opposition
    • Harvard University announces divestments in fossil fuels


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Justin Wagner, Kristen Breitweiser Buzzsprout-9199253 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:00:00 -0400 1740 #9/11, #9/11fbireport, #JusticeForJ6, #Sept18, #Sept18rally, #bolsonarospopularity, #firearms, #harvarddivests, #peacetalks, #proinsurrectionistrally, #rightwing, #sept18proinsurrectionist, #venezuela, #venezuelasanctions full false     In Texas Abortion Law Ruling Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Roe v. Wade In Texas Abortion Law Ruling Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Roe v. Wade National Women’s Liberation's Jenny Brown: In Texas Abortion Law Ruling Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Roe v. Wade
     
     National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: New Report Reveals the High Cost of U.S. Militarism Since 9-11

    Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network's Osprey Orielle Lake: virtual Global Assembly for Climate Justice to Address the Climate Crisis Through a Feminist Lens
     
     Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • What's next for Germany after Angela Merkel?
    • Court case could end the mining industry’s dominance of the west
    • Contract miners are dying to make a living


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    ]]>     National Women’s Liberation's Jenny Brown: In Texas Abortion Law Ruling Supreme Court Moves Closer to Overturning Roe v. Wade
     
     National Priorities Project's Lindsay Koshgarian: New Report Reveals the High Cost of U.S. Militarism Since 9-11

    Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network's Osprey Orielle Lake: virtual Global Assembly for Climate Justice to Address the Climate Crisis Through a Feminist Lens
     
     Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • What's next for Germany after Angela Merkel?
    • Court case could end the mining industry’s dominance of the west
    • Contract miners are dying to make a living


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill; Guests: Jenny Brown, Lindsay Koshgarian, Osprey Orielle Lake Buzzsprout-9159346 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0400 1740 #Texas,#AbortionRights,#RoeVWade,#TexasAbortionBan,#ClimateCrisis,#ClimateJustice, #Women4ClimateJustice full false     Afghans are in a Desperate Situation and It's Going to Get Worse Afghans are in a Desperate Situation and It's Going to Get Worse Afghans for a Better Tomorrow's Arash Azizzada: Afghan-American Community & Allies Demand  Biden Ensure Safety of Afghanistan's Most Vulnerable

    Hamline University's David Schultz: Holding Politicians Criminally Accountable for Deadly COVID Policies 

    Prison Policy Initiative's Leah Wang: Urgent Need to Improve Basic Standards for Imprisoned Pregnant Women and Their Infants

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     Modi engineering electoral Hindu majority in Muslim Kashmir region
      • Rio de Janeiro asks why its cops kill so many black people
      • U.S. declares first water shortage of Colorado River


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    ]]>     Afghans for a Better Tomorrow's Arash Azizzada: Afghan-American Community & Allies Demand  Biden Ensure Safety of Afghanistan's Most Vulnerable

    Hamline University's David Schultz: Holding Politicians Criminally Accountable for Deadly COVID Policies 

    Prison Policy Initiative's Leah Wang: Urgent Need to Improve Basic Standards for Imprisoned Pregnant Women and Their Infants

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     Modi engineering electoral Hindu majority in Muslim Kashmir region
      • Rio de Janeiro asks why its cops kill so many black people
      • U.S. declares first water shortage of Colorado River


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Arash Azizzada, David Schultz, Leah Wang Buzzsprout-9085910 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0400 1740 #Afghanistan, #Afghanwar, #Covid, #Brazil, #RiodeJaneiro, #blacks, #coloradoriver, #copkillings, #kashmir, #postnatalcare, #prenatalcare, #prison, #watershortage full false     Another 'Failed' U.S. War: What Does The Taliban Takeover Mean for Afghans & U.S. Influence? Another 'Failed' U.S. War: What Does The Taliban Takeover Mean for Afghans & U.S. Influence? Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: What the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Means for Afghans and the US

    Daily Poster's Walker Bragman: Democrats Missed Deadline Allows GOP to Gerrymander Their Way to Another Decade of Minority Rule

    Children's Defense Fund's Zach Tilly: Programs That Cut U.S. Child Poverty in Half Can be Made Permanent By Congress

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • U.S. envoy heads to Ethiopia to urge end in fighting
    • U.S. life expectancy plummets amid pandemic
    • Cigna call center workers challenge working conditions


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    ]]>     Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: What the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Means for Afghans and the US

    Daily Poster's Walker Bragman: Democrats Missed Deadline Allows GOP to Gerrymander Their Way to Another Decade of Minority Rule

    Children's Defense Fund's Zach Tilly: Programs That Cut U.S. Child Poverty in Half Can be Made Permanent By Congress

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • U.S. envoy heads to Ethiopia to urge end in fighting
    • U.S. life expectancy plummets amid pandemic
    • Cigna call center workers challenge working conditions


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Melvin Goodman, Walker Bragman, Zach Tilly Buzzsprout-9049899 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Afghanistan, #Taliban, #callcenterworkers, #childpoverty, #coronavirus, #ethiopia, #gerrymander, #lifeexpectancy full false     GOP Aims for One-Party Rule, Correcting Failures of Trump's Coup Attempt GOP Aims for One-Party Rule, Correcting Failures of Trump's Coup Attempt Yale University's Jason Stanley: Investigating Trump’s Attempted Coup, Protecting Democracy

    Jubilee USA Network's Eric LeCompte: World Must Unite to Address Global COVID Vaccine Access Gap  

    Climate activist Andy Hinz: As Scientists Predict Devastating Climate Change Impacts, Activists Block Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     Palestinians facing evictions from East Jerusalem reject deal
    - Mexico sues gun companies in US, accusing them of fueling violence
    - Larry Summers holds positions with numerous financial bottom feeders 


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    ]]>     Yale University's Jason Stanley: Investigating Trump’s Attempted Coup, Protecting Democracy

    Jubilee USA Network's Eric LeCompte: World Must Unite to Address Global COVID Vaccine Access Gap  

    Climate activist Andy Hinz: As Scientists Predict Devastating Climate Change Impacts, Activists Block Construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     Palestinians facing evictions from East Jerusalem reject deal
    - Mexico sues gun companies in US, accusing them of fueling violence
    - Larry Summers holds positions with numerous financial bottom feeders 


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Eric LeCompte, Andy Hinz Buzzsprout-9013044 Wed, 11 Aug 2021 14:00:00 -0400 1740 #GlobalCovid, #GlobalCovldVaccine, #Jan6insurrection, #MexicoSuesGunmakers, #MountainValleyPipeline, #Palestinianevictions, #Trumpinsurrection, #climatecrisis, #democracycrisis, #eastJerusalem, #globalcovidvaccination, #globalpandemic full false     CDC Extends 11th Hour Federal Eviction Moratorium, But Millions of Renters Still At Risk CDC Extends 11th Hour Federal Eviction Moratorium, But Millions of Renters Still At Risk The National Low Income Housing Coalition's Sarah Saadian: CDC Issues Federal Eviction Moratorium Extension, But Millions of Renters Still at Risk

    National Nurses United's Zenei Cortez: National Nurses Union Welcomes CDC Reversal on COVID Mask Guidance

    Energy Justice Network's Mike Ewell:  Minimizing Trash Disposal Environmental Harms, Moving Toward Zero Waste

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Central Asia braces for full impact of U.S. pullout from Afghanistan
    • Captagon drug trafficking has turned Syria into a narco-state
    • Eyeing federal infrastructure windfall, private equity courts public utilities


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    ]]>     The National Low Income Housing Coalition's Sarah Saadian: CDC Issues Federal Eviction Moratorium Extension, But Millions of Renters Still at Risk

    National Nurses United's Zenei Cortez: National Nurses Union Welcomes CDC Reversal on COVID Mask Guidance

    Energy Justice Network's Mike Ewell:  Minimizing Trash Disposal Environmental Harms, Moving Toward Zero Waste

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Central Asia braces for full impact of U.S. pullout from Afghanistan
    • Captagon drug trafficking has turned Syria into a narco-state
    • Eyeing federal infrastructure windfall, private equity courts public utilities


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Leslie Rudden Guests: Sarah Saadian, Zenei Cortez, Mike Ewell Buzzsprout-8974395 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #CDC, #CDCreversal, #Syria, #afghanistan, #afghanwar, #captagon, #covidmaskguidance, #environment, #evictionmoratorium, #infrastructure, #trashdisposal, #zerowaste full false     Countering Supreme Court Conservatives' Death Blow to the Voting Rights Act Countering Supreme Court Conservatives' Death Blow to the Voting Rights Act Independent Media Institute's Steven Rosenfeld: Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Deals Death Blow to 1965 Voting Rights Act

    BanKillerDrones.org's Nick Mattern: U.S. Drone Program Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison 

    Salon's Amanda Marcotte: Are GOP Politicians and Right-Wing Media Spreading COVID Disinformation to Sabotage U.S. Economy?

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - Pegasus Project: spyware leak suggests lawyers, activists threatened
    - Celebrating secession and succession in South Sudan
    - American farm workers at risk in record-breaking heat


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    ]]>     Independent Media Institute's Steven Rosenfeld: Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Deals Death Blow to 1965 Voting Rights Act

    BanKillerDrones.org's Nick Mattern: U.S. Drone Program Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Prison 

    Salon's Amanda Marcotte: Are GOP Politicians and Right-Wing Media Spreading COVID Disinformation to Sabotage U.S. Economy?

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - Pegasus Project: spyware leak suggests lawyers, activists threatened
    - Celebrating secession and succession in South Sudan
    - American farm workers at risk in record-breaking heat


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Steven Rosenfeld, Nick Mattern, Amanda Marcotte Buzzsprout-8938102 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Coviddisinformation, #Pegasusproject, #SCOTUS, #antivax, #antivaxxers, #dronekiller, #drones, #dronewhistleblower, #farmworkers, #heatwave, #secession, #spyware, #spywareleak, #succession, #sudan, #votingrightsact full false     Each Generation Must Do Its Part Now: Expand Medicare Coverage Each Generation Must Do Its Part Now: Expand Medicare Coverage Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Senate Nearing Critical Stage of Negotiating Medicare Expansion Legislation

    Smithsonian Institution's James Early: Cuba’s Economic Crisis Provokes Protests and U.S. Threats

    FairVote's Rob Ritchie: Ranked Choice Voting Tested in New York City Primary

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     East Germany a bastion of far-right, anti-immigrant politics
    - Joe Biden launches an anti-trust revolution
    - Amazon centillionaire Jeff Bezos' ex-wife a big buzz in philanthropy


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    ]]>     Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Senate Nearing Critical Stage of Negotiating Medicare Expansion Legislation

    Smithsonian Institution's James Early: Cuba’s Economic Crisis Provokes Protests and U.S. Threats

    FairVote's Rob Ritchie: Ranked Choice Voting Tested in New York City Primary

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     East Germany a bastion of far-right, anti-immigrant politics
    - Joe Biden launches an anti-trust revolution
    - Amazon centillionaire Jeff Bezos' ex-wife a big buzz in philanthropy


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Alex Lawson, James Early, Rob Ritchie Buzzsprout-8900018 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Cubaprotests, #EastGermany, #FARRIGHT, #JeffBezosexwife, #NYCprimary, #antiimmigrantpolitics, #anti-trustrevolution, #biden, #far-right, #mackenziescott, #medicaidexpansion, #medicareexpansion, #philanthropy, #rankedchoicevoting, #Biden full false     Who's Behind Haiti President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination? Who's Behind Haiti President Jovenel Moïse's Assassination? Haiti Liberte's Kim Ives: Who Assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse?

    ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: U.S. Appeals U.K. Ruling Against Julian Assange Extradition

    Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Alarming Rise in Prison Deaths Exposes System Failure

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Mexico receives 40,000 applications for political asylum
    • 1,000 unmarked graves of indigenous children discovered in Canada
    • Venice Beach "cleanup" includes housing pledge for homeless


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    ]]>     Haiti Liberte's Kim Ives: Who Assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse?

    ShadowProof.com's Kevin Gosztola: U.S. Appeals U.K. Ruling Against Julian Assange Extradition

    Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Alarming Rise in Prison Deaths Exposes System Failure

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     Mexico receives 40,000 applications for political asylum
    • 1,000 unmarked graves of indigenous children discovered in Canada
    • Venice Beach "cleanup" includes housing pledge for homeless


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kim Ives, Kevin Gosztola, Wanda Bertam Buzzsprout-8863333 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Haiti, #JovenelMoise, #JulianAssange, #Mexicopoliticalasylum, #assassination, #indianreservationschools, #unmarkedgraves, #indigenouschildren, #kamloopsIndianresidentialschool, #marievalindianresidentialschool, #politicalasylum, #prisondeaths full false     Supreme Court Erodes Voting Rights Act Again, Affirming GOP Voter Suppression Laws Supreme Court Erodes Voting Rights Act Again, Affirming GOP Voter Suppression Laws
    Past National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn:  Supreme Court Once Again Erodes Voting Rights Act, Affirming GOP Voter Suppression Laws

    Center for International Policy's Matthew Hoh: After Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, US War Will Continue Through Drone Airstrikes

    350.org's Natalie Mebane: Exxon Lobbyist Unwittingly Reveals Company Strategy to Block Climate Legislation

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Far Right stumbles in France primary
    • Uber-rich investors use Roth IRAs to amass vast untaxed fortunes
    • Minneapolis fights to reform police department


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    ]]>
    Past National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn:  Supreme Court Once Again Erodes Voting Rights Act, Affirming GOP Voter Suppression Laws

    Center for International Policy's Matthew Hoh: After Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, US War Will Continue Through Drone Airstrikes

    350.org's Natalie Mebane: Exxon Lobbyist Unwittingly Reveals Company Strategy to Block Climate Legislation

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Far Right stumbles in France primary
    • Uber-rich investors use Roth IRAs to amass vast untaxed fortunes
    • Minneapolis fights to reform police department


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Matthew Hoh, Natalie Mebane Buzzsprout-8826411 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #1965VotingRightsAct, #ExxonLobbyist, #ExxonMobil, #Exxonlobbyist, #FarRight, #FrenchNationalRally, #GOPvotersuppression, #MarieLePen, #SupremeCourt, #TheBigLie, #VotingRightsAct, #afghanistanTaliban, #afghanwar, #blockclimateaction full false     Georgia GOP Still Purging Minority Voters from Voting Rolls Georgia GOP Still Purging Minority Voters from Voting Rolls Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: Georgia GOP Continues Campaign to Purge Minority Voters from Voting Rolls

    Poor People's Campaign's Pam Garrison and Jean Evansmore: Poor People's Campaign Protests McConnell and Manchin's Role in Derailing Voting Rights Legislation

    Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living's Zulene Mayfield: Pennsylvania Town Battles to Shut Down Toxic Waste to Energy Plant

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Shia armed militias intimidating Iraq voters
    • Covid land rush is hurting new farmers
    • Socialist defeats Buffalo mayor in primary


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    ]]>     Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: Georgia GOP Continues Campaign to Purge Minority Voters from Voting Rolls

    Poor People's Campaign's Pam Garrison and Jean Evansmore: Poor People's Campaign Protests McConnell and Manchin's Role in Derailing Voting Rights Legislation

    Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living's Zulene Mayfield: Pennsylvania Town Battles to Shut Down Toxic Waste to Energy Plant

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Shia armed militias intimidating Iraq voters
    • Covid land rush is hurting new farmers
    • Socialist defeats Buffalo mayor in primary


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Greg Palast, Pam Garrison, Jean Evansmore, Zulene Mayfield Buzzsprout-8789597 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #BuffaloNYmayoralprimary, #Georgiavoterpurge, #Manchin, #McConnell, #Pennsylvania, #Republicans, #georgia, #iraqelections, #shiamilitias, #socialist, #toxicwaste #votersuppression, #votingrightslegislation, full false     Manchin Signals Openness to Negotiating For The People Act, Filibuster Reform Manchin Signals Openness to Negotiating For The People Act, Filibuster Reform • Common Cause's Karen Hobert Flynn: Sen. Joe Manchin Signals Openness to Negotiating ForThe People Act and Filibuster Reform

    • Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele: Teacher, Campesino, Union Leader Pedro Castillo Elected President of Peru

    • Stop Solitary Connecticut's Joe Gaylin: Historic Connecticut Bill Limiting Use of Solitary Confinement Awaits Governor's Signature

    Bob Nixon's  Under-reported News Summary
     -     Trial begins for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi 
    - Mayor Bill De Blasio's City Hall put kibosh on Civilian Complaint Review Board
    - Indigenous organizers defend the Menominee River



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    ]]>     • Common Cause's Karen Hobert Flynn: Sen. Joe Manchin Signals Openness to Negotiating ForThe People Act and Filibuster Reform

    • Peruvian sociologist Francesca Emanuele: Teacher, Campesino, Union Leader Pedro Castillo Elected President of Peru

    • Stop Solitary Connecticut's Joe Gaylin: Historic Connecticut Bill Limiting Use of Solitary Confinement Awaits Governor's Signature

    Bob Nixon's  Under-reported News Summary
     -     Trial begins for ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi 
    - Mayor Bill De Blasio's City Hall put kibosh on Civilian Complaint Review Board
    - Indigenous organizers defend the Menominee River



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Karen Hobart Flynn, Francesca Emanuele, Joe Gaylin Buzzsprout-8751401 Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #AungSanSuuKyi, #CivilianComplaintReview, #ForthePeopleAct, #Manchin, #PedroCastillo, #PeruPresident-Elect, #Peruelections, #WaterProtectors, #deBlasio, #filibuster, #filibusterreform, #indigenousactivists, #joemanchin, #menomineeriver, #mya full false     Trump DOJ Lawbreaking, Rigged Tax System and Defeat of Keystone XL Pipeline Trump DOJ Lawbreaking, Rigged Tax System and Defeat of Keystone XL Pipeline Free Speech For People's John Bonifaz: Secret seizure of journalists and lawmakers phone records indicates broad investigation of Trump lawbreaking needed

    Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy's Matthew Gardner:  Recent investigation reveals tax system rigged for rich.

    Bold Nebraska's Art Tanderup:  Working with solidarity activists helped defeat of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Mexico’s populist Morena party loses ability to amend constitution
    • 30 years have passed since Israeli assassin shattered Oslo Accords
    • Police violence against Latinos overlooked 


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    ]]>     Free Speech For People's John Bonifaz: Secret seizure of journalists and lawmakers phone records indicates broad investigation of Trump lawbreaking needed

    Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy's Matthew Gardner:  Recent investigation reveals tax system rigged for rich.

    Bold Nebraska's Art Tanderup:  Working with solidarity activists helped defeat of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Mexico’s populist Morena party loses ability to amend constitution
    • 30 years have passed since Israeli assassin shattered Oslo Accords
    • Police violence against Latinos overlooked 


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill; Guests: John Bonifaz, Matthew Gardner, Art Tanderup Buzzsprout-8713404 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #TrumpDOJ, #TaxTheRich, #WealthTax, #KeystoneXL, #NoKXL, #NoTarSands full false     Fragile Coalition Forms to Oust Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Fragile Coalition Forms to Oust Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Mondoweiss’s Philip Weiss: Israel’s New Governing Coalition Poised To Oust Benjamin Netanyahu

    Center for Reproductive Rights’ Hillary Schneller: Case Now Before Supreme Court Could End Reproductive Rights Established in Roe V. Wade

    Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Progressive Coalition Pushing Biden, Congress to Protect, Expand Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

     Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: warnings of genocide and famine
    • IRS runs out the clock, saving 14 large corporations
    • The dream of a unionized New Orleans is coming true


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    ]]>     Mondoweiss’s Philip Weiss: Israel’s New Governing Coalition Poised To Oust Benjamin Netanyahu

    Center for Reproductive Rights’ Hillary Schneller: Case Now Before Supreme Court Could End Reproductive Rights Established in Roe V. Wade

    Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Progressive Coalition Pushing Biden, Congress to Protect, Expand Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid

     Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: warnings of genocide and famine
    • IRS runs out the clock, saving 14 large corporations
    • The dream of a unionized New Orleans is coming true


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Richard Hill; Guests: Philip Weiss, Hillary Schneller, Alex Lawson Buzzsprout-8673097 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #SocialSecurity, #ExpandMedicare, #medicare, #medicaid, # Ethiopia, #Tigray, #tigrayGenocide, #IRS, #taxes, #UnionizeNOLA full false     Timid Democrats Enable Trump-GOP's Ongoing Insurrection Timid Democrats Enable Trump-GOP's Ongoing Insurrection Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior: Trump-GOP Insurrection Never Ended

    Northern Arapaho Tribe's Big Wind: Indigenous Communities Lead the Fight to Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota

    Inside Climate News' Nicholas Kusnetz: ExxonMobil on Losing End of Stockholder Rebellion

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Poland becomes first NATO country to buy Turkish drones
    • Facebook loophole lets world’s leaders surveil citizens
    • Biden stimulus plan reverses austerity-style welfare reform



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    ]]>     Gaslit Nation's Sarah Kendzior: Trump-GOP Insurrection Never Ended

    Northern Arapaho Tribe's Big Wind: Indigenous Communities Lead the Fight to Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota

    Inside Climate News' Nicholas Kusnetz: ExxonMobil on Losing End of Stockholder Rebellion

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Poland becomes first NATO country to buy Turkish drones
    • Facebook loophole lets world’s leaders surveil citizens
    • Biden stimulus plan reverses austerity-style welfare reform



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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-8631918 Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Bidenstimulusplan, #ExxonMobil, #Facebook, #Facebookharassment, #Line3pipeline, #Trumpinsurrection, #austerity, #climateaction, #drone, #exxonmobilstockholders, #insurrection, #minnesota, #nato, #poland, #tarsandspipeline, #turkey full false     Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace American Friends Service Committee's Jehad Abusalim: Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace 

    Oil Change International World’s David Turnbull: Top Energy Agency Calls for an End to New Fossil Fuel Development Worldwide

    National Nurses United's Rocelyn de Leon-Minch: Nation's Largest Nurses Union Opposes CDC's Relaxation of COVID Mask/Distancing Guidelines

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Myanmar’s Army used telecom sector to spy on citizens
    • Trump officials used secret terrorism unit to question lawyers at the border
    • Tahanie Aboushi running to transform the nation’s most powerful DA office

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    ]]>     American Friends Service Committee's Jehad Abusalim: Accountability for Israel Essential to Attain Lasting Peace 

    Oil Change International World’s David Turnbull: Top Energy Agency Calls for an End to New Fossil Fuel Development Worldwide

    National Nurses United's Rocelyn de Leon-Minch: Nation's Largest Nurses Union Opposes CDC's Relaxation of COVID Mask/Distancing Guidelines

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Myanmar’s Army used telecom sector to spy on citizens
    • Trump officials used secret terrorism unit to question lawyers at the border
    • Tahanie Aboushi running to transform the nation’s most powerful DA office

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jehad Abusalim, David Turnbull, Rocelyn de Leon-Minch Buzzsprout-8593206 Wed, 26 May 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #CDCguidelines, #CyVance, #FossilFuel, #FreePalestine, #Israel, #ManhattanDA, #Palestine, #Trump, #bordercontrol, #myanmar, #newCDCguidelines, #terrorismunit full false     Is Israel Now Attempting to Ethnically Cleanse Jerusalem of Palestinians? Is Israel Now Attempting to Ethnically Cleanse Jerusalem of Palestinians? Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: U.S. 'Blank Check' Aid Feeds Israel's Impunity and Gaza Horror

    Tree of Life Educational Fund's John Fussell: Worldwide Protests Decry Israel’s Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians

    Hofstra University's Mario Murillo:  Massive Colombian Protest Movement Met with Deadly Police Violence

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?
      • South Africa’s African National Congress party infighting boils over
      • Trump-spawned megadonors hold sway over GOP future


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    ]]>     Georgetown University's Josh Ruebner: U.S. 'Blank Check' Aid Feeds Israel's Impunity and Gaza Horror

    Tree of Life Educational Fund's John Fussell: Worldwide Protests Decry Israel’s Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians

    Hofstra University's Mario Murillo:  Massive Colombian Protest Movement Met with Deadly Police Violence

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     Could Ukraine’s nuclear industry face another Chernobyl?
      • South Africa’s African National Congress party infighting boils over
      • Trump-spawned megadonors hold sway over GOP future


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Josh Ruebner, John Fussell, Mario Murillo Buzzsprout-8550375 Wed, 19 May 2021 14:00:00 -0400 1740 #ANC, #AfricanNationalCongress, #GOP, #GOPFuture, #Gaza, #Israel , #Republican, #SouthAfrica, #Trumpism, #chernobyl, #palestine, #palestinianrights full false     How We Can Stop Massive Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest How We Can Stop Massive Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: How We Can Stop Massive Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest

    Giniw Collective's Tara Houska: National Day of Awareness Focuses Attention on Epidemic of Violence Targeting Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People

    National Security Archive's Peter Kornbluh: The 1960 CIA Plot to Assassinate Raul Castro Revealed

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     In race over arms superiority, Russia challenges U.S. hegemony
    • Senate passes $35 billion for clean drinking water
    • Immigrant advocates, construction labor unions find new alliances

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    ]]>     Institute for Policy Studies's Chuck Collins: How We Can Stop Massive Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest

    Giniw Collective's Tara Houska: National Day of Awareness Focuses Attention on Epidemic of Violence Targeting Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People

    National Security Archive's Peter Kornbluh: The 1960 CIA Plot to Assassinate Raul Castro Revealed

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    •     In race over arms superiority, Russia challenges U.S. hegemony
    • Senate passes $35 billion for clean drinking water
    • Immigrant advocates, construction labor unions find new alliances

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    ]]>     https://btlonline.org/between-the-lines-may-12-2021-full-show/ Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Chuck Collins, Tara Houska, Peter Kornbluh Buzzsprout-8508960 Wed, 12 May 2021 15:00:00 -0400 1740 #1960CIAplot, #RaulCastro, #Russia, #UShegemomy, #armsrace, #constructionlaborunions, #immigrantadvocacy, #incomeinequality, #indigenous, #misogyny, #unions, #violence, #wealthyinequality, #weaponsofmassdestruction full false     Joe Biden May be Ending Reaganism (40 Years of 'Trickle-Down' Economics Hasn't Worked ) Joe Biden May be Ending Reaganism (40 Years of 'Trickle-Down' Economics Hasn't Worked ) Truthout.org's William Rivers Pitt: Why Biden May Finally Be Ending Reagan’s ‘Rancid Legacy’

    The Revolving Door Project's Max Moran:     At 100 Days Biden Receives ‘Corporate Capture Report Card’

    ACLU of Connecticut's Claudine Fox and Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer: Campaign to End Prison Gerrymandering in Connecticut Gains Momentum

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    -     Human Rights Watch report accuses Israel of apartheid
    - 'Pro-business moderate' Andrew Yang leading NYC mayoral primary
    - Biden American Rescue plan aiding black farmers in reparations movement

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    ]]>     Truthout.org's William Rivers Pitt: Why Biden May Finally Be Ending Reagan’s ‘Rancid Legacy’

    The Revolving Door Project's Max Moran:     At 100 Days Biden Receives ‘Corporate Capture Report Card’

    ACLU of Connecticut's Claudine Fox and Connecticut state Sen. Mae Flexer: Campaign to End Prison Gerrymandering in Connecticut Gains Momentum

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    -     Human Rights Watch report accuses Israel of apartheid
    - 'Pro-business moderate' Andrew Yang leading NYC mayoral primary
    - Biden American Rescue plan aiding black farmers in reparations movement

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: William Rivers Pitt, Max Moran, Claudine Fox Buzzsprout-8464678 Wed, 05 May 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #AmericanRescuePlan, #BidenReportCard, #CTprisongerrymandering, #NYCmayoralprimary, #antiyanggang, #apartheid, #blackfarmers, #endofreaganera, #endofreaganism, #humanrightwatch, #israel, #prisongerrymandering, #reparations full false     80 Vague, Broad Anti-Riot Bills in 34 States Threaten First Amendment-Protected, Nonviolent Protest 80 Vague, Broad Anti-Riot Bills in 34 States Threaten First Amendment-Protected, Nonviolent Protest Lawyers Matter Task Force's Aaron Carter Bates: Lawsuit Challenges Florida's 'Anti-Riot' Law Criminalizing Protest

    United Mine Workers of America's Cecil Roberts: Mine Workers Union States Position on  Transitioning from Coal to Clean Energy Jobs

    DC Vote's Bo Shuff: Decades-Long Campaign to Make Washington, D.C.  51st State Gains Momentum

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • German Green Party is center stage in Germany’s election
    • Kurdish autonomy remains dim across Middle East
    • Predatory nursing home financiers thriving in pandemic

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    ]]>     Lawyers Matter Task Force's Aaron Carter Bates: Lawsuit Challenges Florida's 'Anti-Riot' Law Criminalizing Protest

    United Mine Workers of America's Cecil Roberts: Mine Workers Union States Position on  Transitioning from Coal to Clean Energy Jobs

    DC Vote's Bo Shuff: Decades-Long Campaign to Make Washington, D.C.  51st State Gains Momentum

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

    • German Green Party is center stage in Germany’s election
    • Kurdish autonomy remains dim across Middle East
    • Predatory nursing home financiers thriving in pandemic

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Aaron Carter Bates, Cecil Roberts, Bo Shuff Buzzsprout-8421439 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #Antiriotlaws, #DCStatehood, #GermanGreenParty, #Germany, #GreenParty, #Kurds, #MiddleEast, #NursingHomes, #coal, #coalmines, #criminalizingprotest, #pandemic, #renewableenergy full false     After Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict, What's Needed to Fix U.S. Policing? After Derek Chauvin's Guilty Verdict, What's Needed to Fix U.S. Policing? Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas's Yohuru Williams: Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Fix Crisis in U.S. Policing

    Public Citizens Global Access to Medicines Program's Peter Maybarduk: Biden Urged to Implement Global COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Program 

    Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Biden Moves to Honor Campaign Pledge to End Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Woman’s death by police in Mexico fuels outrage
    • Infrastructure plan includes raise in corporate global minimum tax
    • Right-wing extremist attacks greatly outnumber those from far left

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    ]]>     Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas's Yohuru Williams: Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Fix Crisis in U.S. Policing

    Public Citizens Global Access to Medicines Program's Peter Maybarduk: Biden Urged to Implement Global COVID Vaccine Manufacturing Program 

    Oil Change International's Collin Rees: Biden Moves to Honor Campaign Pledge to End Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Woman’s death by police in Mexico fuels outrage
    • Infrastructure plan includes raise in corporate global minimum tax
    • Right-wing extremist attacks greatly outnumber those from far left

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Yohuru Wiliams, Peter Maybarduk, Collin Rees Buzzsprout-8377685 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #DerekChauvinTrial, #FossilFuelSubsidies, #GeorgeFloyd, #GlobalCovidVaccine, #Mexico, #Victoriaarriaza, #domesticterrorism, #rightwing, #rightwingextremism full false     Will the U.N. Be Able to Aid in Transitioning a Peaceful End to America's Longest War? Will the U.N. Be Able to Aid in Transitioning a Peaceful End to America's Longest War? Independent journalist and author Nicolas J. S. Davies: UN Now Engaged in Negotiations in Afghanistan to End America's Longest War 

    People For the American Way's Marge Baker: Voter Suppression Opponents Enlist Support from Major U.S. Corporations

    Kings Bay Plowshares anti-nuclear activist Mark Colville: Last of Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Weapons Protesters Receives 21-Month Prison Sentence

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
         - Israel's 1st trial of a prime minister begins
     - Number of billionaires grew 30 percent during pandemic
    - Dangers of factionalism among Democratic Socialists of America

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    ]]>     Independent journalist and author Nicolas J. S. Davies: UN Now Engaged in Negotiations in Afghanistan to End America's Longest War 

    People For the American Way's Marge Baker: Voter Suppression Opponents Enlist Support from Major U.S. Corporations

    Kings Bay Plowshares anti-nuclear activist Mark Colville: Last of Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Weapons Protesters Receives 21-Month Prison Sentence

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
         - Israel's 1st trial of a prime minister begins
     - Number of billionaires grew 30 percent during pandemic
    - Dangers of factionalism among Democratic Socialists of America

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marge Baker, Mark Colville Buzzsprout-8334052 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1740 #AmericasLongestWar, #DSA, #DemocraticSocialists, #afghanistanwar, #afghanwar, #billionaires, #incomeinequality, #israel, #netanyahu, #netanyahutrial, #pandemic, #peacedeal, #socialism, #socialists, #wealthgap, #KingsBayPlowshares, #antinuclearactivists, full false     Can Biden's American Jobs Plan Take on the Global Climate Crisis? Can Biden's American Jobs Plan Take on the Global Climate Crisis? 350.org's Natalie Mebane: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan a Good Start, but Lacks Capacity to Address the Global Climate Crisis

    Institute for New Economic Thinking's Lynn Parramore: Hedge Funds Disrupt Corporate Research & Development Needed to Combat Climate Change

    Georgia activist Cheryle Renee Moses: Campaign Launched to Recall Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Mexico revises Covid death toll up 60 percent
    • Myanmar’s rising body count
    • Right to Work cleaves the Granite State

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    ]]>     350.org's Natalie Mebane: Biden’s Infrastructure Plan a Good Start, but Lacks Capacity to Address the Global Climate Crisis

    Institute for New Economic Thinking's Lynn Parramore: Hedge Funds Disrupt Corporate Research & Development Needed to Combat Climate Change

    Georgia activist Cheryle Renee Moses: Campaign Launched to Recall Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Mexico revises Covid death toll up 60 percent
    • Myanmar’s rising body count
    • Right to Work cleaves the Granite State

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus and Bob Nixon Buzzsprout-8290128 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0400 1740 AmericanJobsPlan, COVID, Georgia, GlobalClimateCrisis, InfrastructurePlan, ClimateAction, #ClimateChange, Mexico, Myanmar, NewHampShire, RecallBrianKemp, RighttoWork full false     Biden's Hardline Foreign Policy: Are There Alternatives to Costly, New Cold War with Russia and China? Biden's Hardline Foreign Policy: Are There Alternatives to Costly, New Cold War with Russia and China? Center For International Policy's Mel Goodman: Biden's Hardline Policy Toward Russia, China Sacrifices Common Interests

    Journalist and author Todd Miller: 'Border Industrial Complex' Persecutes Immigrants While Enriching Corporations

    Tree-sitter Crystal Mello: Police Arrest Mountain Valley Pipeline Tree-Sitters, Ending 932-Day Direct Action Protest

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     US, EU, Canada sanction China over treatment of Uighurs
    - Oregon’s logging industry fighting to keep tax breaks
    - Oregon's affordable housing model makes sense for West


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    ]]>     Center For International Policy's Mel Goodman: Biden's Hardline Policy Toward Russia, China Sacrifices Common Interests

    Journalist and author Todd Miller: 'Border Industrial Complex' Persecutes Immigrants While Enriching Corporations

    Tree-sitter Crystal Mello: Police Arrest Mountain Valley Pipeline Tree-Sitters, Ending 932-Day Direct Action Protest

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    -     US, EU, Canada sanction China over treatment of Uighurs
    - Oregon’s logging industry fighting to keep tax breaks
    - Oregon's affordable housing model makes sense for West


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Melvin Goodman, Todd Miller, Crystal Mello Buzzsprout-8247833 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1740 #Russia, #borderdetention, #borderindustrialcomplex, #China, #immigrants, #migrants, #mountainvalleypipeline, #pipelinetreesitters full false     Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore America's Unique Mental Illness with Gun Violence Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore America's Unique Mental Illness with Gun Violence Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation's Po Murray: Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention Legislation

    Former Supermax prison inmate Sean Sellars and former Department of Correction nurse Kebra Smith: Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward 

    Center for Economic and Policy Research's Alexander Main: With Charges Dropped, Popular Former President Lula da Silva May Run Against Bolsonaro in 2022

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Ten years of war have broken Syria into pieces
    • The crisis in state governments isn’t the budget
    • Over 700 complaints of police abuse filed after protests


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    ]]>     Newtown Action Alliance and Newtown Action Alliance Foundation's Po Murray: Atlanta & Boulder Mass Shootings Underscore Urgent Need to Pass Gun Violence Prevention Legislation

    Former Supermax prison inmate Sean Sellars and former Department of Correction nurse Kebra Smith: Campaign to End Solitary Confinement in Connecticut Prisons Moves Forward 

    Center for Economic and Policy Research's Alexander Main: With Charges Dropped, Popular Former President Lula da Silva May Run Against Bolsonaro in 2022

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Ten years of war have broken Syria into pieces
    • The crisis in state governments isn’t the budget
    • Over 700 complaints of police abuse filed after protests


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Po Murray, Sean Sellers, Alexander Main Buzzsprout-8202928 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Atlantashooting, #Bolsonaro, #Bouldershooting, #Gunviolence, #Syria, #brazil, #connecticutprisons, #covid, #freespeech, #governance, #governors, #lula, #massshootings, #policeabuse, #solitaryconfinement full false     'Social Security for Kids': Making Child Tax Credits Permanent 'Social Security for Kids': Making Child Tax Credits Permanent Children's Defense Fund's Ben Anderson: Critical Battle Ahead to Make New Poverty-Fighting Child Tax Credit Permanent

    Our Children’s Trust's Philip Gregory: Youth-Led Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Lawmakers Accountable for Harm Caused by Climate Change to Future Generations

    Nuclear Information and Resource Service's Tim Judson: Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Continues 10 Years Later

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Summary

    • Billions in taxpayer dollars wasted in Afghan development
    • China’s domestic security agencies undergo massive purge
    • Entire Nevada Democratic party staff quits after Democratic Socialist slate wins

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    ]]>     Children's Defense Fund's Ben Anderson: Critical Battle Ahead to Make New Poverty-Fighting Child Tax Credit Permanent

    Our Children’s Trust's Philip Gregory: Youth-Led Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Lawmakers Accountable for Harm Caused by Climate Change to Future Generations

    Nuclear Information and Resource Service's Tim Judson: Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Continues 10 Years Later

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported Summary

    • Billions in taxpayer dollars wasted in Afghan development
    • China’s domestic security agencies undergo massive purge
    • Entire Nevada Democratic party staff quits after Democratic Socialist slate wins

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ben Anderson, Philip Gregory, Tim Judson Buzzsprout-8158950 Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0400 1740 #Nevada, #DemocraticSocialists, #Childtaxcredit, #childpoverty, #climatechangelawsuit, #endingchildpoverty, #fukushima, #socialsecurityforkids, #Afghanistan, #China full false     Passage of H.R. 1, 'For The People Act,' Urgently Needed to Repair America’s Broken Democracy Passage of H.R. 1, 'For The People Act,' Urgently Needed to Repair America’s Broken Democracy Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Passage of HR1 'For The People Act' Urgently Needed to Repair America’s Broken Democracy

    Author and organizer Jonathan Rosenblum: Amazon Union Organizing Drive in Alabama: A Turning Point for American Workers?

    Mountain View Correctional Facility's Mark McBrine: Innovative Program Enhances Prison Food Nutrition, Trains Inmates

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Hong Kong protest supports 47 pro-democracy arrestees
    • Biden seeks aid on border with Mexican leader
    • Rockwool activists face off against West Virginia’s GOP governor

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    ]]>     Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Passage of HR1 'For The People Act' Urgently Needed to Repair America’s Broken Democracy

    Author and organizer Jonathan Rosenblum: Amazon Union Organizing Drive in Alabama: A Turning Point for American Workers?

    Mountain View Correctional Facility's Mark McBrine: Innovative Program Enhances Prison Food Nutrition, Trains Inmates

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    • Hong Kong protest supports 47 pro-democracy arrestees
    • Biden seeks aid on border with Mexican leader
    • Rockwool activists face off against West Virginia’s GOP governor

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Lisa Gilbert, Jonathan Rosenblum, Mark McBrine Buzzsprout-8115316 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #progressive, #HR1, #H.R.1, #AmazonUnion, #ForthePeopleAct, #HR1, #Mexico, #Rockwool, #amazon, #borderaid, #immigrationreform, #prisonreform, #union, #voterintegrity, #votersuppression, #votingrightsact, #westvirginia full false     Biden's Syria Airstrike Jeopardizes US Rejoining International Iran Nuclear Agreement Biden's Syria Airstrike Jeopardizes US Rejoining International Iran Nuclear Agreement RootsAction's David Swanson: Biden's Syria Airstrike Jeopardizes US Rejoining International Iran Nuclear Agreement 

    Associate professor Loretta Ross: Republicans Cannot be a Legitimate Party Without Casting Out White Supremacists and Fascists

    New Haven Climate Movement Youth Action Team's Adrian Huq: Militarism’s Direct Impact on the Climate Crisis

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Amid coup, Myanmar envoy meets Thai, Indonesia officials
    • Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather
    • "Chuy" Garcia working with growing progressive Squad Congress

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    ]]>     RootsAction's David Swanson: Biden's Syria Airstrike Jeopardizes US Rejoining International Iran Nuclear Agreement 

    Associate professor Loretta Ross: Republicans Cannot be a Legitimate Party Without Casting Out White Supremacists and Fascists

    New Haven Climate Movement Youth Action Team's Adrian Huq: Militarism’s Direct Impact on the Climate Crisis

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Amid coup, Myanmar envoy meets Thai, Indonesia officials
    • Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather
    • "Chuy" Garcia working with growing progressive Squad Congress

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: David Swanson, Loretta J. Ross, Adrian Huq Buzzsprout-8068552 Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Chuy, #ClimateCrisis, #Iran, #IranNuclearDeal, #Myanmarcoup, #Nazification, #NeoNazi, #RepublicanParty, #Syria, #TexasBlackOut, #climateaction, #progressives, #texaspowergrid, #TheSquad full false     GOP Joins Trump's 'Big Lie' with Hundreds of State Voter Suppression Bills GOP Joins Trump's 'Big Lie' with Hundreds of State Voter Suppression Bills • Common Cause's Sylvia Albert: Based on Trump Election 'Big Lie,' GOP Proposes 165 Voter Suppression Bills in 33 States

    • National Black Environmental Justice Network's  Tina Johnson: Dialogue on Carbon Pricing, Environmental Justice and Equity

    • Debt Collective's Tom Gokey: Cancelling Student Debt Will Boost the Larger U.S. Economy

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
          - Hardened by war, Libya put hopes in new leaders
      - China to build world's biggest dam on sacred Tibetan River
      - Oregon first state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs

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    ]]>     • Common Cause's Sylvia Albert: Based on Trump Election 'Big Lie,' GOP Proposes 165 Voter Suppression Bills in 33 States

    • National Black Environmental Justice Network's  Tina Johnson: Dialogue on Carbon Pricing, Environmental Justice and Equity

    • Debt Collective's Tom Gokey: Cancelling Student Debt Will Boost the Larger U.S. Economy

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
          - Hardened by war, Libya put hopes in new leaders
      - China to build world's biggest dam on sacred Tibetan River
      - Oregon first state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs

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    ]]>     https://btlonline.org/between-the-lines-feb-24-2021-full-show/ Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Sylvia Albert, Tina Johnson, Thomas Gokey Buzzsprout-8022121 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #2022midtermelections, #BigLie, #CarbonPricing, #China, #ChinaDam, #Libya, #StudentDebt, #StudentDebtCancellation, #drugdecriminalization, #environmentaljustice, #oregon, #votersuppression full false     'Smoking Gun' Connects Trump to Capitol Insurrection 'Smoking Gun' Connects Trump to Capitol Insurrection  Investigative journalist Greg Palast: There's a 'Smoking Gun' Connecting Trump to Capitol Insurrection

    Center for Constitutional Rights’ Aliya Hussein: Close Guantanamo U.S. Military Prison and End Indefinite Military Detention

    Earthjustice’s Jan Hasselman: It’s Time to Shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • In term limit dispute, Haiti's leader clings to power
    • Indigenous Americans dying of Covid-19 at faster rate
    • Wind power boom sets off Ecuadorian balsa wood scramble


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    ]]>      Investigative journalist Greg Palast: There's a 'Smoking Gun' Connecting Trump to Capitol Insurrection

    Center for Constitutional Rights’ Aliya Hussein: Close Guantanamo U.S. Military Prison and End Indefinite Military Detention

    Earthjustice’s Jan Hasselman: It’s Time to Shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • In term limit dispute, Haiti's leader clings to power
    • Indigenous Americans dying of Covid-19 at faster rate
    • Wind power boom sets off Ecuadorian balsa wood scramble


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Greg Palast, Aliya Hussein, Jan Hasselman Buzzsprout-7922833 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Jan6, #insurrection, #sedition, #CapitolRiot, #Guantanamo, #CloseGuantanamo, #CloseGitmo, #ClimateJustice, #NoDAPL, #BalsaWood, #CapitolInsurrection, #CapitolRiots, #Covid-19, #DakotaAccessPipeline, #Ecuador, #Gitmo, #Guantanamo, #Haiti, #JovenelMoise, full false     At Last, An End to U.S. Support for Saudi/UAE-led War on Yemen? At Last, An End to U.S. Support for Saudi/UAE-led War on Yemen? Peace Action's Kevin Martin: Biden Pledges to End U.S. Support for Saudi/UAE-led War on Yemen

    No Dem Left Behind's Madalin Sammons: Grassroots Group No Dems Left Behind Targets Rural, Conservative Districts

    Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream's Jerry Greenfield: Social Justice Activists Ben and Jerry Launch Campaign to End Qualified Police Immunity

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Burma coup poses early test for Biden foreign policy
    • The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation
    • Former Facebook lawyer to head Justice Department anti-trust division?


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    ]]>     Peace Action's Kevin Martin: Biden Pledges to End U.S. Support for Saudi/UAE-led War on Yemen

    No Dem Left Behind's Madalin Sammons: Grassroots Group No Dems Left Behind Targets Rural, Conservative Districts

    Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream's Jerry Greenfield: Social Justice Activists Ben and Jerry Launch Campaign to End Qualified Police Immunity

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Burma coup poses early test for Biden foreign policy
    • The world is facing an upsurge of nuclear proliferation
    • Former Facebook lawyer to head Justice Department anti-trust division?


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Kevin Martin, Madalin Sammons, Jerry Greenfeld Buzzsprout-7788292 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #DOJ, #JusticeDepartment, #SusanDavies, #antitrust, #burmacoup, #democraticprimaries, #endpolicebrutality, #merrickgarland, #myanmarcoup, #nodemsleftbehind, #nuclearproliferation, #yemenwar full false     Whose Accountability is Really on Trial in Trump Impeachment? Whose Accountability is Really on Trial in Trump Impeachment? Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: Republicans Who Refuse to Hold Trump Accountable for Insurrection Must Answer to History

    Yale University School of Public Health's Dr. Robert Hecht: COVID Vaccination Equity in US and World, Critical to Controlling the Pandemic 

    Earthjustice's Moneen Nasmith: Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline Project Target of Renewed International Opposition

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Hundreds in Haiti protest to demand Moise's resignation
    • After two months of war, Ethiopia's Tigray people starving
    • Hunts Point food workers' strike is just the beginning


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    ]]>     Free Speech for People's John Bonifaz: Republicans Who Refuse to Hold Trump Accountable for Insurrection Must Answer to History

    Yale University School of Public Health's Dr. Robert Hecht: COVID Vaccination Equity in US and World, Critical to Controlling the Pandemic 

    Earthjustice's Moneen Nasmith: Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline Project Target of Renewed International Opposition

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Hundreds in Haiti protest to demand Moise's resignation
    • After two months of war, Ethiopia's Tigray people starving
    • Hunts Point food workers' strike is just the beginning


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: John Bonifaz, Dr. Robert Hecht, Moneen Nasmith Buzzsprout-7655182 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #COVIDVaccine, #COVIDvaccination, #COVIDvaccinationequity, #EthiopianWar, #HuntsPointstrike, #Line3TarSandsPipeline, #Line3pipeline, #Pandemic, #Tigray, #Trumpimpeachment, #foodworkerstrike, #haiti, #insurrection, #moiseprotests, #vaccination full false     After Capitol Insurrection, What's Next for Militias? After Capitol Insurrection, What's Next for Militias? • Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund's Thomas Saenz: Joe Biden's Immigration Reform Proposals Will Test Prospects for Bipartisanship

    • Journalist and author Mike Giglio: After the Deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection, Pro-Trump Militias Ponder Their Future

    • DCVote's Bo Shuff: Statehood Campaign Demands Political Representation for 700,000 Washington, D. C. Residents

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Uganda’s Museveni clings to power—but troubles lie ahead
    - Wall Street eyes billions in Colorado River
    - Superfund toxic cleanup needed for public housing


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    ]]>     • Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund's Thomas Saenz: Joe Biden's Immigration Reform Proposals Will Test Prospects for Bipartisanship

    • Journalist and author Mike Giglio: After the Deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection, Pro-Trump Militias Ponder Their Future

    • DCVote's Bo Shuff: Statehood Campaign Demands Political Representation for 700,000 Washington, D. C. Residents

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - Uganda’s Museveni clings to power—but troubles lie ahead
    - Wall Street eyes billions in Colorado River
    - Superfund toxic cleanup needed for public housing


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Thomas Saenz, Mike Giglio, Bo Shuff Buzzsprout-7519534 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #ColoradoRiver, #DCstatehood, #Protrumpmilitias, #Superfund, #Uganda, #WashingtonDC, #immigrationreform, #militias, #publichousing full false     Urgent Need to Aggressively Investigate Capitol Insurrection Security Failure Urgent Need to Aggressively Investigate Capitol Insurrection Security Failure Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard: Urgent Need to Aggressively Investigate Capitol Insurrection Security Failure

    Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Trump's GOP Enablers Must be Held Accountable for the Four Year Assault on Democracy

    Faithful America's Rev. Nathan Empsall: Countering ‘Toxic Christianity’s’ Role in the Trump-Incited Capitol Attack

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - India’s highest court suspends implementation of new farm laws
    - South Africa braces for possible 25% cut in government jobs
    - Immigrants lacked soap as COVID spread in ICE detention centers


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    ]]>     Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard: Urgent Need to Aggressively Investigate Capitol Insurrection Security Failure

    Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: Trump's GOP Enablers Must be Held Accountable for the Four Year Assault on Democracy

    Faithful America's Rev. Nathan Empsall: Countering ‘Toxic Christianity’s’ Role in the Trump-Incited Capitol Attack

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
    - India’s highest court suspends implementation of new farm laws
    - South Africa braces for possible 25% cut in government jobs
    - Immigrants lacked soap as COVID spread in ICE detention centers


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Sasha Abramsky, Rev. Nathan Empsall Buzzsprout-7394566 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #COVID, #CapitolRiots, #ICE, #India, #Seditionists, #SouthAfrica, #ToxicChristianity, #insurrectionists full false     Trumpism & GOP Extremism Threatens Democracy Trumpism & GOP Extremism Threatens Democracy Yale professor and author of "How Fascism Works" Jason Stanley:  Trump, GOP Extremism Constitutes a Direct and Continuing Threat to Democracy

    Racial Justice activist and author Bill Fletcher Jr: White Supremacy Central to Pro-Trump Assault on U.S. Capitol

    Vera Institute of Justice's Kica Matos: Immigration Reform Agenda Under Biden Will Face Major Challenges

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
      •     Afghan civil society under attack
      • Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
      • Hundreds of Google employees form union

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    ]]>     Yale professor and author of "How Fascism Works" Jason Stanley:  Trump, GOP Extremism Constitutes a Direct and Continuing Threat to Democracy

    Racial Justice activist and author Bill Fletcher Jr: White Supremacy Central to Pro-Trump Assault on U.S. Capitol

    Vera Institute of Justice's Kica Matos: Immigration Reform Agenda Under Biden Will Face Major Challenges

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
      •     Afghan civil society under attack
      • Trump auctions drilling rights to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
      • Hundreds of Google employees form union

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jason Stanley, Bill Fletcher, Kica Matos Buzzsprout-7275802 Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #ANWR, #Afghanistan, #CapitolRiots, #Fascism, #Google, #GoogleUnion, #ImmigrationReform, #Inauguration, #JoeBiden full false     Trump's Election Georgia Phone Call Recording Evidence for Prosecution Trump's Election Georgia Phone Call Recording Evidence for Prosecution Harvard Law School's Jeannie Suk Gersen:  Trump Coup Attempt Crosses Another Line in Georgia Phone Call

    Fordham Law School's James Goodale: Press Freedom Jeopardized as US Attempts to Extradite Julian Assange from UK to Face Espionage Charges

    Duke University's Kenneth Surin: EU-UK 11th Hour Brexit Deal is No Victory

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     2020 was year of Canada's indigenous activism
      • Climate crisis benefitting Russia, Scandinavia
      • Labor activists celebrate New Mexico breakthrough

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    ]]>     Harvard Law School's Jeannie Suk Gersen:  Trump Coup Attempt Crosses Another Line in Georgia Phone Call

    Fordham Law School's James Goodale: Press Freedom Jeopardized as US Attempts to Extradite Julian Assange from UK to Face Espionage Charges

    Duke University's Kenneth Surin: EU-UK 11th Hour Brexit Deal is No Victory

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
      •     2020 was year of Canada's indigenous activism
      • Climate crisis benefitting Russia, Scandinavia
      • Labor activists celebrate New Mexico breakthrough

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Jeannie Suk Gersen, James Goodale, Kenneth Surin Buzzsprout-7163029 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0500 1740 #Brexit, #Canada, #JulianAssange, #Russia, #TrumpCoupAttempt, #climatecrisis, #indigenousactivism, #pressfreedom, #scandinavia, #sedition, #trumpCoup full false     GOP's Inadequate Covid Relief Bill Leaves Room for Biden to Be the People's Hero GOP's Inadequate Covid Relief Bill Leaves Room for Biden to Be the People's Hero Center for Popular Democracy's Julio Lopez: Inadequate COVID Relief Bill Pressures Biden to Target Aid to Most Vulnerable

    Center for Economic and Policy Research's Mark Moran:  Buttigieg’s Appointment as Transportation Secretary Betrays Biden’s Pledge to Name Competent, Experienced Officials

    Post Cards to Voters's Tony the Democrat: A Progressive Electoral Success Story

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    - Women in Mexico reckon with high cost of migration
    - Africa's Kariba Dam faces disastrous hydroelectric power collapse
    - Big Tech's gig economy foreshadows Uber-like trouble

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    ]]>     Center for Popular Democracy's Julio Lopez: Inadequate COVID Relief Bill Pressures Biden to Target Aid to Most Vulnerable

    Center for Economic and Policy Research's Mark Moran:  Buttigieg’s Appointment as Transportation Secretary Betrays Biden’s Pledge to Name Competent, Experienced Officials

    Post Cards to Voters's Tony the Democrat: A Progressive Electoral Success Story

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    - Women in Mexico reckon with high cost of migration
    - Africa's Kariba Dam faces disastrous hydroelectric power collapse
    - Big Tech's gig economy foreshadows Uber-like trouble

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Julio Lopez, Max Moran, "Tony the Democrat" Buzzsprout-7064800 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Bidenadministration, #BigTech, #COVID, #GeorgiaRunoffElection, #GeorgiaSenateRace, #KaribaDam, #Mexico, #PeteButtigieg, #PostcardstoVoters, #coronavirus, #covid19, #covidreliefaid, #gigeconomy, #migration, #survivalchecks full false     Trump's Negligent 'Herd Immunity' Policies Sought to Infect Millions of Americans Trump's Negligent 'Herd Immunity' Policies Sought to Infect Millions of Americans Truthout's William Rivers Pitt: Trump's Deadly 'Herd Immunity' Policies Sought to Infect Millions of Americans

    Death Penalty Information Center's Ngozi Ndulue: In a Cruel Last Act, Trump Orders Record Breaking Wave of Federal Executions

    RootsAction's Jeff Cohen: "No Honeymoon For Biden" Campaign Demands New Administration Adopt Progressive Policy Solutions

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
      •     Trump’s parting gift to Morocco
      • Biden's agriculture secretary is what's wrong with Democratic Party
      • JPMorgan Chase wrongfully charges 170,000 customers overdraft fees

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    ]]>     Truthout's William Rivers Pitt: Trump's Deadly 'Herd Immunity' Policies Sought to Infect Millions of Americans

    Death Penalty Information Center's Ngozi Ndulue: In a Cruel Last Act, Trump Orders Record Breaking Wave of Federal Executions

    RootsAction's Jeff Cohen: "No Honeymoon For Biden" Campaign Demands New Administration Adopt Progressive Policy Solutions

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
      •     Trump’s parting gift to Morocco
      • Biden's agriculture secretary is what's wrong with Democratic Party
      • JPMorgan Chase wrongfully charges 170,000 customers overdraft fees

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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon and Anna Manzo Guests: William Rivers Pitt, Ngozi Ndulue, Jeff Cohen Buzzsprout-6985261 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #Biden, #BidenCabinet, #JPMorganChase, #TomVilsack, #WesternSahara, #executions, #herdimmunity, #lameduck, #morocco, #progressive full false     Republican Party's Morphing into a Dangerous Threat to Democracy Republican Party's Morphing into a Dangerous Threat to Democracy National Lawyers Guild's Marjorie Cohn:  Republican Party has Morphed into a Threat to Democracy

    National Nurses' Union: Major Challenges Ahead for the Equitable Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccine

    Episcopal Priest: Rev. Nathan Empsall: Faithful America Confronts Religious Bigotry and Christian Teachings That Serve a Hateful Political Agenda

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Halt relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island
    • Making coal history
    • NYPD cops cash in sex trade arrests with little evidence


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    ]]>     National Lawyers Guild's Marjorie Cohn:  Republican Party has Morphed into a Threat to Democracy

    National Nurses' Union: Major Challenges Ahead for the Equitable Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccine

    Episcopal Priest: Rev. Nathan Empsall: Faithful America Confronts Religious Bigotry and Christian Teachings That Serve a Hateful Political Agenda

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Halt relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island
    • Making coal history
    • NYPD cops cash in sex trade arrests with little evidence


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Marjorie Cohn, Michelle Manon, Rev. Nathan Empsall Buzzsprout-6879569 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #TrumpCoupAttempt, #covidvaccine, #endingcoal, #religiousbigotry, #rohingyarefugees, #sextrade, #vaccinedistribution, #vicesquad full false     Trump-GOP Lockstepping into Authoritarianism, Endangering American Democracy Trump-GOP Lockstepping into Authoritarianism, Endangering American Democracy • New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Trump-GOP Authoritarianism: An Ongoing Threat to U.S. Democracy

    • Our Revolution's Joseph Geevarghese: Our Revolution's Endorsed Progressive Candidates Win Big

    • Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Pandemic Closes Courts, Strands Hundreds of Thousands in Dangerous Jails Awaiting Trials

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    - Trump’s sanctions in the Middle East have had little effect
    - Ghana climate activist's Goldman environmental prize
    - Healthcare workers organizing like their lives depend on it


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    ]]>     • New York University's Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Trump-GOP Authoritarianism: An Ongoing Threat to U.S. Democracy

    • Our Revolution's Joseph Geevarghese: Our Revolution's Endorsed Progressive Candidates Win Big

    • Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Pandemic Closes Courts, Strands Hundreds of Thousands in Dangerous Jails Awaiting Trials

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

    - Trump’s sanctions in the Middle East have had little effect
    - Ghana climate activist's Goldman environmental prize
    - Healthcare workers organizing like their lives depend on it


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Joseph Geevarghese, Wanda Bertram Buzzsprout-6771157 Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Ghana, #MiddleEast, #Sanctions, #authoritarianism, #climateaction, #climateactivism, #healthcareworkers, #pandemic, #prisons, #progressive full false     Between The Lines - Dec. 2, 2020 Between The Lines - Dec. 2, 2020 • University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Assassination of Top Iranian Scientist Strengthens Tehran's Hardliners

    • Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins: Post-Election Call to Action on Healthy Food, Sustainable Farming, Climate and Racial Justice

    • United American Indians of New England's Matowin Munro:     Thanksgiving 'Day of Mourning' Event Commemorates Ongoing Struggle of Indigenous People in North America

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
         – Mexico may become 3rd nation to legalize cannabis
     – Biden must end Yemen war he helped start
     – Banning drilling on public lands won’t be easy for Biden


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    ]]>     • University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes: Assassination of Top Iranian Scientist Strengthens Tehran's Hardliners

    • Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins: Post-Election Call to Action on Healthy Food, Sustainable Farming, Climate and Racial Justice

    • United American Indians of New England's Matowin Munro:     Thanksgiving 'Day of Mourning' Event Commemorates Ongoing Struggle of Indigenous People in North America

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
         – Mexico may become 3rd nation to legalize cannabis
     – Biden must end Yemen war he helped start
     – Banning drilling on public lands won’t be easy for Biden


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Steven Zunes, Ronnie Cummins, Matowin Munro Buzzsprout-6656077 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #DayofMourning, #Iran, #Organics, #Thanksgiving, #climateaction, #healthyfood, #indigenous, #racialjustice, #sustainablefarming full false     Between The Lines - Nov. 25, 2020 Between The Lines - Nov. 25, 2020 • American Constitution Society's Caroline Fredrickson: After Trump, Reforms Must be Undertaken to Protect Democracy from Future Autocratic Presidents

    • University of Connecticut's Christopher Vials: Resisting Trump-GOP Authoritarianism Requires a Big Tent Coalition

    • Honor the Earth's Winona LaDuke: Opponents Organize to Resist Minnesota Approval of Line 3 Pipeline Project

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    – Russia plans to build  its first naval base — in Sudan
    – Will Biden-Harris confront India's Modi on human rights?
    – Tyson managers bet money on how many  workers would get COVID


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    ]]>     • American Constitution Society's Caroline Fredrickson: After Trump, Reforms Must be Undertaken to Protect Democracy from Future Autocratic Presidents

    • University of Connecticut's Christopher Vials: Resisting Trump-GOP Authoritarianism Requires a Big Tent Coalition

    • Honor the Earth's Winona LaDuke: Opponents Organize to Resist Minnesota Approval of Line 3 Pipeline Project

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    – Russia plans to build  its first naval base — in Sudan
    – Will Biden-Harris confront India's Modi on human rights?
    – Tyson managers bet money on how many  workers would get COVID


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Carolina Fredrickson, Christopher Vials, Winona LaDuke Buzzsprout-6550186 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:00:00 -0500 1740 #Authoritarianism, #COVID, #India, #Modi, #Russia, #Sudan, #Tyson, #humanrights, #minnesota, #navalbase, #pipeline, #reforms full false     Between The Lines - Nov. 18, 2020 Between The Lines - Nov. 18, 2020 • Democracy for America's Charles Chamberlain: Democrats Debate Blame for Election House Losses

    • Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Trump Mass Firings at Pentagon: Retribution for 'Disloyalty' or Preparations for A Coup?

    • Media Matters for America's Matt Gertz: Trump Views Fox News as his Propaganda Channel, When it Veers Off-Script He Retaliates

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News:

      -15 Hong Kong lawmakers resign over ouster of pro-democracy colleagues
     - Masked up, ready to battle mosquitos & viruses
     - Biden’s first appointees are a mixed bag


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    ]]>     • Democracy for America's Charles Chamberlain: Democrats Debate Blame for Election House Losses

    • Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: Trump Mass Firings at Pentagon: Retribution for 'Disloyalty' or Preparations for A Coup?

    • Media Matters for America's Matt Gertz: Trump Views Fox News as his Propaganda Channel, When it Veers Off-Script He Retaliates

    • Bob Nixon's Under-reported News:

      -15 Hong Kong lawmakers resign over ouster of pro-democracy colleagues
     - Masked up, ready to battle mosquitos & viruses
     - Biden’s first appointees are a mixed bag


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Charles Chamberlain, Melvin Goodman, Matt Gertz Buzzsprout-6439858 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0500 1740 #BidenCabinet, #COVID19, #FoxNews, #HouseElections, #OANN, #Pentagon, #TrumpCoup, #coronavirus, #disinformation, #hongkong full false     Between The Lines - Nov. 11, 2020 Between The Lines - Nov. 11, 2020 "Pentagon Papers" whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg:  Why Accountability for Trump is Critical

    Investigative reporter Greg Palast: Exposing GOP Voter Purge in Georgia Key to Biden Victory There, Two Runoff Elections Next Big Test

    Investigative reporter Gareth Porter:     Trump DOJ Seizure of 27 Allegedly Iranian Government Website Domains a Threat to Free Speech

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - Ethiopian prime minister brings his country closer to civil war
    - Myanmar Elections Commission lacks transparency
    - California sets more progressive path on criminal justice reform


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    ]]>     "Pentagon Papers" whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg:  Why Accountability for Trump is Critical

    Investigative reporter Greg Palast: Exposing GOP Voter Purge in Georgia Key to Biden Victory There, Two Runoff Elections Next Big Test

    Investigative reporter Gareth Porter:     Trump DOJ Seizure of 27 Allegedly Iranian Government Website Domains a Threat to Free Speech

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:
    - Ethiopian prime minister brings his country closer to civil war
    - Myanmar Elections Commission lacks transparency
    - California sets more progressive path on criminal justice reform


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    ]]>     Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo Guests: Daniel Ellsberg, Greg Palast, Gareth Porter Buzzsprout-6327415 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0500 1740 #Criminaljusticereform, #Ethiopia, #Georgia, #GeorgiaSenate, #Iran, #Myanmar, #TrumpCoup, #california, #civilwar, #freedomofspeech full false