Part 1:
We talk with Doug Bock Clark, reporter for ProPublica.
We discuss the recent 'raid' of Georgia's election materials pertaining to the 2000 elections. The raid was headed by Tulsi Gabbard, who has no legal right to participate in local domestic matters. There are many issues raised: 'nationalized' elections, process, etc.
Part 2:
Ned Rosnicoff, writer, researcher and urban policy Consultant, and Fellow at Roosevelt Institute.
We discuss the concept of YIMBY ('yes in my back yard'), to increase the supply of housing in cities and other places where there is currently a shortage of housing. We discuss the various possible solutions and approaches to the problem.  

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Part 1:
We talk with John Nichols, Executive Editor of The Nation Magazine. 
We discuss some local and state elections in the country, including a county in Texas. 
We discuss the events in Minneapolis, and how people there are resisting Trump and ICE. In addition what the people are doing to help their neighbors. The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Part 2:
We talk with Peter Greene, who writes about education in the United States. 
We discuss the push to vouchers in many states. 

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This is a panel discussion with Arnie, Lincoln, and Stephen.
The topics covered:
Arrest in Minneapolis of news reporters.
There have been at least 12 shootings by ICE personnel and at least 2300 illegal detentions. There have been renditions to 3rd countries. There are more than 100 ignored court orders.
Congressional representatives have been threatened.
Part 2:
We discuss the involvement of Tulsi Gabbard in the seizure of voting records in Georgia's 2020 election. Gabbard is not authorized by law to do this.
There appear obvious signs on Trump's methods to undermine the midterm elections. The MEGA Act is one such method.

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Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss the emphasis that Texas Republican politicians, particularly the governor, are using "sharia law" as a bogeyman in Texas in schools, political campaigns, etc.
Rural hospitals are closing in Texas, leaving many people in the rural areas without effective access to health care.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Chris Lehmann, Bureau Chief of The Nation Magazine.
We discuss the reaction of the murder of Pretti in Minneapolis. The 2nd Amendment discussion has triggered even some of the Maga people.
Walz's mild response to Trump has raised some criticism, in light of the public response to Trump in Minneapolis. 50% of Americans approve of shutting down the government is a good way to stop ICE,  

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Part 1:
We talk with Sophia A. McClennen, Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at Penn State University.
We discuss how we all should respond to the lies and propaganda that colors what he hear and see in the news and through social media posts that pretend to be news. Debunking is not enough, telling the truth should be swift and emphatic. Should be depend on the 'normal' institutions to protect us? What if those institutions (Congress, SCOTUS, law enforcement agencies) are useless? Are we complicit if we just give up?
Part 2:

Jonathan Feingold, Professor at Boston University School of Law, and Arnie chat about Ta-Nehisi Coate’s recent essay and observation that “Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war.” The actual war manifests physically in ICE, the now $85 billion entity Trump is deploying to racially profile, terrorize and now execute people across the United States. The actual war is also the anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-LGBTQ bigotry that animates the right side of America’s so-called “culture ways.” This hateful rhetoric and fear mongering, which Steven Miller, Charlie Kirk, JD Vance and others have sought to mainstream, serves a purpose in ICE’s war on our communities: to dehumanize and legitimize violence against those deemed unfit for the Homeland.

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Part 1:
We talk with Kathryn Joyce, Investigative Editor at IN THESE TIMES.
We discuss the way that education is being hijacked. They are as "clever and deceitful as serpents" This is done at the local, school board level . Right-wing activists come from outside the systems that they attack. An example is Lancaster, PA, as documented in the article
https://inthesetimes.com/article/anti-lgbtq-policies-taking-root-in-local-school-districts-trans-gay-right-wing

Part 2:
We talk with Evan Mandery, Contributing writer at Politico Magazine.
We discuss the attempt to create a university that is not 'woke" in Texas. Mandery takes us through the goals and process that was used, and how the effort eventually failed, and why.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and talk show host.
We discuss what is the future for Canada, after the Canadian Prime Minister's speech at Davos. We are not friends any more, and the new reality is that Canada will likely sever many ties to the US. Canada will be spending more on its defense.
Part 2:
We talk with Eric Lob, Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University.
We discuss the Iranian situation: massive popular protests in Iran, the government's brutal repression, and what is likely to come next. Reza Pahlavi, now the putative shah, is attempting to capitalize on the unrest, and return the Pahlavi family to power with himself as the monarchy's head.  

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This is a panel discussion, and includes Ryan Cooper, Lincoln Mitchell, Stephen Pimpare.
The topics:
Trump as a symptom of the deterioration of US political system.
Prime Minister Carney's speech, and how it has revealed the reality of the "new order"
What should the new world be?
Part 2:
Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing project masquerading as security.
The 'abolish ICE' movement
Elections in 2026 not guaranteed.
Strategies for voters: do not vote alone, do not give up preemptively, do no submit. 

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Part 1:
We talk with Nic Garcia, Regions Editor for the Texas Tribune.
We discuss the shift among Hispanic voters in Texas, particularly in southern Texas. Republicans have been courting this demographic heavily.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Jamie Rowen.
We discuss Carney's speech at Davos. The 'old order' no longer applies, a new order of national interaction must now be developed. The US is no longer a reliable ally to western Europe, and new relationships must be strengthened.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Anders Croy, Communications Director of Florida Watch and De Santis Watch.
We discuss the affordability crisis in Florida, and the promises being made by outgoing governor DeSantis to eliminate property taxes. No substitute for that revenue source is being mentioned, which likely mean cutbacks in services and school budgets. The main contributors to the affordability problems are homeowners insurance costs, and no effective regulation of insurance in Florida, and the likelihood of natural disasters forcing the issue for homeowners. Energy costs, health care, food, other costs continue to rise.

Part 2:
We talk with Harold Meyerson, Editor at Large at The American Prospect.
We discuss the problems of workers in the U.S. Worker compensation is the lowest since 1947. Costs have risen, causing the affordability crisis in the US. Home buyers are priced out of the market, and the median age of first time home buyers has risen to 40. Real wages are shrinking, while costs rise.  

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