Part 1:
We talk with Ryan Cooper, senior editor of The American Prospect.
We discuss Trump's threats against Greenland, and thus NATO. The Europeans are drawing up plans for actions in Greenland, which has a nuclear defense installation. We also discuss Trump's attempt to bribe Greenlanders with services and things they already have, as part of the Denmark social net.
We also discuss what is going on in Minnesota and ICE actions. The administration is citing "qualified immunity" for ICE, though that does not apply.
Part 2:
We talk with Jessica Corbett, Senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
We discuss that Trump's DOJ has served the Federal Reserve with a suit claiming malfeasance in the "renovation of the Federal Reserve building", aimed at the Chair, Jerome Powell. This is part of the pressure to make Powell accede to Trump's demands for very low interest rates to be set. What will be the effect on the US and world economy when the FED can no longer be independent of Trump? 

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Performed by: Linda Ronstadt, 1975

This is a pane discussion, dealing with many issues currently in play.
The panelists are: 
LIncoln Mitchell
Stephen Pimpare
Aaron Rosenthal
Jamie Rowen
Issues and topics:
- Renee Good's death in Minnesota
-The character assassination of Renee Good: -charges of domestic terrorism, intent to harm, etc.
-Murder by ICE agent while he videoed the interactions, including the shooting
= Trump's morality
-ICE is not law enforcement, no training, no guardrails
-FBI takeover of investigation, excluding local law enforcement
- delay in medical treatment for the victim, Renee Good
-The closing of Minnesota schools in wake of events
- Silence from Schumer and Jeffries
Part 2:
-Renewed threats to Venezuela
-The administration's strategy of short youtube clips pushing their policy, with no explanations
-focus on spectacle
-resources are being extracted from US citizens to support Trump's friends and himself
-criminal mob behavior
- US regime change is in place: kleptocracy

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Part 1:
We talk with Ottavia Spaggiari, Endowd Chair in Journalism, Florida A&M University.
We discuss the Texas Boarding Homes system, used by many as a substitute for nursing homes. These facilities do not have any regulation, and no medical staff, and are subject to abuse.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Ryan Cooper.
We discuss the killing by ICE of Renee Green in Minnesota. We also discuss the piracy by the administration aimed at Venezuela.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Farshid Vahedifard, of Tufts University.
We discuss the aging infrastructure in the US, and how this makes the country vulnerable to climate change and its consequences.
Part 2:
We talk with Nora Gilbert, Prof. of Literature and Film Studies at the Univ. of North Texas.
We discuss gaslighting, and how it is used in the political sphere to make people believe something that they know not to be true, despite seeing the truth with their own eyes. We used the film "Gaslight" as an example of how this kind of manipulation can skew reality.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Michael Tomasky, editor, The New Republic.
We discuss Trump's work against the Western Alliance (NATO and associated countries). Unfortunately, very few mechanisms exist to check his actions, especially in light of the fealty of the Supreme Court. Polls seem to have no meaning.
Part 2:
We talk with Erin M. Carr, Asst. Prof. lf Law, Seattle School of Law.
We discuss the extensive use of the "shadow docket" of the Supreme Court to make its rulings, favoring Trump. The Court is doing "sane-washing" of his claims, no matter how they conflict with established law and the Constitution.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Jan Dutkiewicz, contributing editor at The New Republic, and Asst. Prof. of Political Science at the Pratt Institute.
We discuss the promise of newly inaugurated Mayor Mamdani to establish city grocery stores in 'food deserts' in NYC. We discuss this in the context of affordability of all aspects of life in NYC: rents, transportation, health care, child care, and the communities that comprise NYC. Budget issues for families are important.
Part 2:
We talk with Joyce Frieden, who oversees the MedPage coverage of Washington and health policy. We discuss how Medicare is being changed to adopt some features of the various Medicare Advantage Plans, specifically, around prior authorization. This is a feature that is particularly unpopular with doctors and patients, but is being tried in some markets: NJ, OH, OK, TX, AZ, and WA. The vendors who perform these prior reviews are paid for denials. In addition, we talk about how having been with a Medicare Advantage plan hurts patients who want to return to Original Medicare coverage only, with only a few states that avoid this: IN, ME, MA, CONN, and NY.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Mel Goodman, a national security and intelligence expert, and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University.
We discuss the Trump invasion of Venezuela, and the transfer of the president, Maduro, to US custody. This is part of the "Trump doctrine" of dominating the western hemisphere, apparently. We discuss the role of Rubio, Patel, and Hegseth, apparently, as co-presidents.
Part 2:
We have a panel discussion by: Adam Finkel, Lincoln Mitchell, and Stephen Pimpare.
- Venezuela as a distraction from domestic problems in the US: economy, Epstein, and depicting Trump as a 'success'
- the fractured and polluted information environment in the US
- the government in the US is under control of a "mad king/"
- attempt to overshadow Mamdani's inauguration in NYC?

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Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss Texas politics, and the issues that will be important in Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott, property taxes, school vouchers implementation, Ted Cruz, Jasmine Crockett, James TAlarico.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly.
We cover the Mamdani inauguration, and the budget problems in New York City. Trump has been using scarcity as a form of social control, and Democrats must change the narrative.  

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Part 1
We talk with Nancy Levine Stearns, a freelance journalist who covers corporate social responsibility. We discuss the complaint filed by Stephen Miller against the NFL for their DEI practice. Miller objects.

Part 2
We talk with Lincoln Mitchell, Professor at Columbia
University, who teaches political science. He is also the author of several books. We discuss the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife. We also discuss the seizure by the US of Venezuelan oil cargo ships, under flimsy pretenses. This kind of high seas piracy will cause long term damage to US shipping, making US ships targets for retaliation.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Naomi Bethune, John Lewis Writing Fellow at The American Prospect.
We discuss the problems Black women face with respect to health care, day care, employment, and other factors, such as "food apartheid". How can Black women cope with the "weathering" that toxic stress causes?
Part 2:
We talk with Timothy Noah, Senior writer for Slate magazine.
We discuss Russ Vought, the author of the Project 2025 document. We look at Vought's version of christianity, and how this has affected the politics of the US. 

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