Part 1:
We talk with John Nichols about the NYC mayoral election. We discuss the candidates, and how each will likely affect NYC and the Democratic party.
Part 2:
We talk with Zachary W. Schulz, a public health historian.
We discuss the failure of the healthcare in the US, and how it will affect the future of the US.  

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Music: David Rovics

This is a panel discussion.
Lawlessness:
- as practiced by police , ICE, and at the highest levels of government
-There is no order in the US
-The assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hartman and her husband
- The mayoral race in New York City 

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Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, publisher of the Quorum Report of Texas.
We discuss Trump's opinion of Juneteenth.
We review the role of Elon Musk in Austin.
The immigration raids in the US are continuing.

Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Susan Milligan.
Susan Milliganis a political writer and former White House and congressional correspondent for theBoston Globe,U.S. News and World Report, and theNew York Daily News.Contributingeditor oftor.com
Bill Currywas a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the HuffingtonPost and the HartfordCourant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets.
topics:
Trump's need for attention.
Who is running the government? Trump? Miller? war hawks? isolationists? Netanyahu?
Americans increasingly less safe?
The massive turnout for No Kings Day across the country.
 
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Part 1:
We talk with Jenna Norton, who works at NIH. She is o a signatory to the Bethesda Declaration, which objects to the cuts to the NIH research budget and termination of research projects.
We discuss how these cuts are affecting ongoing research projects, and the participants.
Part 2:
We talk withCraig Johnson, who holdsa PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley, and hosts theFifteen Minutes of Fascismpodcast covering the global rise of the radical right.
We discuss why fascism appears to be so attractive to young men all over the world, and in the US.  

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Music: "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing"  Edwin Starr, 1969

Part 1:
We talk with Sara Miller Llana, who is the Christian Science Monitors Americas bureau chief and deputy international editor, based in Toronto.
We discuss Trump's leaving the G7 meeting early. Among the attendees were other leaders who had planned to talk with him. However, speculation was around the Iran-Israeli war, though he claimed other, un specified reasons. New relationships between countries are being established without the US presence.

Part 2:
We talk with Michael Tomasky, who is the editor ofThe New Republicand the author of five books, including his latest and critically acclaimed"The Middle Out: The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity".
We discuss the right-wing extremists in the US and their relationship to Trump. 

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Music: David Rovics

Part 1:
We talk with Mel Goodman, who a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University.He is a former CIA analyst.
We discuss the deployment of troops within the US to control peaceful demonstrators.
We also talk about the increasing irrelevance of the US on the world stage. Iran and Israel are at war, and the US is playing no role to defuse that conflict.

Part 2:
We talk with Kareem Crayton, who is vice president of the Brennan Centers Washington, DC, office, where he manages the centers affairs inside the Beltway and leads programs that include a new organization-wide project focused on the American South.
We discuss the political assassination of a lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota, with no response from Trump. We also discuss how Senator Padilla was assaulted by Noem's aides/troops, and what this means. What should be the role of the media to report honestly and completely the overreach of the administration? 

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We discuss several issues:
- Parade protests
- Stephen Miller's influence
- Israel's attack on Iran
- The assault on Senator Padilla
- Responsibility of the news media to report accurately
- The unprecedented spending on the 'security state'


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Part 1:
We talk with Joe Jaworski, a third-generation Texas trial attorney and former Mayor of Galveston, Texas.
We discuss the various "bans" in Texas being instituted at the behest of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.
We also discuss the home insurance situation in Texas, where fewer than half of all claims are not paid by the insurers.

Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly.
Bill Currywas a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House.
Robert Hennellyis an Award-winning investigative journalist, broadcast and print reporter for more than 30 years, covering federal, state and local politics, public policy, labor, the environment, law enforcement and national security.
We discuss the likelihood of protests in Washington D.C. during the military parade. Trump is looking for an excuse to 'come down hard' on those who disagree with him.  What should be the strategy?  

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Music: Beach Boys, "California Girls", in honor of Brian Wilson

Part 1:
We talk with Chris Lehmann, DC Bureau Chief of The Nation Magazine.
We discuss the military riot in Los Angeles, brought about by Trump's calling up the National Guard to provoke violent response from protestors against ICE tactics.
Part 2:
We talk with Steve Paikin, Canadian talk show host and commentator.
We discuss the political climate in Canada, in the wake of Trump's assaults on Canadian sovereignty, and the tariff impositions. We discuss the last election in Canada, that of Carney to be Premier.  

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Music: David Rovic

Part 1:
We talk with Ames Alexander, reported for Floodlight.
We discuss the use of lighter colored roof materials as a way of cooling buildings and the areas surrounding them.

Part 2:
We talk with Mike Allen, Associate Professor at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter, England.
We discuss his research into sea weed, and the many uses that it has in agriculture, animal husbandry, carbon sequestration, etc.  

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Music: "Stand" Sly and the Family Stone