This is a panel discussion.
Topics:
- Deterioration in the labor market in the US
- It should be noted that setting tariffs is a congressional power
- EPA is no longer observing the health effects of emissions, ignoring the endangerment of the environment
- Large portions of the global South are becoming uninhabitable.
Part 2
- Gaza
- The administration is claiming that it is fighting antisemitism when it attacks institutions like universities and libraries.
-The administration's and its supporters are using the "antisemitism" club as a distraction.
- We now have corporate socialism, which wants a weaker government.
- State capacity is being destroyed.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Joe Jaworski, former mayor of Galveston, Tx. now a candidate for AG, Tx.
We discuss the recent floods in Texas, and the political fallout for the governor and others. The Texas Legislature will have a special session, the main goal: to further gerrymander the state by redistricting for Republicans' advantage.
Part 2:
We talk with Chris Lehman and Bill Curry.
We discuss what the Democratic Party should be doing to counter the assaults by the Republicans.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Jeet Heer, national affairs correspondent forThe Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast.
We discuss the environmental regulations being gutted by the Trump administration. The media bias against Mamdani is obvious.
Part 2:
We talk with Bob Lord, the Patriotic Millionaires Senior Advisor on Tax Policy and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
We discuss the redistribution of wealth from the working class to the millionaires' class in the last 40 years. Wage tax is NOT income tax. We also discuss the concept of PRE-distribution of wealth. 

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Part 1:
We talk with Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer for the New Republic.
We discuss the "detention centers" being established by the administration. It is unclear exactly how many people are being imprisoned there, under what conditions, and who those people are.
Part 2:
We talk with Jeff Ernsthausen, reporter for ProPublica.
We discuss the builders and operators of the 'detention camps', where these camps are located, and who is likely to be running those camps, and the conditions of those camps, given the climate and construction of the camps.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Sky Chadde, writing for Investigate At EMidwest.
We discuss the actions of Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, s climate denier, fundamentalist, supporter of the fossil fuel industry. What has been the consequence to farmers, and the employee force (now reduced) at the FDA?
Part 2:
We talk with John Seabrook, writer for the New Yorker.
We discuss the effects of increased floods in the US, particularly in light of the "ignore them" strategy adopted by the current administration.  

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This is a panel discussion. 

The topics discussed: 
Gaza and the West Bank-Internal ethnic cleansing and external expansion through unlawful annexation of territory by Israel.

Trump's power consolidation

The complicity of US media

Economic redistribution from workers to the very rich, $79T in 40 years

Executive orders regarding the legality/illegality of homelessness

Mamdani in NYC

Eugenicists in the administration

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Part 1:
We talk with Harvey Kronberg, Publisher of the Quorum Report in Texas.
We discuss how Republicans are planning to redistrict Texas to benefit their party, as part of their support for Trump. We also talk about the effect of the floods in Texas.
Part 2:
We talk with Bill Curry and Robert Hennelly.
We discuss the assault on civil society being run by the administration. We also talk about the ethnic cleansing and murder being perpetrated in Gaza. 

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Part 1:
We talk with John Nichols, national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine.
We discuss the Trump chaos now in place. The Epstein matter is now the main distraction, and there are distractions being introduced by other distractions to take the focus off Epstein. Many issues are important, and are not being addressed.
Part 2:
We talk with Megan Rose, of ProPublica
We discuss the state of medical drug supplies in the US. 90% of prescription drugs are generic, and most come from manufacturers in India. There is a problem with quality control.
 
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Part 1:
We talk with Patricia Callahan, who is a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter.
We discuss the liability rules and liability shields for Vaccine makers in the US. With changes being implemented by RFK, jr., these companies may leave the US market.

Part 2:
We talk with Tim Noah, staff writer for the New Republic.
We discuss the political leanings of working class Americans. They are increasingly shifting 'leftward', due the issues that they are finding important in their lives.  

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Part 1:
We talk with Shuyler Mitchell, writer and editor.
We discuss the ICE raid in California, with a pretext of protecting child laborers.

Part 2:
We talk with Nitish Pahwa, staff writer for Business and Tech at Slate.com.
We discuss the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show. We trace ownership of the various corporate entities involved. We also discuss the cuts in funding for NPR and PBS, which will hurt small, rural listeners the most.  

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