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Dov Waxman / Jacob Silverman / Mike Lofgren

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10.18.24 - 5:00am

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The Killing of Sinwar and the Burning Alive Seen Around the World of a Promising Young Palestinian
The Blatant Buying of a Next Trump Presidency (However Short it May Be) by Right-Wing Plutocrats
The Goebbels-Like Nature of the Trump/Vance Campaign of Lies


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Jacob Heilbrunn / Sung Yoon Lee / Sarang Shidore

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10.17.24 - 5:00am

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More Important Than Trump’s Mental Decline is the Rising Possibility of JD Vance as the Tech Bros President of the United States
A Report From South Korea on the Rising Fury of Kim and His Sister and the Desertion of North Korean Troops in Ukraine
As BRICS Expands, Is it a Dictators Club or an Alternative to the Domination of the Dollar?


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Lance Dodes / Nizar Farsakh / Andrew Latham

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10.16.24 - 5:00am

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Trump’s Obvious Mental Deterioration
Netanyahu’s Plan to Starve 400,000 in Gaza Prompts the U.S. to Warn Military Aid Could be Cut Off in 30 Days
Canada Expels 6 Indian Diplomats For Colluding With Criminals to Assassinate a Sikh Activist on Canadian Soil


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Fawaz Gerges / Trita Parsi / Wendy Via

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10.15.24 - 5:00am

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Intensifying Israeli Attacks on Lebanon and Netanyahu’s “Delusion” about Hezbollah
Do Biden and His Top Officials Believe Israeli Military Power can Reshape the Middle East?
Reports Armed Militias Motivated by Trump and Vance’s Lies are Stopping FEMA From Delivering Aid in North Carolina


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Thanassis Cambanis / Jonathan Weiler / Pamela Yates

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10.11.24 - 5:00am

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The UN Warns Israel it is in Breach of Humanitarian Law For IDF Attacks on UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon
The Impact of Hurricane Helene and Trump/Vance’s Lies on Harris’s Prospects of Winning North Carolina
A New Film Exposes the Border Industrial Complex and the Profitable Business of Immigration


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 Christopher Steele / Timothy Shenk

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10.10.24 - 5:00am

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As More Evidence of Trump’s Collusion With Putin Emerges, We Speak With Former British Intelligence Professional Christopher Steele
With Republicans Making Inroads Into the What’s Left of the New Deal Coalition, We Consider How the Democratic Party Could Repair its Frayed Connection to the Working Class


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Dr. Annelle Sheline / Anders Aslund / Rob Jackson

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10.09.24 - 5:00am

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A Former State Department Official on Why Biden and Harris Appear Helpless, as Netanyahu Pushes the Middle East to the Brink
Bob Woodward’s Latest Revelations Show Trump’s Continuing and Treasonous Contacts with Putin
As Global Warming Drives Superstorms, How We Can Restore the Atmosphere?


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Haggai Matar / James Acton / Stephen Ujlaki

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10.08.24 - 5:00am

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Israel’s One Year Anniversary of the October 7 Attack, as Hezbollah Missiles Rain Down on Haifa, Tiberias, and Carmiel
How an Israeli Retaliation Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Could Backfire
It’s Time For Trump’s “Christian” Soldiers to Ask, is Trump the Antichrist?


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Dennis Aftergut / Gareth Gore

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10.04.24 - 5:00am

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What May Be the Only Chance We Have to See Jack Smith’s Case Against Trump for January 6
A Deep Investigation of the Far-Right Cult Opus Dei and Its Infiltration of American Politics at the Highest Level


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Andrew Miller / Paul Pillar / Lane Windham

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10.03.24 - 5:00am

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Netanyahu is in the Driver’s Seat, With Biden and Harris Reluctant Passengers
Under Attack by a Foreign Power, Lebanese and Iranians Rally Around the Flag
The Likely Impact of the East Coast Dockworkers’ Strike on the Election


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