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Authentic Populist Democratic Candidates Are Emerging on the Left–Disturbing Similarities With Today’s Wall Street Bubble and the 1929 Crash–A Wakeup Call as the People’s House is Torn Down to Build a Gilded Palace

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Although the Oysterman in Maine is Imploding and Senator Fetterman is a Disappointment, Authentic Populist Democratic Candidates Are Emerging on the Left We begin with the populist promise on the Left backfiring in Maine where the most beatable Republican Senator Susan Collins has been given a reprieve with a gift from disturbing revelations about the … Continued

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Resistance and Repression: From ‘No Kings’ Rallies to Right-Wing Hate and Venezuela Threats

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Resistance to Trump is Growing With 2,600 No Kings Protests Across America We begin with the 2,600 No Kings rallies held on Saturday across the country from Maine to the Marianas which peacefully displayed the growing resistance to Trump reflecting a patriotic love for a country the demonstrators are trying to save, the opposite of … Continued

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Today’s program explores Trump’s failed bid for the Nobel Peace Prize as it goes instead to Venezuela’s exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado, Peter Thiel’s dark political ambitions for a post-Trump America, and Thom Hartmann’s warning that the U.S. stands on the brink of authoritarianism.

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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to…Maria Corina Machado Not Donald J. Trump We begin with the Nobel Peace Prize which Trump lobbied for and expected to get instead going to Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition in Venezuela who should be the nation’s leader since she overwhelmingly won the last election but … Continued

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On the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks, we examine how $21.7 billion in U.S. military aid has fueled Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, how a federal judge pushed back against Trump’s militarized overreach in Portland, and why author Cory Doctorow says the digital world has gone to s**t—and what we can do about it.

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On the Second Anniversary of the October 7 Massacre: The Role of $21.7 Billion in U.S. Military Aid We begin with the anniversary of the horrific attack on Israel by Hamas against mostly civilians two years ago and assess the role of the U.S. in enabling so much death and destruction that has followed, given … Continued