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Social Security Works' Alex Lawson: Trump-GOP House Budget Bill will Literally Kill Americans Who Lose Access to HealthcareVietnam veteran Russell Brown: Veterans and Allies' 40-Day Fast Demands Israel Restore Full Humanitarian Aid to GazaConnecticut Action Group's Helen Humphries: Campaign Targets Insurance Companies to End Their Underwriting and Investments in Fossil FuelsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Salvadoran dictator arrests human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez• Peru courts grant "personhood" status to Marañon River in Amazon basin• Trump emergency logging directive supercharges wildfire riskVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Popular Democracy in Action's Analilia Mejia: Overwhelming Opposition to Trump-GOP's Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget CutsDemocracy for the Arab World's Raed Jarrar: Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies Produces Mixed OutcomeDemocratic Constitution Blog's Luke Pickrell: Repairing the Constitution's Democracy Deficit Key to Challenging Trump Authoritarian Power GrabBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummarySouth Sudan conflict escalatesNew policies criminalize homelessnessUnique labor organization organizes ex-convictsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Lawyers for Civil Rights Senior Attorney Jacob Love: Challenging Trump's Unconstitutional Effort to Eliminate Birthright CitizenshipEconomic Policy Institute Senior Policy Analyst Margaret Poydock: New Report Finds 100 Ways Trump Has Hurt US WorkersInternational Association of Machinists Union member Phil Clarkin: Machinist Strike Against Pratt and Whitney Over Job Security Enters 2nd WeekBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Russian drone strike's multi-million-dollar damage at Ukraine's nuclear plant• Dairy farmers fear loss of workers from ICE raids• Several pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists arrested againVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' former NYC Office Director Craig Mokhiber: Israel's Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute MalnutritionThe nation's leading public interest lawyer Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Labels Trump's 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship'Memphis Community Against Pollution Executive Director KeShaun Pearson: Memphis Resident Fighting to Shut Down Elon Musk's Polluting Super-Computer Data CenterBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryHalted Agent Orange cleanup outs thousands at riskTrump border nominee accused of ‘cover-up'FEMA eliminates popular disaster adaptation programVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Alianza Americas Executive Director Dulce Guzmán: Trump Deports U.S. Citizen Children, Arrests Wisconsin JudgeChild Labor Coalition Director of Child Labor Advocacy Reid Maki: As Trump Weakens Worker Protections, Assault on State Child Labor Laws EscalatesInvestigative journalist Gareth Gore: Opus Dei, Pope Francis, the Catholic Church and Trump's MAGA MovementBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryHow vulnerable is the US dollar?EPA plans to eliminate data collection for pollutersSri Lanka pledges to build a “sustainable” worldVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Climate Disobedience Center organizer Nastasia Lawton-Sticklor: Campaign Prepares to Challenge Trump's Future Invocation of the Insurrection ActNational Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Protests Target Avelo Airlines for Its Trump Contract to Fly ICE Deportation FlightsRoots Action Political Director Sam Rosenthal: Groups Demand Democrats Convene Emergency Meeting to Counter Trump's Authoritarian CoupBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryLandmines in Syria killing hundredsAmerican detained by the Taliban is freedJustice Department scales back crypto casesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Princeton University's visiting professor Fawzia Afzal-Khan: As Israel Escalates Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza, Trump Attempts to Crush Free Speech on CampusYale University's Jason Stanley: Tyrants Use Racism and Patriarchy to Split Civil Society Apart and Dismantle DemocracyConnector newsletter Editor Micah Sifry: Could Federal Workers Emerge as Leaders of a New Broad-Based Trump Opposition Movement?Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump team facing competing counter-terrorism strategies for Somalia• Medicaid cuts likely to hurt rural Trump country hardest• Tearing down small dams help restore Northeast rivers for migratory fishVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' Omar Ocampo: Trump's Irrational International Tariffs Will Deepen U.S. Economic InequalityLabor historian and documentary filmmaker Fred Glass: The Trump Resistance Movement and Prospects for a Proposed General StrikeNew York State Jails Justice Network's Jerome R. Wright: Deal to End New York Wildcat Correction Officer Strike Suspends Solitary Confinement Reform LawBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Eritrea has imprisoned, tortured 14,000 journalists, ministers and opposition leaders• Supreme Court could be lowering bar for whites to prove reverse discrimination• Fracking has spiked volume of toxic solid waste and wastewater at Pennsylvania landfillVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Anti-racism educator and educator Tim Wise: Confronting the Reality of Trump's Vile White Supremacist AgendaGeorgetown University's Nader Hashemi: Trump Targets International Students for Deportation, 1st Step to Repress Free Speech for AllIRIS Executive Director Maggie Mitchell Salem: Trump Attack on Immigrants and Aid Groups Felt at Local Agencies Across the USBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Student activists protest President Vucic's corruption in Serbia• Congo accuses Apple of ‘laundering' minerals• Trump cuts federal wildfire crewsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

American Constitution Society's Christopher Wright Durocher: Trump Defiance of Rule of Law Plunges U.S. into Deepening Constitutional CrisisThe New Republic's Aaron Regunberg: As Voter Anger Rises Over Trump Attacks on Federal Government, Bernie Sanders & AOC Rally, Energize Democracy DefendersPipeline Safety Trust's Bill Caram: Trump Fossil Fuel Deregulation and Staff Cuts Could Lead to Increase in Pipeline AccidentsBetween The Lines' Under-reported News Summary• U.S.-backed Kurdish army signs peace deal with Syria's interim government• Trump expels South Africa's ambassador to US over criticism• USDA cancels $1 billion in funds, hurting farmers and low-income school childrenVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

American Doom independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation's Most VulnerablePublic Citizen Co-Executive Director Lisa Gilbert: Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime's Onslaught of LawlessnessLeft Voice Editor Sam Carliner: Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student ActivistBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Former Philippines President Duterte in Hague after ICC arrest• Executives at White House Crypto Summit gave $11M to Trump inaugural• New secretary of Veterans Affairs cancels 875 vital services contractsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump's Methodical Assault on Democracy Closely Mirrors Authoritarian Regimes Through HistoryPastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant: Target's Elimination of Its DEI Policy Provokes 40-Day Nationwide BoycottGreenpeace USA Interim Executive Director Sushma Raman: In Effort to Suppress Climate Protests, Fossil Fuel Company Energy Transfer Sues Greenpeace USABob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Canada's newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney challenges Trump tariffs• Project 2025's architect dismissing Consumer Finance Protection Bureau cases• Peace deal could boost development in Senegal's Casamance regionVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction.org Co-Founder Norman Solomon: Confronting the Democratic Party's Weak Opposition to Trump CoupNew Haven, CT Mayor Justin Elicker: Nearly 2 Dozen U.S. Cities Sue Trump Regime for Threat to Withhold Funding from Sanctuary CitiesCommittee to Protect Journalists Program Coordinator Katherine Jacobsen: Trump Launches Campaign of Threats and Intimidation to Suppress US Press FreedomBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump's humanitarian aid cessation deadly across the globe• Nationalist fervor on upswing in Balkans with Trump's return• U.S. attorney general terminates FBI Foreign Intelligence Task ForceVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Social Security Works Executive Director Alex Lawson: Voters Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump-GOP Plan to Slash $880 Billion from Medicaid HealthcareHorizons Project Co-Lead Maria J. Stephan: Civil Resistance Strategies and Tactics to Effectively Resist the Trump-Musk CoupColumbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Director Michael Gerrard: As NYC's Congestion Pricing Program Generates Funds for Mass Transit, Trump Wants it Shut DownBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• New DNC chairman: Democrats are “true party of labor and working people"• U.S. firm accused of Guantanamo migrant rights abuses• Impeachment calls for Argentina president after cryptocurrency crashesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Constitutional lawyer and Free Speech for People President John Bonifaz: Trump's Illegal Demolition of Federal Government Provokes Constitutional Crisis, Calls for ImpeachmentJournalist and author Fred Pearce: After Israel Destroyed Gaza's Civil Infrastructure, Palestinians Face a Water & Environmental CrisisFormer CIA analyst and author Melvin Goodman: Trump's Ukraine War Peace Overture to Russia Creates Rift with European AlliesBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryTrump executive order awards refugee status to South African AfrikanersNew U.S. protectionism leaves power vacuum for China to fillRed states create their own DOGE task forces Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Phyllis Bennis: Trump Doubles Down on His Criminal Plan to Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians from GazaSalon Senior Politics Writer Amanda Marcotte: Elon Musk's Racist Hacker Army Illegally Attempting to Eliminate Multiple Federal Agencies50501 Organizer Praisely McNamara: Nationwide 50501 Anti-Trump Protests Mobilize to Protect Democracy from Authoritarian Power GrabBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:Germany's AfD migration bill failsMāori protesters turn their backs on right-wing ministersNew Orleans nurses call strike coinciding with Super BowlVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Democracy in Color podcast host Steve Phillips: Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy AgendaBethlehem University professor Mazin Qumsiyeh: After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel's Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West BankHunter College distinguished professor of public health Stephanie Woolhandler: RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public if Confirmed as HHS SecretaryBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Rwanda-backed M-23 rebel army stokes carnage in Goma, Congo• Uyghurs held in Thailand go on hunger strike• LA housing activists see signs of illegal disaster profiteeringVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

American Friends Service Committee's Amy Gottlieb: As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize ResistanceUniversity of California Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies' Lawrence Rosenthal: Trump's Pardon of 1,500 Jan 6 insurrectionists: An Endorsement of Right-Wing Domestic TerrorismPublic Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Trump-Musk ‘Government Efficiency' Advisory Group Sued for Lack of TransparencyBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Elon Musk endorses German far right party• United Healthcare reports $35 billion in profits• Embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams attends Trump inaugurationVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

People's March protesters: Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump's Authoritarian AgendaSunrise climate activist Alejandro Sobrera Barboza and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez: Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump's Energy SecretaryUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison's Jennifer Loewenstein: The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold, But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in CrisisBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• How will Trump support global security in China-Taiwan conflict? • World Bank changes course to now back mega dams• Trump cryptocurrency plans include cashing in on his family's bitcoinVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

War Child Alliance's Kieran King: Israel's Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on ChildrenPublic Citizen's Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of LawThird Act's Michael Richardson: Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public PolicyBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad may weaken Russia in AfricaMigrant deportations could threaten US agricultural economiesOath Keepers leader revealed as former police detectiveVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the RopesElbit Out of South Carolina Coalition organizer Chris Tittle: South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker Whose Weapons are Used in Gaza GenocideCenter for American Progress' Senior Director Kate Kelly: Campaign Urges Biden to Publish Equal Rights Amendment Before Leaving OfficeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Election protests disrupt Mozambique• Enbridge oil spill erodes confidence• More deaths revealed in US Indian boarding schoolsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party ResponseThe Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America's Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election OutcomesNational Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving OfficeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Western oil money empowers Russian president and regional elites• Mortgage regulators ignore climate change risk• Trump administration will drive everyday Americans deeper in debtVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in GazaSouthern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups' Growing Threat as Trump Takes OfficeThird Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay' Bill Before Year EndsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Trump 2.0 chaos likely to extend to U.S. strategic defense planning• Private equity stands to profit from Trump's mass deportation plan• Whole Foods workers file to form a unionVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump's Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP SenatorsAmerica's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats' Multiple FailuresDeath Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes OfficeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Bhopal's disaster still lingers, 40 years later• Trump's plans "impoundment" to freeze appropriated funds• Judge's decision a major win for labor in WisconsinVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria's al-Assad RegimePloughshares Fund's Dr. John Carl Baker: Courageous South Koreans Rise Up to Block a Right-Wing CoupNational Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: National Immigrant Advocacy Groups Prepared to Resist Trump's Mass Deportation PlanBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Starvation threatens an estimated 500,000 in North Darfur• Municipal water systems need help to replace lead pipes• Trump 2.0 to weaken EPA environmental regulation and health lawsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former chairman of Ohio's Democratic party and author David Pepper: Eight Ways to Respond to Trump Election Victory Over the Next 4 YearsAuthor and Left Hook Substack columnist Wajahat Ali: Trump Voters Should Try to Understand Americans Who Oppose Their Convicted Felon PresidentThird Act climate activist Sheldon Pollock: Activists Demand NY Gov. Hochul Sign Law to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate CostsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Rohingya refugees recruited from Bangladesh to fight in Myanmar• Thousands march in New Zealand to protest bill's interpretation of founding treaty• Trump administration may privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie MacVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation's abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield: How To Explain Voters' Contradictory Support for Abortion and Trump?Women March Managing Director Tamika Middleton: Women's March Organizing 1st Major Protest Jan. 18 to Challenge Trump Regime 2.0Climate activists Teagan Blackburn and Teya Blackburn-Baker: Protesters Disrupt FERC Hearing Highlighting the Climate Crisis Before Trump Dismantles Climate RegulationsBob Nixon: This Week's Under-reported News Summary• COP29 climate talks in trouble• Corporate landlords enable a mold epidemic• Trump and Congressional GOP begin talks on Medicaid cutsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Political strategist and author Rachel Bitecofer: How Democrats' Failures Helped Traitor Trump Win Four More YearsAuthor and commentator Sarah Kendzior: Merrick Garland's Delay in Prosecuting Trump Paved the Way to Establish His Mafia RegimeCo-chair New York Labor fo Palestine and Amazon Union Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain: As Israel's Brutal Gaza War Continues, US Labor Movement Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian PeopleBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Insurance companies dropping Medicare Advantage plans due to unprofitability• TD Bank to pay $3 billion in money laundering settlement• Global warming opening up Antarctica oil, minerals access & international conflictVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Kamala Harris' Defeat Linked to Neglecting Working Class Economic DiscontentUniversity of Pennsylvania professor Victor Pickard: Assessing Corporate Media's Failures Covering 2024 Election CampaignPalestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability Director Mazin Qumsiyeh: As Israel's War Kills 43,000 in Gaza, Jewish Settlers Carry Out Ethnic Cleansing in West BankBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Democrat party lost swing states and rural America again• New generation in Africa campaigning to expel old-guard governments• "Ghost" U.S. mental health networks amount to fraudVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation magazine's National Affairs Correspondent John Nichols: After Trump's Election Victory, Progressive Activists Ponder What Went Wrong for DemocratsYale philosophy professor and author of "Erasing History" Jason Stanley: Whether Trump Wins or Loses MAGA State Governments will Continue their RepressionFree Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Disinformation Floods U.S. Election Campaign Fueling Anger and Distrust of Electoral OutcomeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Women are dying because of restrictive abortion bans• Ginni Thomas fights efforts to reform the nation's highest court• Avian flu may pose pandemic threat to humansVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

The Nation's D.C. Bureau Chief Chris Lehmann: Media's Sanitizing of Trump's Candidacy is Journalistic MalpracticeRutgers University law professor and author David Noll: New Book, ‘Vigilante Nation,' Describes MAGA's State-Based Attack on DemocracyNational Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: As Trump Demonizes and Scapegoats Immigrants, Democrats Adopt Some Trump PoliciesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Russia's war in Ukraine has upset balance of power in Turkic region• New voting laws could tip November election outcome• New York congressional races could tip House controlVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Yale University professor and author Jason Stanley: Trump Doubles Down on Fascist Agenda as 2024 Campaign Nears EndGeorgetown University Justice and Peace Studies lecturer Josh Ruebner: After Killing Hamas Leader, Israel Ignores Biden's Call to End Gaza WarSeed the Vote volunteer Dr. Kate Sugarman: Physician Canvassing for Kamala Harris in Philly Suburbs, but with Some QualmsBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary UAE, Iran secretly fueling Sudan's bloody civil war with armsHarris campaign courts predatory lenders she claims to be tough onFate of DACA sits with right-wing Texas courtVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Rolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They LoseNew York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb'Bob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryBolsonaro still shapes Brazil's political rightAfter decades, still no clear path to U.S. citizenship for Haitian immigrantsSan Francisco's mayoral election defined by housing crisisVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction Co-Founder Norman Solomon: US Media Sanitizes US Role in Israel's Savage War in Gaza and LebanonMedia critic Parker Malloy: Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing' Trump's Obvious Cognitive DeclineClimate activist Sydney Collins: As Hurricanes Ravage the Southeast U.S., Fossil Fuel's Destructive Infrastructure Impacts Rural CommunitiesBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Sri Lanka elects leftist president to pressure IMF debt repayment reduction• National Labor Relations Board files complaint against Amazon• Presidential candidate Kamala Harris lacks policy details renter protectionsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Institute for Policy Studies' John Feffer: Israel's Series of Assassinations, Lebanon Invasion Puts Middle East on Brink of Regional WarAnti-Gaza war protester Gregory Daly: As Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly, Americans Protest Israel's Genocide in GazaConsortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Condemned for Advocating Reckless Action in Ukraine WarBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryGrowth-based climate framework is fundamentally brokenPopulist Democratic campaigning emerges in deep red statesSomalia-Ethiopia tensions mountVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

University of Wisconsin's Jennifer Loewenstein: The US Stands with Israel as Middle East on the Brink of All-Out-WarThe Nation magazine's Abortion Access Correspondent Amy Littlefield: Trump's Abortion Ban is Now Literally Killing WomenThird Act Virginia organizer Lisa Finn: Gulf Coast Residents, Climate Activists Oppose FERC Approval of New LNG Export TerminalsBob Nixon: This Week's Under-reported News Summary – Sept. 25 2024New banking crisis between Libya's ruling headsTelegram app's the new home for domestic terroristsGOP wields powerful cash advantage in state legislative racesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Author and columnist Wajahat Ali: Donald Trump's Repeated Stochastic Terrorism Now Endangers Haitian Immigrants in OhioStop the Money Pipeline Executive Director Alec Connon: 13-Week ‘Summer of Heat' Climate Protest Building Movement to End Fossil Fuel FinancingSinger/songwriter Billy Bragg Reflects on His 40 years of Political Activism and the Power of MusicBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• EU's top court rules Apple must pay back taxes• Project 2025 regulates the nation's public lands• Environmental groups challenge new EPA rulesVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 ElectionMaine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza WarGaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel's Gaza WarBob Nixon: This Week's Under-reported News Summary• Mexico's lower house passes controversial judicial reform• German far-right AfD party celebrates historic election victory• New green energy laws face backlash in rural MichiganVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Continues to Kill as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage DeathsClimate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protesting Federal Reserve Climate Policy Block Road to Wyoming Annual SymposiumFree Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to DemocracyBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryU.S. sanctions former Haitian presidentRight-wing cracks down on the unhousedWeaponized Trump IRS could wreck progressive infrastructureVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War HorrorsNew York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump's Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter SupportThe Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities PersistBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryObscure strategy wreaked short-lived havoc on global marketsUS neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activitiesArizona schools don't want to be polling locationsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

University of Wisconsin former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical JuncturePeople's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris' Economic Policy ProposalsWE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health DangersBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Global warming changing Vietnam's Mekong Delta rice production• US farm income plunging for prairie states• 'Clean energy' industrial-scale wood-pellet industry ravaging forestsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity RulingJacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic: Can Gov. Tim Walz's Minnesota Progressive Legislative Victories be Replicated Nationally?Extinction Rebellion NYC activist John Mark Rozendaal: In NYC, Climate Protest Citibank Orders Arrest of Activist Classical Cellist Performing BachBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryAround the world, death squads attack environmental activistsNew talking points for Democrats: climate crisis and homeowners insurance13 GOP governors opt out of summer food program for kidsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel's High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East WarRenowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader's New BookAmnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain FreedomBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Revamping peace process in war-torn Sudan• Voter ID laws can block legitimate voters—those without driver's licenses• Scientist found 3M forever chemicals in human blood nearly 25 years agoVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump's Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the WorldNew York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025' Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist TheocracyRally organizer Alex Chatfield:  Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can't AffordBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Bangladeshi students riot over job quotas for war veterans• Sea levels rising alarmingly along Southern US coastline• States rethinking data centers as electricity hogsVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International LawPass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party NomineeAmistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for UnhousedBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary•  UK frees minor offenders to resolve prison overcrowding• Kenya's youth protests upend tax hikes spurred by IMF austerity measures• Will Arizona be MAGA's last stand?Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer:  GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian AgendaHub Project Senior Director Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject and Fear Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 AgendaAttorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing PlanBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryMany women and girls leaving Afghanistan to seek education in IranNew Mexico loophole may allow record methane releasesNYC police commissioner using retention to prevent discipline for misconductVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer:  GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Critics of Trump's Authoritarian AgendaHub Project Bryan Senior Director Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 AgendaAttorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing PlanBob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryMany women and girls leaving Afghanistan to seek education in IranNew Mexico loophole may allow record methane releasesNYC police commissioner using retention to prevent discipline for misconductVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future AutocratsNatural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal RegulationsWashington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald TrumpBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Philippines reckons With Duterte's brutal drug war• Is Boeing plea agreement a 'sweetheart deal'?• Oklahoma tribes fight for food sovereigntyVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New CandidateThe Dissenter Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange is Free, But His Prosecution Threatens Press FreedomSummer of Heat rally speakers Alec Connon, Juan Mancias, and Dr. Sandra Steingraber: Civil Disobedience Protest at Citibank's NYC Headquarters Demands End to Fossil Fuel FinancingBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• UK Labour is hoping to retake working class towns• Women's voices absent on Haiti's Transitional Council• Far-right US groups working to ban ranked choice votingVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Retired US Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside RussiaU.S. Air Force Airman Juan Bettancourt: Active Duty U.S. Soldiers ‘Appeal for Redress' to Voice Opposition to America's Role in Israel's War in GazaPlaywrights Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue: ‘Voices from the Silenced' Play Tells Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before Roe v WadeBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• U.S.-Mexico water war looming• Tennessee governor sabotages police reforms• Former DCCC officials work against The SquadVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.

Journalist Catherine Cartier: Israel's New Air War in the West Bank Kills Rising Number of Palestinian ChildrenExxonKnews reporter Emily Sanders: Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas ProjectsFree Speech for People Co-founder and President John Bonifaz: SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent ReformBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Myanmar's military regime losing control along border• World's top banks greenwashing role in Amazon destruction• Catholic bishops apologize for church role in Indian schools, but sidestep on abuseVisit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links, transcripts and subscribe to our BTL Weekly Summary and/or podcasts. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ETProduced by Squeaky Wheel Productions: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus, Bob Nixon, Anna Manzo, Susan Bramhall, Jeff Yates and Mary Hunt. Theme music by Richard Hill and Mikata.