• As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance
    Jan 29 2025

    American Friends Service Committee's Amy Gottlieb: As Mass Deportation Begins, Immigrant Rights Groups Organize Resistance

    University 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 Terrorism

    Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert: Trump-Musk ‘Government Efficiency’ Advisory Group Sued for Lack of Transparency

    Bob 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 inauguration


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda
    Jan 22 2025

    People's March protesters: Washington, D.C. and National Protests Pledge Resistance to Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda

    Sunrise climate activist Alejandro Sobrera Barboza and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez: Youth Climate Group Protests Nomination of Fracking CEO to be Trump’s Energy Secretary

    University of Wisconsin-Madison's Jennifer Loewenstein: The Israel-Hamas Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold, But Fails to Address Future of Palestinians in Crisis

    Bob 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 bitcoin

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    Produced 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.


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children
    Jan 15 2025

    War Child Alliance's Kieran King: Israel’s Brutal Gaza War Has Inflicted Severe Psychological Trauma on Children

    Public Citizen's Jonah Minkoff-Zern: Trump Pardon of J-6 Insurrectionists: A Disaster for Democracy, Rule of Law

    Third Act's Michael Richardson: Catastrophic Los Angeles Wildfires, the Climate Crisis and the Future of Public Policy

    Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

    • Fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad may weaken Russia in Africa
    • Migrant deportations could threaten US agricultural economies
    • Oath Keepers leader revealed as former police detective


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes
    Jan 8 2025

    Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky: On Fourth Anniversary of Jan. 6th Insurrection, Democracy is on the Ropes

    Elbit Out of South Carolina Coalition organizer Chris Tittle: South Carolina Activists Protest Israeli Arms Maker Whose Weapons are Used in Gaza Genocide

    Center for American Progress' Senior Director Kate Kelly: Campaign Urges Biden to Publish Equal Rights Amendment Before Leaving Office

    Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary
    • Election protests disrupt Mozambique
    • Enbridge oil spill erodes confidence
    • More deaths revealed in US Indian boarding schools


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response
    Jan 1 2025

    Present Age Newsletter Editor Parker Malloy: Trump-GOP Attack on Transgender Community Elicits Disturbingly Weak Democratic Party Response

    The Editorial Board Editor John Stoehr: Understanding America’s Broken Media Landscape Promoting Right-wing Disinformation and Influencing Election Outcomes

    National Association of Defense Lawyers President Chris Wellborn: Last Chance Campaign Asks Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office

    Bob 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 debt


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza
    Dec 25 2024

    World Beyond War board president Kathy Kelly: UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violations of International Law in Gaza

    Southern Poverty Law Center Interim Director Rachel Carroll Rivas: White Supremacist Hate Groups’ Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

    Third Act Upstate New York activist Michael Richardson: Climate Activists Protest Demands NY Gov. Hochul Sign ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Bill Before Year Ends

    Bob 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 union


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators
    Dec 18 2024

    Salon.com Contributing Editor Heather Digby Parton: Trump’s Frighteningly Bizarre Cabinet Nominees May Get Free Ride From Spineless GOP Senators

    America's leading public interest lawyer & consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Ralph Nader Assesses Election Outcome, Democrats’ Multiple Failures

    Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Human Rights, Religious Groups Urge Biden to Commute Federal Death Sentences Before Trump Takes Office

    Bob 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 Wisconsin


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    Produced 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.

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    29 mins
  • Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime
    Dec 11 2024

    Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis: Unanswered Questions Persist After the Sudden Overthrow of Syria’s al-Assad Regime

    Ploughshares Fund's Dr. John Carl Baker: Courageous South Koreans Rise Up to Block a Right-Wing Coup

    National Immigration Law Center's Kica Matos: National Immigrant Advocacy Groups Prepared to Resist Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan

    Bob 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 laws


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    Produced 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.

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