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Former NYC Public Advocate Mark Green: New Book Warns Voters of Fascist Threat Posed by Trump in 2024 Election Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Co-chair Abigail Fuller: Portland, Maine City Council Votes for Israel Divestment Resolution Over Gaza War Gaza Peace Activist Bob Sanders: Retired Journalist Bikes to Washington, D.C., Building Opposition to Israel’s Gaza War Bob 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 Michigan Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Arab American Institute President James Zogby: Gaza War Slaughter Continues as Massive Israeli Protests Blame Netanyahu for Latest Hostage Deaths Climate Defiance activist Ethan Wright: Activists Protest Federal Reserve Climate Policy, Block Road to Wyoming Annual Symposium Free Press senior counsel Nora Benavidez: Coalition Demands U.S. News Media Aggressively Cover Election Campaign Threats to Democracy Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Pediatrician Dr. Ahmad Javed Yousaf: U.S. Doctor Shares His Eyewitness Account of Gaza War Horrors New York Times Pulitzer prize-winning journalist James Risen: Trump’s Racism is the Primary Driver of His Voter Support The Sentencing Project's Joshua Rovner: Youth Incarceration in the U.S. Declines, but Racial Disparities Persist Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

University of Wisconsin former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies Jennifer Lowenstein: As Slaughter of Palestinians Continues, Gaza Ceasefire Talks Could be at Critical Juncture People's Policy Project President Matt Bruenig: Assessing Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris’ Economic Policy Proposals WE ACT for Environmental Justice's Micaela Martinez: Toxic Hair Products Marketed to Women of Color Cause Cancer and other Health Dangers Bob 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 forests Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig: Kamala Harris Can Politically Neutralize Dangerous SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling Jacobin 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 Bach Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's Trita Parsi: Israel’s High Level Assassinations Provoke Retaliation and Risks a Wider Middle East War Renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader: Democratic Party Isolation from Working Families Examined in Ralph Nader’s New Book Amnesty International USA's Justin Mazzola: Biden Pressured to Grant Leonard Peltier Clemency, Likely His Last Chance to Gain Freedom Bob 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 ago Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

SUNY history professor emeritus Lawrence S. Wittner: Trump’s Depraved Embrace of Nuclear Weapons Would Endanger the World New York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: ‘Project 2025’ Envisions an American Authoritarian Christian Nationalist Theocracy Rally organizer Alex Chatfield: Coalition Campaigns to Stop Private Jet Expansion, a Luxury Our Climate Can’t Afford Bob 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 hogs Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk: World Court Rules Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Violates International Law Pass the Torch steering committee member Aaron Regunberg: After Biden Pressured to End Campaign, Vice President Harris is De Facto Democratic Party Nominee Amistad Catholic Worker House Shelter occupant Joel Nieves: New Haven City Government Moves to Shutdown Catholic Worker Shelter for Unhoused Bob 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 and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

AFL-CIO Former political director Michael Podhorzer: GOP Uses Assassination Attempt to Shut Down Condemnation of Trump's Authoritarian Agenda Hub Project Senior Director of Polling and Analytics Bryan Bennett: Poll Finds Americans Reject and Fear Trump's Right-wing Extremist Project 2025 Agenda Attorney Michael Gerrard: Activists Working to Reverse NY Gov. Hochul's 'Pause' on NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

People for the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker: Shocking Supreme Court Ruling Granting Presidential Immunity Enables Future Autocrats Natural Resources Defense Council senior attorney and strategist David Doniger: Supreme Court Chevron Doctrine Ruling Jeopardizes Countless Federal Regulations Washington, D.C.-based policy consultant Stewart Lawrence: Democrats Balk at Going Public with Rising Concern Joe Biden Unable to Defeat Donald Trump Bob 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 sovereignty 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. ET 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. Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

RootsAction co-founder Jeff Cohen: After Disastrous Debate, Urgent Calls for Joe Biden to Step Aside for a New Candidate The Dissenter Editor Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange is Free, But His Prosecution Threatens Press Freedom Summer 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 Financing Bob 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 voting Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Retired US Army Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson: US Provocatively Permits Ukraine to Use American Weapons to Attack Targets Inside Russia U.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 Gaza Playwrights Martha Boesing and Victoria Rue: ‘Voices from the Silenced’ Play Tells Stories of Women Who Had Abortions Before Roe v Wade Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary • U.S.-Mexico water war looming • Tennessee governor sabotages police reforms • Former DCCC officials work against The Squad Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Journalist Catherine Cartier: Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank Killing Rising Number of Palestinian Children ExxonKnews reporter Emily Sanders: Fossil Fuel Industry Working to Further Criminalize Climate Protests Against Oil and Gas Projects Free Speech for People Co-founder and President John Bonifaz: SCOTUS Scandals and Blatant Corruption Demand Urgent Reform Bob 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 abuse Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

National Lawyers Guild former President Marjorie Cohn: Arms Embargo and Sanctions Can Hold Israeli & Hamas Leaders Accountable for War Crimes People's Tribunal conveners Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Crazy Bear Keck: People’s Tribunal Convened to Expose Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Violation of the Rights of Nature Just Associates' Global Solidarity & Learning Coordinator Laura Carlsen: Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Historic Election as Mexico’s First Female President Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Yale professor and "How Fascism Works" author Jason Stanley: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One Concerned Health Professionals of New York co-founder Dr. Sandra Steingraber: New Edition of ‘Compendium on Fracking’ Finds Health Hazards Linked to Home Use of Natural Gas National Popular Vote board secretary Christopher Pearson: Group Challenging America’s Undemocratic Electoral College System Gaining Support Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

University of Massachusetts professor emeritus of political science Maurice T. Cunningham: Right-Wing Extremist Network Financed Moms For Liberty Green Workers Alliance Executive Director Matthew Mayers: Green Workers Alliance Fights for Livable Wage, Safe Working Conditions in Renewable Energy Food and Water Watch Public Water for All Campaign Director Mary Grant: EPA Issues New Standards for PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary • Mining in Madagascar is contaminating region's water • AI has the potential to widen the racial wealth gap • As fentanyl overdoses soar, Los Angeles city crews discard Narcan Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Roots Action co-founder Norman Solomon: U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Conscience Yale Program on Climate Change Communication Project Manager Eric Fine: Creating Online Tools to Better Understand American Public Opinion on the Climate Crisis Independent journalist Steven Monacelli: Texas Governor Pardons Racist Murderer Who Killed Black Lives Matter Activist Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Michael Link: Israel Expects International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Other Officials DAWN Advocacy Director Raed Jarrar: State Department Report Presents Contradictory Findings on Israel’s Illegal Use of US Weapons in Gaza Salon Politics writer Amanda Marcotte: Trump's Contempt for Women Seen in Hush Money Trial, Linked to his Misogynist Policies Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Columbia University journalism professor Helen Benedict: The Criminalization of Pro-Palestinian, Anti-War Student Protesters The Intercept D.C. Bureau Chief Ryan Grim: Biased Cable News Gaza War Coverage Skews American Public Opinion National Immigration Law Center President Kica Matos: Biden Expands ACA Health Insurance Program to DACA Recipients Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.

Arun Kundnani: Weaponizing Antisemitism Fuels Dishonest Repression of Students Protesting Israel’s Vicious Gaza War Alice Hu: Protest at Citibank Headquarters Kicks of ‘Summer of Heat’ Actions Targeting Wall Street Fossil Fuel Financiers Kim Ives: Haiti Crisis Draws International Intervention for Third Time in 30 Years Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary Visit our website at BTLonline.org for more information, in-depth interviews, related links and transcripts and to sign up for our BTL Weekly Summary. New episodes every Wednesday at 12 noon ET, website updated Wednesdays after 4 p.m. ET 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.