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.

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.

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.