Eisenhower Media Network's Matthew Hoh: Without a Rational Strategy, Trump’s Iran War Continues with No End in Sight

Quincy Institute's Annelle Sheline: U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional Opposition

Institute for Policy Studies' Khury Petersen-Smith: New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Silicon Valley workers organizing against war production and war crimes
• 358 human rights defenders killed last year around the world
• Populist Clayton Tucker running for Texas agriculture commissioner

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LULAC's Juan Proaño: Two More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine Trigger Condemnation and Angry Protests

Vermont Law and Graduate School's Delcianna Winders: Environmentalists Condemn Trump Regime’s New Rule to Decimate Endangered Species Act

Yale University's Daniel HoSang: Faculty, Students and Alumni Oppose Trump-Yale University Extortion Deal

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Middle East balance of power: Netanyahu decries U.S. F-35 fighter jet sale plans to Turkey
• Lula's pledge to reduce Brazilian workweek boosts re-election bid over Bolsonaro's son
• Trump-GOP SNAP cuts remove 770,000 children from food assistance benefits

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The Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health's Nathaniel Raymond: International Community Must do More to Stop Sudan’s Humanitarian Catastrophe

Democracy for the Arab World Now's Raed Jarrar: After Talks Break Down, U.S. Iran Ceasefire Collapses

Physicians for a National Health Program's Dr. Diljeet Singh: As U.S. Healthcare System Fails, Support for Medicare For All Grows

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• DACA Dreamers' work restrictions, delays under Trump jeopardize families, communities
• Super El Niño combined with climate change weather events may disrupt farming globally
• Ireland signs military cooperation pact with France for troop readiness, intelligence

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Roots Action's Norman Solomon: Corporate Democrats Lash Out Over Democratic Socialists Primary Wins

Defend Public Health's Melinda Rostal: Opponents Challenge Trump Regime’s Scheme to Politicize Federal Grants

Writer and activist Hannah Riley Fernandez: Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Camera Mass Surveillance Surges

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Human rights report: Mexican government involved in disappearances
• Closed Zambian zinc and lead mine's toxic pollution affecting area's children
• Billionaire ranches encompass millions of acres near Yellowstone national park

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Haitian Bridge Alliance's Guerline Josef: Supreme Court Ends TPS Protections for Haitians, Syrians, Opening Door to Mass Deportation

Texas Prairieland Detention Center protest case attorney Xavier de Janon: Extreme Sentences Handed Down in Prairieland Protest Case, a Blatantly Political Prosecution

The Indypendent's John Tarleton: Democratic Socialist Candidates Win Stunning Primary Victories in NYC and Nationwide

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• DRC Ebola cases spreading faster than last outbreak a decade ago
• Rental housing monopolies exempt from mandatory federal anti-trust review
• A dozen states proposing new taxes on wealthiest taxpayers

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Roosevelt University's David Faris: Donald Trump’s Humiliating Iran War Defeat the Most Significant Since Vietnam

Vote Common Good's Pastor Doug Pagitt: In Another Attack on Free Speech, Trump DOJ Indicts 15 Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists

Prison Policy Initiative's Wanda Bertram: Studies Find Serious Health Impacts on Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Syria trial seen as first step on long road for Assad's victims
• Solar generates more energy in U.S. than coal for first time
• Rural California voters defy DCCC and Israel lobby

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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Middle Eastern Studies Associate Director Jennifer Loewenstein: U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Announced: Is it Real This Time?

Jewish Israeli anti-apartheid activist Ofer Neiman: Israeli Voters May Oust Netanyahu in October Election, but Brutal Repression of Palestinians Likely to Continue

Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Senior Research Fellow William D. Hartung: The Pentagon’s Dangerous Rush to Adopt and Deploy AI into Military Missions

Between The Lines' Under-reported News Summary
• Syria needs large-scale reconstruction in recovery from 15-year brutal civil war
• Union Now creates fund to support workers who want to organize but can't due to finances
• Two progressive candidates running to oust NYC Comptroller Thomas DeNapoli

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Salon writer Sophia Tesfaye: MAGA Billionaire Ellison Family and Bari Weiss Murder ’60 Minutes’

Fredi Guevara and Liam Henrie: US Crew Members of Global Sumud Aid Flotilla to Gaza Describe Their Israeli Navy Detention

Stand Up America Executive Director Christina Harvey: ‘Kick Out Corruption Tour’ Links Trump Grift to Affordability Crisis

Bob Nixon’s Under-reported News Summary

• Trump connection seals $1B Balkans pipeline deal to inexperienced contractor
• White House building ties to Rwanda-backed M23 militia occupying mineral-rich DRC
• Immigrants pulled out of naturalization ceremonies now file lawsuits

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