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1. Trump Has No Clear Objectives in his Lawless and Chaotic War with Iran

Mel Goodman, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University and a former CIA analyst, whose latest book is titled American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump, shares his views on the motivation and conduct of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, as well as the short and long term consequences for international law, the world economy and the American empire.

2. "It’s Time to Make Some Thunder:" Bishop William Barber Responds to Trump-GOP Midterm Election Gerrymandering Scheme!

Excerpt of speech by Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, president and senior lecturer at Repairers of the Breach, and founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. In this November 2, 2025 speech he talks about the Moral Mondays coalition response to President Trump’s effort to gerrymander the First Congressional district in North Carolina, and efforts to rig the 2026 midterm election nationwide.

3. Trump Follows Israel Into Catastrophic War on Iran, Netanyahu Calls the Shots

Branko Marcetic, a Jacobin staff writer and the author of "Yesterday’s Man: The Case Against Joe Biden" talks about his recent commentaries, "Trump Is in Way Over His Head in Iran," and "The US Is Fighting Israel’s War on Iran," and "US Military Aid to Israel Is a National Security Risk."

4. CT Working Families Party and Progressive Coalition Legislative Agenda Includes Immigrant Rights Bills and Increasing taxes on the Wealthy Sarah Ganong, State Director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, discusses WFP's CT legislative agenda, which includes standing up for immigrant rights, advocating for an equitable state budget with higher taxes on the wealthy, and demanding fair schedules for workers in hospitality, retail, and food service jobs. She'll also talk about statewide groups organizing for the March 28th anti-Trump, pro-democracy No Kings Day protests in CT and nationally.