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1) Trump's Authoritarian Onslaught is Designed to Overwhelm a Nation that Rejects his Tyranny

Sarah Kendzior is a journalist, anthropologist, and researcher, who's the bestselling author of several books including her latest, "They Knew" and "The Last American Road Trip," and is the former co-host of the popular podcast Gaslit Nation. She'll discuss her views on the Trump regime's looming threat to subvert the outcome of the midterm election by a multi-pronged set of seditious tactics -- and the enormous challenge of reconstructing our broken nation's democratic institutions.

2) Trump's Mental Instability and Unilateral Presidential Powers Creates Risk of Global Catastrophe

Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist, co-founder and president of the World Mental Health Coalition, and is editor of the bestselling book, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump," which analyzed the mental fitness of President Donald Trump. Dr. Lee, whose latest book is titled, "The Psychology of Trump Contagion: An Existential Danger to American Democracy and All Humankind," will explain why she believes that Trump's mental instability and unfettered presidential powers create an extreme, unprecedented risk of global catastrophe.

3) Growing Recognition AI Danger Provokes Calls for Development Slow Down and Regulation

Miranda Bogen, Director of the Center for Democracy & Technology’s AI Governance Lab & Chief Technologist talks about the important work her group has been doing to educate the public on the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence, while calling for new AI regulatory legislation at both the U.S. federal level and internationally. This conversation follows a week when news coverage of AI erupted after high-profile researchers warned that increasingly powerful AI systems may be advancing faster than scientists can reliably control them, and reports of six cases of unauthorized AI behavior, including AI agents concealing mistakes and circumventing human direction.

4) Pro Palestinian Protest at Philadelphia Venue of Ed Sheeran's First Concert After Removal of Rapper Macklemore From 42-City Tour

Shayna, a critical care nurse, anti-imperialist organizer and spokesperson for organizers of this past Saturday’s demonstration where hundreds gathered outside of Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field ahead of Ed Sheeran’s first concert after rapper Macklemore was dropped as an opening act because of several stadium owner’s objections to his earlier pro-Palestinian remarks. Following Macklemore's exit, all of Sheeran's opening acts, and his own Beoga band members, protested by withdrawing from his 42-city Loop Tour in 15 countries, including Finneas, Lukas Graham, and Aaron Row. Protesters at the Philadelphia concert venue demanded a free Palestine, an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, while condemning the blatant silencing of artists who express solidarity with the Palestinian people.