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Resistance Roundtable--Sept. 2026: Dire Diagnosis for Our Mad King (opens the original)
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The Resistance Roundtable features: Dr. Bandy Lee, a psychiatrist who has studied and written on the pathology of Donald Trump, discusses the ever-increasing danger posed by the sociopath-in-chief. Clare Evento, a Waterbury, CT-based activist, talks about the Oct. 17 No Kings events planned for southeastern CT. Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill
The Organic Farmstand, Fall Harvest Update: Honey, Tomatoes, and Oysters! (opens the original)
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The Organic Farm Stand lineup: Hot Topics -- Diane Lauricella Small Farms Update -- Steve Munno, Massaro Farm Honey Bee Update -- Vincent Kaye Oyster Farming in CT -- special guest, Sean Riley of the New England Oyster Farm Hosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella
Trump Regime Once Again Attempts to Eliminate Roadless Rule Protecting Nation’s Wilderness (opens the original)
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Interview with Wanda Culp, an activist with Tongass Women for Forests and Tongass regional coordinator for Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), conducted by Melinda Tuhus. Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Wanda Culp, a Tlinglit woman from the Tongass forest in southeast Alaska, who has fought against corporate clearcutting near her home, since the 1980s with a group called Tongass Women for Forests. Here she explains what difference the Roadless Rule made and how indigeno
More Than 1 Million Refugees’ TPS Revoked by Trump Now Face Potential Deportation (opens the original)
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Interview with Dulce Guzmán, executive director at Alianza Americas, conducted by Scott Harris. Dulce Guzmán discusses her group’s work focusing public attention on the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees from more than a dozen countries who have had their TPS status revoked by the Trump administration—and the uncertainty that nationals from El Salvador who reside in the U.S. are now living with because Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has not announced any decision on the
Billionaire Bankrolls Candidates to Push Democrats toward Pro-Corporate Policies (opens the original)
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Interview with Katya Schwenk, an investigative journalist covering private interests and corporate power at The Lever, conducted by Scott Harris. Katya Schwenk talks about her article co-written with Luke Goldstein, titled, “How A Hedge Fund Billionaire Became The Democrats’ New Kingmaker,” about Stephen Mandel, who’s bankrolling a new political apparatus built to “redefine” the Democratic party.
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