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Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy

Interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at New York University, conducted by Scott Harris

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Massive Pentagon Budget Increased Under Proposed Debt Ceiling Deal

Interview with Lindsay Koshgarian, program director of the National Priorities Project, conducted by Scott Harris

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Food Rescue Groups Reduce Waste While Feeding The Hungry

Interview with Lori Martin, Haven’s Harvest co-founder and executive director, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – May 31, 2023

Compiled by Bob Nixon

  • South Africa’s non-alignment is challenged
  • Western states agree to breakthrough water deal
  • New generation of coal miners dying from Black Lung disease

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Never forget the GOP hostage-taking over the #DebtCeilingDeal didn't need to happen. They wanted to cut social programs they didn't like, a small part of the overall budget, instead of military spending— a whopping 60% of the budget. #defensespending #hostagetaking
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"DeSantis is not going to say, I could stand on Fifth Avenue and shoot someone. DeSantis is not going to say he could shoot someone out loud. Right? He may have other people do it, but he wouldn’t boast about it. When you have these boasters, these blusterers, sometimes people get tired of them. They get tired of the chaos. And so they start to desire somebody who’s just as extremist, but behaves better and seems more 'normal.'"— Ruth Ben-Ghiat, professor of history and Italian studies at New York University
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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of Italian and History New York University examines Ron DeSantis' official "botched" launch of his presidential campaign with Elon Musk -- and his record of making Florida a laboratory for fascist culture war policy, his weaponization of the law, his laser focus on suppressing educators and students -- and corporate media's obsession on DeSantis' "lack of charisma," while normalizing his white supremacist, authoritarian policy agenda.

2) Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director with the National Priorities Project, discusses her group's new report: “The Warfare State: How Funding for Militarism Compromises our Welfare,” and how the Pentagon's massive, ever growing budget relates to recent negotiations over the debt ceiling and the U.S. federal budget.

3) Adrienne Pine, Visiting Professor of Anthropology and Social Change with the School of Consciousness and Transformation at the California Institute of Integral Studies discusses her view of the Biden administration's post Title 42 immigration policies, with a focus on the treatment of Venezuelans and Cubans seeking asylum in America, fleeing nations that have been the target of harsh U.S. economic sanctions.

4) Joshua Epstein, a New College of Florida student who will be graduating in 2024 and Tamara Solum, a retired Sarasota business owner, teacher and education advocate whose daughter Kari Solum graduated from New College in 2020. They'll discuss the Save New College campaign, recent graduation speakers, the wider significance of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suppression of educators and students now that he's officially running for president.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint
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Trump’s first interview after losing the 2020 election was with NYU Trustee and Fox host Maria Bartiromo. Before the interview even took place Bartiromo ran the questions by The White House. During it, she set Trump up to spread conspiracies by noting, “you’ve said many times that this electio...
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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, U.S. Army, (Ret.) who served as Chief of Staff to Gen. Colin Powell (2002-05) talks about the Eisenhower Media Network's recent full-page ad in the New York Times, calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

2) Corynne McSherry Legal Director with the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses her group's position on the dangers of artificial intelligence re: privacy, disinformation and policing, and what if anything should be done at the federal level to regulate this emerging powerful technology.

3) Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor on Election Security with Free Speech For People examines the multi-state plot by former President Donald Trump's operatives to access and copy voting system software in the 2020 election - and her recent Slate.com article, "Trump Was Implicated in a Vote Machine Theft. Why Isn’t DOJ Investigating?"

4) Helen Jaccard, Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project Manager & John Miksad, founder and coordinator of the Fairfield County CT chapter of the group World Beyond War, talk about the Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project which recovered and restored the original Golden Rule peace ship, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands. That journey inspired the many peace makers and peace ships that followed. The reborn Golden Rule is sailing once more, and stopping in Norwalk, CT May 29 to June 2 to participate in a series of events that show that nuclear abolition is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint
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