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1) Yint Hmu of Public Citizen's democracy campaign discusses the work her group is doing to challenge and resist the Trump authoritarian agenda both at home and abroad, including their many lawsuits and national protest organizing. They'll also talk about the explosive situation in Minneapolis in the aftermath of the ICE shooting death of Renee Good, as Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law.

2) Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights talks about her group's condemnation of the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis, and a call for accountability, justice and an end to ICE brutality nationwide.

3) Tamika Middleton, Chief Political and Strategy Officer with Women's March, talks about the January 20th Free America Walkout protest, and other important work Women's March is prioritizing. Student leader
Saniyah Yoland of the group Get Free, a youth-led progressive activist movement, talks about the work they're doing organizing students for the Friday, Jan. 23rd school walkout protest.

4) FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, the lone Democrat serving on the Federal Communications Commission talks about her concerns re: the concentration of media ownership, FCC censorship and interference in the exercise of First Amendment right to free speech, the future of public media and the expansion of broadband access.

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Avelo Airlines Ends ICE Deportation Flights After Months Long Protest and National Boycott Campaign

Various Speakers at Rally

Producer: Melinda Tuhus

Trump is certifiably INSANE, and he has the codes to launch America's nuclear weapons arsenal, the most deadly on the planet. We'll be lucky to survive the next 3 years! Remove Trump from power or risk civilizational extinction!

Although newly hired ICE Agents are getting only minimal training after they pick up their $50,000 signing bonus -- there are unverified reports that for at least 1 week they receive German language lessons, and receive a complimentary copy of the book, "Mein Kampf."