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1) Trump Visit to Oil-Rich Gulf Monarchies has Mixed Outcome

Raed Jarrar, Advocacy Director with the group Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN,) an American non-profit organization founded in September 2020 by Saudi US based journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his assassination ordered by the Saudi monarchy. Jarrar will discuss his group's views on President Trump's recent visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the U.A.E., the deals announced, gifts received, and major issues discussed, including the ongoing slaughter and starvation of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

2) Broad Opposition to Trump-GOP's Extreme Medicaid, SNAP Budget Cuts

Analilia Mejia, Co-Executive Director of Popular Democracy in Action discuss her group's opposition to the Trump/GOP budget proposal that will cut a combined $1 trillion from Medicaid and the SNAP food stamp program, that will result in 10.3 million people losing Medicaid coverage over the next decade in order to pay for major tax cuts primarily benefiting the nation's wealthiest families.

3) Bill Targets Nonprofits Not Aligned with MAGA agenda

Lia Holland , Campaigns and Communications Director with Fight For The Future, talks about her group's opposition to a provision included in this year's GOP reconciliation bill, similar to last year's H.R. 9495, which would allow the Trump regime to remove the tax-exempt status of nonprofits that it says support terrorism, with no requirements for providing evidence to prove such a charge -- as a way to punish charities that advocate for issues that don’t align with Trump's MAGA agenda.

4) New Book Examines Gaza Genocide & Palestine, Israel History

Sim Kern, a former teacher, journalist, novelist, and bestselling author of "The Free People’s Village," talks about his new book, "Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation," part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zionist propaganda in ten unapologetic essays. Drawing connections between Biblical promises and exploding pagers, medieval dress codes and modern-day apartheid.