Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Marge Baker, Executive Vice President for Policy and Program with the group People For the American Way discusses President Biden's opportunity to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice after the announced retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer -- and the work PFAW has been doing to restore ideological balance and legitimacy to our nation’s courts.

2) Nicolai Petro, Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island shares his views on the dangerous situation in Ukraine with rising tensions between Russia, the U.S. and NATO over Moscow's massing of troops near Ukraine's border, underscoring Russia's opposition to the western military alliance's movement eastward toward Russia.

3) Ellen Karel, Chair of the group Health Care for All California discusses California's Assembly Appropriations Committee passage of AB 1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare) that would establish a single-payer health system for the state. The bill now moves quickly to the full Assembly for a vote.

4) Tom Swan, Executive Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, talks about CCAG's upcoming Feb. 8th Hartford climate march to demand CT legislators take bold action to address climate change this legislative session.

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