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) Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon.com who writes the biweekly politics newsletter, Standing Room Only is the author of "Troll Nation: How The Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters." She'll discuss her recent columns re: Trump's candidacy: "Why voters aren't more worried about Trump's return" and "Trump is hiding his fascist plans in plain sight."

2) Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, a climate activist who's been arrested in nonviolent civil disobedience climate actions, and author of "Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution," will assess the COP 28 UN Climate Summit in Dubai - what was, and was not accomplished -- and share his views on how citizens can effectively take action to pressure governments and corporate leaders to seriously address the climate crisis.

3) Amira Mattar, Counsel with the group Free Speech For People discusses her group's lawsuit filed on behalf of Oregon voters to bar Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s presidential primary and general election ballot in 2024 under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, also known as the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause.

4) Will Creeley, Legal Director with the group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) talks about his group's concern for the protection of free speech that led to opposition to a U.S. House of Representatives amendment to an appropriations bill addressing anti-Semitism on college and university campuses that threatens the expressive rights of students and faculty across the country.

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