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1) Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses the situation in Gaza and the West Bank that has been mostly absent from news coverage since the ceasefire was signed on October 9th, as well as the important current debate in the UN Security Council over the control and composition of an international force that would be deployed to Gaza.

2) Ari Paul, a New York City-based journalist and lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs who has reported for the Nation, the Guardian, In These Times, Jacobin and many other outlets, discusses his recent coverage for FAIR.org re: the ongoing MAGA-connected right wing media takeover, "As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media," and "Conde Nast, Paramount Cut Jobs—and Political Dissent."

3) Heather Digby Parton, a columnist for Salon.com and winner of the Hillman Prize for opinion journalism, talks about her recent commentary, "Donald Trump’s enemies list keeps growing," his increasing number of "pay-to-play" pardons, and convicted January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by Trump who have since been re-arrested for new crimes including: child molestation, sexual abuse and threats to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

4) Michael F. Brown, an independent journalist whose work and views have appeared in The International Herald Tribune, The Nation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Post and elsewhere, discusses his recent article, "Trump ambassador pick vows to pressure South Africa over Gaza genocide case," and nominee Brent Bozell's unwillingness to declare his opposition to repealing laws allowing Black Americans to vote in U.S. elections.

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