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Episode: 07.20.26: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses 2 More ICE Shooting Deaths in Texas and Maine; Trump Escalates his Scheme to Subvert Midterm Election; Rising Opposition to Trump Yale University Deal; CT Billboards educate on dangers of Factory Farming
COUNTERPOINT RADIO, 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) Juan Proaño, Chief Executive Officer of League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) discusses the ongoing violence by ICE agents across the U.S. that's most recently resulted in two fatal ICE shootings in Houston, Texas, and Biddeford, Maine - where his group LULAC, is demanding immediate transparency, independent investigations, and an end to the Trump administration enabling federal law enforcement officers "hunting for Latinos."
2) Robert Weiner, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, discusses President Trump's termination of two members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and forced the resignation of the remaining Republican commissioner. He'll examine how this latest action fits in with President Trump's recent televised speech repeating conspiracy theories about foreign interference in U.S. elections, issuing voter suppression executive orders, demanding states turn over sensitive voting data, launching DOJ investigations, and proposed “SAVE America Act” legislation that together threaten the integrity of the November 2026 midterm election, in what many believe reveals the president's intention to interfere with, and/or manipulate the outcome of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
3) Daniel HoSang, Professor of American Studies and Political Science at Yale University and President of the Yale chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP.) Professor HoSang, who's most recent book is titled, "A Wider Type of Freedom: How Struggles for Racial Justice Liberate Everyone,” discusses his work with the group "Stand Up For Yale," which has circulated petitions on campus, and urged Yale President Maurie McInnis and the Board of Trustees to reject a pending settlement between Yale University and the Trump administration -- as the dean of the Yale Law School, students and other faculty members are working to stop the deal.
4) Doug Moss, the founder of Earth Action Network, Inc, which for many years published the award-winning E – The Environmental Magazine, and the nationally-syndicated Q&A environmental column, EarthTalk. Doug will discussing his new goplant-based.org billboard project, which will be launched on July 20th to educate the public about the evils of animal factory farming, which is linked to climate change, pollution, and is an important obstacle in the way of addressing world hunger and global water shortages.
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