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) Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, assesses the rationale and consequences of Israel's attack on Iran, Tehran's retaliation, the Trump regime’s apparent role in the attack, and the threat that this conflict could trigger a wider regional conflict involving the U.S.

2) Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emeritus, of epidemiology at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, discusses her alarm at Trump’s Health and Human Services Secreatary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s removal of all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with new members, many of whom are reported to be critics of mRNA vaccines, and public health measures taken during the COVID pandemic.

3) Sasha Abramsky, The Nation magazine’s Western correspondent and author, his latest titled, "Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America." He'll talk about his recent articles, "Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger," and "Trump’s Dangerous Escalation in LA," and discuss the most dangerous authoritarian actions Trump may take in the coming days.

4) Ann Wright, a 29-year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq, discusses her views on Donald Trump's federalization and deployment of National Guard and Marine troops to Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, to suppress mostly peaceful protests re: militarized ICE deportation raids, and growing concern about the Trump regime's partisan politicization of the U.S. military.

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