It's not about competence, compassion, economic progress, or making America great again - it's about hate, fear and scapegoating people who have NOTHING to do with your unhappiness, lowered standard of living, and diminished expectations for your children.

Trump and his billionaire friends are laughing at millions of GOP supporters who vote against their own economic self-interest, because they've convinced them to blame people who make the minimum wage, can't afford health insurance, and aren't able to afford to send their kids to college -- to distract you from where the REAL blame lies, namely the nation's wealthy, corporate elite who dictate federal and state policies that gives them huge tax breaks, generous subsidies and every economic advantage they don't need - while this same group of the filthy rich advocate for major cuts to social safety net programs that benefit the poorest, while also working to reduce social security and medicare benefits that the working poor and seniors living on a fixed income depend on.

Trump and his pals are playing 'three card monty' and you're the mark, the 'rube' that they laugh at behind your back. WAKE UP!

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) Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, who writes the newsletter American Doom. Glawe, who's forthcoming book is tilted, “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened,” discusses the important issues examined in his recent articles re: GOP threats to undermine the 2024 election, with a focus on the conduct of Georgia's election board and the mass purging of eligible voters in that state.

2) Andra Watkins, a New York Times best-selling author, who’s devoted many months researching and dissecting Project 2025 on her Substack online newsletter, “How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life,” talks about her recent article, "What Nobody is Reporting About Project 2025 Disaster Response," and the deadly disinformation that's being spread by Donald Trump and his supporters that has undermined hurricane Helene and Milton disaster response.

3) Miranda Rector, a member of the leadership team of Jewish Voice for Peace in New Haven, CT talks about VT U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders' advocacy for Senate adoption of the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval that would block the sale of offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel. The JRD is the only mechanism available to Congress to prevent arms sales from advancing. Each resolution applies to specific weaponry, and documents cases in which Israel has used this weaponry in violation of international laws, and in which the US providing this weaponry has violated U.S. federal laws.

4) Robert Creamer, a veteran political organizer and strategist for five decades, talks about his new book, "Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success," a step-by-step field manual for how progressives can win electoral campaigns - and a textbook for anyone who wants to know how electoral politics really works.

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The Challenges Mexico’s First Female President Faces as She Takes Office: Interview with Javier Porras Madero, an organizer and a historian of Mexico and Guatemala currently based in Mexico City, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://btlonline.org/the-challenges-mexicos-first-female-president-faces-as-she-takes-office/

Hurricane Helene’s Destruction Fueled by Climate Change, Provokes Renewed Calls to Hold Big Oil Accountable:
Interview with Aaron Regunberg, Senior Policy Advisor with Public Citizen’s Climate Program, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://btlonline.org/hurricane-helenes-destruction-fueled-by-climate-change-provokes-renewed-calls-to-hold-big-oil-accountable/

Corporate Media is ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Obvious Cognitive Decline: Interview with Parker Molloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, former editor-at-large with Media Matters for America, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://btlonline.org/corporate-media-is-sanewashing-trumps-obvious-cognitive-decline/