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1) Trump's Ongoing Assault on Democracy Closely Follows the Authoritarian Playbook

Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," and his newest book, “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future,” shares his views on the Trump regime's unconstitutional attempt to eliminate entire federal agencies, the mass firing of government employees, the witch hunt targeting DEI and all federal anti discrimination policies, as well as recent threats to criminalize student protest at university campuses nationwide.

2) Target's Elimination of the Store's DEI Policy Provokes Nationwide 40-Day Boycott

Jamal-Harrison Bryant, Senior Pastor at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia discusses his call for a 40-day "fast" from shopping at Target stores during Lent starting on March 5th, in response to the company's retreat from their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies after Donald Trump launched a campaign to eliminate DEI and decades-long civil rights policies in the federal government.

3) Trump's Erratic On-Again, Off-Again Tariff Policy Born of Desperation

Richard D. Wolff, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, author of 11 books including, “Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism,” and host of the weekly syndicated radio program Economic Update. Professor Wolff will examine Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, Europe and other nations, the impact on the US economy, as well as indications that the Trump regime is getting ready to manipulate government issued economic statistics by excluding government spending from data about U.S. economic output -- and the Commerce Department's decision to disband two expert committees that worked with the government to produce reliable economic statistics.

4) Connecticut Citizen Action Group's 2025 Legislative Agenda Explained

Tom Swan, Executive Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group discusses CCAG's priorities and goals in the current state legislative session, as well as initiatives a coalition of groups in the state are working on to build a firewall to protect CT residents from Trump 2.0 authoritarian federal policies targeting civil rights, education, and critical social safety net programs.