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Guest: Karina Montoya is a senior reporter and policy analyst at the Open Markets Institute, covering antitrust, data privacy, large digital platforms, and Artificial Intelligence.   Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash The post Big Tech & AI Monopolies Under Trump appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Elie Mystal is The Nation’s justice correspondent and the host of its legal podcast, Contempt of Court. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller book Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution, and his forthcoming, Bad Law: 10 Popular Laws That Are Running America.  Elie can be followed @ElieNYC. His new cover story, “The Supreme Trump Court,” appears on the cover of the March 2025 edition of The Nation magazine. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash The post Trump and The Courts with Elie Mystal appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dr. Surekha Davies is a historian of science, art, and ideas and the author of Humans: A Monstrous History.   The post Humans: A Monstrous History appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Peter M. Shane is the Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law Emeritus at Ohio State University and a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the New York University School of Law. He is the author of several books including his latest, Democracy’s Chief Executive: Interpreting the Constitution and Defining the Future of the Presidency.  He is the host of “Democracy’s Chief Executive: The Podcast.”  Find Peter Shane @petermshane. The post The Expansion of the Presidential Power appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich does an analysis of the current political landscape and the power grabs by corporations. The post Trump’s Chaos and his Radical Expansion of Executive Power appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: Dannie Ceseña is the first Two-Spirit, Native, Director of the CA LGBTQ Health and Human Services Network.   Photo (C): Wikimedia The post The Assault on Diversity & the LGBTQ+ Community appeared first on KPFA.

Guest: H. W. Brands is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books, including American Colossus, The General vs. the President, The First American and Traitor to His Class, and his latest, America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War. The post The America First Committee: A History appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich debunks the idea of a US president’s absolute powers within the executive branch and the current administration’s use of those powers.   Photo credit: Wikimedia The post On the Absolute Powers of a U.S. President appeared first on KPFA.

Host Mitch Jeserich analyses the latest directives by the Trump administration.     The post Trump Freezes All Grants and Loans for Education and Nonprofits appeared first on KPFA.

Greg Grandin is Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, author of many books including The End of the Myth, The Empire of Necessity, Fordlandia; and his forthcoming, América, América: A New History of the New World.  He is a Professor of History at Yale University.   Photo (C): Miraflores Locks at Panama Canal on Wikimedia. The post The Impact of a Second Trump Term in Latin America appeared first on KPFA.