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The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, or HR 9495, has passed a vote in the House. If approved by the Senate, this bill would grant the Treasury Department broad powers to label nonprofit organizations, especially those that have been critical of Israel, as supporters of "terrorism" and strip them of their tax-exempt status without due process. What are the chances that HR 9495 will become law? If it does, will it be used as a weapon to target political enemies and quash political dissent under a second Trump administration, as critics fear? Journalists Chip Gibbons and Noah Hurowitz join the TRNN podcast to give a full breakdown of what this bill could empower the Trump administration to do, and how we can fight back.

Not even a month has passed since the presidential election, and the incoming slate of Trump cabinet nominees is already beset with controversy and scandal. But the litany of sex crimes and other misdeeds Trump's appointees are accused of is just the tip of the iceberg—what's even more threatening is the agenda they represent. Journalists and returning guests Steven Monacelli and Jeff Sharlet join The Marc Steiner Show for a breakdown of the incoming cabinet.

Trump wants to slap tariffs on China and other countries. What are tariffs? How will they affect your wallet? Dr. Richard Wolff explains.

From plans to wreck the NLRB to the impending assault on immigrants, Trump’s policies will undermine unions from all sides. We speak about the oncoming attacks on organized labor with Jimmy Williams, general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Wealth inequality affected voting in ways both extreme and unseen—and our ire should be aimed at the billionaire class.

The Silicon Valley oligarchy has remade the digital landscape and culture to our disadvantage, and to the benefit of Trump and his ilk.

As leaders of Jewish institutions opt for the path of imperialism and war, everyday Jewish people must reach for the traditions of justice enshrined in our culture and faith.

“Who would want to lock somebody in a room the size of your bathroom and leave them in there for three years…and expect them to come out in the same condition that they went in? That’s insanity.”

Protests across the nation have flared after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkota this August. Activists say that police are continuing to cover up the truth despite a recent arrest.

We speak with residents from four different sacrifice zones in the US about how the situations they’re facing in their own communities, and their struggles for justice and accountability, are interconnected.