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Air Date: 3/3/2026

The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we examine the multi-front struggle for control: military force and economic coercion seizing resources abroad, institutions weaponized to constrain bodies at home, platforms and propaganda capturing minds, and the democratic resistance proving that organized people can still win.

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(00:02:31) #1762 - Trump's Imperialistic Shakedown of Venezuela

1: Trump Admits Venezuela Attacks Are All About Their Oil - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 12-18-25

2: USA Is the Worst Pirate on Earth: Trump Boasts of Stealing Venezuela's Oil - Geopolitical Economy Report - Air Date 12-26-25

3: Trump's Piracy in the Caribbean - The Real News Podcast - Air Date 12-23-25

(00:29:28) #1768 - The End of an Era: The International Rules-Based Order Gives Way to Trump's Might-Makes-Right Plutocracy

4: Gaza, Venezuela, and Greenland Mark End of World Legal Order Set up in 1945 - Redeye - Air Date 1-19-26

5: "Empire in Decline": Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in Venezuela, Iran & Beyond - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-13-26

6: Mark Carney and the New World Order - Front Burner - Air Date 1-20-26

(00:53:33) #1764 - Wealth Inequality is Bad for Society and There's No Good Counterargument

7: The Capitalist Mindset - The Market Exit - Air Date 12-9-25

8: Where Are Americas Leaders? - Robert Reich and Inequality Media Civic Action - Air Date 1-6-26

(01:04:42) #1766 - The Fragility of State Violence: The ICE Occupation, Renee Good, and the Minneapolis Uprising

9: Abolish ICE - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 1-7-26

10: ICE Is a Way to Deal With Surplus Males - Therese - Air Date 1-9-25

11: ICE Can Hack