Eisenhower Media Network's Matthew Hoh: Without a Rational Strategy, Trump’s Iran War Continues with No End in Sight

Quincy Institute's Annelle Sheline: U.S. and Israel to Integrate Military Budgets to Shield Funding from Congressional Opposition

Institute for Policy Studies' Khury Petersen-Smith: New Progressive Blueprint: ‘Forging a Democracy that Works for All’

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Silicon Valley workers organizing against war production and war crimes
• 358 human rights defenders killed last year around the world
• Populist Clayton Tucker running for Texas agriculture commissioner

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