Counterpoint 06-02-25 Scott Harris discusses: Groups demand Dems effectively challenge Trump's autocracy; Project Esther equates dissent w terrorism; Group files human rights complaint against US for complicity w Gaza genocide; CT Trust Act Strengthened

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1) Progressive Groups Demand Democrats Hold Emergency Meeting to Develop Effective Challenge to Trump's Autocracy

Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America, discusses a petition circulated by several progressive groups calling for the Democratic National Committee to “convene an emergency meeting of all its members—fully open to the public—as soon as possible," to strategize in confronting "the predatory, extreme and dictatorial actions of the Trump administration. He’ll also review what happened in the May 30th meeting of the DNC's executive committee.

2) 'Project Esther' Advocates Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Protest, But Equates All Dissent with Terrorism

Andra Watkins, a New York Times best-selling author, who’s devoted many months researching and dissecting Project 2025 on her Substack online newsletter, "For Such a Time as This,” She'll discuss her recent column, "Project Esther: Where Dissent = Terrorism," with a focus on how the Trump regime's targeting of individuals and groups protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza, and in support of independence and self determination for Palestine, have as their larger goal the suppression of all dissent that they label as terrorism.

3) Group Files Human Rights Complaint Against US for Complicity with Israel's Gaza Genocide

Seth Donnelly one of the founders of Taxpayers Against Genocide, a grassroots movement spreading across the US, who talks about his group's class action lawsuit in Northern California against Congresspersons for their use of tax dollars to fund Israel's genocide in Gaza.

4) Coalition Wins Amendments to Connecticut 'Trust Act,' Strengthening Protections for Immigrant Community

Juan Fonseca of Danbury, the campaign manager of the Trust Act NOW! coalition, discusses the CT Senate's recent passage of amendments to the state's TRUST Act, assessing what was, and was not accomplished by groups working to strengthen protections for the state's immigrant community.