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Alex Vitale on the reasons to defund the FBI that have nothing to do with Trump; U.S. lawyers and journalists sue the CIA for spying on their London visits to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy; Calls grow for the compassionate release of 72-year-old political prisoner and Black liberation activist Mutulu Shakur, who is close to death.

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A search warrant reveals the FBI is investigating President Donald Trump for potential violation of the Espionage Act and other laws; Afghan journalist Zahra Nader on the first anniversary of the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan; We feature a rare speech by renowned Indian British novelist Salman Rushdie, who survived an assassination attempt Friday.

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Matthieu Aikins writes about “The Taliban’s Dangerous Collision Course With the West” for The New York Times; An imprisoned Saudi man was tortured and jailed for running a satirical Twitter account; Longtime Filipino activist Walden Bello gives an interview after being jailed for “cyber libel.”

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We speak with Indigenous lawyer Eliesio Marubo in Brasília about calls to independently investigate the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira.

Trita Parsi on efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal; Hundreds of migrants arrive by bus in New York, sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott with no warning as mutual aid and legal services scramble to respond; Activists call on President Biden to address soaring rent inflation; Los Angeles faces protests over expanding its ban on encampments of unhoused people.

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Police arrest a suspect in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico; The founder of the African People’s Socialist Party, a racial justice group, says the FBI is targeting the group for its political work; Immigrant justice activists cheer the end of the “Remain in Mexico” policy.

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