Brennan Center for Justice's Lauren Miller-Karalunas: GOP Post-Election Threat: Block January 3rd Certification of Democratic Candidate Winners

Center for American Progress' Michael Sozan: Trump’s Election Day Subversion Goal: Entrench His Imperial Presidency

Environmental Protection Network's Marc Boom: Post Election Can Democrats Challenge Trump Decimation of EPA Regulations?

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• Argentineans fight president's expanded foreign ownership of land, natural resources
• Trump administration accused of threatening tribal sovereignty during border wall construction
• Democratic socialist Mayor Katie Wilson lacks legislative majority to deliver reforms

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Former Associate Director of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jennifer Loewenstein: Trump Threatens to Escalate Iran War as U.S. Heads Into Critical Midterm Election

Free Press Policy Counsel Shilpa Jindia: Trump Executive Order Criminalizes Dissent, Suppresses Constitutionally Protected Free Speech

Death Penalty Information Center Executive Director Robin Maher: Botched Tennessee Execution, Unequal Justice Fuel Death Penalty Opposition

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• Deadly Congo ambush reveals Erik Prince's private U.S. mercenary army role in mineral wars
• Sen. Susan Collins' Lockheed Martin campaign funds and F-35 fighter jet contract issues 
• Right-wing groups fighting Washington state's millionaire tax

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Former California Judge Bill Blum: If Democrats Win Midterm Election, Will Republicans Refuse to Cede Control of Congress?

Author and commentator Paul Heideman: After Recent Electoral Victories, What’s Next for Democratic Socialists of America?

Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative's Tzeporah Berman: Global Summit Aims to Phase Out Fossil Fuels Through International Cooperation

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
• In India, election registration purge of 130 million names sparks outrage
• Trump policies repel south Texas Latino Republican voters
• Cornell case highlights patchwork of state sexual assault laws

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Journalist and media critic Ari Paul: Trump-Allied Oligarchs Cleared to Take Over Entertainment and TV News Behemoth

Prison Policy Initiative's Heather Digby Parton: Rehabilitating Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon: GOP’s Scheme to Normalize Trump’s Lawlessness and Corruption

Salon.com's Wanda Bertram: New Data Finds Cities Collaborating with ICE Offers No Shield Against Violent Street Raids, Arrests

Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Oct. 14, 2026
• Ethiopia is facing a renewed civil war
• Reliably Republican states are driving U.S. solar boom
• Farming crisis a major issue in Pennsylvania congressional races

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