Politics and views in the United States.

Trump posts about domestic enemies on X. Native advocates challenge Arizona laws affecting voter engagement. The Pentagon deploys a submarine amid Iran-Israel tensions, and a new study highlights a funding gap for female candidates.

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Welcome to 2024 Talks, where we're following our democracy in historic times.

This is the final battle.

With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state.

And we will liberate America from these villains once and for all.

With a year-long ban from the social media platform X Lifted, former President Donald Trump posted a list of domestic enemies he wants to drive out, including globalists, communists, marchers and fascists.

The former president also attacked what he calls the "sick political class" that hates the country and what he calls the "fake news media."

Ex-owner Elon Musk held a high-profile live interview with Trump Monday.

The non-profit newsroom ProPublica has released dozens of clips former Trump aides made during work on the hard-right Project 2025.

Trump has denied knowledge of the roadmap for his second term, but one clip shows a foreign policy deputy, Bethany Kozma, downplaying global warming.

According to our intelligence community, the number one threat facing our country today is, drumroll, climate change.

Not Russia, not China, not AI, climate change.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the U.S. is sending a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine and an aircraft carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean.

The Pentagon says Iran may retaliate against Israel for targeted strikes, including one that killed a Hamas leader while he was in Tehran.

Retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling says the fact that Austin made the announcement publicly shows the situation is very serious.

Secretary Austin actually saying that the USS Georgia is going to be in the area is extremely unusual, but it's sending that deterrence signal to a lot of people who might be considering what they're going to do next.

Israel has placed its military on high alert.

Hopes for U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza seem stalled.

Civil rights advocates say two new Arizona laws could effectively suppress the votes of Native Americans.

One requires a street address to register, something often lacking on reservations.

The other lets county officials purge the registrations of anyone they think is not a citizen.

Patty Ferguson Bonney with the Indian Legal Clinic at Arizona State University says those voters already have reason to be suspicious.

Trying to translate to tribal people why it's important to participate in voting can already be a challenge when you're dealing with a legal infrastructure that has tried to deny your existence.

A new analysis by the Center for American Women in Politics shows men contribute much more to political campaigns, with men outspending women across 10 states.

Researcher Kira Sanbonmatsu says the funding imbalance cuts into women's ability to run for office or participate in politics.

Men are much more likely than women to be providing the funds that are fueling state candidates, and so this means that women have fewer resources to get their voices heard.

I'm Fara Siddiqui for Pacifica Network and Public News Service.

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