Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm
Don is in conversation with Colonel Don Christensen, USAF (ret.) who is an expert on Military Sexual Trauma
With AMY GOODMAN M-F 7-8am and 6-7pm
Today’s News:
➤ “No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia
➤ 80 Years After Nuremberg Trials, U.S. Leads Assault on ICC & International Law: Wolfgang Kaleck
➤ “The Power of Law”: Wolfgang Kaleck on Reconciling Legality and International Justice
➤ Greenland Deal: Trump Drops Threat to Annex Denmark Territory in Favor of Greater U.S. Military Role
THE WOMEN’S HOUR with Patricia Law Wed 5pm
WHAT THE HECK IS ON THE BALLOT?
PATRICIA IS IN CONVERSATION WITH JEANNE WEIDNER WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ABOUT THE UPCOMING ELECTION BALLOT MEASURES
Jeanne Weidner has been a member of the League of Women Voters San Diego since 2018, became chair of the Speakers Bureau in 2020, and previously served on the Board of Directors as Voter Empowerment Chair. In her professional career, she worked as a clinical microbiologist and received her PhD in Science Education at UC Berkeley. She served on the faculty at several universities throughout the country, most recently at San Diego State University and CSU-San Marcos. In her position in the biology department, she was responsible for teaching several courses, from general introductory biology to microbiology for the health sciences. After retiring from academia in 2015, she became interested in educating voters and promoting active citizenship.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
The League of Women Voters was officially founded in Chicago in 1920, just six months before the 19th amendment was ratified and women won the vote. For over 100 years, we have been a nonpartisan, activist, grassroots organization that believes voters should play a critical role in democracy. We never endorse nor oppose political parties or candidates, but we may take a stand on certain issues, if they coincide with positions the League has adopted in keeping with our mission. The local San Diego League was established in 1936, and part of our mission has been to educate voters about issues they are facing, providing a nonpartisan perspective to allow for informed decision making
https://lwvsandiego.org/content.aspx?page_id=0&club_id=681146
Election Info https://www.lwvsandiego.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=681146&module_id=748352
Greg Palast is a filmmaker, investigative journalist, and author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Known for his investigative reporting for Democracy Now! and The Hartmann Report, Palast is releasing Jim Crow Reloaded, a six-part series of short video reels exposing the latest voter suppression tactics.
@gregpalastinvestigates
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Community Radio’s Monthly Community Meeting!
Thank you for your interest in KNSJ, San Diego’s only CommUnity Radio Station, broadcasting 24/7 online at knsj.org while we work to return to the air on 89.1 FM.
You’re invited to our community meeting on Thursday, September 17th, at 6:30 pm in person (preferred) or via Zoom.
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- What is the role of independent media in informing the public about the historic threat to democracy and freedom of the press?
- What role can KNSJ play in exposing authoritarianism and informing the community about local and national resistance organizing?
Updates:
- Getting back on the air!
- New shows.
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Conservation Groups Protest Proposal to Swap Out Land in Yosemite
By Suzanne Potter
Sep 16, 2026
California lawmakers are leading the charge against a proposed land swap to allow a road to be built in Yosemite National Park, connecting it with a planned development just over the park border.
More than 150 lawmakers, including Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., just wrote to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, arguing national parks should not be carved up for private interests.
Lanny Davis, an attorney for the developer Kingsbarn Realty Capital, said he is negotiating with park officials to build a road through a few acres in the park to connect the developer’s property with Highway 120.
David Willms, associate vice president of public lands for the National Wildlife Federation, said the acreage is not the point.
“It’s the precedent that it sets to say that this is OK and it’s something we would consider doing in other parks around the country,” Willms contended. “Who knows if the next proposal would be larger or not?”
The developer has not released specific plans but has considered building a lodge and cabins in the past. Davis claimed in a statement the road would reduce air pollution because the shortcut would reduce the time vehicles take to reach the development. A similar proposal was rejected during several prior administrations. A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior told The New York Times no decision has been made.
Howard Penn, executive director of the environmental policy and advocacy group the Planning and Conservation League, said the Department of the Interior should not have the final say.
“Since Congress was the entity that created the national parks, seems like they should have that approval and it should just not be the executive branch deciding when and how they can swap land with a national park,” Penn emphasize.
The developer has not specified which land it proposes to give to the national park system in exchange. It could be near Yosemite or hundreds of miles away, as long as it is deemed environmentally sensitive land of equal value.
With Don Kimball Wed 7pm, Sat 2pm
Tune into Friendly Fire a Voice For Veterans tonight to hear three Veteran’s For Peace members discuss the immigration crisis and the devastating impacts it’s having on our communities and families. Featuring US Army veteran Zahid Chaundry and his wife “courage changes the odds” Mellisa speaking about her new book on their fight for justice. Also joining in the conversation is James L. Brown, ll, a former US Marine and founder of Black Deported Veterans of America, who has for years worked to bring attention to the plight of deported veterans
WOMEN’S RADIO HOUR with Patricia Law Wed 5pm, Sat Noon, Sun 6pm
MARTHA SULLIVAN ON ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ANIMAL ADVOCACY AND WHAT YOU CAN DO
Patricia is in conversation with Martha Sullivan about how we think of animals both domestically and in the wild compared to how we think of our pets or even how we think of our favorite people in, for instance, sports. Their in-depth discussion includes our taking for granted the use of animals as entertainment while ignoring the abuse of animals in order to perform, how they are bred for performance, treated behind the scenes, how they are discarded when no longer able to perform and more. Martha and Patricia talk about the plight of animals at marine parks, horse-racing and rodeos. This eye-opening discussion also gives you information on what you can do to protect animals from abuse.
Martha Sullivan worked for the CA Public Utilities Commission from 1979-98, and spent the last several years there managing the CPUC’s environmental review process under the CA Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and in concert with Federal agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). After moving to San Diego County in 2001, Martha has been a grassroots community organizer, including co-founding the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre in 2012 (representing Women Occupy San Diego), and being on the CDSO Intervenor Team at the CPUC in 2013-14. As a member of Women Occupy San Diego, she helped to pass a Ballot Measure in 2020 for an independent Commission on Police Practices. Martha has also been an advocate for San Diegans experiencing homelessness, and has sheltered over 3 dozen herself since 2009, with 3 of these her housemates since 2020. Martha co-organizes Kill Racing Not Horses to educate the public on the cruelty of the horseracing industry and to support the end of live horse racing
Mon-Fri Noon-1pm
TODAY
| A conversation about law, advocacy, and redemption with attorney Courtney Jordan Courtney Jordan (Cherokee) is an attorney who built her expertise of federal Indian Law and tribal law serving in some of the highest levels of her profession. She is a former Assistant United States Attorney. She was also an Assistant Attorney General for the Cherokee Nation, and a Tribal Liaison for the State of Oklahoma. Her career was turned upside down after she was convicted of criminal charges and had her law license suspended following a hit-and-run and police chase in 2022. Her dogged advocacy for her own case exposed an undiagnosed medical condition even she was not aware of. After pleading guilty and serving her sentence, she was successful in having her license to practice reinstated. She founded her own law firm and has built a significant social media community breaking down complex legal cases into common-sense concepts. In this encore show, Jordan joins us for a conversation about her rise and fall and rise again in a demanding profession. |