The “big beautiful bill” passed – but for many, it feels more like a heartbreak than a victory.

In this episode, we sit with the grief and the tension: not just over what the bill includes, but who it leaves behind. Immigrants, asylum seekers, the undocumented – sacrificed once again in the name of compromise.

We talk about what it means when the same people are always the ones carved out, even when our side is in power. About how strategy can become erasure. About the stories we tell ourselves to stay comfortable on the “right side.”

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