Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore

Mahmoud Khalil — a key figure in anti-gen*cide protests at Columbia University — was just getting home from an Iftar dinner when agents from the Department of Homeland Security shoved their way into his building and demanded his arrest.

But Khalil is a lawful permanent resident of the United States with a green card. Now, he's being held in a Louisiana detention centre. Authorities are pushing to revoke his green card. All this is happening with zero stated evidence of a crime.

To help us make sense of the senseless, award-winning media critic Sana Saeed joins us on the show.

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In this week’s news roundup, we will — as we always seem to have to these days — be talking about the latest with tariffs and annexation.

But Canada is also getting a new prime minister! In fact, by the time you’re listening to this, we’ll already have one.

Elon Musk is having a very hard time with all of his companies these days, which is hilarious

The U.S. is finally throwing Ukraine a bit of a bone after abusing its leadership in front of the world while kissing Russian ass.

Meanwhile the Trump administration is remaking the department of education and the environmental protection agency — and while the former is bad for America, the latter is scary for the entire world.

And lastly, we’ll talk about the horrific violation of Mahmoud Khalil’s freedom of speech.

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Karina Gould is the youngest and most progressive Liberal voice in the leadership race — and she’s not afraid to stand behind Liberal policies that have had, um, branding issues.

She says the party shouldn’t try to be Conservative-lite.

But will the Liberals listen? Or will they make the same mistake the Democrats made down south?

I ask her that question, and more!

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In this week’s news roundup, we’re talking tariffs, tariffs and more tariffs.

There’s also been a major U.S. Supreme Court decision that is actually…slightly reassuring?

Trump addressed Congress, lied a ton, and the Democrats showed their incompetence.

The world is responding as the U.S. turns on Ukraine.

Attacks on trans folks’ rights in the U.S. are continuing — and not always from the usual suspects.

Finally, the Liberal leadership race will crown its champion on Sunday.

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A petition to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship. A push to boycott Amazon -- for good. A confrontation during a NATO meeting in Brussels. Those are just a few of the battles NDP MP Charlie Angus has taken on.

He says he's taking the fight against fascism seriously and other politicians should too.

On today's show, Charlie Angus tells us about his fight for the future.

THIS WEEK IN NEWS:

Last week, I said Trump took a blowtorch to the international rules-based order. Well this week, he stomped on the ashes.

Germany fought off its far-right party while American conservatives spent their week throwing Nazi salutes.

Jeff Bezos and the White House took a steaming dump on press freedom.

Measles is back in the U.S. and Canada, despite being previously declared eradicated in both country — Make America Healthy Again, am I right?

The Liberals pulled ahead of the Conservatives in an Ipsos poll for the first time since 2021 as their leadership race heats up.

Over in the provinces, Danielle Smith continues to be dogged by a private healthcare scandal.

And Ontario chose its premier this week.

There's more, but I'd run out of characters! It was a huge week for news, so let me save you a doomscroll.

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Kat Abu on the show watches Conservatives for work, but makes fun of them for pleasure -- and for the enjoyment of her hundreds of thousands of followers on socials.

On today's episode, Kat and I will be talking about the dangerous rise of right-wing grifter media.

She’s an American who has gone toe-to-toe with the worst-of-the-worst, so Kat knows a thing or two about how to handle these dweebs.

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OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK:

Trump took a blowtorch to the international rules-based order this week.

A German election is right around the corner, the latest test of Elon Musk’s push for global political influence.

Pierre Poilievre is simping for right-wing media again.

There are a group of terrifyingly brainrotted Canadians who actually want to live in the 51st state.

The full extent of Trump’s ability to be truly autocratic is getting much closer to being tested as key cases wind their way to the Supreme Court.

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There’s a word people have been throwing around a lot lately: the tech broligarchy.

To help us understand this, we’re joined by the host of the podcasts Tech Won’t Save Us and System Crash. They’re a tech critic, an author, a podcaster and have a very, very big brain: Paris Marx.

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OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK:

Trump keeps threatening Canada with both tariffs and annexation.

A Canadian tech darling powered Kanye’s unhinged store — and I got the leaked texts about their decision to take it down.

The Conservative Party is slipping in the polls as the NDP internal memo warns of an early federal election

The Alberta Premier is being dogged with a scandal that has led to calls that she resign

And Trump is making everything awful globally.

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