Caitlin and Trent speak with livestreamer Audrey Lee about her experiences participating in and documenting protests at the Portland ICE facility. Audrey explains the relationship among the people on the street, the officers of various departments and agencies, and the counterprotesters and right-wing influencers who have been interacting since she arrived this fall.

Resources

https://www.tiktok.com/@awkwardly_audrey?_r=1&_t=ZT-91NRgOQJsXl

https://youtube.com/@awkwardlyaudrey?si=hn9Pm439rt_LO0lx

National ICE stories:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/us/ice-immigration-customs-enforcement-explained-cec

https://www.vera.org/news/more-people-are-in-immigration-detention-than-ever-before

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-ice-recruits-showed-training-full-vetting-rcna238739

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/

https://newrepublic.com/post/196292/ice-director-tom-homan-immigration-crackdown

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/congress-approves-unprecedented-funding-mass-detention-deportation-2025/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-immigration-diplomats-secret-calls-b2856464.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/06/09/trumps-immigration-crackdown-guru-stephen-miller-wants-even-more-arrests/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-yells-ice-agents-152117107.html

Customs and Border Patrol

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/border-patrol-agents-replace-top-leadership-at-ice-offices-despite-human-rights-violations

US Citizens detained:

https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will

Kavanaugh stop:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a169_5h25.pdf

New York:

https://longisland.news12.com/federal-jury-awards-112m-to-immigrants-detained-by-suffolk-for-ice

Florida:

https://www.latintimes.com/congressman-reveals-conditions-alligator-alcatraz-that-made-his-heart-sink-after-tour-586655

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/former-alligator-alcatraz-worker-describes-inhumane-conditions-inside/3673307/

Illinois:

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lawsuit-alleges-inhumane-conditions-at-broadview-ice-processing-facility/3846195/

https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-news-lawsuit-filed-aclu-illinois-conditions-inside-broadview-facility-court-tuesday/18111176/

https://time.com/7323334/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump/

Oregon:

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ice-in-oregon-pointing-rifles-at-family-stopping-minors-at-gunpoint-laying-on-top-of-man-during-arrest.html

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/14/lawmakers-condemn-ice-arrest-four-gresham-construction-workers/

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/ice-detains-us-citizen-for-7-hours-after-she-photographed-agents-in-gresham.html

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/08/hillsboro-immigration-customs-enforcement-victor-cruz-ice-oregon-washington-county-democrats/

https://opb.org/article/2025/11/05/washington-county-emergency-increased-ice-activity/

At the Portland facility:

https://www.portland.gov/hello/news/2025/7/8/update-chemical-munitions-use-near-ice-facility

Right wing influencers aren’t journalists and they’ve got Trump’s ear:

https://www.theverge.com/policy/813408/portland-influencers-national-guard-oregon-ninth-circuit

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/livestreamers-are-filming-and-sometimes-creating-conflict-at-portland-ice-protests-for-clicks-and-cash.html

NG went to OR despite order:

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/29/oregon-national-guard-portland-ice-immigration-karin-immergut-donald-trump/

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/bonamici-wyden-merkley-dexter-demand-answers-about-portland-ice-facility

Trent and Caitlin speak with Professor John Pfaff, author of "Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform." They talk about prisons, militarized police, and ICE in today's political climate.

Resources:

John's book https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-pfaff/locked-in/9780465096916/?lens=basic-books

ICE accidentally gasses everybody https://newrepublic.com/post/202443/portland-police-chief-donald-trump-protest-tear-gas-accident

Mutual aid supplies cleared https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/portlands-ice-protest-camp-was-suddenly-cleared-by-police-after-months-of-routine-removals-heres-why.html

John's Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/johnpfaff.bsky.social

John's website https://johnfpfaff.com

Ghettoside https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/100077/ghettoside-by-jill-leovy/

Study of gun-carrying young people in NYC https://www.innovatingjustice.org/resources/gun-violence-brooklyn/

Gun boats in Chicago river https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/ice-us-customs-and-border-patrol-boats-spotted-on-chicago-river/

Skip Intro on Copaganda https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ac8vr2QyTdlWwd8OQIc1it6bAfMGPPC

Kavanaugh defends racial profiling https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/justice-brett-kavanaugh-and-racial-proxies/

Kalief Browder https://innocenceproject.org/news/remembering-kalief-browder-year-suicide-rikers-island-shutdown/

Chicago pajama guy https://www.reuters.com/world/us/were-not-violent-city-chicago-locals-take-ice-block-by-block-2025-11-02/

Migra whistle information https://migrawhistle.carrd.co/

Caitlin and Trent check in with Daniel Harper of the "I Don't Speak German" podcast, taking another moment to peek under the rock and discover that the creepy crawlies are making friends with each other. They discuss the controversial interview between Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, the role it seems to be playing in the far right, and various reactions (the good and the goofy).

Resources:

I Don’t Speak German

https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com

Ali Breland on the interview https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/nick-fuentes-tucker-carlson-interview/684792/

Michele Goldberg on the interview https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/opinion/nick-fuentes-kirk-successor.html

The Bulwark on the interview https://www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the-most-dangerous-interviews-ever-maga-media-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=The%2BBulwark&utm_campaign=publer

Knowledge Fight episode on the interview https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/1089-tucker-the-man-and-his-capitulation

Fired over comments? No! https://www.mediamatters.org/right-side-broadcasting/right-side-broadcasting-and-nicholas-fuentes-host-who-participated-white

On the no fly list because of asking questions? No! https://thegrayzone.com/2023/02/15/nick-fuentes-america-firsts-death/

Fuentes threatened by gunman https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/19/nick-fuentes-armed-man/77090618007/

The SPLC article he blames https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/nick-fuentes-trades-parents-basement-pricey-livestreaming-den/

Heritage Foundation reaction https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-interview-heritage-foundation-outrage-rcna241251

When the Clock Broke https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374605445/whentheclockbroke/

Molly Conger on car attacks https://podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/a-brief-history-of-vehicular-violence/id1760218611?i=1000714601117&l=de-DE

William Luther Pierce https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/william-pierce/

David Duke https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/david-duke/

Oswald Spengler https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oswald-Spengler

Robby Soave's "Deplatforming" article https://reason.com/2025/10/30/deplatforming-nick-fuentes-wont-stop-antisemitism/

Caitlin and Trent check in with attorney and legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie about the Supreme Court and the originalist reading of the US Constitution—and why the originalist reading is a trap.

Resources

https://ballsandstrikes.org

https://madibadennie.com/

The Originalism Trap https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353/the-originalism-trap-by-madiba-k-dennie/

NJ Reparations Council report https://www.njreparationscouncil.org/report

Dobbs decision https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health-organization

Gun rights decision https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/597/20-843/

Steve Vladeck on judicial power https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/91-the-broader-article-ii-implications

Trump v Casa, birthright citizenship https://www.nilc.org/articles/analyzing-scotus-trump-v-casa/

"undue burden" https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/undue_burden

"Kavanaugh Stops" https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kavanaugh-stops-american-citizens-ice-detention-rcna238194

ICE break car window with baby in car https://www.alamosanews.com/stories/ice-agents-draw-weapon-break-car-window-while-arresting-alamosa-man,103677

Kilmar Abrego Garcia https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-mistaken-deportation-smuggling-27c2822466b717f10318c3268127a518

Dreyfus Affair https://www.britannica.com/event/Dreyfus-affair

Trent and Caitlin talk with Emily Glankler of Anti-Social Studies about moments in American history that could inform us about the events of Trump’s second term as president. Who are some characters who resemble the individuals we are dealing with today? Who are the scapegoats?

Resources:

https://www.randyblazak.com

https://www.tiktok.com/@antisocialstudies?_t=ZT-90u54I8WX3F&_r=1

https://youtube.com/@AntiSocialStudies?si=1qzjSoKUDf20oTol

https://www.instagram.com/antisocstudies?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neville-Chamberlain

https://www.itcouldhappenherebook.org

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nullification-Crisis

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/slave-catchers-slave-resisters/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pinkerton-detective-agency

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwaters-infamous-1981-interview-southern-strategy/

https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html

https://www.randyblazak.com

Caitlin plays field reporter at the Portland ICE facility, interviewing the famous Portland chicken suit guy, Jack Dickinson himself, who gives his observations and thoughts after eight months on the scene.

Resources:

The impact of inflatables: https://www.404media.co/the-surreal-practicality-of-protesting-as-an-inflatable-frog/

ICE recruits not well vetted: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna238739

Health concerns from chemical munitions: https://www.portland.gov/hello/news/2025/7/8/update-chemical-munitions-use-near-ice-facility

Long-term effects of tear gas: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK595624/

Tracking ICE vehicles:

https://icecarsinpdx.wordpress.com

Land use violations:

https://www.portland.gov/mayor/keith-wilson/news/2025/9/17/city-portland-will-issue-land-use-violation-notice-ice-facility

Using zoning laws to fight ICE:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/politics/portland-ice.html

ICE uses extreme force:

https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10/15/48075462/a-night-of-terror-civil-disobedience-met-with-extreme-force-at-portland-ice-facility

Blind man tackled and dragged by ICE:

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/blind-protester-dragged-detained-by-feds-says-agents-picked-the-weakest-person-they-could-find.html

Young woman sprayed by ICE:

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/federal-officer-blasts-chemical-spray-into-vocal-but-nonviolent-portland-protester-video-shows.html

Antifa frog sprayed in his air vent:

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/ive-definitely-had-spicier-tamales-says-portland-ice-protest-frog-that-got-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agents.html

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Walker Bragman about the various crises in public health and climate change, the people who helped bring us here, and the dark money that funded it. They discuss the ways disinformation is packaged and spread to discourage the public from being able to access the services and tools they need to live.

Resources

https://www.accountabilityjournalism.org/

https://www.importantcontext.news/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/its-time-for-soft-secession/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215462/dark-money-by-jane-mayer/

https://www.city-journal.org/article/harvard-tramples-the-truth

https://cli.stanford.edu/events/conference-symposium/academic-freedom-conference

https://psr.org/event/911-march-for-health-science/

Caitlin and Trent catch up with historian and former journalist John Ghazvinian to discuss the state of Iran, its past, present and future, how that has historically intersected with the United States dating back nearly 300 years, why trust is so important in international relations, the JCPOA, the Trump era, and his book, "America and Iran."

John's book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/59417/america-and-iran-by-john-ghazvinian/

Caitlin and Trent speak with Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden about the infamous right-wing "busybody journalist" Andy Ngo, his work demonizing Muslim immigrants in grad school, and his transition to online political influencer and professional victim with "The Post Millennial" as its editor-at-large.

Resources

Posting Through It https://www.patreon.com/cw/PostingThroughIt

White House Antifa Round Table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874KP4M4yg0

Fallout from Andy distributing personal information https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/09/16/portland-protesters-say-their-lives-were-upended-by-the-posting-of-their-mug-shots-on-a-conservative-twitter-account/

The Making of Andy Ngo https://jewishcurrents.org/the-making-of-andy-ngo

Andy's Portland State snafu https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2017/05/23/a-dispute-over-a-muslim-students-remarks-costs-a-college-journalist-his-job-and-brings-national-controversy-to-portland-state-university/

"

Fired for Reporting the Truth" https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/05/free-speech-islam-portland-state-vanguard-editor-fired-tweets/

Andy's weird "Islamic London" piece https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-visit-to-islamic-england-1535581583

The Milkshaking https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2019/06/portland-mayor-police-come-under-fire-after-right-wing-writer-attacked-at-protest.html

Popular Mobilization post https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1143339525151719424

Buzzfeed News version https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa

Federalist version https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/02/andy-ngo-antifa-attack-happened-pictures/

Andy's injuries https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1145116276605329408

Ted Wheeler is antifa? https://www.vice.com/en/article/ted-cruz-thinks-the-portland-mayor-let-antifa-take-over-his-city-heres-what-really-happened/

Andy on Fox https://www.foxnews.com/media/andy-ngo-attacked-trump-should-designate-antifa-terror-organization

Patriot Prayer expose https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2019/08/26/27039560/undercover-in-patriot-prayer-insights-from-a-vancouver-democrat-whos-been-working-against-the-far-right-group-from-the-inside

Andy's answer in the Spectator https://archive.ph/Q81As

May 2021 incident https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/independent-journalist-assaulted-while-covering-portland-protest/

Andy's lawsuit https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2023/08/09/46651345/jury-rules-against-andy-ngo-in-activist-lawsuit

What's up with Katie Daviscourt? https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/10/conservative-media-personality-reports-assault-at-portland-protest-slams-police-as-antifa.html

Trent and Caitlin are joined by Layla al-Sheikh to discuss that Israel deal and the history of past proposals and solutions.

Resources:

Current updates https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/09/world/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire

Doha attack https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahu-killed-any-hope-of-hostage-release-with-strike-on-doha-qatars-prime-minister-says

Patrick Wintour in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/07/diplomacy-lowest-point-how-the-israel-gaza-conflict-was-mishandled

Tomorrow Is Yesterday https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374617134/tomorrowisyesterday/

James Ryan's research https://www.fpri.org/contributor/james-ryan/

NY Declaration https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165835

The One State Reality https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501768408/the-one-state-reality/