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- TRUMP ICE Raids Have TANKED His Popularity. Will He Deploy More Troops?
It has been eerily easy to find street parking in Los Angeles’s fashion district this week. In the nearby flower district, longtime vendors have locked up stalls. And in East LA, popular taquerías have temporarily closed.
Neighborhoods across LA and southern California have gone quiet since the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids in the region two weeks ago.
The aggressive arrests by federal agents have ignited roaring protests which the administration tried to quell by mobilizing thousands of national guard troops. Last weekend, Americans protested the raids and other administration policies in one of the biggest ever single-day demonstrations in US history. But immigration enforcement in LA has only intensified
Related Article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/los-angeles-ice-immigration-raids-impact
00:00 - Intro
1:17 - ICE Raids Happening Around The Country
15:25 - Elon Musk A.I. Center Is Poisoning Memphis
26:07 - University Of Michigan Sketchy Surveillance Program Of Students
38:18 - Does The Left Need It's Own Joe Rogan?
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57 min - Daniel Carlino CALLS OUT Bad Policies In Missoula Montana
Daniel Carlino is the current City Councilmember representing Ward 3 in Missoula Montana. Carlino is looking to run for re-election in Missoula as he faces new challengers in the 2025 city council election.
Carlino represents the left-flank of the city council & is running a progressive platform & vision for the city.
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30 min - 🚨BREAKING: Elon Musk & Donald Trump CRASH OUT - MAGA CIVIL WAR In Full Swing
Elon Musk on Tuesday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s agenda bill — which the president is pressuring GOP senators to support — calling it a “disgusting abomination.”
“I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination,” the tech billionaire posted on X. “Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.”
He added in a subsequent post: “Congress is making America bankrupt.”
In another, he said: “In November next year, we fire all politicians who betrayed the American people.”
Several White House officials said they were caught off guard by the harsh remarks. While Musk’s sentiments on the bill were no secret to senior staff in the West Wing, they weren’t expecting him to take such a strong public stance, according to those officials, especially given conversations Musk has had with White House staff and GOP lawmakers.
Related article: https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/politics/elon-musk-trump-republican-bill
00:00 - Intro
2:22 - Elon Musk & Donald Trump Public Breakup
16:42 - Senate Republicans Vow To Slash Medicare
27:44 - 22 Year Old Dies Because He Couldn't Afford Inhaler
42:06 - Emergency Abortions Banned By Trump Administration
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55 min - 🚨BREAKING: Jasmine Crockett Promises IMPEACHMENT Of Donald Trump
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, says she would pursue at least an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she becomes chair of the House Oversight Committee in the next Congress.
Crockett aims to be the top Democrat on that panel, known as the ranking member for those in the minority party. U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia, 75, died last month, leaving the position vacant.
The sophomore representative alluded to the traditional deference given more senior lawmakers in such races, but said she has the skills required to counter Trump.
Related article: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2025/06/02/jasmine-crockett-says-shed-open-trump-impeachment-inquiry-as-oversight-committee-chair/
00:00 - Intro
2:15 - Jasmine Crockett Promises Impeachment Inquiry Of Donald Trump
12:16 - Greta Thunberg Joins Other Activists Attempting To Bring Aid To Gaza
26:53 - Boulder Colorado Antisemitism Attack Leaves 12 Injured
37:35 - Supreme Court Allows Assault Rifle Bans To Stay In Effect
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56 min - 🚨BREAKING: Judge Issues DEVASTATING Ruling To Elon Musk & Donald Trump
A U.S. judge on Tuesday allowed a group of 14 states to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging Elon Musk's efforts to slash federal spending as the head of President Donald Trump's new government efficiency agency, rejecting the Trump administration's effort to dismiss the case.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, however, dismissed the states' claims against Trump himself, saying her court would not try to interfere with "the performance of his official duties" as president.
The states' lawsuit could proceed against Musk and DOGE because it made a plausible claim that Musk's cost-cutting activities were "unauthorized by any law," according to Chutkan's ruling in Washington, D.C., federal court.
Related article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-allows-states-lawsuit-against-doge-proceed-2025-05-27
00:00 - Intro
3:58 - Federal Judge Allows 14 States To Sue Musk Over DOGE
17:41 - Jasmine Crockett Running To Head Oversight Committee
29:53 - Texas To Display 10 Commandments In Schools
45:31 - Texas Tracks Woman Who Had Abortion Out Of State
57:10 - A.I. Refuses To Turn Off When Instructed
1:07:47 - MAHA Using Fake Studies To Justify Decisions
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1 hr 23 min - 🚨UPDATE: Senate Republicans REFUSE To Vote For Trump "Beautiful" Bill
Early battle lines are forming over a centerpiece of the sprawling domestic policy bill that House Republicans narrowly passed, with Medicaid spending cuts emerging as a flash point that could define the 2026 midterm elections.
Democrats are fine-tuning their message as they blast the legislation, which now heads to the GOP-led Senate, as a tax cut for the wealthy that would be funded by cutting health care, after Republicans broadly promised they wouldn't cut Medicaid.
A recent memo from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee vows to make the GOP’s “tax scam” and Medicaid cuts “the defining contrast of the 2026 election cycle” in its efforts to win the House majority next year.
Related article: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/political-fight-medicaid-escalates-house-republicans-trump-big-bill-rcna209194
00:00 - Intro
1:51 - Update On Trump's Budget Bill In The Senate
11:30 - Impact Of SNAP & Medicaid Cuts
25:40 - Elon Musk Getting Booted From Trump Administration
35:53 - Trump Tariffs Blocked By Federal Judge
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51 min - 🚨BREAKING: Senate Republicans SHOCK Trump With Devastating News For His "Beautiful" Bill
Senate Republicans are deeply divided over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which the House passed by a single vote last week, setting up a battle in the upper chamber between moderates and conservatives that is likely to drag on well into July.
GOP senators are vowing to rewrite the bill, but they’re still weeks away from putting together a package that can muster the 51 votes it needs to pass, according to GOP senators and aides.
The more senators change the legislation, the more difficult it will be to pass again through the House — where Republicans control a slim 220-212 majority. Identical legislation must be approved by both chambers before it can go to Trump for his signature.
Related article: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5320674-senate-republicans-trump-bill-debate/
00:00 - Intro
3:01 - Trump Pardons Sheriff & Reality TV Stars
18:48 - Senate Republicans At Crossroads Over Trump Bill
31:51 - European Nations Threaten To Sanction Israel Over Gaza Destruction
48:13 - RFK Jr Changes Covid Shot Guidelines
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1 hr 7 min - Trump's New Bill DIRECTLY OPPOSES One Of His Campaign Promises
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives came together early Thursday to pass President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill out of the chamber on a narrow vote.
Every Democrat on the floor voted no, as did Republican Reps. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus, voted present. The final vote tally was 215-214.
The passage was a major victory for Republican leaders, who spent the past two months crafting the bill and the past two days making last-minute changes to it.
Related article: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/22/trump-tax-bill-passes-the-house-advances-to-senate.html
00:00 - Intro
2:14 - Trump Considering "Reality TV Show" For Immigrants To "Win" Citizenship
11:05 - Trump Charges Democratic Congresswoman With Assault of ICE Agent
19:55 - Senate Passes "No Tax On Tips" Act
33:10 - Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Child To Term Due To Abortion Ban
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49 min - TRUMP Considering "Reality TV Show" For MIGRANTS To "Win" U.S. Citizenship
The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing a reality TV pitch where immigrants would compete for American citizenship, according to a spokesperson who said in a statement to CNN that “the show in question is in the very beginning stages of that vetting process and has not received approval or denial by staff.”
A producer who has pitched the idea to DHS said he envisions the show as being a “positive love letter to America” while dismissing criticism that it would be “punching down” on contestants.
Rob Worsoff, himself a Canadian immigrant whose credits include “The Millionaire Matchmaker,” “Duck Dynasty” and “The Biggest Loser,” said he’s pitched the idea for his show as far back as the Obama Administration. He said he’s had three conversations with the current DHS about his pitch — “and they’ve gone far” — but said Secretary Kristi Noem has not been involved in any of the discussions.
Related article: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/16/politics/dhs-vetting-immigrant-reality-tv-show
00:00 - Intro
2:14 - Trump Considering "Reality TV Show" For Immigrants To "Win" Citizenship
11:05 - Trump Charges Democratic Congresswoman With Assault of ICE Agent
19:55 - Senate Passes "No Tax On Tips" Act
33:10 - Brain-Dead Woman Forced To Carry Child To Term Due To Abortion Ban
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53 min - 🚨BREAKING: TRUMP Planning "Iraq Style" INVASION And Occupation Of GAZA Strip
The United States and Israel have discussed the possibility of Washington leading a temporary post-war administration of Gaza, according to five people familiar with the matter.
The "high-level" consultations have centered around a transitional government headed by a U.S. official that would oversee Gaza until it had been demilitarized and stabilized, and a viable Palestinian administration had emerged, the sources said.
According to the discussions, which remain preliminary, there would be no fixed timeline for how long such a U.S.-led administration would last, which would depend on the situation on the ground, the five sources said. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the talks publicly, compared the proposal to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq that Washington established in 2003, shortly after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Related article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-israel-discuss-possible-us-led-administration-gaza-sources-say-2025-05-07/
00:00 - Intro
2:02 - Trump Planning "Iraq Style" Invasion Of Gaza
13:17 - Republicans In Favor Of ICE Detaining U.S. Citizens
22:43 - Newark Mayor Detained By ICE
28:19 - Judge Orders Release Of Tufts Student Detained By ICE
29:39 - What Is The End Goal From This ICE Ramp Up?
33:09 - Republicans Selling Federal Public Lands To Billionaires
39:37 - Republican Introduces Bill To Repeal Patriot Act
47:12 - "Wellness Influencer" Tapped As New Surgeon General
54:26 - Is America On The Brink Of Revolution?
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