Lisa Dent

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

Teresa Murray, a consumer watchdog with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), joins Lisa Dent to discuss a new report that shows robocalls have hit a six year high. Murray notes that, despite legislation being put in place thwarting scam and telemarketing robocalls, four years later we are receiving more of these annoying robocalls.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, 8th District, joins Lisa Dent to discuss an incident in Hoffman Estates where an ICE agent is recorded detaining a teenage girl, kneeling on her neck. DHS downplayed the video, claiming that the video was “not even from this year.” Rep. Krishnamoorthi says that DHS is, “trying to gaslight us,” and believes that these continued actions by ICE are “completely unacceptable.” He notes that President Trump claimed that ICE would be arresting criminals. Instead, Rep. Krishnamoorthi continued, ICE is meeting “some kind of quota.” White House deputy chief of staff for policy and the United States homeland security advisor, Stephan Miller has set a quota of 3,000 arrests a day, which is including the wrongful arrest of US citizens. Finally, he gives his perspective on the government shutdown.

Demi Palecek, Democratic Candidate for the 13th District and National Guard member, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the federalization of the Texas National Guard in Illinois. Palecek, a member of the US military for 14 years, gives her opinion on the Texas National Guard being sent to Illinois. She notes that she believes that it’s a violation of the 10th and 14th Amendments.

Lisa Dent checks in with the newsroom to hear their stories.

Lou Manfredini joins Lisa Dent, for Lou’s To Do List, sponsored by Perma-Seal. Lou answers any questions you have about projects on your to-do lists.

Kevin Jackson and his attorney, Elizabeth Bacon, Saul Ewing LLP, join Lisa Dent to share Jackson’s story. At 19 years old, Jackson was wrongfully imprisoned for murder. 23 years and 4 months later, Jackson was exonerated. However, he is adjusting to the modern world, and has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Chicago police officers, the City of Chicago, Cook County, and multiple prosecutors.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes, 26th Ward, joins Lisa Dent to discuss her first-hand account of being arrested by federal ICE agents. On October 3rd, Alderperson Fuentes was arrested by federal ICE agents in a hospital after they detained a man. She asked the agents if they had a warrant, advocating that the detained man had constitutional rights, before being arrested.

Pat Brady, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party and a former federal and state prosecutor, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the government shutdown entering its third week. Brady reflects on past government shutdowns. He notes that there doesn’t seem to be any cooperation between the two parties and doesn’t see any immediate end to the shutdown.

Kat Abughazaleh, Congressional candidate running for 9th District Representative, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the protests at Broadview. Abughazaleh has been a protestor present at the Broadview ICE facility since the onset of Operation Midway Blitz. She was the center of a national story after she was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent on video. Abughazaleh talks about some of the other incidents caught on camera at the Broadview facility, and details the mission of the No Kings Rally this Saturday, October 18th.