🎙️ Radical Roots Podcast – Episode 38: Are We Cooked?📅 Sunday, June 22, 2025 | 🕗 8:30 PM ET | 📍 Live from Union County, NCResistance & Reckoning in a World on FireUnchecked domestic power. Diplomacy sidelined. Democracy unraveling at home and abroad. This week, we examine what’s happening when that power goes unchecked—and how it affects all of us.⸻🔥 1. Mahmoud Khalil Freed: A Moment of Relief — & a Red FlagColumbia activist and Palestinian-American Mahmoud Khalil was detained by ICE for 104 days—targeted for his campus activism and pro-Palestinian speech  . His release is a win—but the broader crackdown on political expression remains.⸻💣 2. U.S. Bombs Iran: Broken Checks & Beltway OutrageThe U.S. carried out military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites—without congressional approval . Iran responded by threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point for nearly 20% of global oil. China and Russia have condemned the strikes, warning the U.S. against speeding toward global conflict . Meanwhile, leading Senate Democrats like Schumer and Jeffries aren’t outraged by the bombing—they’re furious they weren’t invited to the strategy session first .⸻🧠 3. Congress: Neutered & MuzzledNeither ICE’s cavalier activity nor the Iran strikes received real oversight. The War Powers Act went ignored, leaving Congress a spectator as unchecked power intensified .⸻⚠️ 4. The Stakes: Domestic Repression & Global EscalationICE terrorizes student activists. Bombs fall abroad. The template is identical: silencing dissent and sidestepping oversight. Power is consolidating—and democracy is fracturing.🎯 Final Charge: Are We Cooked?This isn’t overstatement—it’s reality. When power becomes authoritarian and Congress is sidelined, democracy is dead.Privileged enough to speak? Then speak.Privileged enough to act? Then act.This isn’t optional—it’s essential. This is your call to resistance.📢 Join the Conversation:💬 Share your take below!📲 Follow us on Instagram: @RadicalRootsPodcast🔔 Subscribe & hit the bell—there’s no safe option left.#RadicalRootsPodcast #Iran #Israel #Trump #MAGA #tuckercarlson #tedcruz #UnionCountyNC #GrassrootsMovement #blackpodcasts #blackvoices #latinovoices #blackvoices #latinovoices #china #russia #mahmoudkhalil