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Opening (0:00:00)Mass Deportations Have Begun (0:03:05)

• Mayor accuses ICE of detaining vet, U.S. citizens in N.J. immigration raid (Axios)
• Navajo Citizens Facing Identity Challenges During ICE Deportation Raids (Native News Online)
• Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight (NBC News)
• Red Card (Immigrant Legal Resource Center)

Violent Jan 6 rioters released (0:09:35)

• Pod Save America clip about the release of the mean who beat Officer Michael Fanone near to death (YouTube)
• Trump pardons upend massive Jan. 6 prosecution by freeing rioters and dismissing cases (AP)
• Massive Police Union That Endorsed Trump Slams Jan. 6 Pardons (Daily Beast)

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde preaches to Trump (0:17:36)

• TikTok of the portion of her sermon that’s gotten national attention
• Biblical scholar Dan McClellan responds, “Today’s Christian Nationalists Stand Condemned” (TikTok)

The TikTok Ban (0:25:03)

• Is Trump Going to Save TikTok? (Now This)
• Elmo not happy (TikTok)
• AOC talks the TikTok ban (TikTok)
• Exclusive: White House in talks to have Oracle and U.S. investors take over TikTok (NPR)

Ellen Weaver Visits Greenwood (0:36:19)

• 2025-2026 Bill 243: Parental Rights in Education - South Carolina Legislature Online
• 2025-2026 Bill 3217: Display of Ten Commandments in public schools - South Carolina Legislature Online 
• Pending Cases Currently Under Investigation at Elementary-Secondary and Post-Secondary Schools | OCR

More from AOC (0:45:23)

• “Am I going to the Inauguration?” (TikTok)
• “They don’t give a damn” (TikTok)

Having a Hard Time with the Election (0:48:39)

• Video from @sweeper698 (TikTok)

Closing (0:54:50)

• Frank Zappa on the Charlie Rose Show in 1988 (TikTok)

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