This week Rachel and Aaron change up the format to take a deep dive into the arrest and deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, imprisoned in El Salvador without due process despite a U.S. Supreme Court order to “facilitate” his return.

The case has chilling parallels to what happened in Germany between 1933 and 1945. This is a warning from history worth understanding.

In Nazi Germany the Gestapo didn't even have to watch everyone: your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and even family members had the power to destroy you. Much of the terror came from not knowing, you know, who was watching or listening. History doesn't replicate like DNA but it does repeat.

LINKS

* The Persecution and Murder of the European Jews by Nazi Germany, 1933–1945

* Full news conference: Trump and President Bukele of El Salvador

* Rep. Steven Horsford blasts U.S. trade rep after Trump tariff pause

* Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game

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