Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - Authoritarianism; Supersized ICE; Environment

Guest: Josh Kovensky, Talking Points Memo
Investigative journalist JOSH KOVENSKY explains how the Trump/GOP budget-busting bill supersizes ICE's budget to expand its power across the U.S. Federal agents swarm Los Angeles' MacArthur Park in performative intimidation stunt. EPA staffers punished for letter critizing Trump Admin. efforts to undermine science and the agency's mission. Rightwing US Supreme Court supermajority allowed Donald Trump to move ahead with mass firings at critical federal agencies, subverting Congress' authority. Federal ICE agents swarmed a nearly empty Los Angeles park in a performative intimidation stunt. Plus our new 'Green News Report.'