Month: November 2025

A Dangerous and Demented Trump Calls For the Execution of Democratic Senators and Congressmen and Women Who Are Military and Intelligence Veterans

We begin with an American president lashing out with the most irresponsible, insane and murderous intent, calling for the execution of Democratic Senators and Congressmen and women who are military and intelligence veterans having served this country while president “bone spur” had his father pay a doctor to make up a medical ailment so that Donnie could dodge the draft and not serve in Vietnam. Joining us is Lucian Truscott IV, a journalist, screenwriter and author of five bestselling novels. A graduate of West Point, he has covered the wars in Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan and is a regular contributor at Salon and he blogs at luciantruscott.substack.com.

In the Service of His Billionaire Tech Bro Buddies, Trump Doubles Down on Stopping States From Regulating AI

Then we look into Trump’s EO today tasking AG Bondi to create an AI Litigation Task Force to stop states from protecting their citizens by passing regulations on artificial intelligence technology. Joining us is J.B. Branch, the Big Tech accountability advocate for Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division. He leads Public Citizen’s advocacy efforts on artificial intelligence accountability, consumer data and privacy rights, tech product safety, platform oversight, and child online safety protections. Previously, he helped create the infrastructure for Louisiana’s automated expungement system; advised the Department of Justice on privacy concerns surrounding locative devices and registries for people with Autism; and held a legal fellowship with the Center for AI and Digital Policy where he promoted AI policies that ensured democratic values.

How Ordinary Citizens Witness and Record ICE and CBP’s Brutality and Cruelty

Then finally we speak with Alexander Sammon, a politics writer at Slate who has previously written for Mother Jones, The New Republic and the American Prospect. We discuss his latest article at Slate, “I Went to Watch the Tiny Operation That’s Making ICE Lose Its Mind. A Lot Can Happen in 24 Hours” and how ordinary citizens are finding ways to witness and record the brutality and cruelty of ICE and border patrol’s random roundup of citizens and non citizens, most of whom have no criminal records.