Trump’s Government Goon Executes the Kind of Person MAGA Hates, a Liberal White Woman
We begin with the stark divide between facts on the ground and a government built on fiction as Trump, Vance and Noem shamelessly lie about yesterday’s execution of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer as more video evidence and testimony by bystanders make clear that an American citizen, a mother of 3 who are now orphans, was killed in cold blood by a government goon for no reason. Joining us is David Schultz, a Professor of Political Science at Hamline University and University of Minnesota School of Law. He is the author of 30 books and various articles on American politics, ethics, election law, and the media, most recently Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter, Election Law and Democratic Theory , and American Politics in the Age of Ignorance: Why Lawmakers Choose Belief Over Research. His latest book is Generational Politics in the United States From the Silents to Gen Z and Beyond.
Did The Venezuelan Leadership Sacrifice Maduro and His Cuban Protectors in A Secret Deal With Trump and Rubio?
Then we look into whether the Venezuelan leadership, still in power, sacrificed Maduro and his Cuban protectors in a secret deal with Trump and Rubio. Joining us is Alejandro Velasco, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Associate Professor at New York University. A historian of modern Latin America focusing on social movements, urban culture and democratization, he is the author of Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela and he has an article at The Guardian, “Maduro is gone, but his regime is intact. What happened behind the scenes?”
Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Belligerent Bluster Over Greenland
Then finally we speak with Ryan Cooper, Senior Editor at The American Prospect. He is the Cohost of the Left Anchor podcast as well as the author of How are You Going to Pay for That? Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics and his latest articles at The American Prospect are “Trump’s Cargo Cult Imperialism in Venezuela” and “Donald Trump’s Degenerate Plans for Greenland” which we discuss with Ryan who spent time in Greenland last summer and joins us to try to make sense of Trump’s belligerent bluster.