Day: July 1, 2026

The Ludicrously Unqualified Government “Expert” Witness Who Turned Political Protest Into Terrorism to Put Anti-ICE Protesters Away for 450 Years

We begin with the latest revelation from a leading investigative journalist who has uncovered the ludicrously unqualified government “expert” whose testimony turned political protest into domestic terrorism resulting in hundreds of years of sentences for anti-ICE activists accused of being members of the mythical Antifa. Joining us is Ken Klippenstein, an American journalist reporting on the U.S. national security state and politics. He previously was an investigative reporter at The Intercept and prior to that was the D.C. Correspondent at The Nation, and a senior reporter for The Young Turks. He now runs a popular Substack at KenKlippenstien.com where his latest articles are “450 Years in Prison for Saying “Anti-Fascist” and “Mamdani Sweeps Party Weeps” and “Dinosaur Democrats Meet Asteroid.”

The Latest Victory For Democratic Socialists

Then we examine the latest victory for Democratic Socialists in yesterday’s Colorado primary elections and speak with Hannah Metzger, a staff writer at Westword, an independent alt-weekly and online publication based in Denver, where she reports on news, arts and culture. She previously worked at publications including Colorado Politics and the Denver Gazette, where she covered the Colorado Legislature, the Denver and Aurora city councils and breaking news. Hannah has been honored with numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Press Association, Colorado Student Media Association and Denver Press Club. We discuss her article at Westword, “‘Taking back our party’: Melat Kiros reinvigorates Denver Democrats.”

SCOTUS Gifts Republicans With More Unregulated Dark Money

Then finally we assess the impact of the latest Supreme Court ruling gifting Republicans with more money allowed to flood into right wing politics and speak with David Daley, the author of Antidemocratic: Inside the right’s 50-year plot to control American elections, as well as the national best-seller Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn’t Count, which has been credited for kickstarting the national movement to reform redistricting. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Salon and he has an article at The Nation we discuss, “A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture” and another at The New Republic “The Coming Census Time Bomb.”