#1709 Monthly-ish Mix: Government Power, Vulnerable Communities, Transformations, Opposition & Resistance

Air Date 5/6/2025

The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! This month we look at government surveillance overreach, challenges facing immigrant and refugee communities, the shifting landscape of American culture brought on by Christian Nationalism and the emerging broligarchy, and grassroots movements challenging institutional power.

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PART 1: GOVERNMENT POWER & ITS MISUSE

#1697 The Trump World Order: Are we the Baddies?

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(00:27:13) #1699 A Government Of the People, By the People, and Weaponized Against the People

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(00:41:10) #1704 Weaponization and Capitulation: Trump vs Immigrants, Universities, and Media

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(01:05:30) #1706 Trump's Kafkaesque Deportation Nightmare is the Shame of the Nation

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PART 2: VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES & CIVIL RIGHTS

(01:29:29) #1700 Dehumanizing Trans People is Always the First Step for Fascists

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(01:49:55) #1705 Threatened Social Safety Nets Are Foundational to Healthy Societies

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PART 3: CULTURAL & SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATION

(02:03:47) #1702 Destroying Education, Boosting Christian Nationalism: Rewriting the Past and Hamstringing the Future

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(02:24:21) #1703 The Broligarchy and the Rise of Techno-Feudalism

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PART 4: OPPOSITION & RESISTANCE

(02:39:54) #1698 Resistance is Not Futile: Support the collective revolt against Trumpism (Special Podcasthon!)

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(02:53:32) #1701 Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: Installing the Backbone Democrats Need

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