We open with some good news for folks in Kalamazoo experiencing medical debt. A report from NowKalamazoo recounts an area resident's experience attempting to deliver aid to Gaza and an article from Bridge MI lays out how the Trump administration's cuts will impact our state's climate resiliency hub projects.
Norah joins us to talk about cuts to the transit system in Chicago, the transphobia of centrist Democrat Gavin Newsome, and we spend some time focusing on Gaza updates- the mass starvation taking place and how AOC has landed in hot water over her vote on an amendment that would have curtailed funding of Israel's 'Iron Dome.'
We talk about the right-wing media meltdown over Epstein, the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and close with some thoughts about a recent Jubilee episode featuring progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan.
02:00- 09:00 Medical Debt Relief in Kzoo
09:30- 22:00 Kalamazoo Man's Experience on Gaza Freedom Flotilla
22:00- 27:15 Kzoo's Climate Resiliency Hubs Hit by Trump Cuts
28:45- 36:00 Austerity Hits the CTA in Chi-town
36:00- 47:00 Gavin Newsome Throwing Trans Folks Under the Bus
47:15- 1:04:40 Gaza Updates- Mass Starvation, AOC & the Iron Dome, and More
1:04:50- 1:11:00 Quick Hits from Lawrence- Hip Hop Instant Classics, WNBA and Sports Media
1:11:00- 1:31:00 Epstein and the MAGA Media Civil War
1:32:00- 1:47:15 A Colbert Report
1:47:30- 1:58:45 Mehdi Hasan Decimates Right-Wingers on YouTube Debate Channel
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Kalamazoo County erases $2.5M in medical debt for 7,000 residents https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/07/kalamazoo-county-erases-25m-in-medical-debt-for-7000-residents.html
‘It was a very precise, clean attack’ https://nowkalamazoo.org/2025/07/it-was-a-very-precise-clean-attack/
Future of climate ‘resilience hubs’ uncertain after Trump cuts www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/future-climate-resilience-hubs-uncertain-after-trump-cuts
Activists Call On State To Fill Nearly $1 Billion Transit Funding Gap https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/13/protesters-call-on-state-to-fill-nearly-1-billion-transit-funding-gap-i-dont-know-how-im-going-to-get-around/
Newsom’s Bizarre Interview with MAGA Podcaster Platforms Anti-Trans Conspiracies https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/newsoms-bizarre-interview-with-maga
Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System https://jewishcurrents.org/iron-dome-is-not-a-defensive-system
Epstein's Island and Frankenstein's Monster https://www.jphilll.com/p/epsteins-island-and-frankensteins
“Stunning Reversal”: Trump Stonewalls on Epstein Files After Campaigning on Full Transparency https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/18/epstein_files_trump_asawin_suebsaeng
How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind https://www.thenation.com/article/society/stephen-colbert-cbs-paramount-trump/
1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN3L5eo
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