We start our show looking at an article from the Gazette on the residents of the Milwood Estates Mobile Home Park- the park and living conditions are deteriorating as the park owner's neglect make things go from bad to worse.
We look at an article from Bridge Michigan looking at the fallout of the Trump administration's policies in the form of plummeting international student enrollment.
We talk about the ICE detention facility in Baldwin, Michigan, protests against it, and how austerity and poverty make people look the other way and accept a "fascist jobs program."
Trans rights are under assault in Michigan in the form of a bathroom bill targeting trans youth, and leaks from the DOJ show them brainstorming on how to exploit a recent mass shooting to strip trans people of their gun rights.
We also look at Trump's belligerent threats against our Windy City neighbors to the west.
NOTE: Our closing segment on Gaza updates was not recorded- links to the articles cited can be found in our show notes.
02:00- 15:00 Milwood Trailer Park Residents Demand Better Living Conditions
15:55- 29:30 Michigan Universities Losing International Students Under Trump Admin
30:30- 43:40 ICE Detention Center in Baldwin, MI
44:40- 1:00:40 Trans Rights: Michigan Bathrooms and The Right to Bear Arms
01:01:30- 01:15:30 Trump, Chicago, and an Empire in Decay
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
‘You can’t live like this’: Decay, rodents plague Kalamazoo trailer park https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/09/you-cant-live-like-this-decay-rodents-plague-kalamazoo-trailer-park.html
Mobile Home Mobilization https://inthesetimes.com/article/mobile-home-cooperative-village-vermont-westbury-colchester-collective
Michigan may lose millions as universities see drop in international students https://bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-may-lose-millions-as-universities-see-drop-in-international-students/
Anger, identity, hope: American communities wrestle with immigration detention https://michiganadvance.com/2025/09/09/anger-identity-hope-american-communities-wrestle-with-immigration-detention/
Michigan House passes 'Student Restroom Privacy Act' bill https://wwmt.com/news/arc/student-restroom-privacy-act-bill-michigan-bathrooms-republicans-pass-sex-gender-transgender-lansing-wwmt
Trump’s DOJ Wants to Deprive Trans People of the Right to Self-Defense https://theintercept.com/2025/09/05/trans-gun-ban-trump-doj/
Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront https://www.thenation.com/article/world/donald-trump-venezuela-chicago-department-war/
Gaza Flotilla Activists Blame Israel for Apparent Drone Strike on Aid Vessel in Tunisian Port https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/9/headlines/gaza_flotilla_activists_blame_israel_for_apparent_drone_strike_on_aid_vessel_in_tunisian_port
Report from Gaza: Aid Coordinator Describes Disease, Famine as Israel Blows Up Residential Towers https://www.democracynow.org/2025/9/8/gaza_genocide
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