In this sprawling episode Lawrence joins in to talk about the Lyoya civil trial being moved to Kalamazoo and a sad post-script to an attempt by local organizations to create a houseless pod community in the city.
We talk about recent instances of "MAGA terrorism" and how an attempt to hold road funding hostage by the Trump administration was blocked by a judge.
We look at insurgent DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani in NYC, was the mainstream media coverage says about his candidacy, and the moral bankruptcy of a centrism pushing a figure like Andrew Cuomo.
We talk about the recent U.S. bombing in Iran, US complicity in the food massacres taking place in Gaza, and an update on Mahmoud Khalil.
02:10- 26:00 Patrick Lyoya Civil Case to be in Kzoo
26:10- 34:38 Kzoo Housing Pods Go Up for Auction
34:45- 49:25 MAGA Terrorism
49:25- 57:25 Judge Block Trump Admin from Holding Road Funding Hostage
57:30- 1:06:50 NYC Mayoral Race
1:06:55- 1:30:10 Iran
1:30:10- 1:38:40 Food Aid Massacres in Gaza and US Complicity
1:38:45- 1:47:00 Mahmoud Khalil is Free
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Civil trial against former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr to take place in Kalamazoo https://wwmt.com/news/local/civil-trial-grand-rapids-officer-christopher-schurr-take-place-kalamazoo-patrick-lyoya-shooting-death
Study Finds Racial Profiling By Kalamazoo Police https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/study-finds-racial-profiling-by-kalamazoo-police/
Kalamazoo's housing pods up for auction months after housing project is scrapped https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-housing-pods-auction-project-scrapped-west-michigan-homeless-buy-sale
Judge blocks Trump admin from withholding road funding over immigration https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/06/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-withholding-road-funding-over-immigration.html
US War on Iran Is Not About Nuclear Threats. It’s About US Power and Domination. https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-on-iran-is-not-about-nuclear-threats-its-about-us-power-and-domination/
U.S. Mercenaries Are Helping the IDF Murder Starving People in Gaza https://www.leftvoice.org/u-s-mercenaries-are-helping-the-idf-murder-starving-people-in-gaza/
Mahmoud Khalil Is Free: Follow His Journey from ICE Jail to Newark Airport to Gates of Columbia University https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/23/mahmoud_khalil_free
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