We briefly comment on Kalamazoo's new city manager and look at legislation that would penalize the houseless for sleeping in their cars at highway rest areas in Michigan.
Lukas Filcek joins us to discuss his work to bring Rank Choice Voting to Michigan with the Rank MI Vote organization.
Lawrence joins us to look back at Charlie Kirk's legacy, and we spend most of the hour talking about the No Kings protests. While they had the largest turnout in American history we also warn about the potential for that energy to be co-opted into the neoliberal status quo of the Democratic Party as well as the necessity to disrupt business as usual rather than just hold up some signs and go to brunch.
We look at a Supreme Court decision that could decimate the protections in the Voting Rights Act and at how Israel's firing on Gazans has failed to cease- and the western mainstream media refusing to hold them accountable.
01:25- 5:30 Brief Comments on Kzoo City Manager Selection
5:30- 17:00 Penalizing the Houseless at the Highway Rest Stop in Michigan
17:10- 38:30 Interview w/ Lukas Filcek on Bringing Rank Choice Voting to Michigan
39:00- 1:10:00 No Kings- Unprecedented Turnout, The Danger of Co-optation, and Why Disruption is the Missing Ingredient (And Some Thoughts from Lawrence on Charlie Kirk)
1:10:40- 1:19:15 Supreme Court Poised to Gut the Voting Rights Act
1:19:15- 1:30:00 Palestinians Cease, Israel Fires: Continued Carnage and Media Bias
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
Kalamazoo City Commission votes to offer city manager position to newcomer Malcolm Hankins https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-city-commission-votes-city-manager-malcolm-hankins-new-laura-lam-elle-cole-government-wwmt
Hearings set for proposed ban on living in vehicles at Michigan rest areas, carpool lots https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/10/hearings-set-for-proposed-ban-on-living-in-vehicles-at-michigan-rest-areas-carpool-lots.html
Bring Ranked Choice Voting to Michigan https://rankmivote.org/
No Kings, No Bosses, No Billionaires: Fighting the Right in Detroit Demands Working-Class Power https://www.leftvoice.org/no-kings-no-bosses-no-billionaires-fighting-the-right-in-detroit-demands-working-class-power
Israel massacres 45 Palestinians in a single day, exposing fraud of “peace” deal https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/20/dpky-o20.html
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