We open by discussing how a local resident is attempting to organize a Metro Transit bus riders union and how Kalamazoo County is responding to the Trump administration's federal funding freezes.
We talk a bit more specifically about DOGE, the normalization from some sectors of the media, the power and history behind the Trump admin's adversarial posture towards South Africa, and examine the meaning around Kendrick's Super Bowl halftime performance.
We look at Trump's aim to colonize Gaza and turn it into a casino resort, return to Michigan with stories from the state government, and close with some updates on H5N1 (Bird Flu).
02:00- 8:30 Local Kzoo Resident Seeks to Organize Metro Transit Riders
8:30- 25:30 Kzoo County Responds to Federal Cuts
25:30- 36:20 How the Working Class Will Get Dog Walked by DOGE and Media Reaction
36:20- 40:00 White Boys Still Mad: Elon, Trump, and South Africa
40:00- 51:40 "The Revolution WILL be Televised"- The Super Bowl Halftime Show
51:40- 1:02:20 Mar-a-Gaza- Casino Colonialism, the Media's Organized Forgetting, and Blaming the Victim
1:02:30- 1:07:20 Michigan GOP Wants to Tie Local Funding to Capitulation to ICE
1:07:30- 1:11:05 Michigan Civil Rights Law Protects Trans Students Athletes (All Two of Them)
1:11:20- 1:14:30 A Brief Guide to Protecting Your Finances With the Dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
1:14:35- 1:23:45 Bird Flu Update
SOURCES/ FURTHER READING
A Kalamazoo Township man starts a petition to organize local bus riders https://www.wmuk.org/wmuk-news/2025-02-05/a-kalamazoo-township-man-starts-a-petition-to-organize-local-bus-riders
Elon Musk is part of a ‘coup’ we must respond to, Kalamazoo County leader says https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2025/02/elon-musk-is-part-of-a-coup-we-must-respond-to-kalamazoo-county-leader-says.html
Constitutional Crisis: Who Is Musk’s ”DOGE Army,” Gutting Gov’t Agencies as Courts Question Legality? https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/musk_doge_federal_government_vittoria_elliott
“The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid
Michigan House GOP threatens to block budgets over ‘sanctuary’ city funding https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-house-gop-threatens-block-budgets-over-sanctuary-city-funding
Michigan transgender youths to continue high school sports, despite Trump order https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/michigan-transgender-youths-continue-high-school-sports-despite-trump-order
“Trump Does Not See Palestinians as Human Beings”: Plan for U.S. to “Take Over” Gaza Faces Outcry https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/omar_baddar_trump_gaza_israel_palestine
Some Moves to Protect Yourself during the Dismantling of the CFPB https://ykhong.substack.com/p/some-moves-to-protect-yourself-in
Trump’s assault on public health and the growing threat of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/02/08/ocfq-f08.html
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