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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives, and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found ...
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After a recap on this past week, we share Sam's interview with Anna O. Law, the Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights at CUNY Brooklyn College. Her forthcoming book The Origins of American Citizenship and Migration—African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants will be out from Oxford University Press in the spring of 2026. Read her latest article History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important and follow her on Bluesky @unlawfulentries.bsky.social.
Take action:
- CBS Cancellation of The Late Show is Collaboration with Fascism. Protest on Monday, July 21 4pm in front of the Ed Sullivan Theater: Colbert Stays! Trump Must Go!
- Register here for MONDAY July 21 Organizing Webinar: No Business As Usual — Shut Down ICE, Shut Down the Trump Fascist Regime
- July 28: WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION: NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL! TRUMP MUST GO NOW!
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’ by Stephanie McCrummen
- ‘I already want to cry.’ Undocumented parents prepare for the unthinkable: giving up their kids By Jenny Gold
- Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE by Kimberly Kindy and Amanda Seitz
- Federal Agents Arrest 9 over Spokane ICE Protests, Including Former City Council President Democracy Now
- “We Were Kidnapped” by Noah Lanard and Isabela Dias
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown
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