Skip to content
Global sound
Is This Democracy

Is This Democracy

41. Escalation

· 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 41

Show notes

Over the past two weeks, the Trumpists have significantly escalated their assault on the rule of law as well as on both individuals and institutions they regard as the “enemy within.” We focus on two dimensions of this truly dangerous escalation: We start with the Trump government ramping up its attempt to purge the nation from what they now officially call “alien enemies.” Ten days ago, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, claiming emergency wartime powers to detain and deport foreign nationals – specifically a group of Venezuelan migrants, disappeared into a prison labor camp in El…

Website: podcasters.spotify.com

Live, last hour: 7,537 songs on 3,126 stations in 127 countries

Discover the world through radio

More ways to discover (9)

Heard something good? Save it, or open it straight away in Spotify.

RMF BravoContinue listening