Podcast #218
John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Brecht Jonkers, Hiroyuki Hamada
https://x.com/rirokpik/status/2080182431387136431?s=20
https://x.com/storm1news/status/2080061597951611168?s=20
https://x.com/longtimehistory/status/2080036206390268364?s=46&t=R0HHtSoSUnxm3ApvOulW3w
https://x.com/Trustintrump47/status/2079983817759044081?s=20
https://x.com/MarkAmesExiled/status/2079973300348867032?s=20
Dennis, further to your comment about whether Obama-era Democrats could have limited the power of ICE, check out this clip of Kamala Harris in 2018 saying we need ICE to deal with all the "murderers and rapists" being sent from undesirable countries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPN64qS3hB8
Re: theater being at a nadir--a local theater did a production of "Waiting for Godot" and I thought, wow, that's an interesting pick. But the ad copy for the production said something like (paraphrased) "this new Godot explores (!) friendship and resilience (!!)" yeah ok..uh...
I guess MFA programs do some serious work on getting people to insert NGO-esque themes into everything they do. Apparently it's the only way now to get grants.