Episode

5/9 Trump Tariff Failure Will Be Take Out On Migrants w/ Digby & David Feldman

May 9, 2025

It’s a Sam-solo casual Friday and Digby is here to wrap up the week that was. Sam takes in the Fox News discussion about the pope, which acknowledges that Jesus would be on the side of migrants if he was alive today, but also wonders whether he’d be as political as some of the leaders of the Catholic church have been. Then Sam and Digby marvel at JD Vance’s ominous addendum to Donald Trump’s tariffs agenda, mainly that American parents should be worried that if their children have to go off to fight in a war they should have American-made guns. They also discuss the Trump administration’s cruel crack down on immigrants and their communities.

Check out Digby’s writing at Salon and on her blog: https://digbysblog.net/

After that, we hear from David Feldman who’s upset about ICE, not for the reasons you might imagine. It’s…interesting. After that, Sam decides to grant us a Freebie Friday, so get your kicks in while you can. We talk Tim Pool and his new academic definition of war, which basically includes any and everything so he can justify the Trump administration taking extra-constitutional actions to crack down on people it doesn’t like. They also take in Biden’s appearance on The View, where he tries to make the case that he wasn’t experiencing mental decline while in office by trailing off and having Jill Biden speak on his behalf while he hangs his head in silence. It’s really quite sad. After that, we hear from a trans member of the military who’s devastated that his losing his career and perhaps his pension and other benefits as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling that allows the DoD to purge the military of trans people.

A caller from Massachusetts mentioned these resources for people concerned about ICE’s activities in the state:

Luce Massachusetts: https://www.instagram.com/luce_hotline/

Blog WorcesterSucks: https://www.worcestersucks.email/

And here’s the info about the protest Sam mentioned in support of Palestine in Brooklyn on Saturday: https://www.instagram.com/palawda/?hl=en

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