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Christopher Mathias, author of "To Catch a Fascist," speaks to Caitlin and Trent about the events of 2020, clashes between violent fascist clubs and "community defense" groups. They discuss misconceptions about what "antifa" is and what kinds of activities they are engaged in, the difference between doxxing a teacher who practices inclusivity and doxxing one who is bragging on far right message boards about their mission to convert students into Nazi soldiers, and the Trump administration's demonization of community defenders and antifascists in 2025.Resources:Pre-order Christopher's book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767Follow Christopher on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/letsgomathias.bsky.socialMathias on anti-antifa order: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-antifa-executive-order-terrorist-organization-rcna233011 Clay Jackson on outlawing opposition: https://clayjak.substack.com/p/all-opposition-is-now-extremism?r=9qphz&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true Natasha Lennard on the need to mount an organized opposition: https://theintercept.com/2025/09/19/trump-charlie-kirk-george-soros-antifa/ Natasha Lennard on unmasking ICE agents: https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/masked-ice-agents-victimization-accountability/ Chicago under siege: https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-broadview-chicago-tear-gas-trump-blitz-immigrationTrump: am I watching things on television https://presswatchers.org/2025/09/trump-am-i-watching-things-on-television-that-are-different-from-whats-happening/ ICE throws woman: https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-officer-shoves-woman-till-eckertICE assaults journalist: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-agents-grab-shove-journalists-nyc-immigration-court-sending-on-rcna234884 Rose City Antifa: https://rosecityantifa.org/Unicorn Riot's Data: https://unicornriot.ninja/far-right-investigations-desk/Patriot Prayer: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/what-we-know-about-patriot-prayer/Stewart Rhodes: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/stewart-rhodes-convicted-of-seditious-conspiracy-and-released-by-trump-visits-capitol-hillNSC-131 https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/nationalist-social-club-nsc-131/Blood Tribe: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the--new-look--same-racism--of-blood-tribeRise Above Movement: https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/rise-above-movement/Patriot Front have strong presence in military https://www.npr.org/2022/02/09/1079700404/1-in-5-patriot-front-applicants-say-they-have-ties-to-the-militaryNeo-nazi homeschooling program: https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/what-to-know-about-a-neo-nazi-home-school-scandal/2023/02Book on campus misinformation: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/campus-misinformation-9780197531273?cc=us&lang=en&Tom Homan spoke at Fuentes event: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thomas-homan-rnc-white-supremacist-conference_n_669856f6e4b05a9a604f80d9

Trent and Caitlin talk with journalist Jacqueline Sweet about how violence is framed in media as political, the rush to score points for one side or the other, inconsistent standards for free speech and freedom of the press, and the scammy nature of our president and his public statements.Resources:Jacqueline's social media: https://bsky.app/profile/jsweetli.bsky.socialMass shooting info: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shootingLate September shootings: https://www.witn.com/2025/09/29/weekend-shooting-suspects-both-served-camp-lejeune/?outputType=amphttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/weekend-mass-shootings-this-yearMichigan LDS church shooting: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/us/what-we-know-michigan-church-shootingCelebrating journalist injury: https://bsky.app/profile/jsweetli.bsky.social/post/3m23qadft4k2xQAA medbed episode: https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/med-beds-skye-prince-e274Swalwell Trump post: https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.77AW4KF

Trent and Caitlin speak with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider about their recent book "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual." They discuss the faulty beliefs and logics that lead us to think about education as a tool for achievement and competition rather than a service provided by communities to their members. They ask what rhetorical strategies have been employed to convince us to allow the public school system to be degraded and dismantled, and the methods that have been working to arrest this degradation today.Resources:https://www.educationwarsbook.com/Jack and Jennifer's podcast: https://www.haveyouheardpodcast.com/ Jack and Jennifer’s previous book: https://thenewpress.org/books/a-wolf-at-the-schoolhouse-door/?v=eb65bcceaa5fThe Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/cara-fitzpatrick/the-death-of-public-school/9781541646773/?lens=basic-booksMahmoud v. Taylor: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdfFree-market logic for education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X231216953

Trent and Caitlin talk with political science professor Matt McManus about far-right thinkers and their journey through the past two decades. He regales the HTA audience with nuggets of wisdom from Charlie Kirk's books and other pieces of right-wing political theory he has reviewed.ResourcesMatt's book: https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Theory-of-Liberal-Socialism/McManus/p/book/9781032647234?srsltid=AfmBOorDA_LDtzo9xkaeEYkvNV-ZW95DeZZ_aOw4GF_kRVQM4sozwd5pMatt's work with Liberal Currents: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/author/mattmcmanus/Matt's work with Jacobin: https://jacobin.com/author/matt-mcmanusMatt on Unlearning Economics Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgefM1AipFs

Trent and Caitlin talk with politics blogger and podcaster Ed Burmila about the centrist arm of the Democratic Party and its zombie-like shuffle through our dark era of authoritarian overreach. We ask what exactly went wrong over the last half-century that led our ostensible protectors to be so ill-equipped for this moment? Who is failing us, who is trying something else, and what tactics seem promising?Note: This episode was recorded before the assassination of Charlie Kirk.Resources:Chaotic Neutral: How Democrats Lost Their Soul In The Center https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ed-burmila/chaotic-neutral/9781645030041/?lens=bold-type-booksGin and Tacos blog http://www.ginandtacos.comMass for Shut-Ins podcast https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-mass-for-shut-ins-the-gin-29747244/

Trent and Caitlin check in with independent journalist Marisa Kabas about media and public figures’ reactions to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, their impulse to valorize and whitewash his legacy, and the mass harassment and firing campaigns against anyone who is insufficient in their praise of him.Resources:https://www.thehandbasket.cohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.htmlhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/charlie-kirk-ezra-klein-tanehisi-coates?_sp=b72cfa75-76e2-4289-9bf0-14eb90c6993b.1758044662907https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination.html

Caitlin and Trent talk with independent journalist Amanda Moore about the groypers and their peers, the self-serving micro-celebrities who profit from them, and the media’s mad scramble to make the latest assassination fit into the left-right paradigm without consulting experts.Amanda’s work: https://www.clippings.me/users/noturtlesoup17 Pepe Jack-o-lantern image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95654958

Trent and Caitlin speak with political science professor Lindsey Cormack about her analysis of the DCInbox database of political communications, focusing especially on the memo from Third Way advising Democrats to avoid certain words that make them sound out of touch, elitist, or insincere. Where did these words come from? And do Democratic politicians actually use words like “heteronormative” and “postmodernism”?Resources:DCInbox database: https://www.dcinbox.com/Lindsey’s analysis: https://dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-something-the-democrats-said?r=53lhp&utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=trueThird Way memo: https://www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-something-i-saidPolitico coverage: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/22/democrats-woke-language-blacklist-00519421 Lindsey’s book: https://howtoraiseacitizen.com/Caitlin’s introduction resources: https://vpc.org/publications/cease-fire-a-comprehensive-strategy-to-reduce-firearms-violence/a-brief-history-of-firearms-law/ https://www.thirdway.org/memo/how-to-embrace-commonsense-gun-safety-legislation https://www.thirdway.org/about/staff/jonathan-cowan

Caitlin and Trent speak with Jacob T. Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, about the state of democracy in the U.S. How did we get here? What are the tools and motivations of the people working to dismantle the institutions that make us a democratic nation? Is there a way out of it?Resources:Jacob's website: https://jacobtlevy.com/Jacob's book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rationalism-pluralism-and-freedom-9780198717140Jacob's work with Niskanen Center: https://www.niskanencenter.org/author/jacob-t-levy/That GAP ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzF26o0AuUSubsequent Abercrombie ad: https://youtube.com/shorts/14sXRgWTfdk?si=CWT_dEqXzbE77H8C

Trent and Caitlin talk with author, journalist and historian Adam Hochschild about the historical periods that most inform his view of today's disturbing American politics. What tactics and goals does Trump 2.0 have in common with Woodrow Wilson's post-WWI administration? What is different? What inspiration and warnings can we take from that dark period to help us survive this one?Resources:https://journalism.berkeley.edu/person/adam_hochschild/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/american-midnight-adam-hochschild?variant=41003534123042https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/grip-there-are-many-programs-trying-to-reduce-recidivism-this-one-works/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/bury-the-chains-adam-hochschildhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000271627240300155"radicals awaiting deportation" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radicals_awaiting_deportation.jpg

Trent and Caitlin ask Steven Monacelli about his recent work documenting the history and present of the American anti-vaccination movement. Who is drawn into it? How did we get here? What happens now that representatives of anti-vaccine beliefs now have the power to cut off the funds and regulatory processes that allow us to access immunization and disease management?Resources:Podcast: "Anti-Vax America" https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/anti-vax-america-viral-texas-281085170/Steven Monacelli on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stevanzetti.bsky.socialPox by Michael Willrich https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298913/pox-by-michael-willrich/RFK Jr. on experts, free speech https://www.scrippsnews.com/health/rfk-jr-in-interview-with-scripps-news-trusting-the-experts-is-not-science CDC shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/gunman-cdc-shooting-vaccines.html mRNA research defunded https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5493544/rfk-defunding-mrna-vaccine-researchH1N1 research canceled https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/nx-s1-5414642/trump-vaccine-bird-flu-mrnaRFK Jr. is executing Trump’s vision https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/9/how-rfk-jrs-vaccine-funding-cuts-fit-with-trumps-vision

Trent and Caitlin chat with James Palmer about China, the current state of America's relationship with China, and what it means for the U.S. to be constantly proposing wild tariff hikes, changing and pausing those hikes, and effectively withdrawing from international trade.

Caitlin and Trent check in with Hagen Blix about the ways we talk about AI, the most prominent angle its critics take, and the angle that’s often missing. When AI is advertised as a tool for generating journalism or research, what is the social and political order that use would entail? When the press hypes AI weapons dealers as the new vanguards of technology, what does it mean in terms of a vision for the world to come?Resources:Palmer Luckey speaks to Taiwan students https://www.thefp.com/p/palmer-luckey-i-saw-the-future-of-war-taiwanAnduril gets big US contracts https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/startup-anduril-becomes-third-us-srm-supplier-amid-rising-defense-demand-2025-08-05/ Peter Thiel and tech fascism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk Grok makes nonconsensual nudes https://gizmodo.com/groks-spicy-mode-makes-nsfw-celebrity-deepfakes-of-women-but-not-men-2000639308 American Historical Association https://www.historians.org/resource/guiding-principles-for-artificial-intelligence-in-history-education/ British MP launches bot of himself https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5pr3q6lrpoAutomating Inequality https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250074317/automatinginequality/Mutually Assured AI Malfunction https://dev.ua/en/news/eksholova-google-zasterihaie-proty-agi

Trent and Caitlin talk with communications strategist Lexi Koren about the Democratic Party obsession with blaming wokeness and “the groups.” Should they be listened to? Why not? What should Democrats do instead?Resources:The Rhetoric of Reaction https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674768680 Bill Maher on Pod Save America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEKyn9NL46UTrans rights as “hard to defend” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/transgender-rights-election-public-opinon/680813/NYT on immigration https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/politics/democrats-immigration-trump.htmlThird Way on immigration https://www.thirdway.org/memo/running-on-immigration-the-gallego-blueprint Briahna Joy Gray: Not the hill to die on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIqL2Jh8xk

Trent and Caitlin talk to Greg Sargent, journalist and podcaster with The New Republic, about recent stories including the striking failure of the president to be cool about the newest round of Jeffrey Epstein news, the bizarre time dilation of being a conservative, and the childish insistence that every bad thing on the right is because of an overreach on the left.Resource:https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden

Caitlin and Trent chat with civil rights lawyer Joshua Erlich about the state of civil rights under Trump. What civil rights has this administration targeted? How are they achieving their goals? Is there anything that can be done to get in their way?Resources:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, by Richard Hofstadter: https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Intellectualism-American-Life-Richard-Hofstadter/dp/0394703170“Alligator Alcatraz” conditions https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/allowed-lawmakers-split-conditions-alligator-alcatraz-rcna218498 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-detainees-conditions-fungus-mosquitoes-rcna220205 SCOTUS education ruling https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trump-administration-to-massively-reduce-the-size-of-the-department-of-education/ Dept. of Ed can’t resolve civil rights complaints in a reasonable time https://www.wxyz.com/us-news/education/civil-rights-work-is-slowing-as-trump-dismantles-the-education-department-agency-data-shows Lawsuit against DOGE https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/01/20/trump-will-face-first-lawsuit-targeting-elon-musks-doge-moments-after-taking-office/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/20/doge-trump-musk-ramaswamy/

Trent and Caitlin check in with Maureen Kosse, linguist and researcher of far-right ideologies, about the various strains on the right when it comes to Israel and America’s involvement therewith. They go over the different groups of right-wing Israel supporters, including those opposed to sending military aid to Israel or to its striking of Iran, and talk about the reasons each has for throwing their weight behind the country. They also look at how individuals across the alt-right try to attract less-plugged-in folks to their movement, at first hiding their xenophobic and anti-semitic beliefs only to reveal them later.ResourcesHalf of evangelicals support Israel for restorationist reasons: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/14/half-of-evangelicals-support-israel-because-they-believe-it-is-important-for-fulfilling-end-times-prophecy/Ted Cruz tries to use Genesis to defend Israel: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14826517/ted-cruz-israel-support-iran-tucker-carlson.htmlMarjorie Taylor Greene on Jewish Space Lasers: https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-penned-conspiracy-theory-laser-beam-space-started-deadly-2018 MTG votes no on aid for Israel (2023)https://greene.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=589 MTG files space laser amendment (2024) https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-lasers-israel-aid-bill-2024-4?op=1MTG votes no on anti-boycott bill (2025) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/5/us-bill-to-ban-israel-boycotts-faces-right-wing-backlash-over-free-speechMTG votes no on aid for Israel (2025) https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5392660-marjorie-taylor-greene-stop-israel-aid/Groypers view Israel as an expression of Jewish world control: https://globalextremism.org/post/groyper/History of Christian Zionism:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christian-Zionism https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/evangelical-zionism https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/ad/ad_v9_2/daw01.html https://www.globalministries.org/mee_resources_christian_zionism_koshy/ Thumbnail assets:https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=163339506 https://www.flickr.com/photos/22007612@N05/51770690611

Caitlin and Trent speak with Eiynah about how people simply cannot be normal about NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, the way the New York Times keeps getting puppetted by far-right propagandists, and the manufactured nature of “newsworthiness.”Resources:News media propagate moral panics: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203828250/folk-devils-moral-panics-stanley-cohen“Newsworthiness”: https://discourses.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Teun-A.-van-Dijk-1991-Racism-And-the-Press.pdfIteration: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810107885/limited-inc/ Reported speech can be recontextualized: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216699000806 The Bulwark Podcast June 17: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/zohran-mamdani-fypod-crossover New York Times June 21: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyregion/mamdani-globalize-intifada.html https://theintercept.com/2025/07/10/mamdani-globalize-intifada-democrats/ Don’t quote the ADL: https://truthout.org/articles/its-time-to-break-with-the-adl-as-a-source-for-news-and-research-on-extremism/ Dan Goldman’s bias should be mentioned: https://www.dangoldmanforny.com/israel Jon Chait asks, why won’t he denounce the phrase? https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-globalize-intifada/683300/ Jon Chait hates attacks over a “decontextualized phrase or weaponized misunderstanding” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/cancel-culture-illiberalism-dead/681031/ NYT Columbia hacked https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyregion/columbia-university-hacker.html NYT Columbia “exposé” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/nyregion/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html NYT looking for justification: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/census-racial-categories.html “Black New Yorkers”? https://nypost.com/2025/07/04/us-news/black-new-yorkers-rage-over-mamdanis-african-american-claim/ https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5388110-black-new-yorkers-slam-zohran-mamdani-over-race-claims-on-his-college-application/Why the NYT keeps getting played: https://www.findinggravity.net/p/christopher-rufo-and-elise-stefanik?utm_source=publication-searchhttps://www.theverge.com/culture/700082/nyt-mamdani-news-judgment Chris Rufo lying about a drag queen: https://x.com/caitlinmoriah/status/1582415915508895746Chris Rufo lying about eating cats in Ohio: https://web.archive.org/web/20240914120637/https://christopherrufo.com/p/the-cat-eaters-of-ohioCrémieux/Jordan Lasker https://www.cjr.org/news/times-mamdani-college-application-race-article-hack.php Lasker is a grad student who believes in racist pseudoscience https://x.com/thecollegehill/status/1847372903077335501 Mamdani’s policies are not out of step with US opinion https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-zohran-mamdanis-policies-are-popular-with-americans-outside-new-york--even-if-mamdani-is-not-162406841.html Mamdani eats with his hands: https://newrepublic.com/post/197538/maga-reaction-zohran-mamdani-eating-food-hands

Caitlin and Trent talk to anthropologist Rebecca Sear about the troubling trend in academia of allowing scientific racism, or the pseudoscientific belief that humans can be divided into genetically distinct racial groups with discrete measurements for things like IQ, personality traits, and behavior, to persist and present itself as a legitimate academic pursuit. They discuss how political activists have helped fund projects that propel scientific racism into the academic literature, popular media, and public policy.Resources:Musk on birth rates https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EPrNsxf-AUYJD Vance: “I want more babies in the United States” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23XJ2SqI8FARFK, Jr. on “healthy kids” and COVID https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/well/rfk-jr-cdc-children-covid-vaccines-data.htmlOrigin of Eugenics https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/origins-eugenicsHistory of Eugenics https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/educational-resources/timelines/eugenics Galton on “selection” 1883 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028925332/page/n325/mode/2upEugenics in the 1920s https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20speople-improving-the-nations-stock-for-great-and-greater-britain-eugenics-in-the-1920s/ Eugenics Record Office https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/368657 ‘National IQ’ datasets: https://osf.io/26vfb_v1Dark Money https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215462/dark-money-by-jane-mayer/ Merchants of Doubt https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/ Collins Family profile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnd1Taw4CEE&t=174s Polygenic embryo selection https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/science-fictions-are-outpacing-science Bo Winegard defending race science https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/sasha-gusev-is-wrong?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=webWinegard accused of eugenics https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/03/12/assistant-professor-says-hes-been-fired-because-he-dared-talk-about-human-populationWilliam Shockley on Firing Line https://youtu.be/7JOIqkh2ms8?si=rxH8Ym7_4SU0PYPR Richard Haier on Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9RxrsvcS-k Peter Singer on disabled newborns https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/04/now-peter-singer-argues-that-it-might-be-okay-to-rape-disabled-people

Trent and Caitlin check in with journalist Steven Monacelli, a special investigative correspondent for the Texas Observer, about the evolution and current-day doings of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, the dangers they pose to citizens and noncitizens alike, and the experience of being a journalist observing resistance to authoritarian police actions.Resources:Steven’s Observer work: https://texasobserver.org/author/steven-monacelli/Steven’s website: https://stevenmonacelli.com/ “Less lethal”: https://wired.com/story/what-tear-gas-does-to-the-human-body/ Australian reporter hit by rubber bullet: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fkdajl35J48 ICE prosecutor running white supremacist account: https://texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/ ICE fact sheet: https://immigrationforum.org/article/fact-sheet-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice/ Immigration enforcement costs: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/cost_of_immigration_enforcement_factsheet_2024.pdfTrump wants immigrants tortured: https://vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture AI license plate readers: https://thebarbedwire.com/2025/06/10/cities-halt-license-plate-readers/ Trump wanted a police state: https://rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-police-state-troop-deployment-los-angeles-1235360655/ ICE escalates on purpose: https://wsj.com/us-news/protests-los-angeles-immigrants-trump-f5089877 Voters don’t like it: https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3924