Why, America? with Leeja Miller

A boat from Venezuela allegedly carrying 11 members of the Tren de Aragua cartel was gunned down by the US military last week. Was this legal (spoiler: it was not) and what does this mean for Venezuelan-US relations going forward? The first ever SILENT TOYS are here! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa wins either a fully free WhisperVibeTM or a FREE Rose suction toy with any WhisperTechTM order! Get yours HERE: https://www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/leejamiller-yt9  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/9/8/whats-happening-between-venezuela-and-the-us-explainer  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Can you still get vaccinated? What's up with new COVID vaccine restrictions? Who's been fired at the CDC? What happened at the RFK Jr. hearings yesterday? Today we break down wtf is up at the US department of health and how you can still protect yourself despite The Horrors. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/9/5/wtf-is-happening-at-the-cdc 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com

Trump and his sons Don Jr and Eric have turned the presidency into the world's biggest grift. Their latest profit scheme involves a new crypto coin and a bitcoin mining firm. This is the literal definition of corruption, and Trump is quickly making it the status quo. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 📖 Further Reading: Burned By Billionaires by Chuck Collins https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9781620979099  🔗 Sources: https://leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/9/3/trumps-biggest-grift-yet 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

It's for nefarious reasons, per usual. Trump's latest executive order bans the burning of US flags despite the fact that it's protected free speech thanks to Texas v. Johnson from 1989. Precedent is of course of very little worry to this regime. You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/8/27/who-cares-about-flag-burning  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

I've gotten a lot of questions about whether Americans, living under Donald Trump, would be eligible to seek asylum, to be officially labelled as refugees. The answer isn't as clear as you may think. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan.   🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/8/25/are-americans-eligible-for-refugee-status  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com   

The Trump administration is targeting The Smithsonian to ensure that it aligns with MAGA ideology and talking points. We have seen this before in the way Nazis treated history and culture, erasing it and rewriting it to suit their whim. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. Book Rec: Ministry of Truth by Steve Benen https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780063393677    🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/8/22/nazis-hated-museums-too  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Certain Supreme Court Justices have been keen to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the case granting marriage equality to same-sex couples, since the moment it was decided. Kim Davis is back in the news again for yet another appeal up to the Supreme Court over her denial of marriage licenses in Kentucky back when Obergefell v. Hodges was decided in 2015. This case is a softball to the now conservative supermajority, giving them the opportunity they've been waiting for to gut marriage equality. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. Further Reading: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays by John Stuart Mill  https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780199670802  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/8/20/gay-marriage-is-on-the-chopping-block  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Trump flip flopped on allowing Nvidia and AMD to export their AI GPU chips to China. Now he's going to charge them 15% on the exports, which is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. Experts are warning this could have dire impacts on our national security. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. Further Reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao: https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780593657508  🔗 Sources: https://leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/8/15/how-trumps-ai-chip-deal-undermines-national-security 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃 Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com   

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles jobs reports, the Consumer Price Index, and so much more data. Trump fired the commissioner because he didn't like the data. Now he's replacing her with a partisan hack who will do his bidding. Today we're discussing why it matters and looking at how Trump is attacking the truth at the BLS and across the government. You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Today, Trump announced in a press conference that he would be taking federal control over the Washington DC police force and likely deploying National Guard troops to patrol the streets of DC, citing his authority under the DC Home Rule Act and saying an emergency exists because of rampant crime in our country's capitol. What does this all mean? Can he even do this? We'll break it all down today. Card Campaign for Democracy: https://cc4democracy.com/ VIDEO: Forms of Resistance and Reasons to Believe It’s Working, Heather Cox Richardson, Aug. 7, 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=263FaqrL6C4 Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

The tensions erupting in Texas over the redistricting fight and the push for the FBI to get involved with rounding up out of state Texas law makers is laying bare the tensions between north and south as well as between states rights and the federal government in a way we truly haven't seen since before the Civil War.   Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/leeja to try 14 days and let Aura go to work protecting your private information online!   🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

A fiery crash over the Potomac at Reagan airport in January, numerous near misses, complete communications blackouts. Judging by the news, the US airspace is a treacherous place to be right now. A recent investigation revealed numerous shortcomings. But is it really unsafe? Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/leeja30 and use code LEEJA30 at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Redistricting in Texas is just the beginning. Today we're connecting the dots across gerrymandering, census questions, Pam Bondi seeking voter rolls, and more, to understand the full picture of the Republican plan to completely undermine election integrity in this country until there are no elections left. Center For American Progress Report: Robert Benson, How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism, Center for American Progress, April 9, 2025, https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-democracies-defend-themselves-against-authoritarianism/ Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Today we're breaking down why private equity is a scam and how Trump and Congress might open the floodgates to allow private equity firms to pawn off their crappy businesses onto you and into your retirement funds. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

What do Sydney Sweeney's genes, the famine in Gaza, and Donald Trump's new executive order criminalizing homelessness and mental illness all have in common? The very American tradition of eugenics, of course. Today we're connecting the dots between these headlines and America's sordid history. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Trump's New AI Action Plan was constructed by and for tech billionaires at the expense of all of us. But the real story is that this new plan is connected to the Paramount-Skydance merger and Trump's new Executive Order criminalizing homelessness. It's all a symptom of the fascist capitalist greed that has overtaken this country. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Trump is suing the Wall Street Journal for publishing a story about him. Stephen Colbert has been cancelled after years of criticizing Trump. Funding for the Corporation For Public Broadcasting, PBS, and NPR has been completely gutted. All of this in JUST THE LAST WEEK. When sources of truth come under attack from the government, it's our job to hold them up. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Emil Bove is a creep but, more importantly, a danger to the rule of law. And the Senate is about to give him a job in our judiciary for life. This is just part of the Trump and Project 2025 plan to take over the judiciary once and for all. You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/miller 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com  

The FBI and DOJ released a memo last week confirming that there is no Jeffrey Epstein "client list" and that Epstein did in fact k*ll himself that night in August 2019. While most people shrugged it off, the MAGA world imploded, with major figures calling on Trump and his administration to release the list. This feud reveals a deeper truth about the ways MAGA leadership have benefitted from conspiracy theories over the years and how that might be their undoing. You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/miller. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Trump's Big Beautiful Bull added tens of billions of dollars to ICE's budget to help recruit 10,000 more agents and add 100,000 new detention center beds. What we're seeing in LA is just the beginning of the militarized ICE presence in cities across America. The FIRST EVER SILENT TOYS are here, which means FREE TOYS FOR ALL! Everyone who signs up to my giveaway with Bellesa wins either a FREE WhisperVibe™ or a FREE AirVibe with any WhisperTech™ purchase! https://www.shopbboutique.co/vibe/leejamiller-yt8 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com