Episode notes
France teeters on the brink of chaos as Prime Minister François Bayrou's government collapses after just nine months, signaling chronic political instability amid a ballooning debt crisis. Across the pond, the Supreme Court signs off on Trump administration ethnic-profiling arrests in Los Angeles, enabling ICE to target based on broad criteria like speaking Spanish or congregating at day labor spots. Join us on the DeProgram show with political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou for this vital dissection of two powerful nations fighting over their identities.
- French Government Collapse: What is France? A nation of cherished rights and privileges? Or a lean, mean American-style place where life keeps getting harsher? The National Assembly answers that question with a crushing 364-194 no-confi ...