

Episode 18: Fire & I.C.E.
This is America: Checked In for the Checked Out by Rachel Bitecofer & Aaron Murphy
E18
Jun 10, 2025
31:00
Episode notes
What is the public hearing about Trump’s order to send more troops to Los Angeles? A lot of folks don’t even know who to blame. Plus, Rachel compares the fiery I.C.E. protests with how the Nazis rose to power in 1930s Germany. How Elon’s and Don’s Big Beautiful Breakup threatens the President’s tax cuts for billionaires. We unpack the DOJ’s fishy case against Kilmar Abrego Garcea and the headlines Americans are reading. And what, exactly, does tear gas taste like?
LINKS:
- Newsom to Defense Secretary Hegseth: Rescind National Guard Order
- LA Protesters Angry w/ Mayor Karen Bass & Governor Gavin Newsom
- Justice Department documents re: Kilmar Abrego Garcia
- The Cycle Monday Memo: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Substack)
- POLITICO: ‘You essentially destroyed any chance I have,’ DNC chair told David Hogg in private meeting
- Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts: How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game
Keywords
Trump
MAGA
Hit 'Em Where It Hurts
Elon Musk
Culture
Fascism
Civics
Nazi Germany
Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abgrego-Garcia
Rand Paul
ICE
Los Angeles
Protests