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S2 Ep1008: Jon Lovett: A Worst Case Scenario Comes Into View

2025/3/27
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Jon Lovett and Tim Miller discuss the Trump administration's alarming actions, including deportations without due process and the erosion of constitutional norms. They also examine the administration's disregard for traditional checks and balances, raising concerns about authoritarianism.
  • Trump's administration is pushing the bounds of due process by deporting people without evidence.
  • The administration is ignoring Congress on spending and tariff decisions.
  • There is a lack of significant public backlash against these authoritarian moves.

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Trump so far is not delivering on his promised spike in deportations, but he is creating a permission structure where we lock up people without due process in a foreign gulag—and where masked, plainclothes officers in unmarked cars can grab an international student off the street because of her speech. Meanwhile, a Rolex-wearing Kristi Noem is shooting videos in front of people we've turned into hostages, the mainstream media is struggling to respond to the moment, we can't count on judges siding with the Constitution, Republicans refuse to be honest, and far too much of the public is not paying attention. 

Jon Lovett joins Tim Miller. *show notes *

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