ICE Rapid Response Trainings, Fresh Sharts & Fred Rogers Deepfakes

More than 500 Pittsburghers showed up for a training this week on how to safely witness and respond to ICE activity — including City Cast contributor Meg St-Esprit. She joins host Megan Harris and executive producer Mallory Falk to share what she learned from the newly-formed group Frontline Dignity. Plus, the team discusses AI-generated deepfakes of Mister Rogers, behind-the-scenes scheming to keep the Post-Gazette alive, and a viral KDKA typo.

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Notes and references from today’s show:

• PODCAST: Can You Be Charged for Getting in ICE's Way? [City Cast Pittsburgh]
• PODCAST: What Actually Happens During an ICE Raid? [City Cast Pittsburgh]
• Coraopolis overturns ICE agreement following community pushback and council shakeup [Public Source]
• Doubling down, doubling back: local departments diverge on ICE cooperation [Public Source]
• Munhall, Stowe police walk back ICE partnerships after quietly inking agreements [Public Source]
• Hundreds taken into custody at Pittsburgh ICE office, an emerging regional deportation hub [Post-Gazette]
• The crass Fred Rogers of AI deepfakes has some Pittsburghers 'horrified' [Public Source]
• Some Post-Gazette workers call for new union leadership [TribLive]
• Investor group seeks to make Post-Gazette nonprofit [Axios Pittsburgh]
• Pittsburgh school board members to vote next week on whether to reconsider building closures [WESA]

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