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Ep. 67: Michigan Tribes Stiffed on Opioid Funds, Biden’s Xenophobic Executive Order, and More

2024-06-13

We open with a story involving the indigenous tribes of Michigan and how they have been shut out of public support funds to mitigate the opioid epidemic. We are joined by Lawrence and we break down Biden's executive order on the border, talk about how anti-immigrant fearmongering has come to dominate both parties and bring forth some important fact-checking. We talk about the recent raid on a Palestinian refugee camp. While most mainstream outlets reported it as a "successful" rescue operation in which the IDF l...

We open with a story involving the indigenous tribes of Michigan and how they have been shut out of public support funds to mitigate the opioid epidemic.

We are joined by Lawrence and we break down Biden's executive order on the border, talk about how anti-immigrant fearmongering has come to dominate both parties and bring forth some important fact-checking.

We talk about the recent raid on a Palestinian refugee camp. While most mainstream outlets reported it as a "successful" rescue operation in which the IDF liberated 4 hostages, the media buried the lead about the atrocious civilian casualties and the very fact that all of the hostages could have been freed already had Israel come to the negotiating table with the ceasefire deal.

Lawrence spends some time breaking down some of Trump's potential VP choices, and how they may try push some dangerously regressive black conservatives engaging in some gross historical revisionism (such as, apparently, black families were better under Jim Crow than today).

00:50- 9:30 Michigan Tribes Shut Out of Opioid Funds

13:00- 41:20 Biden's Xenophobic Executive Order

43:00- 1:04:30 Israel Kills Over 200 Palestinians in Hostage Rescue Operation

1:06:00- 1:22:00 Black Conservatism and Historical Revisionism

1:22:00- 1:28:00 Jamal Bowman Under Fire from AIPAC

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

Michigan aims to remedy ‘egregious injustice,' as tribes shut out of opioid funds
https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-aims-remedy-egregious-injustice-tribes-shut-out-opioid-funds

Biden Limits Asylum & Shuts Down Border for Migrants Ahead of Debate with Trump
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/5/biden_closes_border

Undocumented immigrants commit less crime than the native born
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/aug/03/antonio-villaraigosa/mostly-true-undocumented-immigrants-less-likely-co/

Don't Blame Migrants and 'Open Borders' for Fentanyl Entering the Country
https://reason.com/2022/10/17/dont-blame-migrants-and-open-borders-for-fentanyl-entering-the-country/

New report shows how immigrants help drive Michigan's growth
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/xEivVrvKfj7ESF3Y/

'Horrific Massacre': IDF Kills 200+ Palestinians Rescuing 4 Hostages
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-hostages-gaza

“Propaganda Machine”: NY Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Him
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/6/6/jamaal_bowman