Jon Wiener
@JonWiener1
co-author with Mike Davis, "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties"; Host of "Start Making Sense," http://bit.ly/1NUuvxf
Today at 4pm Pacific on 'Living in the USA': Stopping ICE in LA – Mark Rosenbaum @PublicCounsel on the federal court ruling to halt unconstitutional ICE raids in LA – on @KPFK Radio 90.7 FM and online KPFK.org @CHIRLA @ImmDef @ACLU_SoCal
Musk's "obsession with deficit spending at a time when people are concerned with affordability" is "a very poor recipe for politics in this moment" – @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
The Epstein Files: Q: Trump says only "bad people" are interested in them – who are these "bad people"? A: Chiefly Trump supporters. @HaroldMeyerson @TheProspect reports – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4lCEqPV
"If you’re going to build a third party in America, we believe you have to work from the bottom up" – and other reasons Musk's 'America party' is unlikely to succeed – Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
Why the courts are likely to strike down Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship – the 14th Amendment explicitly grants citizenship to those born in the US – @DavidCole_Gtown on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
MAGA has accepted every one of Trump's lies, until the Jeffrey Epstein files—what makes this one different? @HaroldMeyerson @TheProspect explains – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4lCEqPV
"Where billionaires and their hubris come up against the will of everyday working people... and ultimately" they reject "the big money politics" – @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies on Mamdani's NYC win & Musk's doomed 'America Party' – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
Musk's 'America Party' – is a top-down, billionaire-backed strategy that is unlikely to succeed: Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies explains – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
The Trump administration's executive order to abolish birthright citizenship is widely seen as unconstitutional, and the courts are likely to strike it down. @DavidCole_Gtown comments – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao @ACLU_SoCal
"There's a point where big money can't trump the power of organizing and good ideas – and the basic decency of everyday American voters." @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies on why Musk's 'America party' misses the mark – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
"We will continue to win this." – Mark Rosenbaum @PublicCounsel on the federal court ruling to end unconstitutional ICE raids in LA – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4lCEqPV @lawcnetwork @UFWupdates @CHIRLA @ImmDef @ACLU_NorCal @ACLU_SoCal
A federal court in LA has ordered ICE to stop arresting people because they look Latino—because that's racial discrimination, and it's unconstitutional: Mark Rosenbaum @PublicCounsel – on 'Living in the USA' @KPFK bit.ly/4lCEqPV @CHIRLA @ImmDef @ACLU_SoCal
On Musk's 'America Party': "Billionaires have their choice of two of the parties already. We don't need a third billionaire party." Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
The @ACLU is usually defending minority rights; but right now on immigration, they're representing a great majority – 62% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of immigration: @DavidCole_Gtown comments – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao @ACLU_SoCal
Musk's 'America Party' won't win votes if it runs on 'efficiency' and more DOGE, because "what people have experienced that to be is chaos. Voters don’t like chaos" – Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
Why birthright citizenship will win at the Supreme Court – for one, it's guaranteed by the 14th Amendment – @DavidCole_Gtown comments – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
How Musk's "obsession with deficit spending at a time when people are concerned with affordability" is "a very poor recipe for politics in this moment" – Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
Elon Musk's plan to launch a new third party – the 'America Party' – is a top-down, billionaire-backed strategy that is unlikely to succeed: Maurice Moe Mitchell @MauriceWFP @WorkingFamilies explains – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao
On the federal court ruling against unconstitutional ICE raids in LA: "A great decision and I hope ICE will transform and reform its practices" – @DavidCole_Gtown on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao @CHIRLA @ACLU_SoCal @PublicCounsel @ImmDef @ImmDefense
.@MauriceWFP on third parties & Musk's 'America': "If he plans on running on DOGE & more DOGE, I think he's going to find that there's not going to be an appetite by very many voters for that" – on @thenation podcast bit.ly/46Lw8Ao @WorkingFamilies
