Air Date 4/26/2025

For those of us who knew that Trump was lawless and deeply racist in his desire for mass deportations of brown people, we're getting exactly what we expected. For others, at least the lawlessness is coming as a bit of a surprise, and yet, here we are.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Mr. Abrego Garcia - Main Justice - Air Date 4-15-25

KP 2: Dara Lind on Criminalizing Immigrants - CounterSpin - Air Date 4-11-25

KP 3: Are Trump Administration Officials in Criminal Contempt - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 4-21-25

KP 4: Bukele Goes To Washington w. Roberto Lovato - The Majority Report - Air Date 4-20-25

KP 5: What a photojournalist saw as Venezuelan migrants arrived in El Salvador - 60 Minutes - Air Date 4-6-25

KP 6: Dictator Behind Trump's Notorious El Salvadorian Prison Deportations Wants U.S. Dissents Locked Up - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 4-16-24

KP 7: Trump's Real Plan With El Salvador Revealed - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-15-25

KP 8: Sen. Van Hollen on Meeting Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador & Escalating Constitutional Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-21-25

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On finding glimmers of hope for the future

DEEPER DIVES

SECTION A: DEPORTATION PRACTICES

SECTION B: VICTIMS OF REGIME

SECTION C: VENEZUELA AND EL SALVADOR

SECTION D: RESISTANCE

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