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Minneapolis Under Siege (Neon Liberalism #60, with Will Stancil)

Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the murder of Renée Good and the Trump administration's larger assault on Minneapolis. Will is on the front lines of monitoring ICE in Minneapolis, working with his neighborhood rapid reaction group, and remains a vital commentator and activist in this disturbing time.

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Understanding Stephen Miller (Half the Answer #59, with Greg Sargent)

Trent and Caitlin catch up with Greg Sargent from The New Republic about his recent piece exploring the family history and ideology of Stephen Miller. How did the product of Russian Jewish refugees come to see today's refugees as incapable of integration in American society? What are the

The New Epstein Island Is Right in Your Pocket: It’s Time to Abandon Elon Musk’s Paradise of Abuse

It has long been time to leave X. Now, it’s essential.

So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?

What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.

Cancel Culture Goes MAGA

MAGA's campaign of government censorship and repression is an assault on fundamental free speech values.

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The U.S. in Venezuela: The International Community and the Donroe Doctrine (Half the Answer #58, with Mark Copelovitch)

Caitlin and Trent speak with Mark Copelovitch, a political science professor from University of Wisconsin–Madison. They discuss the problem of a world power going rogue, the lack of viable responses for countries like Venezuela and Denmark, and the costs to international trust when the US is so unreliable. Half

Return of the Silver Shirts

In ICE's invasion of Minneapolis, an echo of a dark past.

Remigration, Recolonization, Rechristianization, Restoration: How Some of America’s Most Extreme Christian Nationalists See the New (Old) World Order

On the right's masculine, white nationalist, and theocratic framework.

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Venezuela and the State of American Strategy (Neon Liberalism #59, with Giselle Donnelly)

Join Samantha and Giselle Donnelly, foreign policy analyst and American Enterprise Institute alumna, as they discuss the recent attack on Venezuela. Does this reflect a considered strategy? Or multiple factions "working towards the sleepy Führer"? Can we make predictions about future American foreign policy, or is it all

Setting a Fire by the Powder Keg

Trump, Miller, and ICE are playing with fire and we cannot help them stick the blame elsewhere.

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The U.S. in Venezuela: Why Is Corporate Media Being So Weird? (Half the Answer #57, with Marisa Kabas)

Trent and Caitlin check in with The Handbasket’s Marisa Kabas about the year that has been the first week of 2026. What are we doing in Venezuela, and why is corporate media being so weird about it? What are the ethics of publishing scoops that involve military actions? Why

The Spirit of the Laws

The Constitution is not in heaven. Without honorable and virtuous public officials, constitutional limits have no meaning.