Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.

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The gang discuss the school shooting in Minneapolis and the shooter’s obsession with mass killers, how Trump is trying to fire the Federal Reserve Governor, and a possible nationwide National Guard deployment.

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-us-lose-trump-tariffs-russia-wins-2025-08-27/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/about_14986.htm

https://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed.htm

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/domestic-market-operations/monetary-policy-implementation/repo-reverse-repo-agreements

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RRPONTSYD

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/rrp_faq.html

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RPONTSYD

https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2022/01/how-the-feds-overnight-reverse-repo-facility-works/

https://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/goldvault.html

https://fortune.com/2025/08/09/trump-fed-pick-stephen-miran-existential-threat-central-bank-independence/

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/the-12-trillion-u-s-repo-market-evidence-from-a-novel-panel-of-intermediaries-20250711.html

https://www.stlouisfed.org/in-plain-english/who-owns-the-federal-reserve-banks

https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/research/epr/forthcoming/1202mart.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/lisa-cook-fed-governor.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE8.oyr3.s4yYTqcf14ZD

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/prosecuting-burning-of-the-american-flag/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/measures-to-end-cashless-bail-and-enforce-the-law-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/taking-steps-to-end-cashless-bail-to-protect-americans/

https://www.justice.gov/maxwell-interview

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-guard-mobilizing-19-states-immigration-crime-crackdown

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/additional-measures-to-address-the-crime-emergency-in-the-district-of-columbia/

https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/kennedy-announces-nih-study-into-psych-drugs-after-second-trans-school-shooter

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Mia continues her conversation with journalist David Forbes about two recent horrific anti-trans bills in North Carolina and how Democrats made them possible.

https://transnews.network/p/nc-dems-anti-trans-betrayals

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Mia talks with journalist David Forbes about two recent horrific anti-trans bills in North Carolina and how Democrats made them possible.

https://transnews.network/p/nc-dems-anti-trans-betrayals

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Dana El Kurd outlines what is happening in higher education, how and why the Trump administration is attacking universities, and the role Palestine plays in all of this.

Sources:

Clifford Ando – The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump - https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-crisis-of-the-university-started-long-before-trump/

Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism - https://jerusalemdeclaration.org/

Ken Stern on IHRA definition - https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5326047/kenneth-stern-antimsietim-executive-order-free-speech

2023 Pew Research Center Poll on Black Lives Matter - https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/06/14/views-on-the-black-lives-matter-movement/

Marc Bousquet – How the University Works - https://nyupress.org/9780814799758/how-the-university-works/

PBS Reporting on Harvard University negotiations with Trump administration - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/harvard-nearing-settlement-with-trump-to-pay-500-million-and-regain-federal-funding

The Intercept’s reporting on Columbia University settlement with the Trump administration - https://theintercept.com/2025/04/16/columbia-middle-eastern-studies-trump-attacks/

Middle East Studies Association statement on Columbia University settlement - https://mesana.org/advocacy/letters-from-the-board/2025/03/28/joint-statement-regarding-columbia-university-and-the-department-of-education

Results of the Middle East Scholar Barometer - https://criticalissues.umd.edu/sites/criticalissues.umd.edu/files/November%202023%20MESB%20Results.pdf

Human Rights Watch statement on the IHRA definition - https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/04/human-rights-and-other-civil-society-groups-urge-united-nations-respect-human

Axios reporting on The Nexus Project and Trump’s use of antisemitism investigations - https://www.axios.com/2025/03/31/college-campus-antisemitism-trump-nexus-project

American Association of University Professors – Academic Freedom - https://www.aaup.org/issues-higher-education/academic-freedom/faqs-academic-freedom

2024 Announcement of 40 new AAUP chapters - https://www.aaup.org/academe/issues/winter-2025/warm-welcome-new-or-reestablished-aaup-chapters

Executive Order on Combatting Antisemitism - https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-anti-semitism/

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James and Robert sit down to discuss Gavin Newsom’s tweets and what they tell us about the DNC’s inability to stand up to Trump.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/us/newsom-trump-social-media.html

https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/06/california-police-sharing-license-plate-reader-data/

https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/03/gavin-newsom-podcast-judgment-problem/

https://x.com/GovPressOffice

https://bsky.app/profile/grahamformaine.bsky.social/post/3lwqwj3rdgk27

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNl79l0SdMb/?igsh=bXphd3E2N3Y2N20w

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2qJw7xQfqh0

https://www.kpbs.org/news/racial-justice-social-equity/2025/03/11/san-diego-sheriff-says-disputed-ice-transfer-was-legal

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Margaret brings you further along into the tale of Hermetica, the generation ship.

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