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The President has reshaped the Justice Department, firing veteran lawyers, instilling his private lawyers into management positions — but is using for revenge on his political adversaries? Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by Richard Zitrin, an emeritus professor of legal ethics at UC College of the Law San Francisco, author of books, articles and op-ed articles on the reshaping of the justice system.
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Photo by Germar Derron: https://www.pexels.com/photo/protest-sign-amidst-baltimore-greenery-32565919/Over 59,000 people are in ICE detention. Sixty-five percent had no convictions and 93 percent had no violent convictions, according to data obtained by Cato.
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Raoul Peck, the acclaimed Haitian filmmaker, discusses his new film, which examines how George Orwell "foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future."
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Trump says Smithsonian museums promote "divisive, race-centered ideology," and focus too much on "how bad slavery was." How is the public responding? -
The Center for Biological Diversity says Trump's actions on environmental protections could lead to irreversible climate catastrophe if they go unchallenged. -
Trump and his allies immediately responded to Kirk’s murder by blaming the "far-left" and left-wing extremism without knowing who did it or what the motivation was. -
Historian Kevin Kruse will discuss the ramifications of the Trump administration rewriting, whitewashing, and erasing history. How are educators responding? -
More than 150,000 federal workers have resigned, according to The New York Times. That number does not include the thousands of people who were laid off or fired. -
Professor Barbara Walter says the thing that scares her the most is the "police state being built around us, in real time, disguised as something meant to protect us." -
Every week, we'll summarize the latest news, from ICE arrests to the National Guard in DC, put it in historical context, and find out how people are responding.
