Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings
Summary
Hosts Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and Robert Evans discuss Graham Platner’s withdrawal from the Maine Senate race following a rape allegation, analyzing the political fallout and consent issues. The episode also covers new US tariffs targeting global allies under forced labor claims and a lawsuit alleging the US shared Iranian asylum seekers' data with Tehran.
Topics discussed
Intro, sponsors, and show opening
News roundup: McConnell, NYC transit, and French police immunity
Graham Platner rape allegations and campaign fallout
Analysis of consent, political cover-ups, and structural issues
Commercial break and musical interlude
New tariffs on forced labor and Supreme Court ruling
US-Iran asylum violations and chain refoulement lawsuit
Commercial break
ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado and protests
Trump's July 4th speech and anti-communist rhetoric
Outro and final sponsors
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