I want you to picture this: masked ICE agents roaming the streets of Chicago, pulling hardworking migrants from restaurants, parking lots, and even court hearings. People showing up to renew work permits or attend legal check-ins are being ambushed, separated from their families, and shoved into unmarked vans. It’s not just happening in Chicago. iI’s happening in Los Angeles, New York, and cities across America. This isn’t some dystopian nightmare. This is Donald Trump’s America in 2025.
So I brought on Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias to talk about it. Because while Trump acts like he’s at war with American cities, Alexi and leaders in Illinois are actually fighting back.
We talked about the Gestapo-style raids taking place in broad daylight. We talked about Trump standing on the international stage at the G7—next to actual world leaders—and ranting about cities like Chicago as if they were enemy territory. And we talked about the deeply chilling way law enforcement agencies outside Illinois are using license plate readers to stalk women seeking legal abortions and to track undocumented immigrants—acts that Illinois law now prohibits, thanks to Alexi’s leadership.
Giannoulias didn’t hold back. He called it what it is: authoritarianism. But he also laid out the resistance—how Illinois became the first state in the nation to block the misuse of surveillance technology, how they’re cutting off information access to ICE, and how other states can follow suit.
We even got into what it means to be “cool” in this moment. Not the fake machismo Trump tries to sell with orange makeup and fascist cosplay. Real courage. Real leadership. Real backbone. As Alexi said, the tough guys are the ones who stand up for the voiceless—not the ones who knock them down.
I left this conversation both fired up and furious. Fired up because there are fighters in this country who are holding the line. Furious because not a single damn Republican is willing to stand up and say enough is enough. Not one.
But that just means it’s on us. So let’s push. Let’s protest. Let’s vote. And let’s make sure every last authoritarian bootlicker knows we won’t let them destroy this country without a fight.
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He HAD to bomb them. It's the only thing that would distract us!
Don't let it work.
Agree. He appears to think a war is a way to receive a Nobel prize. 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
I don’t believe the Norwegians go for the indiscriminate bombings that drumpf loves so much.
The Peace Prize is off the table. Maybe the Nobel Prize for literature. Plenty to work with. All those "Truths". A treasure trove of literary erudition
Is there a prize for stupidity? He would be a shoe in.
No question who the winner would be.
He’d have had a better chance at a Nobel Peace prize if he’d ended the war on Ukraine on day one! This war he’s trying to take credit for will get his faux nomination kicked right off the list!
Somehow I don’t view starting a war as a movement towards peace. This will go down as Viet Nam and Afghanistan, loser wars for everyone. His brain has the worm as rfk, jr. he does not know any history. This time around his stag is telling how he has to have video like on TV to hold his attention. What a disaster for our country.
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That’s why he wrote peace in all caps
Agree! Look at his appointed cabinet members telling us that!! Why is there not one African American in his Cabinet.? Why was the bust of Martin Luther King removed? Because Donald is a racist!
Oh and we can't forget Donald feels he needs to be on Mount Rushmore too! Donald wants a Nobel because Obama got one! So Donald will advocate like he did to get on the Forbes wealthiest! Back then he was more in debt then now! He will bankrupt us folks!! Ethically, morally, financially!
total distraction. chaos is Trumps middle name. This has to stop. This is NOT who we are. It's who Steve Miller is but not us. Send his ass back to Germany where his people escaped hitler. Funny he is Hitler. he hated his people, the jews, and now Stephen, the jew hates all those who are not white. Must be Itty bitty!
As I was saying before send accidentally got pressed, no better than Hitler abused the innocent Jews. How is it that they can justify abusing the people of Gaza now, in much the same manner as they were treated then? There is no shortage of cruelty in this world. So hard to comprehend. Impossible to understand. People completely void of compassion. Incapable of feeling shame or guilt. Gleefully inflicting pain on others. No. Israel is not a victim here.
False. I hate Trump as much as anybody. This foreign policy furor with Iran is caused by him back in 2018(?) when he disavowed the "treaty" negotiated by Obama. Now it is very important to destroy Iran's A-bomb efforts to preserve what peace is possible in the Middle East. If we don't help Israel destroy their facilities, then Israel might be moved to drop one of their A-bombs on Iran.
Israel was born into conflict after WWII and have been fighting with everyone in the area ever since. Israel should not get a pass any more than Iran. One starts it one week, the next it is the other. mimpf only likes Israel because his favorite child is Jewish. Every country should MYOB here. NOTHING will stop them from fighting.
The Palestinians in Gaza are being treated by Israeli soldiers and other Jews, well aware of the horrors their ancestors endured inflicted upon them by the Nazis) in a not so different manner that
You have to keep in mind, most Israeli Jews do not have the connection to the Holocaust that the European ones do. What they do have a connection to is the real issue of the entire rest of the Mid East wanting them gone. Either wiped from the Earth or reduced back to being stateless.
Thank you. That puts a someone different slant on the situation.
True
You tell the truth
This mass deportation project has nothing to do with making America safe. It’s a White Supremacy project to turn the country into a police state with Trump as the dictator.
A white police state. Guess who's next?
Miller and project 2025
Exactly! 😡😡😡
It leaves me wondering where gang members are when we need them?!
Don’t ask ICE! They prefer to raid schools, parks, and courts rather than chase the criminals in street gangs (as they want us to believe!) Gangs are actually tough! ICE agents are cowards!
I’m glad that Rob is reading between the lines.👍🏼
There’s no difference between the bully that controls the Middle East & the Bully who is controlling North America — they’re both tyrants who have enriched themselves at the expense of their country.
I've been wondering the same shit. STEP UP BE A REAL HERO
I highly recommend CNN’s Special Event of Georg Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck Live: Truth and Power, along with the follow up, afterwards. Newsman & Journalist Edward Murrow who famously fought against the forces that undermined democracy in the 1940s & ‘50s when Wisconsin junior senator Joseph McCarthy brought fear and blacklisted moderates & liberals, is exactly what’s happening today. … All of us need to find the courage to stand up and speak out. You don’t need permission!
I hope our friends in Chicago, New York and other metropolitan areas who are considered strongholds of democracy and the protection of immigrants are paying attention to this thread!
The shocking and disgusting truth is that Trump’s ICE and DHS teams are the Gangs.
You’re right Michael, they sure are. I also know that we’ve had gang warfare for longer than I’ve been alive. What keeps me going is the belief that good can overcome evil and the strong have the best chance of survival. I’m use to being an underdog who is an overachiever. The key to success is to stay centered and believe in oneself. Seek truth and justice. Stay on the high road and don’t listen to the nay sayers. Have a vision & principals, set your short & longer term goals, keep focus, and stay present, ready to when an opportunity arises. If you practice it enough it will become a mindset. Aim high. And when/if you hit your target you (or I) are the winner! 👍🏼
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Along with everyone in this administration with Trump being the boss and the Republican Congress his loyal gang members.
This takes me back to when JFK was assassinated and the speculation of the Mob & CIA working together on the hit, with Cuban separatists.
This is time WE NEED THEM!!
We sure do!
this is what the natzis did to the gays! invited them and arrested them and killed them. Stop this fucking mad man, and Stephen miller too!
Oh believe me, the gays are next😡Then the blacks, then disabled, then women 😡😡👺👺
The old women. They need the young healthy ones for obvious reasons
Yeah, to rape and have white babies😡😡👺 even if it’s your father‘s baby😡😡😡😡😡
There is just one way to stop either of them.....
It's ALL a distraction for him being in the Epstein files
That too, and the big ugly bill to rip the country further apart.
Cheeto Uses Iran Attack to Bail Out of Domestic Issues
Orange Cheeto leaned into the Israeli Iran Conflict with his strongman mentality and initiated a bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities In a way with Israel having weakened the Iranian air defense with a large bombing campaign Cheeto decided that the risk would not be high to move ahead and help Netanyahu "finish the job" with the nuclear facility bombing The other factor is that Cheeto is taking domestic hits at home with his strongman immigration policies with losses in court so the “distract card” was played
Now we as a nation is hoping that this is it Cheeto elected to ignore the national intelligence community that Iran has enough enriched uranium to create an atomic bomb but did not have a bomb https://bit.ly/3GaRbBz This US attack will set back the Iranian uranium program for a year but not deter But Iran could have removed the enriched uranium to another secure site before the bombing occurred
Cheeto hopes that this is a one off but the Iranians are in this for the long haul This maybe another Iraq "weapons of mass destruction" except no one can prove that Cheeto was wrong that Iran had the bomb based on its enriched uranium stores But one thing is clear that Cheeto is going to go full bore on Iran hence America is at war
Distraction, from his BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ! And Midterms are happening now. Changes for this Administration. Listen to Mary Trump, she knows her uncle better than anyone else.
You got it, Maria!
Unfortunately the voting them out is going to be a problem, TACO is starting a war so that when it’s election time he will suspend the election and then he will declare himself Dictator, FDT
A few things, we have had elections during all our past wars, even the Civil war. Never even delayed. There is a lot of momentum in that, hard to make an even slightly credible excuse to suspend the election. Yeah, it is possible Trump is THINKING about the idea...
Trump is getting desperate, which does make him dangerous, but also means he senses he is losing. Yes, he will try, but I have faith that sufficient states will hold their election to make a difference. Here is a clue, All elections are managed by the states and the dates are set by law.
I still have a small hope that at least a few Republican politicians and judges are smart enough to realize that once Trump suspends elections, they are no longer important, in fact they will quickly be out of jobs.
It is quite possible, before the next election, Trump will no longer be coherent at all, lost to his cognitive decline, nothing more than a shell.
Change will not take place until the damage hits close to home. Very close.
WE hope. JD is more wimpy.
He won't make it to declare that. No way.
I sure hope you're right.
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Only one way to stop mumpf
Mayor Johnson has instructed police to arrest anyone wearing a mask that takes someone, for kidnapping.
That's a great idea. In fact ALL cities' mayors should do that. Obviously, those in the dump-supporting ones won't. We've got to make a start.
War everywhere you look this shit is insane and the republicans and congress do nothing! This is bullshit and this should Not be happening! wtf we shouldn’t continue talking about this Do Something!
The cult is the one controlling Trump. As Kevin Roberts (president of The Heritage Foundation) said in an interview, if anyone tries to stand in the way of Trump’s agenda (which is actally their's), they will lose their jobs. In Vance's words, they won't fair well. Trump bypassed Congress. Kevin Roberts also stated that we are in a bloodless 2nd American Revolution if the left wants it that way.
I hear you sir there’s always someone bigger and stronger.
Texae is Using this Auto license plate readers to Track Women who leave the State of Texas for Personal Reason 😡 We Need Impeach Abbott Out Of Office and Texas😡
Women of Texas Please Stay Safe; They (Legacy Media) isn't being Honest with the American People and are putting Women of Texas In Harm's Way 😡
Pubicans need to take note. If they don't start working together and doing their collective jobs with Dems, annihilation in the midterms and beyond. The TACO man can continue to slight DEMS but it will catch up to them in midterms and beyond. The momentum from No Kings should continue
Oh it will, July 4th there is something and more beyond that.
Sorry for all my negative commenting (as a result of fear), but hope we do make it to the midterms......and all the republiCRAPS get voted out of office.
Thank you for putting this up. Perhaps other states will step up to shut down the worst practices of our surveillance state. Or at least give it a shot. This is an issue that will end up in the Supreme Court. Can a state interfere with the use of surveillance technology against its citizens by another state or by the federal government? Anyone want to bet on how the Court will rule?
Once again I would like to thank all those progressives and others who could not bring themselves to vote for "that woman" in 2016.
And in 2024
Perhaps not as much, but it was there. 2016 was just egregious, though.
Well, depending on what comes out in Rockland County, maybe folks did vote for that woman after all....at least in 2024.
What is going on in Rockland County, I assume NY? I spent a lot of time there as a kid.
They are looking at irregularities in the vote, which suggest there was tampering with the digitized transfer of voting info at a deep level. Enough that it may be that Kamala Harris won after all...
Thank goodness for the dem AGs.
Right! about the incompetence in addition to the evil and cruelty
Ben, this is MAGA’s (NAZI) terrorist implementation of ethnic cleansing. You need to characterize this intent for what it is. Thanks.
Thank you to the gentleman from Illinois!
I hope he might run for president one day! Maybe with one of our dynamic Democratic party women as VP!
Or, vice versa!
We, the people, MUST stand strong & stand united!
The Fourth Reich is here.
Call. Write. Email. Protest. Unrelentingly.
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to those in your own state, as well as those in others. Use your voice and make some “good trouble” ❤️🩹🤍💙
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk
These ICE agents should be arrested by local agencies for no Badge/ID, being masked, no judicial warrants, for human trafficking/kidnapping. Utterly unacceptable this is happening. ARREST THEM!!
Bibi & orange one are killing people to stay out of jail... Supremes have you no shame?
Nope, none at all.
If you google the term malignant narcissist, you will see this totally describes him and his personality, which is absolutely scary as hell!
Trump has zero character, zero.
Let’s talk! Does Trump have much of anything?
No standards, no ethics, no morales, no class, no taste, and just a nobody!
Merely a CON MAN!
He’s a character from a never ending nightmare.
What are we doing about the war tRumps regime just got us into? Felonious 47 thinks he can command Iran into peace, l I keep that has ever worked. We had the JCPOA working out a peaceful resolution, so of course tRump pulls the US out and the whole thing falls apart, why because it was president Obamas deal and we know how tRump feels about him. Petty tRump to the rescue. Now we are at war period. Now what stupid shit will the stable genius do. All to distract from his big ugly authoritarian bill that will rip the country apart more then it is.
Why are those "ICE agents" not wearing ICE-labeled shirts, etc., and masks. They're note even from ICE! This suggests to me that their actions are not legal. I have to wonder if they're making the calls to lure people in and how they're getting the information.
IMPEACH and REMOVE the Danger From Within. Oh wait, Chuck Schumer is probably going to write another strongly worded letter telling TACO, we don't like any of this, while TACO giggles and tweets about the big beautiful BOMBS he dropped.🤬
JFC, IMPEACH and REMOVE NOW, before he decides to drop a bomb on Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago to "de-escalate" the "invasions."
Think it can't happen? Really? Do we have National Guard and Marines deployed to American cities against the wishes of Governors? Ever thought you'd see our Marines deployed against American citizens? TACO is dangerously senile and INSANE. IMPEACH and REMOVE him.
Actually Schumer stopped the part of the bill that overides the courts that mumpf wants so badly. Check Substack POLITICUS USA or Jason Easely I believe.
The crying and pleading of a woman, betrayed by our courts, was just heartbreaking. She was grabbing the door handles, trying to get back in. If the pain of these people does not move you, check your heart.
If it doesn't move you, unalive yourself because your soul is already dead.
When alleged(!) ICE or DOGE agents operate in plainclothes, often with faces covered, and without visible identification, even during routine immigration arrests, I think the time has come for state police to arrest them for their illegal activities. (But of course not if they arrive in uniform, faces uncovered, and with appropriate, visible identification.) Without proper identification, no one really knows where they come from or who they work for. Legally, federal agents do not always have to identify themselves, especially during undercover operations or certain investigative actions. However, when making arrests—particularly in public or private spaces—they generally must disclose their agency and purpose, unless doing so would endanger the operation or themselves.
Problems arise when agents blur the line between undercover work and enforcement, creating confusion and fear among the public (which, of course, the Trump fascist dictatorship very much wishes to create). So, I think the time has come for states to insist on proper identification by arresting those who do not provide appropriate identification. How interesting---and possibly productive in providing needed clarification at all levels---to follow the consequences of states doing that through the court cases that would immediately occur.
Hard to believe this is the US!! But this is the NEW REALITY!!!!! This is horrible!!
Definition of a tyrant (as quoted in "The Atlantic"): "A leader whonuses military force to suppress their political opposition." Such a person "forfeits the right to govern." And so it should be with our Hitler wannabe.
I believe we are getting a picture of how Hitler successfully managed to make havoc in his war of terror 🤬‼️☹️
The way primaries are normally held, the more 'dedicated' voters control who their candidates are. There are several Republican politicians who oppose Trump, it is just that the party has left them, cast them out. Many Republican voters consider it a part of their identity to vote Republican, and have long been taught how evil and destructive Democrats are. There are a number of Republicans who now preach opposition to Trump and as a rule, they no longer view Democrats as evil.
In general, these Republicans are intelligent (not just because they agree with us) with a moral center that Trump could not corrupt, at least not forever. You will not find any of these currently in office or positions of power.
Once upon a time Republicans were known for support of law and order, anti-drugs, smaller government, lower taxes and generally stability. But inside the party there were corrosive elements. Rich people who wanted their taxes much lower, less government oversight of their actions, no matter how harmful their actions were. Religious leaders who needed a crusade to grow their congregations and bring in larger contributions, they wanted power so they opposed abortions and gays.... Since the 60's, the racists joined the party and found a tolerant home for their intolerance. The power brokers who just wanted more power got organized, built 'think tanks', got lawyers, worked on getting judges under their control and recruiting more of them into the fold. They founded media empires and targeted their audience, developing their control over the decades, pushing them further every year. Along came Trump, a candidate with absolutely no principles, no morals, no policies, but with a strategy of anti-immigration (a policy the Republicans had been toying with for decades, but no intent on solving because their 'illegal immigrants' on the farms and other businesses were cheaper because of their lack of status. Trump just leaned into the hate, the fear, the anger. He was a bully who was telling all the haters etc what they wanted to hear, solely because he found they wanted to hear it. Trump hijacked their long developed plans and is now driving their train off the cliff and these power brokers are doing what they can to maintain what portion of power they can.
So, do not consider all Republicans your enemy, just the people who actively support Trump. Even some of those may have some redeeming features, but they have aligned with Trump, have chosen sides and until Trump is cast down from his pedastal (and maybe even after that) they will be part of his fascist takeover.
Thanks, it would help if you could name names of the most pro trumpers. At least the most egregious. Not Lyndsey Graham, whom we know changes his mind with every fart.
I’m so glad you brought in the Sec of State of Illinois. He’s the epitome of who we want & who is willing to stand up to bullies.
As a mother of 2 boys, I always taught them to be better than the average tough guy. My oldest son had to look out for his younger brother who was a premie and had special needs growing up, I know it taught him to be kind.
Trump is certainly a bully who feels the need to be the center of attention and look like a big tough guy, hence the rounding up of immigrants and dropping a bomb on Iran without congressional approval. The cowardly GOP who allow this behavior along with their constituents who may support them I’m appalled at.
Will the shooting stage of the Second Civil War will start in California? Or some other blue state?
If The Dictator Criminal Deranged Hateful Bimbo Psycho progresses any more, it most likely will. The police in these states need to get out there and protect all of these people, and......well.......take care of/shoot these masked Dump Gestapo traitors.
Glad to see the guy I voted for coming through.
Delaware HB 94
AN ACT AMENDING TITLES 10 AND 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
Original Synopsis:
This Act restricts law enforcement from cooperating with federal agencies conducting civil immigration enforcement activities at child-serving entities, places of worship, or health-care facilities without permission from the Attorney General. This Act only applies to State and local law enforcement and does not apply to or restrict the actions of federal law enforcement officers or agents. This Act does not apply to requests for or existing agreements for cooperation relating to criminal matters or civil matters that are not related to immigration enforcement. This Act does not restrict State or local law enforcement from cooperating in activities related to criminal immigration enforcement matters. This Act does not create any liability for State or local law enforcement. This Act is a substitute for and differs from HB 94 by broadening the types of facilities where state and local police or constable cooperation in civil law enforcement is limited and defining definitions of those facility types. This substitute also imposes a 48 hour deadline on the AG to respond to requests for cooperation and clarifies that if a request is not responded to within that time the request is authorized.
Those are NOT ICE AGENTS!!! They are Craig List Hires!!
Wondering whether they are Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, or another far right militia?
Those special patriots, pardoned and released from DC jail? Look it up!
Apparently, they don’t have $20.00 to buy the costume…
They could ask Kristi, the queen of cosplay or her own one woman show. She has enough to share.
Way are local police allowing masked men to run people down in their towns?
Un American.
ICE and Steven Miller are the ones that want ti put gear into communities
I would love the see Steven Miller scooped up by ice
Retaliation: Americans around the World could be soft targets for attacks by Iran! Also, American businesses and companies.
This battle has just begun. Did Trump ever think of diplomacy? Guess Trump is no diplomat!
He would need a functioning brain. There is a pebble in that ugly skull.
Of course the Dingbat didn't. Never was, isn't now, and never will be. All he knows is domination and power. He's determined to become the Hitler of the U.S. He's progressing faster than ever. Welcome to Germany 1930s-1945. History is definitely repeating itself.
ICE = Brown shirts
This is insane.
How can we make it stop?
I'd love to know, too. Hate to say it, but I think in some way our military should just REFUSE to do what the Hitler in the Oval Office commands them to do. That might be the only way.
Ben, thank you for having Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias on your video today.
Excellent broadcast. From a Canadian's perspective, what is going on in the US is unbelievably scary. The fact that no senators or congressmen/women are standing up to this bullying is incomprehensible. Your situation is explosive. You are heading toward a civil war. Kudos to Meidas! Who will implement article 25?
Not the 47 gang for sure.
Dictator LYING Conspiracy Theorist Nutjob Donnie NEEDS TO BE in Prison today!
So MAGA Republicans no longer believe in Small Government?
Excellent question. Remember--they only want small government when it's convenient for them.
Oh?
Sorry, Roberto --worded that wrong! You can see how upset/angry I am about this mess! Yes, the republiCRAPS are the ones who want gib government when it's convenient for them.............
These masked vigilantes need to be blocked at every turn. Many are bounty hunters with no law enforcement background who are being paid by the number of bodies snatched. One hopeful scene on a video clip earlier today: the townspeople were in the streets blocking the ICE idiots with their bodies and vehicles. Even the fire department got involved, racing their truck through with lights flashing and sirens blaring. This is just the start of what it’s going to take. We can’t back down!
Horrific times we're living in worldwide
Time for the blue states to do something drastic.
***TO ALL THE MAINSTREAM F*CKED UP NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS & THE F*CKING SPINELESS, SELF-INTERESTED COWARDS IN THE PEOPLES' HOUSE & SENATE WHO BACK THIS ORANGE CANCER ***
STOP NORMALIZING A TOTAL F*CKING, LYING, MENTALLY ILL, MODERN DAY WANNABE HITLER!!!
PUTTING ALL AMERICANS, INCLUDING OUR MILITARY MEN & WOMEN STATIONED IN THE MIDDLE EAST & AROUND THE WORLD, IN GREAT DANGER!!!
TRUMP ALSO USURPED HIS AUTHORITY BY BYPASSING "THE WAR POWERS ACT" OF "OUR UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION!!!
THIS LEGISLATION, TO DECLARE WAR ON ANOTHER SOVEREIGN NATION, HAS TO FIRST BE APPROVED BY A CLEAR MAJORITY OF VOTES IN THE CONGRESS & THE SENATE!
NOW IS THE TIME TO INVOKE THE 25TH AMENDMENT, RULE 9 & ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT!!
IT'S WAY PASSED THE TIME TO TOPPLE THIS W.H. HUB OF CRIMINALITY!
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You don’t see this on mainstream media
Get these guys out of office. They are putting everyones life in great danger.
This government is for all the people to take care of the people help the people. Not for these clowns to intimidate people and get their pockets filled. We are watching them listening to them doing all these crimes. They are doing their crimes under the name of this government. It is beyond broken and sad.
They started this Iran war because they got dog walked by Netanyahu.
I did not know Alex G. Was a pro basketball player. I even voted for him. Mostly because all it took was a D as I only vote for D’s because of what we are dealing with now. We can talk about some D’s because not all of them are so good in the backrooms, take Madigan. These politicians are entrusted to have all the masses best interest in mind. To just do the best they can to balance companies, interests, limit infringement on corporations on all things. While keeping all citizens able to strive for a better life. Fairness. Good Alex came on your program. TY Alex a life long Illinoisian.
If they are doing something for the American people then they should be in uniform and why cover their faces if they're doing something for the American people then the American people need to know who their heroes or villains are they cover their face because they are ashamed of the idiocy that they are perpetuating if ice wants criminals tell them to send the letter to every Pl police stations and have the police stations send them all the files on gang members and those associated with gangs it's that simple why are they making such a mess out of this it is not a complicated thought I would think that anybody that was in Washington should be able to understand the logic behind the suggestion but then I forgot Trump is a felon and he feels his cabinet with felons so what do you expect crooks will stand together
You both are cool men. Thank you!
I do not see where any of the American citizens are being protected or taken care of by this government. This REGIME IS EVIL It is time to take real action against this regime talking is not working. Taco man does what ever he wants whenever he wants and however he wants. There is no representation for the people any more. We need to represent ourselves. This is war. People sren't going to take this much more. We are going to start to resist a lot differently now. It is us against them now. Do not think differently. Taco man and his regime is the NAZZI PARTY WELCOME TO HITLERS WORLD. Push back by words is NOT WORKING! It is time for a real fight.
I think that we should all dress like ICE agents and escourt our immigrant friends and neighbors to and from court. People please carry your teasers and use them. This is war! No holds bard.
Excellent idea!!!!!!
The Repubs are all salivating over themselves at the chance to leapfrog over jd for their chance at power after donnie croaks. They don't care if there's no America to "authoritate" over. They just want their shot.
Masked Ice Agents with no identification grabbing people is unacceptable. How long until we hear about our first hostage for ransom or rape carried out by villains posing ad Ice Agents. Oh my gosh! This can’t be allowed to continue.
On the issue of masked Ice Agents roaming the streets and grabbing people, how do we know they are Ice Agents? Any one could dress up like the so-called Ice Agents and grab people and hold them hostage or rape them. How is that allowed to happen?
When people are afraid to show their faces, they know they are doing something illegal.
Thanks you Ben: Yes a true blue Nazi , fascist state. Round up the brown populace and ship them off. Using masked ICE gestapo agents slithering around in groups like vile vultures picking on the hard working immigrant. The folks that are showing up at the immigration centers and doing things the right way. They are all the low paid exploited workers of American, jobs that the so called elite would not do. They are keeping the economy going and paying taxes. This action has Stephen Millers pathetic finger prints all over it. He is a true White Supremacist , Nazi. One of the worst vile , evil men on the planet constantly chewing on the ear of the wana be dictator Trump. Mr. Miller has told SS General Homan to step up the pace and get the deportation quota up. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is doing courageous work inhibiting the use of license plate readers but what is stopping the gestapo from secretly getting the information gathered by these means. Its hard to imagine Texas is tracking women going out of state to get medical assistance. Some states also want to track women's menstrual cycle, For what reason?? The little fellow Mein Anführer Donald just had to sent seven B2 bombers into Iranian air space to destroy nuclear facilities . He actually needed to shift the focus and distract the American citizens from all the draconian acts happening in America . Stand tall and keep up the protests.
They’re only doing this in the blue states, and I think it will fail miserably before all is said and done. Steven Miller is one sick, twisted dude who thinks a minimum of 3,000 per day should be deported, with no concern for due process. When there’s no food for their tables maybe they’ll come to their senses! Or not. Onward we fight to defeat the monsters in control.
Meidas team. You’re amazing and your constant honest presence gives us hope. I like that you’re drilling down to the state level. It would be great if you could talk to our governor, Josh Stein. Gov Stein is a good democrat who’s inherited a Republican congress with a super majority. He and his New Democrat AG are constantly theatres by the GOP. And you might recall that this same GOP had Mark Robinson on the ticket in 2024…you might recall his campaign platform that ‘some people need killin’ . Please help if you can.
The surveillance is Peter Theil and Palantir. Elon got all our data and Theil is making a police state. That’s why we have to fight back. This is bulls**t.
MAGA-Mean A**holes Gutting/Gustapo America
They’re for certain “States Rights”!
Only the ones THEY like.
We all know why there face covered these are dumps deputized j6rs
We must stand up and fight back!
Both his parents had dementia as does he. Only gets worse. At it own pace. Watch.
Ty Ben
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Trump wants to be Hitler, but he will never be, because he's too unintelligent!!!
Trump wins in multiple ways with this insanity: his poll numbers will improve, people will stop talking about the MAGA Murder Bill, he swamped the elation we felt after our marches, etc. Same old shit, round and round and round.
concerning the coming of Iran. United States Urges China to Tell Iran Not to Close Strait of Hormuz. IRAN, CLOSE THE FUCKING STRAIT MAKES GAS HIGH LIKE IT WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE $5 A GALLON. it too started as a lie. And it was Nantanyahoooo who told bush now telling trump. they need to arrest Nantanyahooo and bury him in prison, he likes trust is avoiding being in prison. what sick fucks!
ICE is Gestapo!!!!!!
Most of my friends are seriously ANTI TRUMP. HOWEVER THEY ARE FRIGHTENED BY THE THOUGHT OF BODILY HARM THREATENED BY DONALD TRUMP. UNLIKELY, BUT TRUMP ALWAYS LEADS BY TRUMP.
We need to bring our voice to more international outlet and show them what Trump regime is doing let’s show them all our spineless rebublican puppets and let’s make Trump his cabin ate an international laughing stock. I have been told by European family they only see highlights but not our internal conflict as big beautiful bill that would cripple our constitution.
I wonder the real reason the republicans are staying silent. If he becomes a Dictator he won’t need them anymore ! They can run from The Monster but you can’t hide. Maybe they want him as Dictator. Most of the Democrats voted no on going forward on Impeachment proceedings. Lisa Murkowski was interviewed on Alex Padilla getting hand cuffed and she acted like she didn’t care. She was like a cold robot. These people have no feelings, no conscious, they are like molds of Trump as if they are really Elons Robots. Scary
ICE or Prowed Boys
Stop calling them “ICE” agents!! They are Masked gang members and thugs! They have NO authority to kidnap people off the street!! This IS NOT legal!! Watch the language you use! STOP giving them credibility!! You’re normalizing this in the way you cover. “I guess deputized” you should know - not guess!!! This is where our civil war is going to begin because someone is going to get shot. This needs to stop now. No different than Briwn shirts in Nazi Germany
Remember when republicans were pushing states rights? Gone.
Don't be optimistic! Be really angry! Fight! Bring in the EU!
Trump doesn't want a republic! Look what it took to stop Hitler!! That's what it takes to stop trump!
When will Democratic politicians understand that passing laws will NOT stop the illegal actions of the trump regime? It takes real forces to stop the gestapo thugs, and the thugs running them. We ARE under authoritarianism. It is here NOW.
Deadbeat Donnie's just stroking his own ego trying to feel like a tough guy by using other people's bravery to shore up his insecure opinions of himself. He's such an insecure little toddler that he thinks that hitting others first is how you start a negotiation process. The Art of The Deal is I'll punch you in the face so we can talk it really is that moronic with this petty little child that's so insecure that he lashes out with biggest stick he can find. He's nothing more than sociopathic narcissist with rampant pedophillc libido that's outside of his control. There's a lunatic in the oval office that needs to be institutionalized to protect the public from his predatory behavior.
I have always said that Trump wants to fight a war and a small one isn't enough. He will be responsible for starting WWIII.
I am praying I am wrong.
This Secretary of State is, well, I have no words to describe someone so outside the norms of this time in our lives. Intelligence, empathy, proactive, strategic, the list goes on.
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Masked agents kidnap people right off crowded streets without any legal documents! This is Trump's PROTO-GESTAPO!!!!
Thank you Illinois
Thank you for having Alexi Giannoulias on your show; I had never heard of him, but wow, what an intelligent, relatable, empathetic, intelligent, beautiful human.
I wish Michigan would follow the same laws as Illinois for the tracking of license plates. Unfortunately, too many repugs in power right now. If only we could fast forward time to get them out of office!!
💙🏆💙Time for urban groups to stand with the Resistance? In New York Trump called up gang members of the Bloods and the Crips on the campaign trail. He complimented them (stupid) on their grills, saying, "I gotta get my teeth like that." Really? They're criminals, but so is he.
When Kanye West and his pal had dinner at Mar-A-Lardo, and it raised questions, the very next day, Dumpty declared, "The black guy set me up." In Chicago, the Nation of Islam is resident there, so why are they silent? Same question for Latin groups, bikers, and any others harmed by this Gestapo takeover.
As Dumpty, Miller, and Flynn (plus others) continue to assault America, the movement could be thwarted if folks who've been the targets of other illegal activities (for generations in many cases) decide to call a truce and link arms. During the Underground Railroad, white people were hanged for helping slaves--yet it's hardly ever mentioned. They were heroic in trying to help their fellow humans. Today, we have a monster in the most powerful office in America. No one is safe. Those who openly support him are not safe, either.
The worst nightmare for MAGA could be someone on the inside finding out their loved one was harmed or, for a member of his security detail, discovering the same thing concerning their family, friends, or other loved ones.
Remember! The enemy of tyranny is unity. So long as divide and conquer go unchallenged, people will suffer.
I wouldn't rule out the Donald would get a Nobel Prize! How does a Queens Mob Boss get what he wants? Threaten them maybe with a lawsuit? Turn it upside down from with in? Gut it? Fire the leadership?
TACO felt his EGO was criticised! So despite the claim there wasn't a risk from intelligence saying it wasn't a risk? He needed to act like most any malignant ignorant Narcist would do! Bomb Iran! Then claim success before its confirmed success!
2025 plan has items being checked off Folks! 2026 and 2028 voting with Donald able to gain National Guard control
Despite what the Blue State Governors want? Do the lame brain military leaders praising Don for his genius dare tell Donald you don't need 4000 Guard and Marines for one federal building? Will he keep them there for 2026 voting control?? Impeach Slime Donald?! Get his fat lazy ass out of here?!
I was shocked but then again these are most corrupt families in the world. This should be front and center news everyday all over the world....
The great plan of Trump, Kusher, Saudi Arabia, and more...
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Such a great podcast with the Secretary of State of Illinois🇺🇸🇺🇸💙
The Republicans are afraid to speak up for their Constituents due to what trump can do to them!!!!
Republican's are "COWARDS", "WEAK", and should not be in Congress or the Senate.
When the midterms come, don't be surprised if all of them are VOTED OUT AND DEMOCRATS will take over. THEN THEY BROUGHT THIS ON THEMSELVES!!!
Isn’t that entrapment?
DISGUSTING
QUOTAS/COLOR!
How do ICE agents live with themselves? How can they go to work and NOT do what they were trained to do… seek out criminals, not innocent people?
The other side has claimed they have been threatened with more than just being primaried since the first term, so were afraid to vote for impeachment. They fear MAGA supporters more than Frumpy.
Icydk, before the election last November, Texas legislators announced to the media they were crafting legislation to make it legal for women to receive the death penalty as a sentence for women found guilty of having an abortion, regardless of why, regardless of where. There are women that have been incarcerated for abortion care already. In one case, a woman has a miscarriage, which was verified by doctors was a miscarriage, not an abortion. She was arrested and charged anyway.
I think it is getting to be time for The Barricades to happen. It has to be coordinated, shared only via private messaging. Just show up in the areas most infiltrated by Ice, certain day, certain time. No guns!!! Just surround them and terrify them. Study the French Revolution. Old ideas can become new again. Flags would be good because they have sticks for self defense. You have to use their own tactics against them because it would not be expected. Can't get distracted, fight and 8647.
Ben, call them what they are, BOUNTY HUNTERS!
Arrest ICE
Of Course...!!! This Is Scary..!! Why Do You Think These Deep Republicans Are Embracing A.I....????😮😮 ! RIGHT NOW IN China They Have Retinal Scanners AND The Vest Majority Of Citizens Are Entered In The System...!!! 😮😮 A SINGLE Camera Can Scan You !! Your Eyes !! From Distance !! And The Government Knows Who You Are !! And Everything They Have On File Of YOU..!!! SO With DOGE. !! Stealing Our Information !! It Won't Take Much To Link With A.I. Camera's !!? Or TRAFFIC CAMERAS..??? And Know Everything About You..!! Of Course The Republicans Are Scared They Will Lose Their Jobs..!! Or Not Get Elected..!! So How Many Civil Liberties Did We Loose After 911...???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Does Anyone Really Know If We Have A Right To Privacy Anymore ....???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I Know One thing..!! After This Mess ! We Need To Lose A Political Party....??????..!!
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What motivates ICE to do such a shameful job? I want to see the ones following illegal orders arrested and face a judge who understands how serious the kidnappings are.
What trump and his administration are doing is committing War Crimes!
Tell me why the courts arent putting people in jail and/or major fine for contempt. This has gone on too long. Why not use the war power act to force a vote on the war. This would put republican lawmakers in an awkward position of voting for a war that is immensely unpopular and show the public and the people what the gop really stands for. I don't think the meidas touch reads these comments because I never hear anything
What I do not see are the gang members that should be targeted. But gang members have guns and would fight back so the ICE agents do not want to be hurt now, do they?
They're only going after "Blue States". It's so outrageous!
Trump = Netanyahu. Different ages, but both are running from the law for their nefarious acts. I want to add that Donny is not demented. He is, however, mean and cruel. May they both,and their entire staff be HAGUED very very soon!
A distraction, he causes so much pain and suffering everywhere. Don't let his evil plan work; keep up the protests. It's a trick to draw you away from what is happening in America. Are the ice workers X -Ku Klux Klan members? Bad people, heartless, racists.
Thank you to the Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias for standing up against this madness. He is so correct in his assessment of Congress. The willful blindness they are participating in will be a detriment to us all. Once the regime has total control, Congress and Senate will be irrelevant and then kicked to the curb. They will have no future in politics because they won't be needed.
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People who relish in hate, cruelty and pain are Narcissistic Personality Disordered Psychotic Sociopaths who deserve to be sedated, put into straitjackets, carted off to the local psychiatric ward, locked 🔒 up in a cell forever.
This Orwellian BS. F🖕🏻CK the FASCIST FREAKS‼️
Gilead but without High Commander Lawrence and Commander Blaine.
These cities need to employ their sheriff offices and detain the masked people who are terrifying the citizens
Chances are they don't even have the authority to arrest these people!
If they get a couple of them, they can make them talk to find out what their mission is and who's paying them!
Blue states like mine (IL) may have to come together in ways never before anticipated to protect the people who oppose this path to submission.
While I agree with what was said I found it truly unfortunate that Alexi felt the need to describe someone's appearance in a negative way as if his appearance was the problem. This is negative stereotyping and exactly the kind of behavior that ICE is exhibiting when they look for Latinos to apprehend. Let's recognize that this kind of language will alienate people who would otherwise be supportive of what Alexi and Ben are saying.
Yes, good job Illinois!!!
Good job on getting in front of improper use of the cameras. Law enforcement here in Florida got them installed about year ago to catch "people who have not paid their vehicle citations....
We have to pay attention all the time. It is a constant barrage of insanity. Exhausting, but we have to stay strong to keep pushing back.
Great interview.
I did not know that about the license plates.
I am so sorry your country is going through this despicable bullshit now because people were stupid enough to vote that piece of shit in. I'm sorry but the world is laughing at you but at least my country Canada is finding sane countries to align with while protecting ourselves.
Love, love, love Alexi! He's the real deal!
We need to stand up and gain control of our house and senate if we are to bring this regime down. Please vote so we can be a democracy once again. Thank you to Illinois Secretary of State Alex Giannoulias for protecting your people. We need more people like you in every state.
These ice agents need to be stopped. In the BBB there is over one billion dollars to fund them. This needs to be voted down, with no funds for ice. Democrats and Republicans need to take that out and give it to Medicare, Medicad, etc. And while they are at it they need to tax the rich. Forget the tax breaks for them. I suspect that many of the Republicans that are supposed to be serving their people are, also, the ones that are getting the tax breaks. A double whammy - getting paid to NOT do their jobs and voting to make more money with tax breaks. What fuc__ng corruption. No respect for their country, nor their peoples.
Decent people need to organize around a plan to push back. As unlawful tactics are being used, does it not loosen means by which people can protect themselves? These people are essentially being kidnapped. What's proportional resistance?
Illinois Secretary of State a great man of character for sure!! We should all strive to be like him!!
That's not ICE.
There’s a lot to be angry about Drumpf for, but I think I’m angriest about his secret police and the way he kidnaps law-abiding immigrants.
He’s a braggart! with power!
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We are IN a FASCIST state. Wake up and get ready for more authoritarian…stand up and march again…we need to SHOW up
Another excellent interview! Gotta love Illinois!! We need more states with like thinking!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🖐️🖐️HANDS OFF!!🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪ELBOWS UP!!🇨🇦🥰🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙NO KINGS!!🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙 PUSH BACK AMERICA!!🖐️🖐️🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙
Simply because they’re all a part of this “coup”!
That's our guy, Alexi!
So pathetic! This has got to be sopped!
Agree totally!💯💯💯💯💯💯
TACO better talk about Chicago like it's a war. He is stupid as fuck. ICE put their boots on the streets like they do in L.A.?????? Them boots will be found empty. TACO is an idiot, but them ICE punks are not! FAFO
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