228: Mr.Bright Shiny Thing
#SistersInLaw
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🗓️ 22 March 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to call out the Trump administration for its use of the Alien Enemy Act to deport supposed gang members, explain its similarities to other efforts to dehumanize minorities and review the questionable reasoning and due process behind the removals. Then, the #Sisters expose MAGA’s war on the judges standing up for the Constitution, discuss how the judicial branch acts as a check on the executive, and determine if their attempts at impeachment are valid. They also tear into the DOD’s effort to remove BIPOC from its history and emphasize the importance of diversity to our civic health and national security.
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| 0:31.9 | The link is in our show notes. Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Jill Wine Banks, Barb McQuaid, and me, Joyce fans. |
| 0:49.7 | Kim is off this week. She'll be back next week, and that's a good thing because we need her expertise. |
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| 1:14.0 | This week, we have a lot to talk about. We'll start with the Alien Enemy Act. I think |
| 1:19.8 | everyone's concerned with that this week. We'll also talk about the call by Trump cronies to impeach |
| 1:25.4 | federal judges and the disturbing attempt at DOD and elsewhere |
| 1:29.4 | to erase history and specifically to erase BIPOC history. So before we get into this sort of deep |
| 1:37.0 | and heavy show, the times we live in certainly aren't conducive to laughing as much as we all like to. |
| 1:44.1 | But I wanted to ask you guys, I mean, y'all, the pollen is out here, |
| 1:47.8 | which is to say the flowers are out and the trees are getting green. And it's spring break. |
| 1:52.7 | And my kids are older. So we don't necessarily have the ability to get everyone in the same week |
| 1:57.8 | and check out. But I still like to travel with the kids. So I'm interested, |
| 2:02.5 | what are your favorite trips? Spring break trips, other trips, what should I be thinking about doing |
| 2:07.0 | with my small fry and my not-so-small-frii? Jill, what's your favorite? Well, as you all know, |
| 2:12.8 | I love really adventure travel and exotic travel. But I have to say when you mentioned just now |
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