Chicago Fights Back

What A Day

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🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A federal judge once again blocked the Trump Administration from sending the National Guard to Portland over the weekend — but if Trump is successful in the courts, Portlanders can look to the great city of Chicago for a preview of what may be in store. Since ICE began operations in September, there have been violent raids on apartment buildings and near-constant activity from aggressive federal agents rounding up immigrants who are being kept in facilities reportedly full of cockroaches and with horrifying examples of overcrowding. And, in some cases, US citizens are getting detained, too. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has faced the brunt of Trump’s attacks on the city, while also reckoning with Chicago’s crime rate and affordability crises that many big cities also face. We sat down with the Mayor to talk about what it’s been like to face down the President while trying to manage the nation’s third-largest city. And in headlines, President Trump’s tariffs are at the Supreme Court this week, a rundown of the high-profile Election Day races, and 20 Democratic-led states sue the Trump administration over a rule that could block certain public servants from getting their student loans forgiven.

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, November 4th, happy election day, and happy birthday to my dad.
0:06.9	I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, the show celebrating House Speaker Mike Johnson's commitment to never seeing or hearing or knowing anything about anything ever.
0:15.1	Here he is Monday with another stirring example while talking to CNN's Manu Raju.
0:19.9	Last week, you were very critical of Joe Biden's
0:23.4	using the auto panic and he parted.
0:25.7	He said he didn't even know when he was pardoning.
0:27.5	The last time in 60 minutes,
0:29.2	the president, President Trump, admitted not knowing
0:31.8	he parted a crypto billion,
0:34.3	guilty to money laundering.
0:37.4	Is that also concerned me? I don't know anything about that. I didn't see the interview. You have to money laundering. Is that also concerned?
0:38.8	I don't know anything about that.
0:40.0	I didn't see the interview.
0:40.9	You have to ask the president about that.
0:42.1	I'm not sure.
0:43.5	He never is.
0:51.1	On today's show, it's Election Day in America.
0:54.0	Get out to vote and plant the seeds of good news that we can harvest for you later.
0:58.7	And Trump hopes for terrific news from the Supreme Court that will determine the legality of his favorite stick.
1:05.1	I did not write that joke.
1:07.2	But let's start with immigration and immigration and customs enforcement.
1:11.4	A federal judge once again blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon over the weekend.
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