Diabolical America
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This week in immigration, Trump announced his plans to appoint Mark Morgan to head ICE, while former White House chief-of-staff John Kelly joined the board of a company that runs detention centers for migrant children. Maria and Julio are joined by Andrea González-Ramírez, senior news and politics writer with Refinery29, and All-Star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter with The Root, to discuss. Plus, they talk Trump’s phone call with Putin, and the latest 2020 update.
ITT Staff Picks:
- Terrell Jermaine Starr writes that Joe Biden has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do, from The Root.
- Andrea González-Ramírez interviews Rachel Lears, director of the new Netflix documentary, Knock Down the House, from Refinery29.
- Read about the congressional map in Ohio that was ruled illegal for gerrymandering, from the New York Times. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
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| 0:25.0 | Where are the cybersecurity measures that this White House is spearheading in order to make sure that our elections are safe and secure. |
| 0:34.5 | None that I have heard of. |
| 0:35.7 | O' |
| 0:37.0 | Hey! |
| 0:38.0 | Yo, what's up, welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:39.9 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture |
| 0:42.1 | from a POC perspective. |
| 0:43.4 | I'm a little pissed off today. |
| 0:46.0 | What about you? |
| 0:47.0 | Wow, I was about to say, I'm Julio Rickel-Lober-E-Loe-Larela, and then I heard your emotions. |
| 0:52.8 | I'm sorry you're pissed off, Maria. |
| 0:54.4 | Well, we have some things to talk about, but I'm happy to be here with all of my dear listeners. |
| 0:58.6 | Okay, that's good. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm happy that a pissed off Maria is happy to be here. |
| 1:01.9 | That's good. Heck yes, because we've also got brilliant guests with us today. |
| 1:05.6 | Hello. |
| 1:07.0 | Joining us from San Juan Puerto Rico where she is in her parents home, |
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