ITT Sound Off: Obvious Criminality

In The Thick

Futuro Media

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio discuss the latest House committee hearing on the January 6 attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol. They also get into a commemorative coin that’s been circulating, which shows Border Patrol agents chasing Haitian migrants on horseback, and they reflect on the 10 year anniversary of DACA. Finally, they unpack the special election in South Texas, where Republican Mayra Flores won the congressional seat.

ITT Staff Picks:

“If the coins are connected to Border Patrol agents, they could become the latest example of what immigrant advocates have said is a prevalence of offensive humor within the ranks, after Facebook posts making fun of dead migrants and lawmakers surfaced in 2019,” reports Hamed Aleaziz for the LA Times.
Rommel H. Ojeda at Documented spoke to Dreamers who share that they are in a state of anxiety because of DACA’s uncertainty, and that the program is not enough.
Mayra Flores’ win in South Texas’ 34th congressional district shows how Republicans have been working to flip the region, reports Patrick Svitek for The Texas Tribune.

Photo credit: AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:25.9	Hey what's up fam from futuro media and prx.
0:37.3	It's in the thick.
0:38.3	I'm Maria Inohosa.
0:39.5	And I'm Julio Higalo-Varela, and this is ITT Sound Off.
0:43.3	And listen, there's some weird sounds in the background.
0:45.8	They're replacing our front door because you know, our door is like a hundred years old
0:50.6	in the apartment.
0:52.1	I also have Benito with me on my lap.
0:54.1	So if you hear a little dog barking, you know, Benito, that third gohoseva in the thick.
0:58.3	There you go.
0:59.3	Benito, get some credit.
1:00.3	So let's get to our first topic, which is this kind of incredible moment in our country
1:06.0	that we're living through, which is the committee hearings on the January 6th attempted coup
1:11.2	at the US Capitol.
1:13.2	I think my biggest regret is that I've had to work so hard this week in the office.
1:18.6	Yeah.
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