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This is Michael Cohen, and you're listening to the one and only Maya Culp a podcast right here on the Mighty Midas Touch Network.

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But now for the news.

Look, today, the United States is navigating a perfect storm of political, economic, and social crises, each, each one of them

exposing deep fissures in governance, civil liberties, and the fabric of our democracy.

At the center of this maelstrom is a political government shutdown, looming as House Republicans

push this contentious six-month funding bill laden with

14 billion in cuts to the IRS and 20 billion slash from climate programs. A move that critics are

arguing is less about fiscal responsibility and more about appeasing the far-right Freedom Caucus.

This stopgap measure, while avoiding immediate shutdown, it risks alienating moderate Republicans

and Democrats alike, leaving federal workers in swing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan

vulnerable to furloughs and economic uncertainty.

Meanwhile, ICE's mass deportation machinery, it just grinds forward, targeting a daily arrest

quota of 1,875 individuals. That's a 400% increase over current arrest rates, despite logistical nightmares, legal challenges,

and economic problems.

Now the plans to expand detention capacity to 100,000 beds using private contractors like

CoreC Civic and military bases,

such as Guantanamo Bay or Fort Bliss,

it underscores the administration's militarized approach

to immigration enforcement.

Yet here's the thing,

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