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On today's show, the shutdown continues with no end in sight. The November elections are a month away, and this week we're going to talk about Gavin Newsom's ballot measure here in California to neutralize Republican gerrymandering.

And then you'll hear Tommy's interview with Ben Smith at Semaphore about the impact of Barry Weiss taking over at CBS News, how Donald Trump's media filter may be impacting his decisions, and whether the ABC News Jimmy Kimmel saga has changed corporate media.

But let's start with the president's war against Blue America, which has now come to Chicago and Portland.

I'll just quickly go through the

facts of what's been happening on the ground, and then you guys can respond. In Chicago,

armed federal agents have been engaged in military-style immigration raids. They're calling

Operation Midway Blitz. Last week, Black Hawk helicopters landed on a south side apartment building in the

middle of the night where about 100 agents in tactical gear used flashbang grenades to bust

through the residence doors, dragged them outside, including legal residents and U.S. citizens,

including children, some naked, and zip tied them together for hours. No warrants, no

lawyers, kids crying, separated from their families. They have also deployed tear gas outside

schools and on streets, not just against peaceful protesters, but people who were just passing

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