by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis | Jun 12, 2026 | Epstein, ICE, Inequality Watch, Politics and Movements: US, Trump, video
As part of our continuing coverage of Trump’s multi-pronged push to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections, we have been talking to a variety of voices on what they fear most from the administration. In this discussion with Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, he accuses the Trump administration of constructing a private police force within the federal government and seeking to fund an extrajudicial efforts to also interfere with free and fair elections.
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Production: Taya Graham/Stephen Janis
Post-Production: David Hebden
Transcript
The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. It will be updated as soon as possible.
Stephen Janis:
At the Real News Network, we have been covering the threat to midterm elections. Now, we came to the Networks Conference here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to speak to Congressman Jamie Raskin. When he told us about what he thinks might happen in November should scare all of us. You know, you introduced a Blanche Act, is that what it’s called? Yes. Yeah. So the Senate just passed the reconciliation bill and did nothing to it. So what are your thoughts at this moment that can be done to prevent it and what are your concerns about this slush fund that has been proposed by the Trump administration?
Rep. Jamie Raskin:
Well, the vast majority of Americans reject the idea that the Trump regime should be able to take 1.776 billion of taxpayer money and give it to convicted criminals, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and other extremists who tried to storm or who stormed the Capitol and tried to overthrow a presidential election. It’s outrageous and it violates about a dozen different federal laws and constitutional provisions. So
by Sasha Abramsky | Jun 10, 2026 | DHS, Donald Trump, FIFA, ICE, News Analysis, Soccer, tourism, Trump Administration, World Cup
Since Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the number of international travelers visiting the United States has fallen by more than 5 percent. The number of Canadians visiting the country has plummeted by more than 20 percent. All told, the fall-off in international tourism has translated into a decline of $8.4 billion in tourists’ spending in the U.S. The World Travel and Tourism Council…
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by Marianne Dhenin | Jun 10, 2026 | Deportation, Deportations, due process, Habeas, habeas corpus, ICE, immigration, immigration jails, mass deportation, mass deportations, News, Resistance, Trump Administration
Coalitions of attorneys, rights groups, and other organizations are developing a powerful new infrastructure to challenge the Trump administration’s mass deportation machine. Several so-called habeas projects have been created in states or regions across the country in recent months to connect noncitizens facing unlawful detention with pro bono attorneys who can file habeas corpus petitions on…
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by Kelly Hayes | Jun 10, 2026 | Conflict Of Interest, Corruption, David Venturella, Elon Musk, GEO Group, ICE, Mehmet Oz, Op-Ed, Trump Administration, Trumpism
In May, former GEO Group executive David Venturella became the acting director of ICE. Venturella’s ascent marked the latest victory for GEO Group, a behemoth in the world of private prisons and detention centers, which saw its annual profit rise nearly eightfold during the first year of Trump’s second term. After years of weaving its profit-making machinery into the fabric of the prison…
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by Emily Drabinski | Jun 9, 2026 | censorship, ICE, libraries, News, Organizing
Like many urban systems, the Chicago Public Library (CPL) offers robust support for immigrant communities: collections in multiple languages, English language and citizenship classes, and voting rights events. In October 2025, as the invasion of Chicago by federal forces ramped up, the Uptown branch hosted an ICE-alert kit making event, inviting the public to assemble packets of whistles and zines…
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by Maximillian Alvarez | Jun 8, 2026 | Economy and Inequality, ICE, Israel, labor, Palestine, Podcast, Politics and Movements: US, Unions, Working People
At a live event hosted at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Baltimore, Maryland, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez got to sit down for a deep and wide-ranging conversation with Chris Smalls, co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Alvarez and Smalls discuss Smalls’ new book, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class; they recount the incredible story of the formation of the Amazon Labor Union and the unionization of the first Amazon warehouse in the US; and they talk about Smalls’ journey from warehouse worker and labor organizer to becoming an internationally recognized public figure and a human rights activist who has sailed with humanitarian flotilla missions to Gaza and Cuba.
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Chris Smalls X page and Instagram
Chris Smalls, Penguin Random House, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class
Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “Chris Smalls: Sabotage attempts and death threats won’t stop Gaza Freedom Flotilla”
Featured Music:
Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song
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Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
Transcript
The following rushed transcript may contain errors. It will be updated as soon as possible.
Maximillian Alvarez:
All right Welcome everyone to Working People, a podcast about the lives, jobs, dreams, and struggles of the working class today. Working People is a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network and is brought to you in partnership with In These Times Magazine and the Real News Network. This show is produced by Jules Taylor and made possible by the support of listeners like you. My name is Maximillian Alvarez and we’ve got a really special episode for y’all today, which is a recording of a live event
