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Buckle up for “DeProgram,” where hosts John Kiriakou and Ted Rall rip into the Trump administration’s explosive deportation policies, slicing through the chaos of immigration news. This episode unpacks three jaw-dropping stories rocking the nation, exposing the raw edge of America’s border crackdown.
First, the gut-wrenching case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father wrongly deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison despite a 2019 court order, with a federal judge blasting the administration for flouting the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Next, Trump’s team brazenly shares photos of alleged Venezuelan gang members, shaved and shackled in Salvadoran cells, igniting outrage and chilling Abu Ghraib comparisons from human rights groups. Finally, a Texas federal judge slams the brakes on Venezuelan deportations, revealing flaws in Trump’s reliance on a 1798 wartime law to expel migrants, sparking fierce legal battles. Kiriakou, a CIA whistleblower, and Rall, a fearless cartoonist, deliver razor-sharp analysis, dissecting the policies’ human toll, from shattered families to courtroom showdowns. With over 32,000 arrests since January 2025, a $6 million deal to outsource detainees to El Salvador, and 350 reported deaths in CECOT, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Why is the administration doubling down on defiance? How are communities, from Maryland to Texas, fighting back? This episode is a must-watch for anyone hungry for unfiltered truth on America’s immigration firestorm.
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“Next, Trump’s team brazenly shares photos of alleged Venezuelan gang members, shaved and shackled in Salvadoran cells, igniting outrage and chilling Abu Ghraib comparisons from human rights groups.”
Refresh my memory. What was the fallout for Abu Ghraib? How many presidents were impeached? And our policy on detention? It surely closed down Gitmo, right?
No one wants to admit it, I think. But Trump’s doing exactly what the vast majority of the power elite are A-OK with. Bullying the weak, taking care of the wealthy. Does anyone really — I mean really? — think that Pelosi or Biden or Clinton (either) really cared about any of this stuff? Even when the dems were “in charge,” it all still went merrily along.
Twice President Trump ordered all US troops out of Syria. Not one left. At least President Biden tried to read the Teleprompter, and usually he’d had enough rehearsals he could more or less manage to read it on camera, but then he couldn’t find his way off the stage.
Net: whoever is really running things ain’t the actor ‘elected’ to play the part of US President.