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TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent

WBAI 99.5fm, New York City's Pacifica radio station

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 128

TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent is produced by WBAI 99.5FM Pacifica Radio New York. Join us as we take a deep dive on a different aspect of the Donald Trump administration in each episode.

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Series Finale: How did President Trump change the post-9/11 peace movement? (call-in special)

Episode 128

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 • Duration 26:40

On December 7, 2016, “TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent” debuted on WBAI 99.5fm, New York City's Pacifica station. Through 127 episodes, we did our best to cut through the bluster coming from the White House to help you figure out the concrete ways that our country has been changed by Donald Trump and his administration. For our final show, we take your calls on how the resistance to this president has changed protest movements in the US.

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What does climate change means for the affordable housing crisis? (Teresa Wiltz)

Episode 127

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 • Duration 26:08

Of all the consequences of climate change that we know about, one that rarely gets discussed is its affect on the affordable housing crisis. Back in June, President Trump (who has denied the existence of global warming throughout his presidency) signed an executive order aimed at “tearing down red tape in order to build more affordable housing.” But as reported in Teresa Wiltz’s article for The Pew Charitable Trusts Statewide blog, “Climate Change Is Making the Affordable Housing Crunch Worse,” the administration’s refusal to engage in efforts to reduce carbon emissions is creating larger issues than red tape to contend with. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Teresa Wiltz explains why climate change is making the housing crunch even worse.

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Can 19 states stop the administration from detaining migrant children indefinitely? (Mica Rosenberg)

Episode 126

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 • Duration 26:34

On Monday, attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration in the hopes of blocking a sweeping new rule which would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement to indefinitely hold migrant families in detention. But will it work? On this week’s TrumpWatch, immigration reporter for Reuters Mica Rosenberg unpacks this blue state attempt to block President Trump’s border policy in the courts.

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Are veterans more likely to be denied green cards than active service members? (Yeganeh Torbati)

Episode 125

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 • Duration 27:27

Veterans of the US Armed Forces will have a harder time receiving green cards than currently active service members, according to a new report from Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dara Lind of ProPublica. Since Veterans Affairs officials declined to step in to exempt their members from a Trump administration policy restricting green cards for low-income immigrants, vets will not be entitled to any of the exemptions open to currently enlisted military personnel. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Yeganeh considers what the reporting of her and her ProPublica colleagues tells us about the way this federal agency is being run in the Trump era.

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What will reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act mean for animals under threat of extinction? (Ben Lefebvre)

Episode 124

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 • Duration 27:13

On Aug. 12, the Trump administration announced plans to change how it how it enforces the Endangered Species Act, the landmark 1974 law believed to have rescued the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and the American alligator from going extinct. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Ben Lefebvre, author of the POLITICO article “Trump administration eases endangered species rules,” helps break down what this new interpretation will mean for the effort to save threatened animals.

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Will Russia hack our election systems again in 2020? (Christopher R. Deluzio and Adam Piore)

Episode 123

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 • Duration 26:04

With all eyes trained on former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress, we take a look at the issue that got us here—Russian interference in the 2016 election. According to Adam Piore, author of the July 23 Newsweek article “Russia Is Using Cold War Strategy to Undermine the Faith of Americans in the 2020 Election—Will It Work?” the strategy being deployed ahead of the 2020 presidential election has disturbing echoes of 2016. While a July 18 Brennan Center for Justice report entitled “Federal Funding Needs for State Election Security” highlights dangerous vulnerabilities in the voting systems of six states. Join us for a conversation on the state of US elections today with Adam Piore of Newsweek and Christopher R. Deluzio, a co-author of the Brennan Center study, on this week's TrumpWatch.

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Is the President's chief of staff building a right-wing empire in the White House? (Lisa Rein)

Episode 122

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 • Duration 26:39

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney reportedly told attendees at a recent fundraising retreat in Chicago that he doesn't attempt to control the President’s tweeting, time or family. Instead, according to the July 15 Washington Post article “‘His own fiefdom," he is building his own power base in Washington through a formerly inactive White House office called the Domestic Policy Council. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Lisa Rein, a reporter covering federal agencies and the management of government in the Trump administration for the Washington Post, helps break down her reporting on Mulvaney’s efforts and considers their ramifications for American politics.

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Is there a culture of racism and misogyny among Border Patrol agents? (Ted Hesson)

Episode 121

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 • Duration 27:10

On July 1, when ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson revealed the existence of a secret Facebook group of 9,500 Border Patrol agents with posts joking about migrant deaths and illustrations of the President sexually assaulting a Congresswoman, the public backlash was swift and severe. Acting secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan promised to hold accountable “any employee found to have compromised the public’s trust.” But according to reporting by Ted Hesson and Cristiano Lima of POLITICO, the existence of the group had been an open secret among Customs and Border Protection officials for years. This week on TrumpWatch, Ted discusses what we know about the now-defunct group, who knew about it and what it tells us about the prevailing culture among Border Patrol agents.

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Who has the most influence with President Trump when it comes to foreign policy? (Adam Weinstein)

Episode 120

Wednesday, July 3, 2019 • Duration 27:31

With the third acting defense secretary President Trump has placed in the position within the past month looking like he will be forced to temporarily resign and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo playing an increasingly active role in interactions with longtime US adversaries like Iran and North Korea, it is currently difficult to determine exactly where our foreign policy ends and military policy begins. On this week’s TrumpWatch, Adam Weinstein, national security editor for The New Republic, helps untangle who has the President’s ear when it comes to international relations.

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Is America's trade war with China achieving President Trump's goals? (Soumaya Keynes)

Episode 119

Wednesday, June 26, 2019 • Duration 27:01

With major news developments arriving fast and furiously theses days, it’s easy to forget that the US is actively engaged in a trade war with China. President Trump will head to Osaka, Japan for the G-20 summit this week and he has threatened additional tariffs if Chinese President Xi Jinping won't meet with him there. On this week's TrumpWatch, Soumaya Keynes, US economics editor for The Economist and co-host of the Trade Talks podcast, examines what effect President Trump’s tariffs on China are having on their economy and ours.

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