On this episode of Start Making Sense, Robert Weissman on USAID funding, and John Nichols on recent anti-Trump rallies.
Supporters hold signs as former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees terminated after the Trump administration dismantled the agency collect their personal belongings at the USAID headquarters on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
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On this week's episode of Start Making Sense:Trump suffered a big loss at The Supreme Court in the first challenge to his unconstitutional seizure of power: an order to release USAID funding appropriated by Congress. The suit was brought by Public Citizen; their co-president, Robert Weissman, will explain.
Also: John Nichols with our protest update for the week. Topics include: includeTesla dealer showroom picketing; Ukraine support demonstrating; national park protesting, and Town Hall yelling.
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Trump suffered a big loss at The Supreme Court in the first challenge to his unconstitutional seizure of power: an order to release USAID funding appropriated by Congress. The suit was brought by Public Citizen; their co-president, Robert Weissman, is on Start Making Sense to explain.
Also on this episode: John Nichols with our protest update for the week. Topics include: includes town hall yelling; Tesla dealer showroom picketing; immigrant rights marching; Bernie Sanders rallying; Ukraine support demonstrating; national park protesting.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Trump’s efforts to block Democratic voting in the midterms, or overturn the results, is not going to work—Ian Bassin explains the widespread preparations underway for defending the election in November. Ian is co-founder of the organization Protect Democracy and winner of a MacArthur genius grant.
Also: In the aftermath of WWII, racists and antisemites organized to reverse the changes brought by the New Deal and the war, but their organizations were infiltrated and undermined by activists from the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee, and the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League. Steven J. Ross has that history – his new book is The Secret War Against Hate.
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.