On this episode of Start Making Sense, Mark Rosenbaum on the injunction in LA, and Michael Ansara on The Hard Work of Hope.
Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
Afederal court in LA has stopped ICE from detaining people for deportation because they look Latino. The court called it unconstitutional racial discrimination. Mark Rosenbaum of Public Counsel will explain what’s next as the government appeals the case.
Also: How does a movement build support when large parts of the country are opposed to its goals? How do you connect with people who disagree with you? For some answers, we’ll turn to longtime organizer Michael Ansara. His new book is The Hard Work of Hope.
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The primary force behind the settlement that will allow Trump’s allies at Paramount to take over Warners-Discovery and CNN was Gavin Newsom, who pressured California Attorney General Rob Bonta to end the anti-trust fight defending media independence. Norm Eisen explains – he’s co-founder and executive chair of the Democracy Defenders Fund and Democracy Defenders Action, and, the New York Times reported, “the leader of a coalition of entertainment and news industry professionals who opposed the deal.”
Also: After Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House newsroom, the TV networks united in refusing coverage of his events – including Fox News. John Nichols has our analysis.
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