The Democrats Embrace the Right on Immigration
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion with Adam Johnson on the Democrats’ failed border policy.
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The Democrats Embrace The Right on Immigration | The Time of Monsters
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion with Adam Johnson on the Democrats' failed border policy.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a news conference after a weekly policy luncheon with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 06, 2024.
(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)With the collapse of the so-called border deal in the Senate, the Democrats have a new line: We gave the Republicans what they wanted, and the GOP still rejected it. Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz said, “I’ve never seen anything like it. [Senate Republicans] literally demanded specific policy, got it, and then killed it.” The lesson to be drawn is that the GOP is irresponsible and doesn’t really want a border solution.
That accusation is true, but it leaves a question about the Democrats. What does it say that the Democrats, who for years have rightly accused the GOP of pushing draconian and inhumane immigration policies, have now decided to support those very same policies?
Adam Johnson, cohost of the podcast Citations Needed, wrote an eloquent critique of the Democrats handling of immigration for The Nation.
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Bombing Iran Won’t Help the Protesters, with Annelle Sheline | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer
Iran is facing upheavals at home and abroad. For more than two decades, the Islamic Republic has faced waves of protests from citizens demanding a more democratic society. Over the past two weeks, these protests have erupted with a new ferocity and are being met with violent repression. Meanwhile, the Israeli government is pushing the United States to renew bombing Iran, a military objective now being given the guise of a humanitarian mission. To discuss the turmoil in Iran and place it in the larger context of regional instability and competing visions of the future of the Middle East, I spoke with Annelle Sheline, a research fellow at The Quincy Institute who studies the region, in this special Friday edition of the podcast.Â
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