Is Congress Finally Pushing Back on Trump?

About this episode

Beth and Sarah discuss the recent primary results and the growing friction within the Republican caucus, alongside escalating protests at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark.

This week's primary results gave Democrats and independents a few reasons to pay attention — and behind closed doors, the Republican caucus is finally showing some friction. Beth and Sarah go deep on Delaney Hall, a Newark ICE detention facility where protests are escalating, lawsuits are piling up, and conditions are becoming impossible to ignore. Outside of politics, what we're doing with our "time confetti." Topics discussed:• Primary results in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Iowa, South Dakota, and Montana• Republican caucus friction: the anti-weaponization fund, Todd Blanche's AG nomination, and Bill Pulte as acting DNI• Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark• New Jersey's lawsuit against the GEO Group and escalating protests• The civil (not criminal) nature of ICE detention• Immigration reform proposals• Outside of Politics: using wait time for fictionWant to be in a hotel full of Pantsuit Politics listeners this summer? The deadline to book in Minneapolis is one week away — find everything you need at https://www.pantsuitpoliticsshow.com/p/join-us-in-minneapolis-94f. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Beth, Sarah

Topics covered

• primary results
• Republican caucus friction
• Delaney Hall ICE detention facility
• lawsuits against GEO Group
• immigration reform
• protests
• time confetti

Keywords

• primary results
• Republican caucus
• Delaney Hall
• ICE detention
• GEO Group
• immigration reform
• protests
• lawsuits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democrats, Republican caucus, ICE, GEO Group

Places: Newark, California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Iowa, South Dakota, Montana

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