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May 7, 2019 39 min

Diabolical America

from In The Thick

This week in immigration, Trump announced his plans to appoint Mark Morgan to head ICE, while former White House chief-of-staff John Kelly joined the board of a company that runs detention centers for migrant children. Maria and Julio are joined by Andrea González-Ramírez, senior news and politics writer with Refinery29, and All-Star Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter with The Root, to discuss. Plus, they talk Trump’s phone call with Putin, and the latest 2020 update. ITT Staff Picks: Terrell Jermaine Starr writes that Joe Biden has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do, from The Root. Andrea González-Ramírez interviews Rachel Lears, director of the new Netflix documentary, Knock Down the House, from Refinery29. Read about the congressional map in Ohio that was ruled illegal for gerrymandering, from the New York Times. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for ad-free listening, early-access and exclusive bonus episodes with the chisme behind In The Thick and all our podcasts: www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus.

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