Unattended Baggage Show Notes 04/19/2025
Episode #290: Maybe the deported are the lucky ones
US citizens threatened with deportation as Congress cowers and SCOTUS is ignored, Blond Barbie’s “proof” exonerates deportee, Pentagon in chaos as four high-ranking officials fired for leaking Hegseth’s transgressions to the media, DOGE helps Russians hack NLRB, Alex says interrupting is rude, but firebombing is OK, Adrian once again questions his sanity, and are 50501 soon to be 5150’ed?
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Alex’s Music Pick
Great Penn and Teller Segment
Penn & Teller on HFCS and soda.
Our current Gubbermint
Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia
The case that will make or break our three-branch government
Pam Bondi agreed to provide evidence that Kilmer Abrego-Garcia was a criminal. She provided the press with the link to the “evidence” at https://justice.gov/ag/media/13969, which was a Hyattsville, MD police report from 2019. The document literally says that Abrego-Garcia had no criminal record, no tattoos, and that the only evidence he is associated with MS13 came from a confidential informant.
The police officer who wrote the report, Ivan Mendez, was indicted in 2020 for official misconduct for providing confidential details of an ongoing police investigation to a prostitute. He pleaded guilty to the charge in 2022 and was fired from the Hyattsville PD.
Abrego-Garcia entered the US illegally, however, he was granted "withholding of removal" status by a federal judge, meaning he could legally reside and work in the US. This legal status required that Abrego-Garcia check in with ICE on an annual basis, and records show he was in full compliance. His wife and children are all US citizens. The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on April 10, 2025, that Abrego-Garcia’s deportation and imprisonment in El Salvador were illegal, and that the Trump administration must facilitate his return to the United States.
Trump sends US Marshals to silence pardon attorney
US Marshals were mobilized to warn fired DOJ lawyer over congressional testimony, attorney says
Trump’s Final Solution
Trump says he supports deporting U.S. citizens
Pam Bondi Insists Wrongly Deported Dad’s Wife and Child Are Better Off With Him Gone
DHS telling legal residents, US citizens, immigration attorneys to self-deport or “the federal government will find you.”
Columbus, OH: Columbus immigration attorney says DHS letter telling people to 'self-deport' is illegal
Boston, MA: US citizen told to self-deport: ‘They want immigrants to be uncomfortable here
Grand Rapids, MN: Email tells Michigan migrants – and one U.S. citizen – to leave country ‘immediately’ - mlive.com
Escape From New York DFC
Homegrowns are next - Reason Magazine
Is it better or worse to be both evil and stupid?
Homan defends admin on mistaken deportation: ‘I think we made the right decision’
Disband the media
Trump threatens CBS with ‘substantial punishment’ over latest 60 Minutes broadcast
Putin has pwned us
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Hegseth vs. The Pentagon
Two top Pentagon officials placed on leave in leak probe - POLITICO
Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation - POLITICO
Women in Space (a good thing?)
Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King reflect on all-female space flight - BBC News
China on Free Trade
Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of 'stability and certainty' | AP News
MTG goes all Mean Girls
The Florida Legislature is involved in the largest collective kiss ass in history
DeSantis signs 'Gulf of America' bills rewriting state laws, requiring new school materials | Tampa
I might be OK with this Trumptopian Florida law if we applied it to all 49 states
U.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida's new anti-immigration law
As the War Machine Keeps Going
Israel says it will expand its offensive across most of Gaza
Less Than Half in U.S. Now Sympathetic Toward Israelis
Chevy Chase is the VP
Words matter
Trulieve funnels $19.6 million to pot proposal for 2026 ballot
DeSantis Using Taxpayers Dollars to stop the weed
Charity founded by Casey DeSantis used taxpayer money to fight Amendment 3, Florida Rep. says
Upcoming Protests
Miami "Day of Action" 50501 Protest: What to Know
AI police entrapment
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops | WIRED
Solar Flare Tease
Good when the mob wants to make money on it
Florida House panel advances proposal to tax all hemp-derived THC products at 15% | Orlando
Nice.
Suspect arrested in arson fire that forced Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, family to flee residence
FSU Shooting
Ok Bombing
30 years later, Oklahoma City bombing survivor recalls vow to change her life while trapped
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