Progressive Town Hall: Sunday 9/14/2025 with guests Chris Newman and Erika Andiola

Progressive Democrats of America Sep 15, 2025 PDA Weekly Town Halls It’s been another week unlike any other. The Trump administration and its MAGA allies continue their unrelenting drive to consolidate authoritarian power. However, over this past week, this played out against the backdrop of a terrifying political assassination and a Supreme Court that is apparently willing to bless any action taken by the White House no matter how unconstitutional. One terrible ruling stood out, as it effectively legalized racial profiling by the U.S. government. Here’s how the ACLU of Southern California described the Supreme Court’s action: [On Monday] the Supreme Court granted the federal government’s request for a stay (or pause) of a temporary restraining order (TRO) prohibiting federal agencies from continuing their unlawful actions in Los Angeles and surrounding counties. The court judgment reverses the judgement from two lower courts in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem that bars immigration agents from stopping individuals without reasonable suspicion and from relying solely on four factors – alone or in combination – including apparent race or ethnicity; speaking Spanish or English with an accent; presence in a particular location like a bus stop, car wash, or agricultural site; or the type of work a person does. It’s hard to fathom, but it’s clear as day. For the first time in sixty years, the United States of America has officially reverted to being an openly racist state, committed to terrorizing an ethnically-defined subset of its population. This state of affairs is, of course, 100% unacceptable. So, what is to be done?