The Election Interference Evidence No One Is Talking About

FBI Raids Homes of Michigan Students and Workers for Palestine Activism

On June 10, early in the morning, FBI agents raided the homes of individuals involved in Palestine solidarity activism at the University of Michigan. As Yarden Katz and Stephen M. Ward report in Mondoweiss, “with help from local and state police departments, including the University of Michigan Police, the raids unfolded simultaneously in Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin…The case is now known as the Michigan Eight. The Justice Department indicted the eight defendants—five of whom are current or former students at the University of Michigan, and one of whom was a University employee—on multiple counts of severe charges, including “Conspiracy to Transmit Threats in Interstate and Foreign Commerce.” The defendants, all in their twenties, now potentially face decades in prison.”  In this installment of our ongoing series “Police State University,” we speak with Kevin Zheng, a member-organizer and secretary of the Graduate Employees' Organization at the University of Michigan, and Grace Viscito, a restaurant worker and former graduate student at the University of Michigan. Additional links/info:  * Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) website [https://www.geo3550.org/], Instagram [https://instagram.com/geo_3550], Facebook page [https://facebook.com/geo3550], and X page [https://x.com/geo3550] * Legal Fund of Michigan Students for Palestine [https://chuffed.org/project/um-palestine-legalfund] * Yarden Katz & Stephen M. Ward, Mondoweiss, “Inside the case against the ‘Michigan 8’: Palestine activism recast as antisemitic terror [https://mondoweiss.net/2026/06/inside-the-case-against-the-michigan-8-palestine-activism-recast-as-antisemitic-terror/]” * Alexa Cheaney [https://www.michigandaily.com/author/acheaney/], The Michigan Daily, “The Daily breaks down the indictment against eight pro-Palestine activists [https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/the-daily-breaks-down-the-indictment-against-eight-pro-palestine-activists/]” * Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “Campus life is unrecognizable in the Trump era: ‘There’s so many cops everywhere’ [https://therealnews.com/campus-life-unrecognizable-in-trump-era]” * Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / The Real News Network, “‘The raids happened Wednesday, finals started Thursday’: FBI agents raid homes of pro-Palestine students at University of Michigan [https://therealnews.com/the-raids-happened-wednesday-finals-started-thursday-fbi-agents-raid-homes-of-pro-palestine-students-at-university-of-michigan]” Featured Music:  * Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song Credits:  * Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/] https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today! [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support]

Steven Thrasher: Black Cops, Latino ICE agents, and the "Overseer Class"

We sit down with Dr. Steven Thrasher to talk about his new book, The Overseer Class; how our police state today evolved from yesterday’s slave plantations; and why Dr. Thrasher has been blacklisted from academia after defending his students at Northwestern University during the Palestine encampment movement in 2024.  Guests: * Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, is the author of The Overseer Class: A Manifesto [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-overseer-class-steven-w-thrasher?variant=43991559077922] and the award-winning book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250796639/theviralunderclass/], which was a New York Times's Paperback Row Editors' Pick, named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews, was longlisted for both the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Literature, and won the 2023 POZ Award for Best in Literature. He is also the inaugural Daniel Renberg Chair for Social Justice in Reporting at the Medill School of Journalism and a faculty member of Northwestern University's Institute of Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. An internationally renowned scholar on race, gender, and infectious disease, Dr. Thrasher's writing has been published by the Guardian, Atlantic, New York Times, Scientific American, Literary Hub, and in many academic journals. Credits: * Studio Production / Post-Production: David Hebden Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/] https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today! [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support]

Rep. Jamie Raskin: ICE is Acting Like a Secret Paramilitary Police Force for President Trump

TRNN reporter Stephen Janis speaks with US Rep. Jamie Raskin about the unprecedented power of ICE in light of the $70 billion in additional funding just approved by Congress, his opposition to the proposed "anti-weaponization fund," and why the Epstein scandal needs further scrutiny.  Editor's note: This interview was recorded at the 2026 Netroots Nation conference on June 6. Studio Production: Taya Graham, Maximillian Alvarez Post-Production: Stephen Janis, David Hebden Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/] https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today! [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support]

Working People LIVE SHOW w/ Kim Kelly, Alex Press, and Hamilton Nolan

The world as we know it is facing unprecedented crises today that are all converging at once, from “end-times fascism” and full-blown oligarchy to “artificial intelligence,” endless wars, and genocide. The formal institutions of American democracy and organized labor have shown that they cannot stop the ruling-class onslaught on working people’s lives, livelihoods, and futures, so it’s up to rank-and-file workers everywhere to stand up and fight back. In this special Working People live show, hosted by In These Times magazine in Chicago, Illinois, we speak with veteran labor reporters Kim Kelly, Alex Press, and Hamilton Nolan about the crises breaking our world today—and how to stop them.  Additional links/info:  * Support In These Times magazine [https://secure.actblue.com/donate/itt-2023-ws-01?refcode=20230621_WS_HDR]!  * Kim Kelly website [https://www.kim-kelly.com/], X/Twitter [https://x.com/grimkim] page, TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@unionmaid666], Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/kimkelly.bsky.social] page, and Instagram [https://instagram.com/kimkellywriter] * Alex Press Substack [https://thealexpress.substack.com/], X/Twitter [https://x.com/alexnpress?lang=en] page, and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alexnpress/?hl=en] * Hamilton Nolan Substack [https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/], X/Twitter page [https://x.com/hamiltonnolan], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/hamiltonnolan] page, Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/hamiltonnolan.bsky.social] page Featured Music:  * Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song Credits:  * Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/] https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today! [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support]

How Trump and Big Tech Are Gutting Free Speech: AI, Censorship, and Media Mergers

On the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration—January 20, 2025—the heads of many of Silicon Valley’s most powerful tech firms sat in the rows just behind Trump. It was a sign of Trump’s deep ties to the industry and to these powerful individuals who are transforming how we communicate, and not for the better.   In this episode, Michael Fox visits Silicon Valley to try to understand the stranglehold that tech has over our media and our airwaves. Hosts Michael Fox and Marc Steiner dig into the ways media consolidation, social media, and AI are strangling our free speech, even as they claim to be liberating it—and us—with incredible insight from professors Todd Wolfson, Mary Anne Franks, Fara Dabhoiwala, Ramesh Srinivasan, and Jeff Cohen, the founder of the organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR [https://fair.org/]. The Battle for Free Speech is a production of The Real News Network. Hosted by Michael Fox and Marc Steiner. Theme music by Michael Fox [https://foxviolin.com/], Jordan Klein and Daniel Nuñez. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound. Production and Sound Design by Michael Fox and Stephen Frank. Editorial support by Kayla Rivara and Heather Gies. Research by Ben Schweiger [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-schweiger]. Guests:  * Todd Wolfson [https://sci.rutgers.edu/wolfson-todd] * Mary Anne Franks [https://www.law.gwu.edu/mary-anne-franks] * Fara Dabhoiwala [https://dabhoiwala.com/] * Jeff Cohen [https://jeffcohen.org/] * Ramesh Srinivasan [https://www.rameshsrinivasan.org/] Resources:  * Mary Anne Franks’ book, Fearless Speech: Breaking Free from the First Amendment [https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-anne-franks/fearless-speech/9781645030539/] * Fara Dabhoiwala’s book, What Is Free Speech?: The History of a Dangerous Idea [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674987319] * Todd Wolfson’s Digital Rebellion: The Birth of the Cyber Left  [https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Rebellion-Birth-History-Communication-ebook/dp/B00JMOLU0Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18Q5WWSQUYPSR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lPDB11AZ4OFWEBSB00PPECOukspkKc11fWmflWJQIp0.JN4IPs9lEmhTgM5_k7bUcbrukfaVhqlWgtbLAG2wVho&dib_tag=se&keywords=digital+rebellion+birth+of+the+cyber&qid=1781727724&sprefix=digital+rebelion+birth+of+the+cyb,aps,262&sr=8-1] * Marc Steiner’s Interview with Jeff Cohen, "How Democrats set the stage for Trump’s assault on free speech [https://therealnews.com/how-democrats-set-stage-for-trumps-assault-on-free-speech]” * You can hear Ramesh Srinivasan’s Utopias Podcast here [https://open.spotify.com/show/3mlf9RlcnbtukzOZXHlQwl], or wherever you get your podcasts Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer. [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support] Follow us on: Bluesky: @therealnews.com [https://bsky.app/profile/therealnews.com] Facebook: The Real News Network [https://facebook.com/therealnews] Twitter: @TheRealNews [https://twitter.com/therealnews] YouTube: @therealnews [https://www.youtube.com/therealnews] Instagram: @therealnewsnetwork [https://www.instagram.com/therealnewsnetwork/] https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support Become a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today! [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support]