Cold As ICE | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

<p>Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. </p><p>Today we discuss:</p><p>• America’s least popular government agency, <strong>ICE, </strong>is under fire after another wild day of brutality. Another Columbia student was illegally abducted from campus housing by agents, with <strong>no warrant</strong>, who used <strong>fake NYPD badges</strong> and a forged NYPD missing persons poster to lie their way past university security. Reuters reports that <strong>ICE is hiring career criminals and members of violent street gangs</strong> as they lower standards and <strong>skip vetting procedures, </strong>as the top federal judge in Minnesota <strong>threatened to jail ICE officers</strong> who routinely defy court orders. A nearly <strong>blind refugee</strong> from ethnic violence in Myanmar, a <strong>father of two, died</strong> after Border Patrol goons dumped him at a Buffalo doughnut shop and he tried to walk home five miles in arctic weather, after <strong>BCE confiscated the cane</strong> he needed to walk. </p><p>• <strong>“Open War Between Us”: </strong>Pakistan bombed Kabul and Kandahar and assaulted Taliban border posts.</p><p> • Anthropic, which created <strong>Claude AI, </strong>will not allow the Pentagon to use it for <strong>fully autonomous armed drones</strong> or AI-assisted <strong>mass surveillance</strong> that could track dissent. Pete Hegseth is giving Anthropic until 5 pm today to cave in, or <strong>he’ll take it for free</strong> under the Defense Production Act.</p><p> • For the third year in a row, <strong>Israel is the top killer of journalists</strong> who have managed not to get laid off.</p><p> • <strong>Texas airspace was closed</strong> after the DoD used a<strong> high-energy laser</strong> to shoot down a HomeSec <strong>drone</strong> near El Paso.</p><p> • <em>The Washington Post</em> reports that activists with close ties to the White House are urging <strong>Trump to declare a national emergency</strong> to justify to <strong>placing midterm elections under his control,</strong> with mail-in voting canceled and ICE “protecting” polling stations.</p><p></p><p>TO ASK A QUESTION FOR TED AND/OR JOHN BEFORE TODAY’S SHOW AIRS LIVE: <a href="https://ahaslides.com/T1S4E" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ahaslides.com/T1S4E</a></p><p></p><p>MERCH STORE: <a href="https://www.deprogram.live" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.deprogram.live</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://x.com/tedrall" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/tedrall</a></p><p><a href="https://x.com/JohnKiriakou" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://x.com/JohnKiriakou</a></p><p></p><p>LIVE ON RUMBLE: <a href="https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow</a></p><p>SPOTIFY: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu</a></p><p>APPLE MUSIC: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504</a></p>