Sam Stein and Francis Fukuyama: A Coming Deportation Blitz?

<div>While the inhumane and aggressive tactics unfolding in Chicago are repelling many Americans, they are having the opposite effect among Trump's top aides. The Kristi Noem clique wants more— much more— of the Border Patrol's "Midway Blitz" around the country, and they're busy purging local ICE leadership in a number of cities in an attempt to dramatically ramp up the pace of deportations. Meanwhile, Trump keeps talking like he's all for regime change in Venezuela. Plus, how conspiracy and our phones helped fuel the rise of global populism, why the left and right yearn for a struggle in an age of peace and prosperity, and the modern effort to reclaim the word 'liberal.' <br /><br /><strong>Frank Fukuyama </strong>and<strong> Sam Stein</strong> join Tim Miller.<br /><br /><em>show notes:<br /></em><br /></div><ul>

<li><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/three-days-in-chicago-a-city-on-the-brink-ice?r=af2rj&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false">Adrian's recent reporting from Chicago</a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-bidens-white-house-press-secretary-is-leaving-the-democratic-party">Isaac Chotiner's interview with Karine Jean-Pierre</a></li>

<li><a href="https://substack.com/@frankfukuyama">Frank on Substack</a></li>

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<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/liberalism-and-its-discontents-francis-fukuyama/b284cc4e60af80af">Frank's "Liberalism and Its Discontents"</a> and his <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-end-of-history-and-the-last-man-francis-fukuyama/cab760a2adf2d8fa">"The End of History and the Last Man"</a>

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<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/termination-shock-a-novel-neal-stephenson/398e02dd31346bb2?ean=9780063028067&amp;next=t&amp;">"Termination Shock," referenced by Frank</a></li>

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