Episode 3

Date: February 10, 2025

Episode 3 Summary:

The shifting connotation of the term 'criminal.'
Migrants at Gitmo?
Prosecutorial discretion?
Tax evasion is a crime.
Lose-lose: low pay, no social security benefits.
Should we humanize the whole process?
Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry, allegedly.
Karoline Levitt clarified that violent criminals should be the priority of ICE.
NBC Nightly News preferred the topic of pardoning Jan 6thers over that of energy policy, at least based on news time devoted during the first week of the second Trump administration.
If Jan 6thers were guilty of crimes, this could send an inconsistent message.
Energy policy will have a greater impact, it would appear, than pardons, yet the former's impact is in the distance future.
The value of a president's time?
What's the rush?
This doesn't look good to law enforcement, allegedly.
Diminished power of the Paris Climate Accords?
Are we drilling to drive down the cost of oil to put pressure on Russia?