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Trump Just Got a Very Bad Warning...

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Trump Just Got a Very Bad Warning...

Congresswoman Yasemin highlights the dire conditions in U.S. immigration detention centers, where women report being subjected to sexual abuse, infections, and psychological trauma, resulting in 52 deaths and widespread neglect. She criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson for abdicating congressional responsibilities and enabling the White House, calling his leadership a failure of accountability. The midterms are seen as a pivotal moment for Democrats, with strong polling and strategic focus on Arizona, where a Democratic sweep could shift national power. Concerns about election integrity, particularly in Texas under Governor Abbott, drive efforts to strengthen voter protections and election security. Yasemin emphasizes the need to hold powerful tech CEOs accountable for AI regulation and corporate misconduct, citing potential contempt charges. She also shares her personal shift away from pro-Israel funding due to the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza, calling for moral clarity in foreign policy. A growing progressive faction within the Democratic Party, including new and younger members, is pushing for accountability over corporate appeasement, signaling a potential transformation in party dynamics. The conversation underscores a broader public demand for transparency, justice, and systemic reform in government, especially in areas of immigration, technology, and foreign policy.

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What is happening inside these places is so evil and so disgusting. I've talked to dozens and dozens of people, women saying they get used underwear every day, and so UTIs are rampant, infections are rampant. Severe medical neglect. That's why you've had 52 deaths in ice custody. A lot of horrific stories. I mean, I've had women break down sobbing, telling me that they're enduring psychological and physical torture and they'll never be the same. (upbeat music) Joining me on "I've Had It Weekend" is representative Yasemin on "Sorry" of Arizona's third congressional district, who is the youngest woman currently serving in Congress. Congresswoman, welcome. And what's going on at work? Well, I wish we were at work. As you know, Mike Johnson shut down the house couple weeks early before our existing October recess. So currently, my focus is the midterm elections that I've been home in Arizona campaigning like crazy because we have multiple seats in Arizona that we're trying to flip. The road to the house majority quite literally runs through Arizona. We also have a Democratic governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General on the ballot. But that being said is important as the midterm elections. Obviously, are I am very disappointed that we were sent home early given all that's going on with artificial intelligence in the need to regulate the industry. Little Moses Mike is really quite spectacular at disappointing the American public. I mean, he is just truly each and every day an absolute disappointment. What do you make of a speaker of the house when I think of it in my recent memory, Nancy Pelosi, who had all this power and she wielded it. She whipped votes. I remember Trump gave some batshit speech and she ripped it up on national television from right behind him. I mean, just zero F's to give. And then comparing that to this guy, Mike Johnson, he just seems to do whatever the White House wants him to do to protect what I perceive to be their crimes and corruption. I could not agree more. I think Mike Johnson is such a joke. Like I have tried to give him the benefit of the doubt from the beginning, but he has continuously proven to be somebody who is only there to enable Trump and only there to just abdicate the responsibility of Congress. I mean, we are supposed to be a co-equal branch of government and we are supposed to legislate and get things done. And yes, the majority party typically works with the White House, but they don't bend the need to the White House in every way, shape or form. I mean, let's go back to last summer when there was the push to get the Epstein files released. The moment Mike Johnson felt that he was losing some of his own party, he was like, oh, it's canceled. We're going home a week before August recess. So we had a five-week recess and we came back. Of course, there was a congressman from my state, Arizona. Adely took Reholva. He kept postponing. Oh, yes. He told me to turn over. I think it went on for over a month. She's been on the pitch. She's great. Yeah. Yeah. And she ended up being the last signatory there. Let me just ask some personal questions behind the curtain thing that I think our audience is curious about. So we see the optics of Washington. We see the optics of the press conferences. Take us behind the scenes when you see little Mike around work. Do you talk to him? Have you seen that-- what's her name? That girl that just had the three Sims or was grown so big in her step. Lauren, do you see Lauren Bobert? Do you see these people at work? Marjorie? Do you talk to them? What goes on behind the curtain? So I've never talked to Mike, but I have set up outside his office during that time. I put up a table outside his office about who he was covering up the Epstein files. Love that. Did he didn't say anything to you about it? No, he'd never made it past, but some of the staffers tried to turn up the music to get us to go away. But he-- I just think he's a joke, and he doesn't really know what he's doing. Lauren Bobert, I serve on two committees with her action, both on oversight and natural resources. She's fine, I've talked to her in the context of oversight committee work. Like we were in New York together when we had the deposition with the Clintons. And behind the scenes there, if you might remember, she actually leaked a photo out of the deposition and caused a lot of anger, because agreements had been made that she wouldn't do that, she's fine. I mean, a lot of these people, I think most of these Republicans at this point are just trying to get past this Trump era. They know how unpopular he is. There's, of course, the diehards who still believe in him. I think the rest of them are just trying to make it through their complete cowards because they won't do anything or say anything because they're scared of retaliation. But I think they're just hoping like, let us get past this Trump era. And hopefully people will forget about the damage that we've caused. Yeah, they are such a disappointment. Okay, the polling, you're working on the midterms. The polling is looking really, really good for us. Let's pop this up. The Democrats lead Republicans 53% to 38 in a general ballot. And this is according to a U-gov poll. And I've been showing them every day these last several days. And it looks like this. Obviously, everybody is very concerned when you hear Mark Wayne Mullin talking about, of course, we're going to have I sit the polls. And you see the Supreme Court on the shadow docket constantly passing or allowing voter suppression type laws to go through. You know that Trump famously is a cheater. We've seen it golf. I've seen it online where he throws the golf ball down or, you know, he's just a big cheater. So what are you and your colleagues worried about these elections, particularly in states, like let's talk about Texas? You have Governor Abbott, who is a huge Trump thumper, a huge Trump fluffer, just like, you know, Mike Johnson, no conviction, no backbone. And we have this major Senate race there. And you may remember back in the 2020 election, Trump called the guys in Georgia, right? I need 11,000 votes. Yeah. Now he's put people in place that will find him those votes. And I'm terrified that we are going to have a major turnout, but they're going to cheat. I don't want to say that you're fierce and valid because I think it is. We have been preparing for well over a year because I think everyone who is rational agrees that this is a possibility that he's going to do whatever he takes to scare people. I think the ice tactic is really to make sure that people of color don't feel comfortable going, right? And decide to sit the election out. We have been preparing both within our caucus. We have a specific task force that is designed to focus on election security. They're working with lawyers on making sure lawsuits are prepared if need be for a day of or day after the election. Like all of that needs to be, you know, proactively planned for. In Arizona, I can say, and this is happening at different states, we're working very closely at all levels of government to prepare for every single scenario. Like in Arizona, we have a county recorder. He's already doing this stuff. He's talking about shutting down polling sites that are in majority black neighborhoods. He's talking about he just wants to make it more difficult, right? And so we have to over communicate with those populations, make sure people know how to get out in vote. There's massive efforts underway to knock on over a million doors in Arizona. The people know what's true and like know that voting is safe and they should vote early in by mail. So it's just worried about the mail, a little worried about the mail. I think voting by mail is secure and safe. And you know, at this point with the judgments that have been made, I think it's important that just people vote as early as possible. And you know, I hate, I hate to sound like that, but I just think vote, the moment early voting begins, get it out of the way, do it. And if you're more comfortable, drop it off at the polling location. You know, I think just we should, everyone should do what they're comfortable with and it's up to elected officials at different levels to really be informing their constituents on this. So our secretary of state in Arizona, for example, is doing TV ads already explaining the processes. He's a Democrat, thank God, and a huge defender of democracy running against a whack job. But you know, that's why that's why all of these elections are so important though, because I always, I sleep better at night knowing if I didn't have our top three in Arizona as Democrats, we would be in a massive shit show right now, like Texas, right? Because you'd have people who would just spend the need to Donald Trump. Yes. And I mean, I've seen some polling out that's very promising for Talleriko where he's up in districts that Trump won by 20. And so, you know, Paxton knows this, everybody knows this, it would be a huge, I was born in Dallas and from Oklahoma City and just borders Texas, but it would just be a huge win if Texas could finally flip blue, because like the United States, Texas has these great big blue cities full of multiculturalism that are economic hubs for the state, and they have a lot of rural areas that when added up compete with the city. So that would be a big win. But let's, let's say that we are, the turnout is too big to rig, they're going to try a lot of shenanigans. Let's say they try this shenanigans and then we have to rely on little Moses Mike to swear all of these people in So we have hurdle after hurdle after hurdle, but let's be optimistic for a second and give my listeners some hope Him and let's advance to January of next year you were on the oversight committee with Robert Garcia and Who else is on it with Jamie Raskin? Jamie Raskin was Okay now to her or he will be sure of Jerry. We have Maxwell Frost. I love him. We have a lot of Freshman in my class Suhas, Supermanium, Wesley Bell, Melanie standsbury. It's a good group. It's a You're your top five. You're going to drag in. I think that We have to drag in Todd Blanche number one Todd. All right. I'm making a list here and then we're gonna review Okay, Todd's number one. Todd's number one because of his cover up of the Epstein files and he never came in even though He was supposed to also campaigning for candidates from as Attorney General, which I think we need to ask him about that Yeah, who's number two? Number two for me would be and this will be a tough one because of foreign affairs, but I think Keetheig Seth There is strong oversight element there. I mean this hopefully he's fired by then But this is somebody who I think at this point even Republicans have recognized as holy and qualified for the job I have introduced articles of impeachment against him the guy needs to go even if he's fired Don't you think he needs to be drug and to talk about the alleged war crimes and blowing up boats and the Iranian schoolgirls? Okay, who's number three? Number three, so I have been I think the Trump kids the Trump family corruption is really important and I call them dumb and Dumber here. Yeah, and I don't know if that gets if that can all be at one, but you could put that on their subpoenas to dumb Just for spite not now. Yeah, there's got to be a way. There's got to be a way. All right number four So that was all one category Yeah, those kids the kids from kids are one category. What about let me tell you something is a pet project of mine What about John Roberts or Clarence Thomas the you have John Roberts Deciding on cases that his wife's law firm has received millions of dollars for You have Clarence Thomas who decides on cases of people who giving free trips on yachts Famously a lot of the wives of these Supreme Court justices collect insurrectionist style flags or and or were in cults and or on the planning Committee of January 6th. Yeah, the Supreme Court. I don't know if oversight does this or not But the Supreme Court in my opinion is just a corrupt evil institution to its core with no Oversight and the Republicans Have F deaths on the Supreme Court. They have been ruthless. They have been relentless and they got the people they want there now and those people are Allowing crimes to be committed by the president of the United States allowing them. They are allowing Immigrants that are not criminals that have paperwork issues Paperwork issues to be deported to countries. They're not from which seems cruel and unusual and I just feel like the Supreme Court has got to be a Massive undertaking yeah of Congress. Yeah, yeah, I don't know if that falls better under judiciary than oversight But I yeah, absolutely. I think the Supreme Court needs to be a priority for sure and just Supreme Court reform and expansion of The Supreme Court within oversight where we're really the buckets that we're thinking about are Trump family corruption corporate corruption Epstein ice. What about you on you and drag his ass in there for what he did it think USAID and yeah, I think Elon Absolutely right now for me though top of mind is also these AI CEOs That's like the top five is very difficult. I think it needs to be like a top 50, but the CEO of open AI Sam Altman and then even Mark Zuckerberg because in just the last few days We are seeing these news reports about how meta is avoiding billions of dollars in taxes through data centers Yeah, some loophole there and he's in Trump's ear He's one of the main reasons that Trump is you know, I mean Trump is an idiot So I'm sure we would not have a solution regardless, but Zuckerberg is pushing Trump to not regulate AI and to just let them you know police themselves and I think I think by January We're gonna be in it at a very bad place when it comes to AI What do you do if you subpoena Elon Musk and doesn't show up? You hold them in contempt or criminal contempt you can that's something we've done like just the other day Leon Black as part of the Epstein investigation He did not show up twice And so we voted unanimously as a committee to hold them in contempt of Congress and that becomes a whole legal thing that they so somebody gonna go arrest him Eventually yes, yeah, it's like very serious for me like at this stage in the criminal takeover It's like ooh you're gonna hold them in contempt because that's the way those people see it So it doesn't those those words don't have the meaning that they used to because Trump has eroded the rule of law so much Yeah, like if somebody told me we're gonna hold you in criminal contempt. I'd be like oh shit. I mean, I would be like flop sweating. Yeah for them. They're like You know, oh the Democrats are gonna hold us in contempt and so I worry that these people are going to just be Continued to be so flagrant in Their disregard for the rule of law the disregard for the voters who elected you all and didn't elect these people But I want to ask you a little bit about where the Democrats you think are gonna be as it pertains to The tech oligarchs. I had Cara swiss your in here last week and she's the big tech Mm-hmm oligarch journalist She's awesome. She said it'll be interesting to see do the Democrats Have a reckoning with them and say you guys need to be held accountable or do they start making deals with them? And I've been thinking about that ever since she said that I'm in thinking about how there's two different types of Democrats There's gonna be a Hawking Jeffery's branch of the Democratic Party that will want to Neville Chamberlain it and a piece The tech oligarchs and then there's gonna be the Rokana I imagine you and Robert Garcia AOC and others. They're gonna be like we're not kissing their ass. We're not making deals. We want accountability and How do you think if we have this big Democratic Congress? How are you going to navigate the Hawking Jeffery's branch of the Democratic Party which is appeasement which is sitting down with Jared Kushner Which is a Neville Chamberlain approach and then what the people want what I see out in our space people want fighters How internally do you imagine the party dealing with this? Very good question. I mean, I think the tech oligarchs have caused so much damage to this country that they need to be priority number one on the corporate side of things for Dealing with the corruption. I do think there's broad support for that. I mean as like the last few weeks We've been in intense discussions about AI and what to do. I mean it just blew up right in the last couple of weeks and so whistleblowers came forward I've heard a lot of my colleagues talk about how badly we failed with tech and social media and the failure is to regulate them as it pertains to social media I have led to catastrophic harms to kids and you know now we've seen this meta lawsuit, you know settlement come forward and We failed. I mean and there's acknowledgement that there was failure and our recognition that we can't fail again and so I you know I understand your skepticism, but I think there will be enough push within the caucus to go after these oligarchs and Hold them accountable use existing laws on the books to hold them accountable if if people have gotten hurt There's strong support for not bailing out, you know the industry if suddenly this AI bubble burst like it doesn't matter We cannot fail them out. They've done this to themselves and we have to hold firm on that and you're right The people are on our side have never seen such a you know Uproar among the population because we already were seeing job losses impacts on kids, you know People using chat GPT to conduct mass shootings and carry out suicides and now we're talking about the end of human life And I don't think that these people are exaggerating these are the engineers building this technology Yeah, and they do that at great risk. Yes, you know whistleblower to me They typically do that it's such a great risk of themselves. It automatically lends a lot of erasity to their statements to leave kind of a safe job All right, let's talk about Where the electorate is and in my lifetime I have never seen myself as included to what I'm about to describe so many people swing from Liberal to progressives or Moderate Republicans to progressives Kylie's got a relative that was a Republican a couple years ago and now she's I love Zora on mom Donnie Yeah, and this is a woman a middle-aged woman in in rural Oklahoma So this is happening all over the place You have people that have shifted to progressive politics and you recently announced earlier this year that you were no longer taking money from pro-Israel groups, which I really, really commend you for that. And I think we all as an electorate and our elected officials have educated ourselves, have seen what has happened over there. And so will you please talk to my audience about your decision to not accept this money and your personal evolution in that? Because I didn't take money from them, but I also had a personal evolution. And I think it's a very relatable story for a lot of Americans. Yeah. Well, first of all, I just as I don't take corporate pack money because I don't even want the perception that a $5,000 check is impacting what I do or don't do, because foreign policy has become and should have always been a very important issue to Americans. A major reason is I don't want anyone to even think that a dollar coming from an organization or an entity is impacting what I'm doing. I always want, especially when it comes to foreign policy, which is what I studied in undergrad, and I've always been interested in national security. I'm the daughter of Iranian immigrants. Issues pertaining to the Middle East are some broadly are issues that I think very thoughtfully about. And I don't just go in one direction without probably, you know, in some cases, years of thought and years of research. And so given how important this is, I think it's really important to not take money from some of these organizations, also because I did learn that there's just very little, if not no nuance allowed, when talking to some of these organizations. And I really also want to make clear, I'm not talking about like the individuals who may have supported these organizations over the years, millions of Americans, Jewish Americans have been part of whether APAC or DMFI, it's not about anyone individually because anyone is, of course, allowed to support and take part in the political process. But the national organizations, I just was not in line with their policies, you know, anymore. And I think that given how the situation in relating to Israel and Palestine has evolved over the last few years looking at everything from Netanyahu stating over and over again that there will never be a Palestinian state to Ben Gavir, you know, talking about expelling millions of Palestinians from Gaza. Of course, the abhorrent violence in the West Bank that nobody is trying to stop in a meaningful way, that type of position of this Israeli government became impossible to continue to support. I think, and I know as a politician, you have to approach it a certain way because of the Israel lobby, but when I hear politicians now caveat their critique of the country by throwing in the platitudes that people need to hear, even that starts to feel disingenuous because I feel like it is an existential crisis what they're doing. Ben Gavir put out videos of like Palestinians on a conveyor belt sending him to a concentration camp. I mean, it's, it's really crazy. And then you find out, we've sent billions upon billions upon billions of dollars for this iron dome and all of their defense. You're telling us some people on motorbikes got penetrated this dome and then you find out, oh, Benjamin Netanyahu knew. He knew the whole time. He was warned by multiple different people. Then you find out from very reliable sources that Hamas offered to give the hostages back the very next day and Israel said no. And so my critique for politicians right now is why do we have to placate platitudes for a genocidal, homicidal war criminal government when we just need to get right to the nut cutting of what they're doing right now. Benjamin Netanyahu has the blood of those hostages on his hands. They offered to give them back to him and he said no because they're transactional to him. Much like the people in alligator alcatraz are transactional to Donald Trump and what's his name? Stephen Miller. And so I'm desiring a more honest conversation about all of this and it's a minefield because what I just said, some Jewish people will hear that and they will feel like I'm being anti-Semitic. What I am saying is solely about the government of Israel, not about Jewish people because Jewish people are not a monolith and in the Jewish diaspora, I mean, I know a ton of New Yorkers here who were like far worse, I mean, they are far worse critics on Israel than I am. And is it, is it such that we have to kind of tip toe into talking about it? Okay. I'll take a step back. Okay. I'm the daughter of Iranian immigrant. So I've grown up understanding or dealing with people thinking a government of a place is horrible and linking the people to that and I feel that that is now in recent years because of what the government of Israel is doing and the absolute atrocities that have taken place in Gaza, now that is somewhat happening or at least there's a perception for the Jewish community that that is what's happening to them. They are the rise of anti-Semitism. Absolutely. I'm talking about, like, I'm trying to distinguish between the people of the country and this government that is absolutely apparent to the recent reporting you mentioned. I mean, it is appalling, but it's honestly not surprising. It's not actually that shocking to me because I think Netanyahu throughout his career has done anything he needs to stay in power and to avoid prison and to be, you know, he's very much like Donald Trump. And so I think that, you know, I know there's still more validating to do on that, but it was pretty credible reporting that he had the information and chose not to do anything about it. And I just truly hope that they have better outcomes and their elections coming up because at this point, as you mentioned, all of the actions that they've taken have isolated them from the world. I know Palestinians from my district who've lost 60, 70 family members over the last couple of years. It's devastating. There's going to be a lot of work that's going to have to be done on both sides to move. I don't even know where you begin with that. It's difficult. And I say all of those things really bluntly because I think we have to start getting blunt about it. But at the same time, we do have to acknowledge that, you know, like in the Iranian diaspora, you're here. It's worth it, Ayatollah and all, you know, your family wouldn't support that. And the Iranian culture, particularly in Los Angeles, I think they call it little Iran, is incredible. And if you look back to images from Iran in the 1970s, how democratic and amazing it was and how it can switch like this. But we have in the United States right now a fascist and competent dictator. Yes. And Israel, they have a fascist, very competent, very nefarious dictator, Benjamin Netanyahu. And I think that we're all just kind of programmed with this ally ship. And one thing I see is like both countries right now are aligned because they're both corrupt as I'll get out our country and their country. And so my hope, as we move forward, is that we have a democratic Congress and it's going to be difficult because Halkim Jeffries is a big receiver of APAC money and he's not very critical of Israel, the government and their provocations. And so I'm hopeful that we can have a democratic Congress that really anchors in a moral clarity about that. And I think a good way to do it, and I try to do this on this podcast is elevate American Jewish voices that oppose this government. I think you probably saw the protest when Benjamin Netanyahu was here in New York and actress Hannah, how do you say her last name, Kat? I'm Bender. She's a Jewish actress. She was on hacks with the red here. She got arrested with Susan Sarandon. And so it's a difficult issue, but I know where the public is now. On both the left and the right, that people don't want our money being sent to Israel anymore. Yeah, at all. And generational too, even among the Jewish community. It is generational. You'll see younger Jewish Americans broadly opposed to Israel's policies, but I still think there is majority opposed, even in older generations, but there's a big discrepancy. Yeah, there is. And that gives me hope for the future that younger generations are more inclusive of universal human rights, that even despite 10 years of their formative years being under Trump, that they have this north star of universal human rights and fighting for the most marginalized people in that fight. Yeah. So I think, okay, all right, uncomfortable conversation. No, I think it's so important that we have national conversations about this, because these are just, these are issues that come up, especially on the far left side of our party. It's a really, really big issue that, you know, we see in our comment section, it permeates all over. And you know, I'll say this. the most recent vote that we had on the Thomas Massey amendment that would have blocked 3.3 billion and offensive military aid. We had very robust conversations within the Democratic caucus about it. This is my first term, so I don't have prior experience with it, but according to people who have been around, this was the first time where we've had really intense debates among everyone, which I think is really important, because to your point, it's hard. Some people on all sides have their entrenched opinions, but I think there is a reckoning happening, and there was agreement, if everyone to respect each other, no matter which way you went in the vote, but as I'm sure you remember, more Democrats voted to block that funding that didn't, which was historic. Leader Jeffries did put out a statement saying, "We will have to change our policies." What that looks like, we shall see, but I think the tide is turning for sure. Yeah, I do too, and I just want to point out to some people listening to these conversations, and they get uncomfortable. But if I compare it to the United States right now, I cheer on Canada when their PM tells Trump, "You are not acting as a democratic person that is for liberal democracy." You're acting like a despot. You're acting like a dictator, and we will not be bullied by you. I cheer Canada on in that, because I believe in liberal democracy. And so I welcome liberal democracies around the world, like Spain and Canada, to criticize the shit out of my government, and to tell my government right now that it's murdering American citizens with our taxpayer money. I encourage them to critique us, to not do business with us, to have sanctions on us, because there's nothing good that our government is doing right now, except for covering up for pedophiles. And then making, here we have number three on your list of people, you're going to whose ass is you're going to drag in to oversight, making all these people richer. Okay, thank you for having that conversation. I just think it's super important. All right, so now, do you think democratic leadership, when we get in, let's have the Hawking Jefferies conversation. I don't like disliking Hawking. It drives me crazy. I hate it. I want him to fight for us, for the Democratic Party to listen to where the base is. You're in a precarious situation. I'm not going to corner you here because I'm not that big of an asshole. I'm just kind of an asshole. And I understand that he would be your boss and you would have to work with him. So my question is this, the progressive caucus has enthusiasm, support. You've got all the cool kids that are in the AOC, Maxwell Frost, et cetera, Rokana. Do you think the progressive caucus, oh, who's that Greg Kasar? I love him. He's been on a couple times. So all of those stars in the party. Are you guys ready to go to bat with what I call preservationist Democrats, Democrats that want to preserve the system of protecting corporations? Are you guys ready if you get, if we get the gavel and we march in and you have the blue waiver, you're all ready to go fight with leadership and say, come on, we can't do this. Yes, yes, we are ready. We are ready. We've had a lot of conversations about it. And again, I've never been in the majority, but I hear it's tense and Nancy Pelosi ran a tight ship, but leader Jeffrey says different style of leadership. He is very collaborative, which I think is a good trait. I think what's going to be important also to push leadership to be more with the base is also the caucus changing itself to be more in line with the base. And I think next Congress, we have a lot of new people coming in who will bolster our ability to push the overall caucus. If that makes sense, like his job is to represent the amalgamation of here comes the asshole. Do you see any scenario where there's like, we should do a vote, not vote him in? I don't see that scenario. Okay. I don't either because you got like Zora on an AOC saying, like, you know, I think it'd be a great summer league. I think it should be a great speaker. Like you're getting silent and nodding. I don't want to be I want the Democrats to win. I want to love Hawkeam Jeffries. I want Hawkeam to tell his donors to go fuck themselves and that he's going to fight for the American people. And I will be the biggest Hawkeam Jeffries thumper cheerleader on the planet. But as long as he's taken that corporate pack many and word-soliding answers and taking private meetings with Jared fucking Kushner, I'm just like, I'm trying to like you, dude. Come on. Yeah. So that's that's that's very, very irritating. All right. Let's see what else I can make you uncomfortable about. I'm not uncomfortable. Let's let's let's talk about Mark Wayne Mullin. So Mark Wayne, Mark Wayne Mullin is from my home state. And he if you go over to his Twitter feed, he posts a lot of Bible verse stuff on the weekends. And then during his job, you know, his organization, people are dying in ice custody. But let's let's do a little play a little clip of Mark Wayne and get Yosemons take. I'd in holiday the ends. These people broke the law. That's rather there. And they're in the deportation process to lead the country because they chose to come to the country legally. And it's my job to arrest them and to send them back. And we do a good job at that. I hate these people. Me too. I really hate these people. I think Mullin has been a little bit more under the radar than Kristinaum. So we don't see as much of him. But the policies are just as awful. Look, going after ice and shutting ice down is one of my top priorities in this job for as long as I'm in it. I'm on to 13. I'm on 13 oversight visits at detention centers in Arizona, Texas at the Dilly detention center, and Florida. And what is happening inside these places is so evil and so disgusting. I've talked to dozens and dozens of people, women saying they get used underwear every day. And so UTIs are rampant. Infections are rampant. Obviously at Dilly, you have families there and so children who are being traumatized. And then of course, and that's the stuff we don't even see. Like that's just I can just share that with you because I go and I come out and I tell people, but it's hard to even fathom. And then it's the third country deportations are absolutely insane. I, you know, I know a woman, an Iranian woman who had come here as an asylum seeker, they put her on a military plane and center to Panama last year. And she had no idea where she was going. What happens to that person? She, her story is so basically, she was with a group of people she never met, some from China, some from Afghanistan. They literally just put them on a plane. She thought maybe she was going to like another state to go through an asylum process. Nothing, no interview, no nothing. Got to Panama. They're suddenly at like a hotel of sorts or a camp and they're like, you're now here. She used her phone and social media and like basically filmed this experience and got it out to the world. New York Times got a hold of it. So her story became known. And as a result, I mean, I introduced a bill named after her in Congress around deportations of third countries. Panama let her stay additional time and then a Canadian family just helped her get asylum in Canada. But this is one story. You know, thousands of people being sent to Africa. I mean, it is outrageous. I don't know if you know last year when Kilamarra Brego Garcia was deported. I went to El Salvador with with Robert and Maxwell and Maxine Dexter just so we could put more attention on it because everything in today's environment, the most horrific stories get lost in an hour. So I don't know. I just I can't stand and you mentioned Stephen Miller earlier. This all comes from Stephen. Oh, we see on our list top five. He should be number one. I agree. So I think a democratic talking point needs to be a bullish and prosecute. I've been saying that. Okay, good. I think we have to prosecute these people. I think just and this is just a petty thing if you could address this for me. American to Congresswoman. Enough with the grandstanding of the people that are the head of the DHS having these videos that torment us and the TSA lines of the airport. For the first year, first year and a half, it was Kristina with, you know, one of her looks on and now I was just flying to Los Angeles and I'll be God damned if Mark Wayne Mullin wasn't in the line was so long and there's Mark Wayne Mullin on a screen. I think we need to ban these these people from being on television screens in airports, there's nothing good that comes from. And I think both, if it's a democratically appointed DHS leader, enough, hire an actor. This is the United States. We're the entertainment capital, hire an actor to talk about it. The grandstanding of this, that's something that you think you can get bipartisan ship support for. I think so. And if I remember correctly, I think certain airports were deciding to play this or not because in Phoenix, we didn't, and it was like a decision made by the director of the airport. So I need to look back into that, but it's interesting because I don't think it was a mandated. They couldn't force it. The fact that some airports are. This is at JFK. Yeah. JFK. I don't know what's going on there, but get Mark Wayne off his screens. Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Yes, I mean, this has just been fantastic. I want to thank you so much for the candid conversation. I think it's so great that we have this space now where my audience can get to know the youngest female member of Congress. I think that is so cool. Thank you. I think it's. I'm so excited to see the new generation of politicians come in and I'm so over all of the seniority and the way things work. I want you guys to just go in and break it all and tear it all down and you have my support. So thank you so much. Thank you so much. This was fun. See you next time.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Severe medical neglect and horrific conditions are reported in ICE detention centers, including rampant infections and psychological torture, leading to 52 deaths.
  2. Congresswoman Yasemin criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson for enabling the White House, failing to uphold congressional oversight, and abandoning legislative duty in favor of political alignment.
  3. A major concern is the risk of election manipulation, especially in states like Texas, where Trump allies are allegedly using voter suppression tactics and misinformation.
  4. The Democratic Party is preparing for a strong midterms push in Arizona, with a significant lead in polling, and is building election security efforts to counter misinformation and fraud.
  5. The speaker calls for accountability of tech CEOs like Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg for ethical failures in AI regulation and tax avoidance, with a push to hold them in criminal contempt.
  6. Congresswoman Yasemin personally opposes accepting funds from pro-Israel groups due to the government’s actions in Gaza, advocating for moral clarity and truth in foreign policy.
  7. She highlights the growing shift in public opinion—especially among younger generations—toward progressive values and human rights, signaling a potential realignment within the Democratic Party.
  8. A growing progressive faction in Congress, including new members like Maxwell Frost and Greg Kasar, is ready to challenge establishment Democrats over corporate and political complicity.

Summary:

S. immigration detention centers, where women report being subjected to sexual abuse, infections, and psychological trauma, resulting in 52 deaths and widespread neglect. She criticizes Speaker Mike Johnson for abdicating congressional responsibilities and enabling the White House, calling his leadership a failure of accountability.

The midterms are seen as a pivotal moment for Democrats, with strong polling and strategic focus on Arizona, where a Democratic sweep could shift national power. Concerns about election integrity, particularly in Texas under Governor Abbott, drive efforts to strengthen voter protections and election security. Yasemin emphasizes the need to hold powerful tech CEOs accountable for AI regulation and corporate misconduct, citing potential contempt charges.

She also shares her personal shift away from pro-Israel funding due to the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza, calling for moral clarity in foreign policy. A growing progressive faction within the Democratic Party, including new and younger members, is pushing for accountability over corporate appeasement, signaling a potential transformation in party dynamics. The conversation underscores a broader public demand for transparency, justice, and systemic reform in government, especially in areas of immigration, technology, and foreign policy.

FAQs

She reports severe medical neglect, including rampant UTIs and infections, with women being given used underwear daily. Children are also traumatized, and conditions are described as 'evil and disgusting'.

She has conducted 13 oversight visits to detention centers in Arizona, Texas, and Florida and introduced a bill named after an Iranian asylum seeker who was deported to Panama. The bill aims to address third-country deportations.

She criticizes Mullin for his policies, stating they are just as detrimental as those of Kristina, and calls for the removal of his videos from airport screens due to the 'grandstanding' and harmful messaging.

She believes the Supreme Court is a 'corrupt evil institution' with no oversight, citing concerns about justices' personal conflicts of interest and their role in enabling presidential misconduct and unjust deportations.

She believes these executives have contributed to societal harm through unregulated AI and social media, and they should be held accountable. She supports using congressional authority to hold them in contempt for non-cooperation in investigations.

She believes Israeli government policies, especially under Netanyahu, involve genocidal actions and violations of international law. She emphasizes that her opposition is to the government, not to Jewish people, and aims to promote moral clarity and accountability.

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