Pod Save America Noem Won't Rule Out Tear-Gassing Trick-or-Treaters
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Oct 31, 2025 
Zohran Mamdani, a dynamic Democratic mayoral candidate for New York City, joins to discuss his campaign's final push. He shares insights on coalition-building and prioritizing cost-of-living issues over cultural distractions. Mamdani also tackles the challenges posed by Trump-backed opponents and media misrepresentation, while advocating for inclusivity in New York. He reflects on the responsibilities of governing and translating campaign excitement into real commitments for the city. Plus, he adds some playful banter about sports.
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Militarizing Policing Is Administration Policy
- Trump pushes using National Guard and active-duty forces for domestic riot control and creates quick reaction units.
- Hosts warn this militarizes responses to protest and reflect a worldview of fighting an ‘enemy within.’
Protester Indicted Over Blocking ICE Vehicle
- Reporter Tim Miller discussed Kat Abu Ghazala's federal charges after protesting outside an ICE facility.
- The indictment alleges protesters impeded a federal vehicle by placing hands on it, a claim hosts call thin and political.
Quota Politics Break Immigration System
- The administration fires immigration judges and rotates agencies to meet impossible deportation quotas.
- Pfeiffer argues this creates chaos, more arrests but not more deportations, and incentivizes counting arrests over actual removals.
