3598 - Trump Calls for Political Arrests; Urgent 2025 Elections w/ Daniel Nichanian

Oct 8, 2025

Daniel Nakanian, the editor and founder of Bolts Magazine, dives into his Cheat Sheet for the upcoming 2025 elections. He highlights key governor, mayoral, and sheriff races that could shape local immigration policies and enforcement. Nakanian emphasizes the importance of local offices in the larger political landscape and discusses progressive challengers in major cities. He also outlines the implications of upcoming Pennsylvania state supreme court cases on election laws and redistricting. A must-listen for political enthusiasts!

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Federal Troops Vs. State Authority

The 10th Amendment reserves many powers to states, limiting federal overreach like National Guard deployments for local policing.
Courts and posse comitatus currently constrain federal attempts to use troops for domestic law enforcement, making legal battles decisive.

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Crime Panic Drives Militarized Politics

Political fear-mongering about urban crime fuels militarized responses and occupation-style deployments.
This tactic recycles mass-incarceration era rhetoric despite large decreases in violent crime in many cities.

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Calls For Political Arrests Normalize Threats

National leaders publicly calling for jailing political opponents normalizes threats to local elected officials and democratic norms.
Mike Johnson's evasive response illustrates how federal leaders dodge accountability while endorsing punitive rhetoric.

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It's Hump Day on the Majority Report

On Today's Show:

Trump posts to Truth Social that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be imprisoned for hindering ICE agents.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) co-signs Donald Trump's calling for Pritzker's and Johnson's imprisonment

CBS Chicago reports that ICE has been making false 911 call and filing phony police reports in an attempt to agitate local authorities.

The IDF has seized nine more boats attempting to break the Israeli blockade on aid for Palestinians.

Greta Thunberg posts a video on social media pleading for people to stay focused on the genocide and Palestinians and to not make the flotilla members the center of the narrative.

Editor of Bolts Magazine, Daniel Nichanian joins the program to discuss his Cheat Sheet for the 2025 General Elections.

In the Fun Half:

We revisit a talk that new head of CBS news Bari Weiss gave to the Federalist Society in 2023 where she exhibits her only talent, flattering conservatives.

After receiving a $20 billion bailout, Argentina's president Javier Milei throws an arena rock show, even singing himself

Pam Bondi is once again humiliated, this time by Senator Dick Durbin as he presses her on Epstein.

Stephen Crowder doesn't understand why his fellow podcasters are turning on Trump.

Dave Rubin goes on a misogynist rant about Greta Thunberg.

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