Why, America? with Leeja Miller

In a dramatic escalation of tensions, Trump decided to bomb major nuclear sites in Iran over the weekend. Today, Iran retaliated with attacks on US bases in the Middle East. Where do we go from here and what can we expect in the coming days? Here's the context you need. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Israel's attacks on Iran, and Iran's attacks right back, are part of ongoing hostilities between the countries in a region with complex alliances and infighting. It's unclear whether the US, Israel's biggest ally, will jump into the fray as well. But could this lead to WWIII? Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Over the weekend, Minnesota representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed in their homes, and Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot and wounded, by a masked man impersonating a police officer. What ensued was the largest manhunt in state history. This is a foreseeable outcome in a fascist state full of politicians that promote violence at every turn. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/leeja30 and use code LEEJA30 at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Apparently journalists are getting fired for saying mean things about Stephen Miller, so let me try my hand at it. Now that this creep is running things, we're stuck with the putrid ideology that's spreading hate and disinformation while ruining the lives of immigrants across the country. All because of this guy's fragile ego. Yikes. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Trump is sending troops into LA, which is meant to add fuel to the growing unrest in response to the military-style ICE operations taking place across the city. This chaos is entirely the point, and all part of the big, beautiful plan. You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/miller.  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

One Big, Beautiful Database, brought to you by Palantir. Billionaire Peter Thiel's ties to the US government have paid off, bigly, in the form of major government contract. Now, it is being tapped to aggregate private information across agencies into one massive government database ripe for abuse. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan.  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

Project Esther, spearheaded by The Heritage Foundation, creator of Project 2025, lays out the ways that antisemitism will be co-opted by the right to push through their xenophobic, nationalist, anti-DEI agenda. And a lot of it is already underway. You can go to my sponsor https://aura.com/leeja to try 14 days for free. That’s enough time for Aura to start scrubbing your personal info off these data broker sites, without you lifting a finger. READ PROJECT ESTHER: https://www.heritage.org/sites/default/files/2024-10/Project%20Esther.pdf 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com 

USDA inspectors have been fired, CDC scientists laid off, and America's food safety system thrown into chaos under Trump and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. And yet Trump has promised to Make America Healthy Again. What gives? Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan.  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com/ 

When habeas corpus, the right to challenge your detention, is suspended for some of us, that creates an opening for the writ to slowly be denied to more and more of us. While Stephen Miller announces that the Trump administration is "looking into it" and Kristi Noem can't seem to define it, we are all left to watch as the writ is blatantly eroded, despite judicial rulings and precedent. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan.  🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com/ 

The House GOP and Speaker Mike Johnson are fast-tracking a Big, Beautiful reconciliation bill that is over 1100 pages long onto the House floor. The bill would represent the largest cut to Medicaid since it was created in 1965 and could lead to loss of coverage for millions of Americans, in part due to new work requirements that would add onerous red tape to the program. Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and see all sides of every story. Subscribe through my link for 40% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 🔗 Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.substack.com/