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#1813 Suffering is the Strategy: ICE, Mass Deportation, and Demographic Engineering
Episode 1813
Saturday, 8 August, 2026
Air Date: 8/8/2026 Today we examine the mass deportation machine that's been intentionally designed to inflict suffering, from the conditions inside immigration jails to the reckless actions of ICE agents, and the systematic dismantling of accountability. All of this in service of a blatant demographic engineering program to forcibly Whiten the country. Full Show Notes Transcript Be part of the show! Leave a voice message, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop Bookshop.org and Libro.fm for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! Join our Discord community! TOP TAKES KP 1: Lauren Bonds on ICE Murders Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 7-17-26 KP 2: Trumps National Killer Police Force Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 7-24-26 KP 3: Uncovering Abuse Inside America's Largest ICE Detention Center Part 1 - Fresh Air - Air Date 7-14-26 KP 4: ICE Took Mom and Dad. Now the Kids Are on Their Own. Part 1 - Reveal - Air Date 7-25-26 KP 5: ICE Deports Family To Their Deaths In Guatemala - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-29-26 KP 6: ICE Took Mom and Dad. Now the Kids Are on Their Own. Part 2 - Reveal - Air Date 7-25-26 (00:58:33) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Mass Deportation and the Birth Rate Panic Are One Project My commentaries on YouTube - Share them! DEEPER DIVES (01:18:16) SECTION A: INEVITABLE BRUTALITY A1: What We Know About the Recent ICE Killings Part 1 - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 7-20-26 A2: ICE Kills Again Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-13-26 A3: What We Know About the Recent ICE Killings Part 2 - Radio Atlantic - Air Date 7-20-26 A4: ICE Kills Again Part 2 - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-13-26 A5: Trump Endorses Non Citizen FBI Stops Investigating ICE Shootings Maine Dems Pick Platner's Sub - David Feldman Show - Air Date 7-19-26 A6: ICE Murders and the Maine Senate Scramble with David Dayen and David Weigel - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 7-17-26 (02:15:18) SECTION B: DESIGNED TO BE UNBEARABLE B1: Killer ICE Agent's Ex-Wife Tells Us Everything We Need To Know - The Majority Report - Air Date 7-17-26 B2: Uncovering Abuse Inside America's Largest ICE Detention Center Part 2 - Fresh Air - Air Date 7-14-26 B3: Lauren Bonds on ICE Murders Part 2 - CounterSpin - Air Date 7-17-26 B4: Trumps National Killer Police Force Part 2 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 7-24-26 (02:51:33) SECTION C: THE WORLD WATCHES & THE PEOPLE FIGHT BACK C1: Claudia Sheinbaum Takes on the ICE Killing Machine Part 1 - Soberanía - Air Date 7-15-26 C2: Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted by ICE for Criticism of Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-28-26 C3: Claudia Sheinbaum Takes on the ICE Killing Machine Part 2 - Soberanía - Air Date 7-15-26 C4: Citizens Bank Cuts Ties to ICE Prison Companies GEO Group & CoreCivic After Grassroots Campaign - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-30-26 Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
