Patrick Lyoya Trial Moving to Kzoo, Iran, and More

In this sprawling episode Lawrence joins in to talk about the Lyoya civil trial being moved to Kalamazoo and a sad post-script to an attempt by local organizations to create a houseless pod community in the city.

 

We talk about recent instances of "MAGA terrorism" and how an attempt to hold road funding hostage by the Trump administration was blocked by a judge.

 

We look at insurgent DSA candidate Zohran Mamdani in NYC, was the mainstream media coverage says about his candidacy, and the moral bankruptcy of a centrism pushing a figure like Andrew Cuomo.

 

We talk about the recent U.S. bombing in Iran, US complicity in the food massacres taking place in Gaza, and an update on Mahmoud Khalil.

 

02:10- 26:00 Patrick Lyoya Civil Case to be in Kzoo

 

26:10- 34:38 Kzoo Housing Pods Go Up for Auction

 

34:45- 49:25 MAGA Terrorism

 

49:25- 57:25 Judge Block Trump Admin from Holding Road Funding Hostage

 

57:30- 1:06:50 NYC Mayoral Race

 

1:06:55- 1:30:10 Iran

 

1:30:10- 1:38:40 Food Aid Massacres in Gaza and US Complicity

 

1:38:45- 1:47:00 Mahmoud Khalil is Free

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Civil trial against former GRPD officer Christopher Schurr to take place in Kalamazoo
https://wwmt.com/news/local/civil-trial-grand-rapids-officer-christopher-schurr-take-place-kalamazoo-patrick-lyoya-shooting-death

 

Study Finds Racial Profiling By Kalamazoo Police
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/study-finds-racial-profiling-by-kalamazoo-police/

 

Kalamazoo's housing pods up for auction months after housing project is scrapped
https://wwmt.com/news/local/kalamazoo-housing-pods-auction-project-scrapped-west-michigan-homeless-buy-sale

 

Judge blocks Trump admin from withholding road funding over immigration
https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/06/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-withholding-road-funding-over-immigration.html

 

US War on Iran Is Not About Nuclear Threats. It’s About US Power and Domination.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-on-iran-is-not-about-nuclear-threats-its-about-us-power-and-domination/

 

U.S. Mercenaries Are Helping the IDF Murder Starving People in Gaza
https://www.leftvoice.org/u-s-mercenaries-are-helping-the-idf-murder-starving-people-in-gaza/

 

Mahmoud Khalil Is Free: Follow His Journey from ICE Jail to Newark Airport to Gates of Columbia University
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/23/mahmoud_khalil_free