EP135: Why Mayor Karen Bass Cannot Stop ICE - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

You're offended by the actions of a politician you don't like. If only you had a tool to stop it? Turns out, there is something but... You repudiated that tool! You said it was racist. And invoking it now might undermine some of your other Utopian plans. Mayor Karen Bass takes the stage, wagging her finger at ICE, as they militarily sweep through LA's MacArthur Park like it was Mosul or Kandahar. There's nothing more she can do (or would want to do) because she and her progressive allies have, for decades, neutered the power of local officials -- the power to resist. It always comes back. Jim Babka offers this lesson: "Have empathy for your future self." NOTES Episode 134 Why ICE is an Illegal Agency: https://youtu.be/j8hTJsP19bw The Tenth Amendment Center: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/ Jim's greatest meme quote: "The power you give a politician you love today, to do something you want, is a power that will be used tomorrow by a politician you loathe, to do things you'll hate." - Jim Babka, co-creator, Zero Aggression Project CHAPTERS 0:00 Theme 0:24 Why Jim is wearing the same shirt 2:28 Never let a crisis go to waste 3:36 Why Mayor Bass is weaker than feckless 5:45 Progressives vs the Tenth Amendment 10:46 When they said nullification is racist 16:13 Jim's greatest quote meme 19:20 Where slippery slopes consistently happen 20:48 Two examples of slippery slopes 25:23 The Brownshirt Prediction 29:28 Martin Niemöller's Gracepoint CREDITS Bill Protzmann is your moderator. This episode is sponsored by Zero Aggression Project. https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ ChatGPT was used to help write the show description. We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at: [email protected] Be grace-full to each other.