Surviving Trump: Your Essential Guide to His Second Term
Navigating the chaos of today’s politics can be overwhelming —this show helps make sense of it all. In about 30 minutes each week, host Bella Goode breaks down the players, policies, and threats facing democracy — in plain language and straight talk. Your crash course in today’s politics
Surviving Trump: Your Essential Guide to His Second Term
Episode 49: When ICE Comes to Town: Trauma, Fear, and Resistance
When ICE shows up, the damage ripples far beyond the person taken. From a quiet Colorado town to a Harlem ball field to the fire lines of Washington State, Bella Goode uncovers how sudden enforcement upends daily life. Families are torn apart, children are left afraid, and even firefighters risk detention while saving lives. These stories reveal the deeper truth: the human cost of immigration enforcement reaches far beyond the headlines.
Key Takeaways To Listen For
- Harlem Ball Field: Children confronted by armed ICE agents during baseball practice and the coach who put his body on the line to protect them
- Why Border Patrol agents arrested crew members on the fire line, canceling contracts while wildfires raged
- First-hand accounts of raids that tore parents and children apart in Oklahoma and beyond
- How raids devastate local businesses, labor markets, and healthcare access.
- Stories of neighbors, coaches, and organizers building rapid-response networks and refusing to surrender to fear
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Host: Bella Goode
Bella Goode is a pseudonym — but the voice, research, and mission are all real. A Republican turned democracy advocate in 2016, I was raised by middle class parents in Pennsylvania. I’m a former marketing executive, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner with an MBA from Wharton and a Master’s in Psychology from Penn. I spent decades telling stories in the business world; now I use those skills to connect the dots in American politics.
I’m here because the truth matters — and because the stakes have never been higher. Surviving Trump isn’t lighthearted. It’s clarity, evidence, and a fight for the future of our democracy.
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