The Last Hurrah artwork

Special Edition: A Very Different Fourth of July

The Last Hurrah

English - July 03, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB
Politics News Daily News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


Fourth of July, when America declared independence from Britain in 1776, is an annual celebration synonymous with big public displays of patriotism, parades, outdoor barbecues, fireworks and family gatherings.

But this year, things are different.

America is convulsed by disease, rocked by protest against racism and consumed by a presidential race wherein the incumbent occupant of the White House has seemingly ceded any national leadership role in favour of appeasing his base.

Then there's the newly-announced immigration bans by the Trump administration that call into question the very notion of the American Dream. 

Scott & Liam take stock of where America is as it celebrates this most awkward of birthdays and Fiona McEntee, Founding & Managing Attorney of McEntee Law Group, joins from Chicago to help us decipher Donald Trump's most recent immigration policies.