Frank Langfitt

There is energy. We're going to drill, baby, drill. After that, I'm not going to be a dictator.

It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy.

It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy.

It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy.

Hey, Aisha. Great to be here.

Hey, Aisha. Great to be here.

Hey, Aisha. Great to be here.

Yeah, there's one particular thing, Aisha. I had arranged to interview this guy, a scholar. He's originally from an autocratic country in Asia. And at first he agreed to speak on the record. And then like a day or two before the interview, he writes me this. I want to read it to you.

Yeah, there's one particular thing, Aisha. I had arranged to interview this guy, a scholar. He's originally from an autocratic country in Asia. And at first he agreed to speak on the record. And then like a day or two before the interview, he writes me this. I want to read it to you.

Yeah, there's one particular thing, Aisha. I had arranged to interview this guy, a scholar. He's originally from an autocratic country in Asia. And at first he agreed to speak on the record. And then like a day or two before the interview, he writes me this. I want to read it to you.

It says, I've been following with concern the news this week and I've decided for now I don't want to be quoted in a news piece.

It says, I've been following with concern the news this week and I've decided for now I don't want to be quoted in a news piece.

It says, I've been following with concern the news this week and I've decided for now I don't want to be quoted in a news piece.

He'd seen this video. I'm sure you've probably seen it, too. It was widely covered in the news. There are these plainclothes Homeland Security agents. They detain a doctoral student at Tufts University. This all happens in broad daylight on a street outside of Boston. So this student, she's from Turkey. Her name is Rumesa Ozturk. And she's here in the U.S. on a student visa.

He'd seen this video. I'm sure you've probably seen it, too. It was widely covered in the news. There are these plainclothes Homeland Security agents. They detain a doctoral student at Tufts University. This all happens in broad daylight on a street outside of Boston. So this student, she's from Turkey. Her name is Rumesa Ozturk. And she's here in the U.S. on a student visa.

He'd seen this video. I'm sure you've probably seen it, too. It was widely covered in the news. There are these plainclothes Homeland Security agents. They detain a doctoral student at Tufts University. This all happens in broad daylight on a street outside of Boston. So this student, she's from Turkey. Her name is Rumesa Ozturk. And she's here in the U.S. on a student visa.

And in the video, you can see these men, and it's a woman or two, come up to her. They grab her wrists. She begins to resist. She starts to yell. and then they take her phone, handcuff her, and then they lead her off to a car.

And in the video, you can see these men, and it's a woman or two, come up to her. They grab her wrists. She begins to resist. She starts to yell. and then they take her phone, handcuff her, and then they lead her off to a car.

And in the video, you can see these men, and it's a woman or two, come up to her. They grab her wrists. She begins to resist. She starts to yell. and then they take her phone, handcuff her, and then they lead her off to a car.

So after she was picked up, they sent her to Louisiana. She's never charged with a crime. And a little more than a week ago, a federal judge released her, said the only evidence the government provided for holding her was that she co-wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper. urging the university to divest from companies doing business with Israel.