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Joe Rogan Unleashes On Trump's 'Insane' ICE Raids

The podcaster launched into a rant about POTUS' controversial attacks against migrants.

Jazmin Tolliver at HuffPost:

Joe Rogan is calling out President Donald Trump’s “insane” crusade against migrants amid incessant raids led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. “It’s insane. We were told there would be no — well, there’s two things that are insane,” he began while speaking with his guest Amjad Masad on Wednesday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. During POTUS’ election campaign, Trump promised to enact mass deportations of criminals residing in the U.S. illegally, but data shows his administration has also made countless arrests of those who have not been accused of crimes. Rogan, who endorsed Trump in the 2024 election, voiced disappointment over ICE taking aim at workers. “One is the targeting of migrant workers,” Rogan said. “Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers. Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”

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Last month, Rogan also condemned the ICE raids, calling them “fucking nuts.” The UFC commentator questioned whether Trump would’ve won the election in November had he been forthright about how his administration would carry out deportations.

Joe Rogan, who endorsed Donald Trump during the 2024 elections, criticizes Trump for using ICE on migrant workers.

From the 07.02.2025 edition of The Joe Rogan Experience:

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It's normal to get excited by social media likes. Some say social media is "fake." But to the receiver of the like, they feel appreciated and heard, and to them, that's real. It's perhaps more real than going out into the world and saying interesting things and receiving real-world "likes" and praise. The activity is reduced to its essence and delivers intense satisfaction. Likes are hyperreal. For something to be fake, it can't produce the intended result. It should be counterfeit. But hyperreal is the opposite. To make a hyperreal object from a real one, take only the details that excite the mind — like getting praise — intensify them, and drop everything else. When you reduce food to its most intense elements — sweet & salt — you get hyperreal (junk) food. That is the formula for hyperreality. [...] Are we doomed to eternal hyperreality addiction? It is a potential answer to Fermi's Paradox. Intelligent life evolves until all it does is produce and consume hyperreality at the expense of exploring the stars. I don't think we're doomed though. And I don't think regulation is the answer either. Religions have dealt with the destructive nature of hyperreality. Why do you think you can't draw pictures of people or animals in Islam? A restriction that generated an art culture rooted in abstract (unreal) shapes. The secular West is especially vulnerable to hyperrealism because societal norms that could protect us are considered oppressive. I love the West's renegade aspect. It resulted in innovative art, science, and technology. But it left us unprotected against hyperreality. Whatever comes next — may be a techno-futurist religion — needs to address this issue.

Amjad Masad, “The Hyperreal”

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Replit CEO fires back at Apple: The justification for banning our app is a 'total lie' and we will meet in court!

It seems the honeymoon—if it ever existed—between developers and Apple has ended for good. The confrontations are no longer confined to closed rooms or cold review correspondence; they have escalated into public accusations of blatant lying. Amjad Masad, the mastermind behind the famous AI-powered programming platform Replit, has finally decided to take the gloves off against Apple, describing…

Replit CEO fires back at Apple: The justification for banning our app is a 'total lie' and we will meet in court!