I'm Ann Applebaum.
Over the past year, as I watched Donald Trump demand unprecedented new powers, I wondered,
don't he and his team fear that these same powers could one day be used by a different administration and a different president to achieve very different goals?
Well, maybe they are afraid.
And maybe that's why they're using their new tools to change our institutions,
even to alter the playing field in advance of midterm elections later this year.
to make sure their opponents can't win.
Ultimately, destroying trust is the currency of autocrats.
We could win, but we are very, very,
very likely to lose if we keep treating this as business as usual.
Reporting on the sweeping changes unfolding in our country and preparing you to think about what might happen next.
The new season of Autocracy in America, available now.
Before we start a warning in this episode,
you'll hear audio of a shooting and you can hear the shots clearly Okay,
here's the episode Minneapolis police received the report of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of East 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue on the south side of the city This is Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara yesterday.
This is a 37-year-old white male who is a Minneapolis resident and we believe he is an American citizen.
The victim's name was Alex Pretty and he was 37 years old.
He worked as an ICU nurse at the city's VA hospital before he was shot by immigration agents on Saturday morning.
We have not been told any official reports of what has led up to the shooting,
but we have seen the video that is circulating on social media.