This week, on America: In the Making... An announcement on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (00:00) The death of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson (02:25) 11 more dead after US strikes on drug boats (07:19) Is morality in American politics dead? (21:51) And President Obama believes in aliens (40:22) Joining the show this week is Emma Long, Associate Professor in American History and Politics at the University of East Anglia. And also Jacob Jarvis, the host of American Friction, and a regular on The Bunker, so he loves podcasting about America almost as much as we do. . News sources: American Friction [podcast]: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/american-friction/id1744345702  Jesse Jackson’s Death: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jesse-jackson-dies-age-84-civil-rights-leader/  11 dead after US strikes on alleged drug boats: https://apnews.com/article/boat-strikes-drug-trafficking-trump-5504d20ac43e0f4796084d0f1cefe5ec  Drug dealers Trump has pardoned: https://www.complex.com/life/a/backwoodsaltar/drug-dealers-donald-trump-pardoned  Pam Bondi testimonial: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fiery-exchanges-dominate-bondi-appearance-before-congress-4-takeaways/ar-AA1Wa41i?ocid=BingNewsSerp  How many countries has Trump attacked? https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/president-of-peace-really-countries-trump-has-bombed-in-his-second-term-article-153402053  2025 Government shutdown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_shutdown  Impact of ICE raids: https://truthout.org/articles/the-trauma-of-ice-raids-is-rippling-through-public-schools-across-the-us/  Affordability crisis continues: https://www.allianz.com/en/economic_research/insights/publications/specials_fmo/260211-US-affordability.html  Obama clarifies existence of aliens: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/barack-obama-clarifies-he-s-seen-no-evidence-of-aliens-257772101699 . Contact us: [email protected] Join the community: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/americathestoryoftheusa⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get the newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://america-the-story-of-the-usa.beehiiv.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brand & advertising enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices