Ep. 19 - What is it like to stand up to Trump?

On this episode of Vital Questions, we sit down with Alvaro Bedoya, attorney, former FTC Commissioner, and one of the few people to take Trump to court—and win. Bedoya was illegally fired by the Trump administration in March 2025, but instead of backing down, he fought back alongside fellow Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. From sending "reply-all" dissent emails at the FTC to facing veiled threats like “pizza doxxings,” Bedoya walks us through what it means to stand up to power when the system is rigged for billionaires and against working people.

We dive deep into:

• The FTC’s role in protecting consumers, workers, and small businesses
• How billionaires exploit immigrants and working-class people—and how the government helps them get away with it
• The horrifying disparities in how undocumented workers are punished versus corporate CEOs who break the law
• The weaponization of surveillance, data, and AI under the Trump administration
• What Democrats need to do right now to reconnect with working people before it’s too late

This episode is a masterclass in accountability, power, and what real resistance looks like in a time of manufactured chaos.

🎧 Tune in now to hear how one man took on the billionaires—and what it cost him.

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