Air Date: 2-11-2025

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The very rich, as has been noted before, are not on the side of regular people. And even if you think that the federal government needs a major reboot, no one but the ultra-wealthy are going to be happy with what they build in the aftermath of the administrative coup currently underway.

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ACTIVISM ROUNDUP

KEY POINTS

KP 1: How Oligarchs Took Over The World - Double Down News - Air Date 1-9-25

KP 2: Is Elon Musk Staging a Coup? Unelected Billionaire Seizes Control at Treasury Dept. & Other Agencies - Democracy Now! - Air Date 2-3-25

KP 3: The Oligarchy's Power is Waking America Up - Velshi - Air Date 1-27-25

KP 4: DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America Part 1 - Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious - Air Date 11-13-24

KP 5: Why the Tech Bros Allied with Trump - Zeteo - Air Date 2-2-25

KP 6: President Trump and the Power of the Purse - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 2-5-25

(51:21) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the dream of the accelerationists

DEEPER DIVES

(56:16) SECTION A: HISTORICAL CONTEXT

A1: What Aristotle Knew About Oligarchy That We Forgot - Legendary Lore - Air Date 9-11-24

A2: Welcome to the new American oligarchy: Trump’s rise was decades in the making - Velshi - Air Date 1-26-25

A3: America Fought a Revolution to Stop Kings! Trump Just Gave Oligarchs Their Throne Back - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 2-4-25

A4: Trump’s Administrative Coup w/ David Cobb & Kali Akuno - Jacobin Radio - Air Date 2-4-25

A5: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy, Thom Hartmann - The Mark Thompson Show - Air Date 1-16-25

(1:40:21) SECTION B: GOVERNMENT DESTRUCTION

B1: Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States: Chris Hedges - UpFront - Air Date 1-31-25

B2: Elon Musk DOGE COUP at USAID - Chris Norlund - Air Date 2-2-25

B3: Trump 2.0: Oligarchy Unleashed - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 2-2-25

B4: Guests: Heather Digby Parton of Salon, 'Driftglass' of 'Pro Left Podcast' on the disastrous, illegal, authoritarian Trump_Musk World and rising opposition - The Bradcast - Air Date 2-5-25

B5: The Elon Musk Coup 340 - Left Anchor - Air Date 2-3-25

(2:25:04) SECTION C: THE BROS

C1: The Era Of The Broligarch Has Begun | Krystal Ball - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 1-24-25

C2: JD Vance, Curtis Yarvin, and the End of Democracy - Wisecrack - Air Date 10-18-24

C3: DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America Part 2 - Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious - Air Date 11-13-24

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Description: A composite image showing a wrecking ball - with Elon Musk’s face on it - smashes a white wall.

Credit: Composite design by A. Hoffman. Image sourced from Pixabay. | License: Pixabay

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