Air Date 9-11-2025

I've always learned the high-level understanding that the Nazis were partly able to come to power because the opposition at the time was too caught up with infighting to create a coherent resistance. With hindsight, it's easy to lament how badly they miscalculated the circumstances but living through the modern day and watching the Democratic Party struggle gives even more clarity to how that kind of inability to get organized in the face of existential threats to democracy can happen.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Where Is the Party?: Time for Democratic Leaders to ‘Fight with Both Hands’ or ‘Step Aside’ - Velshi - Air Date 8-30-25

KP 2: This Guy, This Line - The Rational National - Air Date 9-2-25

KP 3: How Elites Destroyed the Democratic Party in the US and Fuelled Populism | The Bottom Line - Al Jazeera English -Air Date 8-31-25

KP 4: Desperate Kyle Begs and Pleads With Democrats - The Kyle Kulinski Show - Air Date 8-28-25

KP 5: Ritchie Torres Talks Zionism, LGBT, The Bronx - The Adam Friedland Show - Air Date 8-27-25

KP 6: Journalist Exposes Dark Money on the Left - UNFTR Media - Air Date 8-30-25

(00:50:07) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the murder of Charlie Kirk

DEEPER DIVES

(01:04:12) SECTION A: DARK MONEY AND THE INFLUENCER WAR

A1: Secret Democrat Influencer Funding Programs Revealed Part 1 - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 8-29-25

A2: Brian Tyler Cohen RAGES in Response to Demfluencer Dark Money Scandal Part 1 - Breaking Points - Air Date 9-2-25

A3: Adam Friedland's Interview with Ritchie Torres - Gianmarco Soresi - Air Date 8-30-25

A4: Why Dems Are Losing The Narrative War - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 8-27-25

A5: Secret Democrat Influencer Funding Programs Revealed Part 2 - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 8-29-25

A6: Brian Tyler Cohen RAGES in Response to Demfluencer Dark Money Scandal Part 2 - Breaking Points - Air Date 9-2-25

(02:01:36) SECTION B: AIPAC, ISRAEL, AND COMPLICITY

B1: Cori Bush: “AIPAC Didn’t Make Me, So AIPAC Can’t Break Me” - The Real News Network - Air Date 5-6-25

B2: Why Democrats Should Cut Off Weapons Sales to Israel and Reject AIPAC Money - Pod Save America - Air Date 8-29-25

B3: Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza Siege, American Killed by Israeli Settlers & Epsteins Financial Network - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-25-25

B4: DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel - Democracy Now! - Air Date 8-27-25

B5: Buttigieg Activates Corporate Consultant Mode When Asked About Israel - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 8-11-25

B6: AIPAC Candidate's Town Hall Gets Violent - The Majority Report W/ Sam Seder - Air Date 8-23-25

(02:46:14) SECTION C: MOSTLY WEAK BUT SIGNS OF LIFE

C1: Let Gavin Newsom Cook - The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini) - Air Date 8-20-25

C2: Let Them Eat Memes - Current Affairs - Air Date 9-2-25

C3: “The Border Is Invading America”: Jean Guerrero on the Bipartisan Failures of Immigration Policy - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-3-25

C4: Krystal And Saagar GRILL Dem Senator On Epstein Zohran Israel - Breaking Points - Air Date 7-29-25

C5: 'The Pod Save America Bros Were Right!' Dems Face Calls to Back Progressives Amid Abysmal Ratings - The Weekend - Air Date 8-24-25

C6: Why Won't Democrats Fight Trump? - Robert Reich - Air Date 8-26-25

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