#1656 How Far He Will Go: Election lies, intimidation, interference, insurrection
Air Date: 9-17-2024
It's not just the threat of the electoral college handing the presidency to the loser of the popular vote, nor the specter of a repeat of a January 6th-like event hanging over the election - there's also copious lies and disinformation including a new and improved nazi-to-Republican-talking-point-pipeline, and fresh new intimidation and voter suppression tactic experiments underway in the laboratories of democracy.
Read more#1610 The Border, and Our Border Politics, Are a Mess - As Trump and MAGA-driven misunderstanding and panic about the nature of immigration dominates election concerns.
Air Date: 2-14-2024
The entire political system has lurched to the right on immigration as Democrats adopt the talking points of the Republicans and the MAGA Republicans put Trump's election chances over the policies they claim to support.
Read more#1601 Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, it is Fascism
Air Date: 1-2-2024
Trump's greatest impact has been to bring the fringes of the conservative movement into the center and, by strongly courting the Evangelical Christian vote, helped accelerate the Christian Nationalist movement to merge religion with patriotism.
Read more#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
Air Date: 3–18-2023
Today, we take a look at how Fox News is being exposed as the alleged liars-for-pay we always suspected they were by the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.
Read more#1527 Making Antisemitism Great Again with Ye, Kyrie Irving and Dave Chapelle
Air Date: 11–22-2022
Today, we take a look at three recent incidents of celebrities using their platforms to spread antisemitic tropes all in the context of greater openness to antisemitism within the Republican Party in the age of Trumpism.
Read more#1453 The Tea Party Too (School Board Backlash and the Dark Money Behind It)
Air Date: 11–6-2021
Today we take a look at the raucous school board meetings where parents have been expressing their displeasure with protecting one another from a deadly pandemic or making children aware of the existence of systemic racism in America. Just as with the Tea Party, the Dark Money behind the movement didn't light the fire but is very adept at fanning the flames.
Read more#1441 There is Nothing New About Right-Wing Extremist Violence
Air Date: 9–11-2021
Today we dig through the archives to give deeper context to the current wave of right-wing extremists threatening violence against the government, our election system, mask and vaccine COVID measures and anyone not agreeing with their conspiratorial worldview.
Read more#1365 White Supremacy, Authoritarians, Trump and the Coming Election
Air Date: 9–8-2020
Today we take a look at the dynamics of the white nationalist movement, authoritarian psychology, the legacy of Richard Nixon and the uncertainty of a peaceful election.
Read more#1364 Fundamentalist-Driven Sectarian Violence (And I am Not Talking About a Foreign Country)
Air Date: 9–5-2020
Today we take a look at the protests and counter-protests roiling the nation and recognize the conspiracy-laden fundamentalism of the far-right that is fueling the violence.
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