#1393 Opportunists, Enablers and Seditionists, the Rot at the Heart of the GOP
Air Date: 1–19-2021
Today we take a look at the historical roots and modern manifestations of how white supremacy has turned the GOP base into Frankenstein's monster which cannot be controlled and has finally turned on its creator.
Read more#1391 The Road to Sedition
Air Date: 1–10-2021
Today, in our 15th-anniversary episode, we take a look at the years and years of warning signs we having been highlighting since 2006 that collectively predict the armed insurrection against the government as the natural end point for a radicalized, conspiratorial, White/Christian-supremacist, permanently-minoritarian political movement that has lost its ability to win power by legitimate means.
Read more#1389 Tell Stories, Not Myths: Origins of the War on Christmas, Revealed!
Air Date: 12–22-2020
Today we take a look at the origins of the War on Christmas™ and the Christian Persecution Complex™ more broadly but with a particular focus on how that sense of persecution has been funneled and focused into support for Republican politicians.
Read more#1387 Hyper-Partisanship is Baked Into the System, Not a Result of Bad Actors
Air Date: 12–15-2020
Today we take a look at the current state of hyper-partisanship and its origins. The system seems broken because it is broken and it was never designed to work this way in the first place. And what about that bygone era of bipartisanship? It's likely that was a fluke and the result of one-party dominance in the New Deal era, it is not the norm throughout history.
Read more#1384 Beyond Trump. Radical Authoritarianism in America.
Air Date: 12–5-2020
Today we take a look at what's behind Trump and his autocratic instincts. The enablers, the supporters and the long lineage of authoritarianism.
Read more#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst (Repost)
Air Date: 7–5-2019
Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons.
Read more#1327 Impeachment as a Lens Through Which to Understand the GOP
Air Date: 12–21-2019
Today we take a look at the GOP through modern history to understand how they came to be what they are and how the impeachment is throwing this reality into such sharp relief.
Read more#1287 Mitch McConnell is the Forking Worst
Air Date: 7–5-2019
Today we take an unflinching look at Mitch McConnell and what a bad, bad man he is for basically all of the reasons.
Read more#1240 The bare-knuckle fight for democracy itself
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