#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#1516 The Clean-Up Crew (The System of Activist Judges Defending Trump)
Air Date: 9–24-2022
Today, we take a look at the decades-long scheme to funnel conservative activist judges into the judiciary to support Republican policy goals and the resulting legal bulwark defending Trump against prosecution and supporting his future election efforts.
Read more#1511 Economic Underclass, Political Pawns (Immigration and Asylum Seeking)
Air Date: 9–6-2022
Today, we take a look at the precarious state of our immigration and asylum system, the legacy of neoliberalism and imperialism in South and Central America, the inhumanity practiced by both of our political parties (though not equally), and the ever-present possibility that things could get worse.
Read more#1510 Avoiding Accountability
Air Date: 8–31-2022
Today, as we wait to see if Trump will ever be indicted for any of his many, many, many crimes, we take a look at the long and illustrious history of powerful people avoiding prosecution in the United States.
Read more#1507 Installing Loyalists: The Multi-Pronged Destruction of Our Democracy Already in Progress
Air Date: 8–16-2022
Today, we take a look at the strategies underway to systematically dismantle democracy in the United States including installing Big-Lie™ believers in elected and poll-working positions, preventing state-level Supreme Courts from holding GOP-dominated state legislators to the state constitutions, and wiping out tens of thousands of career civil servants from the federal government to be replaced by right-wing extremists loyal to the Republican Party.
Read more#1499 Everyone Knew The Lie Was A Lie (January 6th Insurrection Hearings)
Air Date: 6–25-2022
Today we take a look at some of the takeaways from the hearings investigating the January 6th insurrection. Most notably: they knew, they knew, they knew, they knew from the very beginning that their fraud claims were nonsense and they pushed ahead anyway.
Read more#1488 Seeking Approval from the GOP Fringe is Making Them Mainstream
Air Date: 5–7-2022
Today we take a look at the jockeying for position that is happening among GOP politicians, both incumbents and hopefuls, in this murky Trump/post-Trump political era in which the path to victory for Republicans is to support Trump unquestioningly while also keeping an eye on the long game for which one should attempt to out-Trump Trump to gain the support of his cultish masses.
Read more#1477 The Plot Against America
Air Date: 3–19-2022
Today we take a look at the details of the planned coup that had its culmination in the form of a violent insurrection at the US Capitol Building on January 6th, 2021 as well as the ongoing efforts to undermine and dismantle the structures of our election system.
Read more#1473 How the GOP Became a Radicalized Strongman Cult
Air Date: 3–2-2022
Today we take a look at the not-so-slow transformation of Republicans from a Bush/McCain/Romney party to a Trump/DeSantis/Putin party complete with cultish devotion and a dependence on a near-total dismissal of truth replaced by propaganda.
Read more#1396 The Platforms of Our Discontent (Social Media, Social Destruction) (Repost)
Original Air Date: 2–5-2021
Today we take a look at the role that social media plays in the radicalization of discontented communities and engage in the debate over content moderation and de-platforming of individuals.
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