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Episode 587 | Anoa Changa fills in while I work on this *thing*. She disucsses Senator Bookers ridiculous analysis of blaming low Black voter turnout for Donald Trump's victory. She also discusses true voter engagement and how we fix, once and for all, the problem of historically low voter turnout across all demographics. Finally, Anoa discusses the problem with Facebook for progressives and minorities in the face of their new community guidelines.
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***EPISODE 586 | A white man associated with a nationalist organization kills four at a Waffle House in Tennessee. Is Trump to be credited with the potential peace in North Korea? My experiences at a Neo-Nazi rally in Newnan, GA. And finally, Kanye West loves Candace Owen. meh.
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White Man Kills Four at Waffle House in TN
Opening soundbite from CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ec1o7ssheI
Shooter Went to the White House: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/988148954855608321
James Shaw, Jr: https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/988375705066070017
Shooter in a White Supremacists Organization: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/22/waffle-house-suspect-travis-reinking-sovereign-citizen/540543002/
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N. Korea announces it will suspend their nuclear program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1QyKSckC7k
Trump Response: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/987463564305797126
Unbelievable Reaction from Some “Leftists” : https://www.facebook.com/niko.m.house/posts/10160274832425608?comment_id=10160275516430608¬if_id=1524308237238416¬if_t=feed_comment_reply&ref=notif
Ben Norton breaks down how this potential peace occured with Dr. Simone Chun, research associate at Harvard University Korea Institute:
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21613:Korean-Peninsula-in-Historic-Peace-Talks---Thanks-to-Activists%2C-Not-Trump
Amazing Summary from a listener: https://twitter.com/Dispatchula/status/987645739953197057
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Nazis in Newnan
Give a Nazi an Inch, they’ll take a mile: https://twitter.com/JackSmithIV/status/988052997254078466
More from Jack Smith on how Nazis switched up their symbol for PR: https://twitter.com/JackSmithIV/status/988109464996806657
Cops Cracked Down on Counter-protesters: https://twitter.com/letsgomathias/status/987755595238428673
Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/confederate_memorial_day_in_al.html
No Quarter for Milo: https://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-milo-yiannopoulos-forced-out-of-new-york-bar-by-crowd-chanting-nazi-scum-get-out/
Consider contributing to DSA’s Bail Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-anti-nazi-protesters-in-newnan-ga
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Kanye Loves Candace Owens
Ye’s tweet: https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987696355341553665
https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/987450257159077888
Episode 585 | Everyone seems to be losing it. And maybe I am too. But let's discuss some of the more obvious examples of people becoming completely irrational since the election of Donald Trump.
Rebecca Azor joins me to discuss forgiveness versus knuckling-up.
Episode 584 |
So glad to have friends that can pinch hit whenever I travel. Professor Matt Sienkiewicz (@mediastudied) fills in with an amazing episode discussing Bernie Sanders, Gaza protests, and Syria.
Episode 583 | Tax Day has got me like...... In other news, a mid-flight accident on Southwest Airlines leaves one dead and the entire flight terrified.
Alex Jones is being sued by the families of the Sandy Hook School shooting.
Ben Shapiro has one murderous, white supremacist fan. What does he teach that draws someone like this?
Episode 582 | Trump's strike in Syria was illegal. No question. Reports indicate he wanted to go further than the limited strikes from Friday night. Syria exposes everyone from our cowardly Congress to anti-war grandstanders who aren't helping us move the ball forward.
Starbucks had a pretty racist weekend. Let's discuss.
Episode 581 | How ridiculous can we all be? "Golden Shower" ridiculous apparently.
Being nuanced will make you an outcast. At least that's how I see it. Listen to this clip from Eddie Glaude and let's discuss.
Dennis Kucinich is running for governor and has been ahead of the curve for a very long time.
Rebecca Azor joins me to dicuss Colin Kaepernick.
***EPISODE 580 | Today's show is JAMED PACK! Paul Ryan is cashing out and some liberals are already lining up to recruit him into the resistance!?
Oklahoma teachers are striking for better pay and better budgets and we’re standing in solidarity with them.
There is no solution the United States can bring to Syria. But let’s talk about being anti-war.
Donald Trump’s judicial nominee can’t say if she agrees with Brown versus Board of Education decision that integrated schools.
And will free speech absolutists defend this Trump supporter who just used a picture of David Hogg for target practice?
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Paul Ryan is retiring:
Audio clip: https://twitter.com/IronStache/status/984227349167210496
Fox News Coverage: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/12/paul-ryan-quit-in-frustration-but-that-hardly-means-republicans-are-doomed.html
Jenna Johnson Tweet: https://twitter.com/wpjenna/status/984410308369354752
Saving Speaker Ryan? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/paul-ryan-trump-retirement-courage.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&smtyp=cur
Ryan left the country screwed: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-finance-202/2018/04/12/the-finance-202-paul-ryan-s-scary-math-legacy/5ace57c930fb0406a5a1232f/?utm_term=.d0802d5714d8
Adam Johnson’s Hilarious Tweet: https://twitter.com/adamjohnsonNYC/status/984416208018722816
Oklahoma Teacher Strike
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/12/teacher-strikes-oklahoma-city-kentucky-west-virginia-217849
Still taking care of students: http://kfor.com/2018/04/12/woman-says-she-was-taken-aback-by-what-some-oklahoma-teachers-were-doing-at-apartment-complex/
Syria
Obama on Syria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDx089-KWBE
Trump Wants to Drug Test Food Stamp Recipients
https://apnews.com/6f5adff5efeb4f9a9075f76bf9cf5572
Trump Nominee versus Brown v Board of Education
Video: https://www.facebook.com/TheBenjaminDixonShow/videos/842503075951467/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/wendy-vitter-brown-v-board-of-education/index.html
Trump Supporter Uses David Hogg Image for Target Practice: https://twitter.com/MagaFrank2/status/984271382610558977
Ben Shapiro and the Overton Window: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/kevin-williamson-atlantic-firing-twitter-mob/
***EPISODE 579 | Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney, had his offices raided yesterday by the FBI. Donald Trump-- a man who was already unhinged -- us beginning to unravel. Let’s discuss his tirade from yesterday.
A white man from Australia had the largest Black Lives Matter Facebook page and profited greatly off of it. Let’s discuss the implications.
Finally, a Chicago police officer implicated in framing over 50 people for murder is offered immunity to help secure the one conviction the DAs think was solid.
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STORY 1: Michael Cohen’s Office Raided
Opening Clip of Donald Trump’s response to the Michael Cohen raid: https://youtu.be/1kgIS2JTrCE?t=1m37s
Informaiton on the Raid: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/us/politics/fbi-raids-office-of-trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen.html
U.S. Attorney Behind the Raid Is a Trump Appointee (Huffington Post): https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/geoffrey-berman-trump_us_5acc09dce4b0337ad1eb041c
STORY 2: Fake Black Lives Matter Page Makes Hundreds of Thousands is Run By White Man From Australia
CNN Investigation: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/09/technology/fake-black-lives-matter-facebook-page/
Original Investigation: https://www.manicnews.com/2017/12/the-largest-black-lives-matter-page-on.html
Buzzfeed coverage: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/blm-facebook-page
STORY 3: Chicago Police Officer Implicated in 50 framings
Buzzfeed reporting by Melissa Segura: https://www.buzzfeed.com/melissasegura/detective-guevaras-witnesses?utm_term=.liV7MX2g7#.lae7Q1G27
Man Recently Released May Face Deportation: https://www.buzzfeed.com/melissasegura/chicago-detective-guevara-framed-rodriguez-murder-free
***EPISODE 578 | Syrian President Assad is implicated in another gas attack this time in the city of Douma killing 70 people including women and children. But why would he do this? We explore the rationale for and against Assad’s chemical attack.
Portland police kill a homeless man in a terrifying video. One homeless man with a knife versus at least a dozen police officers with guns drawn. The ACLU is calling for answers.
This week I will be discussing the Gaza-Israel Border Massacre. I speak briefly about it in this episode because I want you to know that I am paying attention to that issue.
Finally, I address some vociferous criticisms of Episode 577.
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Segment 1: Douma Gas Attack
Al Jazeera Opening Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYo_UePmg8
Abby Phillip of CNN from the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NYo_UePmg8
RT doubts the Logic of Assad Attacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7pprLTrH8g
Why Would Assad Use Chemical Weapons?: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/11/why-would-assad-use-sarin-in-a-war-hes-winning-to-terrify-syrians/?utm_term=.1e903f441282
Segment 2: Police Shoot and Kill Homeless Man
Oregon Homeless man being shot down by police:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfGKesq2Vkw
Willamette Week: http://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/04/08/portland-police-shot-and-killed-a-man-inside-a-homeless-shelter-after-he-allegedly-burst-into-an-aa-meeting-with-a-knife/
ACLU Statement on Oregon Homeless Man Shooting: https://aclu-or.org/en/press-releases/aclu-oregon-questions-killing-man-police-portland-calls-transparency
Israel-Gaza Border Massacre Preview:
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/04/weve-stock-gaza-hospitals-declare-state-emergency-180408084314352.html?__twitter_impression=true
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