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Jeff Sessions sues California over sanctuary cities and "interfering" with immigration enforcement. Ben Carson removes references to discrimination from HUD's mission statement. And I dissect Chris Cillizza's really ignorant article alone with two other painfully stupid thought pieces. Go to Patreon.com/TheBpDShow to become a patron.
As I was recording this episode, news of a potential victory was tweeted out by WV Governor Jim Justice. We discuss the issues at hand in our usual manner! Go to Patreon.com/theBpDShow to become a patron and support our work!
We take a relatively-deep dive into the arguments for and against South African Land Expropriation Without Compensation. Per usual, we cut through the propaganda and get to the core of the argument. Become a Patron today! www.Patreon.com/thebpdshow
My once and future co-host, Rebecca Azor, joined me to answer your voicemails. We discussed a little about our time at Content News -- but the real tea is still to come. I dropped an oldie-but-goodie racist voicemail on Rebecca to get her response.
Vladimir Putin announced today that Russia has new, ballisitc capabilities that can avoid all current missile defense systems. I discuss this within the framework of two competing deterrence theories and apply it to today's news. I answer two of your voicemails and discuss the future of Like it Or Not.
The father of a Stoneman Douglas School shooting survivor has admitted to the Associated Press that he altered the email his son, Colton Haab, went on Fox News and said was evidence that the townhall last week was entirely scripted.
Also, Alex Jones is in trouble with Youtube. But listen to his rhetoric! It's actually rather fascinating how Jones is using langauge to manipulate his audience.
This morning's episode of Morning Joe is actually worth an entire conversation -- people who have no issue with identity. Then we discuss the default identity in this country which, as Bill O'Reilly defined it, is "White, Christian, men."
I had an amazing weekend of speaking in South Florida for Black Heritage Weekend. In the midst of my trip, I had some thoughts on religious homophobia in context of Georgia's latest anti-LGBTQ adoption legislation and speaking in South Florida this weekend.
An amazing conversation with Professor Christopher Lebron of John Hopkins University on our opposing view of Black Panther and the representation of Black Liberation and the Black radical tradition. Lebron's article can be found here: http://bostonreview.net/race/christopher-lebron-black-panther
My rebuttal can be found here: http://progressivearmy.com/2018/02/18/important-moment-black-panther/
Behold! The spinelessness of politicians. And now, behold, the boldness of Douglas High School students who refuse to return until legislation is passed. White House aides say the shooting in FL was a reprieve from a bad week of news. And check out this political fashion blogger who handed two news anchors their.... bottoms.
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