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  • In this episode, I will make a call on what I think is going to happen in the 2024 US presidential election, and in the aftermath.

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    The AZGOP is selling the headquarters it bought 9 months ago

    https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2024/03/27/arizona-gop-headquarters-sale

    Trump’s new joint fundraising pact with RNC puts priority on paying his legal bills first

    https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-21/trumps-invite-to-major-donors-prioritizes-the-committee-paying-his-legal-bills-over-the-rnc

    A “bust out” is a common tactic in the organized crime world, wherein a business' assets and lines of credit are exploited and exhausted to the point of bankruptcy.

    http://worldtraining.net/bustout.html

    https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

    https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

    Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

    https://www.wired.com/story/canvassers-elon-musk-america-pac-fired-stranded-michigan-mistreatment/

    'All hell has broken loose': Inside Elon Musk's high-stakes pro-Trump door-knocking effort

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musks-high-stakes-trump-door-knocking-effort-america-pac-rcna176255

    There’s more herding in swing state polls than at a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands

    Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

    What are the surprising takeaways from early voting? Analyst explains why Republicans should worry.

    https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/what-are-the-surprising-takeaways-from-early-voting-analyst-explains-why-republicans-should-worry-223380549986

    The right is projecting irrational confidence about a Trump win. That could aid an effort to steal the election.

    https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/right-projecting-irrational-confidence-about-trump-win-could-aid-effort-steal-election

    Bannon Leaves Jail, Immediately Urges Trump to Falsely Declare Victory Again

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/bannon-leaves-jail-immediately-urges-trump-to-falsely-declare-victory-again/

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  • In this episode, I try to get to the bottom of why more GOP and conservative people aren't speaking out about the very real danger of what a second Donald Trump presidency would do to this country.

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    Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

    https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-spent-thousands-on-security-after-capitol-insurrection-records-2021-4

    Romney: 'Large portion' of GOP ‘doesn’t believe in the Constitution’

    https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/09/14/romney---a-very-large-portion-of--the-gop--doesn-t-believe-in-the-constitution-

    What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate - The Atlantic

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/

    Private Equity’s Senator Gets Big Payout

    https://www.levernews.com/private-equitys-senator-gets-big-payout/

    FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting

    https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

    JD Vance Offers Baffling Defense of Trump’s ‘Enemy Within’ Comments

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-offers-baffling-defense-of-trumps-enemy-within-comments/

    Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after voting against Jordan in speaker’s race

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mariannette-miller-meeks-says-got-death-threats-voting-jordan-speakers-rcna121142

    Did Nothing Wrong Episode 106 - Jim Jordan for Speaker?

    The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

    On political endorsement

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement/

    The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/index.html

    Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s “Spineless” Endorsement Decision

    https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/marty-baron-on-the-washington-posts-spineless-endorsement-decision

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk and I talk about the home stretch of the 2024 election, and the increasingly desperate measures MAGA and the Silicon Valley oligarchs are taking to convince you they're ahead.

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    How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election

    https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html

    Russian disinformation peddlers are targeting Harris-Walz campaign with fake videos, Microsoft says

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/russian-disinformation-peddlers-are-targeting-harris-walz-campaign-fak-rcna171476

    Leaked chats reveal right-wing militia's coordinated efforts to watch AZ ballot boxes

    https://azmirror.com/2024/10/17/leaked-chats-reveal-right-wing-militias-coordinated-efforts-to-watch-az-ballot-boxes/

    Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme ‱ OpenSecrets

    https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/pro-trump-dark-money-network-tied-to-elon-musk-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/

    Peter Thiel Invests In Polymarket Political Betting Platform—But The Future Of Gambling On Elections Remains Unclear

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/05/14/peter-thiel-invests-in-polymarket-political-betting-platform-but-the-future-of-gambling-on-elections-remains-unclear/

    A handful of pro-Trump bettors have dumped more than $25 million into Polymarket, swaying election odds in his favor

    https://fortune.com/2024/10/18/presidential-election-odds-pro-trump-bettors-polymarket-political-polls-harris/

    Polymarket whale raises Trump odds, sparking manipulation concerns

    https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-whale-trump-odds-manipulation

    What We Know About the Mystery Trader Betting Big on a Trump Win - Newsweek

    https://www.newsweek.com/who-polymarket-mystery-trader-fredi9999-1969646

    University of Florida - Election Lab Early Vote Tracker

    https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/

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  • Author Mike Rothschild joins me to discuss the spread of false information in the wake of the recent natural disasters, and what we can do about it.

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    US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-struggle-quash-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-2024-10-05/

    North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: "Nobody can control the weather"

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-edwards-north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fact-check/

    Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/politics/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina/index.html

    False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton continue to swirl despite outcry from officials

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theory-government-storm-biden-rcna174558

    Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/

    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jews

    https://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theories

    GORDON LIDDY ON SHOOTING FROM THE LIP - RADIO HOST DENIES 'FUELING THE LUNATIC FRINGE'

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/04/26/gordon-liddy-on-shooting-from-the-lip/75754676-030f-4191-a9e3-a421855aea1f/

    Jewish Space Lasers THE ROTHSCHILDS AND 200 YEARS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/

    After Helene created a news blackout, here’s what my Asheville neighbors and I did

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/health/asheville-neighbors-hurricane-helene-wellness/index.html

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  • Episode 73(originally released 06/26/2023) - David Niewert joins us to discuss his new book, "The Age Of Insurrection", about the Extremist Right's assault on Democracy, and what we can do about it.

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    The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886/the-age-of-insurrection-by-david-neiwert/

    David's Twitter. Go follow him if you're not already.

    https://twitter.com/davidneiwert

    David Neiwert on The Lincoln Project Podcast

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk joins me to discuss the GOP's 2024 election strategy of “it doesn’t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.”, and what we can do about it.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    The R.N.C. Asked a Conspiracy Theorist to Train Poll Watchers. Here’s What He Told Them.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/republican-national-committee-2024-posobiec.html

    The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance

    https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance

    FAR-RIGHT OANN ANCHOR JACK POSOBIEC’S RISE TIED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT

    https://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement

    Partisan Split on Election Integrity Gets Even Wider

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/651185/partisan-split-election-integrity-gets-even-wider.aspx

    Dave Roberts's Twitter Thread

    https://x.com/drvolts/status/1839386902514049461?t=CPVSm7b4pV1DpGBpUHEsBw&s=19

    Vigilantes, Inc. Zach D. Roberts and Greg Palast's documentary about voter suppression

    https://www.gregpalast.com/vigilantes-inc-free-download/

    In donations, Harris vs. Trump is no contest

    https://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/09/26/in-donations-harris-vs-trump-is-no-contest/

    Kamala Harris Hires Massive Legal Team To Fight Back Against Election Denials

    https://meidasnews.com/news/kamala-harris-hires-massive-legal-team-to-fight-back-against-election-denials

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  • Mike Senters joins me to discuss the evolution of online information war tactics from Gamergate to the current battle in Springfield, Ohio, and how to counter them.

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    Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield Bombs

    JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

    What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

    Two distinct forms of isolation predict belief in conspiracy theories

    https://www.psypost.org/two-distinct-forms-of-isolation-predict-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/

    Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.html

    Elon Musk blinks first, bowing to pressure in Brazil to reopen X

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/22/musk-brazil-x/

    JD Vance suggested the US's support for NATO could be pulled if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk's X

    https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-nato-support-eu-regulation-x-musk-free-speech-2024-9

    (Editor’s Note: This seems BAD.)

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  • Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put Springfield’s Haitian refugee community at risk.

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    How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fringe-online-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-debate-trump-rcna170759

    More Than Half of Trump Voters Believe Haitians Are Eating Pets: Poll

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republicans-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-poll-1954875

    JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

    Fact check: Ohio woman accused of eating cat is from Canton, not from Springfield

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/10/canton-woman-accused-of-eating-cat-not-haitian-from-springfield-ohio/75157976007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore

    More truth about Springfield, Ohio: What has happened since the pet-eating rumors started

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/17/springfield-ohio-truth-latest-since-trumps-haitian-pet-eating-claims-fact-check/75260318007/

    Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants

    Springfield, Ohio, cancels town festival after violent threats over Haitian resident

    www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/springfield-ohio-cancels-town-festival-after-violent-threats-over-haitian-residents

    Neo-Nazi who left Maine claims credit for ‘eating dogs and cats’ lies

    https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/16/aroostook/aroostook-culture/neo-nazi-christopher-polhaus-left-maine-takes-credit-eating-dogs-cats-lies/

    Vote.gov

    https://vote.gov

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  • Journalist Robert Silverman and I discuss the recent Russian scheme to funnel large piles of cash to Right Wing influencers, and the massive amounts of domestic money they receive for their bad takes.

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    Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands

    Inside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russia

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/

    What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos

    https://www.wired.com/story/influencers-tenet-benny-johnson-tim-pool-russia-propaganda-videos/

    How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet

    Tim Pool Caught COVID—and Joe Rogan Offered to Pay His Medical Bills

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caught-covid-and-joe-rogan-offered-to-pay-his-medical-bills

    Tim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pools-news-site-timcastcom-plagiarized-from-the-mainstream-media-he-claims-to-hate

    The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face

    https://www.splinter.com/the-long-lucrative-right-wing-grift-is-blowing-up-in-t-1793944216

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  • Reed Galen is a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and the founder of “The Union”, a single-issue, pro-democracy coalition dedicated to defeating Donald Trump and MAGA at the polls in November.

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    Lincoln Project Announcement Regarding Reed Galen

    https://lincolnproject.us/lincoln-project-announcement-regarding-reed-galen/

    Join The Union!

    https://jointheunion.us

    Reed's Substack - "The Home Front"

    Reed's new podcast, The Home Front

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  • Episode 102(originally released 10/05/2023) -We take a look at Chaya Raichik/Libs of TikTok's Permanent Record of Stochastic Terrorism.

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    Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376

    Twitter account Libs of TikTok blamed for harassment of children’s hospitals

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/02/lgbtq-threats-hospitals-libs-of-tiktok/

    Woman pleads guilty to making hoax bomb threat against Boston Children's

    https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/woman-pleads-guilty-to-making-hoax-bomb-threat-against-boston-childrens/3147446/

    Libs of TikTok suspended from Twitter in wake of Children’s National Hospital audio recording

    https://www.dailydot.com/debug/libs-of-tiktok-childrens-national-hospital/

    Libs Of TikTok post instigates another round of bomb threats

    https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/09/25/libs-of-tiktok-post-instigates-another-round-of-bomb-threats/

    How Libs of TikTok Became an Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Machine

    https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming

    Libs of TikTok - Media Matters Archive

    https://www.mediamatters.org/search?search=libs+of+tiktok

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  • Author Talia Lavin joins me to talk about her new book, “Wild Faith, how the Christian Right is taking over America”, about how this reactionary movement is a grave threat to democracy.

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    The Sword and the Sandwich

    Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

    https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/

    Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

    https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/culture-warlords/9781549127830/?lens=hachette-books

    New York Times review of "Culture Warlords"

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/books/review/culture-warlords-talia-lavin.html

    Talia on Twitter

    https://x.com/mobydickenergy

    Moby Dick Energy - The Podcast

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk and I break down some of the inauthentic methods that the American right wing outrage machine uses, and suggest some solutions to prevent mainstream media complicity.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    Reflexive Control

    https://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/reflexive-control

    Handbook of Russian Information Warfare

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313423985_Handbook_of_Russian_Information_Warfare

    What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

    Under Elon Musk, X is denying API access to academics who study misinformation

    https://www.fastcompany.com/91040397/under-elon-musk-x-is-denying-api-access-to-academics-who-study-misinformation

    The Case of Al Franken

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken

    Tucker Carlson claims in book Fox News firing was part of $787.5m settlement

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/26/tucker-carlson-fox-news-firing-condition-dominion-settlement

    Tommy Robinson moans luxury Cyprus holiday ruined after stoking riots from abroad

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tommy-robinson-cyprus-holiday-uk-riots-b2593729.html

    This is the Twitter data that shows who's backing Tommy Robinson

    https://www.wired.com/story/tommy-robinson-free-tommy-twitter-data

    (And now this kind of data is unavailable. Funny, that.)

    The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance

    https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance

    Process of Extermination - Review of "The Spanish Holocaust" by Paul Preston

    https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/the-spanish-holocaust-by-paul-preston.html

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  • The 2024 election has undergone a seismic shift in the last month. In this episode, I'm joined once again by Mike Senters to talk about the better world we can almost see over the horizon.

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    TRUMP IS PLANNING FOR A LANDSLIDE WIN And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-campain-election-2024-susie-wiles-chris-lacivita/678806/

    ‘It’s over’: Democrats remain in panic over Biden’s reelection

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/12/biden-gop-election-wave-00167944

    Trump survives assassination attempt at campaign rally, as it unfolded

    https://apnews.com/live/election-biden-trump-campaign-updates-07-13-2024

    Social media account with extremist comments could be tied to Trump gunman, FBI says

    https://whyy.org/articles/fbi-trump-shooter-social-media-account-extremist/

    DNW Podcast Episode 149 - Everybody Hates Vance

    Biden drops out of 2024 race against Trump. Here's what we know about what happens now.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-happens-biden-steps-down-2024/

    Biden explains why he dropped out of White House race

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l5n2gy74vo

    Harris chooses Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as VP pick

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/harris-walz-vp/

    Early Harris-Walz rallies feature big crowds, talk of ‘joy’ and unsolicited GOP counterprogramming

    https://apnews.com/article/harris-walz-rallies-battleground-states-vance-trump-7da99aace01fec1c784fba27fdbce558

    Democrats’ joy is unconfined as Harris and Walz take upbeat message on tour

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/11/kamala-harris-tim-walz-campaign-joy-election

    Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges

    https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-contempt-sentence-federal-prison-trump-77353a10250c36f77b2c1b7d188c5250

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  • There has never been a Vice Presidential nominee as universally disliked as 2024 Republican nominee J.D. Vance. In this episode, I lay out some of the reasons he's so unpopular with so many people,

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    Everyone Hates J.D. Vance: Poll

    https://newrepublic.com/post/184438/jd-vance-popularity-brutally-embarrassing-hit

    J.D. Vance: Pregnancies from rape should go to term even if they're 'inconvenient'

    https://www.rawstory.com/news/jd-vance-abortion-2668861499/

    Vast majority of Republicans support abortion exceptions for rape, incest and mother's health

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/vast-majority-republicans-support-abortion-exceptions-rape-incest-moth-rcna52237

    JD Vance Is An Investor In A Far Right Video Platform Filled With Neo-Nazi Content

    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/jd-vance-is-an-investor-in-a-far-right-video-platform-filled-with-neo-nazi-content

    Read J.D. Vance’s Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader’s New Book

    https://newrepublic.com/article/184393/jd-vance-violent-foreword-kevin-roberts-project-2025-leader-book

    Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/28/jd-vance-peter-thiel-donors-big-tech-trump-vp/

    Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas

    https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

    Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/15/peter-thiel-who-is-he-republican-donor-tech-entrepreneur

    The Education of a Libertarian

    https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/

    J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-unhumans-book-jack-posobiec-alt-right-january-6/

    Jack Posobiec's Extremist File - SPLC

    https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jack-posobiec

    How the Mainstream Right Developed a Soft Spot for Francisco Franco

    https://jacobin.com/2023/04/mainstream-right-soft-spot-francisco-francisco-franco-wwii-conspiracy-paranoia-antisemitism-anti-communism

    Spain criminalises support for Franco in bid to heal divisions

    https://theweek.com/news/world-news/europe/953559/spain-criminalises-suspport-franco-crackdown-dictators-legacy

    JD Vance suggests VP picks don’t matter

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/02/jd-vance-vp-picks-00172526

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  • In this episode, I'm joined by Sociologist Karl Folk. We analyze the tumultuous week that was in American politics, and talk about the absolute insanity of Trump picking JD Vance as his running mate.

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    Unreal: Living In the post truth world.

    https://www.instituteofunreality.com/

    The Nefarious Figures Behind the Far-Right Who Predate Trump

    https://www.splinter.com/the-nefarious-figures-behind-the-far-right-who-predate-trump

    Trump and Harris enter final 100-day stretch of a rapidly evolving 2024 race

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/28/politics/trump-harris-election-100-days/index.html

    Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas

    https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

    J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-unhumans-book-jack-posobiec-alt-right-january-6/

    J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025

    https://www.vox.com/politics/362917/jd-vance-project-2025-book-kevin-roberts-trump

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  • Political scientist Andy Vitek joins me to discuss just how realistic those worst case scenarios for the 2024 US presidential election we keep hearing about and seeing on social media really are.

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    Andrew Vitek - Political Science - Penn State

    https://polisci.la.psu.edu/people/auv434/

    Andy Vitek - PhD - Home

    https://vitekpolisci.com

    Andy on Twitter

    https://x.com/Vitek2288

    Update on the FBI Investigation of the Attempted Assassination of Former President Donald Trump

    https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/update-on-the-fbi-investigation-of-the-attempted-assassination-of-former-president-donald-trump

    Leaked memo shows J.D. Vance’s anti-woke ideology on foreign affairs

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/07/19/jd-vance-leaked-memo-state-department/

    J.D. Vance Endorsed a National Abortion Ban in the Grossest Way Possible

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-national-abortion-ban-soros-1235062748/

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  • In this episode, I take a look at the terrible people who are responsible for this abomination of a plan, and expose how they use "Discernment" to hide their true intentions.

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    Former Trump Advisor Stephen Miller Denies Involvement With Project 2025, Ad Says Otherwise

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-trump-advisor-stephen-miller-squirms-to-deny-involvement-with-project-2025-ad-says-otherwise

    Project 2025: A wish list for a Trump presidency, explained

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do

    Trump is trying to distance himself from Project 2025 -- but its architects helped shape his RNC party platform

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-distance-project-2025-architects-helped-shape-rnc/story?id=111759747

    Tony Perkins - SPLC

    https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/tony-perkins

    The grift behind Project 2025: Leader John McEntee made an app to hustle cash from lonely MAGA men

    https://www.salon.com/2024/07/10/the-grift-behind-project-2025-leader-john-mcentee-made-an-app-to-hustle-cash-from-lonely-maga-men/

    What Americans think about Project 2025

    https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/50035-what-americans-think-about-project-2025

    Rep. Jamie Raskin Sounds the Alarm on Trump’s Self-Declared ‘Secretary of Retribution’

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-jamie-raskin-sounds-the-alarm-on-trumps-self-declared-secretary-of-retribution

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  • I sit down with Photo/Videojournalist Zach D. Roberts for an extensive discussion about voter suppression, Occupy Wall Street's legacy, documenting the information war, and much more.

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    Visu News

    Zach D. Roberts - Zenfolio

    https://www.zdroberts.com

    "Badlands", the source of the lyrics in Zach's tattoo

    Vigilantes Inc.: Trump Plan for 2024 Taken from KKK Plan of 1946

    https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-plan-for-2024-taken-from-kkk-plan-of-1946/

    Trump's Deportation Army

    The Largest Mass Deportation in American History

    https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation

    "Ramon Casiano", a song by Drive-By Truckers about Harlon Carter, the man who ran "Operation Wetback", and later went on to lead the National Rifle Association in a very right wing radical direction

    https://www.npr.org/2018/07/03/625752977/watch-drive-by-truckers-perform-ramon-casiano-at-the-pickathon-music-festival

    The right hand of Occupy Wall Street: from libertarians to nazis, the fact and fiction of right-wing involvement

    https://libcom.org/article/right-hand-occupy-wall-street-libertarians-nazis-fact-and-fiction-right-wing-involvement

    20 on the Right in Occupy

    https://usa.anarchistlibraries.net/library/spencer-sunshine-20-on-the-right-in-occupy

    Spencer Sunshine on the Did Nothing Wrong Pod

    “Are You Prepared to Kill Somebody?” A Day With One of America’s Most Popular Police Trainers

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/dave-grossman-training-police-militarization/

    "Behind the Bastards" episode on Dave Grossman " The Man Who Teaches Our Cops To Kill"

    https://x.com/bastardspod/status/1267498066090680320

    Gracie Survival Tactics

    Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) is a revolutionary defensive tactics system based on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu that incorporates time-tested techniques into an easy-to-learn system designed to help officers verbally and physically de-escalate while humanely prevailing resistant and/or aggressive subjects. In other words, it’s the exact opposite of what Dave Grossman is selling.

    https://www.gracieuniversity.com/Pages/Public/Informationpages/graciesurvivaltactics2

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  • I talk with Dr. Lucas Kwong about Religious Xenophobia, Victorian fiction influence on white nationalist narrative, and how the right-wing conspiratorial mindset can be SO close to getting it right.

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    Lucas's Ko-Fi page

    https://ko-fi.com/lucaskwong

    Lucas's Substack

    An Open Letter on Anti-Asian Racism & Christian Nationalism

    https://www.againstchristianxenophobia.com

    Letter ties rise in anti-Asian hate to politicians’ Christian nationalist rhetoric

    https://religionnews.com/2021/07/01/an-open-letter-protests-christian-politicians-anti-asian-rhetoric/

    REACTIONS TO BIDEN’S KOREAN-AMERICAN SECRET SERVICE AGENT EXPOSE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM’S ANTI-ASIAN SIDE

    https://religiondispatches.org/reactions-to-bidens-korean-american-secret-service-agent-expose-christian-nationalisms-anti-asian-side/

    Security law: US to halt training for Hong Kong police; Fulbright scholarships axed

    https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/17/security-law-us-to-halt-training-for-hong-kong-police-fulbright-scholarships-axed/

    J6 Two Years Later – Expert Panel

    https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/j6-two-years-later-expert-panel/

    Dracula, QAnon, and Crumbling Christian Empires

    https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/dracula-qanon-and-crumbling-christian-empires/

    Monster in the Mirror: Ep. 1 – Christian Nationalism’s Gothic Genesis

    https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/monster-in-the-mirror-ep-1-christian-nationalisms-gothic-genesis/

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