Episodes
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Thursday Aug 17, 2017
Intro Spoof – A slight revision of history: U.S. Presidents equivocate on significant events
NEWS
3:30 Charlottesville, VA “Unite the right” rally
3:47 KKK, Nazi, & Ultra-Right terrorism
5:41 Trump blames “many sides” for the unrest
7:04 Trump condemns racism and Neo-Nazis days after his controversial speech, then doubles back to equivocate on the issue again
7:45 False equivalency of the Alt-Right as they attempt to coin the term “Alt-Left”
9:06 Trump asks if George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues are next to come down
THEME: The Rise of the Alt-Right, White Supremacy, KKK and overt bigotry in the United States under Trump
10:07 There is no “Alt-Left”
12:33 What it’s like as a Black individual to go to a school named after a Confederate leader
15:31 Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz speak out against Nazis
17:18 Bannon is one of the leaders of Alt-Right propaganda
17:32 The White House’s Steven Miller’s ties to Richard Spencer, white supremacist
17:54 The White House’s Sebastian Gorka’s ties to Nazis in Hungary
18:21 Trump administration is filling its positions with the Alt-Right
18:46 Trump has been investing in anti-extremist violence, but only for Muslim extremists
20:10 The Alt-Right falsely claims we are in “post-racial America”
20:48 Colleges are being sued for not accepting white applicants because of Affirmative Action
21:18 “The Voter Fraud Commission”
21:28 Trump’s comments to cops to be harsh with suspects (presumably black/minority)
22:15 John Oliver: Nazis are like Cats
22:37 Republicans’ Southern Strategy and more than 4,000 lynchings in a handful of Southern states
23:44 Call to action – Stand against racism and white supremacists
24:11 CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals, and others, quits the Trump Business Counsel
24:54 Baltimore takes down Confederate statues
26:30 FBI raided home of Paul Manafort about a month ago
27:50 Half of the states needed to overturn Citizens United have voted to do so
28:27 Trump not coming through on promise to keep jobs in America (mass Carrier lays offs)
29:22 Trump ending grants to teen pregnancy protection programs
30:08 Visit to FDR’s home
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