Episodes
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
Thursday Aug 31, 2017
NEWS
00:53 Hurricane Harvey and the importance of the role of government
10:34 Trump threatens government shut down if he doesn’t get his wall
11:49 Trump escalates his attacks on journalists
13:06 The pardoning of “Sheriff Joe”
20:17 Russian collusion investigation -Additional subpoenas issued
THEME
20:57 Progressive tax system
25:04 We are not on a level playing field
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Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Ep. 8.24.17 – The Politics of Race in America
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
Thursday Aug 24, 2017
NEWS
00:44 Solar Eclipse
01:27 Steve Bannon out
03:45 Steven Schwarzman pounding in the final nail of the business council
05:07 Trump flirts with pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio
06:16 Sen. Bob Corker Questions Trump’s Stability
07:45 Republicans have created a monster they can’t control
09:15 ACLU supports Free Speech to the extreme
11:16 Dog-Whistles to racists
12:45 Trump has gone back on his anti-Afghanistan war promises
14:15 Studies on the effects of mountaintop removal mining halted by Interior Department
16:39 Massive Media deregulation (benefits Sinclair Broadcast Group)
17:11 Ukrainian Hacker semi-responsible for Russian hack-attacks has been helping FBI
THEME
17:48 How difficult is it to be a white male in America today?
21:27 Loving (movie) and the Loving v. Virginia case, Anti-miscegenation laws in southern states
23:01 Southern Strategy
25:16 Rise of Affirmative Action Policies in the 1960s
35:00 Story of wealth and race
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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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Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Exposing the Fallacy of the “Both Sides” Argument in Politics - Ep. 8.9.17
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Thursday Aug 10, 2017
Intro Skit: Trump Claims Fire & Fury against North Korea, then privately begs Kim Jong-un for a "win."
NEWS
5:24 Great and glorious leader Trump is on vacation
6:25 Trump’s Propaganda document (delivered twice a day by staff)
7:09 Trump vs. North Korea (Fire and Fury)
10:07 White House getting upgraded
10:39 Trump signs Russia sanctions bill
13:04 Russia announces expelling 755 U.S. personnel (diplomats)
14:50 Positives of Immigration (let’s talk honestly about it)
15:24 Scientists can change embryos to remove diseases/defects
16:34 U.S. experiencing effects of climate change (draft report leaked to New York Times by scientists from federal government agencies)
THEME: Response to an email from a Former Student
Classic Reasoning Fallacies Exposed –The pitfalls of playing “both sides” in order to appear moderate.
18:15 Email from former student (right-leaning perspective)
20:41 Blatant Over-Simplification (reasoning fallacy)
21:33 Extension Error (reasoning fallacy)
25:50 ONE AMERICA NEWS Exposed -called out for pretending to be neutral
26:08 Forward Nation Radio exists because of fake objectivity on the right and their extremism
27:10 David’s response to former student’s email
28:50 Equivocation and false equivalence (reasoning fallacies)
35:50 The Rights’ tendency to follow cults (Trump, Reagan)
38:44 Hyde Amendment and abortion (1976)
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Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
*Intro Skit : Teacher uses actual quotes from the Trump administration last week to teach her young students. Listener discretion is advised.
(Due to video text, audio starts at 15 secs)
Trump writes son’s false letter on meeting, Russian collusion case now shows clear examples of obstruction of justice, Fox News and Wikileaks spins the story of Seth Rich (tragically murdered several months ago) to divert attention from Russia meddling in election, Trump unloads on Jeff Sessions, Trump contemplates the “political suicide” of firing Robert Mueller vs being criminally prosecuted, Scaramucci in –Scaramuchi out, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly tries on a new role as Chief of Staff to try to bring “Order” to the west wing, Health Care Bill dies in a close vote (John McCain tasked with decisive vote), unsubstantiated sums of money surrounds the Wisconsin plant opening of Foxconn (once voted the company with the highest rates of employee suicide) politicized to give the appearance of the return of jobs in America, following nuclear orders from the commander in chief, the presidency and Israel (buyer’s remorse), embracing autocrats and repelling western democratic allies, nepotism in the administration (banana republic), gutting of the voting rights act, Russian hacking/trolling (U.S. and abroad), Trump gets a supreme court pick in by violating the constitution, promoting interests of white supremacy, and more.
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