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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
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This Week’s Discussion:
Corporate America will act only for its own benefit, without regard to its impact on society; the McKinsey settlement reminds us of that. A functioning society, has the ability to rein-in its behavior and protect itself. Right-wing media presents a unique threat, however. By creating its own reality and preventing oversight it offers the same selfish disregard without the safeguards. Dave talks about the unique threat to civilization it poses and suggests some responses.
Are recent defamation lawsuits against foxnews and some of its most prominent liars the answer? Despite obvious concerns, it's a start.
Dave also talks about the Biden stimulus and trump's upcoming impeachment trial. Also, brave people risk their lives fighting for freedom around the world, while republicans continue to fight for the freedom to risk the lives of others.
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Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
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This Week’s Discussion:
In our second show of the Biden era, we try to maintain our hopefulness, but it is already really hard to do. Dave talks about how Biden is trying to do the right thing, and his executive orders so far have been inspiring. But the Republicans are going to use the same tired playbook of obstructing everything he wants to do on behalf of the country to make sure they have something to run on in 2022 and beyond.
Republicans took back power because of, not despite, eight years of undermining President Obama's efforts to help Americans. There was never any reason to think they would do anything else this time around. They are aided in this by the fact that it is much easier to break something than to fix it, and by the fact that they have no decency, they believe in nothing, the system is rigged in their favor, and their constituents are either assholes or morons (or more likely both).
Dave talks about the latest on impeachment and the continuing GOP actions to rally around the criminal president who incited efforts by extremists to overthrow elected governments here and around the world.
Dave also talks about the Game Stop stock scandal and its lessons on market inefficiency. It's no wonder Republicans don't bother to believe in anything, since the core tenet of conservatism, market efficiency, continues to be shown to be the lie that it always was.
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Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
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This Week’s Discussion:
Our long national nightmare is over, for now, but the threat lives on. What it means when a presidential inaugural has to point out that "democracy has prevailed", and when those words present too rosy a picture. Democracy may have survived, also for now, but it remains on life support.
Dave talks about the inauguration of President Joe Biden, and the fragile hope our new President engenders for a better future. We talk about the promise of Biden's first few days, the dramatic changes he is already implementing and those he is promising, and his efforts to stamp out Trump's tragic legacy.
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Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
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This Week’s Discussion:
Donald Trump becomes the first President in US history to be impeached. He still seems as likely to survive his term as the US does, but this time he may not avoid accountability.
Dave discusses the impeachment, which now gives trump half of all impeachments in US history, and what to make of "bipartisanship" in the wake of ten members of the criminal organization voting against their own don. Trump's sad legacy continues to be written in blood, as he and his supporters continue the insurrection against their (and our) own country. Dave has the latest on the insurgency and our continuing efforts to survive it.
Meanwhile, Biden continues to give us hope for what a country with a President might look like. Plus, an update on the plague infecting America that is not man-made.
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
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This Week’s Discussion:
On a day on which the Democrats take over the US Senate and Joe Biden's election is to be certified, the only story is the attack on America...instigated by the President of the United States and the Republican criminal organization.
The unprecedented assault on the US Capitol is reminiscent of 9/11, but much worse because the attack came from within. Dave discusses the event that makes America look like a tinpot dictatorship, and which would have been unimaginable before trump, but not at all surprising after four years of him and his criminal party. Dave discusses the implications of this attack on America and where we can expect to go from here.
Oh, and did we mention that the Dems took over the Senate?
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
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This Week’s Discussion:
Dave reviews the year 2020, a year we will be happy to have behind us. But does 2021 promise to be so much better? Where we stand regarding the two plagues of 2020: COVID and Trumpism.
Tragically, we do not appear to be getting rid of either plague soon. Both may get worse before they get better, in part because trump has criminally mismanaged the rollout of COVID vaccines. While we can nevertheless foresee the end of one of these plagues way down the road, we still don't seem to have an antidote for the greater threat.
Dave also talks about the latest in trump pardons and the stimulus bill that trump finally signs.
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Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
Wednesday Dec 23, 2020
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This Week’s Discussion:
We continue our conversation of moral hazard, or how the rich avoid the consequences of their own bad actions, in the context of the latest efforts by Trump to sabotage America.
Dave discusses moral hazard and market externalities involving Trump's sell-off of US land to mining and oil and gas interests. The devastating consequences of the Russian hacking scandal become more real to everyone who isn't the President of the United States, who is too busy pardoning the swamp and trying to overturn elections to notice.
COVID continues to devastate the country as well, even as rich people and COVID enablers seek to buy their way to the front of the vaccine line. Finally, a discussion of the on-again-off-again government funding and COVID relief bills. Or, as Moscow Mitch calls them, the "keep the Senate republican" bills.
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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
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This Week’s Discussion:
The Electoral College vote gives Joe Biden the presidency, after the Supreme Court refused to give it to trump. It's now official, even Moscow Mitch says so, but does anybody think this is over? Never overestimate the republican party or trump supporters, who will never accept Biden's legitimacy. And the violence may just have begun.
Americans begin getting the first of the COVID vaccines. Salvation is just around the corner...if the corner is 9 or 10 months away. Meanwhile, the virus rages out of control, in the mismanaged US, worse than ever. The US surpasses 300,000 dead.
Dave also explores the issue of moral hazard, or the justification for making people suffer the consequences of their own bad decision-making. Republicans have always demonstrated that this "tough love" only applies to the poor, never to the rich. But maybe it is time to start applying it to COVID deniers, like rudy giuliani, who take valuable hospital beds away from people who have made the better decision not to infect themselves and others.
Also, William Barr resigns and Russia hacks.
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Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
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This Week’s Discussion:
Dems seek to give us legal weed as the GOP continues to seek to give us more reasons to need it. The Democratic House bill to legalize weed is a great political move to boost their odds of retaking the Senate, but it also happens to be good policy as well.
Meanwhile, trump and the republican criminal organization continue their assault on the government, the law and reality. With the help of the Supreme Court monster they created, they seek to destroy this country beyond the Dems' ability to repair it.
Dave talks about the big events of the week in light of this effort. Turns out trump didn't mean to drain the swamp so much as pardon it. As Covid rages, the president and his criminal organization refuse to do anything to help the sick or the US economy. Israel assassinates the top Iranian nuclear scientist, perhaps to start a war the US will have to fight, but perhaps just to sabotage the incoming Biden administration's efforts to negotiate with Iran. And the Frankenstein's monster that is the US Supreme Court announces its illegitimacy will not constrain it as it elevates religion above law, and fantasy above reality.
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Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
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This Week’s Discussion:
We devote a special episode this week to an interview with FNR founder Damian Hardeen. This is our way of celebrating the holiday (the impending end of the trump nightmare), since Damian created FNR as a counterweight to trump's lies and as an antidote to the media misinformation that got us into this mess in the first place.
We talk to Damian about the election, the state of our media and disinformation, and the future of this country. We find out why Damian is optimistic for our future...and why he's more optimistic than your FNR host!
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