Katherine's books have been vital to understanding the Right. This book tackles different factions - the billionaires, Christian Nationlists, and the New Right, among others - and their strange alliances that have successfully taken over our country.
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On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Allison Keyes has fallout from the Trump Administration's expansion of his purging of the federal government. CBS's Caitlin Huey-Burns on how USAID employees reacted as they cleaned out their desks this week, and the effect on a freeze of foreign aid. We'll hear about worries over the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a look at the morale among federal workers amid firings of tens of thousands.
Exactly the inspiration you need. Exactly the perfect time. Pass it on to anyone who loves art and/or speaking up. I went to Comic-Con’s little sister, WonderCon, to moderate a panel on protest art with expert Carol Wells, the founder of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics and C. Andrew Hall, from the Spesh Ep: Functional Magic's Environmental Art episode we did in 2021 about the non-profit he founded. So come along to WonderCon – free admission – as we chat about protest art, different approaches graphically, camouflage among ads, defining propaganda, the tiniest mightiest posters, collectible gig posters for the climate, and how the anti-war movement affected history. Also, short warning, we do discuss a few images of war photojournalism in this episode.
This past week has seen firings at the Pentagon, an Executive Order targeting a private law firm, the installation of a podcaster and January 6 denialist as #2 at the FBI, and an incident in which an audience member at an Idaho townhall was wrestled to the ground and led away in zip ties by private security that answer to no lawful police entity. Is this what happens when the lawyers, police officers, military officials and other law enforcement organizations who are meant to keep us all safe, are sidelined or conscripted into lawless behavior?
On this week’s episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick speaks to Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent, editor at Just Security and author of the substack The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa. Asha explains what happens when people who are hellbent on using the law to break the law achieve positions of power, and whether the safeguards still in place can hold.
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As negotiations to end the Ukraine war rumble on, Donald Trump seems equally interested in talking about the past, repeatedly claiming that the US has given much more aid to Ukraine than Europe has, and that Europe?s aid took the form of a loan that they?ll be getting back.
Emmanuel Macron has publicly contradicted the US President - so who?s correct?
Nathan Gower speaks to Taro Nishikawa, project lead at the Kiel Institute?s Ukraine Support Tracker to get the true picture.
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Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Engineer: James Beard
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.
The President of Argentina's Meme Coin Scandal
How Trump is Changing Trans Healthcare
Textbooks and Holy Books feat. Steven Moncelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #5
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, says she thinks Republicans have begun making mistakes... and her party is resolved to strike back.
This bonus episode of Up First was edited by Susan Davis, Kelsey Snell and Reena Advani. It was produced by Adam Bearne. We get engineering support from Neil Tevault and Hannah Gluvna. Our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.
Stunning confrontation between President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy at the White House. Relations between the two countries are now up in the air. Pope Francis has another medical episode that required intervention.
