Alabama Liberal

In a follow-up episode to “Traitor.Treason.Trump,” AL takes a closer look at Trump’s “unique” fanbase–their hopes, their dreams, and the nightmares they inflict on the rest of us. By looking at exactly what motivates them, Alabama Liberal also reveals the only tactic he’s used that’s successfully changed their minds.

Alabama Liberal does a deep dive into America’s strange relationship with China, and asks several great questions like: why did we think it was a good idea to offshore our middle class to the US’s only real geopolitical, economic, and military rival? How is it okay to allow China to have unprecedented control over American… Read More »

After answering a few great questions (Why did Bernie Sanders really drop out? How will CoVid change the way we behave? And how does Alabama Liberal know Tara Reade is lying?), I point out the very real flaws in letting Iowa–where Joe Biden did terribly–continue to be first in the nation even though they are so consistently wrong, and introduce an alphabetical primary system that would be better.

AL rebukes the denial that a recession isn’t here and the raging bull market will be back by the 4th of July if only Trump can restart the country by Easter: it ain’t happening. After explaining why things are about to get much worse for the economy (and why so many top companies are loaded with debt), he tells how to prepare for a long recession, the only time he lost money on a stock and the lessons learned, why the majority of the economy actually is connected to the stock market, which companies will be out of business soon, which stocks to buy, which ones to hold, and the very few that look like good buys.

Today, we have a special interview with one of the most interesting senate candidates in the country: Kentucky’s Mike Broihier, who is a former Marine, substitute teacher, current sustainable farmer, and Moscow Mitch’s worst nightmare. He tells some fascinating stories about Kentucky deals with Russian oligarchs gone wrong, the murky history of McConnell’s military service, why the deck is sometimes stacked against small farms like his vs. industrial farms that receive bailouts, running a progressive campaign in the South, and much more.

Alabama Liberal explains why it should be social media keeping people up at night, from fake information to fake people to fake outrage to outright fascist propaganda. By sharing personal stories of being one of the first users on Facebook to Chinese SPAM on Quora to getting catfished by a Bernie Sanders supporter on Twitter, this is a wild ride through the new social media hellscape.

Sigh…here we are again with another lost race that Bernie Sanders refuses to concede. Alabama Liberal asks real questions like: how is it rigged against Bernie when he receives preferential treatment? Does he now wish he hadn’t stripped superdelegates of their power? Have a lot of his fans actually voted Democratic before and do we really need them? With so many BS fans hating any powerful Democratic Party figure, how can Sanders lead a blue wave? Are most of Bernie’s ideas actually John Edwards? And explaining why older people vote more than young people, and why it’s a great thing that Biden appeals to them.

Alabama Liberal breaks down each senate race taking place this year, and the odds of Democrats taking each one of the 23 Republican-held ones. With more GOP senate scandals unfolding everyday (insider trading, past votes not to fund pandemic response, denying the virus before catching it), this is a good guide to which races you might be sending money or volunteering to soon…

Since the race for the White House has completely changed since episode 58, Alabama Liberal takes a brief victory lap after correctly predicting Biden would be the nominee. Then AL examines connected issues like Coronavirus panic, the persistent failure of Bernie Sanders, and a news media that doesn’t really want America to have a President that doesn’t scare the hell out of the half the country.

AL dives into electability, and the strange disdain Democratic primary voters appear to have for the question–whereas they were completely comfortable asking it last year when minority candidates were still in the race. He looks at each individual candidate’s electability and ideology, and notices that most voters seem to think the candidate they like better anyway will be the most electable. Also, why do candidates with specific ideas need to be President to enact them?