Barking Points Memo

A dark week where ICE disappears children into human trafficking, Hawaii is still erupting, and the NFL doubles down on performative patriotism. On the plus side, Elon Musk keeps melting down. Junius brings us the story of Gina Haspel and the CIA torture program.

Barking Point: Worst new celebrity pairing. Who is canceled forever? What is their obnoxious couple name? SEND US YOUR ANSWERS!

[Content Warning: Descriptions of torture from 58:46 – 1:03:30]

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Trump is still bad/guilty/dumb, US eggs are a great source for your daily requirement of salmonella, and Bitcoin was a mistake. Ace delivers the goods on The Postal Service, No Not the Band and why Republicans want it dead.

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Breaking character from the usual episode description format; the regular crew discusses a charged and difficult subject this week. Active leftist and former white nationalist @andreuswolf comes on to talk about their experience descending into white nationalist ideology, the communities where this recruitment happens, and what factors were involved in getting out. We’re prefacing it with a content warning. [cw: racism, suicide, homophobia]

This Fucking Week features a rapid-fire week in Trump, Cosby finally getting held to account, Joy Reid as the liberal Q-anon, and an update on Apu.

Special Guest Reporter Solardog covers Kanye's transformation into a Fox News uncle and Ace urges us to stop using biometric data to open our phones.

BARKING POINT: What is the name of Hillary Clinton's next (doomed) race horse?

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We exchange our woke tokens for various prizes this week, such as: despair! The Dems try to sue Russia, the pee tape is probably real, and vegetables are now poison!

Ace Reference Correspondent Ryan talks about why the Simpsons sucks even harder now than it ever did before, politically!

BARKING POINT:

What future episode will be The Simpson's nadir?

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A Very Special Episode of Barking Points Memo!

In addition to the weekly roundup of American horrors, we interview author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground With The Religious and overall good sport Chris D. Stedman about his expedition into furry culture and how the atheist community has become yet another battleground against alt-right recruitment and grooming.

BARKING POINT

"What is the worst, most embarrassing moment to find out you just got fired by Trump by tweet?"

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This Fucking Week: Bad things keep happening to bad people, we have a new organ that we always had, and Junius walks us through FOSTA, a bill that will endanger the lives of sex workers everywhere.

Ace Facebook Correspondent Ace talks about Why Facebook is Indeed Quite Bad and Not Good Please Stop Using Facebook

Stay through to the end for a charming story about the deadly secret of Flintstones Chewable Vitamins with Ryan!

BARKING POINT: Creative Ways to Quit Facebook

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Junius is absent due to Important Meetings, we discuss cool stuff that we like such as dead tech billionaires, Dangan Ronpa, and Kirby!

BARKING POINT

What new Silicon Valley "service" can we use to execute white collar criminals?

There's always more and it's always worse with Trump's America with This Fucking Week! Firings, BitCoin-blockers, and Ready Player One oh my!

Straightedge Correspondent Ace reveals that the effectiveness of opioids is not as great as opioid manufacturers have led us to believe.

BARKING POINT

Who or what will Trump see on TV and appoint to his cabinet? (Please include their position.)

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The usual gang of barkers discuss This Fucking Week, and Ryan talks about Jordan Peterson: The AltRight's Cesar Millan. Spoiler alert: he suuuuuuuuuucks.

BARKING POINT

What aspect of our lives is WeLife going to innovate next?

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