Hog Planet

The blue urine trickle has swept our nation, but we have yet to see whether it’s up to the challenge posed by right wing internet-obsessed terrorists. Jeff Sessions has been ignominiously forced to resign, and we’re celebrating while many liberals are bizarrely distressed by this news and have taken to the streets to voice their concern. In the tech world, MAGA chuds have been forced into the darkest reaches of social media: LinkedIn. Cars are making the hard decisions, like whether a large woman deserves to die in an accident more than a criminal or a dog. In pop culture we’re discussing the golden stream of two awful online shows, Pod Save America and Making A Murderer season 2. We’re also discussing death metal and a pair of books that will make you want to die: Jill Solloway’s She Wants It, and Jomny Sun and Lin Manuel Miranda’s G’Morning G’Night. Dan closes us out with a classic yet portentous tale of 2011.

Notes:

Scott Walker Lost!

https://splinternews.com/scott-walker-lost-1830239961

Voter suppression is the real story - Kemp in Georgia

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/11/07/brian-kemp-voter-suppression-georgia/tcycVrH5m0pJ9SQC7XwiWP/story.html

They say it’s the gentile that I should fear / but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here

https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1058177876678320129

Between Nov 4 and 5th 40%of MAGA tweets came from automated accounts

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/twitter-bots-midterm-election-disinformation-maga-caravan-cruz-beto-iran/

Linkedin Haven for Maga People

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/booted-off-facebook-some-trump-supporters-are-bringing

Self Driving Car ranks who they will let die

https://twitter.com/wef/status/1058675216027660288

Great takedown of Jill Soloway and Jonny Sun’s books

https://www.affidavit.art/articles/no-one-wants-it

https://theoutline.com/post/6550/gmorning-gnight-little-pep-talks-for-me-you-jonny-sun-lin-manuel-miranda-review

Charlie Kirk’s Adult Escorts

https://bernardmedia.org/2018/11/02/charlie-kirk-was-power-user-on-premium-adult-escort-website-while-living-rent-free-with-parents-data-leak-shows/

So Ted Cruz has become beautiful in Trump’s eyes. Alex Jones is literally yelling at feces, but not the living turd Gavin Mcinnes, whose Western chauvinist organization, the Proud Boys, is responsible for beatings in New York City. In other news, Saudi Arabia is still hemming and hawing at its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, with the White House turning a blind eye. According to NPR, it’s gotten so bad out here that dorm living startups are making moves in Los Angeles. In the pop culture corner, we’re still discussing horror films for October, and this week we have the psychological horror May, the classic monster flick Tremors, and the most recent Halloween movie, which is still in theaters. In pop culture news, Guillermo del Toro is making a gritty Pinocchio reboot. Nobody knows what that means. Law and Order’s episode about incels is even worse. To wrap up, Dan has a story for the listeners about being threatened by a sleepaway camp satanist.

Notes:

Alex Jones Is Doing Great

https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/1054503815548936192

Proud Boy Fascism

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/proud-boys-republican-party-fascist-creep_us_5bc7b37de4b055bc947d2a8c

Kashoggi Murder

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-saudi-khashoggi-adviser-insight/how-the-man-behind-khashoggi-murder-ran-the-killing-via-skype-idUKKCN1MW2H4

Transphobic Bigotry Coming from the White House

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/22/politics/transgender-trump-protection-rollback-trnd/index.html

Co Living is popular because we live in neoliberal hell

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/21/654426576/cant-find-an-affordable-home-try-living-in-a-pod?utm

Law and Order ep on Incels

http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/law-and-order-svu-season-20-incel-episode.html

The boys discuss Sebastian Gorka's thirsty Instagram, the Clinton family arena rock tour, Gritty as a working class hero, the Donald Daters sex app for Trump supporters, the Federalist guide to debating a democratic socialist, Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee DNA disaster, Trump's tacky art, horror movie recs, Diamond and Silk's documentary Dummycrats, a firefighter's Trump prophecy movie, and finally Sam's visit to Washington DC's DEA museum!

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Notez:

Thirsty Gorka

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/seb-gorka-follows-softcore-porn-instagram-page-dedicated-to-mature-and-busty-milfs/

Gritty’s creator used to work in motorcycle graphics and says Gritty is an underdog hero

http://www.wfmz.com/news/lehigh-valley/gritty-creator-explains-his-design-of-flyers-mascot/806769816

Donald Daters app drops

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbdwb3/the-donald-daters-trump-dating-app-exposed-a-load-of-its-users-data

How to Debate a Democratic Socialist

http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/28/heres-successfully-debate-democratic-socialist/

Dummycrats Premiered and Sam Missed It

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/diamond-and-silk-premiere-a-feature-flop/

Film about man who believes god gave him Trump prophecy

https://www.thedailybeast.com/god-gave-us-the-donald-firefighter-prophet-says-in-film?via=newsletter&source=rightrichter

This week, we’re getting a few takes in on Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh before even more ignoble details emerge about his disgusting sexual proclivities. We also have some Trump hurricane takes to explore as well as a story about our home county’s racist ex-sheriff, Michael Saudino. In pop culture, we’re reviewing Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 and Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, starring Nicholas cage. We’ll also mention the persistence of dull liberals on the silver screen, from homophobic scowler Alec Baldwin on SNL to the TV adaptation of Amy Clovick’s 2016 campaign tale, Chasing Hillary. For story time, Dan and I will tell you about our earliest intellectual forays into the world of politics in our high school US government class. We have all that and more for you here on your favorite scenic tour through America’s political sewer.

Notes:

Absurd Doppleganger Theory

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-there-a-kavanaugh-doppelganger/2018/09/18/88418f52-bb86-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?utm_term=.af03d538aaf0

Jason Miller

https://www.thecut.com/2018/09/jason-miller-departs-cnn-abortion-pill-drugging-allegation.html

Republicans still support Kavanaugh

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/407691-poll-kavanaughs-support-for-scotus-confirmation-underwater

This week on the show an anonymous white house ghoul wrote a thing for the New York Times op ed section, triggering what can only be described as the liberal qanon. Barack obama returned to illinois to tell young people to vote instead of complain, and his favorite technocrat Elon Musk attempted to smoke a blunt on camera to impress the comedian and DMT enthusiast podcaster Joe Rogan. Is this the early makings of the secondcoming of the choom gang? Only time will tell. In the pop culture corner, we propose story pitches for the upcoming new series Law and Order: Hate Crimes, try to make sense of the discourse surrounding the term “post comedy,” and celebrate the return of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Sam’s audio gets inexplicably weird and distorted towards the end of the show but it sounds funny so im leaving it in.

Notez:

Trump says he has pictures of Mueller and Comey kissing and hugging

https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/05/full-transcript-trump-daily-caller-interview/

I AM THE MEMBER OF THE TRUMP ADMIN KEEPING FREE MARKETS SAFE

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

Jack Posobeic working/living at Shake Shack

https://bernardmedia.org/2018/09/05/jack-posobiec-living-and-working-full-time-at-shake-shack-employees-claim/

Elon musk joe Rogan blunt controversy

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/tesla-chief-accountant-resigns-one-125334902.html

Post Comedy

http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/post-comedy-how-funny-does-comedy-need-to-be.html

Don’t let the new logo fool you, it’s still the same ol’ Plunge! It’s episode 34, and we’re here to bring you the finest takes on politics and pop culture. We’ve got updates on John McCain’s demise, David Pecker’s safe filed with Trump secrets, and the effects of the internet on developing brains. In the real world, one of the largest prison strikes in US history is ongoing while in the world of law enforcement, one brave white woman has started a seminar on helping cops cope with the trauma of murdering unarmed civilians. In the pop culture corner, we’re talking about Louis CK’s return to the Comedy Cellar and A24’s eco-Christian thriller First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke. We’ve got all that and more; be sure to check the show out on twitter @plunge_podcast, subscribe, rate and review on iTunes, and tell all your friends.

Notez:

Normal people don’t get care as good as McCain had

https://twitter.com/allisongeroi/status/1033521946045149184

The Maverick who voted w/ Trump all the time

https://twitter.com/robrousseau/status/1034092582773641216

Photographed with a literal nazi

https://twitter.com/LukewSavage/status/1034523162283659264

Why David Pecker matters

https://splinternews.com/pecker-squeezed-1828555504

Avenatti starts the “DEBATE ME” grift

https://twitter.com/THR/status/1031705384858333184

Tech Billionaires dont let their kids use gadgets

https://twitter.com/Miss_Snuffy/status/1033748077872599040

Prison Strike

https://twitter.com/MidTNDSA/status/1032311522708652032

https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/prison-strike-dates-support.html

-Demands: https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/prison-strike-2018

CIA Should Fund Culture War Against Communism Again?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2018/08/22/the-cia-funded-a-culture-war-against-communism-it-should-do-so-again/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.043caf2b2af2

Cop who shot unarmed black man teaching class to help cops cope with backlash from killings

https://twitter.com/nwmalinowski/status/1034427498417799171

Papa Johns ad admits racism

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/319094

Ethan Hawke gets in trouble for saying comic book movies aren't that great

https://news.avclub.com/cool-jock-ethan-hawke-shoves-superhero-movies-into-a-lo-1828614598

Folks, yet again, we have traversed the planes of our wretched existence to bring you another update on the absolute worst in politics and pop culture. And we have a lot of ground to cover, including Russian special envoy Steven Seagal, the genesis of the space force, and the online banishment of Alex Jones, conservative conspiracist you love to hate, from YouTube and other social media platforms. In the pop culture corner, we’re discussing Michael Moore’s new documentary Fahrenheit 11/9, the new “popular” Oscar, and the NFL’s addition of male cheerleaders to America’s third favorite pastime. For story time, Sam has a tale to tell about a suburban autocrat turned juvenile racist apologist. Check US out, it’s the Plunge!

Notez:

Steven Seagal - Russian special envoy to US/Potential Sex Criminal

https://dailym.ai/2vfXTyI

http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/09/anthony-anderson-steven-seagal-harvey-weinstein-rape-sexual-misconduct-los-angeles-district-attorney-charges/

Space force can’t possibly be worse than Solo

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45123606

“Popular” Oscar sounds dumb, is dumber - Oscars the result of Union busting

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/secret-oscar-history

The worst song ever is going to be made into tv series

https://twitter.com/annasproul/status/1027220831733207040

This week, it’s url leaching into irl, as we talk about internet nonsense worming its way into normie discourse. First up, Qanon, the sprawling 4chan conspiracy theory that has melted the brains of too many of your neighbors, who are now convinced that Trump and Robert Mueller are bravely battling the deep state against the Democrats’ cabal of child sex satan worship. And that’s not all: cryptid erotica has made its way into a Virginia political race, right-wing Youtuber Jordan Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila is hawking a beef-only diet, and liberal weirdos Brian and Ed Krassenstein wrote a book explaining Trump’s sexual misdeeds to children. In pop culture, we’re recounting Jeff Maysh’s story of Jerome Jacobsen, the ex-cop who rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game, how Netflix movies are today’s straight-to-video films, and the DC premiere of Dinesh D’Souza’s ridiculous revisionist documentary, Death of a Nation. For story time, Dan will tell you a showbiz tale from his days working on the short-lived Food Network show Sweet Genius.

Notes:

Mikhaila Peterson just inhaling meat

https://apple.news/AEYNWcDLaToO9vtoC-sfFbA

Amazing story about MacDonald’s monopoly game organized crime ring, starring epic authoritarian male suburbanite

https://twitter.com/edzitron/status/1023587027282014208

Netflix Original Movies: The Modern Direct To Video

http://www.vulture.com/article/best-netflix-original-movies.html

Sam must attend Dinesh's new film

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/donald-trump-jr-to-co-host-death-of-a-nation-screening-in-dc-with-dinesh-dsouza-1202891884/

On this episode, we explain why neither of your hosts particularly care about Russian meddling, how Putin’s presence in the White House does NOT offend us, and why the context of the alleged hacking matters. We will explain this for as long as possible before the CIA throws us in jail for being Russian bots. In business news, we have to say, I TOLD YOU SO, regarding Elon Musks baseless attacks against the heroic diver who saved a Thai boys’ soccer team, and Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to be inclusive towards holocaust deniers. In pop culture, we’re talking about Boots Riley’s anti capitalist film Sorry to Bother You, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Whois America?, and Disney’s decision to fire their one passable director in a tremendous capitulation to Mike Cernovich and the alt-right. As always, we will close out with a lighthearted story, involving critters, to cleanse your palate.

Notez:

Some perspective on Russian meddling

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/07/its-time-for-a-little-perspective-on-russia

Zuckerberg Holocaust Denial Idiocy

https://www.recode.net/2018/7/18/17588116/mark-zuckerberg-clarifies-holocaust-denial-offensive

Is Sacha Baron Cohen Civil Enough?

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/7/15/17567076/sacha-baron-cohen-review-who-is-america-showtime

National Review Tries To MeToo Sacha Baron Cohen

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/sacha-baron-cohen-sexual-harassment-in-me-too-era/

Ted Cruz says James Gunn should be jailed for tweets

http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/ted-cruz-thinks-james-gunn-should-be-prosecuted-for-tweets.html

Luke O'Brien Story covers Weird Mikes history

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-cernovich-james-gunn-fired_us_5b5265cce4b0fd5c73c570ac

It’s the thirtieth episode of the Plunge, and we’re still serving up the freshest content consisting of the most pungent stories in politics, pop culture, and even our own lives. Be sure to follow the show on Twitter, subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes, and tell all your friends about us. All three of them. This week was another cascade of crappiness, with cops complaining about seasoning, columnists howling at Susan Sarandon, and pernicious arguments about civility for fascists roaming around the vast expanse of online. In pop culture, we’re talking about James Woods, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and the latest Netflix hype magnet, Nanette, with Hannah Gadsby. Rachey will stop by for a

roundtable take on this not-so comedic comedy special, and we’ll close out with a blockbuster, legally hypothetical tale that we call: grand theft succulent. As always, we’re bringing the freshest takes on the worst stories, opinions, and TV products out there.

The Notez:

Dumb Cop thinks seasoning is dirt

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-now/police-officer-claims-burger-king-served-him-dirt-in-viral-facebook-post-it-was-actually-seasoning/465-8dbd94ea-9e5e-427e-a6d5-796de5d5868e?utm

What is this hatred for Susan Sarandon?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2018/jul/05/protest-all-you-like-susan-sarandon-in-effect-you-work-for-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw

For the record, not even Nate Silver believes the Jill Stein spoiler theory

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jill-stein-democratic-spoiler-or-scapegoat/

Immigrant Detention Sexual Abuse

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/11/immigration-detention-sexual-abuse-ice-dhs/

If you gave all of Stein’s votes to Hillary and all of Gary Johnson’s votes to Trump, Trump would have won popular vote AND electoral college

https://twitter.com/nataliathebug/status/1012096955038797824?s=21

AMLO, the new president of Mexico, is a solid leftist presiding over an unprecedented victory over the PRI

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/mexicos-new-president-is-the-bernie-sanders-of-the-south

Fox News Scumbag Bill Shine joins White House after covering up sexual harassment at network

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/trump-fox-news-bill-shine-white-house-communications?utm_term=.rk7074j9a#.bdWVwOPlJ

Why Won’t Millenials Join Country Clubs?

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/07/will-millennials-kill-the-country-club/563186/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=city-lab&utm

Secret Anti Abortion movie shooting in New Orleans

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-roe-v-wade-a-disturbing-anti-abortion-film-featuring-milo-yiannopoulos-and-tomi-lahren?ref=home

Comedians in Cars getting sued

https://pagesix.com/2018/06/29/jerry-seinfeld-doesnt-let-lawsuit-dampen-comedians-in-cars-fun/

New season panned in Vulture review

http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/comedians-in-cars-getting-coffee-season-10-netflix-review.html

Horrific Student Debt Game Show

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/07/paid-off-is-a-cruel-joke.html

Nanette is more bad than not

https://www.advocate.com/television/2018/7/10/hannah-gadsby-knows-why-nanette-sensation