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Elon will own Twitter and the hot take theater keeps getting worse. Is Elon saving earth from evil? Or perpetuating white supremacy? Likely, neither and ya'll need to calm down. 

Conservatives say Disney has gone woke and turned America into "groomers". The "Left" suggests Disney is is trying to promote diversity and inclusion for all races and gender identities. The reality?...They're a corporation trying to generate profit. 

Tax Prep companies are stealing your money by lobbying just to exist. 

New Segment: "America is going to hell in a hand-basket!!": Faraday Cages work? 

Third Party Nihilism isn't helping. A review of the 2021 film: Fear and Loathing In Aspen.

Dan's Monologue on Cigarette smoking and why the FDA's latest paternal policy proposal to help "Black Smokers" is more racist the the marketing of Big Tobacco. 

Student Loan forgiveness still on the table? It could be hitting Corey if all goes well?

Red Pill vs Blue Pill: Mask Mandates Lifted on planes. Folks on both sides of the Left-Right culture and identity war have a lot of meaningless things to say. Which side will we / you take on these?

NEW SEGMENT!! Things We Shouldn't Care About: Trump Endorses Dr. Oz as wine moms gear up to take their to-go cups to the polls in Pennsylvania!

Labor Movement Update: A Chicago Investment Firm President makes money off the backs of union workers...while trying to bust Starbucks Unions?

Christian Smalls chastised for talking to the most watched man on TV while trying to push his cause. It's time we learn how a movement and a coalition are actually built!

Corey does is monologue on Law Enforcement and the shooting of unarmed minorities.

Good News: The UN's Global Plastics Treaty.

Thanks To Our Show Links:

https://www.irinsider.org/environment-1/2022/3/31/un-must-address-global-disparities-in-plastic-pollution-treaty

https://jimmydorecomedy.com/the-jimmy-dore-show-podcast/

https://www.levernews.com/how-union-workers-money-funds-a-union-buster/

Dan's MacBook gets really drunk and has to take a trip to the ICU. Thoughts and prayers are needed.

 Police departments give us their next move in the cat-and-mouse game of policing the police. Woody and Buzz Lightyear will be thrilled to know their place in keeping our neighborhoods safe from evil-doers! 

The New York subway shooter has been identified and is in custody. Conservative media and social media (kind of) wins the identity lottery on this one. Liberal media and social media call for mental health reform to deflect from that fact that we are numb to mass shootings in America. 

Elon's "Hostile" takeover of Twitter is beginning? And you either love it or hate it! Why is Twitter touted as "a righteous, private company who can ban whatever speech they want" when they do it to the people you don't like? But a "capitalistic, power hungry, danger to society" if Musk succeeds? 

How Woke is TOO WOKE? vs "What Year Is It?" 

                - Handing UBI to only an experimental few. Watch us do our best Tucker Carlson impressions! 

                 - Tennessee Marriage Bill leaves out one big provision. 

Dan's Monologue: Video Evidence is No Match For Ego & Identity Politics. 

Two men acquitted in Michigan Governor kidnapping plot. The Culture War carrot is already on the end of the string. Stay tuned...

 Congressman, Madison Cawthorn's DC orgy claims. Sometimes it feels like A#%& Jones gets it right. *Slap Forehead Emoji*.

 Andrew Yang on John Stossel's Independent news show for an almost hour long interview. Agree or disagree with Yang's plans for America, this is why and how he gets it right. 

Amazon Union Updates!! Union leader, Christian Smalls does't give a f**k, and it is amazing!

Biden's "Billionaire" tax is the big talking point for his 2023 budget plan. What is it? How will it work (if at all)? How has a similar tax worked for other countries? And what will it mean for his approval rating? 

The House took the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment & Expungement (MORE) Act to the floor on Friday in an effort to legalize cannabis at the federal lever. With over 90% of Americans supporting the legalization of marijuana on some level, this should make our two-party system look pretty bad. 

Red Pill vs Blue Pill - Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Which pill would you swallow? Tune in for the arguments!!

Dan's Monologue on recognizing the order of consequences.

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The Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing is over. And the GOP did it's best impression of "woke" media, "gotcha" questioning. She will likely be confirmed, but not without conservatives letting America know that they are just as involved in the culture war as the woke mob.  

Trans women in sports. Melding competitive fairness with inclusion. Can it be done?  

Where is Anthony Fauci? Should he be gone? And would a replacement by Joe Biden change anything? The Culture war would suggest a big fat "NO".  

Midterm Election Predictions- This Shouldn't Take Long  

NEW SEGMENT: "What Year Is It Again?"

The way Americans answer polling questions is directly related to HOW the question is asked. It's never been more evident than polling numbers over Ukraine. 

GAS PRICES!!! "Low gas prices = Good President, High gas Prices = Bad President"...right? 

 $1.5 Trillion appropriations package. Covid is over, so let's just send the money overseas to "fight tyranny".

Millennials...It's our time. The Cavalry isn't coming to save us anymore.

Moral Perception and Where Liberals & Conservatives Disconnect.

More often than we realize, we want the same things, but frame the moral perception of the issue in a way that turns the other side off.

Acceptable Diversity vs Unacceptable Diversity

"Let's include everyone...unless they think like 'the people over there'".

 "The Social Purity Test" Explained

The grass-roots activists that are actually on the ground, tend to be far more pragmatic in their approach to change. While the "political hobbyists" are very tribal and loud, with much less of an idea of what is actually occurring in the real world. The less you engage, the more you tend to push the liberal or conservative purity test.

Is the Social / Digital Civil War Phony?

Research shows that folks do not like social and political conflict. This means the conversations are not being had in reality. Instead, they are relegated to out-of-context bickering over text platforms like social media. Americans in general, may just not be very emotionally intelligent. Anger is okay, but we need channel it a much better way when it comes to our political and social concerns. Better mental health could be the answer.

 Mental Health and How We Communicate

Understanding our emotions would greatly help with our political warfare. This needs to take place during childhood to better prepare our youth for adulthood and the disagreements and emotional diversity that they will face. 

Giving Our Youth Less Structure & More Responsibility 

Let's start having our young people communicate and work together at a much younger age in order to serve themselves and the community. Could giving children more "Free Play" lead to a healthier democracy? Forcing children to work together at a young age could teach healthy democracy at a much younger age.

Understanding Radical Thinkers, Fringe Groups, and Yes...Even Neo Nazis

Treating people like humans (even "the worst of the worst") is the best way to fight their ideas and change their minds. It should be common sense...but it isn't alway.

Using Positive Psychology to Heal Political Psychology

Social and behavioral synchrony. Getting people on the same wave length on something builds camaraderie, warm feelings, etc. There can be a spill over into political views if you start right here. Shared experience and joy goes a long way. 

We Are Loading Terms and Destroying Language

Simply reframing a liberal argument with different language can and will get more conservatives on board...and visa versa. Even liberals can have issues understanding their own frameworks due to the language used. If you can reframe your dogma to achieve a goal...thats what needs to be done.

Identity

Could a form of "National Identity" heal our discourse? Maybe, but how do we get there when there is "so much inequality". We need to start by acknowledging the validity of the concerns of those we disagree with.

Objectivity and Facts

"Facts" may not matter as much as we may think. As we get smarter, we get better at weaponizing true information to fit a narrative.

Dopamine 

What is it really doing vs what we are lead to believe it's doing?

Mentioned Works:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/dylan-selterman-phd

"Free To Learn"- by Dr. Peter Gray

"The All Or Nothing Marriage" - by Eli J. Finkel

"Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World" - by Michelle J. Gelfand
 

Tulsi Gabbard has the audacity to speak to republicans at CPAC!! Her points are well taken by thinking individuals, but many still miss the point. Biden's pick for the Supreme Court. Let the race-bating from BOTH SIDES begin. What has Russia's invasion of Ukraine made us forget in just a matter of a couple of weeks? We'll remind you!

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a fluid situation that is be changing by the minute. Live coverage would be pointless. But we can work out where we are and what it all means. How did we get it wrong, and why? What does Putin really want and how scary is it? How big of a role does "Western Hubris" play in the situation. What is the US domestic angle here, and how do America's unstable politics play into a European war?