Outrageous Politics

Let's go north of the border to Canada!  And when you say there's no video, make sure there REALLY IS NO VIDEO!

For more reading:

Twohey, John. Rob Ford: Uncontrollable. 

Doolittle, Robyn. Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story.

The Wisconsin GOP continues to search for a reason, ANY reason, to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results.  Problem is, they can't find a good one, or a way to accomplish it!

If you have an idea for a story, or a comment about an episode, please email me at [email protected]

This week we look at President James Buchanan, whose actions and policies facilitated the divisions that led to the U.S. Civil War.


For more information:

Baker, Jean H. James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series. Time Books, 2004.

Fehrenbacher, Don.  The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics. Oxford University Press. 2001

The more I researched this story, the more disgusted I became.  What White politicians did back in the day, and do today with gerrymandering to stop or limit the minority vote, is outrageous.  This is why it's important to vote, and to vote for the people who uphold values of equality, and who support fair and free elections.

For more information:

Google "Mississippi Subversion of the Right To Vote."  Be prepared to be shocked. 

When the state of Texas has to choose between protecting its citizens or protecting the oil and gas industry, who do you think wins?

Beginning this week, new episodes will be available every two weeks.  Next episode: February 28.

For more information:

The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up. Available at https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-electric-grid-failure-warm-up/

I apologize that this episode is a day late.  This episode involved more than the usual amount of research.  There will be a part 2  so I can provide you with more information.




Additional Resources:

For information about the The Freedom to Vote Act:  www.brennancenterforjustice.org/our-work/research-reports/freedom-vote-act

Kury, Franklin L. (2018). Gerrymandering: A Guide to Congressional Redistricting, Dark Money, and the US Supreme Court. Hamilton Books.

What is a Teapot Dome? Why is it called that?  Join me in discovering why this story is the biggest scandal in U.S. history, and some historians say still is because of the money that changed hands.

For more reading:

 McCartney, Laton (2008). The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country. New York: Random House.

 Cherny, Robert W. "Graft and Oil: How Teapot Dome Became the Greatest Political Scandal of its Time". History Now. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Ronald Reagan was often referred to as the "Teflon President,"  because despite the indictment, conviction, or investigation of 138 administration officials during his two administrations, nothing ever stuck to him.  Except this incident, the biggest presidential scandal since Watergate.

Suggested reading if you want to learn more:
Kornbluh, Peter; Byrne, Malcolm (1993). The Iran–Contra Scandal: The Declassified History. New York: New Press.

Walsh, Lawrence E. (1997). Firewall: The Iran–Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up. New York: Norton & Company. 

Let's go back to a time when differences were settled on a field at dawn!

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Thanks for listening!  Enjoy!

Meet a journalist who made it his life's mission to get the dirt on politicians, and one in particular.  And how low would that politician go to get what he wanted, and get rid of the journalist?

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If you have a comment about an episode, or an idea for a story, please email me at [email protected].

To get the whole story, read "Poisoning The Press:  Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture" Feldstein, Mark. 2010.

Thanks for listening!

Enjoy!

Penny

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