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This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/380483-congress-bans-arms-to-controversial-ukrainian-militia-linked-to-neo-nazis/

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ukraine-has-nazi-problem-vladimir-putin-s-denazification-claim-war-ncna1290946

https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963

https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-shelling-fire-invasion-putin-rcna18685

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/u-s-lifts-ban-on-providing-weapons-and-training-for-ukraines-controversial-azov-brigade

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857

https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg

https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/24/1094567906/the-war-has-many-ukrainians-who-speak-russian-abandoning-the-language

https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-votes-against-un-resolution-condemning-nazis-labels-it-russian-disinformation/273728/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/

https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence

https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/

https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/digital-resources/articles/8044,Stepan-Bandera-leader-of-the-Organisation-of-Ukrainian-Nationalists.html

https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/

https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9

https://manchesterhistorian.com/2024/us-intervention-in-the-orange-revolution-in-ukraine-and-how-technology-influences-democracy-by-leah-morris/

https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4

https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm

https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg

https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine

https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ukrainian-intel--abetted--funded--trained--equipped-by-the-c

https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict

https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine

This week, Madeline & David finish up our two-parter on Venezuela, including conversations about Maduro, the Peace & Freedom website, and why it doesn't matter who is wearing a captain's hat and selling fentanyl to your kids!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdf
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdf
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/
• https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-opposition
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcB
• https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower
• https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/
• https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019
• https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897
• https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html
• https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html
• https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/
• https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0
• https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html
• https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3974230?ln=en&v=pdf#files
• https://www.sumate.org/documentos/Varios/NED_Grant_Agreement_25septiembre2003.pdf
• https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/hrbodies/hrcouncil/ffmv/a-hrc-60-crp-4-annex-eng.pdf
• https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/25/the-dirty-hand-of-the-national-endowment-for-democracy-in-venezuela/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Venezuela, Chavez, and mustaches!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

• ttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00927A004600120002-9.pdf
• https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/45329740.pdf
• https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F419409CE36569D0BBC81389843FBDCB/S0023879100024845a.pdf/cattle-corruption-and-venezuelan-state-formation-during-the-regime-of-juan-vicente-gomez-1908-35.pdf
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://www.sociostudies.org/almanac/articles/the_us_methods_and_goals_to_destabilize_venezuela/
• https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2008/11/chavez-venezuela-opposition
• https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/17/world/abrams-denies-wrongdoing-in-shipping-arms-to-contras.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/how-venezuela-got-here-a-timeline-of-the-political-crisis-idUSKCN1PJ03O/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22314562799&gbraid=0AAAAA-mwunF8-09P-Awp_HNmn1VHy7Dft&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo63HBhCKARIsAHOHV_Ugl_qLm4x2Feoh9JAYu3pdpveYzKTTgRnXkyvnLky86HmpDFgT5UsaAl3tEALw_wcB
• https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=classracecorporatepower
• https://www.blackagendareport.com/venezuela-imperialism-and-global-struggle-sovereignty
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14263/
• https://dc.ewu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=srcw_2019
• https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1921v02/d897
• https://www.nytimes.com/1952/09/21/archives/opposition-party-in-venezuela-test-copei-one-of-2-groups-against.html
• https://peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-2002-the-coup-heard-around-the-world/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/21/usa.venezuela
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/venezuelans-are-denying-perez-was-paid-by-cia.html
• https://time.com/archive/6703965/interview-on-drugs-debt-and-poverty-venezuelas-carlos-andres-perez/
• https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80R01731R002400050019-5.pdf
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/22/archives/caracas-assails-us-for-payoffs-report-president-perez-calls.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-to-provide-venezuelas-guaido-with-52-million-in-funding-idUSKBN1W934P/
• https://liberationnews.org/oppose-us-threats-against-venezuela/
• https://misionverdad.com/memoria/aquel-narcoestado-llamado-puntofijismo-0
• https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/12/business/world-class-fraud-bcci-pulled-it-off-special-report-end-twisted-trail-piggy-bank.html?pagewanted=all
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-IYdsFGrw
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/07CARACAS1637_a.html
• https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04CARACAS2224_a.html
• https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6750/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/cia-money-flowed-but-us-aides-insist-it-was-for-intelligence.html

This week, Madeline and David talk about Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, Donald Trump, and BDSM clubs in Taiwan!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0

This week, Madeline and David talk about campaign financing and dark money!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/using-personal-funds-candidate/

https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-laws

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/

https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/who-can-and-cant-contribute/#who-cant-contribute

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dark-money-hit-record-high-19-billion-2024-federal-races

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Citizens-United-v-Federal-Election-Commission

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/winning-vs-spending

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/secret-spending-states

https://issueone.org/donors-key-findings-and-profiles-of-the-top-15-dark-money-groups/

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/president-and-treasurer-super-pac-sentenced-dark-money-scheme

https://campaignlegal.org/update/how-does-citizens-united-decision-still-affect-us-2025

https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/business/dark-money-group-paying-pro-democrat-influencers-up-to-8k-a-month-report/

This week, Madeline and David talk about Hulk Hogan's role in union-busting at the WWE!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/

SOURCES:

https://www.thesportster.com/wwe-hulk-hogan-killed-jesse-ventura-plan-pro-wrestling-union-vince-mcmahon/

https://www.thesportster.com/tag/hulk-hogan/

https://www.thesportster.com/hulk-hogan-jokes-body-slamming-kamala-harris-questions-indian-heritage/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJHrgREqNA

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-ratted-202354667.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABUNtevCdZbng14s_7x3Yf946qPjevulgu3SXbGdDVr9ioMn0p35G-xKxQsErbnqqA8tV1LLbMhcL0ErfwUNgDOaRdv-hfnClboaf8MewIVtX3CZwYiD8DEhYkMzlqbHiEk-VwCuG2qSQCk3bXhsfrLZ7D0_nXey7K3C_6G7H_Ct

https://411mania.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-admits-revealed-jesse-ventur-union-plans-vince-mcmahon/

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1387808.html

https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1525370-jesse-ventura-hulk-hogan-had-a-lame-excuse-for-being-anti-union-he-lied-to-avoid-office-stooge-label

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1739395/wwe-hall-famer-jesse-ventura-explains-hulk-hogan-denied-stopping-union-efforts/

https://web.archive.org/web/20140227105532/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119010/1/index.htm

https://jacobin.com/2022/10/wwe-vince-mcmahon-wrestling-unions-health

https://qz.com/work/1584785/john-oliver-explains-the-wwes-glaring-workers-rights-problem

https://pagesix.com/2025/07/31/celebrity-news/hulk-hogans-cause-of-death-revealed/

https://www.newsweek.com/hulk-hogan-donald-trump-quotes-2103891

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/

https://jacobin.com/2014/08/money-in-the-bank/?ref=sullyville.io

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Ventura

https://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/09/ventura/index.html

This week, David and Madeline wrap up part 3 of our series on the Mexican revolutionaries The Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our three part series about border control and the Mexican revolutionaries the Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas!

PATREON:

https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts

SOURCES:

Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.

This week, Madeline and David talk about the ICE protests in Los Angeles and finish up our three part episode on Lyndon LaRouche!

PATREON:

http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/10/26/larouches-call-to-quarantine-aids-victims-trails-in-california/f79e0d33-02be-4fad-a643-08bf0d462f95/

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf

https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/

https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism

https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf

https://www.cosmonautmag.com/2025/04/praxis-of-alienation-and-enmity-on-the-american-communist-party/