Recorded October 2, 2020. This is a short one. Adam and Peter discuss the latest news: Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19. They discuss what that means for the election. They also talk about the presidential debate and new information about the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, including evidence showing that her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, did not shoot at the cops. 

Links: President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both test positive for COVID-19: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-positive-coronavirus-test.html ; White House aide Hope Hicks contracted COVID-19, traveled with Trump, and possibly gave it to him: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/hope-hicks-coronavirus.html ; Trump's positive COVID-19 result upends his campaign in the final stretch: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-campaign.html ; Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee tested positive for COVID-19: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/02/mike-lee-tests-positive-covid-425172 ; Donald Trump's diet (lots of fast food and Diet Coke) and obesity: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/this-is-what-donald-trump-eats-in-a-day/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/trump-obese.html ; evidence and ballistic report show Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, did NOT shoot cops entering their apartment: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/27/ballistics-report-breonna-taylor-boyfriend-kenneth-walker-shot-louisville-cop/3554995001/ (ballistics report), https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-ky-ags-claim-breonna-taylors-partner-shot-police-not-supported-by-evidence_n_5f711295c5b64deddeef87b3 , https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gwyy/new-body-cam-footage-raises-questions-about-breonna-taylor-death-investigation , https://www.huffpost.com/entry/report-ky-ags-claim-breonna-taylors-partner-shot-police-not-supported-by-evidence_n_5f711295c5b64deddeef87b3 ; Louisville SWAT team had concerns with the raid on Taylor's apartment beforehand: https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv8q3w/louisville-swat-team-told-investigators-they-had-concerns-about-raid-on-breonna-taylors-apartment ; Breonna Taylor case grand jury was not given option to indict cops who killed Taylor: https://www.salon.com/2020/09/29/breonna-taylor-case-grand-juror-we-werent-given-the-option-of-indicting-the-two-cops-who-shot-her/ ; Taylor grand jury recording released: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/breonna-taylor-grand-jury-audio-recording.html ; Biden "won" the debate: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/29/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-debate-poll/index.html ; Proud Boys celebrate Donald Trump's debate callout: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/proud-boys-celebrate-after-trump-s-debate-call-out-n1241512 ; Trump checks into Walter Reed: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2020/10/02/president-trump-goes-walter-reed-army-medical-hospital-after-covid-19-diagnosis/3597555001/ , and waves to supporters: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-walter-reed-drive-by-visit-criticism ; 

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Recorded September 24, 2020. Adam and Peter talk about the Louisville, Kentucky grand jury verdict over the police killing of Breonna Taylor -- the police who killed her were not indicted, the only cop who was indicted for charged for "wanton endangerment" for firing into a neighbor's wall. Adam explains why prosecutor Daniel Cameron is a race traitor. They also talk about the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As a palette cleanser, they talk about Godfrey and Lord Jamar cutting ties with DJ Vlad. 

Links: verdict: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54273317 ; legality of police shooting of Breonna Taylor (no-knock warrant and castle doctrine): https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/breonna-taylor-castle-doctrine/2020/09/24/44e41eba-fe90-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html; information about Kentucky Attorney General and Black Republican Daniel Cameron who oversaw Breonna Taylor's case: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/07/15/who-is-kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-cameron-deciding-breonna-taylor-case/5400028002/ , https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/us/daniel-cameron-breonna-taylor-kentucky.html ; Cameron's ties to the Republican Party: https://www.blackenterprise.com/what-you-may-not-know-about-kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-camerons-republican-ties/ ; Cameron speaks at Republican National Convention 2020 and supports Donald Trump: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kentucky-ag-daniel-cameron-pitches-president-trump-best/story?id=72621580, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/us/politics/daniel-cameron-rnc-speech.html ; Cameron turned his back on Black America: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/greg-moore/2020/09/24/daniel-cameron-turned-his-back-on-black-america/3515688001/ ; Cameron got married during Taylor case with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell in attendance: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8768871/Kentucky-AG-Daniel-Cameron-34-mentor-Mitch-McConnell-wedding-month.html , https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/08/03/kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-cameron-gets-married-louisville/5574927002/ , https://www.essence.com/news/daniel-cameron-kentucky-ag-weds-amid-breonna-taylor-case/ ; Senator Rand Paul proposes bill banning no-knock warrants nationwide: https://www.newsweek.com/where-are-no-knock-warrants-legal-bipartisan-bill-seeks-ban-after-breonna-taylors-death-1510478 ; Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-declines-commit-peaceful-transfer-power/story?id=73205708&cid=social_fb_2020&fbclid=IwAR0-MCUdA4weQRkiNqpLNm1dU9yeWRq03prtiHaKEE_62LtU5CwOpOh6gVA ; Trump's Supreme Court nominees refuse to say Brown v. Board of Education (1954) was the right decision: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-supreme-court-pick-ginsburg-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-brown-v-board-education-b535886.html ; Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a far-right judge: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/917042249/hold-trump-to-nominate-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court , https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/amy-coney-barrett-extremist/ , https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/25/recognize-what-stake-progressives-warn-amid-reports-trump-will-tap-amy-coney-barrett ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg rejected Native American sovereignty in Sherill vs. Oneida Indian Nation (2005): https://thewire.in/world/ruth-bader-ginsburg-sherrill-v-oneida ; Denver socialist activists have been released (after this recording): https://www.liberationnews.org/denver-anti-racist-organizers-released-from-jail-drop-the-charges-now/ ; Godfrey and Lord Jamar cut ties with DJ Vlad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFr7R0WqSic ;  

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Recorded September 17, 2020. Adam and Peter mostly focus on the election. First, they address the revelations of forced sterilization of migrant women at an immigrant detention facility in Georgia (support whistleblower Dawn Wooten: https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-whistleblower-dawn-wooten). Then they talk about how Michael Forest Reinoehl was killed without warning by the feds and Trump justified the extrajudicial killing. Then they talk about the state of the 2020 presidential election, especially Biden's lack of canvassing ground game. Adam is pretty cynical and thinks the Democrats don't care about losing the election. Then they rip an article about Black Democrats opposing anti-Wall-Street "purity tests" for a potential Biden administration.  

Links: 

Forced sterilization at immigration detention facility in Georgia: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913398383/whistleblower-alleges-medical-neglect-questionable-hysterectomies-of-ice-detaine ; Michael Forest Reinoehl shot and killed without warning from feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/10/reinoehl-portland-antifa-killing-police/ ; Trump justifies extrajudicial killing of Reinoehl: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/trump-endorses-extrajudicial-executions-retribution-reinoehl.html; Trump-Biden polling: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/presidential-polls-trump-biden,https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53657174 ; Biden's invisible campaign in Michigan: https://time.com/5889093/joe-biden-michigan-campaign/ ; Biden's lack of campaign ground game: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/13/911460651/republicans-are-knocking-on-doors-democrats-arent-biden-s-campaign-says-that-s-o ; Black Democrats oppose anti-Wall-Street purity test for Biden campaign: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/07/biden-diversity-purity-test-409245 ; support for Black Lives Matter has decreased across all racial groups, except Black people: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/16/support-for-black-lives-matter-has-decreased-since-june-but-remains-strong-among-black-americans/ ; 

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Recorded September 9, 2020. This is a packed but great episode. Adam interviews McKenna Peterson, an activist who went on hunger strike to protest police racist violence in Antioch, California. The hunger strike ended because of the city's lack of response but the protest encampment continues. Then Adam and Peter interview Jess Folero, a housing activist and organizer in Portland, Maine. After those interviews, the guys talk about the newly-released tape of President Donald Trump saying he intentionally misled the public about the danger of the COVID-19 pandemic. They close out by talking about another Rachel Dolezal -- C.V. Vitolo, a white Italian person (activist and academic) who pretended to be Black/P.O.C. 

Time stamps: 

Djembe interlude #1: 4:58 

Antioch hunger strike and protest: 6:05 

Djembe interlude #2: 36:20 

Jess interview: 37:58 

Djembe interlude #3: 1:33:48 

Latter half analysis and commentary: 1:34:34 

Links: Antioch hunger strike ends but protest continues: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/09/09/activists-frustrated-by-lack-of-response-from-city-end-hunger-strike/ ; Trump intentionally downplayed the severity of COVID-19 pandemic to the public: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-woodward-rage-book-trump/2020/09/09/0368fe3c-efd2-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html ; C.V. Vitolo, Rachel Dolezal 3.0, a white Italian person who falsely assumed Black/POC identity is outed: https://medium.com/@polite_keppel_dinosaur_57/cv-vitolo-haddad-another-academic-racial-fraud-c5c41fe32110, https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/10/more-allegations-racial-fraud-academe?fbclid=IwAR20BMJUi5aynWvgcYiN5WjjJofgbL2EDf-yR2kEXyOjbyrC84sMD27IiEw#.X1oQ3tisX1E.twitter, https://medium.com/@cvvitolo/a-first-step-da38275071e1 , "apology": https://medium.com/@cvvitolo/a-second-step-9fe0c6511ff3(Jessica Krug -- Rachel Dolezal 2.0: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/09/jessica-krug-white-scholar-black-latina) ; sundown towns in California: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c1db3f66764249beb999f3a81290398c, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/content.php?file=sundowntowns-whitemap.html, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns.php, https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntownsshow.php?state=CA ; 

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Recorded August 5, 2020 (Adam: I uploaded and edited this and the show notes a little late. Sorry for the delay). Adam and Peter talk about a number of things. Peter covers the workers' strike at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and interviews one of the striking workers. Adam discusses a COVID-19 relief bill in the Senate to support independent music venues. They talk about the recent explosion on Beirut, Lebanon and the Zimbabwean government's $3.5 billion in "reparations" to white settlers. 

Links: General Dynamics and AeroVironment give combat vehicles drone technology: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2018/10/09/general-dynamics-aerovironment-join-forces-to-give-combat-vehicles-their-own-drones/ ; "Save Our Stages Act" to provide COVID-19 relief to small, independent music venues: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/senate-bill-independent-venues-covid-19-relief-aid-1032542/?fbclid=IwAR03BS8Ea8_NINJ_noJenBUraXTgN3GkoZtzuyxRg3iFjlxydZ4BdCiznTQ ; Zimbabwe pays $3.5 billion compensation to white settlers: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/zimbabwe-pay-white-farmer-35bn-land-compensation-deal-200729135752062.html , https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-farmers/zimbabwe-agrees-to-pay-3-5-billion-compensation-to-white-farmers-idUSKCN24U1OM; Zimbabwe government cracks down on opponents and protesters: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/zimbabwe-president-vows-flush-opponents-200804141615075.html ; Beirut explosion: https://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2020/aug/11/after-deadly-explosion-will-anything-change-beirut-podcast , https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-us-contractor.html , https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/899776352/beiruts-explosion-looks-like-an-accident-and-a-sign-of-the-country-s-collapse ,   ; 

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Recorded July 22, 2020. Adam and Peter are joined by Q (Andray Domise) of Rezistans Nwa, a newly-founded Black resistance podcast network. They talk about Trump's use of federal agents to snatch protesters and put them in unmarked vans in Portland, his expansion of this, and this is an example of authoritarianism that's been long in the making by both Republicans and Democrats. Then they pay tribute to the late Michael Brooks, a leftist journalist and commentator who passed away recently.   

Links: U.S. Border Patrol was responsible for the arrests in Portland: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/border-patrol-portland-arrest/ ; Trump ordered federal agents to snatch protesters in unmarked vehicles: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/07/17/trump-ordered-federal-agents-are-reportedly-pulling-protesters-into-unmarked-vehicles-drawing-outrage/?fbclid=IwAR06Srx5K1F9ymlpyOe1Beih2LHaFPyXPWpfdCd7PLwaf0QPLX0CAm6AOF8#3156dc3670de ; Trump consulted with Bush-era torture memo lawyer John Yoo: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding?fbclid=IwAR0rcsypojIUJ5EUlcFspJNzBTkTRV0pxRc5xSEIaeAU64arBu6oeDvCA0Y ; Trump orders surge hundreds of federal agents to cities: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53507660?fbclid=IwAR06M3qPJEc-OoRQF9Ln-Bls5kMgCEFqYBike9d6gy_gnEpgPa_5cG-KjFg ; Homan Square, Chicago's black site where Black people are detained: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands , https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/05/homan-square-chicago-thousands-detained ; the feds have a long history of snatching people up: https://theappeal.org/the-feds-have-a-long-history-of-snatching-people-up-only-now-they-are-targeting-middle-class-white-people/ ; Obama signs the NDAA 2012, allowing for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/02/president-obama-signed-the-national-defense-authorization-act-now-what/#7c2ef90a11b6 , https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law , https://www.propublica.org/article/cutting-through-the-controversy-about-indefinite-detention-and-the-ndaa ; Michael Brooks passes away: https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/michael-brooks-dead/ , https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/michael-brooks-dead-dies-political-commentator-majority-report-1234712010/ , https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/remembering-our-friend-and-comrade-michael-brooks ,  ;  

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