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Claire McKinney's work explores the relationships between abortion, disability, the rhetoric of eugenics, and more, all in the service of pointing out how we are kept from having real public conversations about reproductive rights. Her forthcoming book re-traces abortion politics from 1850 to 2018 and examines the role of medicalization in shaping reproductive discourse.

Left journalist Jaya Sundaresh talks with Adriel about the tension between online catharsis and political expediency. Plus tech news and a tip on maximizing default openness on social media as a political candidate. 

Jaya's twitter: https://twitter.com/shutupjaya

She discusses this essay: https://jayatime.substack.com/p/2a-why-so-nasty-bernie-brother

See Adriel's essay on the ratio here: https://medium.com/@adrielhampton/trusting-the-ratio-de0fa4b80ad3

Bloomberg's buying of 2/3 of all political ads on FB: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/21/mike-bloomberg-facebook-ad-campaign

The case of the missing facial recognition tech law enforcement client list: https://www.thedailybeast.com/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-company-that-works-with-law-enforcement-says-entire-client-list-was-stolen

Attorney Sheryl Ring discusses the dangerous implications of the Supreme Court's recent decision limiting remedies for abuse by federal law enforcement.

Podcaster Ben Dixon joins Adriel to discuss capitalism, religion, Bloomberg, podcasting, the Democratic Party and a world where everyone matters. Listen to and support Ben's show at https://www.patreon.com/thebpdshow. Follow him on Twitter: @BenjaminPDixon. 

Maria Gray, newly vacationing former field organizer for Andrew Yang, talks with Adriel about her experiences on the campaign, the future of the Freedom Dividend and the revolt against big tech. Also lots more campaign and technology news including (but not limited to) ICE and law enforcement buying data to pursue people, Mark Zuckerberg's "lost notebook," Pinkerton spying on employees, Bloomberg's billions in self-funded campaigning, and how Bernie's volunteers are doing the same work for their candidate for free. And a tech tip on expropriating and showing videos (on on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube) from your ideological enemies without signal boosting them.

Matt talks to Nathan Martin, director of Better Wyoming, about the Wyoming legislature's latest rebukes against Medicaid Expansion, and the influence of extremely wealthy funders on the state's politics and policies.

The collapse of the Iowa caucuses, the failure and suspicions around the Shadow app, the organizing power of the Bernie Sanders campaign, and contributions from various sectors of the working class. Also: tech tip on managing the size of photo and other files on your web site.

The communards watch dangerous homemade log-splitting machine videos, discuss remodeling a bedroom into an office, and participate in the annual State-of-the-Commune meeting. Plus brand new music.

Rhode Island rhetorician Cate Morrison talks about new styles and strategies of campaign communication from labor organizing to the explosive Bernie campaign and beyond. Adriel and Matt discuss new articles on the Trump campaign's use of microtargeting and fake ads. Also: tech tips on platforms and applications political consultants can use.

Here's the lead story on Trump's Facebook ads: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/28/donald-trump-facebook-ad-campaign-2020-election

Outreach Circle founder Sangeeth Peruri joins Adriel to discuss Relational Organizing and how revolutionary new campaign tech can help deepen relationships in political organizing. Adriel and Matt talk about further evidence that Facebook is helping game the election for Trump--and other dystopian social media tomfoolery.

Chris Mills Rodrigo on Facebook fact-checking hurdles: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/478896-critics-fear-facebook-fact-checkers-losing-misinformation-fight

Judd Legum's Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1220159411806711809

Deadly disinfo campaigns article by Sima Basel & Matt Suiche: https://si.ma/fb-cib/?utm_campaign=The%20Interface&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

Digital public infrastructure: https://medium.com/@EthanZ/digital-public-infrastructure-and-a-few-words-in-defense-of-optimism-b3fb5b96c28c

Ring surveillance: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html