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- Episode 80: The Three Crises Three
In this special episode I talk about the three major crises currently confronting us: the crisis of democracy, the COVID crisis, and the climate crisis, and how each fuels the other two.
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2021 Virginia governor's race results vs. 2020 Virginia presidential vote
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32 min - Episode 79: Bannon's Dream Come True
This week I talk about (a) how far we've come over twenty years and (b) how screwed we are for not moving faster, as the Supreme Court seems poised to overrule Chevron deference and fulfill Bannon's dream of destroying what's left of the administrative state.
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Chevron Deference Principle (Cornell Law)
38 min - Episode 78: Twenty past 9/11
In this special episode I look back at the 9/11 attacks of twenty years ago, the decades of war and abuse that followed, and share my thoughts on what the fuck it all means.
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Jim Ridgeway's book on 9/11
24 min - Episode 77: Ending the Afghan Enterprise
This week I talk about Biden's follow through on his promise to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with a brief overview of the conflict and the imperial context within which it persisted for two decades.
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Spencer Ackerman on Democracy Now!
35 min - Episode 76: Defusing the Doomsday Machine
With a first-strike, first-use nuclear weapons policy in place for decades, it's a miracle we're still here. This week I talk about Dan Ellsberg's important book "The Doomsday Machine", what it tells us about this policy, and what we need to do to stop this madness.
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The Doomsday Machine, by Dan Ellsberg
37 min - Episode 75: Resuscitate the Administrative State
Our corporate-friendly government has always fallen short when it comes to helping poor and working people. This week I talk about how policies like postal banking can begin to turn that ship around.
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David Dayen on Majority Report (8/2/2021)
34 min - Episode 74: COVID is the new Climate Change
This week I talk about the political football the right has made out of COVID vaccines, PPE, and other aspects of the pandemic, and how reminiscent this obsession is with their climate skepticism.
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My Political Rants blog
38 min - Episode 73: The Biden Doctrine
This week I talk about the Biden Administration's decision to tighten sanctions on Cuba and how that reflects their continuing support for the imperial project.
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Intercept Story on Biden and Plan Colombia
32 min - Episode 72: What to do about Wealth
Richard Branson's ridiculous sub-orbital flight last week was an illustration of how irritating billionaires can be. This week I talk about how the problem is not so much the billionaires themselves as the system that creates and nurtures them.
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Furious Rant Blog
30 min - Episode 71: Workers Push Back
This week I talk about workers resisting a return to crappy jobs and the degree to which that resistance is scaring capital silly. Also, a quick take on New York's 22nd congressional district.
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Deutsch's Whining about Labor Non-Compliance
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Political issues considered from a non-violent leftist perspective by some guy named Joe.