Watching the Dallas police smear a man who was killed while resting in his home is surreal. But they've done this so many times, the smearing of Black people killed by police has been perfected down to a science.

Today's bonus show I cover "Useless contrarianism" -- the performative art of grandstanding but doing nothing to help progressive goals.

Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk is a friend of mine and I respect his work. But a tweet he sent out -- though he certainly offered clarification -- gives us the opportunity to explore the idea that the culture war is a distraction or best understood as a tool used by oligarchs to keep us divided. I used to think this too until I thought this all the way through.

What happened to Serena sadly happens too often around the country to black people. Ask them.

Professor Matt Sienkiewicz is joined by Max Thunder, and Josh Moss to discuss politics and other antics. Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc on Twitter) joins the gang to discuss the impressive win by Ayanna Pressley.

I'll be back tomorrow!

I'm away for a few days covering for David Pakman. But the first segement of today's episode is me covering the story of Colin Kaepernick's endorsement.

Thanks to @MediaStudied for covering for me and all of his amazing guests!

@kenklippenstein

SUNDAY SPECIAL

It's a shame when white, male supremacy is pushed by Black people and ESPECIALLY by the Black church.

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Yesterday was a bad day for Trump. Michael Cohen has implicated the president in two federal crimes. But will he be indicted or impeached? Let's discuss.

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