Episode 591 | What does it even mean to be anti-war if we can't oppose war crimes and human right's violations? Let's talk more about Syria.

Professor Matt Sienkiewicz fills in with a conversation on Mike Pompeo, What the Blogs are Saying and an interview with @Maura on Kanye West and music criticism.

Of all the days I decide to have a guest host, it would be on a day when Kanye swears his allegience to Donald Trump. Thankfully, Brian Lewis of https://blackandintellectual.com/ covered the topic! I enjoyed this episode. You will too!

- Ben

This has been a tragic week for many reasons. Waffle House saw the murders of four POC in their facility and then the viral video of the Black woman being sexually assaulted by police officers. And yet, not a single word about the terrorist act from Donald Trump. Rebecca Azor fills in for Benjamin.

Episode 587 | Anoa Changa fills in while I work on this *thing*. She disucsses Senator Bookers ridiculous analysis of blaming low Black voter turnout for Donald Trump's victory. She also discusses true voter engagement and how we fix, once and for all, the problem of historically low voter turnout across all demographics. Finally, Anoa discusses the problem with Facebook for progressives and minorities in the face of their new community guidelines.

Become a Patron, family. What are you waiting for? ROFL.

-Ben was actually here.

***EPISODE 586 | A white man associated with a nationalist organization kills four at a Waffle House in Tennessee. Is Trump to be credited with the potential peace in North Korea? My experiences at a Neo-Nazi rally in Newnan, GA. And finally, Kanye West loves Candace Owen. meh.

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White Man Kills Four at Waffle House in TN

Opening soundbite from CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ec1o7ssheI

Shooter Went to the White House: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/988148954855608321

James Shaw, Jr: https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/988375705066070017

Shooter in a White Supremacists Organization: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/22/waffle-house-suspect-travis-reinking-sovereign-citizen/540543002/

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N. Korea announces it will suspend their nuclear program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1QyKSckC7k

Trump Response: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/987463564305797126

Unbelievable Reaction from Some “Leftists” : https://www.facebook.com/niko.m.house/posts/10160274832425608?comment_id=10160275516430608¬if_id=1524308237238416¬if_t=feed_comment_reply&ref=notif

Ben Norton breaks down how this potential peace occured with Dr. Simone Chun, research associate at Harvard University Korea Institute:
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21613:Korean-Peninsula-in-Historic-Peace-Talks---Thanks-to-Activists%2C-Not-Trump

Amazing Summary from a listener: https://twitter.com/Dispatchula/status/987645739953197057

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Nazis in Newnan

Give a Nazi an Inch, they’ll take a mile: https://twitter.com/JackSmithIV/status/988052997254078466

More from Jack Smith on how Nazis switched up their symbol for PR: https://twitter.com/JackSmithIV/status/988109464996806657

Cops Cracked Down on Counter-protesters: https://twitter.com/letsgomathias/status/987755595238428673


Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama: http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/04/confederate_memorial_day_in_al.html

No Quarter for Milo: https://www.mediaite.com/online/watch-milo-yiannopoulos-forced-out-of-new-york-bar-by-crowd-chanting-nazi-scum-get-out/

Consider contributing to DSA’s Bail Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-anti-nazi-protesters-in-newnan-ga

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Kanye Loves Candace Owens

Ye’s tweet: https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/987696355341553665

https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/987450257159077888

Episode 585 | Everyone seems to be losing it. And maybe I am too. But let's discuss some of the more obvious examples of people becoming completely irrational since the election of Donald Trump.

Rebecca Azor joins me to discuss forgiveness versus knuckling-up.

Episode 584 |

So glad to have friends that can pinch hit whenever I travel. Professor Matt Sienkiewicz (@mediastudied) fills in with an amazing episode discussing Bernie Sanders, Gaza protests, and Syria.

Episode 583 | Tax Day has got me like...... In other news, a mid-flight accident on Southwest Airlines leaves one dead and the entire flight terrified.

Alex Jones is being sued by the families of the Sandy Hook School shooting.

Ben Shapiro has one murderous, white supremacist fan. What does he teach that draws someone like this?

Episode 582 | Trump's strike in Syria was illegal. No question. Reports indicate he wanted to go further than the limited strikes from Friday night. Syria exposes everyone from our cowardly Congress to anti-war grandstanders who aren't helping us move the ball forward.

Starbucks had a pretty racist weekend. Let's discuss.