Episode 205: Don’t Watch This If You’re In a Good Mood by Mike Figueredo

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In this episode we’ll discuss the impact mainstream media has on political discourse, and specifically talk about how they can actually make or break campaigns of particular candidates. In the case of Bernie Sanders, we’ll discuss how MSNBC’s relentless attacks on him is actually having a dangerous impact on broader political discourse. Additionally, we’ll discuss the protests in Puerto Rico, why some House progressives let us down, and we’ll talk to U.S. Senate candidate Steven Cox, who wants to take on Mitch McConnell in 2020.

Last time we talked about The Squad’s spat with Nancy Pelosi (this includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley), but this week The Squad is being targeted by someone else: Donald Trump. He tweeted that they should go back to their home countries if they dislike America (all four are American citizens and three were born here). We’ll dig into Trump’s morally reprehensible comments, talk about Lindsey Graham’s unhinged attack on them, and we’ll also revisit the Pelosi-Squad dispute and talk about how House Democrats want AOC’s Chief of Staff, Saikat Chakrabarti fired for criticizing them. We’ll also talk about Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign, interview 2020 congressional candidate Anthony Clark, and also Mike’s Prager YOU ad makes its debut.

In this episode we’ll talk about the recent barrage of attacks from establishment Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden that have been directed at The Squad, a group of congressional progressives including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. We’ll also discuss Nancy Pelosi’s contempt for progressives and end the show by talking to her democratic socialist primary challenger, Shahid Buttar.

In this episode we’ll talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s experience at migrant detention facilities, and what she describes there as well as how the right’s reaction. We’ll also talk about Medicare For All and how Bernie Sanders was forced to set the record straight about the need to abolish private health insurance companies after Kamala Harris went out of her way to misrepresent the fundamentals of Bernie’s bill in order to save face ahead of criticism from potential health industry donors.

In this episode we’ll discuss Bernie Sanders’ brilliant student loan debt cancellation plan, and we’ll also get into foreign policy and Trump’s incoherent position on Iran. We’ll spend the second half of the episode with pre and post debate analyses of the first 2020 Democratic debates.

In this episode of the podcast we’ll talk about Trump’s unhinged ABC News interview, right-wing propaganda when it comes to U.S. imperialism and socialism, Donald Trump’s morally reprehensible immigration policies, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of Amazon’s worker exploitation, Joe Biden’s unbelievably bad take on bipartisanship, and we’ll talk to 2020 congressional candidate Joshua Collins.

In this episode we discuss how Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are trying to be the best on student loan debt cancellation, the Koch Brothers’ infiltration into the Democratic Party, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s pressure on Pelosi when it comes to impeaching Trump, David Rubin’s profound stupidity, and Bernie Sanders’ game-changing speech on democratic socialism, which he pitches as the continuation of FDR’s legacy.

In this episode we’ll discuss the coward centrists running for president in 2020 that are too afraid to support Medicare For All because they know they’ll anger their health industry donors. Additionally, we’ll talk about Steven Crowder’s middle school-level bullying of Vox journalist Carlos Maza and why people shouldn’t buy into Crowder’s victimization complex. Additionally we’ll talk about Tomi Lahren’s straight pride, Joe Biden’s flip-flop, climate change, net neutrality with Ron Placone, and more!