The Insurgents

James Rehwald joins us today to talk about the latest Epstein emails released by the House Oversight committee, what it means for Trump and other figures named in those emails and what comes next.

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Our most recent premium episode on the shutdown cave by Democrats and calls for Chuck Schumer to step down as minority leader is available for subscribers here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-421-the-schumer-gambit

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Pop punk nostalgia. The satire of Eddington. And Senate Democrats “go rogue” and agree to end the government shutdown in exchange for the vague promise of an eventual doomed vote on Obamacare subsidies.

But most importantly: we’re still talking ostriches.

One day, everyone will have always been against the ostrich genocide.

Jesse Hawken and Karen Geier join the show to break down this extremely important story, and what it tells us about misinformation, conspiracy, post-COVID mistrust of public health measures and more.

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Ravi Mangla, national press secretary for the Working Families Party, joins Jordan to talk about the NYC mayoral race, the Cuomo campaign’s desperation in the final days and weeks of the race, and—most importantly—what people need to do after the election to help support the implementation of Mamdani’s agenda.

You can follow Ravi here: https://x.com/ravi_mangla

Check out his Substack, Signal Break, here: https://signalbreak.substack.com/

Jared Holt returns to the show to talk about a new report that digs into user data for Rumble, the right-wing alternative to YouTube. Despite a hefty valuation, the site seems to be overrun by just a handful of users that generate an outsized percent of the content uploaded and user comments.

We also talk about the indictment of friend of the show Kat Abughazaleh and what Jared is seeing on the ground in Chicago.You can follow Jared on Bluesky here: https://bsky.app/profile/jaredlholt.bsky.social Earlier this week Jordan was joined by Matthew Gault of 404 to talk about DHS using Halo memes and other “nostalgiacore” to peddle fascism.That episode is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-418-nostalgiacore-ft-matthew-gault

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Matthew Gault of 404 Media joins Jordan to talk about DHS using Halo imagery and “Destroy the Flood” to recruit for ICE. They explore the fascist undertones of likening immigrants to The Flood, an invasive species of parasites in the Halo franchise, and other ways the Trump administration has leveraged nostalgia for insidious purposes. They also talk ab…

Haus of Decline is here for a wide ranging chat that touches on Canadian US politics, the importance of art and community, our insane future and more, but the primary focus is the Toronto Blue Jays and George Springer’s iconic Game 7 home run in the ALCS.

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Jordan is away so it’s a Canada episode (with a brief bit on Graham Platner’s unfortunate tattoo). The NDP are choosing a new leader, with big political implications for the Canadian left. Also, are Mark Carney’s elbows still up? All this and much more in this talk with Jeremy Appel.

David Sirota, founder of The Lever and co-author of the new book Master Plan joins Jordan to talk about what he found in his reporting, the No Kings protests and the hot new anti-grassroots think tank, the Searchlight Institute.You can buy the book here: https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-the-hidden-plot-to-legalize-corruption-in-america/

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Is it still a peace deal when Palestinians are still being killed? How much credit does Donald Trump deserve for all this? Will Democrats recognize that the ground is shifting under their feet or are they ideologically committed to not doing so? Is anything good happening in Canada? All this and more in this conversation with the incomparable Prem Thakker.

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