Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/14485685

This is our LIVE TAPING episode with Khader El-Yateem and Jabari Brisport, who were inspired to run for city council by Bernie Sanders (whom they admire) and by Trump (whose scary & destructive victory convinced them to enter politics). A Palestinian, Arab-American, socialist Khader El-Yateem is a community organizer & faith leader who is committed to social justice. He talks about how his experience being imprisoned & tortured by Israeli soldiers inspired him to seek understanding and dialog. He ran as a Democrat and though he lost the primary by 7 points, he scored an amazing victory by coming so close and taking on the Democratic Machine. Like Rev. El-Yateem, Jabari Brisport was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). A third generation Brooklyn resident, Jabari is still in the race, having run on the Green Party ticket. We discuss the Bernie Bro Myth, which they shatter as an Arab-American and African American, "coming out," as socialist and why they ran in the parties they did.

For our full interview with Thomas Frank: https://www.patreon.com/posts/14431054

Our live taping with Jabari Brisport & Khader El-Yateem: https://www.facebook.com/events/1467429373350975/

Gabe and I talk to writer Thomas Frank about Hillary Clinton's new book "What Happened." Then we talk to Nomiki Konst, a reporter at The Young Turks and a member of the DNC's Reform Unity Commission about what's happening in the Democratic Party. Nomiki also talks about neoliberal economics and online trolls who spread dangerous messages. We also go over the #AltWoke

For the rest of our interview and to hear Hillary Clinton appointees, including Neera Tanden, vote against SIngle Payer, join out patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/14392323.

Actual Dr. Adam Gaffney, one of the biggest advocates for single payer talks to us about Bernie Sanders' medicare for all bill. Why it matters, where it comes from and the sneaky language libs use to undermine single payer while pretending to support it.

Full debate is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-medicare-14279019. We talk to Rev.Khader El-Yateem, a Lutheran pastor, Arab-American, proud immigrant, and father of four who is running for City Council in Brooklyn's 43rd District. Wait until you hear his story. Then we bring you some hot Left of Left debate between Dr. Adam Gaffney and journalist Josh Holland over Medicare For All. We will be posting the rest of the debate shortly for our Patreon supporters! Sit tight.

For more go to: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-1-ny-times-14239759. This is a really jam-packed episode! First, I share my experience touching Bernie Sanders, then we play audio from a speech he gave at Riverside Church, the same church where Martin Luther King gave his "Beyond Vietnam" speech 50 years ago. Gabe and I discuss both speeches, Joe Arpaio and why a New York TImes journalist is repeating a smear first hatched in March 2016 about Jane Sanders. We even include a Woody Allen Woody Guthrie mashup, and you will see why. Then I talk to Karina Moreno, a professor at LIU, who specializes in immigration about Donald Trump's decision on DACA. Karina, who was once undocumented herself, shares her experience living "with a black cloud of dread" over her head, and how President Obama betrayed the DREAMers by handing over their personal information to Donald Trump. Were dreamers better off before DACA? Listen to find out.

To hear the list of our top picks of #pseudowoke #altWoke #Resistance Twitter, go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/14048928. We talk to Sam Knight and Sam Sacks from The District Sentinel about Afghanistan, RT, Putin, George Bush's painting career, Alex Jones, and an absurd listicle of Resistance twitter, published on a conservative outlet, and written by a friend of Sean Spicer, who happens to include herself. Also, I share memories of Jane Fonda workouts.

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-chase-on-13929906/edit We talk to Shuja Haider about his recent piece in Jacobin, "One Has to Take Sides," and Nick Murray about his piece in Viewpoint "Defending Charlottesville: A Report from the Ground."

The rest of the interview is available here for Patreon subscribers. https://www.patreon.com/posts/13834332

Mic reporter Jack Smith IV talks to me about the #AltRight rally in Charlottesville, VA, where he's been reporting from on the ground. He shares what he observed, his take on the police, which isn't what you'd expect, and why Neera Tanden is so wrong.

This ep is like a Variety Show for the Left. We bring you 5 interviews I did at The People's Summit in Chicago. Meet Larry Krasner, the anti-death penalty, civil rights attorney who won the Democratic primary and is running for Philadelphia DA; Paula Jean Swearengin, a real-life coal miner's daughter, running against Senator Joe Manchin to represent West Virginia; Stephen Jaffe running against Nancy Pelosi; Ginger Jantzen, running for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3, and Andre Vasquez, who should run for office but is currently executive director of Reclaim Chicago/Chicago Progress.

Bonus of James Adomian as John McCain is here. https://www.patreon.com/posts/13472544. Bonus of Adam Gaffney on Single Payer & Skinny Repeal fail here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-actual-dr-13477726 We talk to journalist Adam Johnson about his piece "WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That’s Never Existed" and why John McCain is still a war criminal who is fetishized for his tone and decorum, even though he has a pretty terrible temper and gross tone. We go over why McCain refuses to stop using racial slurs, setting bombing campaigns to pop music, and whether we agree with Donald Trump's assessment of McCain.