Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy has been sanitized by mainstream American society, erasing his fierce anti-capitalist and anti-war advocacy. Before he was assassinated, King was forcefully denouncing the "three evils" in America -- racism, militarism and a corrupt economic system -- and arguing that these three evils were all tied together. For this MLK Day episode, Michael Moore shares audio clips and quotes from King that will not be celebrated on the evening news.

The failures of liberal half measures, compromise and "third way" politics has opened the door for right-wing demagogues to take power. It has also re-awakened a militant and energized left to combat both the wackadoodle right and the tepid center. We're seeing this play out in American politics and the 2020 Democratic primary.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is a scholar, author and activist. Her writing and speaking has incisively and ferociously exposed the failures of capitalism and the necessity of a fierce struggle to overcome it. She joins Michael to discuss how the hell we got here and how we liberate ourselves.

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"Five Years Later, Do Black Lives Matter?"

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/black-lives-matter-laquan-mcdonald-mike-brown-eric-garner

"How Real Estate Segregated America"

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-real-estate-segregated-america-fair-housing-act-race

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Michael Moore shares his personal history with both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who both starred in 2009's "Capitalism: A Love Story." In very personal terms, he addresses the possible fracture within the progressive movement and why we must move past this in order to ensure the defeat of both Donald Trump and the rotten system that produced Trump.

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The Credibility Gap

Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/the-credibility-gap

Bernie in 1987: Lamenting that there aren’t more women in office and encouraging young girls to run:

https://twitter.com/pjayevans/status/1216826375744737280

Bernie in 1988: “In my view a woman could be elected president of the United States”

https://twitter.com/meaganmday/status/1216793548567113728

Bernie Sanders’s Hard Fight for Hillary Clinton

The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/bernie-sanderss-hard-fight-for-hillary-clinton

Compilation of 40 campaign events Bernie Sanders did for Hillary Clinton in 2016:

https://twitter.com/ThomasIsOnline/status/1147606198050574337

Compilation of 12 rallies and 3 fundraisers Hillary Clinton did for Barack Obama in 2008:

https://twitter.com/ThomasIsOnline/status/1147614729491353603

Exit polling after the 2008 campaign showed that 15 percent of Clinton-supporting Democrats in the primary voted for John McCain in the general election over Barack Obama:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081108082743/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/exit.polls/

According to data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, only 12 percent of people who voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries voted for Trump in the general election:

https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds

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176 passengers on a Ukrainian passenger jet were all killed after it was shot down this weekend. The government of Iran admitted that they mistakenly shot it down, days after Donald Trump ordered the assassination a top Iranian leader who was in Iraq, setting off 72 hours of chaos and heightened tensions. If not for America's illegal and unjustified assassination, wouldn't these 176 passengers still be alive?

Michael discusses America's history in Iran, the stupidity of pro-war Democrats, and the balmy winter weather on the East Coast.

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Almost 10 years after Obamacare was passed, medical bills are still the leading cause of bankruptcy in the U.S., 30 million Americans are uninsured, and those who have insurance are dealing with the most expensive health care costs in the world. Michael is joined by political satirist and journalist Francesca Fiorentini to discuss healthcare in America and the state of political satire.

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Watch this clip from Francesca's MSNBC special, "Red, White & Who?":

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-originals/watch/-red-white-who-digital-exclusive-sen-bernie-sanders-extended-interview-75851845619

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Emily Ratajkowski is an actress, supermodel and fiercely dedicated citizen. She joins Michael for a conversation about radicalism, capitalism, privilege, power, Bernie, Biden and #MeToo.

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The New Yorker cartoon Emily mentioned is here:

https://condenaststore.com/featured/let-me-interrupt-your-expertise-with-my-confidence-jason-adam-katzenstein.html

The play Emily & Michael mentioned, "Slave Play" is here:

https://slaveplaybroadway.com/

The funny "Bernie Vs. Bernie" video Michael & Emily mentioned is here:

https://youtu.be/5avtfMXeh40 

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Michael Moore lays out the case for how and why the Senate can convict and remove Donald Trump from office. It requires us demanding there be witnesses — there is no trial in a free country without witnesses. John Bolton holds the secret. YOU and this phone number can make it happen: 202-224-3121. Hear Mike’s urgent call to action on this episode of Rumble.

Michael Moore asks the Ayatollah and the leaders of Iran to not respond to Trump's crime with more violence. Instead, he appeals to the Iranian government to let him and millions of Americans fix the problem with Trump either by trial in the Senate or the ballot box in November.

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We are pre-empting today’s scheduled podcast due to Donald Trump ordering the assassination of the #2 leader of Iran last night. Michael lays out the truth behind this and why Trump did it. And what we need to about it. Recorded in the middle of the night, we decided the urgency of us needing to deal with Trump’s actions was important enough that we post this emergency podcast. There must be no delay before we act. Senate switchboard: 202-224-3121

On New Year's Eve, Michael Moore asked for your 2020 Declarations. In this episode, we hear them. 

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