The Rick Sanchez Podcast

Matt Gaetz is at it again. While speaking at a Conservative Conference in Tampa, the controversial Florida Congressman described women who are pro-choice advocates as fat, ugly and odious. He went on to ask the crowd: "Why is it that the women that are the least likely to get pregnant are the ones most worried about getting abortions? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb." And when given the opportunity to explain himself afterwards, Gaetz doubled down on his comments and made it clear that he didn't care if women were offended by what he said.

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For years, the media and Hollywood have stereotyped minorities in America, but when it comes to Latinos, the offenses seem to have gotten worse. There is no better example than Guillermo, who is cast as the likable buffoon on the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show on ABC, and is the nightly butt of jokes on the program directed at him. Guillermo is not an actor or a comedian, he plays himself, a Mexican immigrant. He’s not the only Hollywood stereotype of Latinos. Sanchez, whose name was used in the Rick and Morty Cartoon, takes us through the “hot, but dumb” Latina, the “criminal” and the “Guillermo” character. Among those are Sofia Vergara who was cast as Gloria on Modern Family, Tattoo on Fantasy Island, Chuy from Chelsea Lately, Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite, Tuco from Breaking Bad and even back to the Lone Ranger whose sidekick was named Tonto, which means dumbass.

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While most groups in the US have a person, people or an organization that represents them and defends them, there is no such thing for Latinos. There is no Al Sharpton, no Ellen DeGeneres, no Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson. What there is-- is a leadership vacuum that no one has filled. Notable possibilities are AOC, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, but none fit the bill for reasons explained and understood by most Latinos. Sadly, the closest thing to a national Latino symbol or dare we say leader is Dora the Explorer. Why is that? And why is it that since Cesar Chavez, Latinos have remained and still are leaderless. Rick Sanchez explains.

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Few things are more troubling to Latinos than hearing non-Latinos tell them who they are and what they are like. Unfortunately, because Latinos are so poorly represented in the national conversation that takes place in the US media and in cable news, there are few Latinos in a place to be able to refute anything that is said about them. The most trendy adage about Latinos these days seems to be that they are all different. It is usually phrased as such: “Latinos are not monolithic.” Is that even true? Rick Sanchez is joined by comedian Monique Marvez as they reveal the facts about Latinos, which happen to be very different from what we hear. For example, Latinos are both culturally and politically much more alike than they are different.

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The January 6 hearings are shocking for Americans who have never dealt with the realities of a para-military-styled coup. However, others see the insurgency as a typical power grab they often have witnessed in their own countries in places like Latin America. University of Chicago professor William Howell joins Rick Sanchez to discuss how Trump orchestrated exactly what the CIA and the US state department have regularly attempted in Latin America when they did not like the outcome of an election. Rick also analyses Steve Bannon's vicious attack on podcaster Joe Rogan, John Bolton, and Mike Pompeo admitting that the US lies, cheats, steals, and initiates coups, Pete Buttigieg's fearless response regarding the Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh protest in a question from Fox News and Moderna CEO's take of almost one billion dollars from public money for the Covid Vaccine.

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Fox News's Laura Ingraham has been on a rampage with assertions that young people smoking marijuana is the reason for America's mass shooting problems. Rick breaks down the numbers that show that countries like the Netherlands, which have legalized soft drugs like marijuana actually have the lowest gun violence rate in the world, while the US where marijuana use is still illegal in some states, the gun violence rate is sky-high. Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame, criticizes Fox for being dishonest and taking advantage of people's ignorance and fears. Chong also reacts to Jill ,

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The Inspector general’s office is looking into whether the IRS targeted former FBI Director James Comey and Andrew McCabe as a form or political revenge under the direction of former president Donald Trump. Trump had attempted to cajole both men to get them to agree to drop their investigation of him, but when they refused, Trump fired them. Both men seemed to embarrass the president when they reported their meetings with him to the press. Soon after, they were notified that the IRS was auditing their taxes. Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Tribe says ‘political targeting is a serious federal crime.”

The January 6th hearing and possible charges are distancing GOP donors further from Trump 2024. Meanwhile recent articles, including one by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Lynn Schmidt suggests only former Vice President Mike Pence and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney can save the Republican Party by running as president and vice president, respectively. But will the Trump wing of the GOP ever follow suit? Rick points out a bigger problem for Cheney is that she’s a war hawk who will be inescapably tied to the disastrous war in Iraq that her father executed and profited from as both a VP and through his ties as a war profiteer with Halliburton. That could give Trump and the Democrats a talking point he will no doubt cash in.

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Weapons makers and arms dealers like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are making sure that when you turn on the news you hear that Ukraine needs our guns and bombs to use against Russia. How are they doing that? Through media lies. They are funding the pundits who appear on TV news channels posing as unbiased experts. These pundits or talking heads are not unbiased and as you will see in this report, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS and others do not clarify their deliberate conflict of interest. Leon Panetta, David Petraeus, Jeh Johnson appear repeatedly on cable and network news without anyone knowing that they are paid by military contractors. Peter Kuznick, Professor of History at American University joins Rick to explain how most Americans are being fooled into supporting endless and unnecessary wars and how we may have encouraged Putin to invade Ukraine. Rick shares how Latinos are more apt to figure out this military industrial complex corruption that Eisenhower warned us about, because of their experiences in South and Central America.

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A video shows one of the creators of Rick and Morty sitting on a couch riffing an experimental show prior to launching his hit show. On the video, a masked news anchor is presented as Rick Sanchez from the ‘7 PM News.’ Creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon are now into five seasons of the show. Roiland denies knowing of Sanchez prior to naming his character. The video seems to refute that, and he is seen watching the segment where Sanchez is introduced.

At the time of the filming, Sanchez was the host of Rick’s List on CNN, which was one of the network’s highest rated shows. Sanchez who says he likes ‘Rick And Morty’ as well as its creators discusses brand ownership with intellectual property attorney Mary Grieco.

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The status of key investigations involving Donald Trump:

Jan. 6 probe expands with fresh subpoenas in multiple states. There is now almost no question—it is undeniable that the former president of the United States is being investigated by the FBI. That is in and of itself a startling revelation. Everyone is asking and talking about this. The national conversation seems to be shifting toward – will Donald Trump be charged? Will Donald Trump be arrested? Well, those things can only happen if he is first investigated and I’m here to tell you—based on my 40 years of experience as journalist and more to the point as a police reporter—that it is at this point undeniable that Donald Trump is being investigated.

Look at the revelations that have come in over the past 3 or four days that we are going to take apart and let you hear for yourself. We have Donald Trump: Latest news, breaking stories and comments.

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