Unf*cking The Republic

Unf*cking The Republic

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  • DNR The DNC: Propping up the Cadaver-in-Chief.

    After Joe Biden’s historically bad debate performance, many Americans were left wondering how the Democratic Party could allow him to remain in the race. The answer is a corrupt and wholly inept corporation called the DNC Services Corporation—Democratic National Committee or DNC for short. This episode looks at the DNC’s failures over time and how they’ve worked with the RNC to rig the system against third party candidates. And it pulls back the curtain to reveal the tragic ineptitude that continues to deliver wins to the Republican Party.

    Resources

    Newsweek: My Fellow Progressives: Replacing Biden Is Not Our Fight

    BYU Law: The Constitution and the Ballot Box: Supreme Court Jurisprudence and Ballot Access for Independent Candidates

    Intercept: DNC Staffers Mocked the Bernie Sanders Campaign, Leaked Emails Show

    Colorado Politics: How Dems, GOP each legally 'rig' presidential primaries, caucuses

    The New York Times: The D.N.C. Has a Primary Problem

    The Hill: DNC chair on third-party candidates: ‘This is not the time in order to experiment’

    Democrats.org: Jaime Harrison

    League of Women Voters: The League's History Sponsoring Presidential Debates

    Commission on Presidential Debates

    Tampa Bay Times: Nader, Buchanan kept out of debate

    Britannica: United States presidential election of 1912

    TIME: How Ross Perot Changed Political Campaigns

    AP News: Biden's debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trump

    The New York Times: To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race

    The New York Times: Biden Tells Allies He Knows He Has Only Days to Salvage Candidacy

    Ballotpedia: Partisan composition of state legislatures

    Pew Research Center: Public Opinion on Abortion

    The Hill: 88 percent in new poll support background checks on all gun sales

    UNFTR Episode Resources

    The Clinton Years Series.

    The Carter Years Series.

    From Bull Moose to Jackass: U.S. Progressivism from 1912 to 2021

    The End of Roe v. Wade: Extinguishing the Penumbra

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    22 min
  • Show Notes [The United States Postal Service + Europe Slides to the Right + Pharmacy Benefit Managers.]

    In this week's Show Notes Max and 99 catch up from a few episodes past, and dive into some news items. They also hatch a plan to celebrate 99's birthday month. Enjoy!

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:20:00

    Emails: 00:23:39

    Memberships: 00:58:29

    Reviews: 00:59:17

    Outro: 01:00:53

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Phone A Friend: Yanis Varoufakis.

    In this UNFTR Phone A Friend we speak with economist, political leader and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis about his latest book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. Max and Yanis cover a wide array of topics from the release of Julian Assange, the thesis behind Technofeudalism, the future of labor and the post-capitalism reality we already live under.

    Watch the interview on YouTube.

    Resources

    Melville House: Technofeudalism

    Bookshop.org: Technofeudalism

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    1 hr 1 min
  • The United States Postal Service: How it can truly deliver.

    The United States Postal Service is one of the most derided institutions in the country. Also, it’s one of the most highly regarded according to every poll conducted on government agencies. This episode digs into our complicated relationship with the Postal Service and examines the historical challenges facing this institution. We cover the controversy surrounding Louis DeJoy, the current Postmaster General and his ten-year plan to modernize the agency. And we finish with a recommendation for how it should ultimately be run that honors its original mandate.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:48

    Chapter One: Ye Olde Post Office. 00:01:41

    Chapter Two: The Post Office Gets a Makeover. 00:06:11

    Chapter Three: Ode to DeJoy. 00:13:20

    Bring it home, Max. 00:18:37

    Post Show Musings: 00:27:14

    Outro: 00:34:47

    Resources

    Pew Research Center: Public Holds Broadly Favorable Views of Many Federal Agencies, Including CDC and HHS

    USPS: Postal Facts

    Congress.gov: ArtI.S8.C7.1 Historical Background on Postal Power

    Brookings: How is the U.S. Postal Service governed and funded?

    The Guardian: There was only one loser in this Royal Mail privatisation: the taxpayer

    Wikipedia: Bandwidth throttling

    United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General: Postal Retirement Funds in Perspective: Historical Evolution and Ongoing Challenges

    Congressional Research Service: FY2024 U.S. Postal Service Appropriations

    Vox: Trump thinks Amazon’s destroying the post office. Here’s what’s really happening.

    Katie Porter gets DeJoy to make embarrassing admission at USPS hearing

    USPS: Delivering for America

    The Guardian: ‘It’s going to delay the mail’: the fight over Louis DeJoy’s USPS plan

    GovExec: Biden taps former cabinet secretary for USPS board

    GovExec: Senators call on postal board to abandon DeJoy’s USPS reforms

    Common Dreams: 'DeJoy Has to Go Right Now': Fury Over Postal Service Failure to Electrify Truck Fleet

    Time: Louis DeJoy’s Surprising Second Act

    CNN: Biden signs US Postal Service reform bill into law

    Hey Arnold: I Hate The Snow

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    36 min
  • Europe Slides to the Right: Unpacking the EU Parliamentary elections.

    Parliamentary elections were held in the European Union last week. It did not go well. Check that. It went very well for the right-wing movement in Europe. Most Americans caught wind of some kind of election in the EU but it’s fair to say that few really understand what it was all about. And with good reason. This stuff is really confusing. Scores of parties under the umbrella of seven coalition parties, 720 members representing 27 nations, two councils, one commission, a bank and court. No one is in charge and everyone is in charge. In this episode we break down the governing structure of the EU and lay out what was at stake in this election.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:01:07

    Chapter One: 00:01:42

    Chapter Two: 00:05:29

    Sponsors: 00:16:51

    Chapter Three: 00:17:40

    Skit: 00:25:59

    Post Show Musings: 00:30:24

    Outro: 00:43:31

    Resources

    Organisation of the European Commission

    Jacobin: In France, the Far Right Is Beating a Divided Left 

    The New York Times: In E.U. Elections, the Center Holds, but the Far Right Still Wreaks Havoc

    The Guardian: Ursula von der Leyen in pole position as she tries to build majority to keep job | European parliamentary elections 2024

    European Parliament: MEPs

    World Socialist Web Site: Why is the far-right vote surging in the European elections?

    Reuters: EU’s bid to save bees stings sugar beet farmers

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    45 min
  • Show Notes [Pause. Reset. Where do we go from here?]

    Max and 99 are back after a few week Show Notes hiatus. In this episode they catch up on the most recent episodes and the latest news. Enjoy!

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:20

    Emails: 00:27:35

    Memberships: 01:21:50

    Reviews: 01:22:16

    Outro: 01:22:45

    Resources

    UNFTR TikTok

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The American Drug Cartel.

    In this episode, Max breaks down the biggest scandal in the healthcare industry (and that’s saying a lot). We walk through how a bunch of pencil pushing pharmacy middlemen became so powerful they bought out the biggest health insurance companies and pharmacy chains, and did it through hiking up drug prices, kickbacks and taking advantage of government contracts. This is the story of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and how they became the American Drug Cartel.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:36

    Sponsors: 00:03:14

    Chapter One: The Birth of the American Drug Mafia. 00:04:47

    Chapter Two: Unraveling the Supply Chain. 00:16:15

    Chapter Three: Is that all? Please tell me that’s all. 00:28:09

    Chapter Four: Bring it home, Max. 00:38:44

    Post Show Musings: 00:45:24

    Outro: 00:01:16

    Resources

    NAIC: Pharmacy Benefit Managers

    Healthcare Dive: FTC launches investigation into PBMs; CVS, UnitedHealth, Cigna and more hit with requests for data

    FTC: FTC Launches Inquiry Into Prescription Drug Middlemen Industry

    Healthcare Dive: PBM practices are keeping consumers from generics savings, white paper finds

    Association for Accessible Medicines:  US Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Savings Report 2021

    Lever News: Who’s Killing Your Independent Pharmacy?

    PSSNY: PBM Basics

    USC: PBMs Are Inflating the Cost of Generic Drugs. They Must Be Reined In

    Jama Network: Costco v Medicare study 

    Frier Levitt: AUDITING PBMs

    46Brooklyn

    National Bureau of Economic Research: CVS Response: A world without PBMs: Unpacking the data

    FTC: White House Roundtable PBMs

    Yahoo Finance: 30 Largest Companies by Revenue

    UNFTR Episode Resources

    Healthcare Series.

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    1 hr 18 min
  • Unf*cking Flashback: UNFTR on LGBTQ. Behind the Acronyms.

    In celebration of Pride we're flashing back to an early Unf*cking: UNFTR on LGBTQ.

    Read the essay or visit the episode resources online.

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    Today we begin a conversation about the LGBTQ movement in the United States, with a nod to our Canadian friends as well. In order to properly introduce issues facing LGBTQ people into the larger context of socio economic and political topics we cover on UNFTR, we wanted to start with a conversation about the evolving language of inclusion and representation within the LGBTQ community. 

    Resources

    • Edmonton CityNews: Hope blossoms as first two-spirited MP elected
    • Code Switch: Is It Time To Say R.I.P. to P.O.C.?
    • Geneseo: Understanding Gender Identity and Gender Expression
    • PBS: American Experience- Stonewall Uprising
    • New York Times: The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K
    • Human Rights Campaign: Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2021
    • National Center For Transgender Equality: LGBTQ People Behind Bars
    • Human Rights Campaign: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions
    • The Williams Institute: Poverty In The Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Community
    • Columbia Journalism Review: How the word ‘queer’ was adopted by the LGBTQ community
    • LGBTQIA Resource Center: UC Davis Resource

    Book Love 

    • Eric Cervini: The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
    • Joey Mogul, Andrea Ritchie + Kay Whitlock: Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

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    48 min
  • Pause. Reset. Where do we go from here? Max Unfiltered.

    I’m still catching my breath from the immigration series, slew of Phone A Friends and topical political stories these past couple of weeks. The upcoming episodes are all pretty exciting and intense so I decided to take a moment to have a family meeting with Unf*ckers in another “Max Unfiltered.”

    Resources

    UNFTR: Over The Borderline: Intro.

    UNFTR: Phone A Friend: Rev. Roger Williams.

    UNFTR: Phone A Friend: Ben Burgis.

    UNFTR: Phone A Friend: Briahna Joy Gray.

    UNFTR: On Protest and Anti-Semitism.

    Al Jazeera: ‘Hell on Earth’ as violence escalates in Sudan’s el-Fasher

    The Washington Post: ChatGPT provided better customer service than his staff. He fired them.

    Bernie Sanders: Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

    The Hill: Corporate profits hit record high as economy boomed in fourth quarter of 2023

    ITEP: Corporate Taxes Before and After the Trump Tax Law

    UNFTR: Project 2025.

    UNFTR: Phone A Friend: Jeff Main.

    UNFTR: Phone A Friend: Tad DeLay.

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    17 min
  • On Protest and Anti-Semitism: Listening through propaganda.

    Max takes aim at NYU professor Scott Galloway who recently appeared on CNN to criticize student protests with the most bizarre analysis that smacks of laziness and propaganda. While “takedowns” and “gotchas” aren’t Max’s favorite thing, he makes an exception for Galloway because of the space he occupies in the media ecosystem and on the spectrum of white male bro-influencers with independent platforms that are poisoning the media. Max also provides closing thoughts on the rise of anti-Semitism and the dangers of conflating Judaism with the far-right ruling government in Israel. 

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:01:34

    Section One: 00:11:05

    Section Two: 00:17:11

    Section Three: 00:19:01

    Section Four: 00:20:25

    Section Five: 00:25:40

    Post Show Musings: 00:39:30

    Outro: 00:48:32

    Resources

    CNN: Why NYU professor says instructors who are protesting should be fired

    ACLU: Know Your Rights: Students in Higher Education & the First Amendment

    ACLU: Defending Speech We Hate

    Axios: Over 2,000 protesters arrested at college campuses across the U.S.

    Los Angeles Times: Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

    PBS: Protests and Backlash

    Niche.com: Most Conservative Colleges in the U.S.

    Common Dreams: Israeli Finance Minister Denounced for Calling for 'Total Annihilation' of Gaza

    Haaretz: They Incited Rabin’s Murder. Now They’re Murdering Israel’s Democracy

    Vox: TikTok isn’t creating false support for Palestine. It’s just reflecting what’s already there.

    The Baffler: Parting Waters: Passover at the Columbia encampment

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    49 min

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