Ep. 44: RussiaGate, Year 3 - Using the Nonstop Specter of Russia to Tarnish Black Activists (Part II)
NOTE: If you haven't yet listened to last week's RussiaGate - Year 3, Part I 2018-07-18 15:13:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ep. 43: RussiaGate, Year 3 - How Liberals' Martial Posture Harms the Left (Part I)
For over two years, the U.S. government has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election - interference broadly considered to be in favor of candidate Donald Trump. As a result, a biza...
2018-07-11 14:58:36 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 7.10.18
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Adam, Florence, and Nima
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News Brief: GOP and Corporate Dems Very Concerned™ About Ocasio-Cortez
Conservatives and rightwing democrats respond to Ocasio-Cortez's surprise win by acting VERY CONCERNED for a left they've spent decades trying to bury and have never cared about.
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Ep. 42: 'Populism' - The Media’s Favorite Catch-All Smear for the Left
With the rise of Trump, Sanders, Corbyn and Brexit, hundreds of pundits, reporters, and talking heads have been warning about the problems of "populism" and its alleged attack on democracy over the pa...
2018-06-27 19:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 6.26.18
Hi all, thanks as always for your amazing support for the show. Here's this week's newsletter. Hope you enjoy!
- Nima, Florence and Adam
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Ep. 41: The Moral Poverty of Capitalist Healthcare Framing
"Healthcare marketplaces,” “private insurers competing for your business,” “insurance subsidies,” For years, Democrats bet big on framing the healthcare debate using technocratic, capitalist...
2018-06-20 15:20:27 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: On Korea, Pundits Choose Point-Scoring Over Peace
In this Patron News Brief, Nima and Adam discuss the tone-deaf, myopic, and ultimately dangerous reaction by some liberals to recent peace efforts in Korea.
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Ep. 40: The Civility Fetish
They’re not lies, they’re “falsehoods”; it’s not racism, it’s “racially charged comments”; it’s not torture, it’s “enhanced interrogation.” For years...
2018-06-13 15:45:30 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 6.12.18
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- Florence, Nima and Adam
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Ep. 39: From Cradle to Courtroom - How The Media Stacks the Deck Against “Defendants”
The United States, far and away, has the largest prison population in the world. It also has one of the greatest disparities in their prison population of ethnic minorities in the world. How does a co...
2018-06-06 15:24:06 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 6.5.18
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Appreciate the support as always. Here's this week's newsletter. Live Show episode coming out tomorrow so look out for it and thanks again to all those who dropped by!
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2018-06-05 17:16:03 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: NATO-Aligned Think Tank Will Help Curate Truth For Facebook
Hi all, we are off this week but wanted to post this News Brief for our patrons. Thanks again for your support!
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On this News Brief, Adam and Nima discuss the recent announcement...
2018-05-30 19:20:11 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 5.29.18
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Ep. 38: The Media's Bogus Generation Obsession
“Baby Boomers are bloating the social safety net!” “GenXers are changing the nature of work!” “Millennials are killing the housing market!”
The media endlessly feeds us stories about how...
2018-05-23 14:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: Another Gaza Massacre, Another Media Whitewash
In this patron-only News Brief, we discuss recent media coverage of Israelis killing more than 60 protesters in Gaza, why the Anti-Defamation League is partying with Trump officials in Jerusalem, and ...
2018-05-16 16:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 37: Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and the Problem of 'The Perfect Victim'
A pillar of the community. A straight-A student who dreamed of becoming a doctor. A loving father. Here through no fault of their own. She was hysterical and out of control. He was no angel.<...
2018-05-16 14:36:17 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 5.15.18
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Citations Needed is Live in Brooklyn - Friday, May 25!
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We are happy to announce that Citations Needed is doing a live show at 2018-05-14 17:26:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Ep. 36: Maplewashing -- Looking Behind Canada's Progressive Veneer
For decades, Canada has been a go-to point of reference for American progressives as a country the United States can and should strive to be. And while there are many parts about Canadian society that...
2018-05-09 15:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 5.8.18
We're back! Here's this week's newsletter, please enjoy. Fresh episode coming tomorrow. Thanks again for all your support.
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2018-05-09 00:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostCitations Bonus w/ Jon Schwarz: Why All This Stupid Shit Actually Matters
Citations Needed is off this week, but here's a bonus interview for Patreon supporters!
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2018-04-30 17:33:45 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 35: The Total Blackout of the Korean Left
When Americans read about the Korean "conflict" in the Western press, the articles are populated almost entirely with Serious Western Talking Heads, weapons contractor-funded think tank "fellows," and...
2018-04-25 15:50:48 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 4.24.18
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Ep. 34: What the Hell is Wrong with MSNBC?
MSNBC is by far the most influential mainstream media outlet on the American Left. It sets the tone and defines the boundary for what is acceptable discourse among American liberals. But major issues ...
2018-04-18 16:45:03 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: Parsing the Meta-Objections to Syrian Strikes
In this patron-only News Brief, we discuss the toxic conversation around Syria from liberal supporters of airstrikes to hipper-than-thou anti-anti-imperialists who are mad at, like, three random peopl...
2018-04-17 22:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 4.17.18
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Ep. 33: Liberals' Obsession with the Phantom Reasonable Republican
The unlikely rise of Trump in the past three years has created a chasm in the Republican party: those who embrace the President’s wild, unorthodox, nativist style and those who––with much postur...
2018-04-11 15:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 4.10.18
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WaPo Editorial Board Outflanks Israel Military From the Right
In this patron-only News Brief, we discuss Jackson Diehl's grotesque 2018-04-09 18:55:39 +0000 UTC View Post