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Episode 223: The Empire Strikes First, Part II — ‘Abundance’ Pablum as Counter to Left Populism

“Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again?,” wonders Samuel Moyn in the New York Times. “The Democrats Are Finally Landing on a New Buzzword. It’s Actually Compelling,” argues Slate staff w...

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Episode 222: The Empire Strikes First Part I — Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves

“Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won,” states The New York Times' Ezra Klein Show. “Democratic strategist issues ‘hard truth’ to party members after losing election,” CNN tell...

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News Brief: Jake Tapper's Belated Biden Scandal Book Tour is Peak Tapper Smarm

In this Patron-only News Brief, we breakdown Jake Tapper's most Jake Tapper story yet: a belated, safe, navel-gazing account of Biden's inner circle covering up his mental decline and how it allows...

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Episode 221: Anti-Science Mugging on the Right and the Ascent of American Anti-Intellectualism

“Jaw Clench Study Takes Tax Dollars,” United Press International cautioned in 1975. “‘Shrimp On A Treadmill’: Rand Paul Mocks National Science Foundation Studies,” Forbes View Post

News Brief: NPR Asks Starving Palestinian Living On Rubble to Denounce Hamas, Co-Sign his Own Ethnic Cleansing

In this News Brief, we break down an object lesson in racist US-Israeli national security state toadyism, double standards, and runaway condescension.

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Citations Needed Newsletter - May 14 2025

Hi all, here is this fortnight's newsletter. Apparently there was some issues with these not pushing to our subscribers and we have since solved the problem. Apologies for the technical problems! ...

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News Brief - Baltimore Uprising 10 Years on: PR Co-option vs Genuine Reform

The 10th anniversary of the killing of Freddie Gray recently passed, on April 19, 2025. Freddie Gray died on April 19, 2015, after suffering severe injuries to his spinal cord while in police custo...

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Episode 220: The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels

"American Extremists Aiding Radicals Across Border," trumpeted the Detroit Free Press in 1919. "707 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Checkpoint Crackdown," reported the Los Angeles Times View Post

Episode 219: How Elites Concern Troll 'Waste' to Gut Social Welfare and Divide the Working Class

"Poverty plan hit for fraud, waste," reported the Associated Press in 1966. "Study says government waste is unbelievable,” insisted United Press International in 1983. "Beneath Trump’s Chaotic ...

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Ep 218: The Siren Song of Rallying Around a 'Common Enemy' to Promote Progressive Causes

"Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China," trumpeted The New York Times in 2021. "A New Economic Patriotism Can Help Unite Our Divided Congress," argued Newsweek i...

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News Brief: Dem Leaders, 'Free Speech' Warriors Mostly Shrug as Trump Disappears Political Dissidents

On this News Brief, we discuss the media and high-profile Democratic Party leaders and 'Free Speech' crowd's muted—or, in many cases, completely silent—response to perhaps the greatest attack o...

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Episode 217: A.I. Mysticism as Responsibility-Evasion PR Tactic

“Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza,” laments the Washington Post. “Hospitals Are Reporting More Insurance Denials. Is AI Driving Them?,” reports Newsweek. ...

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News Brief: Trump's Hollow Working-Class Aesthetics and How Unions Can Lead a Real Resistance

In this Citations Needed News Brief interview, we're joined by Rutgers professor Eric Blanc to discuss his new book "We Are The Union," and lay out how any meaningful resistance to Trump and Trumpi...

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News Brief: Israel Kills Over 400 in 12 Hrs, Media Unsure if This Counts as Violating the 'Ceasefire'

In this News Brief, we detail the struggle to continue framing Israel as a reluctant, defensive peace-seeking party despite its openly genocidal rhetoric and acts.

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News Brief: The Disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil and the Phony 'Campus Safety' Panic

In this News Brief, we detail how Center-Left institutions and media have cynically wielded "lived experience" claptrap to assist Trump's overtly fascistic crackdown on dissenting speech.

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Episode 216: Sunday Morning News Shows and the Problem With ‘Agenda Setting’ Court Stenography

“It’s fair to call the deteriorating situation at the US/Mexican border a crisis,” declared NBC’s Meet the Press in 2021. “[CNN anchor Dana] Bash presses Netanyahu on Gaza death toll: 'Is...

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A Citations Needed Live Show Beg-a-Thon: Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World

In this Beg-a-Thon live show, "Ancient Rome and the False Histories Inspiring Musk & the MAGA World," with guest Dr. Sarah E. Bond, we d

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We're live! Tune into the Beg-a-Thon with Dr. Sarah E. Bond!

Join here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dCboCHnPJM

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Don't forget! Beg-a-Thon TONIGHT at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT!

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In Case You Missed It: BEG-A-THON This Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 9:30 PM ET!

Tune in this Wednesday, February 19 at 9:30 PM ET for a Beg-a-Thon live on our Yo...

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News Brief: Musk Goes Full Alex Jones as Media Belatedly Mentions the Dreaded "I" Word

In this Patreon-only News Brief, we discuss the latest in Elon Musk's rightwing coup of the regulatory state, how a couple of outlets are beginning to slowly, coyly mention DOGE's ideological agend...

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News Brief: Silicon Valley Patronage, How To Subtly Drift Right, and the New Conservative Media Ecosystem

In this News Brief, we interview journalist and author Eoin Higgins about his new book, "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left," discuss the new model of t...

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News Brief: Media Continues Painting Musk's Far Right Coup as Good Faith "Cost-Cutting Effort"

In this News Brief we detail how The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN took a pathological liar with a clear ideological agenda at his word he's worried about "waste" for the sole reason he...

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News Brief: Trump's Anti-Migrant Terror PR Strategy, Dr Phil's ICE Reality Show & NYT's MAGA Assist

In this News Brief, we talk to Chris from No More Deaths to detail Trump's strategy of terrorizing migrants, how the NYT is manufacturing a pro-mass deportation consensus, and how activists are fig...

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News Brief: Media Won't Say a Nazi Salute is a Nazi Salute and How MAGA Became Too Big To Fail

In this Inauguration coverage recap we detail how elite liberal resistance to Trump is MIA, how grassroots liberals and leftists are working behind the scenes anyway to fight back, and why Trump an...

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Episode 215: "Bipartisanship" as High-Minded Rhetorical Cover for Pushing Rightwing Policies

"Clinton seeks common ground with Republicans," reported the Associated Press in 1994. "Obama hosts dinner, urges bipartisanship," announced the AP again, in 2009. "Resist Trump? On Immigration, To...

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News Brief: NYT Bars Quakers From Using "Genocide" in Ad and Liberal Squeamishness Over the "G" Word

In this News Brief, we talk to Joyce Ajlouny of the American Friends Service Committee, discuss a recent episode where the New York Times refused to run an AFSC pro-ceasefire ad with the word "geno...

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News Brief: The Atlantic, NYT, WaPo Meltdown Over Luigi Mangione's Online Popularity

In this Patreon-only News Brief, we breakdown why establishment media is panicking over the alleged UnitedHealth killer's populist appeal, the selective nature of what "violence" invites handwringi...

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Ep 214: Fake Ceasefire Talks and Feigned 'Concern': How US Media Helped Distance Biden From the Gaza Genocide

A note to you, our amazing supporters: We continue to be so honored and humbled to be able to do this show. And it wouldn't exist without your generous support. T...

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Episode 213: The Shallow, Power-Flattering Appeal of High Status #Resistance Historians

"The Bad Guys Are Winning," wrote Anne Applebaum for The Atlantic in 2021. "The War on History Is a War on Democracy," warned Timothy Snyder in The New York Times, also in 20...

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