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  European Election Results, Racist Militias, and Jared Kushner (with Hunter CG) 20.09.2026 1時間 39分

  Our European correspondent Hunter CG, often known as RoteRoteMedia, clues us into the latest Old World happenings, with special attention to the ongoing adventures of Donald Trump's middle-aged son-in-law and "special envoy for peace" Jared Kushner.https://www.LiberalCurrents.com/drive/https://www.democratsabroad.org/about_ushttps://www.thedemcon.orghttps://www.tiktok.com/@roterotemediahttps://www.instagram.com/roterotemedia/https://www.youtube.com/@roterotemedia/shortshttps://bsky.app/profile/roterote.bsky.socialhttps://apnews.com/video/protest-against-kushner-linked-coastal-development-held-near-albanias-parliament-f09c4305bc7548f3a37a5aa1d5463826https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c986w38r4j5ohttps://www.lbc.co.uk/article/who-rupert-lowe-restore-britain-5HjdTPC_2/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjohttps://apnews.com/article/wales-scotland-northern-ireland-independence-uk-devolution-4242b7fd6987520211562a2250f093a1https://www.reuters.com/world/italys-meloni-says-albania-migrant-camp-scheme-will-continue-2025-11-13/https://apnews.com/article/sweden-election-opposition-wins-andersson-bf88ef9771cdd4f435a1568b98a11790https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putinhttps://www.britannica.com/event/2025-Nepalese-Gen-Z-Protestshttps://apnews.com/article/madagascar-protests-gen-z-rajoelina-e39ef11bd1f4a92f1f4b353900348219https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/how-serbian-students-created-the-largest-protest-movement-in-decades/
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  How the Tech Bros of Silicon Valley Would Govern Us (with Adrian Daub) 16.09.2026 1時間 14分

  When those at the very top echelon of influence in Silicon Valley think about, talk about, and interact with government, what does that look like? Can we come up with a legible, understandable picture of the tech elites' idea of what governing is and how they relate to it? Adrian Daub says yes, and he says it in his new book "What Tech Calls Governing."Resources"What Tech Calls Governing": https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781503648333"The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global": https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781503640849screengrab of Elizabeth Holmes from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJSRFWALTIElon Musk photo by Gage Skidmore https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/54349592271/in/album-72177720324044219Mark Zuckerberg with Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI-ULy4akl0Peter Thiel photo by Gage Skidmore https://flic.kr/p/2n3bPZt Tim Cook in Oval Office from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAGUjY2HIs
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  Trump, Israel, the Iran War, and the Death of the Two-State Solution (with Y. L. Al-Sheikh) 09.09.2026 1時間 13分

  What is the current state of affairs in Israel, Palestine, and the surrounding nations? We ask Y. L. Al-Sheikh for her help summarizing and contextualizing recent developments.Resources⁠https://bsky.app/profile/diplomatofnight.com⁠⁠https://www.liberalcurrents.com/author/ylalsheikh/⁠⁠https://foreignpolicy.com/author/yaseen-al-sheikh/⁠⁠https://internationalpolicy.org/resource-author/y-l-al-sheikh/⁠⁠https://foreignpolicy.com/author/yaseen-al-sheikh/⁠⁠https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/new-maps-show-how-israel-has-thwarted-hopes-for-a-palestinian-state⁠⁠https://truthout.org/articles/air-force-is-reviewing-case-of-iran-war-gold-star-widow-being-denied-benefits/⁠"The One State Reality: What Is Israel/Palestine?": ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781501768408
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  Very Normal, Sir: Trump's Canadian and Iranian Quagmires (with Greg Sargent) 03.09.2026 1時間 7分

  Donald Trump's unprovoked trade war with Canada and his chaotic attacks on Iran have him hemorrhaging support in states he won in 2024. Why doesn't he seem to care? What is he thinking? We can't read minds, but we can talk to Greg Sargent from the New Republic about Trump's statements, posts, and actions over the last month or so.Resourceshttps://newrepublic.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.socialhttps://newrepublic.com/article/214669/trump-canada-trade-war-backfiringhttps://newrepublic.com/article/214682/transcript-krugman-trump-reveals-deep-contempt-maga-votershttps://newrepublic.com/article/214748/transcript-trump-fury-canada-already-backfiring-badly
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  Esther's Army: The Women Who Make Up MAGA (with Katie Gaddini) 30.08.2026 53分

  Who are the women supporting the rise of the far right in the United States? Are they brainwashed? Confused? Under coercive control? Dr. Katie Gaddini presents her findings after interviewing politically active right-wing women across the country and explains that there can be several distinct classifications of such women, who all are different, complex, and active participants in their political movement. Resourceshttps://katiegaddini.com"Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right" https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781324123767https://slate.com/culture/2026/07/conservative-women-right-wing-republican-christian-evangelical-trump-politics-maga.htmlhttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/katie-gaddini/esthers-army/podcast: blessed & stressed https://katiegaddini.com/podcastshttps://katiegaddini.substack.com
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  For Back-to-School, It's Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (with Caitlin Gilbert) 22.08.2026 1時間 1分

  Vaccination rates are falling across the country, vaccine deniers are occupying positions of power in the United States government, and previously eradicated diseases are reappearing. Tracking all of this is Caitlin Gilbert and her colleagues at the Washington Post health, science, and wellness desk. We asked her to fill us in on the state of the nation when it comes to vaccination, inoculation, and all things disease prevention.Resourceshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/people/caitlin-gilbert/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/08/17/trump-rolls-back-vaccine-recommendations-see-where-your-school-stands/https://bsky.app/profile/caitlingilbert.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/caitlingilbert.bsky.social/post/3msr4aokzkc2shttps://www.tiktok.com/@caitlingilbertdatahttps://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/24135-vaccineshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3407399/
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  Midterm Madness: Political Ads from Michigan to Texas (with Jonathan M. Katz) 18.08.2026 1時間 5分

  It's an unhinged political ad round-up, featuring racist memes from Donald Trump himself and Ken Paxton's rancid, deep-fried AI slop rip-off of one of the most famous ads from history. Author Jonathan M. Katz helps us make sense of the hideous soup of extremism, slander, bad art, and dirty dealings that we're all floating in.Resources:https://www.theracket.newshttps://www.forever-wars.com"Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire": https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781250135599"The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster": https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781137278975"The Legend of Skokie: A Story of Free Speech and Fascism in America": https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781250427519https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-resultshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/the-right-is-targeting-abdul-el-sayeds-family-members/https://www.wbaltv.com/article/trump-backed-candidate-michigan-loss-dropped-out/73357749https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/racist-book-camp-saints-gains-popularity/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Turner-Diarieshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/an-infamous-attack-ad-just-got-an-ai-resurrection/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/arts/rachel-pollack-dead.htmlhttps://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turner-diaries-other-racist-novels-inspire-extremist-violence/
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  Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (with A. J. A. Woods) 10.08.2026 2時間 4分

  Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s? Why are they hellbent on rooting out discussion of progressive ideas from the public sphere? What did Theodor Adorno have to do with the release of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? And does the notion of "Cultural Marxism" imply the existence of seminal thinker Cultural Marx? We talk to A. J. A. Woods, author of "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy," about all these questions but the last one."The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy" https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781804296967⁠https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-ever-shifting-cultural-marxism/⁠⁠https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/do-we-all-live-on-campus-now/⁠⁠https://www.thefp.com/p/honestly-rufo-mounk-debate-dei⁠"beatles 4" by beatles maniac11 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse⁠.
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  Lindsey Graham: "Corporal," Senator, Hypocrite (with Maya Rupert) 31.07.2026 1時間 49分

  South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has somehow jumped the queue, passing Mitch McConnell on the way to the place where Republican senators go at the end of a life full of compromises, betrayals, and cruelty. With the help of author, election strategist, and social justice advocate Maya Rupert, we explore the life and works of the man who occupied the most racist seat in American history.Resources:https://mayarupert.com/The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9780593475973https://www.instagram.com/maya.rupert/?hl=en https://lemonadamedia.com/show/whenwewin/https://magazine.ucsb.edu/spring-summer-2024/accidental-and-optimistic-political-strategist https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mitch-mcconnell-staff-questions-health-b3018929.htmlhttps://www.wired.com/story/sfpd-drone-video-leak-surveillance/https://theemancipator.org/2026/07/19/investigations/lindsey-graham-occupied-the-most-racist-senate-seat-in-u-s-history/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-scs-rep-lindsey-graham-enj/201550004/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/graham100798.htmhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/for-lindsey-graham-years-of-light-duty-as-a-lawmaker-in-the-air-reserve/2015/08/02/c9beb9fc-3545-11e5-adf6-7227f3b7b338_story.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2011/12/08/143333594/revisiting-newt-gingrichs-1997-ethics-investigationhttps://media.npr.org/assets/multimedia/2011/12/gingrich/Feb_26_1994.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201117025418/https://apnews.com/article/a1fcceda5e00bfa840afe5a82260c2efhttps://www.wcpinst.org/source/unborn-victims-of-violence-act-heads-to-white-house/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/senate-declines-to-resolve-issue-of-american-qaeda-suspects-arrested-in-us.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/18/177780665/bipartisan-senate-gang-prepares-to-sell-immigration-planhttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/how-lindsey-graham-stomped-the-tea-party/372521/?single_page=truehttps://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/politics/jeb-bush-john-mccain-donald-trumphttps://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/21/politics/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-cell-phone/index.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-media-attack-lindsey-graham-kook-unfit-office-video-backfires-a8087796.htmlhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/senator-on-gop-backing-trump-party-has-gone-batshit-crazy/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-updates-on-the-2016-election-voting-and-race-results/sen-lindsey-graham-i-voted-evan-mcmullin-for-president/https://www.npr.org/sections/death-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/2020/09/19/914774433/use-my-words-against-me-lindsey-graham-s-shifting-position-on-court-vacancieshttps://thehill.com/homenews/senate/498133-graham-on-potential-supreme-court-vacancy-this-would-be-a-different/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-media-attack-lindsey-graham-kook-unfit-office-video-backfires-a8087796.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-did-they-do-with-lindsey-graham/2019/01/15/c9909e62-1914-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/lindsey-graham-defends-brett-kavanaugh-amid-christine-blase-ford-accusation.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/27/lindsey-graham-slams-democrats-after-blasey-ford-testimony.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/politics/lindsey-graham-wall-emergency-powers/index.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/magazine/lindsey-graham-what-happened-trump.htmlhttps://www.newsweek.com/lindsay-graham-says-people-angry-over-trumps-mccain-attacks-dont-really-care-1377523 https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3664179002"Lindsey Graham" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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  Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (with Steven Monacelli) 20.07.2026 1時間 12分

  Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November. An extremist gun YouTuber is the Republican nominee for a House seat in the district that contains Uvalde, Texas. How did this happen? How is Katy Stout, his Democratic opponent, feeling about suddenly facing a boneheaded boogaloo bro instead of the moderate who was supposed to be there? Journalist Steven Monacelli tells us all about it.Resourceshttps://www.stevenmonacelli.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevanzetti.bsky.socialhttps://www.texasobserver.org/brandon-herrera-gun-youtube-uvalde-congress/https://sanantonioreport.org/profile/katy-padilla-stout-2026-candidate-for-texas-23rd-congressional-district/https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/13/texas-tony-gonzales-resigning-congress-sexual-misconduct-affair-staffer-eric-swalwell/https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/trump-cease-and-desist-brandon-herrera-tony-gonzales-23rd-congressional-district/https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/22/brandon-herrera-antisemitism-aipac-republicans-texas-00838410https://brandonherreraforcongress.com/news/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/brandon-herrera-congress-ak-guy-19371667.phphttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/brandon-hererra-guns-youtube.htmlhttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/07/gonzales-is-out-in-texas-and-dems-see-a-chance-to-beat-the-akguy-00817739https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gop-candidate-brandon-herrera-mein-kampf-tony-gonzales-1235526685/
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  The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (with Hunter CG) 15.07.2026 54分

  Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse? Is Andy Burnham any better than Keir Starmer? We ask our European expert Hunter CG (RoteRote Media) to lay it out for us.Resources:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/world/europe/buses-andy-burnham-greater-manchester-bee.htmlhttps://www.npr.org/2026/06/22/nx-s1-5866429/with-starmers-resignation-the-u-k-is-set-for-its-7th-pm-in-10-yearshttps://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5869499/starmers-successor-reset-on-uk-us-relationship-strait-latesthttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm0r94mv7johttps://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/nominations-open-contest-uk-leader-andy-burnham-likely-only-candidate-rcna353629https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-in-waiting-vows-rebuild-hard-power-more-dangerous-world-2026-07-09/https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/politeness/89113EE2FB4A1D254D4A8D2011E542E4#overview
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  Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (with Marisa Kabas) 11.07.2026 1時間 17分

  Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many let those things slide with a tsk tsk at best. For others, he was a bad man with bad views who unfortunately represented the only possible way to reverse the GOP majority in the senate. Improperly vetted, he relied on his "everyman" image to skate through the primaries despite several rounds of damning information reveals. But mere weeks from the deadline to finalize the candidacy of contenders, a story finally emerged that nobody could ignore. We ask Marisa Kabas of the Handbasket how it feels to have people suddenly come all the way around, and why it's so frustrating that they didn't figure it out sooner.Resourcesthehandbasket.cohttps://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.socialhttps://www.thehandbasket.co/p/graham-platner-rape-accusation-maine-senatehttps://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDAWPE5PaWEhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/09/donald-trump-graham-platner-mitch-mcconnell-iran-midterms-latest-news-updateshttps://www.unpopularfront.news/p/graham-platner-is-a-type-of-guyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/08/graham-platner-isolated-defies-maine-democrats-they-try-hatch-plan/https://www.newsweek.com/i-dated-graham-platner-i-believe-jenny-racicot-and-lyndsey-fifield-12172864https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-curdling-of-the-american-manhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/graham-platner-maine-senate-exit-democrats-b3010473.htmlhttps://losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com/p/we-have-an-even-bigger-problem-than-graham-platner?utm_source=losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=we-have-an-even-bigger-problem-than-graham-platner&_bhlid=725fa1d50927278b100637f3437277b0325dbb16klippenstein being an ass https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/my-graham-platner-apology"Graham Platner 10-2-25" by m Spiess is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openverse.
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  ICE Flights: Cattle Cars in the Sky (with Gillian Brockell) 07.07.2026 1時間 6分

  ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on some of the major players in the game of torturing innocent people in the sky, their victims, and the regular people who do not want this abusive pack of monsters to continue using their resources.Resourceshttps://gillianbrockell.com/Send tips to: gbrockell.44 on signalhttps://bsky.app/profile/gillianbrockell.comhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/worstairlineeverhttps://gillianbrockell.com/interviews-podcast-and-some-r/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/vietnamese-man-deported-from-u-s-to-south-sudan-repatriated-after-year-in-detentionhttps://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/what-are-third-country-removals-factsheet/https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781324092407https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/deep-swamps-archaeologists-fugitive-slaves-kept-freedom-180960122/https://www.baloproject.org/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/world/africa/trump-deportation-us-judge-congo-colombia.htmlhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/omni-ice-deportations-charter-flight-stonepeak-private-equity/https://theintercept.com/2022/02/17/amazon-ice-deportation-flights-omni/https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/152641-stonepeak-completes-acquisition-of-uss-atsghttps://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5629234/the-cautionary-tale-of-how-chicago-privatized-its-parking-metershttps://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-parking-meter-deal-city-council-members-seek-block-morgan-stanley-sale-meters-stone-peak/19265309/
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  America's 250th Birthday Party and The Green Reflecting Pool (with Amanda Moore) 01.07.2026 1時間 4分

  Why won't Gregory Bovino stay gone? Why can't Trump keep his pool clean? And how many fireworks is too many fireworks? We asked our friend and yours Amanda Moore to help us get to the bottom of these questions and more.Resources:https://www.instagram.com/noturtlesoup17/?hl=en https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/an-ice-chaser-bovino/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-ice-minneapolis-chicago-new-orleans-video/https://bsky.app/profile/noturtlesoup17.bsky.socialhttps://authory.com/AmandaMoorehttps://www.turtlediaries.net/p/update-from-the-great-american-statehttps://www.turtlediaries.net/p/semiquincentennial-and-ice
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  Jared Kushner and Albania's Flamingo Revolution (with Hunter CG) 27.06.2026 1時間 11分

  Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going on in the UK? We asked our resident Europe expert to explain it all to us.Resourceshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-uks-keir-starmer-went-from-election-landslide-to-downfallhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-albania-luxury-resort-protest-movement-overthrow-albanian-socialist-prime-minister-corrupt-government/https://www.wired.com/story/ivanka-and-jareds-island-resort-could-bring-down-albanias-prime-minister/
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  The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (with Danny Funt) 20.06.2026 1時間 21分

  How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling explains the legal, regulatory and business changes that have led us here. For immediate help with problem gambling, please call 1-800-MY-RESET (800-522-4700) or visit https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/Resourceshttps://bookshop.org/p/books/everybody-loses-the-tumultuous-rise-of-american-sports-gambling-danny-funt/f7b6cf17f7e3e9b9?ean=9781668062029&next=thttps://newrepublic.com/article/210094/sports-gambling-national-council-big-tobaccohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/02/20/everybody-loses-sports-gambling-danny-funt-review/https://bsky.app/profile/dannyfunt.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/dannyfunt?lang=enhttps://dannyfunt.substack.com/https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/474https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-black-sox-scandal/https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/584/16-476/https://sri.siena.edu/2026/04/13/more-than-a-quarter-of-americans-27-have-an-active-online-sports-betting-account-a-third-have-opened-an-account-at-least-once/https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/03/really-annoying-sports-betting-ads-are-protected-by-1st-amendment-lawmakers-say.html
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  SCOTUS, Callais, and What's Next for Voting Rights and Other Civil Rights (with Madiba Dennie) 17.06.2026 1時間 10分

  What does the Callais decision mean for voting rights and other anti-discrimination protections in the United States? How is anybody supposed to defend their rights against race-based discrimination if they're not allowed to use disparate impact as proof? Catch the discriminators confessing on a voice recording carrot pen, "Zootopia"-style? Bust out the mind-reading machine? We ask Madiba Dennie, author of The Originalism Trap, to explain it, and to help us figure out what to do now.Resources:The Originalism Trap: https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9780593729250https://ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito-callais-opinion-voting-rights-act-fifteenth-amendment/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-15/
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  Bari Weiss Is Supposed to Do the News Now (with Radley Balko) 11.06.2026 1時間 30分

  Why has Bari Weiss, a liberal-presenting Trump sycophant, been handed the reins to CBS News, one of our most prestigious news organizations? What does her time running the Free Press, a website that publishes commentary, tell us about how she thinks about "doing the f--king news," which is to say, journalism? Radley Balko joins Trent and Caitlin to explain what he found when he dug into the work of one Free Press "reporter" who whitewashed Trump's refugee policy and demonized resettlement NGOs.Resources"How Bari Weiss's Free Press Laundered MAGA Talking Points About Refugees" https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/how-bari-weisss-free-press-laundered"Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces" https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781541774537"The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South" https://bookshop.org/a/115699/9781541774056Last Week Tonight: https://youtube.com/watch?si=azsf62uWi2915K-6&v=gieTx_P6INQ&feature=youtu.beAcademic freedom: https://theintercept.com/2018/03/08/the-nyts-bari-weiss-falsely-denies-her-years-of-attacks-on-the-academic-freedom-of-arab-scholars-who-criticize-israel/"Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS News" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/01/26/inside-bari-weisss-hostile-takeover-of-cbs-newsIn Bed With the Right: https://www.patreon.com/posts/152713931?collection=1409249
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  The Two American Reconstructions: An Appraisal, Reflection (with Thomas Zimmer) 04.06.2026 1時間 28分

  What was the first American Reconstruction after the Civil War? Why are some historians suggesting we just left a second sort of Reconstruction Era? Join Caitlin and Trent as they got into it all with Historian Thomas Zimmer, going from the first period of reconstruction, across the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before pressing through this second reconstruction, which Thomas considers as being from 1965 to 2026. They then turned their attention towards what lays ahead for the United States, as well as why some Germans just don’t care about what’s going on across the Atlantic Ocean.Resources:democracyamericana.comwww.thomaszimmer.online
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  Eat Like a Politician? (with Bennett Rea of Cookin' with Congress) 28.05.2026 1時間 31分

  What was Andrew Jackson's favorite gelatin-based meal? Why did Hilary Clinton feel a deep and urgent need to tell everyone about her fantastic chocolate chip cookie recipe? Did Ronald Reagan really eat that many jelly beans? We answer these questions and more with Bennett Rea, creator and host of Cookin' With Congress. Plus a little taste test!Resourceshttps://www.cookinwithcongress.com/https://www.instagram.com/cookinwithcongress/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/@cookinwithcongresshttps://www.tiktok.com/@cookinwithcongresshttps://cookinwithcongress.substack.com/