Air Date: 7/10/2026

Today we look at what it means to live in an economy that has quietly split in two with a soaring stock market driven by AI on one side, a collapsing job market on the other, and the subtle shift in the right to own things, from your music and movies to your car's software, which all underlie the slide toward technofeudalism.

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KP 1: America Is Entering a New Socialist Era — and It Might Stick - The Recount - Air Date 6-30-26

KP 2: America's Job Market Is Collapsing - Max Fisher - Air Date 4-10-26

KP 3: The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now Part 1 - Benn Jordan - Air Date 6-28-26

KP 4: We Uncovered The Master Plan That Peter Thiel Doesn't Want You To See - More Perfect Union - Air Date 6-29-26

KP 5: The End Of Capitalism Is Here. - Second Thought - Air Date 6-5-26

(01:06:28) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Humanity Is About to Be Optimized Out of Existence for the Sake of Profit

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(01:06:46) SECTION A: THE RISING LEFT

A1: Trump's Speech At America 250 BACKFIRES, Sony Ends PHYSICAL MEDIA | Zaid Talks Part 1 - Zaid Tabani - Air Date 7-5-26

A2: Do Democrats F*ck Now? How Democratic Socialists Are Taking Over The Party - Some Some More News Clips and Some More News - Air Date 7-5-26

A3: How the Democratic Party Captures and Subverts Revolutionary Energy (with Kshama Sawant) - The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel - Air Date 6-29-26

A4: AI Is Losing and the Left Is Winning, with Brennan Lee Mulligan and Ed Zitron - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 6-26-26

A5: Democrats Don't Know What "Affordability" Actually Means, with Dino Guastella - Factually! with Adam Conover - Air Date 6-24-26

(01:49:40) SECTION B: EVERYDAY EXTRACTION

B1: The American Economy Is Broken—Here's Why - Established Context Part 1 - Air Date 4-13-26

B2: Why Owning Nothing Is So Expensive - Business Insider and Insider - Air Date 1-24-26

B3: NEW WARNING: Your Vehicle Can't Be FIXED After 2026 - Motor Feed - Air Date 6-28-26

B4: Trump's Speech At America 250 BACKFIRES, Sony Ends PHYSICAL MEDIA | Zaid Talks Part 2 - Zaid Tabani - Air Date 7-5-26

B5: Content Dot Mp4 - Thought Slime - Air Date 6-29-26

B6: Why American Airlines Stopped Making Money - Wendover Productions - Air Date 10-28-25

(02:51:16) SECTION C: THE RIGGED MACHINE

C1: If the World Is F*cked... Why Are Stocks At Record Highs? - Lock Stock Finance - Air Date 6-18-26

C2: The Anti-Life or How Capitalism Will Die (with Math) - Literate Machine - Air Date 5-26-26

C3: The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now Part 2 - Benn Jordan - Air Date 6-28-26

C4: The American Economy Is Broken—Here's Why - Established Context Part 2 - Air Date 4-13-26

C5: Huge Polymarket Scandal - Voidzilla - Air Date 6-24-26

(03:36:27) SECTION D: THE RULING CLASS WORLDVIEW

D1: The Real A.I. Problem No One Is Talking About (Who Buys Your Stuff, Robots_) - Josh Allan Dykstra - Air Date 1-13-26

D2: AI Is a Mass Psychotic Delusion - Science Fiction with Damien Walter - Air Date 6-20-26

D3: The Ruling Class Think Everything Is Disposable (Including the Planet) - Our Changing Climate - Air Date 7-3-26

D4: Stop Blaming Human Nature for Capitalism - Revolutionaryth0t - Air Date 1-28-26

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Air Date: 7/7/2026

Today we use the 2026 World Cup to pull everything that runs under the game up into the light. Nearly a quarter of the players are representing a country other than the one they were born in, praised as national heroes when they score but scorned as foreigners when they lose. The history of colonialism built the machinery that turns immigrants into targets, and the results are playing out live around this year's tournament, in the towns that throw their arms open and the borders that slam shut, in who a country will claim and who it leaves outside.

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KP 1: Always Root for the Underdog - Pop Culture Detective - Air Date 7-1-26

KP 2: Colonial Wars Played On The Pitch - AJ+ - Air Date 6-21-26

KP 3: How the U.S. and France Ruined Haiti - Bianca Graulau - Air Date 8-14-25

KP 4: Who Gets To Enjoy The World Cup? - AJ+ - Air Date 6-19-26

KP 5: US Soccer Star Shows MAGA's Racism With Zero Effort - Rick Strom - Air Date 6-23-26

KP 6: How Colonialism Created Mbappe and Zidane, Explained - Uncivilized - Air Date 7-12-24

KP 7: Iran's World Cup Team Divides the Diaspora in the US | DW Reporter - DW News - Air Date 6-26-26

KP 8: Keep My Culture Out Your Mouth! - PissedMagistus - Air Date 6-27-26

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The World Cup Exposes How Racism Is a Tool, Not a Belief

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(01:11:20) SECTION A: COLONIALISM'S LONG GAME

A1: Colonialism Never Ended – It Just Became Debt - AJ+ - Air Date 9-6-25

A2: They BANNED Haiti World Cup Jersey to HIDE Black History - THE MERC - Air Date 6-21-26

A3: Belgium Hands Over Remains of Patrice Lumumba to DR Congo - DW News - Air Date 6-20-22

A4: DR Congo's Lumumba Super Fan Arrives at FIFA World Cup After Delays | Firstpost Africa | N18G - Firstpost - Air Date 6-23-26

A5: How a Football Team Fueled Algeria's Fight for Independence - Uncivilized - Air Date 8-1-24

(01:44:54) SECTION B: DIASPORA AND DUAL IDENTITY

B1: Tim Weah on World Cup Dreams, the African Diaspora and USMNT's Fair-Weather Knicks Fandom | PTFO - PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT - Air Date 6-19-26

B2: The Media Has Made You Hate Jude Bellingham For No Reason. - Small Talk with Ore Olukoga - Air Date 6-17-26

B3: Why Soccer Wonderkids Are Rejecting France and Spain - What Now? with Trevor Noah - Air Date 6-18-26

(02:08:22) SECTION C: THE CUP ON THE GROUND

C1: Alexi Lalas Is Ruining the World Cup in More Ways Than You Think - Rick Strom - Air Date 6-16-26

C2: World Cup Kicks Off in Mexico Amid Protests Against Austerity and Forced Disappearances - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-11-26

C3: Luke Thomas: World Cup Border CHAOS Humiliates America - Luke Thomas Gets Political (LTGP) - Air Date 6-15-26

C4: How a Small US City Fell in Love With Algeria Before FIFA World Cup | First Sports With Rupha Ramani - Firstpost- Air Date 6-12-26

C5: Okay, The 2026 Squad of Cape Verde Is Not Normal - Soccer Stories - Oh My Goal and PedTalksSports - Air Date 6-26-26

C6: Inside Algeria's Takeover of Kansas - RocaSports and RocaNews - Air Date 6-25-26

C7: 'It's a Disaster World Cup,' Iran's Football Captain Mehdi Taremi Says - Al Mayadeen English - Air Date 6-27-26

C8: Iran's World Cup Story Just Took A HUGE Turn - The Ring of Fire - Air Date 6-26-26

(03:00:05) SECTION D: RACE, MYTHOLOGY, AND IDEOLOGY

D1: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 197 - White Mythic Spaces in Historical Representation with Stefan Aguirre Quiroga Part 1 - The AskHistorians Podcast - Air Date 4-6-22

D2: Football Brings Out Argentina's Unspoken Racism Issue - Football Smash - Air Date 2-18-26

D3: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 197 - White Mythic Spaces in Historical Representation with Stefan Aguirre Quiroga Part 2 - The AskHistorians Podcast - Air Date 4-6-22

D4: Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 6-20-26

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Air Date: 7/4/2026

Today we examine what America has celebrated for 250 years and what it keeps refusing to look at. The Declaration promised government by the consent of the governed, but the Constitution protected slavery, concentrated power in elites, and left the definition of "the people" deliberately vague. Every generation inherits that same unresolved contradiction and has to address it for themselves.

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KP 1: The Constitution's Preamble, Plain and Powerful - Civics In A Year - Air Date 10-9-25

KP 2: Trump 250 Gala Grows More Humiliating as Fox Grapples with Low Turnout - THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent - Air Date 6-26-26

KP 3: Thom Hartmann -The Myth of Corporate Personhood - Brave New Foundation - Air Date 3-3-10

KP 4: The Constitution (Melissa's Version) - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 5-11-26

KP 5: The Declaration of Independence and Democracy Renovation Part 1 - Democracy Works - Air Date 4-6-26

KP 6: America's 250th Birthday Must Reckon with Racism, Historian Says - Here & Now Anytime - Air Date 6-19-26

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America's Birthday Lie: The Constitution Didn't Promise Democracy

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(01:10:03) SECTION A: FOUNDING IDEAS

A1: Promote The General Welfare - Siena and Toast The Podcast - Air Date 11-18-2020

A2: The Ideas at the Heart of the Declaration and the Constitution Part 1 - We the People - Air Date 6-25-26

A3: Bill of Rights Institute's Tony Williams & David Bobb on America 250 Part 1 - The Takeout with Major Garrett - Air Date 6-16-26

A4: Ep.289 Divided Over the Declaration How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America with Author Tony Williams 480 - Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America - Air Date 2-13-26

A5: Bill of Rights Institute's Tony Williams & David Bobb on America 250 Part 2 - The Takeout with Major Garrett - Air Date 6-16-26

(01:47:48) SECTION B: RACE & RECKONING

B1: The Fantasy of America at 250 Part 1 - On the Media - Air Date 6-26-26

B2: The Ideas at the Heart of the Declaration and the Constitution Part 2 - We the People - Air Date 6-25-26

B3: The Fantasy of America at 250 Part 2 - On the Media - Air Date 6-26-26

(02:21:00) SECTION C: PRESENT CRISIS

C1: Trump V. The Constitution - What A Day - Air Date 5-5-26

C2: 250 Years On, Can Democracy Hold (with Joanne Freeman) Part 1 - Stay Tuned with Preet - Air Date 6-25-26

C3: Tom Nichols Trump's Speech Was Pure TRASH - Bulwark Podcast - Air Date 6-25-26

C4: 250 Years On, Can Democracy Hold (with Joanne Freeman) Part 2 - Stay Tuned with Preet - Air Date 6-25-26

(03:01:39) SECTION D: CAPTURE & RENOVATION

D1: Buckley V. Valeo Part 1 - 5-4 - Air Date 7-7-20

D2: The Declaration of Independence and Conditions for Democratic Flourishing - Stanford Legal - Air Date 6-23-26

D3: Buckley V. Valeo Part 2 - 5-4 - Air Date 7-7-20

D4: The Declaration of Independence and Democracy Renovation Part 2 - Democracy Works - Air Date 4-6-26

D5: The Declaration of Independence and Conditions for Democratic Flourishing Part 2 - Stanford Legal - Air Date 6-23-26

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Air Date: 7/1/2026

Today we examine how four months of American bombardment accomplished what decades of diplomacy never could, making Iran, still run by oppressive theocrats, a regional superpower. An Iranian woman told a reporter she endured the bombing hoping it would topple the regime. Instead, it entrenched it.

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KP 1: J.D. Vance Iran Deal Fall Guy Part 1 - On the Media - Air Date 6-19-26

KP 2: The Cards Held by Iran in a Badly Written Memorandum - Explainer - Air Date 6-18-26

KP 3: Trumpworld Quietly Shivs JD Vance as Damning Leaks Discredit Iran Deal - THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent - Air Date 6-17-26

KP 4: Trump Weakened U.S. Allies While Strengthening Iran Part 1 - UNFTR - Air Date 6-19-26

KP 5: What the End of War Could Mean for Iranians - The Current - Air Date 6-17-26

KP 6: The Iran Deal, Boy, I Don't Know - Takes by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 6-18-26

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Trump's Iran War Gave the Regime Everything It Wanted

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(01:07:37) SECTION A: THE DEAL ITSELF

A1: Executive Disorder Iran Deal, UFC at the White House, Dialog Hack - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 6-19-26

A2: For His Own Birthday, Trump Gifts Iran $300 Billion - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 6-16-26

A3: Iran Conflict Brief The US-Iran Deal and a New Phase of Accommodation - Columbia Energy Exchange - Air Date 6-16-26

A4: The Cards Held by Iran in a Badly Written Memorandum Part 2 - Explainer - Air Date 6-18-26

(01:43:52) SECTION B: THE STRATEGIC LOSS

B1: Iran Deal Winners, Losers, and Regional Impact Part 1 - Sources & Methods - Air Date 6-19-26

B2: Trump Weakened U.S. Allies While Strengthening Iran Part 2 - UNFTR - Air Date 6-19-26

(01:58:52) SECTION C: VOICES FROM THE REGION

C1: How Does the Middle East See the U.S.-Iran Deal - Here & Now Anytime - Air Date 6-16-26

C2: J.D. Vance Iran Deal Fall Guy Part 2 - On the Media - Air Date 6-19-26

C3: Iran Deal Winners, Losers, and Regional Impact Part 2 - Sources & Methods - Air Date 6-19-26

C4: Can the U.S. Find the Strategic Patience Needed to End War with Iran - Consider This - Air Date 6-21-26

(02:28:09) SECTION D: WHEN THE STRONGMAN FAILS

D1: Weekly Roundup Trump's Iran Disaster, JD Vance's Problem, and the Collapse of the Strongman Myth Part 1 - Straight White American Jesus - 6-19-25

D2: Can Trump Convince Republicans Hes Won the War on Iran - Americast - Air Date 6-24-26

D3: Angry Trump Snaps at Media Over Iran as Fox Hits Him with Brutal Poll Part 1 - THE DAILY BLAST - Air Date 6-24-26

D4: Weekly Roundup Trump's Iran Disaster, JD Vance's Problem, and the Collapse of the Strongman Myth Part 2 - Straight White American Jesus - 6-19-25

D5: Senator Bill Cassidy Folds to Trump- Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 6-25-26

D6: Angry Trump Snaps at Media Over Iran as Fox Hits Him with Brutal Poll Part 2 - THE DAILY BLAST - Air Date 6-24-26

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Air Date: 6/27/2026

Today we trace how one man went from receiving a $278 million government grant to becoming the world's first trillionaire who spent .025% of his wealth to get Trump elected, then used his position to slash programs that help people while stoking race riots overseas.

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KP 1: 'Billionaire CRISIS': How the Country's Wealthiest Are 'bankrolling' U.S. Politics - MS NOW - Air Date 5-27-26

KP 2: We Uncovered a Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. You're Holding the Bag. - More Perfect Union - Air Date 5-27-26

KP 3: Trump DOGE Cuts Caused 600,000 Deaths This Year, Fmr. USAID Official Says - The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - Air Date 11-24-25

KP 4: Everything Is Falling Apart and Americans Aren't Happy About It - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 6-16-26

KP 5: Elon Musk Celebrates Trillionaire Status by Stoking Racist Terrorism in Belfast! - I Doubt It Podcast - Air Date 6-14-26

KP 6: Why The Economist Hates Wealth Taxes - Garys Economics - Air Date 6-14-26

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The System That Made Musk a Trillionaire Is the Real Villain

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(01:15:26) SECTION A: THE TRILLIONAIRE AND WHAT HE REVEALS

A1: 'Massive Loser': World Roasts First Trillionaire Elon Musk - The Rational National - Air Date 6-14-26

A2: A Trillion Dollars - Jonathan Pie - Air Date 6-14-26

A3: Trillionaire Welfare Queen - The John Fugelsang Podcast - Air Date 6-15-26

A4: "Land Grab": Trillionaire Elon Musk Sued in South Texas to Block SpaceX Takeover of Wildlife Refuge - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-16-26

(01:49:20) SECTION B: THE HUMAN COST OF CONCENTRATED POWER

B1: 9.4M Lives at Risk: The Human Cost of Elon Musk's DOGE Cuts - Holy Post Media - Air Date 6-15-26

B2: Justin Wolfers on Musk, Inequality, and the Price of American Democracy - Platypus Economics with Justin Wolfers - Air Date 6-13-26

B3: 'If You Can Keep It': What The Wealth Gap Means For Democracy Part 1 - 1A - Air Date 4-27-26

(02:12:31) SECTION C: THE SPACEX IPO HEIST

C1: SpaceX IPO: What They're Not Telling Retail Investors - UNFTR Media - Air Date 6-9-26

C2: The First Trillionaire! - PissedMagistus - Air Date 6-14-26

(02:28:50) SECTION D: BELFAST HOW MUSK FUELS RACIAL VIOLENCE ABROAD

D1: Belfast Riots: Why UK Mobs See Racial Violence as 'national Defence' | Amina Shareef | MEE Opinion - Middle East Eye - Air Date 6-18-26

D2: The Truth About the Belfast Riots | Claire Hanna Interview - PoliticsJOE Podcast - Air Date 6-10-26

D3: Major Antiracist Rally Held in Belfast to Condemn Anti-Immigrant Riots - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-15-26

D4: Elon Musk Moves Against German Broadcaster ZDF After Riot Report - DW News - Air Date 6-16-26

(03:00:30) SECTION E: THE RECKONING BILLIONAIRE RHETORIC AND THE CASE FOR TAXING WEALTH

E1: Why Jeff Bezos Wants to Cut Your Taxes - Garys Economics - Air Date 5-31-26

E2: Elon Musk & America's Tech Oligarchy - The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart - Air Date 6-10-26

E3: 'If You Can Keep It': What The Wealth Gap Means For Democracy Part 2 - 1A - Air Date 4-27-26

E4: We Need a Wealth Tax on Billionaires. Here's Why | Aaron Bastani Meets Gabriel Zucman - Novara Media - Air Date 5-24-26

E5: The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap - Robert Reich and Inequality Media - Air Date 6-9-26

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Air Date: 6/24/2026

The Monthly-ish Mix™ is here to get you caught up on recent news without being overwhelming! If you've been pulling back from the news for your own sanity, this one's built for you — a quick recap and reference guide to the past month or two, organized around a single idea: when power can't earn legitimacy, it manufactures it.

The performance. Spectacle, religion, and health branding standing in for real consent: Trump collecting a FIFA "peace prize," Christian nationalism worn as a costume the actual church refuses to bless, and RFK Jr. dressing up a gutted vaccine agenda as "moderate," scapegoating immigrants as he goes, while the USAID cuts run up a body count.

The machinery. The infrastructure that keeps the performance going while real consent drains away underneath: a legal system bent toward self-dealing and a $1.8 billion slush fund, billionaire money rewriting the rules since Citizens United, an AI gold rush sold as inevitable before anyone voted on it, and an economy booming on paper while the ground shifts under everyone's feet.

The vacuum and the reclaiming. What rushes in when legitimacy collapses, from normalized political violence to a manifesto born of that collapse — and then the democratic answer: why the rupture hasn't come, why revolutions tend to devour themselves, and why the slower work wins. Nonviolent movements draw eleven times the participation, and the ballot box the Supreme Court is fighting hardest to narrow is the same one that just turned out 78% of Hungary to remove Orbán.

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SECTION 1: THE PERFORMANCE OF LEGITIMACY

(00:01:31) #1798 - FIFA Sportswashing Fascism: The World Cup from Mussolini to Trump

1: Trump Is a 'master Marketer' Symone Reacts to President Getting FIFA Peace Prize - Chris Jansing Reports - Air Date 12-5-25

2: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26

3: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 1 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26

(00:23:20) #1787 - The American President vs The American Pope: Leo XIV, Trump, and the MAGA-Catholic Rift

4: Someone Tell Pete Hegseth That "Pulp Fiction" Isn't in the Bible - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 4-18-26

5: "Two Versions of Christianity": Pope Leo Calls for Peace as U.S. Uses Religion to Justify Iran War - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-1-26

6: Why America and the Vatican Have Fallen Out - TLDR News Global - Air Date 4-11-26

(00:46:03) #1794 - From MAHA to Measles: RFK's Public Health Purge Will Make America Sick Again

7: Why RFK Jr. Is Projecting a More 'Moderate' MAHA Stance - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-27-26

8: RFK Jr Goes Full Eugenics to Congress; IMMIGRANTS BRING DISEASE - Brittany Page - Air Date 4-22-26

9: As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-18-26

SECTION 2: THE MACHINERY & THE LEAK

(01:13:10) #1796 - 1.8 Billion for the Mob and a Kill List for Dissent: Trump's payout fund and counterterrorism strategy, decoded

10: We Will Find You and We Will Kill You Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 5-15-26

11: Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam - Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-18-26

12: Dictatorship in Action David Cay Johnston on $1.8B Slush Fund Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-20-26

(01:34:00) #1792 - Capitalist Class Warfare: AI, Billionaire Capture, and the How to Fight Back

13: The Case Against Billionaires | Chuck Collins - Washington Monthly - Air Date 1-5-26

14: How Oligarchs Hijacked America in Just 16 Year - Benaminute - Air Date 4-30-26

15: It Will Be 17 Times Worse Than the .com Crash - Upper Echelon - Air Date 5-7-26

(02:04:29) #1797 - AI Spent $540 Billion to Make You Lonelier: Betting Against Jobs, Art, and Community

16: Will SpaceX and OpenAI Starve the Market? - UNFTR Media - Air Date 5-26-26

17: Astra Taylor on AI Data Center Resistance & Fighting "Billionaire Big Tech Agenda"- Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-13-26

18: The AI Backlash Just Got VERY Public - House of El - AI - Air Date 5-24-26

(02:33:22) #1789 - Boomcession: Why the Economy Looks Great on Paper and Hurts in Real Life

19: Monday Morning Economy Politics Inflation Soars Part 1 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-13-26

20: Economic Implications of the U.S. War on Iran Part 1 - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Air Date 4-14-26

21: These Georgia Swing Voters Do Not Like the Iran War - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 4-16-26

(02:58:12) #1793 - Anti-Immigrant Brutality Costs Countries More Than Their Morals: ICE, Mass Deportation, and the Global Far-Right

22: Trumps Brutal Immigration Crackdown Continues Part 1 - Velshi - Air Date 3-21-26

23: 'Buyer's Remorse' This Trump Stronghold TURNS on Massive ICE Facility Part 1 - MS Now - Air Date 4-20-26

SECTION 3: THE VACUUM & THE RECLAIMING

(03:15:42) #1790 - Assassin Nation: How Political Violence Got Normalized And How To Reverse It

24: "Slow Civil War" Author Jeff Sharlet on the Growing NormalAation of Violence at Home & Abroad - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-27-26

25: The Cole Hard Truth - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-28-26

26: The White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting: What the "Political Violence" Framing Is Hiding - Resistance History with Tad Stoermer - Air Date 4-26-26

(03:42:14) #1795 - You Say You Want A Revolution: Successful Revolutions are the Boring Ones

27: Why the Epstein Files Didn't Start a Revolution - Uncivilized - Air Date 4-21-26

28: Is The US In Its French Revolution Era? - Leeja Miller - Air Date 5-13-26

29: Why Nonviolence Wins - Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer - Air Date 5-14-26

(04:14:56) #1791 - Jim Crow 2.0 — SCOTUS Kills the Voting Rights Act and Unleashes the Gerrymandering War

30: Louisiana Is Ground Zero for Voting Rights, Abortion Pill Access Part 1 - Boom! Lawyered - Air Date 5-7-26

31: Elie Mystal Supreme Court Gutting Voting Rights Act Is About Again Making US an Apartheid State Part 1 - The Dean Obeidallah Show - Air Date 5-1-26

32: What Stacey Abrams Thinks About a Recent SCOTUS Decision and the Voting Rights Amendment Part 2 - Soundside - Air Date 5-526

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Air Date: 6–20-2026

Today we explore how political revenge became official government policy. The Department of Justice has dropped fraud cases while opening vindictive investigations into Trump's critics. Judges who rule against him face death threats at home with no federal protection and thousands of DOJ lawyers have walked out the door, leaving the agency hollowed out by loyalty tests and bent toward retribution.

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KP 1: Trump Eyes Personal Lawyer to Run DOJ Part 1 - The Beat W Ari Melber - Air Date 6-4-26

KP 2: This Federal Judge Ruled Against Trump. Then the Death Threats Rolled in Part 1 - 60 Minutes - Air Date 3-1-26

KP 3: Judges Call Out Rising Acts of Violence Against the Judiciary, Slam Trump's 'irresponsible Rhetoric' - NBC News - Air Date 6-3-26

KP 4: How Low Can the DOJ Go - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 4-27-26

KP 5: Fraud on the Court Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case Over Collusion Part 1 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-3-26

KP 6: 'The Audacity' DOJ Turns to X to Recruit as Prosecutors Flee Trump's Politicization of Department - MS Now - Air Date 2-1-26

KP 7: DOJ in Crisis - Stay Tuned with Preet - Air Date 2-10-26

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(01:06:27) SECTION A: A DEPARTMENT OF REVENGE

A1: 'The Department of Revenge' Explores Trump's Use of DOJ to Settle Political Scores - PBS Newshour - Air Date 6-11-26

A2: This Federal Judge Ruled Against Trump. Then the Death Threats Rolled in Part 2 - 60 Minutes - Air Date 3-1-26

A3: Trump Eyes Personal Lawyer to Run DOJ Part 2 - The Beat W Ari Melber - Air Date 6-4-26

(01:25:33) SECTION B: MALICIOUS PROSECUTIONS

B1: Small DoJ Energy - Opening Arguments - Air Date 2-20-26

B2: The Vindictive DOJ Part 1 - Law and Chaos - Air Date 6-4-26

B3: The Malicious Incompetence of Trump's DOJ - Strict Scrutiny - Air Date 6-15-25

B4: The Vindictive DOJ Part 2 - Law and Chaos - Air Date 6-4-26

(02:00:59) SECTION C: WEAPONIZED DEPARTMENT

C1: Zero Intelligence Part 1 - UnJustified - Air Date 6-7-26

C2: Fraud on the Court Even as DOJ Drops $1.8B Settlement Fund, Judge Reopens Case Over Collusion Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-3-26

C3: 35 Judges Say Trump's DOJ Committed Fraud on the Court - Opening Arguments - Air Date 6-5-26

C4: Trump Rewards Criminals with Latest Pardons - The Mary Trump Podcast - Air Date 11-11-25

C5: ICYMI Trump Pardons Top Jan. 6 Conspirators - 1A - Air Date 11-11-25

C6: Zero Intelligence Part 2 - UnJustified - Air Date 6-7-26

(02:44:07) SECTION D: HOLLOWED OUT

D1: More Frustrated Prosecutors at the U.S Attorney's Office in Minnesota Call It Quits - All Things Considered - Air Date 2-5-26

D2: 2900 DOJ Lawyers SUDDENLY QUIT on Trump IN MASS EXODUS - MeidasTouch - Air Date 12-25-25

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Air Date: 6/17/2026

Today we trace a pattern that repeated across half a dozen states this primary season: working-class candidates running on the cost of living beat the opponents party leadership hand-picked and funded. It looks like ordinary election news, but it's more pieces of a larger shift already underway; away from a politics of left against right and toward a new era of the elite vs working people.

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KP 1: Hayes: Trump Is Chasing Good Press with Bombs - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 6-11-26

KP 2: Bernie Sanders Just Won Them All - The Rational National - Air Date 6-10-26

KP 3: We Sat AOC Down With Republican Voters. Can She Win Them Over? - More Perfect Union and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Air Date 6-9-26

KP 4: "Fetterman Vibes?" DSA Dem WON'T DEFEND Graham Platner - Breaking Points - Air Date 6-9-26

KP 5: Abdul El-Sayed Thinks the Michigan Senate Race Will Come Down to This One Factor - Slate and Abdul El-Sayed - Air Date 4-30-26

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Counterfeit Populism Is Dying

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(01:05:26) SECTION A: READING THE PRIMARY MAP

A1: Voters Reject the Establishment in This Week's Primaries - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 6-4-26

A2: Josh Turek, Democratic Senate Nominee, on Why Iowa Will Flip Blue - Brian Tyler Cohen News - Air Date 6-3-26

A3: The Graham Platner Debate Part 1 - Majority 54 - Air Date 6-4-26

A4: Kentucky Senate Seat Is 'most Flippable' Race, Says Democrat Charles Booker - Meet The Press NOW _ NBC News NOW - Air Date 5-19-26

A5: The Democratic Establishment Can Be Defeated - Current Affairs - Air Date 5-15-26

(01:45:20) SECTION B: THE PLATNER RECKONING

B1: How Maine Democrats View Platner's Scandals and Chances to Oust Sen. Collins - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 6-9-26

B2: Graham Platner's Billionaire-Bashing Message Resonates in Maine Senate Race, Despite Controversies - Democracy Now! - Air Date 6-8-26

B3: Why I Left the (White) Left - Signified B Sides - Air Date 6-2-26

B4: We Need to Talk About The Graham Platner Left (ft@noahsamsen_) - The Kavernacle and Noah Samsen - Air Date 5-27-26

B5: The Graham Platner Debate Part 2 - Majority 54 - Air Date 6-4-26

(02:30:13) SECTION C: THE TEXAS SENATE FIGHT

C1: Talarico Derangement Syndrome & Calling Stephen Miller Ugly Part 1 - Head in the Office - Air Date 5-29-26

C2: Can We Win Texas? - Majority 54 - Air Date 5-28-26

C3: Talarico Derangement Syndrome & Calling Stephen Miller Ugly Part 2 - Head in the Office - Air Date 5-29-26

(02:56:11) SECTION D: DEFENDING THE VOTE & THE LONG VIEW

D1: MAGA's California Fraud Lie Falls Apart Instantly - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 6-9-26

D2: Their Votes Should Count. Yours Shouldn't. That's the Whole Argument. - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 6-9-26

D3: The Election Interference Evidence No One Is Talking About - The Real News Podcast - Air Date 6-8-26

D4: The Washington Roundtable Live: The Backlash Midterms - The Political Scene | The New Yorker - Air Date 6-5-26

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Air Date: 6/12/2026

Today we examine how America caused a loneliness epidemic by tearing down the places where people used to find each other, how big tech is offering AI as a lackluster substitute for connection, and how people are building the opposite of loneliness with block parties, labor unions, and community gardens.

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KP 1: How Capitalism Causes Loneliness Part 1 - Second Thought - Air Date 6-2-23

KP 2: Anthropic Discovers the Axis of Evil, and AIs Loneliness Economy - The AI Fix - Air Date 2-3-26

KP 3: The Political Economy of Love Attention, Affection, & What Capitalism Can't Buy Part 1 - Rev Left Radio - Air Date 1-19-26

KP 4: What Do We Mean by Humane Tech Part 1 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 6-4-26

KP 5: Stone Soup A Recipe for Community Organizing Marina Barnett Part 1 - TEDxWidenerUniversity - Air Date 10-24-22

KP 6: The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life Nicholas Epley Part 1 - TEDTalks - Air Date 5-19-26

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Why the Left Needs to Have More Fun to Build Real Power

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(00:59:32) SECTION A: THE LONELINESS WE LIVE IN

A1: Loneliness - Capitalism's Collateral Damage - Democracy At Work - Air Date 8-29-22

A2: How Capitalism Causes Loneliness Part 2 - Second Thought - Air Date 6-2-23

A3: Loneliness - Capitalism's Collateral Damage Part 2 - Democracy At Work - Air Date 8-29-22

A4: The Political Economy of Love Attention, Affection, & What Capitalism Can't Buy Part 2 - Rev Left Radio - Air Date 1-19-26

(01:29:54) SECTION B: AI COMPANION MACHINE

B1: Can AI Companionship Cure Loneliness – or Deepen It Part 1 - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 2-27-26

B2: People Are Lonelier Than Ever. Enter AI. - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 5-30-25

B3: The Dark Side of AI Companions, and the 1930s LLM - The AI Fix - Air Date 5-5-26

B4: What Do We Mean by Humane Tech Part 2 - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 6-4-26

B5: Can AI Companionship Cure Loneliness – or Deepen It Part 2 - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 2-27-26

(02:18:26) SECTION C: REFRACTIONS AND REACH-OUTS

C1: Gladiators, Real Housewives and the Pull of Reality TV Part 1 - Throughline - Air Date 4-30-26

C2: If Hope Is a Muscle, Then How Do I Build It Part 1 - How to Survive the End of the World - Air Date 4-10-26

C3: Gladiators, Real Housewives and the Pull of Reality TV Part 2 - Throughline - Air Date 4-30-26

C4: If Hope Is a Muscle, Then How Do I Build It Part 2 - How to Survive the End of the World - Air Date 4-10-26

C5: The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life Nicholas Epley Part 2 - TEDTalks - Air Date 5-19-26

(02:58:25) SECTION D: BUILDING IT BACK

D1: Stone Soup A Recipe for Community Organizing Marina Barnett Part 2 - TEDxWidenerUniversity - Air Date 10-24-22

D2: How People Are Combatting Loneliness with Community Connections - The Newsfeed - Air Date 5-22-26

D3: Solo How Do We Make the Left Fun Again - The Bardo Podcast - Air Date 3-10-26

D4: Being Human with Marshall Ganz Part 1 - Practical Wisdom for Leaders - Air Date 5-20-26

D5: Biko Koenig, Worker Centered Allyship & Action in the Contemporary Labor Movement (Oxford UP, 2024) Part 1 - In Conversation An OUP Podcast - Air Date 3-11-26

D6: Being Human with Marshall Ganz Part 2 - Practical Wisdom for Leaders - Air Date 5-20-26

D7: Biko Koenig, Worker Centered Allyship & Action in the Contemporary Labor Movement (Oxford UP, 2024) Part 2 - In Conversation An OUP Podcast - Air Date 3-11-26

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Air Date: 6/10/2026

Today we explore how Taiwan's own people are stuck between the US and China. Fewer and fewer of them want to rejoin China but their faith in America is sinking just as fast as Trump treats them as a bargaining chip. Their own leaders are split on how to respond. And the place that makes most of the world's advanced chips has almost no seat at the table where its future is being decided.

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KP 1: Xi, Putin & Trump - Who Really Runs the World? | To the Point - DW News - Air Date 5-21-26

KP 2: Can There Ever Really Be "one China?" - Vox - Air Date 5-28-26

KP 3: How the US Is Trying to Challenge China's Critical Mineral Dominance Part 1 - The China in Africa Podcast - Air Date 5-28-26

KP 4: Why Did Trump Take Elon Musk to China? - Paul Krugman - Air Date 5-14-26

KP 5: Why This Island Could Trigger World War 3 - Johnny Harris - Air Date 12-18-25

KP 6: China Will Never Beat Taiwan, Here's Why - Maxinomics - Air Date 3-37-26

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The Stories Nations Tell Will Destroy Us_ China, Taiwan, and Trump

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(01:04:39) SECTION A: THE MAKING OF TAIWAN

A1: The Taiwan Conflict, Explained - Ryan Chapman - Air Date 10-13-22

A2: Inside China's Plan to Take Over Taiwan "peacefully" | If You're Listening - ABC NEWS In-depth - Air Date 11-28-25

(01:24:47) SECTION B: THE MULTIPOLAR WORLDVIEW

B1: China Rising Part 1: How the Unipolar World Is Ending - Beyond the Ballot Box - Air Date 2-10-26

B2: US Unipolarity Vs China's Multipolarity: Whose Vision Will Shape the New Global Order?

B3: China Rising Part 2: Taiwan, Xinjiang, Sovereignty and Human Rights - Beyond the Ballot Box

(01:52:00) SECTION C: TAIWAN IN THE CROSSHAIRS

C1: What's Behind the Record-breaking $11 Billion US-Taiwan Arms Deal? - DW News - Air Date 12-19-25

C2: Is Taiwan Moving Away From the US? - TLDR News Global - Air Date 4-20-26

(02:09:55) SECTION D: THE SUMMIT AND ITS FALLOUT

D1: Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" Over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-14-26

D2: Trump's FAILED Meeting With China's Xi Jinping Was Humiliating - Pod Save the World - Air Date 5-21-26

D3: Strait to the Abyss - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 6-2-26

D4: Xi Hosts Putin in Beijing, Cementing China-Russia Alliance After Trump's Visit - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 5-20-26

(02:39:44) SECTION E: THE RESOURCE WAR AND AFRICA

E1: How the US Is Trying to Challenge China's Critical Mineral Dominance Part 2 - The China in Africa Podcast - Air Date 5-28-26

E2: Why 3 African States Said No to Taiwan - The China in Africa Podcast - Air Date 4-23-26

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Air Date: 6–5-2026

Today we explore sportswashing past and present, from fascist dictators who first weaponized the World Cup to FIFA's modern extractivism model of corrupt capitalism, and why workers, unions, and fans are now organizing to reclaim the game from those profiting off it.

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KP 1: Trump Is a 'master Marketer' Symone Reacts to President Getting FIFA Peace Prize - Chris Jansing Reports - Air Date 12-5-25

KP 2: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 1 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26

KP 3: The Fascist World Cup Part 1 - Power Plays - Air Date 5-21-26

KP 4: Exploring the Sportwashing, Greed and Corruption of the 2026 World Cup - The Blazing Musket Podcast - Air Date 5-6-26

KP 5: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 1 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26

KP 6: Jules Boykoff on World Cup and Sportswashing Part 2 - CounterSpin - Air Date 5-15-26

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FIFA, Trump, and the Patriotism Scam They're Running on America

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(01:01:55) SECTION A: TRUMP'S PLAYBOOK

A1: Is This the Most Political World Cup of All Time Part 1 - The Global Story - Air Date 5-25-26

A2: As the World Cup Arrives in Seattle, so Do the Contradictions Part 1 - Soundside - Air Date 5-18-26

(01:14:02) SECTION B: FASCIST ORIGINS

B1: Sportswashing Explained Part 1 - Rights & Wrongs - Air Date 5-25-26

B2: Soccers Shadow And Sunlight the Fascist History of the World Cup and 20 Years of Soccer Without Borders Part 1 - Edge of Sports - Air Date 5-28-26

B3: The Fascist World Cup Part 2 - Power Plays - Air Date 5-21-26

B4: Soccers Shadow And Sunlight the Fascist History of the World Cup and 20 Years of Soccer Without Borders Part 2 - Edge of Sports - Air Date 5-28-26

(01:55:31) SECTION C: GREED MACHINE

C1: Trump LOSES IT as FIFA SUFFERS MAJOR CRISIS!! Part 2 - MeidasTouch - Air Date 5-6-26

C2: As the World Cup Arrives in Seattle, so Do the Contradictions Part 2 - Soundside - Air Date 5-18-26

C3: Exploring the Sportwashing, Greed and Corruption of the 2026 World Cup Part 2 - The Blazing Musket Podcast - Air Date 5-6-26

(02:19:47) SECTION D: PUSHBACK

D1: Cuba Latest, Louisiana Primary, World Cup Travel - Up First From NPR - Air Date 5-16-26

D2: Trump Gets HIS KARMA as FIFA WORLD CUP COLLAPSES!!!! - MeidasTouch - Air Date 4-16-26

D3: Sportswashing Explained Part 2 - Rights & Wrongs - Air Date 5-25-26

D4: Is This the Most Political World Cup of All Time Part 2 - The Global Story - Air Date

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