Trump is fast-tracking major rulings on trans rights, deploying the national guard, voting rights, tariffs and more through the billionaire-beholden Supreme Court. Pema Levy of Mother Jones joins to explain everything the court has taken up and how the court is remaking multiracial American democracy in real time.
But first, Olayemi Olurin joins to talk about what Zohran’s win means for New York and the self-outing of Nicki Minaj as being MAGA. Also a little Steve Carrell in his silver fox era love.
Featuring:
Olayemi Olurin (16:20)
https://www.youtube.com/@olurinatti
https://bsky.app/profile/olurinatti.bsky.social
Pema Levy, Mother Jones (50:30)
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Socialism VS Barbarism w/Maurice Mitchell of WFP (Ep 305)
Is that hope we’re all feeling? After the absolute trouncing of Republicans on November 4th, people who believe in basic decency are feeling pretty damn good. But the real hope lies with the young Zohran Mamdani who won over 50% of the NYC mayoral vote to send the Cuomo dynasty packing.
And organizations like the Working Families Party helped make it happen. National Director Maurice Mitchell joins Francesca to discuss what this sweet victory over the corporate status quo means for the possibilities for democratic politics despite such dark days. How did organizing and groups like WFP helping incubate the next Zohran Mamdanis?
Plus, Nancy Pelosi resigns and centrists on MSNBC carry water for Ezra Klein. And Francesca looks at the right’s massive cope over the election as they go through the seven stages of grief.
Featuring:
Maurice Mitchell
https://www.instagram.com/mauricewfp/
www.workingfamilies.org
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MAGA’s McCarthyism w/Ken Klippenstein & Ramzi Kassem
Activists visited by the FBI at their homes, racial justice movement leaders subpoenaed, Palestine protesters detained. With chilling new directives like the NSPM-7 has everyone who is left of Mike Pence in the crosshairs of the regime. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein talks about what the memorandum actually says, and who the FBI have begun to threaten.
Then, law professor and co-founder of CLEAR (which provides legal defense to movement organizers including people like Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk) joins to discuss how to beat back the crackdown on free speech. From Palestine to “antifa” to BLM to ICE protesters, and the non-profits and foundations that might support them, Kassem explains the state of government repression and the important fight against fatalism.
Featuring:
Ramzi Kassem, co-director of CLEAR
https://www.cunyclear.org/
Ken Klippenstein, independent journalist
www.kenklippenstein.com
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Greta Hasn’t Changed: A Deep Dive
Is Greta Thunberg different now? Ever since taking action for the people of Palestine she has been called a terrorist, an anti-semite, and someone who left climate justice behind.
As world leaders meet for the 30th time for the UN Climate Summit, this year in Brazil, Francesca looks at how the young Thunberg changed the world six years ago at COP24. Yet now that she’s turned her attention to the global wound that is the genocide in Gaza, she is being told she has become “political.” Sure, Jan.
What’s political is that countries DO NOT HAVE TO REPORT the emissions that stem from their military activity. That’s right. All the wars, conflicts, military exercises with heavy aircraft and artillery are not factored in when it comes time to calculate whether countries are in fact reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And military spending is increasing worldwide. Will leaders actually take responsibility for the climate chaos their aggression creates?
Not only are countries like Israel and the United States murdering Palestinians, but they are making Palestinian land unlivable, destroying the soil and water with chemical weapons. Greta consistently makes these links as part of the reason she fights for Palestine. So no, Greta Thunberg has not changed, she’s doubled down.
Check out more of the data about military emissions here:
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Argentina First And The Hope of Zohran w/ Sam Seder & Chris Robbins (Ep 303)
Food seems important. Whether eating it or growing it. But in between the government shutdown and the tariff trade wars, Trump and the GOP have endangered both farmers and 40 million Americans who rely on supplemental nutrition programs or SNAP. In Aransas, soybean farmers are taking their own lives in places, while cattle ranchers are wondering why the U.S. is vowing to buy Argentine beef.
Sam Seder of The Majority Report joins to talk about the moral cruelty and political stupidity of this moment and the fallout of Graham Platner’s tattoo.
Then Chris Robbins of the blog Hell Gate NYC joins to discuss how far mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has come, the growing influence of DSA and how Mamdani is handling the blatant xenophobia.
Featuring:
Sam Seder
The Majority Report
Christopher Robbins
Editor & Co-Founder of Hell Gate Subscribe to Hell Gate: https://hellgatenyc.com/
Watch Hell Gate's new podcast episode with Zohran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-fNr6XM9M
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