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Victoria Taft is The Adult in the Room Who Sets You Straight on Life, News, Politics. Talking to the most interesting people in the news. The News Sherpa You Didn't Know You Needed. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victoria-taft/support
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Anders fills Jake in on an evil policy manifesto the Heritage Foundation has been cooking up ahead of Trump's increasingly likely return to power. It's bad, folx! Also some talk about the upcoming British election and that country's beverage allotments.Check out The Nation's new issue on Project 2025: https://www.thenation.com/issue/june-2024-issue…
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Co-Chair of DSA International Committee Jorge Rocha joins us to talk about Claudia Shinebaum of the Morena party's recent big win in the Mexican elections.FOLLOW JORGE ROCHA@linegoesdownVOLUNTEER FOR NYC DSA ENDORSED CANDIDATEShttps://socialists.nyc/candidates/MERCHpoddamnamerica.bigcartel.comPATREON + DISCORDpatreon.com/poddamnamerica…
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Newsmax Chief White House Correspondent James Rosen joins Victoria with a fun and enlightening conversation about life in the White House briefing room, what it's like to be the de facto arch-nemesis of Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and his career as an author, namely his multi-volume biography of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia…
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Jesse Sendejas of folk punk band Days n Daze and regular punk band Escape From The Zoo joins us to talk about punk music, Houston, nightmare gigs, shit like that.DAYS N DAZEhttps://fatwreck.com/collections/days-n-dazehttps://www.facebook.com/daysndaze/https://www.instagram.com/daysndazeofficial/Days N Daze TOUR7/10 Chicago IL - Avondale Music Hall7…
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Studies by government agencies and academic institutions insist that crime is dropping, but for many Americans it sure doesn't seem that way. Major cities are becoming retail deserts as grocery stores, pharmacies & major brand stores flee rising retail theft. City street "takeovers" result in property damage and violence. Police departments are out…
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Writer, Director, lead actress, and all-around creator of the popular new indie movie "The People's Joker" joins us to talk alt-comedy, identity, green screens, bright colors, clowns, gender, and everything else going on in what's being referred to as a "blasphemous molotov cocktail of a movie" (Polygon).VERA DREW@veradrew22 on twitter and IGhttp:/…
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Gregg Schumacher's family started one of the first and most prestigious furrier companies in the Pacific Northwest, Portland's Schumacher Furs. Now it no longer exists as a business in the city of its birth, thanks to a targeted harassment campaign from mainstream activists like PeTA and their violently extremist cousins, the Animal Liberation Fron…
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The Article III Project's Mike Davis returns for a wild episode, all about the New York trial against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying corporate financial records so that his lawyer & "fixer," Michael Cohen, could deliver secret hush-money payments to adult actress Stormy Daniels. Davis explains (in very colorful terms) why he…
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We're rejoined by new Vanquished co-host Freddy G to go over chapter 5 of Rashid Khalidi's "The Hundred Year War on Palestine" which covers 1987-1995, the birth of (millennial) Hamas, George H.W Bush's showdown with AIPAC, neoliberal labor zionism and much more. Also a sneak preview of part 6 thanks to Hillary's warped recollection of the 2000 Camp…
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More than half a year has passed since terrorists operating from Gaza raided border settlements in Israel, killing hundreds as they lay in their homes and on the grounds of a music festival organized to promote peaceful coexistence. 132 people still remain counted as hostages of Hamas. Meanwhile, in the US, entitled college students have taken to c…
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Mel Buer from The Real News joins us to talk about the encampment for Palestine at UCLA and the attack on it by counter-protesters and cops. But first, we head back east to talk about the Columbia encampment, Biden, and the NYPD's foray into dubstep.MEL BUER@Mel_BuerIG @Mel_Buer_https://therealnews.com/author/mel-buerCRAZY ASS NYPD VIDEOhttps://twi…
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We catch up with the pro-Palestine student encampments, talk about a recent NY Post expose on how bad Karine Jean-Pierre sucks at her job and, last but not least, Anders goes over the sordid history of the Ridgewood/Bushwick border, namely its special place in the history of NYC gentrification.For the full ep and more bonus content, subscribe to Pa…
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Dr. Roy Spencer has an extensive scientific pedigree. He's a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama - Huntsville, and the US Science Team leader for the AMSR-E aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. He's been lauded by the American Meteorological Society for his groundbreaking work monitoring Earth's temperature fluctuations. So when he e…
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Join us, as we plunge into unexplored depths, into hell itself, to discover why you have to PAY TO DO YOUR FUCKING TAXES IN THIS COUNTRY.SOURCES:https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-freehttps://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24071005/irs-direct-file-free-tax-software-turbotax-rev…
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Jen AKA Big Nasty from The Communist Party USA ATX chapter joins us to talk about her trip to "the New York City of Vietnam." That joke will make sense after you get to the part where we talk about Eric Adams getting his shit wrecked on The Breakfast Club this week.JEN@keepaustinnastyBARBARA LEE AGENT ORANGE BILL RESOURCEShttps://www.congress.gov/b…
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Publisher. Author. Raconteur. These are all terms that apply to the guest of this episode, but to his peers in the UK's House of Lords, he is Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour. The former publisher of the Daily Telegraph (UK), the Chicago Sun-Times, the Jerusalem Post, and the National Post (Canada), he has a unique perspective both …
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Attorney & author Jeffrey Stephens is the creator of the Nick Reagan & Jordan Sandor espionage book series. As a writer of spy thrillers, he has a unique perspective on spycraft, America's intelligence sector, and the roles that both government and business are increasingly playing in the personal lives of citizens & consumers. He joins the program…
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Anders introduces his new show about failed Presidential candidates with producer Jules Taylor and a deep dive into Joe Biden's lackluster 2008 campaign. But first, Will Stancil's latest row with Jake Flores and Sleepy Joe's State of the Union.Subscribe to The Vanquished: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MaaYMTaw1z5mpNy35RbDvVanquished bonus feed: Pa…
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John Cameron, a mild-mannered real estate agent from Seattle, now has a criminal record thanks to his presence at the disastrous January 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol. On this episode of the Adult In The Room, hear in his words why he decided to cross the country for the certification day rally that evolved into one of the darkest days in modern A…
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We talk to Talia Jane, the reporter who broke the story of Aaron Bushnell's powerful act of self-immolation as protest against the genocide in Gaza earlier this week.TALIA JANE@taliaotg on Twitter@MXTaliaJane on IGtaliajane.comDONATE TO THE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUNDhttps://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-reliefSOLIDARITY FUNDRAISER FOR AN…
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We discuss the story of a cop's battle with an acorn and some surprising moves from former skater Beto O'Rourke. Then, an interview with Palestinian-American organizer Adam Y. Abusalah (@adam_abusalah) who fills us in on the anti-Biden "Uncommitted" campaign ahead of Tuesday's primary in Michigan.Uncommitted campaign site:https://www.listentomichig…
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Author, commentator & podcaster Drew Thomas Allen has genuine concerns about the future of America. In his new book, America’s Last Stand: Will You Vote to Save or Destroy America in 2024?, Allen examines why the 2024 election cycle is one of the most critically important in the history of our country, why he believes the Biden administration has d…
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Activist Jeremy White joins us to tell the harrowing tale of police raids and legal persecution that he's endured as a result of organizing as an antifascist street medic. He needs help with legal fees and cost of living as his trial approaches. But first we discuss the NYPD's dance team, and scams.DONATE TO JEREMY'S GOFUNDME HERE:https://www.gofun…
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