Each Tuesday, GottaLaff joins in to talk about the news of the week. And if ever there was a day we needed some laughs, it's today in the wake of the weekend's Charlottesville protests. Both Laffy and I have a problem with the term "Alt-Right" as a normalizing way to identify white supremacists, Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and the rest of the racists that went into Charlottesville Friday night and Saturday.
Each Tuesday, GottaLaff joins in to talk about the news of the week. And if ever there was a day we needed some laughs, it's today in the wake of the weekend's Charlottesville protests. Both Laffy and I have a problem with the term "Alt-Right" as a normalizing way to identify white supremacists, Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and the rest of the racists that went into Charlottesville Friday night and Saturday.
Former FBI Director James Comey was in the hot seat at the Senate Intelligence Committee today, and we have lots of audio. It's Thursday, so Howie Klein joins in to talk about a good progressive candidate driven out of her congressional race by death threats & more from Republicans.
What's News? looks at the 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism. Although we've been quoting this article for years, never have I seen it come alive as it has with D'ump's nascent presidency. So, I gave the list the "What's News?" treatment. First up, here it is, in three handy-dandy 6 minute pieces (better for short attention span radio listeners). At the bottom, the extended play edition.. the whole thing in one 17-minute segment. Please share, post, spread the word! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The full list, What's News? style
It's a double header today, as I'm guest hosting the Randi Rhodes Show this afternoon (3-6ET)... But it's time we say enough. We're on the verge of the end of sanity, and we must take action to stop the hemorrhaging of democratic principles! Yesterday, I heard Randi mention the 14 Characteristics of Fascism - and if we're not there yet, we're awfully close! This morning on my show, I spoke with Claire Conner, author of Wrapped in the Flag (now out in paperback) her story of growing up with parents who were original members and top lieutenants in the John [...]
It would be really funny if it weren't so scary. The tea baggers scream about their liberties being taken away - but they support the party that wants to do away with our 4th amendment rights to privacy, that wants to control who can marry whom, what a woman does with her own body, that wants to squelch voter's rights, that support the truly anti-democratic idea that corporations are people and money equals free speech... and many more liberty killing laws the right is trying to foist upon us. I've experience the assault on our freedoms personally. Arrested after attempting [...]
