Progressive Organizations Self-Implode while Roe is Overturned – with Ryan Grim…

Date: July 07, 2022

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“The Intercept’s Ryan Grim shares his new article Elephant in the Zoom, which explains how internal struggles have progressive advocacy groups at a standstill during a critical political moment. He argues that workplace problems, while important to deal with, are distracting these groups from the issues they were created to fight for.

And while progressives are doing internal evaluations, do you think Republican groups are analyzing their micro-aggressions or are they busy seizing power?

Plus, Grim ‘calls out’ the left’s call-out vs call-in problem, explains why the left is ditching their anti-war stance to escalate the proxy war in Ukraine, and why journalists are fine with the recent extradition of Julian Assange, which is, of course, and attack on a free press. Subscribe and watch the full interview to get it all.

Oh yeah, and Aaron’s now a top conspiracy theorist, according to the great journalists at The Guardian.

It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.”

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Richard Wolff: This Is the Worst Economic Period in My Lifetime…

Date: July 07, 2022

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“Americans are deeply pessimistic about the economy despite the attempts of many commentators to highlight how “good” the economy is on paper. Richard Wolff discusses why so many people feel the economy is not working for them, and what socialist should do to rally voters around a program that will make the economy work for everyone.”

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Lewis Lapham: Can America Survive the Rule of a “Stupified Plutocracy”?…

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Date: July 06, 2022

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“When author and journalist Lewis Lapham, founder of Lapham’s Quarterly and former editor of Harper’s, turned his shrewd gaze on the go-go ‘80s in “Money and Class in America,” he never imagined the era’s avatar of greed would one day become President Donald Trump. Three decades later, Lapham shares his views on the decades-long deterioration of democracy in an interview with INET’s Lynn Parramore. An expanded and revised edition of his book is now available with a new foreward by Thomas Frank from OR Books.”

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Roe v. Wade: Law Professors Break Down What Happened…

Date: July 06, 2022

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“Roe v. Wade has been overturned. So now what the hell are we supposed to do? The hosts of the Strict Scrutiny podcast — law professors Leah Litman, Melissa Murray, and Kate Shaw — are back to help Jon process the shocking decision. Writers Kris Acimovic and Tocarra Mallard also weigh in on why the Democrats answer to this crisis seems to be giving them $15.”

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Briahna Joy Gray on Beta Dems and Republican Chads…

Date: July 06, 2022

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“Host of Bad Faith podcast and Rising and former Bernie Sanders press secretary Briahna Joy Gray explains why dems are rapidly losing voters:

Trump gets mocked for failing to put up his wall, but his supporters watched him try the whole time, putting up pieces of wall and getting blocked. He showed them what he will do if they get him more votes. So they’ll vote harder.

Democrats have given their voters failures on Build Back Better, healthcare, gun safety, and now Roe v. Wade, with little evidence of trying to fulfill these promises. Why would dems keep voting for that?

As a former lawyer, Gray explains the legal side of the Supreme Court’s decision and what can be done to protect the rest of our privacy rights, like contraception and marriage equality.

And subscribe for the full interview, where we pick 2024 candidates, rank the squad, and Briahna and Aaron debate the importance of Jan 6 hearings.

It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

0:00 Intro
2:56 Four food groups
19:43 Stoned moment
22:02 Briahna Joy Gray”

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