On #WeveGotIssues:
Jared Holt on the House GOP targeting disinfo researchers--and the chilling effect it's having.
And Parker Molloy explains why 'have the media learned nothing about covering MAGA extremism?' may be the wrong question.
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/episodes/jared-holt-parker-molloy
Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs | We've Got Issues
Joshua Holland is joined by Jared Holt, who researches domestic extremism at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Then Joshua Holland welcomes journalist Parker Molloy to consider whether the political press has really failed to learn any lessons about how to cover Trump and his authoritarianism movement over these past eight years.
[We've Got Issues] Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs
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Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs • We've Got Issues - Podcast Addict
This week, we are joined by Jared Holt, who researches domestic extremism at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, to talk about how Congressional Republicans are using their power and your tax dollars to harass and attempt to silence those who study and attempt to mitigate dangerous disinformation.Then Joshua Holland welcomes journalist Parker Molloy to consider whether the political press has really failed to learn any lessons about how to cover Trump and his authoritarianism movement over these past eight years. PlaylistCornershop:
On #WeveGotIssues...
Evan Urquhart on the "queer despair" caused by relentless fascist attacks on the LGBTQ community.
At the same time, Chris Geidner runs down how the GOP's weaponization of gov has been losing bigly in the courts.
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/episodes/evan-urquhart-chris-geidner
#lgbtq #gop #trans
The devastating human toll of the neofascist attacks on LGBTQ+ people | We've Got Issues
Joshua Holland is joined by journalist Evan Urquhart, who is transgender, to talk about a topic that's rarely covered by the legacy media: The psychological and emotional toll that the right's relentless assault on the LGBTQ community's rights--and in many cases, on their very existence--takes on queer people. Then we take a look at a more positive side to the same story, as veteran legal reporter Chris Geidner tells us about some important recent wins that civil rights activists have secured in the courts against some of the laws that red states have passed to punish their perceived enemies in the queer community and beyond.
Marcy Wheeler: 'We should expect a Jan. 6 case against Trump' • We've Got Issues - Podcast Addict
Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how the GOP's performative approach to governing led them to stake out a position on the debt limit negotiations that will add hundreds of billions of dollars to federal budget deficits over the next decade. And then we're joined by legal analyst Marcy Wheeler to talk all about the historic federal indictment of Donald Trump--and preview what may lie ahead as our country's most lawless president finally faces some real efforts to hold him accountable for his crimes. Playlist:Talking Heads:
Digby on the debt deal | Target caves to bigots • We've Got Issues - Podcast Addict
Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how Republicans always derail every effort to combat America's top terror threat: White supremacists and anti-government extremists. Then Heather
David Pepper on how you can fight fascism in your own backyard • We've Got Issues - Podcast Addict
Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show by violating his no-presidential-punditry-before-Thanksgiving rule with a look at the shambolic rollout of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (ill-fated?) presidential campaign on Twitter. Then we're joined by author and analyst David Pepper to talk about his new book, Saving Democracy: A User's Manual for Every American. Pepper sounded an alarm over the growing extremism evident in red state legislatures in 2021 with The Laboratories of Autocracy, and now he's followed up with a plan to fight back.PlaylistAltın Gün:
CNN's Trump town hall debacle portends reckless 2024 election coverage • We've Got Issues - Podcast Addict
Joshua Holland kicks off this week's show with a look at how Trump once again implicated himself in various criminal acts during his controversial CNN 'town hall' event.Then we are joined by John Stoehr, managing editor of The Editorial Board, to talk about some curious polling around the GOP's debt limit hostage-taking, containing autocratic red states, the Dems' geriatric leadership and serial fabulist George Santos's indictment on 13 federal charges.PlaylistBahamas:
Right-wing 'parents group' uses terror and harassment against its political foes
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Right-wing 'parents group' uses terror and harassment against its political foes • We've Got Issues - via Podcast Addict
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On #WeveGotIssues, The Daily Beast's Will Sommer, author of "Trust the Plan," explains how QAnon's inherent goofiness made many in the media slow to realize that Trump's cult was ripping families apart and inspiring acts of deadly violence.
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/episodes/will-sommer
#fascism #gop #qanon #trump #maga
How Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene compete for QAnon followers | We've Got Issues
Joshua Holland is joined by one reporter who has been covering QAnon since its inception, Will Sommer from The Daily Beast.
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