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Episodes
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
This week we jump into second half of chapter 4 of American Marxism by Mark Levin which continues the crazy we have come to know and love from this small shouty man. This week we pick back up with Mark telling us how the 1619 project is CRT, and of course CRT, is Marxism, so the 1619 project is Marxism. He follows that up by complaining that the media talks about issues of race and white supremacy too much, probably because it makes Mark feel sad. Along the way we get such gems as “collecting data on race and gender by the government is the same as that communist social credit score” and “Chuck Todd is a CRT?”
Of course, in what is probably the least surprising thing about this book, we find Mark Levin promoting white supremacist great replacement conspiracy theory. Least surprising because of course, not only did Mark already double down on pushing this racist conspiracy after the recent massacre, but also because we know Mark Levin is a white supremacist.
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Show Notes:
The Rise of the White Nationalist Hispanics – Axios
America’s Enduring Caste System – Isabel Wilkerson – NYT Magazine
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
This Week! We take a look at a group responsible for hours upon hours of CourtTV programming if nothing else of value, Sovereign Citizens, as well as their progenitors, the tax protester movement. These groups emerge from a common core of anger at taxes and hatred of government. If you’ve heard of sovereign citizens its probably from sarcastic “gold fringe on the flag” jokes or mentions of admiralty law, but we hope that with this episode we can teach you a little more about one of the most dangerous ideologies of the right wing, in which the law is all made up and the underlying beliefs don’t really matter.
The tax protest movement has its roots in, well, taxes, with the earliest people to argue against the income tax being the contemporaries who were around at the time it was enacted. As their many failures added up, eventually tax protesters went to wilder and wilder ends in their attempt to avoid paying taxes, sometimes to ends so extreme that they ended up creating an entirely new conspiracy theory, sovereign citizenry, in hopes of holding on to those few extra dollars.
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Show Links:
Irwin Schiff Website Paynoincometax.com
Republican state representative introduces sovereign citizen bill – Daily Beast
Insane Legal filing of Pauline Bauer
Daily Beast Article on Neely Petrie Blanchard
Sovereign Citizens - SPLC
Hate Thy Neighbor Episode on Sovereign Citizens – Youtube
ADL Report on the Tax Protest Movement
Music: "Say You Will" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
This Week! We break down the first half of chapter 4 of Mark Levin’s book American Marxism, titled “Racism, Genderism, and Marxism. In this chapter, other than continuing his trend of block quoting people more intelligent and well thought than him and following it by screaming “communism” into the void. In this chapter he attempts, ad fails, to lead the reader through Critical Theory, a philosophical mode of thought developed by thinkers in the “Frankfurt School” or “Franklin School” if you’re Levin, to Critical Race Theory, which does not stem directly from Critical Theory as he suggests, and of course, to every other remotely left wing area of discourse that doesn’t slobber at the thought of America’s greatness.
This week Mark finally gets to talking about that evil communist menace, “CRT” otherwise known as everything, everywhere all at once. In Mark, and the rest of the right’s conception, CRT is both everything and nothing, present in all schools, colleges, government agencies and antifa super-soldier training camps. Levin also, of course falsely claims that Critical race theory seeks a violent Marxist revolution, fails to address any of the points made by CRT scholars, and resorts to petty name-calling. In other words, he’s at the top of his game.
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You can listen to every chapter of this review starting with episode 1 of this series.
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Show Notes:
“Repressive Tolerance” by Herbert Marcuse PDF
Op-Ed by Steve Klinsky and Wyatt Tee Walker in Real Clear Politics
Critical Race Theory is White History – The Nation by Kali Holloway
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
This week!
We begin our deep dive into the fetid waters of the fringe center of the republican party with the first episode proper of our “Lunatic Fringe” series. The thesis of this series which will take the coming months if not the majority of the year, is that there is little if any true daylight between the “far right” as we would term them. Part of getting to this point was a concerted strategy by leaders of the right to use hate as a weapon. In their callous disregard they selfishly and wantonly employed the politics of hate, not caring necessarily what the particular target of their followers was, it was enough for them that they hated in the correct direction, but using the appeal to hatred to inspire a mass of voters in a way that policy platforms and inspirational speech never could. It also brought into their fold a new coalition of hate, of types that a more respectable right wing in the pas might have pretended to abhor, but who now was so crucial they now have to be directly appealed to.
So to start we begin with a brief history of American hate, starting with the Ku Klux Klan in its several incarnations, the American Nazi movement, White supremacist media mogul Willis Carto, Pioneer Publisher of holocaust denial, William Regnery II and America's most prominent White Supremacist Tucker Carlson. By no means are these people inclusive of every hatemonger from the time period, nor do their stories cover the entirety of the spectrum that is American hate. For every open racist screaming at a young girl going to school accompanied by U.S. Marshalls, there are a dozen or more at home silently approving of the intent, if not the method.
We are excited for this new project we are undertaking here on the show, and its part of our personal commitment to always improving and trying to make a better show that provides more for all of our listeners.
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Show Links:
The Ron Paul Song Music Video By Aimee Allen (On a sketchy Slovakian Website YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)
Please give the amazing and incredibly sexy listener who found the video for us a follow on twitter @main_guess
Southern Poverty Law Center History of the Klan
Behind the bastards episode on the grifting multilevel marketing period of the Klan.
Part 1 of the New York Times Series on White Supremacist Tucker Carlson
Atlantic Article regarding white supremacist support for Ron Paul after his newsletters were released
Tucker Carlson Racist Great Replacement Rant Video – Media Matters
Music: "Say You Will" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
This week we finally return to our review of American Marxism by Mark Levin, a man we can only assume is still angry he was never given a pony to kill.
In this second half of chapter three we learn mostly how staggeringly and completely lazy Levin was in writing this book. In all absolute honesty, and with complete disclosure that I do not have the time to sit and count words, Levin appears to have filled this chapter (and probably the book) with more words that come from block quotes written by the people he hates than his own original writing. Sincerely, this book is a snarky quote-tweet of a 2000 word deeply researched and detailed article, in other words, the same thing as Levin’s Radio and TV shows. Because as we all know, when you don’t have the facts, scream that your enemies are commies.
We also saw Levin engage in some of the most blatant bullshitting of the book thus far (while we’re sure there is plenty more to come) in deliberately attempting to deceive his audience into believing that somewhat hacky scholarly work about “Millenialists” actually applies to “Millenials.” I can assure you the two terms have almost nothing to do with one another.
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You can also find all of the episodes at nygbc.podbean.com
If you want bonus episodes, early releases and more, consider becoming a patron for as little as $1 an episode at patreon.com/nygbc
You can listen to every chapter of this review starting with episode 1 of this series.
You can also listen to our introduction to Mark Levin, the man, the myth, the shouty little ball of anger.
Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show.
Show Notes:
Video Clip: Sam Hoadley-Brill Clip of Levin’s Response to His Franklin School Error on YouTube
Salon Article covering Levin Wrongly calling the Franklin School the Frankfurt School
Jacobin Article Criticizing Levin’s Bad Writing and Intellectual Laziness
Piece of Shit Richard Landes explaining his “Pallywood” conspiracy – The Jerusalem Post
Jean Anyon’s Academic Article “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work” Journal of Education, Vol 162, no. 1, Fall 1980. Available on the internet archive through this link.
Michael Hout Study on Occupational Status and Social Mobility, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Available through this link.
Opinion Piece on NBC News about social mobility by Evan Horowitz.
Economic Policy Institute Report on The Erosion of Private Sector Unions and Causes
Study on the political leanings of college professors by Neil Gross and Solon Simmons
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
This Week we finally, at long last, without delay, and with all expedience, begin our long awaited, but much delayed episode on Ron Paul, and the beginning of our deep dive into the weird, wild, and wacky world of the far right fringe. While their position on the extreme right of any objective political spectrum may obscure it, these people have truly become the core of the modern conservative movement. From the sovereign citizen movement to violent extremist militias and even the relatively mundane ordinary wackadoo conspiracy theorist, Ron Paul is the favorite politician of everyone with a gun, a poor understanding of the constitution, and a confederate flag. We hope this episode reminds you that Ron Paul is not your friend.
With this episode we are beginning our dive into the world of the extreme right, a world where policy is driven by a drive towards the ever more extreme. In this world appeals to white supremacy is not a bridge too far, it is a means of building a coalition. Over the coming weeks and months we will be looking at the growth of the fringe, from the tax protester movement, the rabid-anticommunism of the middle 21st century right, and eventually the sovereign citizens, militia's and variety of hate groups and conspiracists who today carry forward the mission, and have truly taken control of the American Right.
Thanks as always for joining us and enjoy the show.
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Music: "Say You Will" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
You can listen to our previous episode on the Ron Paul Institute for Freedom and Prosperity by clicking here.
Episode Notes:
Video 1: Ron Paul Speaks at the Robert Taft Club
Marcus Epstein, White Supremacist founder of the Robert Taft Club has been profiled for his hate activities by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Epstein also pled guilty to a racist attack on an African American woman in Washington DC in 2009.
Kevin Deanna also has his own page on the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hate Watch
Ron Paul Campaign aide Jesse Benton was convicted in 2016, pardoned in 2020 and indicted a second time in 2021.
You can find the book Bayou of Pigs by Stewart Bell Here, but if you're good you would buy it from a locally owned bookstore near you which you can find at https://www.shoplocalbookstores.com/
Lyrics to the Aimee Mann Ron-Paul 2008 Theme Song "Ron Paul Anthem"
Video 2: Ron Paul Rally for the Republic Promo
For more interesting articles about Ron Paul and his connection to all variety of extremists check out A history of hate: Long before Trump, white nationalists flocked to Ron Paul - Salon.com The Atlantic-Ron Paul, Conspiracy Theories, and the Right: Wrong Paul - FactCheck.org: Ron Paul Dons 9/11 Truther Tin Foil - The Daily Beast
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
This Week!
We take a walk on the wild side, stray from the beaten path, and disappoint our ancestors by taking a dive into our first ever fiction book "Ladies First" book one of the MAGA hat romance series by "Liberty Adams." We are joined in our suffering this week by Morgan Stringer who you can catch on the Opening Arguments Podcast, The Humans Holler at News Podcast, and on Twitter @MoString.
Thanks as always for listening and enjoy the show!
Music: "Say You Will" by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com