#1392 The Coup Klux Klan and the January 6 Insurrection
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 17 January 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 1/16/2021
Today we take a look at the underlying fears and motivations for the insurrection that go beyond the Big Lie™ of a stolen election to the bedrock of white supremacy that has driven white riots for more than 100 years.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: ACLU Responds to Events at the U.S. Capitol - At Liberty - Air Date 1-8-21
We wanted to come together to respond to the moment: focusing on moving forward with electoral integrity and a deeper commitment to racial justice. Today you’ll hear experts from the ACLU in conversation: Monica Hopkins, Jeffrey Robinson, and Dale Ho.
Ch. 2: Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection - CounterSpin - Air Date 1-8-21
We talk about coverage of the January 6 attack on the Capitol with political scientist Dorothee Benz.
Ch. 3: We've Had Insurrections Before - It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders - Air Date 1-12-21
Sam revisits this history with Jamelle Bouie, columnist at The New York Times. They explore why the path toward political unity in our time might actually be through division.
As the House votes to impeach President Trump, the FBI warns there could be a repeat of the violent insurrection he encouraged on January 6, with Trump loyalists planning to hold armed protests nationwide ahead of Joe Biden·s inauguration.
Ch. 5: Governor Schwarzenegger's Message Following this Week's Attack on the Capitol
"This is my message to my fellow Americans and my friends around the world after January 6, 2021."
As the House votes to impeach President Trump, the FBI warns there could be a repeat of the violent insurrection he encouraged on January 6, with Trump loyalists planning to hold armed protests nationwide ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.
Donald Trump made history yet again on Wednesday by becoming the first President to be impeached twice. Ten Republicans joined Democrats in the U.S. House to charge the soon-to-be-former President with "Incitement of Insurrection".
Constitutional attorney John Bonifaz says the House “did its duty” and that the Senate must move to take up impeachment proceedings. “Those who did not vote to convict last time are responsible, in part, for allowing this president to stay in office..."
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 10: Fear-anger and the capital - Alan from Connecticut
Ch. 11: Conversing respectfully and the ammo shortage - Beth from Seattle
Ch. 12: The joys of sharing - Jon from Omaha, NE
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 13: Final comments on anger, conspiratorial thinking and secret artwork
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions):
- Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr
- Black Lives Matter: Make it Good Again - Song for Change
- As America Bleeds - Jason Zucker
- Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent
- Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard
- Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast, in which we shall |
| 0:06.9 | learn about the underlying fears and motivations for the insurrection that go beyond the big |
| 0:12.5 | lie of a stolen election to the bedrock of white supremacy that has driven white riots |
| 0:18.2 | for more than 100 years. |
| 0:21.1 | Clips today are from At Liberty, from the ACLU. |
| 0:25.0 | Counter-spin, it's been a minute with Sam Sanders. |
| 0:28.7 | She now, a message from Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Brad Gowst. |
| 0:38.6 | The ACLU has always been about the right to protest, the right to speak. |
| 0:45.3 | This has nothing to do with protest. |
| 0:51.0 | What happened on Wednesday was not a protest. |
| 0:55.6 | It was a violent attempt to prevent the House of Representatives from counting electoral |
| 1:02.8 | ballots to change the head of the government, a violent attempt to prevent that, not a |
| 1:11.7 | breaking of a window in a downtown office building. |
| 1:16.0 | This is something completely different. |
| 1:20.1 | Let's think about in terms of the images, the strongest image for me is the president |
| 1:25.7 | of the United States standing in front of this country and saying, these are the things |
| 1:31.6 | and events that happen when a landslide victory is stripped away from patriots. |
| 1:39.2 | This president has no connection to reality whatsoever. |
| 1:44.9 | The dreams that he has been putting forward that have been rejected by every court, by |
| 1:51.4 | every appellate court, by the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 1:55.3 | It's a fantasy. |
| 1:57.3 | Yet he is saying, this is what happens when you take my fantasy of I won this election, |
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