#1393 Opportunists, Enablers and Seditionists, the Rot at the Heart of the GOP
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 20 January 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Air Date 1/19/2021
Today we take a look at the historical roots and modern manifestations of how white supremacy has turned the GOP base into Frankenstein's monster which cannot be controlled and has finally turned on its creator
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SHOW NOTES
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. 2: ACLU Responds to Events at the U.S. Capitol Part 2 - 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. 3: Confederate Offspring - Strange Days with Fernand Amandi - Air Date 1-14-21
Jared Yates Sexton & Tim Wise
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared her 'close encounter' during the Capitol riots, and ripped apart Republican 'cowards' during an IG Live.
Ch. 5: We've Had Insurrections Before Part 2 - 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.
Ch. 6: The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol - Past Present - Air Date 1-12-21
In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Ch. 7: Debunking the Pro-Trump Economic Anxiety Myth - The Choice - Air Date 1-14-21
The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer joins Mehdi Hasan to explain why the Capitol insurrectionists are part of the tradition of painting Trump's supporters as poor and uneducated when they are anything but.
Ch. 8: Why Republicans Must Rebuke Trump's Big Lie - All In - Air Date 1-14-21
“If people like Jim Jordan really want to help, they can go on Fox News and tell people there was no election fraud, that this was a free and fair vote. And their side lost,” says Chris Hayes.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
TOM PERRIELLO, now Executive Director of the Open Society Foundation-U.S., explains how the country might be able to carve a path forward to reconciliation and healing after Trump leaves office.
Donald Trump riotous insurrection is not merely about economic oppression and class, as some have argued over the last week.
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Ch. 11: The importance of the work of this show - V from Central New York
Ch. 12: Flying the flag on January 20 - Bud from Boise
Ch. 13: Sharing the show - Rainer from Cuba
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 14: Final comments introducing FDR's Second Inaugural Speech
Ch. 15: Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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 historical roots and modern manifestations of how white supremacy has turned |
| 0:12.6 | the GOP base into Frankenstein's monster which cannot be controlled and has finally turned |
| 0:18.5 | on its creator. |
| 0:20.3 | Clips today are from Democracy Now, at Liberty from the ACLU, Strange Days, The Rational |
| 0:27.4 | National, it's been a minute with Sam Sanders, past present, the choice with Medihasson, |
| 0:34.8 | all in with Chris Hayes, the Bradcast and at the David Pakman Show. |
| 0:45.6 | And Professor Snyder, where do you see the Republican Party and Donald Trump going after |
| 0:51.7 | Biden is inaugurated? Clearly the party had hitched its star to Trump and now there is |
| 0:58.2 | enormous upheaval within it in terms of the road ahead. |
| 1:02.7 | Yeah, not many people think this, but I'll go ahead and let me say it. |
| 1:06.8 | I think it's going to be hard for Mr. Trump to continue to reside in the United States |
| 1:11.1 | of America. |
| 1:12.1 | He has a lot of debt and he's facing, even before this X of January, he was facing a number |
| 1:19.9 | of criminal charges or not facing directly, but being investigated for a number of criminal |
| 1:23.3 | charges in New York. |
| 1:24.9 | I think it's going to be hard for him to keep his feet in the United States of America, |
| 1:29.1 | perhaps I'm wrong. |
| 1:30.1 | As for the Republican Party, I mean, my way of seeing it as I lay out in that article, |
| 1:33.9 | American Abyss, is that the largest group of Republicans are people that you could call |
| 1:38.1 | the gamers, the ones who work the system with the Jerry Mandarin, with the dark money, |
| 1:42.9 | with the voter suppression, who are in favor of the quote unquote democracy that we have |
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