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The Intercept Briefing

Coronavirus and the Radical Religious Right's Bumbling Messiah

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Hidden behind the scenes of protests against Democratic governors is the role of radical fringe groups, gun enthusiasts, and right-wing financiers, some with ties to the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Author Jeff Sharlet discusses the rise of right-wing religious extremists, influential members, their broader strategy, and how the shutdown protesters are being used as disposable pawns in a much longer game. Sharlet’s books “The Family” and “C-Street” chronicle the history and strategy now permeating the Trump administration and the Republican Party.

As his administration rolls out its phased plan for “re-opening America,” Dr. Seema Yasmin, a former officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzes the insanity of Trump’s daily briefings, his strategy to withhold aid from states based on how nice governors are to him, and what should be done to overcome the pandemic scientifically and socially. Plus, Intercepted listeners share their often gut-wrenching stories of struggling to survive in a country rocked by the nightmare of economic uncertainty in the time of the coronavirus crisis.

If you or someone you know needs emotional support or is contemplating suicide, resources include the Crisis Text Line, the Suicide Prevention Lifelinethe Trevor Project, or the International Association for Suicide Prevention.


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0:00.0

Now with that I have a couple of interesting we have a few clips that we're just going to put up

0:06.0

we could turn the lights a little bit lower I think you'll find them interesting. Please you can put it on. Thank you.

0:15.6

Hi everybody let me start by saying the obvious. Of course Democrats are not interested in progress

0:23.5

even in the middle of this public health crisis because one thing everybody has learned by now

0:30.9

they've shown themselves willing to kick millions off their health insurance, lost their jobs

0:36.8

and that's why I'm so proud to endorse Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.

0:43.1

They left that at the good point. Great job folks. You want to put the rest of it up or do you not have it?

0:49.5

Go ahead.

1:14.5

We could give you hundreds of clips just like that. We have them.

1:17.8

We didn't want this to go on too long but I just want to say it's very sad.

1:36.7

This is intercepted.

1:47.8

I'm Jeremy Skayhill coming to you from my basement in New York City and this is episode 127 of intercepted.

2:00.1

There are nearly a thousand people here and hundreds more in their cars here at the state capital this afternoon

2:05.8

protesting Governor Tom Wolf here in Pennsylvania at the state capital.

2:09.8

Well we'll start off as a small demonstration quickly turned into a mass gathering of more than 200 people

2:16.5

and protesters out here say they're frustrated.

2:21.2

Protesters rallied at the Texas State Capital today. They defied stay at home in social distancing

2:26.7

orders hoping to put pressure on Governor Greg Abbott over how and when the state can reopen.

2:32.4

In recent days the United States has witnessed the type of group action that is generally seen

2:37.8

in nations whose populations have far less access to scientific expertise than we have to

2:44.8

education or who live under violent and repressive regimes. I'm talking about the attacks on

2:51.7

straightforward scientifically rooted common sense measures in the face of a health pandemic.

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