Thank you to everyone who joined the Gaslit Nation Social Media Workshop last week. What was supposed to be a one hour event lasted two hours! We look forward to publishing a recording of that soon, as Part I and Part II in early February. So if you missed the live event, you'll soon have the recording and a helpful one-pager with an overview of social media strategies from Rachel Brody, the organizer who led the workshop. 

To help connect our community in this hellfire year, we've introduced Community Chats for our Patreon listeners. Currently only on the Patreon app, it will soon be available on the web. Community Chats is a private group chat exclusively for our listeners on Patreon, another reason to join and support the show. Find more details at the top of our show notes! 

This week's bonus show was inspired by a listener's question on our recent interview with historian Heather Cox Richard, author of "Democracy Rising." It builds on Heather's explanation of the economic conditions of the North and South on the eve of the Civil War, taking it a step further to look at the "Blue State" vs. "Red State" economic divide today, and what that may tell us about where our country is headed. Then Andrea and Terrell Starr from the Black Diplomats podcast and Substack discuss the recent non-scandal hospitalization "scandal" involving Lloyd Austin, comparing it to Hillary Clinton's non-scandal email "scandal," highlighting how the media and Republican Party are determined to dehumanize and terrorize women and nonwhite people.

Thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you! To get this and every bonus show, all episodes ad free, invites to exclusive events, and more, subscribe to the show at Patreon.com/Gaslit for as little as $5 a month! 

Show Notes:

Check Out Community Chats from Patreon: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/18855680408589-Join-community-chats

 "American Civil War: Then and Now" https://www.patreon.com/posts/american-civil-93719050

Transcript of Heather Cox Richardson interview – Part I: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5be3e193506fbe475c2856f7/t/65672e9144317d4e6c728ef0/1701260945235/GaslitNation_20231129_Transcript_American-Civil-War_Then-and-Now.docx.pdf

PBS: The Civil War and Emancipation https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.html

The Civil War - An Introduction https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/overview.htm

CHRONOLOGY-Who banned slavery when? https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL15614649/

Red States and Blue States Are Becoming Different Countries https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/opinion/red-blue-states-politics.html

2007 Study: Rich State, Poor State, Red State, Blue State: What's the Matter with Connecticut? http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/unpublished/redblue11.pdf

In almost every industry, red states have higher turnover https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/hiring-red-blue-states/

Washington Post Analysis - 2023: In almost every industry, red states have higher turnover https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/26/hiring-red-blue-states/

Which states gained the most high-income families, and which lost the most during the pandemic https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/10/12/us-high-income-family-migration/71148162007/

 

Chinese Mom Buys $6.5 Million New York City Apartment for 2-Year-Old

https://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/28/chinese-mom-buys-6-5-million-new-york-city-apartment-for-two-year-old/

 

Dear Black Americans: Please Move to the South. An argument for consolidating Black political power.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/reverse-migration-black-majority-states.html

 

A 'New Great Migration' is bringing Black Americans back to the South

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-new-great-migration-is-bringing-black-americans-back-to-the-south/