From Bull Moose to Jackass: U.S. Progressivism from 1912 to 2021.

Unf*cking The Republic

UNFTR Media

Government, News, Politics

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is a mashup of a Quickie and a full fledged Unf*cking. We start by going back in time to tell the origin story of the Progressive Party colloquially known as the Bull Moose Party. We examine the original party platform and draw a straight line between the issues facing the nation in 1912 that still face us today. Then we follow with a Quickie on three progressive members of the House of Representatives that give us hope for the future.

Resources

Indian Country Today: Theodore Roosevelt: ‘The Only Good Indians Are the Dead Indians’

Smithsonian Magazine: Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield

Britannica: Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act

The American Presidency Project: Progressive Party Platform of 1912

Problem Solvers Caucus: Problem Solvers Caucus Unveils "Building Bridges"

The American Prospect: The Progressive Caucus Wields Power

jayapal.house.gov

Progressive Punch: Scores

khanna.house.gov

Pressley.house.gov

Al Jazeera: When it comes to Islamophobia, we need to name names

Book Love

Henry F. Pringle: Theodore Roosevelt

Herbert Croly: The Promise of American Life: Updated Edition

Pod Love

Majority Report with Sam Seder

Unf*cker Love

Robert McDermott: Jone$town

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0:00.0	Unfucking the Republic is brought to you by Sam C, an unfucking insane level member of the show.
0:07.0	What's up, unfuckers, subfuckers, Eurofuckers, on Kinnuckers, Down Underfuckers, bottle pack, Turk, and pitchfuckers.
0:12.9	We're kicking off year two with a big one, so settle in.
0:16.5	We received so much love for our one-year anniversary in the form of emails, social posts, new members to the show at buymea coffee.com slash unFTR, and coffee purchases to subsidize UNFTR and support the Uncichog nation members who brew our native roasted coffee.
0:34.0	Remember to join us for free on Substack to get our essays, unftr.substack.com.
0:38.8	Remember, we never charge for content.
0:41.0	And just a reminder that if you have auditory processing issues, there is a musicless feed
0:45.5	linked in show notes.
0:46.9	As usual, we'll catch up with all of you at the end of the show, where we'll follow up
0:50.0	on your comments, talk to you about a new book being released that's near and dear to us,
0:53.7	and give you a timeline on new stuff. All after we kick off our second year with a double-shot
0:58.5	episode, a regular unfucking smashed up with a quickie, a veritable UNFTR or G, if you will.
1:05.0	Don't be gross. Sorry. Listen, I'd originally intended for this just to be a quickie,
1:10.1	but my mind wandering as it does, I thought it was better to blow it out a bit and expand on things.
1:15.6	Forgive the re-explanation for our legacy on fuckers, but quickies are shorter takes that focus on three separate but related topics.
1:22.6	And those subjects today are three progressive members of Congress that I find independently fascinating, but together.
1:28.8	They paint a full and interesting picture of the leftist movement in the country.
1:32.9	And before we get to them, a little backstory.
1:35.8	This quickie idea came about from a conversation I had with my buddy Mike, aka Mikey 5, aka
1:41.3	The Mangler.
1:42.3	Mikey is around my age and we've known each other for a long time. He's super knowledgeable on New York politics, aka the mangler. Mikey is around my age, and we've known each other for a long time.
1:45.3	He's super knowledgeable on New York politics, especially the retail hand-to-hand shit.
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