GOP to America: "You Don't Live in a Democracy"
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to another newscast of the apocalypse – maybe literally! This week we discuss the multitude of fanatics and kleptocrats descending upon Israel from the US as Rapture fiend Mike Pompeo appears to do dirty deals with the Mossad, and seditionists Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham arrive to rally around soon-to-be replaced (maybe?) prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We praise the brave Texas House Democrats who staged a walk-out to prevent a voter suppression measure from passing, and wonder why Democrats on the national level are not expressing similar urgency.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | ASE, |
| 0:03.0 | MOYAWRIN |
| 0:05.0 | MAKAW MAKAW FI The I'm Sarah Kensier, the author of the best-selling books, The View from Flyover Country, and Hiding in Plain Sight. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the journalistic thriller, Mr. Jones, |
| 0:39.4 | about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine. And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption |
| 0:45.6 | in the United States and rising autocracy around the world. And the opening song you heard is called |
| 0:52.9 | Take One Away by Marcus Persiani. |
| 0:57.0 | Marcus Persiani is a New York-based pianist and keyboard player who has played with such |
| 1:02.0 | luminary musicians as Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Tito Puente, and the Apollo Theatre Showtime |
| 1:09.0 | band under Ray Chu. His compositions and arrangements are featured on the blazing trilogy of albums, |
| 1:14.5 | recorded by the late Baza's legendary Afro-Cuban jazz orchestra, |
| 1:18.7 | one of which 944 Columbus was Grammy-nominated. |
| 1:22.5 | Born in Aurora, Illinois, Marcus first played with many local musicians and clubs around Chicago, |
| 1:27.1 | including touring |
| 1:27.7 | with Curtis Mayfield and the impressions and Otis Clay before moving to New York. |
| 1:31.9 | Now, he's currently freelancing in New York City and is a member of the Sugar Hill Quartet, |
| 1:36.5 | which was the featured house band at the famous Lennox Lounge, Smoke Jazz Club Friday Night Jam |
| 1:41.4 | Sessions, and at the legendary St. Nick's Pub Monday Night Jam |
| 1:44.6 | Sessions. So if you need an idea of what to do New York City now that we can go out and about, |
| 1:49.2 | go back to this bio and check out some of these jazz clubs. I will be doing that. From Marcus, |
| 1:54.2 | instrumental music creates a space in that somehow the atmosphere changes when music is played. |
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