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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

How Obama Failed Black People

Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Useful Idiots, LLC

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.64.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Click here for the full episode, including an extended interview with Margaret Kimberley: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-obama-failed?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Black Agenda Report’s Margaret Kimberley is fed up with the US progressive caucus. With zero politicians in Congress calling out Biden for escalating tensions with Russia or doing little more for progressive causes than sending hopeful tweets, she believes that US politicians who call themselves left are finally revealing their true colors. This loss of true progressives worsened under President Obama: “I think Obama’s presidency is one of the worst things to happen to Black people politically.” “No one talks about what he did to Libya. What he tried to do to Syria. When you see a story about migrants drowning at sea, that’s Barack Obama.” And yet, in the halls of Democratic Congress, he remains infallible. To Kimberley, if you’re silent on war mongering and profiteering, you shouldn’t be considered left. Plus, Margaret shares her thoughts on Joe Rogan, Biden’s terrible Covid response, and the fall of progressive news: “Would the Pentagon Papers be published today? I don’t think so. I think if there was some bombshell revelation about Ukraine, the New York Times and Washington Post wouldn’t touch it. We need people with more courage.” It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome to Youths, Gladiets. I'm Aaron Mette. And I'm Katie helper. And this is the show. This is the interview show, which I've never kicked off before. So, you know, yeah, that was fun.

0:16.0

Yeah, how did it feel? I saw you getting into character. You were, yeah, wow, wow, I did. I did. Yeah, that was, that was crazy. Yeah. Well, it's a new, it's a, it's a start of a new era, which kicked off a new era.

0:29.0

We have a great show for you today with Margaret Kimberly of Black Agenda Report. She's also the author of this great book, Presidential Black America and the president's and it's perfect way to celebrate Black History Month.

0:43.0

By going over how terrible and racist, all presidents of the states were more or less. So we're really excited about that.

0:53.0

We're excited to talk to Mark to Margaret. Black Agenda Report is a great new source. It's been consistently proven right over the years, like back when it was really fashionable for everyone to like worship Obama. I think he was a second coming.

1:08.0

Black Agenda Report under Glenn Ford, the Lake Glen Ford was calling bullshit on that and everything they said about Obama proved to be exactly right and on that and many other issues.

1:18.0

So very excited to speak to Margaret here, which is the same. Yeah. So, you know what, what we do though, every show.

1:26.0

What's that? The four basic food groups. Oh, the four basic food groups, of course. Yes. Yeah. And so should we just get into it? Let's do it.

1:35.0

Let's just do it. What do you got? Aaron, you got Democrats suck. I got Democrats suck and there's always so many good choices. But remember when Joe Biden ran on promising free community college.

1:49.0

Remember that. Remember that one. Well, guess what Katie, you're never going to believe it. What?

1:55.0

The Democrats, the Democrats, the Democrats are not going to do a free community college. Let's play the clip and then get into it.

2:02.0

Oh, has also had to make compromises. Congress hasn't passed the build back better legislation yet.

2:14.0

And free community college is no longer part of that package. We knew that this wasn't going to be easy. Joe, all we said that.

2:26.0

Still, like you, I was disappointed.

2:35.0

That of course was Joe Biden, the first lady delivering the news that yet another Biden campaign promise is not going to be fulfilled.

2:44.0

And so yeah, the playbook now was to blame everything on Joe Manchin and Kristen cinema. But I mean, look, how many times can we hear that?

2:53.0

The same excuse, but she's, but Aaron, the important part is her heart.

2:59.0

Her thoughts and prayers are with the American people because she too is disappointed.

3:04.0

She's very disappointed. Yeah. But you know, Jill's in an awkward position where she sometimes has to be honest about who her husband really is.

3:15.0

And her delivering the news that this major campaign promise was not going to be fulfilled reminded me of the time on the campaign trail when she admitted about Joe that his can that his health care platform sucks.

3:28.0

Oh, this is a great line. Let's go to that clip.

3:30.0

I know that not all of you are committed to my husband.

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