New York’s Casual White Supremacy: Losing the Plot on Hochul & Buffalo Bills.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
A run-of-the-mill, one-day news story about a billionaire holding a city hostage over a sports team and a new stadium buried the lede on the dark underbelly of Native American relations with the U.S. government. New York State agreed to finance a significant chunk of the $1.4 billion stadium for the Buffalo Bills, an NFL team owned by a billionaire worth 5.5x that amount. A deal done almost entirely behind closed doors. Beyond the myriad conflicts of interest within the governor’s office is the more insidious story, ignored almost entirely by the media, of where the state “found” the money to pay for it.
Chapters
Prologue: 00:01:36
Chapter One: Billionaire Rules: 00:04:53
Chapter Two: Hidden from View: 00:10:55
Chapter Three: The Tangled Web of F*ckery: 00:16:46
Post Show Musings: 00:34:26
A Manny Interlude: 00:46:03
Post Show Musings Show Notes?: 00:47:21
Unf*cking Down Under Feedback: 00:48:24
Outro: 01:07:55
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The New York Times: Buffalo Bills Strike Deal for Taxpayer-Funded $1.4 Billion Stadium
The Guardian: Buffalo Bills will receive $850m from New York taxpayers to build new stadium
U.S. News: Bills' New Stadium Deal Carries $850M Taxpayer Tab, Gov Says
The Atlantic: Sports Stadiums Are a Bad Deal for Cities
Sports Illustrated: Austin Bills? NFL owners are running out of stadium grift ideas
Bloomberg: Terry Pegula - Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Forbes: #32 Buffalo Bills
New York Upstate: Seneca Indian Nation's $100 million-a-year casino payments to state on hold again
Buffalo News: The Editorial Board: Fed up with delays and broken promises, Hochul forces Senecas to pay their debt
Delaware North: Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack
Seneca Gaming Truth: Nation-State Gaming Compact Between The Seneca Nation Of Indians And The State Of New York
CDC Gaming Reports: Churchill Downs announces deal for Peninsula Pacific assets
Market Screener: Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. Announces Joint Venture with Churchill Downs Inc.
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| 0:00.0 | Unfucking the Republic is brought to you by insane level members Sam C. Cringy, Cindy S., Corius, Nathan E., Michelle H., W. Jeremy D., Eric Wagner 101, and Rob Nasby. |
| 0:13.9 | This is the tale of two stories, one told, the other untold. And yet, this is a single story, the same old story. |
| 0:24.3 | Hey, 99, do you know the French word for a gob of shit stuck in your throat? |
| 0:28.7 | I do not. Whatever could it be? |
| 0:31.5 | Hockel. |
| 0:32.6 | Ew, lots of flem in that one. |
| 0:35.0 | Ah, ah, ahem. Excuse me, monsieur. |
| 0:38.1 | I have a huckle stuck in my throat. |
| 0:41.8 | I can't help but wonder if that somehow relates to our story today. |
| 0:45.8 | Unfuckers, today is going to be a little different. |
| 0:48.8 | We're going to do it in two parts. |
| 0:50.0 | One part, normal episode, one part, screed. An episcred, if you will. |
| 0:56.1 | Can't wait. |
| 0:58.1 | This is the story of a political pundit who looked at the world around him and just said, fuck it. |
| 1:05.5 | Gives the middle finger to authority and says, kiss my ass. |
| 1:09.4 | But instead of a revolution, he started a podcast just what the world |
| 1:14.4 | be started a podcast another basic white guy who started a podcast but it's fun because he curses all through the podcast |
| 1:24.3 | on his fucking the republic. It's motherfucking podcast. |
| 1:28.1 | You know that part of our mission is to promote awareness of indigenous issues. |
| 1:41.3 | Whenever possible, we incorporate it into our work. |
| 1:49.0 | One of our earliest episodes was called Culture Cancel, covering the genocide of Native peoples in the United States and Canada. We spoke in depth about the truth and reconciliation efforts |
| 1:53.4 | underway in Canada, history of residential schools in North America, and the lack of coverage |
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