Prison Incarceration Rates: The U.S. vs. Russia [TEASER]
Gaslit Nation
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🗓️ 24 February 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
This week's bonus show answers questions from our listeners at the Democracy Defender-level and higher, starting with incarceration rates in the U.S. vs. Russia. Spoiler alert: GOP-led states and swing states are as bad or worse than Russia, starting with Mike Johnson's Louisiana. We look at prison incarceration rates and what they can tell us about the struggle for democracy in America, what we're up against, and how to overcome it, and more, in this week's bonus show.
There's a lot to discuss given the recent news, with new sweeping sanctions against Russia; new DOJ indictments against Russia; Libs of TikTok killing Nex, a trans teen in Oklahoma; Alabama going full Taliban by banning IVF, and more. Join Gaslit Nation and Kremlin File for a live Q&A this Wednesday February 28 at 12pm ET. To our subscribers at the Truth-teller level and higher, look out for a Zoom link on the morning of the Q&A on Wednesday. We hope to see you there!
A special message to our Gaslit Nation community: Several listeners sent messages about the hate crime that killed Nex, a trans teen in Oklahoma. Nex was targeted and killed by the genocidal far-right echo chamber led by Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok, which, in any functional society, would have been banned by now. Erin Reed has written an essential, must-read piece on Nex's murder, featured in the show notes of this episode. What happened to Nex is authoritarian scapegoating 101. Genocidal movements consolidate around violence to rally the sadists who will serve as the trusted lackeys to carry out a mass purge once in power, turning a former democracy into a prison. Chaya Raichik will undoubtedly be included in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 plan to mass purge our government should Trump win the Electoral College in 2024. Nex's murder is a tragedy that must be recognized for what it is: a hate crime. It is also an urgent warning as Trump and his supporters consolidate with the desire to carry out genocide against the most vulnerable among us, especially LGBTQ+ people and their families, friends, doctors, teachers, and others in their support networks.
Our hearts go out to all those who feel unsafe due to this heinous crime. The Gaslit Nation community is here for you. Look out for an upcoming episode on ways to fight back and protect each other. In the meantime, listen to our spring 2022 interview with Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project, included in our show notes.
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Show Notes:
Event: Thursday February 29 at 1pm – Russian-diaspora led roundtable on Russian anti-war activities
https://www.facebook.com/events/439307928421886
Chaya Raichik Was Appointed To "Make Schools Safer" In Oklahoma; Now A Trans Teen Is Dead. https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/chaya-raichik-was-appointed-to-make?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Protect the LGBTQ Community: An Interview with Chase Strangio of the ACLU
https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/episodes-transcripts-20/2022/5/26/chase-strangio-interview
The Sentencing Project: U.S. Continues to be the World Leader in Rate in Incarceration https://static.prisonpolicy.org/scans/sp/usno1.pdf
Prison Policy Initiative: States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2021
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2021.html
Justice Department indicts more Russian businessmen, their aides, vowing to keep pressure on Putin
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2024/02/22/justice-department-arrests-russia-businessmen-putin
Fani Willis calls out Nathan Wade, earning the women vote in her upcoming election: https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1758247461993283909
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to this week's bonus episode where I'm going to answer questions from our |
| 0:11.2 | listeners at the democracy defender level and higher some of the folks that keep our show |
| 0:17.9 | going. Thank you so much, everyone who supports the show. And if you want to |
| 0:22.2 | get bonus episodes, submit your own questions to our regular Q as Zanase, Q&As, Q&As, just sign up at |
| 0:28.8 | Patreon.com for slash gaslet. That's patreon.com forward slash gaslet. And a reminder, I'm going to be joining a roundtable discussion with a group of |
| 0:41.3 | Russian organizers who are anti-war organizers. They've been at it since the start of Russia's |
| 0:49.0 | invasion of Ukraine in 2014. We had this same sort of roundtable discussion when Nemsab was murdered in 2015, |
| 0:57.3 | and now Navalny's been killed. So they're organizing again. This was already in process, |
| 1:01.6 | but this event's going to take on a much more urgent, meaning now that Navalny is gone, |
| 1:07.7 | deliberately taken to try to intimidate groups like this one. It's not just to silence |
| 1:12.9 | the Russians at home, but Russians around the world. So that roundtable discussion will be |
| 1:18.8 | happening virtually on Thursday, February 29 at 1 p.m. Eastern. Look out for the link in the show |
| 1:25.8 | notes for this episode. Anyone can join from anywhere. It's |
| 1:28.3 | going to be in English. There may be some Russian thrown in. I'm going to be speaking there |
| 1:33.0 | about Mr. Jones and working, you know, Ukrainians and Russians and all of us uniting wherever we |
| 1:38.1 | are and doing what we can, wherever we are. So I look forward to that. And I'm grateful for |
| 1:41.8 | everybody who is organizing and working hard |
| 1:44.9 | despite the fear, despite the terror, they're deliberately inflicting against us. The whole goal |
| 1:49.8 | is to shine your light in their faces and not back down and be defiant. That is how we win. |
| 1:55.8 | That is how the generations that came before us won. In 2024, this is our year. Remember, we're not just going to |
| 2:03.7 | survive, we're going to thrive. So be sure to set some very big, meaningful goals for yourself, |
| 2:10.1 | some stretch goals, because you cannot let this year go to waste. You cannot just be living in |
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