National Bird / a film by Sonia Kennebeck

In "National Bird," a new documentary, whistleblowers break the silence around the secret US drone war

http://nationalbirdfilm.com/

Hasta Siempre, Fidel Castro | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Common US freedoms unavailable to Cubans:
-live in the street
-medical bankruptcy
-$100k college debt

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/28/hasta-siempre-fidel-castro

.@jimmy_dore on Obama’s legacy

Obama Fails Again With Out-Of-Touch Speech That Proves How Bad He Is - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrqAUebq6Ic

Fidel Castro: Absolved by history. Absuelto for la historia. Uno de los muertos que nunca mueren.

History just absolved Fidel Castro

This article argues that Team Clinton tried to "Jon Stewartify" Trump & that's why she didn't landslide him

We've Become a Nation of Comedians

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/23/weve-become-a-nation-of-comedians/

Did you read Senator Warren's statement on Standing Rock? Me neither, because she's said absolutely nothing

Buying Silence: Why So Many Democrats are Mute About Standing Rock

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/23/buying-silence-why-so-many-democrats-are-mute-about-standing-rock/

Breaking From Neoliberalism: Why the Democrats Need New Leadership

Mark Weisbrot on "Breaking From Neoliberalism: Why the Democrats Need New Leadership"

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/24/breaking-from-neoliberalism-why-the-democrats-need-new-leadership/

Now is the Time for Trump to Move to Single Payer

Russell Mokhiber: Now is the Time for Trump to Move to Single Payer

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/24/now-is-the-time-for-trump-to-move-to-single-payer/

“Good Cop, Bad Cop:” Democratic Mayors, Republican Governors, and Us

David Rovics: "Good Cop, Bad Cop:" Democratic Mayors, Republican Governors, and Us

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/24/good-cop-bad-cop-democratic-mayors-republican-governors-and-us/

Comedians as Sycophants: Samantha Bee, John Oliver and the Democrats

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/24/comedians-as-sycophants-samantha-bee-john-oliver-and-the-democrats/

Competent voter shaming does not include this tired old bromide: "Everyone who didn't vote for HRC contributed to Trump."

Competent voter shaming does not include this tired old bromide: "Everyone who didn't vote for HRC contributed to Trump."

Keep Your Data Safe: 10 Security Tips for Protesters

Keep Your Data Safe: 10 Security Tips for Water Protectors. #NoDAPL

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38465-digital-security-tips-for-protesters

The Motorcade Sped On - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2di4aC6z8

The Democratic Party Blame Game

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/21/the-democratic-blame-game/

NYT Advocates Internet Censorship

NYT wants censorship for the Internet to block what it calls 'fake news,' but ignores its own record of doing same

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40402-focus-nyt-advocates-internet-censorship

We Are All Deplorables | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

.@ChrisLynnHedges: Trump is not the phenomenon. Trump is the response to the phenomenon (neoliberalism).

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/21/we-are-all-deplorables

Trump’s Tulsi Gabbard Factor – Consortiumnews

Trump talks to Tulsi Gabbard. He may be signaling a break with GOP neocon interventionist orthodoxy

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/21/trumps-tulsi-gabbard-factor/

Trump’s Tulsi Gabbard Factor – Consortiumnews

Trump talks to Tulsi Gabbard. He may be signaling a break with GOP neocon interventionist orthodoxy

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/21/trumps-tulsi-gabbard-factor/

"Relax, Donald Trump can’t win--the numbers just aren’t on his side." Sorrows of prediction...

Relax, Donald Trump Can't Win | The Nation

https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-cant-win/

Discuss among yourselves: Trump is the new Berlusconi

The Right Way to Resist Trump - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/opinion/the-right-way-to-resist-trump.html?_r=0

News that Chelsea Clinton is considering running for office means the Democratic Party is turning into a monarchy

The Right Way to Resist Trump - The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/opinion/the-right-way-to-resist-trump.html?_r=0

Jack Rasmus: Apparently, Trump’s insults of Latinos were less important than Obama’s deportation of Latinos

Why Trump Won—And What's Next

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/10/why-trump-won-and-whats-next/

Top 10 Election Problems | Let's Try Democracy

.@DavidcnSwanson: Top 10 #Election2016 Problems 

http://davidswanson.org/node/5346?link_id=1&can_id=db9a5b6e8b5c42ff028398e371ff3db7&source=email-top-10-election-problems-2&email_referrer=top-10-election-problems-2&email_subject=top-10-election-problems

.@NaomiAKlein: We must wrest the Democratic Party from pro-corporate neoliberals or abandon it.

It Was the Rise of the Davos Class That Sealed America's Fate

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40206-it-was-the-rise-of-the-davos-class-that-sealed-americas-fate

What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class

.@JoanCWilliams: If you want to connect with white working-class voters, place economics at the center

https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class

.@CornelWest: Trump’s election was driven by policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens

Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here | Cornel West | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/17/american-neoliberalism-cornel-west-2016-election

Paul Craig Roberts: The working class won the election, not the Davos class

The Working Class Won The Election -- Paul Craig Roberts - PaulCraigRoberts.org

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/11/09/the-working-class-won-the-election-paul-craig-roberts/

One happy lasting result of the election is the complete discrediting of the US corporate media

The Working Class Won The Election -- Paul Craig Roberts - PaulCraigRoberts.org

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2016/11/09/the-working-class-won-the-election-paul-craig-roberts/

9 Takeaways From the Week From Hell: the Urgency of our Corporate Democrat Problem

The fierce urgency of discrediting the corporate Democrats now

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/16/9-takeaways-from-the-week-from-hell-the-urgency-of-our-corporate-democrat-problem/

President Obama, Remember Leonard Peltier

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/16/president-obama-remember-leonard-peltier/

The Revenge of Class and the Death of the Democratic Party

Clintonism was killed, ironically, by the revenge of class politics (the kind once championed by Democrats)

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/16/the-revenge-of-class-and-the-death-of-the-democratic-party/

The Skeletons in Keith Ellison’s Display Case

Support for illegal wars in Libya & Syria are the 2 biggest skeletons in Keith Ellison's closet. Kucinich!

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/17/the-skeletons-in-keith-ellisons-display-case/

The Working Class, Reconsidered

The Left needs to recapture the working class by reminding folks who the real working class is

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/17/the-working-class-reconsidered/

2 legitimate targets top Democrats are reluctant to blame: the Electoral College, and voting machine fraud

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/17/beyond-the-hollow-ones/

Maryland’s Fracking Ban Goes Up Against Corporate Democrats

The problem with one-party states: Maryland's fracking ban goes up against corporate Democrats

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/17/marylands-fracking-ban-goes-up-against-corporate-democrats/

Chuck Schumer: Worst possible Democratic leader at the worst possible time

When Barack Obama leaves the White House, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer will almost certainly be elected Senate minority leader — and therefore become the highest ranking Democratic official in America. That's a terrible roll of the dice for Democrats, because Schumer might as well have been grown in a lab to be exactly the wrong face for opposition to Donald Trump: Schumer, who's just about to turn 66, grew up in Brooklyn and went to the same high school as Bernie Sanders.

http://audio.spokenlayer.com/v1-intercept-news/2016/11/a60a89b5-6e6a-47eb-9c98-183afe57f189/audio-a60a89b5-6e6a-47eb-9c98-183afe57f189-encodings.mp3?date-voiced=2016-11-16T08:16:10-05:00&article-id=a60a89b5-6e6a-47eb-9c98-183afe57f189&article-title=Chuck Schumer: The Worst Possible Democratic Leader at the Worst Possible Time&date-published=&author=&story-type=episode&publication-name=v1-intercept-news&publication-id=article-domain:v1-intercept-news&duration=192.65&narrator-id=member:alistair-doubleword&narrator-name=Alistair Doubleword&distributor-id=distributor:itunes&distributor-name=iTunes&channel-id=channel:v1-intercept-news2-ext&channel-name=v1-intercept-news-ext

Wal-Mart Tells Its Workers Not to Download App Created by Labor Group Advocating For Higher Pay

http://www.alternet.org/labor/wal-mart-tells-its-workers-not-download-app-created-labor-group?akid=14888.219671.R69VRT&rd=1&src=newsletter1067372&t=25

Obama’s Last Stand Against War on Syria – Consortiumnews

For 5 years, you've resisted neocon/liberal-interventionist pressure to go to full war against Syria #ThankYouObama

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/04/obamas-last-stand-against-war-on-syria/

So soon after Dems should’ve ended its love affair, Senate Dems unanimously elect “Wall St. Chuck” minority leader

http://www.metro.us/new-york/senate-dems-vote-unanimously-to-make-chuck-schumer-minority-leader/zsJpkp---sm2G0s863oq2/

Tell Senate Dems: Clinton Clone Chuck Schumer is not acceptable as Senate Minority Leader

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Charles-Schumer-not-Berni-by-Stephen-Fox-Bernie-Sanders-2020_Blue-Collar_Crime-Blue-Collar_Democratic-National-Committee-161116-447.html

Trump’s victory left the political elite baffled and flustered, and is our opportunity to set a people’s agenda.

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=e74037a72a&e=7c515ff2c9

The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen?

William Greider: The Plain People spoke on November 8. Will the powerful listen?

https://www.thenation.com/article/the-plain-people-spoke-on-november-8-will-the-powerful-listen/

Has the ACA/Obamacare lowered your out-of-pocket costs for visits to the doctor, tests or prescriptions?

Blaming Others: Establishment Democrats appear more than willing to repeat the same mistakes over again

And the 2016 Ralph Nader Award Goes to… Bernie Sanders | TIME

http://time.com/4569766/bernie-sanders-ralph-nader-2016/?xid=tcoshare

My Veterans Day 2016 reflection, a little late. #VeteransDay

Is anyone protesting outside the offices of the Democratic Party, and DNC? Party's ripe for takeover

Poor Liberals, Nobody to Blame But Themselves

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/11/poor-liberals-nobody-to-blame-but-themselves/

Diana Johnstone on "the danger of hysterical opposition to Trump," in @Counterpunch

After the Election: Don't Panic, Think!

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/14/after-the-election-dont-panic-think/

Trump's consistent lead in the USC/L.A. Times poll of the election has drawn a lot of attention

LA Times - How an expert tweaked the USC/ L.A. Times poll and put Clinton ahead of Trump

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-91737574/

L.A. Times was one of the few polls showing Trump with consistent leads throughout the election season

Final L.A. Times poll Trump: 46.8% Trump 43.6% Clinton - Media Circus | Media Circus

https://www.mediacircus.com/2016/11/final-l-a-times-poll-trump-46-8-trump-43-6-clinton/

Glenn Greenwald: Trump will have vast powers. He can thank Democrats for them. - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/11/11/glenn-greenwald-trump-will-have-vast-powers-he-can-thank-democrats-for-them/?tid=pm_opinions_pop

I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn’t listen. - The Washington Post

Debbie Dingell (D-MI): I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn't listen.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-said-clinton-was-in-trouble-with-the-voters-i-represent-democrats-didnt-listen/2016/11/10/0e9521a6-a796-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html

Why Trump Won; Why Clinton Lost – Consortiumnews

Clinton's defeat shows the depth of anger against elites who have disdained much of the country

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/09/why-trump-won-why-clinton-lost/

Look for the health care debate to heat up again in '17. Single payer is the only way to reduce harm

Affordable Care Act: imploding and beyond repair | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/301988-affordable-care-act-imploding-and-beyond-repair

María Páez Victor: The U.S. and its junior partners is punishing Venezuela for not imposing austerity

Animals Included: Hating Venezuela

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/11/animals-included-hating-venezuela/

Well, at least the corporatist, counter-revolutionary Clinton-Obama-Clinton takeover is finished

Robert Reich (Why We Need a New Democratic Party)

http://robertreich.org/post/152998666340

Team Clinton thought the path to the WH led through a neo-McCarthyistic assault on Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s puppet

Who's to Blame for President Trump? – Consortiumnews

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/12/whos-to-blame-for-president-trump/

Tone deaf Dems: Campaign mgr Mook urged attack on @NationalNurses United as “fringe” and “not a ‘real’ union”

Clinton Campaign Planned To Vilify Nurses For Backing Sanders

https://shadowproof.com/2016/10/28/not-real-union-clinton-campaign-attacks-nurses/

President Barack Obama on Trump Presidency: 'This is An Intramural Scrimmage' - The Seattle Lesbian

Dear Mr. President, enough with the sports analogies. Corporate Dems just turned the Presidency into a reality TV show

http://theseattlelesbian.com/president-barack-obama-on-trump-presidency-this-is-an-intramural-scrimmage/

Dear President Obama, enough with the sports analogies. Politics is not an intramural scrimmage.

President Barack Obama on Trump Presidency: 'This is An Intramural Scrimmage' - The Seattle Lesbian

http://theseattlelesbian.com/president-barack-obama-on-trump-presidency-this-is-an-intramural-scrimmage/

Somebody please tell Rachel Maddow: We need a third party—that way we’ll have two.

http://motto.time.com/4564294/rachel-maddow-third-party-candidates-election-2016/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

Trump got more Latino votes than Romney. (New illustration). Takeaway: Dems need a new strategy.

Dismal Dems: Trump got fewer votes than Romney did in '12, yet he still managed to defeat Clinton.

Why the Democrats Couldn't Defeat Someone as Loathsome as Trump

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/10/why-the-democrats-couldnt-defeat-someone-as-loathsome-as-trump/

.@GarAlperovitz: Trump Won the Election Campaigning on Democratic Issues

http://ianmasters.com/sites/default/files/mp3/bbriefing_2016_11_09c_gar alperowitz.mp3

Sanders showed Democrats how to win, and the Clintonistas and DNC returned the favor by sabotaging him.

Shaun King: The Democratic Party deserves blame for electing Trump - NY Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-democratic-party-deserves-blame-electing-trump-article-1.2866238

Robert Reich (@RbReich): Democrats abandoned the white working class

Robert Reich: Why the White Working Class Abandoned the Democratic Party | Alternet

http://www.alternet.org/economy/robert-reich-why-white-working-class-abandoned-democratic-party?akid=14863.55142.7J4D63&rd=1&src=newsletter1066952&t=4

Freedom Rider: Dump the Democrats for Good | Black Agenda Report

http://blackagendareport.com/dump_the_democrats_for_good

Michael Moore, Who Predicted Trump Win, Calls for Democratic Party Takeover | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Job One: Taking back the Democratic Party from the corporatist Clintonites

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/10/michael-moore-who-predicted-trump-win-calls-democratic-party-takeover

Why Trump Won; Why Clinton Lost – Consortiumnews

Gross misjudgment by Dems. Populist anger against self-serving elites who treat the country with disdain

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/09/why-trump-won-why-clinton-lost/

The Clintons and the Trumps have been friends before. They'll be friends again. Plutocracy: it's a little club & we ain't in it.

When all else fails, I recommend the entire “Republic of Silence,” by Jean-Paul Sartre (1944) for consolation

Robby Mook is a 36-year-old hot shot who clearly relishes his role as a kind of millennial Roy Cohn

Hillary Clinton's Exploits in McCarthyism – Consortiumnews

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/08/hillary-clintons-exploits-in-mccarthyism/

Apologist For Power: America’s preeminent newspaper, The New York Times, has lost its journalistic way

New York Times: Apologist for Power – Consortiumnews

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/07/new-york-times-apologist-for-power/

What happens to countries that the US deems to be “an unusual and extraordinary” security threat

Vatican mediation in Venezuela changes political equation for Washington | TheHill

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/304591-vatican-mediation-in-venezuela-changes-political-equation

Trump's Three Enablers. #3 will shock you

Trump's Three Enablers: The GOP, the Media, and... The Establishment Democrats

Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/07/trumps-three-enablers-gop-media-and-establishment-democrats

Hillary Clinton’s Silence on Standing Rock Is a Moral Mistake—and a Political One | The Nation

The real Hillary Clinton scandal. #NoDAPL

https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clintons-silence-on-standing-rock-is-a-moral-mistake-and-a-political-one/

Jeannette Rankin: The only member of Congress to vote against US involvement in both world wars

North Dakota has become a petrodollar kleptocracy. #NoDAPL

BREAKING: Children are more mature than adults.

Dear Mr. President, please walk this back before you leave the WH (2). #Baltimore

Obama stands by the term 'thugs,' White House says

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/04/29/obama-white-house-baltimore-stephanie-rawlings-blake/26585143/

Dear Mr. President, please walk this back before you leave the WH (1). #Kaepernick

Obama asks Kaepernick to think about pain he's causing military families - POLITICO

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obama-colin-kaepernick-anthem-228880

.@BestOfTheLeft: Making a genuine effort to understand Trump conservatives with #ArlieHochschild

Edition #1054

Today we dive deeply into the world of conservatives as described in the new book "Strangers in their own Land" by Arlie Russel Hochschild in an attempt to understand how some non-deplorable people in the country could be supporting Donald Trump

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Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: A Fond Farewell - From a Basement On the Hill

Ch. 2: Act 1: What Drives Trump Supporters? Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild on Anger & Mourning of the Right Part 1 - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 9-28-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

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Ch. 4: Act 2: The environmentalist tea-partier who dumped toxic waste in public water - Start Making Sense from @TheNation - Air Date 10-5-16

Ch. 5: Song 2: Protect & Serve - Stiff Little Fingers

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Ch. 6: Act 3: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics Part 1 - @BillMoyersHQ in Conversation - Air Date 4-15-16

Ch. 7: Song 3: I Don't Think About It - Emily Osment

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Ch. 8: Act 4: What Drives Trump Supporters? Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild on Anger & Mourning of the Right Part 2 - @DemocracyNow - Air Date 9-28-16

Ch. 9: Song 4: Refund - Minor Motion

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Ch. 10: Act 5: The Deep Story of conservatives and the rise of Trump - Economic Update w/ @profwolff - Air Date 9-29-16

Ch. 11: Song 5: Shame - The Avett Brothers

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Ch. 12: Act 6: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics Part 2 - @BillMoyersHQ in Conversation - Air Date 4-15-16

Ch. 13: Song 6: Vote - Jefferson Coker

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Ch. 14: Act 7: Where shame is the companion to need - @thisishellradio - Air Date 10-22-16

Ch. 15: Song 7: Only a Pawn In Their Game - Bob Dylan

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Ch. 16: Act 8: The Media That Created Trump - United States of Anxiety - Air Date 10-13-16

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Voicemails

Ch. 17: Shifting to the Right - Greg from North Cackalacky

Ch. 18: Shout out to Wade/asking for conservative show suggestion - Quai from North Carolina

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics

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Ch. 19: Final comments on a conservative show recommended to those interested in hearing the other side

Closing Music: Here We Are - Everyone's in Everyone

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Pot, kettle: Corporate darling Daily Beast disgraces itself with this one-sided hit job

Jill Stein's Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another - The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/26/jill-stein-s-ideology-says-one-thing-her-investment-portfolio-says-another.html

Lesser evil voting and a growing plutocracy means the joke's on us

Decades of lesser evil voting and a growing plutocracy have brought us to the two most hated presidential candidates in history. The public discourse has devolved to discussion of the illegal behaviors of the candidates while the United States and the planet are facing multiple crises. We can almost hear Nero's fiddles. To help us get through the next week, we invite political comedians Lee Camp and John F. O'Donnell to join us for some therapeutic humor. For more information, visit www.ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.

http://clearingthefogradioshow.libsyn.com/clearing-the-fog-on-elections-2016-the-jokes-on-you