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Frame Warfare: The Right's Battle For Your Brain
One of the first pieces Resolute Square published was this by Dr. Jen Mercieca in Dec. 2022. It's essential reading today with Trump poised to return to the White House because right-wing framing is dangerous to democracy - and it's becoming more intense.
November 27, 2024
The Way Forward Begins Now
Turns out, Joe called a lot of this... way back in 2008. Seriously. What does "the overthrow of everything" look like now? What can the pro-democracy movement learn from what MAGA has been able to build? Joe and Alex talk about the difference between "resistance" and "opposition" and why we have to start building the opposition yesterday. Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone.
November 27, 2024
A Message From Me / A Mitch McConnell Deep Dive
We begin this episode with a quick note of appreciation from Rick, to you and everyone who has supported in this fight. From there Rick sits down with New York Times bestselling author Michael Tackett to discuss his new book, The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party. Tackett unpacks McConnell's transformation from a pragmatic politician to a key architect of modern conservatism, his mastery of Senate rules, and his role in reshaping the judiciary. The conversation explores McConnell's relationship with Trump, his controversial post-January 6 decisions, and the enduring impact of his leadership. Michael's book, The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party, available now.
November 27, 2024
The Untapped Power of the Fierce Opposition
With Trump headed back to the Oval Office, the MAGA Republican strategy to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy are well underway. David Noll, co-author of Vigilante Nation, joined Stuart Stevens and Lisa Senecal to discuss what comes next and the untapped power of the democracy's fierce defenders.
November 27, 2024
And So It Begins...with Matt Gaetz
And so begins the inevitable ball-fumbling that is a Trump Presidency. In our first episode back from a short break, Rick rants on the Matt Gaetz debacle and how we should see in the context of Trump and his incoming administration.
November 25, 2024
"Most Of Us Would've Been Nazi's" With Yevgeny Simkin
Yevgeny Simkin joins us today to discuss how social media shaped this election. Did the propaganda train win them this election? Does whoever control the information control the nation? He's also here to help promote the new social media platform that looks to overtake X, and it's called Sez.us. Simkin and Joe explain the importance of this app and the features that places Sez.us miles ahead of X.
November 22, 2024
Trump's Cabinet Picks: Tulsi Gabbard
A profile of the Russia Loving Conspiracy Theorist Whackjob Who Should be Nowhere Near U.S. Intelligence. I briefly go over a timeline of Gabbard’s political career while also breaking down some of her appearances on Fox News. This would should be nowhere near our intelligence community much less in charge of it.
November 21, 2024
Time To Become Project 2025 Preppers
America voted for Project 2025, Christian Nationalism, and to be governed by incompetent, amoral degenerates. Oh, you voted for cheaper eggs? Yeah, it was a package deal. Read the fine print. And the eggs will cost more. So now what? Maya May and award-winning author and Christian Nationalism survivor Andra Watkins get real real about what comes next.
November 21, 2024
The Internment Camps Are Coming
Amee Vanderpool writes, "A new offer from the Texas General Land Office has been made to incoming President Donald Trump, and it proves we are on the verge of reliving some of our darkest days in America."
November 20, 2024
Simon Rosenberg and The Ferocious Opposition
Strategist Simon Rosenberg joined Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi for a strategy session on how to be the ferocious opposition every day - and demand the same from our elected officials.
November 20, 2024
Rupert Murdoch: The Love of Money Over Everything Else
Brian Daitzman writes, "In the relentless pursuit of wealth, (Murdoch) left a trail of misinformation and division that has reshaped democracies and endangered lives."
November 19, 2024
Fox News: Trump Won but the Rage Lingers
According to the folks at Fox News Donald J. Trump’s win is proof that legacy media and identity politics are dead while Americans are disgusted by transgender athletes and woke ideologies promoted by the far left. Greg Gutfeld called for the execution of doctors who perform gender affirming care, Ainsley Earhardt found divine intervention in Trump’s victory and Jesse Watters laughed about mass deportations.
November 19, 2024
Giving Up the Senate Confirmation Process? Unthinkable
Al From writes, "If the Senate abdicates it responsibility to confirm presidential appointments, the greatest fears of our founding fathers will have been realized"
November 18, 2024
Focused On The Future
Alex is out, so Trygve Olsen is back like he never left. It's a week after the election, but we're focused on the future. In the coming years, we have much to learn, but what do we need to make the change? What can we learn from Tammy Baldwin winning? Making the change starts with us, so please go check out Sez.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
November 15, 2024
Trump’s Authoritarian Appointments
This week there is a big elephant in the room that we must start talking about: Defeat. Host Rick Wilson stresses the importance of continuing to fight the corruption of Trump and his allies despite the electoral defeat. As the groundwork for authoritarianism is already being laid with Trump’s most recent cabinet selections, Rick reminds listeners who some of these people, such as Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard, really are. Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow us on X at @ProjectLincoln.
November 15, 2024
Trump at Madison Square Garden
Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden was a six-hour festival of fascism. I reduced it down to 90 minutes with brief excerpts from every single speech. Trump also included five speakers with a net worth of $500 million or more.
November 14, 2024
Motherhood for Good Is Punching Up With Maya May
Any mother will tell you, we have long memories when it comes to people hurting our children and the Trump Administration is poised to do a whole lot of hurting. Matt Gaetz, RFK Jr, Tom Homan...the list on Trump nominees willing to hurt children goes on and on. Maya May is joined by Kate Duffy, Wisconsin-based founder of Motherhood for Good to talk about effectively punching up in 2025.
November 14, 2024
How Christian Nationalists Destroyed Democracy
Andra Watkins writes: "Christian Nationalists’ decades-long strategy of PURPOSEFUL DISENGAGEMENT gave them the tools to destroy democracy. They succeeded on 5 November without firing a shot."
November 13, 2024
This Fascist Nightmare Brought To You By Rupert Murdoch
Mark Jacob writes, "My nominee for chief culprit in the rise of fascism: Rupert Murdoch."
November 13, 2024
The Presidential Election - How Fox Propaganda Compared to PBS
Juliet watched nine hours of Fox News and roughly eight and a half hours of the PBS News Hour from of the night of the 2024 presidential election. This podcast breaks the whole thing down hour by hour with illuminating quotes from both networks. A legitimate news source versus rightwing propaganda.
November 13, 2024
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