George Carlin talks about embarrassing Americans. Clip from “Life Is Worth Losing” (2005)
DARK COMEDY: “Dumb Americans” / George Carlin ☮
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Category Archives: Persons
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “How Authoritarians Take Over Democracy Part tWO” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮
How many on the list of how authoritarians take over, has the Trump regime checked off? Part two in Thom Hartmann’s coverage of how Authoritarians Take Over Democracies?
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “How Authoritarians Take Over Democracy Part One” / Thom Hartmann Program / Thom Hartmann ☮
Thom Hartmann has compiled a list of how authoritarians take over democracies as Donald Trump continues to do just that, will we stop him in time or is it already too late?
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Powerful White Nationalists Behind the ‘English Only’ Movement” / Newsbroke / Matt Lieb ☮
Most people think English is already America’s official language, but it’s not. And as Matt explains, the groups pushing to make it official are pretty far from harmless.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “The Biggest Myths About Socialism” / Newsbroke / Francesca Fiorentini ☮
Why are Americans so afraid of socialism? Because its powerful detractors have been lying to the American people about it for decades. Here Francesca runs through the common myths about socialism and what makes them wrong.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Racist Bigot Gets Giant Serving of KARMA!” / Gordon Dimmack ☮
A young bigoted lawyer caught on tape yelling hateful and racist comments at New York restaurant staff got his comeuppance in the most glorious way.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Greatest Hypocrisies In The Trump Era” / Newsbroke / Francesca Fiorentini ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Trump Diplomacy” / Jonathan Pie ☮
The end of the Iran deal could spell disaster.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Obama Endorses Conservative Corporatist Democrat Dianne Feinstein” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
LOS ANGELES — Former President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bid to fend off a reelection challenge from the Democratic Party’s left flank, calling the California senator “one of America’s most effective champions for progress.” The endorsement — a rare intervention from Obama — served as the highest profile rebuke yet of state Sen. Kevin de León’s long-shot effort to unseat Feinstein.
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Owen Jones meets Jonathan Pie ‘Identity Politics are Used to Shut Down Debate'” / Owen Jones ☮
Jonathan Pie has become an online cult phenomenon with his political rants. Despite being a Jeremy Corbyn supporting lefty, Tom Walker, the man behind Pie, has made many on the left uncomfortable by offering up some challenging perspectives, particularly on freedom of speech and identity politics. I went to meet the man behind the fictional news presenter to discuss his own political views.
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