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Episodios
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Don't Talk About Politics At The Dinner Table
15/09/2024 Duración: 04minEverything was going fine until Grandma brought out the roast Palestinian child for dinner. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Yes, Democrats Win Elections. And Then They Commit Genocide
15/09/2024 Duración: 04minIt’s not enough to win, you’ve got to do good things with your win. Democrats do not do good things when they win, they do profoundly, shockingly evil things when they win. Reading by Tim Foley.
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The West Is A Dystopian Wasteland Of Moral Degeneracy
13/09/2024 Duración: 06minThe moral degeneracy of this civilization looks like living lives of relative comfort built on the backs of workers in the global south whose labor and resources are extracted from their nations at profoundly exploitative rates, while raining military explosives on impoverished populations who dare to disobey the dictates of our government, day after day, year after year, decade after decade, and acting like this is all fine and normal. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Genocide In The Foreground, World War Looming In The Background
13/09/2024 Duración: 07minWhile attention is justifiably focused on the present horrors in Gaza and the imminent possibility that it could spark another war in the middle east, the world's power structures are once again dividing themselves up into two increasingly intimate alliance groups with an increasingly hostile and militaristic posture toward each other. Reading by Tim Foley. Article with supporting links: https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/genocide-in-the-foreground-world
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The Debate Was Two Assholes Bragging About What Murderous Empire Sluts They Are
12/09/2024 Duración: 05minIf you missed the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, this was pretty much the tone of it: Trump: She’s a communist. She’s literally a Marxist. Harris: Actually Goldman Sachs loves me. Trump: I saw her eat a cat. It was on the TV. Harris: Dick Cheney loves me too. Trump: She won’t kill any Palestinians at all. Harris: I’ll kill way more Palestinians than he’ll kill. Trump: I will kill the most Palestinians. I’ll kill more Palestinians than anyone. Harris: You couldn’t kill even one Palestinian. You are weak. Trump: I am not weak I am strong. I am the strongest. Harris: You’re a weak little girl and you’ll let China win. Trump: She’s gonna start a nuclear war with Russia. Harris: I will invade Russia myself and I’ll kill Putin with my bare hands. I am the strongest and you are the weakest. Trump: It’s not true. It’s not true. Harris: I will also do the most fracking and drill the most oil. Many Republicans have said I’m the strongest. Trump: No. No. She’s weak on immigrat
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Democrats Have Decided To Just Ignore American Muslims This Election Cycle
11/09/2024 Duración: 04minClearly Muslim Americans are seeing something they care deeply about this election season which the rest of the population has decided doesn't matter very much. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Democrats Don't Care If You Vote For Them And Don't Care If They Lose
10/09/2024 Duración: 03minIt doesn’t matter how you vote, and it doesn’t matter how you don’t vote. The US power structure is set up to be completely unaffected by voters. Reading by Tim Foley.
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The US Empire Can Only Exist In A Continuous State Of Mass Military Violence
10/09/2024 Duración: 06minI shouldn't be able to do this for a living. Criticizing the warmongering of a single power structure shouldn't be anyone's full-time job. No government should be murdering people so consistently and reliably that people can plan their whole lives around it. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Rainbow Flag Genocide Vs MAGA Hat Genocide
09/09/2024 Duración: 04minAmerican democracy means getting to choose between genocide wearing a MAGA hat and genocide waving a rainbow flag. Reading by Tim Foley.
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"Why Should I Care About Gaza?"
08/09/2024 Duración: 07minWhy should you care about Gaza? Because we can’t keep living like this. Our species cannot continue living on this planet as though what happens to other people and other organisms around the world has nothing to do with us. We don’t live in that kind of world anymore. Reading by Tim Foley. Article version: https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/why-should-i-care-about-gaza
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It's The Trump Party Vs The Cheney Party
07/09/2024 Duración: 05minOne of earth’s most evil living beings, Dick “Darth Vader” Cheney, has officially endorsed Kamala Harris for president. His daughter, Liz Cheney, has also endorsed Harris. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Revolution Is Now
06/09/2024 Duración: 06minAn effective solution that we can all begin applying in the here and now is working to foment a revolutionary zeitgeist by spreading awareness of the depravity and deceit of the empire. Reading by Tim Foley.
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You Can Measure The Health Of A Society By How It Treats Its Warmongers And Its Peacemongers
04/09/2024 Duración: 04minIn a healthy society, those who dedicated themselves to the task of getting as many human beings ripped apart by military explosives as possible would be reviled as monsters and caged for the health of the collective. In our society this is seen as a perfectly legitimate career path, from which someone can earn a very comfortable living. In a healthy society, only those who promote the interests of ordinary human beings and spurn the influence of malign manipulators would ever be elevated to positions of leadership. In our society, it's the best way to make sure you spend your life in perpetual obscurity. Reading by Tim Foley.
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US Politics Are The Whole World's Business
03/09/2024 Duración: 07minI thought I'd go through the questions and comments on my various platforms today and tap out some answers to the ones that jump out at me. Reading by Tim Foley.
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There Is No Argument For Supporting Israel That's Both Logical And Moral
03/09/2024 Duración: 08minIt's wild when you realize that nobody can actually articulate a reason why Israel should be supported that is both logically coherent and morally defensible. Reading by Tim Foley.
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The West Truly Doesn't See Palestinians As Human
02/09/2024 Duración: 04minThe message is clear: Israelis dying is a terrible tragedy, while Palestinians dying is just the normal way for things to be. An Israeli dying should matter as much to you as your own family or friends dying, while a Palestinian dying should be regarded as a routine and natural event like a drop of rain falling from the sky. Reading by Tim Foley.
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"Stop Doing Genocide" Is The Most Reasonable Political Demand Ever
02/09/2024 Duración: 09min“Stop doing genocide” is the single most reasonable political demand anyone could possibly make. It’s so reasonable it’s insane it even needs to be made. You don’t get to cry if people don’t support your candidate because they didn’t meet that ridiculously reasonable demand. Reading by Tim Foley.
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Do Something Every Day To Help De - Normalize The Abuses Of The Empire
31/08/2024 Duración: 04minOne very important task we can undertake as citizens of the western empire is to help de-normalize the tyranny, murderousness and savagery that the imperial propagandists work to normalize. To help other westerners see the freakishness and depravity of the empire with fresh eyes. Reading by Tim Foley. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/do-something-every-day-to-help-de
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There's No Good News In The Unfolding Of Armageddon
30/08/2024 Duración: 06minThe decay of western civilization is unfolding in real time right in front of our eyes. Israel has ramped up its assault on the West Bank with an incursion the likes of which has not been seen since 2002, at the same time we learn that the Biden administration has been scrambling to increase its weapons shipments to Israel. Haaretz reports that August has been the second-busiest month for weapons shipments from the US to Israel's Nevatim Airbase, second only to October 2023. This is the same Biden administration that Americans have been assured is working "tirelessly" and "around the clock" for a ceasefire in Gaza. They're committing genocide and lying about it while laughing and grinning and celebrating the "joy" of the Kamala Harris campaign. Reading by Tim Foley. Article version: https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/theres-no-good-news-in-the-unfolding
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Washington's Israel Policy Is Just Feigning Ignorance Of Israeli Depravity
29/08/2024 Duración: 08minThe US knows Israel has nuclear weapons but simply pretends it does not know this. The US knows it's Netanyahu sabotaging a peace deal but simply pretends Hamas is the real obstacle. The US knows Israel is committing genocide but simply pretends that saying this is antisemitic. The US knows Israel is deliberately targeting civilians but simply pretends to believe it is exclusively targeting Hamas. The US knows Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza which make it illegal to send them weapons, but simply pretends it hasn't seen solid evidence of this. The US knows Israel will never agree to a two-state solution but simply pretends to believe a two-state solution is right around the corner. The US knows there can never be peace and stability in the middle east as long as Israel exists in the way that it exists, but simply refuses to acknowledge this self-evident fact. US policy on Israel is to simply refuse to acknowledge self-evident realities which can be immediately observed with the naked eye. It's pretendi