Episode

2/5 The Nunes Memo & Trusting the National Security State w/ Alyona Minkovski

February 5, 2018

On today’s show Alyona Minkovski, (@AlyonaMink) of Salon.com joins us. What we can learn from the transparently propagandistic motivations for the Nunes memo. The democrats unsurprisingly cozying up to the national security state and what’s troubling about that. What is actually worrying about domestic spying policies that have bipartisan support.

On the fun half – Paul Ryan wants you to be happy with $1.50 more a week, IQ and the sociologists that promote it, Gorka challenges warnings of white supremacy on CSPAN, PA loses its gerrymandered districts, Dodge Ram Trucks are the modern MLK, Trudeau loses his cool at a town hall protested by pipeline opponents, plus your calls and IMs.

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