Robbie and Abby Martin talk about hospital attacks in Yemen, the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Maduro, the Patriot Prayer rally and conservative hijacking of “free speech” as a political issue, Facebook shutting down 32 Facebook pages it deems part of a Russian meddling operation, QAnon going critical mass and the Trump administration dogwhistling to his conspiracy base. Donate to Media … Read More
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Media Roots Radio: Immigration Crackdown, Gestapo ICE, How We Got Here, Palestine Update
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Abby and Robbie discuss Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy and dehumanizing anti immigrant rhetoric, the lawlessness of gestapo police force ICE, the corporate media’s manufactured outrage about the family separation crisis, how we got here: from NAFTA to the DHS to ‘Deporter-In-Chief’ Obama, the cognitive dissonance from Americans to not connect how US foreign policy bred the refugee and immigration crisis … Read More
Media Roots Radio: Militarizing Space, Antwon Rose, Jones vs Rogan, Infinite Afghanistan War
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Abby and Robbie Martin discuss Charles Krauthammer’s legacy as an Iraq War architect and propagandist, broken windows policing and the murder of Antwon Rose, Jordan Peterson’s defamation lawsuit, Dave Rubin’s bizarre argument to deregulate building safety codes, Alex Jones’ (beard) and unhinged threats to Joe Rogan, Trump’s plan to militarize space in violation of international law and an update on … Read More
Media Roots Radio: CA Election Fail, Alt-Right Grift, Ukraine ‘Crisis Actor’ & Roseanne
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Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the Ukraine ‘crisis actor’ staging his own death, the Skripal victims’ resurrection, the Alt Right rage and grift train of media personalities under Trump, the abandonment of Julian Assange, Roseanne’s show getting canceled for a racist tweet, and the abysmal failure of the California primary election with the victory of Dianne Feinstein. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast … Read More
Empire Files: A Progressive Crushes John Oliver’s Venezuela Episode
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The week of Venezuela’s presidential election, John Oliver dedicated an ENTIRE episode of his HBO show “Last Week Tonight” to the country—full of distortions and highly misleading to progressive-minded people. Responding to Oliver’s major points, Empire Files producer Mike Prysner walks us through the most glaring omissions and misrepresentations. This video response is an essential guide for progressives to understand the … Read More