Air Date 10/28/2025

As we were looking for episode topics, I came across an article making the case that racism is a real problem in the country and that there were lots of recent examples that proved the point. And I was like, "Racism? In the US?! In Trump's Republican Party?? That doesn't sound like the country I've heard of." (sarcasm) But then we looked into it and it turns out racism is everywhere and also quite bad. (true)

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Will Supreme Court Gut Voting Rights Act Weaken Electoral Power of Black Americans? - Democracy Now! - Air Date 10-16-25

KP 2: 'Kids Telling Edgy Jokes’? Hayes SHREDS Vance’s Defense of Racist GOP Group Chat - All In W/ Chris Hayes - Air Date 10-15-25

KP 3: Capitol Police INVESTIGATING SWASTIKA FLAG Found in REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMANS DC Office! - Jesse Dollemore - Air Date 10-16-25

KP 4: Racism Is the Policy: Here's 10 Months of Receipts - The Keith Boykin Channel - Air Date 10-15-25

KP 5: TheGrio Daily, Michael Harriot - Systemic Racism Explained - Air Date 4-22-24

KP 6: The Racist Origins of US Law - PBS Origins - Air Date 8-6-20

KP 7: ‘A Very Dangerous Theory:’ MAGA’s Mask-off Racist Vision of America - Velshi - Air Date 9-7-25

(00:50:25) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On how you CANNOT purchase your happiness with the misery of others

DEEPER DIVES

(00:56:12) SECTION A: HISTORICAL CONTEXT

(01:36:52) SECTION B: WHITE LASH

(02:04:02) SECTION C: SYSTEMIC RACISM

(02:50:39) SECTION D: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

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Description: 1970s poster that says “Racism Chains Both” with an image of a black person’s hand and a white person’s hand both in connected shackles.

Credit: “Racism chains both Hugo Gellert artist” via Library of Congress Public Domain Archive

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Air Date 10/25/2025

Trump's attacks on free speech, particularly with the use of the Federal Communications Commission, goes far beyond the Jimmy Kimmel story. We're in the middle of an all-out assault on freedom of speech, a free and unbiased press, and freedom of association.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: FCC's Anna Gomez & Axios' Sara Fischer - Axios - Air Date 9-19-25

KP 2: Bari Weiss, CBS News, And The Conservative Media Takeover - Lever Time - Air Date 10-9-25

KP 3: Trumps Horrifying Plan to Destroy Free Speech W/ Ken Klippenstein - Current Affairs - Air Date 10-10-25

KP 4: ‘They’ll Be Others’: Trump THREATENS More Indictments of Foes After Comey - All In with Chris Hayes - Air Date 9-26-25

KP 5: Is ANTIFAscism Really a Violent Extremist Movement? - Matthew Cooke - Air Date 10-14-25

(00:48:56) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On 'Working the Refs'

DEEPER DIVES

(00:53:51) SECTION A: ANTIFA

(01:15:09) SECTION B: POLITICAL ENEMIES

(01:53:02) SECTION C: FREE SPEECH

(02:29:52) SECTION D: MEDIA TAKEOVER

(02:52:28) SECTION E: MOCKING THE FACISTS

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Description: Black and white version of the official portrait of FCC Chair Brendan Carr with the list of words banned by the Trump administration in red over his face.

Credit: Internal composite design. | Carr official portrait via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

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Original Air Date: 10/13/2020

Today we take a look at the myths of Columbus and American Exceptionalism™ that we cling to and turn our gaze to some of the less-understood but more accurate and important aspects of our collective history

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: Can You Handle The Truth? - Native Opinion Podcast an American Indian Perspective - Air Date 10-20-19

Ch. 2: Why the US celebrates Columbus Day - Vox - Air Date 10-8-20

Ch. 3: Columbus In His Own Words - Let's Talk Native TV - Air Date 10-12-19

Ch. 4: In Search of a Better American Myth - Progressive Faith Sermons, Dr. Roger Ray - Air Date 10-11-20

Ch. 5: Jon Schwarz on social silence, hidden history, and why Trump is our most honest president - The Katie Halper Show - Air Date 11-22-18

Ch. 6: City Upon A Hill: A History Of American Exceptionalism - BackStory - Air Date 1-22-16

Ch. 7: The American Exceptionalism Mythology - Loud & Clear - Air Date 7-5-19

Ch. 8: Columbus redux! - Let's Talk Native - Air Date 7-17-19

Ch. 9: Why The Right Is So Dishonest About American History - Cracked (Some More News) - Air Date 11-21-17

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"Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down at Minnesota State Capitol" by Tony Webster, Flickr | License | Modifications: Cropped

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