Lori Spencer

Since the attack on #Israel by #Hamas terrorists almost a month ago -- and the resulting carnage of Israeli airstrikes on #Gaza -- we are seeing an alarming rise in anti-Jewish sentiment all around the world. There have been reports of demonstrators chanting Hamas slogans, of synagogues being defaced with swastikas and anti-Jewish hatred being posted online. In New York City, which has the largest Jewish population in the U.S., the 66 reported anti-Jewish hate crimes in October were 164% more than were reported in the same month last year, according to the New York Police Department. In Los Angeles, police report a 140% increase in anti-Jewish hate crimes. The online vitriol has already prompted local and federal law enforcement agencies across the U.S.to stepup securityat Jewish-owned businesses and synagogues, as well as Israeli diplomatic outposts. The online threats aren’t coming just from Hamas,NBC Newshasreported. Neo-Nazis have been contributing to the antisemitic chatter online, sometimes using the same rhetoric as Hamas. In the current climate, even people who don't care about the plight of the Palestinians also feel emboldened to openly express their hatred of Jews, trackers of antisemitism say. And the antisemitic incidents aren’t limited just to the U.S. Over the weekend, a pro-Palestinian mob shouting antisemitic slogans and demanding to know where the "Jews" werestormed an airportin the mostly Muslim Russian republic of Dagestan. Tonight on "Strange Bedfellows" we will talk to our Maverick News correspondent in #Crimea Kevin Michelizzi, an American living on a disputed tract of land currently being fought over between #Russia and #Ukraine. We will discuss the troubling history of the Jews in Ukraine, Poland, and the former #USSR; the pogroms that led to the #Holocaust, Arab collaboration with the #Nazis in #WWII, and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Kevin will also give us more details on the aftermath of the #Dagastan riot, #Putin's expression of support for the people in #Palestine, and address Western allegations of antisemitism in Russia today. November 9 will mark the International Day Against #Fascism and #Antisemitism, honoring the victims of the “#Kristallnacht” Nazi pogrom of 1938 and, more broadly, victims of the Holocaust and of fascism throughout history. On Episode 19 of "Strange Bedfellows" we want to raise awareness about the dangers of nationalism, #racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazism today -- because they're saying the quiet part out loud now...and we all know where that leads. Join us live from 9-11 PM Eastern for an episode of "Strange Bedfellows" you'll #NeverForget. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

TheIsrael-Hamas waris the deadliest of five #Gaza wars for both sides. The #Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said Friday that 4,137 #Palestinians have been killed and more than 13,000 others wounded. More than 1,400 people in #Israel have been killed. In addition, 203 people were believed captured by Hamas during the incursion and taken into #Palestine, the Israeli military has said. The release of two American hostages on Friday is “hopefully the start of more to come,” a diplomatic source with knowledge of the arrangements told CNN. A number of foreign nationals were among those kidnapped by Hamas, including people from the US, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and Thailand. Information about the status, location and identity of all the hostages remains scarce. Some have been identified by families who recognize them from online videos, sparking desperate pleas for their return. As this war swiftly escalates, and Israel prepares for a full-scale ground invasion, the tragic human toll continues to mount. Tonight on this special edition of "Strange Bedfellows" we endeavor to understand both sides of this complex and emotional issue through the eyes of our two esteemed guests: The Palestinean perspective is explained by Don DeBar, journalist and political commentator based in New York. He covers international relations and US government, law, and politics for Pacifica Radio, #Russia's RT, #Iran's Press TV, and the Maverick News channel. Israel's point of view is represented by Arkady Itkin, a civil litigation attorney in California who grew up in Israel and served in the Israeli Defense Forces between 1994 and 1997. Arkady can be seen as a weekly commentator on Scott Ritter's US Tour of Duty channel and also on Kevin Michelizzi's American in Crimea channel, a member of our Maverick News Network. Please join us tonight at 9 PM Eastern for this very important episode of "Strange Bedfellows," where we believe that respectful dialogue is the only path to #peace. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

There's nothing democratic about the Democratic Party, and our guest tonight knows that from first-hand experience. Tonight at 9 PM on "Strange Bedfellows," we'll talk to Elizabeth Lee Beck, the attorney who sued the Democratic National Committee in 2016 in a class-action lawsuit alleging that the #DNC defrauded individual #Bernie Sanders supporters by rigging the primaries for Hillary #Clinton. (The case was dismissed in 2017.) In addition to the #DNCFraud lawsuit, Beck has also sued former President Donald #Trump twice (in 2011 and 2015) and questioned Trump in court depositions. We will ask her thoughts on Trump's current legal battles. Earlier this year, Beck sued Twitter (now X) for breach of contract over the suspension of her account and that of her husband, attorney Jared Beck, four years ago. When Elon Musk bought Twitter last year, he pledged to restore all previously banned accounts that hadn't violated Twitter's Terms of Service. When the Becks' accounts were not restored as promised, they took Elon to court. Intheir complaint, the Becks assert that they were suspended for "engaging in political speech antagonistic to the establishment Democratic Party interests." We will get the latest from Elizabeth Beck on where that lawsuit currently stands, and discuss the future of #FreeSpeech on X and other social media platforms as the 2024 election season heats up. On "Strange Bedfellows" we talk to fascinating people from all sides of the political spectrum, and always find points of agreement. A great conversation is always guaranteed! GUEST BIO: Elizabeth Lee Beck was born in #Korea and grew up in Los Angeles. A graduate of Yale Law School and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), she received her bachelor’s degree in pure mathematics with high honors. After Yale Law School, she practiced in Los Angeles at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP — one of the top litigation firms in the world — where she represented clients including Samsung Electronics, KB Home, Mattel, and K-Mart. She also worked in the Compton office of the Los Angeles Public Defender. Since founding Beck & Lee, she has taken a leadership role in cases of national significance, including as co-lead counsel in a nationwide consumer class action against Unilever, and as co-lead counsel on behalf of indirect purchasers of airline tickets in a multidistrict antitrust class action against two major international airlines. Join us tonight from 9-11 PM Eastern for "Strange Bedfellows" on the Maverick News Network with Elizabeth Beck! If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

On Episode 12 of the "Kennedy Americans" podcast we discuss Robert F. #Kennedy, Jr.'s stunning announcement that he is leaving the Democratic Party and going Independent. #RFKJr announced his intentions at a campaign event Monday, October 9th in Philadelphia. In this panel discussion we will talk about the challenges ahead for Kennedy as an Independent candidate: ballot access, Secret Service protection, getting on the debate stage, and more. We will hear from journalist and election integrity activist Craig "Pasta" Jardula (the Convo Couch, Jimmy Dore Show), Jose Vega and Kynan Thistlethwaite (hosts of the Declaring Independence podcast), Independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare (NY), Anastasia Battle of the Schiller Institute, Aaron B. Herald of Poor People's Politics, RT reporter Caleb Maupin, founder of the Center for Political Innovation, Holden Culotta, Kennedy '24 campaign volunteer Jay Scott, and Anita Stewart of the #Kennedy24 campaign. Don't miss Episode 12 of the "Kennedy Americans" podcast. Premiers today at Noon Eastern. This program is curated from an October 3, 2023 X Space and edited into a 70 minute podcast. All past and future episodes of "Kennedy Americans" are archived on our Rumble channel at Rumble.com/KennedyAmericans. Please subscribe to be notified when new episodes are added! We aren't just Kennedy Democrats, or Kennedy #Republicans, or Kennedy #Libertarians, or Kennedy #Independents. We are KENNEDY AMERICANS! To volunteer, donate, buy official campaign merch, or find an event near you, visit: http://Kennedy24.com/LoriSpencer

We are pleased to welcome Caleb Maupin back to "Strange Bedfellows" this week. Maupin is an author, reporter for RT television (#Russia), historian, political activist, and founder of the Center for Political Innovation (CPI). Tonight we will be interviewing Caleb about his latest book, "Letter to Bob Avakian." In this carefully written letter, Caleb Maupin both praises and critiques the leader of a small #communist sect in the United States. He also reveals some information that explains the organization's strange activities over the years and ties to French intelligence. We will also be talking about Caleb's reporting on the United Nations for RT television, and take a look at his recent interviews with Ebrahim Raisithe, President of #Iran. We'll also show you his latest exchange with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei #Lavrov. Caleb is the latest to feel the sting of YouTube #censorship due to his work with the Russian TV network. This week the platform removed more than 100 videos from Maupin's channel. All of the #censored videos were reports he has done for RT in the past, and in some instances the videos were several years old. We will discuss that, and the recent sweep of video removals from other channels that allegedly present "Russian propaganda." We'll dive into the #NaziGate scandal in #Canada, and get Caleb's thoughts on the Canadian Parliament's bizarre glorification of #Nazism in the House of Commons last Friday when they gave honors -- and two standing ovations -- to former Waffen-SS Ukrainian nationalist #Nazi Yaroslav Hunka while #Ukraine's president #Zelensky was in attendance. Finally, we will seek Caleb's perspective as a communist historian on the rising tide of #fascism, antisemitism and anti-communism in the 21st Century, and get his thoughts on where all this is leading: World War Three? #Genocide? Mass executions of #communists? Another #Holocaust? Don't miss this fascinating interview! Join us from 9-11 P.M. Saturday night for Episode 15 of the "Strange Bedfellows" podcast. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

Tonight at 9 P.M. Eastern on "Strange Bedfellows" we discuss the Death of Broadcast News on Episode 14 and take a look back at some of the legends who personified excellence. This week, my Maverick News co-host Rick Walker and I are taking a break from current events and instead looking back in time at some of the pioneers of broadcast journalism. Watching them in our formative years taught us everything we know. (And there is still much they can teach journalists today.) It will be 40 years next month since the tragic death of NBC News anchorwoman Jessica Savitch. Savitch died in an automobile accident at the height of her career in October, 1983. (As an aspiring young journalist Jessica was my hero.) We will show you some highlights from her life, and talk about how Savitch struggled against the male-dominated newsroom culture of the 1970s and 1980s. We'll discuss why Savitch still fascinates, even 40 years later. We will also pay tribute to TV news legend David Brinkley on the 20th anniversary of his passing, look back at his best moments from the dawn of television news in the late 1940s through the "Huntley-Brinkley Report" of the 1950s and 60s, and his remarkable career at NBC and later, ABC News. We will show you why David Brinkley was the gold standard of broadcast news -- a standard so high, it can probably never be matched. Brinkley and Savitch were (and still are) my two greatest influences in journalism. We will tip our hats to both of these giants on this special edition of “Strange Bedfellows” Saturday night, and talk about the impact they had on our own long careers in broadcast news. Walter Cronkite, Roger Mudd, Frank McGee, Hugh Downs, Chet Huntley, Barbara Walters, Frank Reynolds and more appear in this exploration of “old school” journalism. We will discuss why the mainstream media lost the public’s trust, and most importantly, how to get it back. Rick and I spent 35 years in the corporate news media. We worked in this industry at a time when news reporting was still objective and unbiased, before the Fairness Doctrine was abolished by President Ronald #Reagan in the 1980s. We'll talk about why that -- and President Clinton's Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- destroyed the integrity of broadcast news. At Maverick News we still believe that honest, straightforward reporting is the best kind. If you agree, join us Saturday night for a special edition of “Strange Bedfellows.” We will play you some examples of what we consider great broadcast journalism from the greats who inspired us to devote our lives to this public service — because news is supposed to be, above all, a service to the public...not corporate profit-driven infotainment, partisan narrative-pushing, government propaganda, or social media clickbait. We have a few surprises for you as well: some embarrassing old tapes from the archives of our own careers proving just how old we are! (yes, I even have tapes of my coverage from the Reagan administration!). Join us for a powerful show that will bring back some memories for our older viewers, teach the younger ones, and and we'll have some great laughs, too! If you enjoyed this program, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

A gunman posing as a federal agent was arrested Friday at the Wilshire Theatre in Los Angeles before #RFKJr arrived to give a planned speech. The unidentified man told arresting officers that he had been hired by the venue as private security for the event. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s department and the #Kennedy24 campaign confirmed the arrest and that the man had a gun and ammunition on him. No other information is being released about his identity or motives at this time, as the investigation is ongoing. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. posted the following statement on social media, along with a close-up photo of the alleged gunman's face. "I’m very grateful that alert and fast-acting protectors from Gavin de Becker and Associates (GDBA) spotted and detained an armed man who attempted to approach me at my Hispanic Heritage speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles tonight," #Kennedy wrote. "The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip federal ID. He identified himself as a member of my security detail. Armed GDBA team members moved quickly to isolate and detain the man until LAPD arrived to make the arrest. I’m also grateful to LAPD for its rapid response. I’m still entertaining a hope that President Biden will allow me Secret Service protection. I am the first presidential candidate in history to whom the White House has denied a request for protection. Mr. Kennedy’s speech went on as planned Friday night after the armed man was taken away. The alleged gunman was arrested before Kennedy arrived at the venue. Ironically the Wilshire Theatre is not far from the former location of the Ambassador Hotel, where #RFK was fatally shot in 1968. A photo from the September 15th speech in Los Angeles about the border crisis. The Los Angeles Police Department told local affiliate NBC4 that the man in question did not point the weapon at anyone but was arrested on a gun charge and for impersonating a U.S. marshal. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m., the LAPD said. The LAPD said it, not the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will handle the case. Remarkably the local ABC news affiliate did not find a potential assassination attempt on a presidential candidate named Kennedy in Los Angeles newsworthy. They devoted an entirety of 15 seconds to the story on the nightly news. We at Maverick News DO find this story to be very important, and will give it the coverage it deserves (unlike the national mainstream media, which is not covering it at all). Tonight Rick Walker and I will talk about it in-depth on the Strange Bedfellows podcast, and bring you the latest updates. This is still a developing story. Please join us at 9 P.M. Eastern. Your donations make this show possible. Please help support our work with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Network for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

Tonight on Episode 12 of "Strange Bedfellows" my guest is Jay Sadler, host of the Jay Scott Ascension podcast. A former #Democrat (now turned Independent), Jay is currently volunteering for the #RFKJr campaign, because he says he believes that #Kennedy stands the best chance at unifying America and moving the country in the right direction. Although Jay and I are in many aspects political opposites (I'm a longtime #libertarian), we work together on the #Kennedy24 campaign and in the process have become great friends. Ultimately, we both want the same thing: to restore our country's fundamental principles of freedom, with economic prosperity and equality for all. Jay says that if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn't in the presidential race, he likely would have supported Dr. Cornel West's campaign, and explains why Dr. West hit all the right notes with him. I'll ask Jay if his feelings about Dr. West have changed after the Green Party candidate's disastrous interview on the Jimmy Dore Show this week, which Dore called "a 45-minute advertisement for Joe #Biden." We also discuss those outrageous new rule changes the Democratic National Committee plans to implement which, if adopted, would effectively stop #RFK's campaign in its tracks. In an interview with Forbes Thursday, #Kennedy said for the first time since his campaign began that he is now exploring "other alternatives" to the Democratic Party - because the #Democrats are leaving him no choice. Should Kennedy dump the Dems and run with another political party? And which party would be his best bet? Or should he declare his Independence and have no party affiliation at all? We explore that and a whole lot more this week on "Strange Bedfellows." To join our team of dedicated volunteers and help elect RFK Jr. our next president, go to: http://Kennedy24.com/LoriSpencer About our guest: Jay Sadler is an independent writer, founder of Ascension Media Club, and a bitcoin advocate. He founded a grassroots movement in the Turks and Caicos, the TCI Tech Initiative, that advocated for diversifying the economy through investing in STEM education, creating a business friendly local tech ecosystem, and embracing bitcoin and blockchain to decentralize the local economy. Follow him on Twitter @JSAscension. * Your donations make our work possible! Support the show at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

Our “Best of Maverick News” series continues with this classic from the archives. (Original air date: March 5, 2023) In Part 2 of our interview with #Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy, he gave a detailed history of how Ukrainian nationalism first emerged hundreds of years ago, why they developed an unholy alliance with #Nazi Germany in the 20th Century, and later worked hand-in-hand with Western intelligence services such as the CIA and Britain’s MI6. Tonight, in Part 3, we discuss the prevalence of #Nazism in #Ukraine in the 21st Century, starting with that often-asked question: “how can President #Zelensky be a Nazi if he’s Jewish?” We learn why Ukraine officially celebrates Nazi war collaborators such as Stepan #Bandera as national heroes today, why they still have racial purity laws and teach eugenics race theory in schools. Ambassador Polyanskiy also explains how all of the Ukrainian #Nazis escaped prosecution at #Nuremberg after #WWII: they were recruited and protected by Western intelligence, who used them to fight the #USSR during the #ColdWar. And what about the notorious “kill list” Ukraine publishes online of it’s enemies, marking those they’ve killed as “liquidated?” Ambassador Polyanskiy is on the list, along with numerous other American, British, and Canadians. We talk about the recent addition of NBC News correspondent Keir Simmons, whose name was placed on the Ukrainian state-linked ‘Mirotvorets’ (Peacemaker) hit list for his reporting in #Crimea. We asked Ambassador Polyanskiy to respond to allegations of Russian interference in American and Canadian elections (aka the “#Russiagate” hoax). Russia recently introduced a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council calling for an independent investigation of what happened to the Nord Stream pipelines. We ask Ambassador Polyanskiy to explain Russia’s position on the #Nordstream explosions: mechanical malfunction or sabotage? We go back in time to the last time the US blew up a Russian pipeline carrying natural gas to Europe — in 1982, when the CIA sabotaged the Trans-Siberian Pipeline, and ask the Ambassador his thoughts on it. Was the Trans-Siberian pipeline sabotage a blueprint for Nordstream, exactly 40 years later? Finally, Ambassador Polyanskiy addresses the nuclear warmongering, and clarifies Russia’s doctrine for the use of nuclear weapons. * Your donations make this show possible. Support my independent journalism at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

In part 2 of our interview with Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Russian Federation, we take a deep dive into the history of Ukrainian nationalism -- the roots of the current conflict between #Ukraine and #Russia. Ambassador Polyanskiy explains that the #UkraineWar didn't start in 2022, or even in 2014. It started hundreds of years ago. Polyanskiy details the FULL story of how the Ukrainian nationalists came to collaborate with #Nazi Germany before #WWII -- an incredible story you've probably never heard before. He outlines the 10 core principals of Ukrainian nationalism: what they believe, why they consider Russians their enemy, and the deep #Russophobia that led them to slaughter tens of thousands of Russians during #WWI and the Russian Civil War period of 1919-21. The ethnic cleansing of #communists following the #Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Jews, Hungarians, and Poles was again repeated during the #Holocaust of #WWII by the #NazisInUkraine. The Ukrainian nationalists were the original #Nazis, years before there was a Nazi Party in Germany; long before anyone ever heard of Adolf #Hitler. "Ukrainians were some of the first promoters of this racial theory," Polyanskiy explains. "It just so happened that the Germans were thinking along the same lines at the same time, and had the same enemies. So they were destined to be natural allies." Their slogan was -- and still is -- "Ukraine for Ukrainians," enforced by strict racial purity laws (which still exist in Ukraine), eugenics, and enforced careful breeding to create their own "master race." All other inferior races must be exterminated. Ambassador Polyanskiy explains how Nazi war criminal Stepan #Bandera became known as a national hero in today's Ukraine, and his work for Western intelligence services (Britain's MI6 and the CIA) after World War II and during the Cold War. "Many Westerners do not understand this history," #Polyanskiy says. "But it is vital to our understanding of where we are today, and why this conflict is happening now." Watch part 2 of this incredibly interesting interview below. Part 3 premiers Friday, September 8. (See all interviews with Ambassador Polyanskiy in my Dmitry Polyanskiy playlist on YouTube.) If you'd like to help support my independent journalism, you can chip in here. http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

On this “Best of Maverick News” episode we welcomed Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from #Russia for an in-depth interview. In Part 1, we talk about the era of #Gorbachev, #Reagan, and #Perestroika; the fall of the Soviet Union, and those hopeful post-Cold War years when it seemed that the United States and Russia could at last enjoy peace and friendship with each other. “I thought it was the moment of our common triumph,” Ambassador Polyanskiy says of the end of the Cold War a generation ago. “Winds of Change…like that song by the Scorpions when they performed it in #Moscow. We had very high hopes. We thought that #NATO might be dissolved, or that there would be no more NATO expansion. But, as it turns out, we were deceived by the West. This sense of victory was stolen from us.” “We believed in empty promises,” Polyanskiy explained. “Most of those promises were coming from the United States, who wasn’t going to keep them.” “We did everything in our power to avoid the situation in #Ukraine that’s happening now,” the Ambassador said, “we did not ever want this to escalate militarily.” Ambassador Polyanskiy stresses that the conflict didn’t begin in 2022. It started long before the Maidan coup of 2014. Western meddling in Ukraine began in the early Cold War period, when the CIA and Britain’s MI6 worked with Ukrainian nationalist #Nazi collaborators such as Stepan #Bandera attempting to create regime change in Soviet Russia — these efforts continue to the present day. Despite the Cold War ending more than 30 years ago, “The United States never abandoned the dream of tearing Ukraine and other former Soviet Republics away from Russia, and creating a sense of emnity between nations that once were all brothers,” he says. “To fully understand why Russia is doing this Special Military Operation, you really must understand the roots of the problem,” Polyanskiy said. “So that we can work together to solve this crisis.” * Your donations make this show possible. Support my independent journalism at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

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This Saturday night (9-11 P.M. Eastern) we welcome Nick Brana to Strange Bedfellows. Nick Brana is an organizer of the Rage Against The War Machine coalition and National Director with theMovement for a People's Party, the national nonprofit at the helm of the rapidly growing movement for a new progressive political party in America. The Movement for a #PeoplesParty is building a coalition of labor and progressive organizations for a nationally-viable party for working people. Formerly Draft #Bernie, MPP was founded in 2017 by Bernie 2016 staff, delegates and supervolunteers. Nick was the National Political Outreach Coordinator with Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, where he lobbied the superdelegates and elected officials for Bernie, organized his political meetings, and planned convention activities. He went on to become a founding member of Our Revolution and its first Electoral Manager, where he created an endorsement plan and assembled the candidates. Before that he was the Deputy Director of Voter Protection on Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign and worked on then-Sen. John Kerry’s PAC. He earned his BA in sociology and environmental policy at William & Mary and lives in Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. On tonight's show we will also introduce Nick to my co-host Rick Walker, a longtime active organizer with the People's Party of #Canada (#PPC). Should the People's Parties of the USA and Canada join forces as this movement continues to grow rapidly across North America? Tune in and find out!

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Episode 6 of the "Strange Bedfellows" podcast takes us to Poland, where we speak to our friend Mike Krupa of VotumTV. Michal Krupa is a Polish historian and commentator, currently completing his PhD on American paleoconservatism. He is the host of VotumTV podcast about history of #Poland of His work has appeared in many outlets, including The American Conservative and Consortium News. Tonight on the show we discuss the long, complex history of Polish/Russian relations, the birth of #Ukraine from what was once Poland, the Ukrainian nationalist movement which gave rise to the #NazisInUkraine, and what role Polish #NATO troops might play in the ongoing war between #Russia and Ukraine. Mike grew up in #Canada, and shares some interesting observations about how the Polish community of refugees regarded the Banderite #Nazis who settled in Canadian diasporas after the Second World War. In the 2nd hour of the show we will talk about some #Kennedy family history -- President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy's trips to Poland, the #JFK Assassination, and we will hear some shocking details #RFKJr revealed in an interview with Tucker Carlson this week! You can follow Mike on twitter: @MGKrupa VOTUM TV: https://votum.tv/Substack: https://krupatailor.substack.com/ If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

The Best of Caleb Maupin series continues tonight with Episode 6. On this edition of Strange Bedfellows we speak to Caleb Maupin, American correspondent for #Moscow’s #Russia Today Television (#RT) — and ask him what it’s like to work at the most censored network in the world. Accused by the West of spreading propaganda about the Russian invasion of #Ukraine a year ago this month, the news network has been banned, sanctioned, and restricted on every major TV provider and most social media platforms such as YouTube. RT is completely banned in Canada and Western Europe. In September 2017, RT America was ordered to register as a foreign agent with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (RT America was forced to close it’s doors in March 2022, after all platforms in the U.S. dropped the channel, essentially shutting it down.) We also talk with Caleb about the current war in #Ukraine; the causes that led to it, and why #Putin decided it was time to intervene. Watch more of this series in my Caleb Maupin playlist on YouTube. Support the show at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

The #ColdWar between capitalism and communism got very hot when the #KoreanWar erupted in 1950. Few living Americans know much about that war, which aborted Korea’s revolution, gave the U.S. a military and economic foothold in the Far East, and was used to justify the anti-communist crusade. Three million North Koreans and one million South Koreans are estimated to have died in the conflict, along with nearly a million Chinese and 54,000 U.S. soldiers. It is an unfinished war, with a heavily militarized truce hanging by the thread of a cease-fire between North and South. Anxious questions have been sparked by recent war games involving #NorthKorea and #SouthKorea, the latter backed by U.S. warships, air power, and the nearly 30,000 troops still based in the South. U.S. corporate media, following the State Department and Pentagon line, blame the hair-raising brinkmanship on maniacal, paranoia-fueled aggression by the North. In reality, the North has every reason to be paranoid, with the long-standing hostility of the U.S. now ramped up by the reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the US and its vassal forces. Pyongyang has once again rejected any dialogue and stated that it is not interested in any contact or dialogue with the US as long as it maintains “its hostile policy and confrontational line.” “The more dangerous the U.S. threat to the DPRK gets, the stronger backfire the U.S. will face in direct proportion to it,” it said. Meanwhile, mainstream media in the U.S. is demonizing North Korea once again, setting the stage for military escalation. CNN recently ran a story about Olivia Natasha-YuMi, a 15 year-old North Korean girl who has a popular YouTube channel, calling her a “propagandist” the North Korean regime and warning CNN viewers that “these North Korean YouTubers are NOT what they seem!” CNN implied very strongly in their article that #YuMi’s channel should be censored by YouTube, and taken down entirely. The counter-propaganda campaign evidently worked. Google, which owns YouTube, confirmed the removal of her channel in June, stating that it took this action in compliance with U.S. sanctions and trade restrictions related to North Korea. The company did not specify how the channels violated these policies, however. The Korea Communications Standards Commission, the ROK’s internet censorship body, reportedly blocked all three channels within South Korea at the request of the National Intelligence Service, but the channels initially remained available in other countries. We take a look at YuMi’s videos to find out why the U.S. government finds this North Korean teenager so threatening to our national security interests, and discuss the demonization of North Korea with our guest, RT reporter Caleb Maupin. Watch more of this series in my Caleb Maupin playlist on YouTube (unless they ban me, again, too!) If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

The Best of Caleb Maupin week continues on "Strange Bedfellows" tonight. In Episode 4 we spoke to Caleb about the rising tide of global #fascism in the 21st Century. Maupin is also the founder of the Center for Political Innovation and a reporter for RT News. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

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"The Best of Caleb Maupin" series continues on "Strange Bedfellows" this week with Part 3 of our "Libertarians & Communists" conversation. It might sound strange at first, but #libertarians and #communists agree on more than you might think. So, where do we disagree? I recently had a fascinating in-depth conversation with two American communists: @tylermcconnell -- an occasional co-host of "Strange Bedfellows" -- and @CalebMaupinTV (reporter for the Russian TV news network RT). Both are members of the Center for Political Innovation @CPIUSA a #communist activist group that is swiftly attracting new followers from all sides of the political spectrum. We wanted this forum to be a friendly conversation - not a debate -- to see what common ground we might have, what issues we agree upon -- and to identify points of disagreement here in Part 3. Our conversation lasted more than two hours. I'll be uploading it here in shorter videos -- you can find them all in the "Strange Bedfellows (Highlights)" playlist on my YouTube Channel. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

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The Best of Caleb Maupin series continues this week on "Strange Bedfellows" with Part 2 of our conversation with Caleb Maupin and Tyler McConnell of the Center for Political Innovation. On this episode we search to find common ground on issues between #libertarians and #communists. This conversation just might surprise you! Support the show with a one-time donation or a monthly membership at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

It might sound strange at first, but #libertarians and #communists agree on more than you might think. I recently had a fascinating in-depth conversation with two communists: Tyler McConnell and Caleb Maupin (reporter for the Russian TV news network RT). Both are members of the Center for Political Innovation (CPI), a #communist activist group that is swiftly attracting new followers from all sides of the political spectrum. One thing we can all agree on is we want #peace between #Russia and #Ukraine now. That's our top priority. We wanted this forum to be a friendly conversation -- not a debate -- to see what common ground we might have, and what issues we agree upon. In Part 1, we introduce ourselves and talk about our individual understanding of what #communism actually is. We also discuss how the definitions of communism and #socialism have been misunderstood, particularly in America, because much of what we were told about it was #ColdWar propaganda: a LIE. Our conversation lasted more than two hours. I'll be uploading it here in shorter videos, which you can find in my YouTube playlist, "Strange Bedfellows (Highlights)". Support my independent journalism at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Follow me on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/RealLoriSpencer Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this broadcast! http://MaverickNews.ca

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