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From Episode 56: Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn encourage listeners to remember that Julian Assange's imprisonment is ongoing, regardless of the media blackout on the story. For the rest of this week's conversation, go to https://www.racket.news/p/america-this-week-september-15-2023#details. #journalism #freejulianassange #assange #freeassange #politics #politicalnews #free #journalist #arrest #remember #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #solidarity

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From Episode 54: Matt Taibbi with Walter Kirn discuss how GoFundMe's freezing of Greyzone's fundraising derives its precedent from how Julian Assange and Wikileaks were treated in 2010, and how people don't realize the precedent it sets for them. For the rest of the conversation, go to https://www.racket.news/p/america-this-week-september-1-2023#details.

From Episode 54: Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn discuss the way that AI will be used to shirk responsibility in the future. For the rest of the podcast, go to https://www.racket.news/p/america-this-week-september-1-2023#details

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From Episode 54: Walter Kirn speaks with Matt Taibbi about the need for radical bi-partisanship when fighting the cancellation apparatus. For the rest of the conversation, go to https://www.racket.news/p/america-this-week-september-1-2023#details.

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From Episode 47: Why is it that we started completely ignoring Russia? Don't you need to at least understand the enemy? Check out the rest of the podcast at https://www.racket.news/p/episode-47-america-this-week-with#details.

From Episode 47: Matt and Walter discuss how Kafka's classic shines a light on the bug-like experience of the canceled. For the rest of the podcast, check out https://www.racket.news/p/episode-47-america-this-week-with#details.

Opening comments to the general public to ask a question, in sincerity: what changed the minds of society's former First Amendment advocates? By Matt Taibbi | www.Racket.news Narrated by Jared Moore Thumbnail Art by Daniel Medina

On Tuesday, the 4th of July 2023, Independence Day, a small group of communists attempted to interrupt the city of Philadelphia's "Celebration of Freedom" event by burning an American flag. Police pulled the group aside and briefly detained them, citing local law preventing fires from being burned in the park. After a brief wait, officers declined to arrest the group because burning an American flag is a protected, lawful form of protest, but issued a warning because their tote bag also caught fire. The precedent protecting flag burning was set in the 1989 Supreme Court Case Texas V Johnson. The case held that Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson, then a member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, had been arrested wrongly for burning an American flag, because doing constituted a form of expressive speech protected under the First Amendment. The case sparked a sort of tradition for Johnson and his acolytes. On Independence Day of 2019, the same day then-President Trump held a "Salute to America" military parade, Joey Johnson, led members of the "Revolutionary Communist Party" - or "RevComs" to do a flag burning in front of the White House. This enraged Trump supporters and Proud Boys who had come to DC, and led to several scuffles. Three people were detailed - all on the left-wing side - and two ultimately arrested. Joey Johnson, whose Supreme Court case 30 years earlier had set the precedent for the legality of flag burning, was charged with inciting violence and disorderly conduct. By September 2019, the charges were dropped. While constitutionally protected, flag burning has remained a target of politicians in both of the establishment parties. Throughout his presidency, former President Trump advocated a year in jail or loss of citizenship for flag burners. These policy proposals echoed Hillary Clinton's, who as a senator sponsored legislation that would have federally made flag burning punishable by a year in jail and $100,000 fine. On Independence Day 2020, amidst the height of racial justice protests that year, the RevComs returned to the White House to flex their rights in a demonstration they called the "Flag Burning Challenge." This time, it was immensely popular among the protesters assembled there, who each got a mini flag to light ablaze. Returning to Independence Day 2023, after the incident at Philadelphia's "Celebration of Freedom" event, the RevComs held a rally of their own in front of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution had been signed. The group set up and threw red paint on a large copy of the Constitution, demanding it be replaced by a new, socialist constitution in America. As they prepared to hold their now-traditional flag burning, an angry passerby attempted to physically confront them. After burning and ripping up a large American flag, the group held a short march to the entrance of Independence Hall. Then, in front of where America was founded, they each got a chance to destroy its flag. No matter the offense it may cause, or the anger it may spark, the right of Americans to burn the national flag remains protected under Supreme Court precedent for now. Ford Fischer, News2Share, for Activism Uncensored, a Collaboration with TK News

From Episode 46: Matt and Walter discuss the bizarre amnesia of the liberal MSM about liberals' historic passion for free speech advocacy. For the rest of the pocast, go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-46-america-this-week-with#details

From Episode 46: Matt calls out WaPo's brazen misrepresentation of Missouri v. Biden, and Walter comments on the bizarre response of Columbia University's supposed free speech 'expert.' For the rest of the podcast, go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-46-america-this-week-with#details

From Episode 46: Walter discusses with Matt the strange language used by the defendents in Missouri v. Biden to justify their censureship efforts. For the rest of the podcast, go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-46-america-this-week-with#details

From Episode 46: Matt and Walter discuss how the Censureship Industrial Complex needs some more postive messaging, perhaps Smokey the Bear's cousin! For the rest of the podcast go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-46-america-this-week-with#comments

Episode 45: Part of Matt and Walter's discussion on Twain's enormous impact on the American psyche, and his masterful short story "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg". For the rest of the podcast go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-45-america-this-week-with#details

Episode 45: Matt discusses how presidential campaign reporters wielded massive power through their coverage, and how that seems to have been completely destroyed. And they're angry about it! For the rest of the podcast go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-45-america-this-week-with?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#details

From Episode 45: Matt and Walter discuss how Joe Biden is now the only uncensored presidential candidate and how the Dems now pathologize dissent. For the rest of the podcast go to https://www.racket.news/p/episode-45-america-this-week-with?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#details

Address at Free Speech Event in London, with Russell Brand and Michael Shellenberger Narrated by Jared Moore By Matt Taibbi Fidn more at www.Racket.news

Episode 44: Walter discusses how people love the thrill of a moral panic and the ensuing witch hunts. If you enjoyed this clip, the rest of the podcast is available to subscribers at https://www.racket.news/p/episode-44-america-this-week-with#details

From Episode 44: Matt and Walter discuss how the spirit of the Salem Witch Trials lives on in the Disinformation Complex and masking freakout - driven by the Ivy League and its New Englander culture. If you enjoyed this clip, the rest of the podcast is available to subscribers at https://www.racket.news/p/episode-44-america-this-week-with#details

From Episode 44: Matt discusses how the Censureship Industrial Complex turns every issue into a binary - your'e pro-vax or anti-vax, you support Ukraine or you love Putin. If you enjoyed this clip, the rest of the podcast is available to subscribers at https://www.racket.news/p/episode-44-america-this-week-with#details