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Katie and Aaron Maté review the Sunday morning shows that they watch so you don't have to. If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Click here for the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/2021-failures-and-2022-predictions?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web 2021 was a shit show, so who better to help us dig through it than friend-of-show Thomas Frank, author of Listen Liberal and What’s the Matter with Kansas. So what happened in 2021? Democrats and Republicans definitely both sucked. Covid got better and then a lot worse. Dems didn’t do the one thing to ensure they’d never lose another election. And politics turned from policy to pure culture war. We go through it all, why it happened, why it sucked, and what it means for 2022. Plus, Biden’s giving up on Covid (and has something in his throat), Republicans embrace unemployment for certain people, and a sad announcement before a final penis story. It’s all this, and more, in this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. And become a subscriber to get the ad-free version and an extended interview on Monday. You're helping independent journalists with funding, legal fees, and more. Happy new year, from Useful Idiots!

Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper watch the Sunday morning shows-- so you don't have to-- and report back on them Monday morning for our Monday Mournings segment.

Click here for the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/nuclear-obama-and-his-endless-wars-352?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Matt and Katie consistently critique the Military Industrial Media Complex. But it’s different when actual veterans do it. On this week’s episode, Matthew Hoh, a former Marine and USG Official, who resigned from The State Department in protest over Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan, and Army Officer Danny Sjursen, an anti-war author and activist who served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan expose the over-funded, hypocritical, violent industry from the inside. And they ask an important question: Is there anything we can do about it? Hear their answers. Plus, in this Christmas Eve episode of Useful Idiots, Jen Psaki’s hypocrisy of the week, Republicans with guns, and former model gulping down his own pee. Join our Substack to hear our chat with Matthew and Daniel about the absurdity of Obama’s Nobel Peace prize, Liberal brain worms which prevent people from criticizing Biden, regardless of his policies, and make people reject Trump’s policies regardless of what they are, and how frighteningly close we are to a nuclear winter. Merry Christmas, Happy belated Hanukkah (which came early this year— what’s the deal?), and Joyous Kwanzaa from Useful Idiots. Matt, Katie, and Wilson all thank you for spending the year with us and for your subscriptions which not only make the show happen but help independent journalists everywhere. Plus if you subscribe you don’t have to watch the ads. It’s a Useful Idiots ChristKwanzukkah miracle. Enjoy your holiday and enjoy the episode. Love, the Useful Idiots. Links: Matthew’s twitter, website, and article which we discuss. Danny’s twitter, website, and article The Eisenhower Media Network, an organization of expert former military, intelligence, and civilian national security officials who have an independent, alternative story to tell, which Danny and Matthew are part of.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/6ctkIzuJfEI See the Christian Parenti extended interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-the-cult-that?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This week on Fox News Sunday, Joe Manchin officially announced what we've feared all along: he can't stop masturbating. He's tried everything humanly possible, but just can't stop. It's a no. Can YOU help Joe stop masturbating? Please, Useful Idiots, you're his only hope.

Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper watch the Sunday morning shows-- so you don't have to-- and report back on them Monday morning for our Monday Mournings segment.

Click here for the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-the-cult-that?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Journalist and professor Christian Parenti’s latest NonSite (the Adolph Reed site) article, The First Privilege Walk, if nothing else, has the greatest subtitle of all time: How Herbert Marcuse’s widow used a Scientology-linked cult’s methodology to gamify Identity Politics and thus helped steer the U.S. Left down the dead-end path of identitarian psychobabble. The article, which Matt described as “an article after my own heart,” to which Katie replied: “It’s like it was made in a lab for you,” details the rapidly-growing movement disguising itself as left. The nexus of the movement is the privilege walk. As Parenti explains: Mainstream critics say the exercise propagates divisive identity politics and mock it as foundational to the Oppression Olympics. A Marxist critique would say that the Walk transmogrifies material problems into cultural ones, economic exploitation becomes the more nebulous problem of oppression. In the same way Professor Adolph Reed criticizes Robin DiAngelo’s antiracist jumble as fake left, the new liberal “identitarian psychobabble” not only contradicts the Sandersian left, but hurts it. Take a listen as Christian Parenti unravels the cult. Plus, Biden won’t extend the student loan pause, McConnell is still a hypocrite, and oh god the new Jimmy Fallon/Ariana Grande/Megan Thee Stallion song. #SMH (Youtube made me cut out the song) It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

See the free episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/jiWVtYwmVNw See Matt discuss his Joe Rogan episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/matt-taibbi-analyzes-his-joe-rogan?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Wilson edited this video at 2x speed to watch Matt and Katie's hilarious angry reactions, and found that Joe Scarborough and Claire McCaskill are somehow less annoying with chipmunk voices. As Matt puts it: What didn't he get wrong? As Katie puts it: What the fuck?! Watch the free episode to see their full reaction (and Joe and Claire talking in their regular voices)

See the full talkback here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/matt-taibbi-analyzes-his-joe-rogan?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web See the free episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/jiWVtYwmVNw What’s it like talking and debating with millions of podcast listeners (fun fact: Joe Rogan has almost as many listeners as Useful Idiots)? Did you ever disagree with Joe and was it difficult to voice dissent? What infamous celebrity did Joe compare Matt’s voice to? Matt analyzes his appearance on the podcast and answers all our questions. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the world’s biggest podcast. You should probably check it out.

See the free episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/jiWVtYwmVNw See Matt discuss his Joe Rogan episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/matt-taibbi-analyzes-his-joe-rogan?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web UN Special Rapporteur on Torture (Torteur?) Nils Melzer explainsthe unconstitutional corruption against Julian Assange, and how governments are doing it to send a message to other journalists: You don't really have freedom of press. Think about it, if you got Collateral Murder Video #2 that proved government corruption and war crimes, would you publish it? Julian Assange did and they proved that it won't work out well for him.

Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper watch the Sunday morning shows-- so you don't have to-- and report back on them Monday morning for our Monday Mournings segment.

Nils Melzer responds to the Julian Assange verdict on a special Useful Idiots Livestream. Nils Melzer is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow; Vice-President IIHL, and the author of The Trial of Julian Assange (https://twitter.com/nilsmelzer)

Nils Melzer responds to the Julian Assange verdict on a special Useful Idiots Livestream. Nils Melzer is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Human Rights Chair, Geneva Academy; Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow; Vice-President IIHL, and the author of The Trial of Julian Assange (https://twitter.com/nilsmelzer)

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/XHf5QEHGW7Y See the extended interview with Oliver Stone here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-oliver-stone-were?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Filmmaker and documentarian Oliver Stone goes back through all the evidence in the assassination of JFK and finds that almost every inch of it is tainted. Listen to this Useful Expert unravel the greatest coverup in America.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/XHf5QEHGW7Y See the extended interview with Oliver Stone here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-oliver-stone-were?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Matt's sick this week, which means it's time for a special edition of: Cranky Headachy Taibbi Gets Earnest. Wilson gave him some background music to really bring home Matt's impassioned patriotic message. Watch the full episode to hear why Matt's complaining about today's Dems and Republicans with great lines like "It's like they're actively looking for people who can't write their name in the ground with a stick." It's a good ep.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/XHf5QEHGW7Y See the extended interview with Oliver Stone here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-oliver-stone-were?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Filmmaker Oliver Stone explains how the CIA and FBI have cracked down on criticism, making it nearly impossible to make a film that doesn't support the US military industrial complex. When even a big-budget director like Oliver Stone is pushed out of the mainstream, who will be left to make important, truthful movies?

See you guys next week!

Subscribe at http://usefulidiots.substack.com for the ad-free version, which helps independent journalists through the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. He wrote and directed multiple classic, culture-defining American movies. He created groundbreaking documentaries, interviewing Putin, debunking Russiagate, and uncovering JFK’s murder. He won three Academy Awards. There was only one thing left for Oliver Stone to do: Become a Useful Idiot. Stone’s new documentary, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, uses newly declassified and reexamined footage to present a case that conspiracy theories about the president’s death are actually “conspiracy facts.” And it creates a big debate on Useful Idiots. Watch the pod, watch the doc, then let us know: do you agree with Matt, Katie, or Oliver? Who really killed President John F. Kennedy? Plus, this week’s Dems and Republicans Suck finally breaks Matt, leading to an impassioned stump speech of the good of all Americans. Once we stop laughing, we’re pretty sure we’ll realize he’s telling the truth. It’s Oliver Stone on Useful Idiots. Don’t miss this one.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/rzBKmsF-vH8 See the extended interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-adolph-reed-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy What are you most scared of? That's what Matt asks Professor Reed, and the answer details how the right is using ideology smarter and more efficiently in the US and around the world. And it scares us too how right he is.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/rzBKmsF-vH8 See the extended interview with Adolph Reed here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-adolph-reed-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy After religiously watching Useful Idiots, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki realized there are rumors that Joe Biden won't seek reelection, opening a path for Harris or Buttigieg. She quickly squashed those rumors in the weakest, most qualified way she could: "Biden plans to run." "The president intends to seek reelection." "Joey maybe thinks that he might probably consider the possibility of tossing around the likely idea of a potential run." All direct quotes. What do you think? Is Joe running? Or do we have a nightmare of a candidate list on our hands?

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/rzBKmsF-vH8 See the extended interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-adolph-reed-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy At a time when it feels like everybody’s mad about something (we’re sure you saw it at your Thanksgiving dinner), we at Useful Idiots implore you to ignore every one of them that isn’t Adolph Reed. He’s mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. Reed, whose upcoming podcast Class Matters is the second most important podcast you’ll ever hear, shares his thoughts on Kyle Rittenhouse, his verdict, and that when everyone's talking about white supremacy, it distracts from the main issue: why is a 17-year-old walking around with a military-grade weapon?

Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper watch the Sunday morning shows-- so you don't have to-- and report back on them Monday morning for our Monday Mournings segment.

See the ad-free episode that helps independent journalists at http://usefulidiots.substack.com When Professor Adolph Reed joins the zoom call, Matt welcomes him: “Hi, Professor, how are you doing today?” Reed responds: “I can’t complain.” Matt eyes him, incredulous. Reed smiles. “Actually, I can complain. And I’m going to.” Reed, author of the forthcoming book The South: Jim Crow and its Afterlives and host of the new podcast Class Matters, has a lot to complain about White liberal #resistance fighters, gun-toting right-wing survivalists, naive (French for “stupid”) politicians, and, in Monday’s subscriber-only episode, Kyle Rittenhouse and Lebron James. Our favorite (don’t tell the others) unpredictable, thoughtful, funny, and angry guest is back, and we think it’s a good thing to be thankful for this year. Check it out and subscribe for the ad-free version that supports independent journalists.

See the extended interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/video-the-true-lies-of-russiagate?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source= See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/begNExU_srA Rachel Maddow wants you to watch out(!) for the scheming Russians and their dossiers, and it doesn't look like she's ever going to let it up. As more and more journalists finally side with Aaron Maté and Matt Taibbi, will Rachel Maddow ever admit the truth about Russiagate?