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Click here to see the extended interview with Spencer Ackerman: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/hell-acknowledge-that-he-killed-white?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy "I wasn't thinking about [9/11] in political terms. I was thinking in base reptilian brain terms. And I wanted vengeance. I wanted someone to suffer for what they done. And the explanations on offer from every leader was precisely because 9/11 very quickly became a cancel culture.” Journalist Spencer Ackerman describes how the pain, anger, and fear he felt living in New York after September 11th was capitalized on by Bush and Obama to wage war on civilians.

Click here for the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/hell-acknowledge-that-he-killed-white?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Just when we thought the craziness couldn't get any worse, Canadians have finally succumbed to mask belligerence. A BC man, after being asked to wear a mask, de-masked himself even more to pee on the counter. For anyone else thinking of following this man's lead, Useful Idiots has a new rule of thumb: At least be masked. Only have one thing out. Have the decency.

Click here for the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/hell-acknowledge-that-he-killed-white?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Useful Idiots hero and on-the-scene-war-correspondent-extraordinaire Charles Jaco's still got it. Watch as a member of the Tea Party confronts Jaco for referring to them as Teabaggers. But does Charles Jaco know the sexual meaning of that teabagging? Of course not! And how vile that you do! You should be ashamed of yourself! Watch it now and STAY TUNED for a very special Charles Jaco surprise.

Subscribe at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Matt and Katie watch the Sunday Morning shows (so you don't have to) and then review them Monday morning for your enjoyment!

Subscribe at http://usefulidiots.substack.com If It's Monday morning, it's time for Monday Mourning, where Useful Idiots' Matt Taibbi & Katie Halper go over some of the best and worst moments from the Sunday morning shows.

Subscribe for full interviews at http://usefulidiots.substack.com After 9/11, the US government jumped into war in Afghanistan, giving shells of reasons for their aggression. But at least they still gave reasons. However, after Bin Laden was killed in 2011, even the illusion of a reason for this war was gone. It’s been time to come home for a while. In an April interview with Matt, Adrian Bonenberger, author and veteran, predicted that Biden would execute the withdrawal from Afghanistan. And like Biden, he didn’t expect the immediate collapse in the region. But still, says Bonenberger, Biden made the right decision. This was a pointless effort wasting time, money, and lives, and after two tours of duty and much reporting in the area, it became clear to him that US presence was doing nothing productive. Ok, so it’s time to leave. But why is it going so poorly? This, he continues, is more of a problem with the State Department than with Biden: “The system is not set up to get people from Afghanistan or Russia or Mexico or China to America. There needs to be some type of capability that we can switch on, some emergency act.” And without that, this extraction was doomed. But Bonenberger, and your Useful Idiots, believe it’s a necessary move. So hear us say it today, because who knows when we’ll say it again: “Good job, Joe.” Plus, we don’t forget Biden’s terrible side in his nomination of Rahm Emanuel, we watch Newsmax’s racist coverage of “Afghani” men, and we side with the woman who’s deep in an affair with a chimp. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

Subscribe at http://usefulidiots.substack.com If It's Monday morning, it's time for Monday Mourning, where Useful Idiots goes over some of the best and worst moments from the Sunday morning shows.

Useful Idiots is off this week, so we're releasing this extended interview with the Breaking Points duo for free! Subscribe for more at http://usefulidiots.substack.com “‘Let’s have the same tired tropes and status quo politics with a younger person delivering it.’ It’s like the Pete Buttigieg model: the same old bad ideas with a younger face.” This is the “bullshit corporate vision of what millennial news should be.” And it’s exactly what mainstream media like MSNBC, Fox, and, in Krystal and Saagar’s case, The Hill are doing. And they, much like your Useful Idiots, decided they’ve had enough. In this extended interview, we discuss future segments we can do now that we’re not controlled by industrial news corps, the bottomless amount of rage out there towards the news media, and how journalists get punished for making the established narrative mad… especially when they’re right. Plus, the Young Turks go crazy for Aaron Maté and make the stupid claim he works for Assad, when everyone knows the Useful Idiots have a monopoly on Assad funding. Also in this subscriber-only episode of Useful Idiots: – Saagar Enjeti leaves the Republican Party – We start the hunt for the millennial who wants a third hour of Nicole Wallace –A new segment: F*ck you, Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian

Click here for the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/100-seconds-to-midnight-lesley-blume?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy The 76-year-anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki passed earlier this month. It’s important to remember the catastrophic number of lives lost and come to terms with the United States’ deadly role. It’s important to study history. But that’s not why we’re talking about it. This problem isn’t one to sadly remember because the danger isn’t over. In 2020, Rachel Bronson, president and CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said: “It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds – not hours, or even minutes. It is the closest to Doomsday we have ever been in the history of the Doomsday Clock. We now face a true emergency – an absolutely unacceptable state of world affairs that has eliminated any margin for error or further delay.” The bulletin explains: “Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change.” But for some reason, this wasn’t big news. Since the end of the Cold War, the threat of mutually assured destruction has descended from the center of cultural conversation to a peripheral idea used in video games. Author Lesley Blume is here to warn us against this complacency. And just like scientists and reports warning us about an imminent pandemic for years before 2020, the warnings are here. Will we do pay attention this time?

If it's Monday morning, it's Monday Mourning, when Katie & Matt review the best & worst moments from the Sunday morning shows. Subscribe at http://usefulidiots.substack.com

Subscribe for full episodes at http://usefulidiots.substack.com On this week's live stream, Monday Mourning with Useful Idiots, special guest Aaron Maté joined us (possibly from a cave) to laugh at CNN's defense of CNN. Their argument? Suspending Chris Cuomo isn't a punishment, because he'd be too happy to spend time by the pool. No, the real way to get him is to make him continue doing his job without any change. Yeah! It's a whole lot of white-washing and gaslighting that expertly tricks us into believing that Chris Cuomo did nothing wrong and Brian Stelter is the wisest pants-less man on television.

Watch the full interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/the-day-the-newsic-died-walter-kirn?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Author Walter Kirn picks the dystopian novel that best predicted the world in 2021. And now the question is: how did these 20th century writers know how f***ed up we would become?

Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnXVULLEtzyJBCDWOpEx5n1jpy2BQt8E Katie and special guest Aaron Maté go over the worst moments from the Sunday morning shows.

Subscribe for the full interview at http://usefulidiots.substack.com “America finally had enough media awareness after being taught in high school to look for bias that they suddenly were able to see, with new eyes, just how slanted and silly and contradictory and boring [corporate media is.]” Thus spoke Walter Kirn, writer for Time magazine and author of eight novels including Up in the Air (which was turned into a George Clooney movie), on this week’s Useful Idiots. And, like Matt and Katie, Kirn ditched the mainstream and made the move to Substack. where you can check him out. Years ago, Walter tells us, he would complain that every Time article ended the same way: “Some experts believe this while others believe that, but one thing is for sure, the issue is not settled and only time will tell." But now he yearns for the days of yore when the media would take the burden off of itself and leave readers with vague cliches. But at least the readers were left with a chance to think for themselves. Today there is no two sides. There is no debate. They tell you what to think. And at that point, can it still really be called journalism? The answer to that question is hard to say. Some experts believe it can, others believe it can’t, but one thing is for sure, it’s all a lot of bullshit. Plus, after reading 165 pages of the attorney general’s report on Andrew Cuomo, Katie and Matt come to the (hot take) conclusion that the Governor is, indeed, a sexual harasser and dick. And we mourn the loss of Nina Turner’s congressional campaign. Oh yeah, and a bunch of penis stuff. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out now and stand by for the Substack-only portion where Kirn talks about the novel he’s working on, his parents’ divorce, and the fall of Stephen Colbert.

Click here to watch the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/bernie-v-hillary-round-2-turner-v?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy "Suppose your child decided they don't want to go to college, at this time, but you're paying taxes to forgive somebody else's obligation. You may not be happy about that." Wait. Since when did the government ever care if we're happy about our taxes? As Rashida Tlaib put it: "Suppose your child did not want to go fight countless and endless shadow wars across the globe, at this time, but you’re paying taxes to fund all of that. You may not be happy about it!" Millions of young people are drowning in student loan debt and the moratorium on payments is set to end in September. Will the Dems do anything? Pelosi might be saying no.

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For full episodes and extended interviews go to usefulidiots.substack.com Even just days before the election in Ohio’s 11th district, Nina Turner is pulling voters to her side. Just this week, an influential city councilman announced he switched his support from opponent Shontel Brown to Turner because on one side he saw angry attack ads, while on the other he saw policy. And this race is centered on policy: Brown, backed by corporate dems like Hillary Clinton and pro-Israel lobbies, represents the moderate side of democrats, while Turner, supported by Bernie Sanders and AOC, is part of the progressive swing led by the Squad. Jennifer R. Farmer, a social publicist and campaign surrogate for Turner, joins the Useful Idiots to share what Nina believes in: This is Medicare for all and “ensuring that a health event does not derail a person’s future.” This is affordable college and equal pay for equal work. This is creating “a future that we’re leaving behind for future generations that ensures climate justice.” And on Tuesday, we have an election. Will Nina Turner use her #UsefulIdiotsBump to become the next member of the Squad? Or does the national Democratic Party still have power to reach voters? Watch along with us. Plus, we watch Biden yell at reporters, Republicans pretend America isn’t racist, and Brian Stelter lose his pants. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

Click here for the full episode https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-they-want-to-erase?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Thought you've seen the worst of Fox's blatant fear-mongering? Check this one out. According to a recent graphic, you're actually more likely to get Covid if you're a vaccinated democrat. Really makes you think... Subscribe for more clips and full episodes Get extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Follow us on twitter @usefulidiotpod

Click here to watch the full interview https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-they-want-to-erase?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Videos showing pro-Trump violence at the capitol, Proud Boys and Q-Anon rallies, and stories like the Flint Water Crisis got removed by Youtube. Now, investigative journalists avoid covering important stories in fear of losing their channels. Who will be silenced next?

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Click here for the extended interview with Jordan and Jenn https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-they-want-to-erase?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Join our substack for the full interview and bonus content http://usefulidiots.substack.com Subscribe for clips and full episodes Follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/UsefulIdiotpod The press is a crucial part of democracy, checking on the government and alerting the public to what’s going on. The water supply has been poisoned––that's the kind of thing we depend on the fourth estate to report about. But where have they been? The national press was universally late in reporting on the Flint Water crisis, and quickly dropped the corruption, greed, and mismanagement that poisoned Flint's water and people. But the story continues,though you'd never know it from mainstream media. So is the crisis over? Jordan Chariton and Jenn Dize of Status Coup say no. In their recent article, they uncover mounds of corruption, finding the government guilty of a huge coverup with cleared text messages, piles of thrown away phones, and then-Governor Rick Snyder telling his staff: “Don’t put anything in writing because emails are cannons for our enemies.” They lay out a real case against Snyder for misconduct, willful neglect of duty, and even involuntary manslaughter. But today, he’s facing penalties equivalent to a parking ticket and a potential of up to one year in prison. And no one else is talking about it. In this interview, we examine the evil side of politics and the news that sadly can only be found in the reporting of independent media. Plus, Biden’s no longer is going door-to-door to give you a vaccine, a tribunal for human rights abuses in Cuba, and two important messages: don’t make guns that look like toys and if you’re going to commit bestiality, please make sure the animal is bigger than you. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

For the full interview, go to https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/julian-assanges-brother-gabriel-shipton?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Subscribe for more clips and full episodes Follow us on twitter @usefulidiotpod https://twitter.com/UsefulIdiotpod The United States currently has a journalist in jail. And already, other countries are using it as an excuse to arrest journalists themselves. Right now, an Australian journalist is sitting in a Chinese prison for espionage, but when we try to hold them to account for press freedoms, what’s their answer? “Where is Julian Assange?” So what did Assange actually do? For one, he published a leaked US military video showing American soldiers in a helicopter mowing down photographers, journalists, and even children. None of the shooters were charged. Julian has been in a maximum security prison for three years. This is empowering dicatators.

See the full clip at https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/julian-assanges-brother-gabriel-shipton?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy Subscribe for more clips and full episodes Follow us on twitter @usefulidiotpod A Ross Barkan article on Dianne Morales that spawns an angry tweet at Ross Barkan, who responds, getting Dianne Morales to tweet back at Ross Barkan who tweets again so that Dianne Morales has to send another tweet to Ross Barkan. Who responds. And then the whole internet gets in on the fight. Join us as we read tweets from every side of the debate, all equally angry, and many equally tired. It's an all-over-the-place feud that descends into our new favorite game: intersectional poker.

Great news, art world! Hunter Biden is now one your highest selling painters...in his first show. That seems fair. But surely it's purely the immense talent and originality of his artwork, not that he's the president's son, right? To find this answer, we called in curator and art critic Nina Felshin to give a professional critique of his work, some of which is listed at up to $500,000. And of course, Matt and Katie lend their own artistic prowess to share their criticism. So help us decide: Is Biden our next Picasso, or is he Picasso's lame son? Subscribe for more clips and full episodes. Subscribe at usefulidiots.substack.com for extended interviews. Follow us on twitter @usefulidiotpod for clips, games, forums, and more.