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See the full episode: https://youtu.be/RRJscb9or7A Last week, we saw Face the Nation host an infomercial for Lockheed Martin as they peddled their weapons for Ukraine. To one-up them, Meet the Press lobbied for the US to buy weapons for a war with China that hasn't even happened yet.

See the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-paypal-steals-from?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Can't get a legal abortion because the government took down Roe v. Wade? Well we've got good news for you: Joe Biden's got cool new baby names for you like Javelin and Javelina, all named after weapons manufactured by US defense contractors. Thanks Lockheed Martin and Raytheon!

See the full episode with Michael Hudson: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-sociopath-neocons?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web In a recent Substack piece, Matt Taibbi and Matt Orfalea exposed how MSM regularly has guest pushing for weapons, weapons, more weapons. What they don't say? That these guests are on the boards of weapons contractors like Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems. See the full mashup: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-gentlemens-agreement-when-tv?r=je5va&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

See the full episode: https://youtu.be/hVNPpLfEdWI See the Michael Hudson interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-sociopath-neocons?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Trevor Noah "bravely" makes fun of the president and gives an impassioned speech how the US is so free because the press have the freedom to speak out against the government. They laugh and cry and pat themselves on the back. All while Julian Assange is tortured in prison for the rest of his life for exercising his freedom of press. But Joe Biden and Trevor Noah will keep laughing.

See the full interview with Scott Ritter: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-to-end-the-war?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Former US Marine and Chief UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter has advice for Biden: If you want to win reelection and a Nobel Prize, end the war now. If you want to ensure irrelevancy, keep doing what you're doing.

See the full video of Biden mocking Ritter: https://youtu.be/GDi6ItNciCk See the full interview with Scott Ritter: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-to-end-the-war?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web In 1998, Joe Biden mocked US Marine Scott Ritter, calling him "Scotty Boy" and grinning as he repeats "it's above your pay grade." Ritter, who has exposed Biden's countless lies about war, has some choice words when we ask him what he thinks of the current president.

See Ritter's reaction: https://youtu.be/ecH1SI9ufr8 See the full interview with Scott Ritter: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-to-end-the-war?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Watch Joe Biden in 1998 as he mocks US Marine Scott Ritter, calling him "Scotty Boy" and grinning as he repeats "it's above your pay grade." Very different than the harmless old Joe everyone knows today.

See the full episode: https://youtu.be/nvMe0Ju7i5A See our extended interview with David Sirota: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-david-sirota-goes?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web When asked about CNN's rampant spread of disinformation and propaganda, Reliable Sources' Brian Stelter will say: "Not my network. I once yelled at a Biden aide and our crew didn't want a Fox reporter to die. See?!" Time after time he refuses to admit his network's false news, but this time the cracks are beginning to show. It's a pretty bad answer. Watch the full Monday Mourning to see our full analysis.

See the full interview with David Sirota: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-david-sirota-goes?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “Student debt and Joe Biden are a 40-year story. You have to understand how motivated he has been, how much he believes in the idea of student debt. He has been a sculptor of the laws in this country that govern debt for 40 years.” To put it lightly, David Sirota doesn’t trust Joe Biden. “If you want to tell people not to believe anything politicians say, if you really want to deeply disillusion people to not believe the government will ever do something concrete and permanent to help, that seems to be the message that Joe Biden is trying to deliver. “This is how you turn a country into the joker.”

Hear the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-colin-powells-chief?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Colin Powell's chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson has been outspoken in his criticism for the US war machine. Why is he on such a short list of former government officials brave enough to do this?

Hear the full interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-colin-powells-chief?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Colin Powell's chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson has been outspoken in his criticism for the US war machine. Now that Powell is no longer here to protect him, the FBI has started harassing him again. Hear his story.

See the full analysis here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/aaron-mate-on-the-young-turks-meltdown?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The Young Turks are having a meltdown over Aaron Maté once again. This time, Aaron fact-checked Cenk for reporting that the Ukraine soldiers who said “Go fuck yourself” to a Russian warship died. They didn’t. This caused TYT to devote a segment to yelling at Aaron for asking Cenk to fact-check his own motto. He didn’t. It’s another McCarthyite media moment that underscores how credulous media personalties can be, and how hostile they are to those who aren’t. But it was too funny for us to ignore.

See the full episode: https://youtu.be/WZ6K4B4Fx1E See the interview with American Prestige pod: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-the-ukraine?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This week in "MSM airing Nazi propaganda," PBS airs an interview with a Ukraine mayor who has a painting of Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian Nazi and Holocaust perpetrator, in the background.

See the full episode here: https://youtu.be/fXnWIOFNDFg See our full interview with Branko Marcetic: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-the-us-caused?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web NeoCon Matthew Dowd wants everyone who criticizes Biden for the Ukraine conflict to swap their American flags for Russian ones. Which means Katie needs to take her American flag down and Aaron needs to figure out what to do with that tramp stamp. Just because Russia is violently invading an innocent country doesn't mean Biden is blame free.

See the full episode here: https://youtu.be/fXnWIOFNDFg See our full interview with Branko Marcetic: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-the-us-caused?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web In 2020, Adam Schiff full-throatedly explained the US's foreign policy with Russia: use Ukraine as a proxy state and fight a war in their country. If we want Russia to stop their terrible invasion, we need to implore our leaders to stop using Ukraine as their proxy.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/jP-dbOIsfmU See the extended episode with Rania Khalek here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-rania-khalek-debunks?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Just in time to celebrate Hillary Clinton's work in bringing slavery to Libya, Onward Together announces special Valentine's shackles to get for your special someone. Who are you going to buy one for?

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/1sCPPLvy8iE See the full episode with Margaret Kimberley: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-obama-failed?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web MSNBC War Correspondent Richard Engel goes to Ukraine to film "ordinary citizens" training to defend their country from Russia. Little did he know they were actually a right-wing neo-Nazi militia training for war. And mainstream media warns us about trusting other news sources...

See the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/lky_E_tmPmY See the full interview with Katrina vanden Heuvel: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/full-interview-katrina-vanden-heuvel?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web CNN's producers are panicking! They've got a rogue agent! Brian Stelter's going off-script! And of course it's only to brown nose CNN even more than usual. The most pretentious thing since, well, last week when he thought CNN is more factual than Joe Rogan's podcast.

See the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/jeNr2YlfR4w See the full interview with Katrina vanden Heuvel: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/full-interview-katrina-vanden-heuvel?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Brian Stelter calls out Joe Rogan for not being as factual as CNN. Huh. We don't know what Joe Rogan actually says on his show, but we're willing to go all in on the bet that Joe Rogan couldn't even chip the surface of the misinformation machine that is CNN.

See the full episode here: https://youtu.be/tx1sXH3PmEo Little kids annoyingly ask: "Are we there yet?" Mainstream news hosts annoyingly ask: "Are we sanctioning Russia yet?" Here's a mashup from this week's live episode, in which Blinken goes on every news show to discuss the one thing Ukraine explicitly doesn't want: US troops.

Hear us analyze the full article here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/video-bidencheney-2024-a-reading?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web In the latest push to move the (big D) Democratic Party to the center, neolib (or neocon? we’re not sure) Thomas Friedman has an idea so crazy, it just might work. Nominate a Joe Biden–Liz Cheney ticket in 2024. And where did he get this spicy new idea? You guessed it: Israel! So does it matter that the Democratic electorate is clearly further to the left than either of these candidates? Or that Cheney is the daughter of a man who hurt democracy far more than Trump ever could? Nope. Not to Friedman. This is the best way to beat Trump, he argues. But is that his only motive? Is he also trying, like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama before him, to use an excuse to move the party right? Listen and share your thoughts.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/G4QmnT10RfE See the extended interview with Mansoor Adayfi: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/tortured-guantanamo-survivor-on-living?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web To anyone dealing with trauma, Mansoor Adayfi shares an inspiring message: "My friend I haven't overcome my trauma. I'm fighting it every single day. It's a process. It's your choice. There is always a way out. And you have to keep moving." Watch the extended interview to hear Mansoor's sad yet inspiring story.

See the free episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/fSV4hYEbdBE See the extended interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-david-cross-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Comedian, actor, and activist David Cross tweeted back at Andrew Yang's embarrassing Israel tweet with a simple response: Fuck all the way off. He sees Yang as only a lying politician who abandoned his morals for votes. Agree with him? Let us know your thoughts and go to substack for the full interview.

See the free episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/fSV4hYEbdBE See the extended interview here: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-interview-david-cross-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Comedian, actor, and activist David Cross explains why 2016 Hillary Clinton supporters were "blinded by tribalism" and how Bernie's policies would've helped woman "times 15." Agree with him? Let us know your thoughts and go to substack for the full interview.

See the free episode here: https://youtu.be/RRUDJEsvoGY See the latest extended interview at http://usefulidiots.substack.com While Taibbi is off writing his great American (pandemic) novel, who better to join us than Assad's favorite Useful Idiot Aaron Maté?