usefulidiots

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Ryan Grim quotes activist Loretta Ross's idea of calling in versus calling out, and how it will be a more productive strategy for the left to achieve their goals, grow, and unify against a more and more powerful right. See the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-are-progressive?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com The Guardian declares Aaron the top spreader of disinformation on Syria. They cite no examples and did not ask him for a comment. We invite the Guardian’s Mark Townsend on Useful Idiots to discuss. See the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-are-progressive?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiots for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/media-fails-PhCVPiGugm If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com The Intercept’s Ryan Grim shares his new article Elephant in the Zoom, which explains how internal struggles have progressive advocacy groups at a standstill during a critical political moment. He argues that workplace problems, while important to deal with, are distracting these groups from the issues they were created to fight for. And while progressives are doing internal evaluations, do you think Republican groups are analyzing their micro-aggressions or are they busy seizing power? Plus, Grim ‘calls out’ the left’s call-out vs call-in problem, explains why the left is ditching their anti-war stance to escalate the proxy war in Ukraine, and why journalists are fine with the recent extradition of Julian Assange, which is, of course, and attack on a free press. Subscribe and watch the full interview to get it all. Oh yeah, and Aaron’s now a top conspiracy theorist, according to the great journalists at The Guardian. 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-episode-are-progressive?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Aaron’s article on Matt Duss: https://mate.substack.com/p/on-ukraine-progressive-proxy-warriors?r=nrwh&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Elephant in the Zoom: https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/ Restorative Injustice by Ryan Grim: https://theintercept.com/2022/05/08/maryland-campaign-brandy-brooks-progressive-accountability/ 0:00 Guardian labels Aaron a conspiracy theorist 10:20 Four food groups 22:04 Stoned moment 24:03 Ryan Grim interview

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Every single member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including Bernie Sanders and the squad, voted for $40 billion more dollars for Ukraine aid and weapons. Ryan Grim explains why they're ditching anti-war beliefs.

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com With 5 insane criteria, the University of Alberta named Aaron a top Russian-influenced Twitter account. His offenses? Doing things like "promoting general mistrust in institutions and elites." He proudly accepts the award. See the full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-max-blumenthal-on?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiots for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/more-january-6-media-fails-JEZgkvtOOz If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Interview begins at 19:15 In secret meetings and leaked emails, Paul Mason and Nina Jankowicz work to silence journalists who don’t promote the approved message. In public, they complain that journalists bully them, and do vile things like publish past things they’ve said. And who does Youtube side with? The supercalifragicensors. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal is here to explain. Leaked emails show that Paul Mason, a prominent UK journalist, privately discussed plans to collaborate with UK intelligence to “deplatform” independent journalists like The Grayzone and target UK’s Corbynite, anti-war left. As #Masongate trends on Twitter, Mason nonetheless got his wish: YouTube removed Max and Aaron’s livestream about it. So, fellow Useful Idiots, listen, learn about Mason, and then tweet the hell out of #Masongate. And hear the full interview where Max discusses deeper censorship plots, leaked emails, and a shameless 60 Minutes promotion. Plus, Aaron just got accused of being a top Russian-influenced Twitter account for such offenses as “promoting a general mistrust in institutions and elites.” It gets crazier every week. 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-episode-max-blumenthal-on?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Face the Nation's John Dickerson warned us on Sunday about caring about inflation instead of January 6. Because it's not what the people care about, it's what the elites care about that matters. And what gets them reelected is all that matters. Happy democracy!

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Bernie Sanders, the Squad, and the entire Progressive Caucus all voted to authorize $40 billion more dollars for the Ukraine proxy war. Would they have done this if Trump was president instead of Biden? Or would they have suddenly cared about starving babies? Full episode: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-glenn-greenwald?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiots for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/january-6-media-fails-DULRdavaPp If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Interview starts at 23:56 There’s a whole lot of terrible stuff going on which means Glenn Greenwald has a whole lot to say: •Biden’s failure at the Summit of the Americas: Latin American leaders are boycotting Biden’s summit because he refused to invite the dictatorships of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Meanwhile, Biden’s packing for his big trip to the dictatorship of Saudi Arabia… •Jan 6 in Prime Time: “I don’t think dramatizing this three-hour protest from 18 months ago will do very much at all other than underscore the fact that this is the only strategy the Democrats have.” •More Russiagate developments: “When I heard that first ad where Hillary Clinton had that sinister music playing and said, ‘What is this relationship between Donald Trump and the Russians?’ to me it just immediately sounded like the kind of McCarthyite toxicity I had spent many decades abhorring.” Subscribe to hear the full interview with Glenn where we deep dive on January 6, play Trump vs Bernie vs Chomsky, and hear about Glenn’s animal shelter run by unhoused people in Rio. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. Click here for the full episode, including the extended interview with Glenn Greenwald on Jan 6, Ukraine, and Biden’s failures: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-glenn-greenwald?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com To please Israel, the EU has withheld $200 million of funding for Palestine, which means Palestinian cancer patients are not getting the treatments they deserve. To Ali Abunimah, this is no different than killing Palestinians with snipers. Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist at http://electronicintifada.net See his full interview on Israel’s racist and violent flag marches, the Biden administration’s hypocritical policies, and the collapsing support for Israel around the world: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-israel-gets?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com “Imagine the US asking Russia to investigate the killing of Brent Renaud. They would never do that, but Israeli soldiers know that they can kill journalists and there will be no consequences.” Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian-American journalist at http://electronicintifada.net See his full interview on Israel’s racist and violent flag marches, the Biden administration’s hypocritical policies, and the collapsing support for Israel around the world: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-how-israel-gets?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Become a Useful Idiots for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/media-fails-wahIXzoSuZ If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Become a Useful Idiot for extended interviews and bonus content at http://usefulidiots.substack.com Interview begins at 18:30 After another Israeli murder of a Palestinian journalist, The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah shares a scary truth: “The message Israel drove home with the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh was that no matter who you are, how famous you are, or what religion you are, no Palestinian is safe from Israel.” With US backing, Israel has been free to kill with impunity. But seeing the Palestinian people unite in protest after each massacre, Ali has hope. “Palestinians are coming back together with every Israeli atrocity, and that is really terrifying for Israel because divide-and-rule has always been their strongest and most successful tactic.” They don’t have the US government on their side, or deadly US weapons, or any truth from US corporate media, but their growing anger and spirit is creating a stronger, unified Palestine. And subscribe for the extended interview, where Ali discusses Israel’s sickening actions at Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral, racist and violent flag marches, the Biden administration’s hypocritical policies, and the collapsing support for Israel around the world. Plus, Biden’s getting smothered, Marjorie Taylor Greene in a peach tree dish, and 15,000 pounds of hot dog paste. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

Become a Useful Idiot to get the extended interview: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-did-texas-police?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Amid growing scrutiny of the police response to the Uvalde school massacre, Mike Prysner, producer of the Empire Files and Iraq war veteran, tell us: “In a way, they were accomplices to the mass shooter. The number of dead was aided by the police." Perhaps through cowardice or racism, Prysner says, the police stood outside and subdued parents while their kids were shot inside. “With car accidents, there are steps you can take to protect your child,” Prysner explains. “There’s nothing you can do to protect them from guns other than move to Canada as a refugee of US violence.” Hear Prysner’s full take on the shooting and guns in America, an important perspective from a veteran who once loved guns. Plus, in the extended episode Mike explains why he yelled at George Bush and how Memorial Day is only another militaristic holiday to whitewash a deadly and racist history. And watch Mike and Abby Martin’s episode on the true history of Memorial Day, Used & Betrayed, and their important documentary Gaza Fights for Freedom. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

See Lev Golinkin's analysis of Nina: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-ukrainian-journalist?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Nina Jankowicz was chosen to head Biden's Disinformation Governance Board, only to be fired after being exposed for spreading disinformation about Russia, Hunter Biden, and Ukrainian neo-Nazis. And now she blames everyone else. Our guest, Ukrainian journalist Lev Golinkin, shares his thoughts of Nina and her Ministry of Truth in the extended episode.

Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/russia-and-ukraine-media-fails-6-YLgkJgtwjZ If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Click here for the full episode, including the extended interview with Lev Golinkin on disinformation, weapons manufacturers, and Aaron’s fight with a bloody normal Nazi denier: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-ukrainian-journalist?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The Nation’s Lev Golinkin has an important message that most people in mainstream news can’t seem to wrap their heads around: “Russia is committing war crimes. That is true. And not everyone who is fighting Russia is a good guy. That is also true.” And some of these bad guys are Nazis. Lev, who sees his home country being terrorized by Russia while also by it’s own neo-Nazi extremists, brings a new perspective to the war that is rarely shared. And why is his voice stifled? Because of disinformation launderers like Nina Jankowicz, Orwellian head of Biden’s (now-paused) Disinformation Board, who have a pro-war agenda, whitewash Nazism, and smear anyone who disagrees with them. Read Lev’s articles at the Nation, read his memoir, and watch Useful Idiots. It’s the last stand against the supercalifragicensors. And become a Substack subscriber to see the full interview where we discuss disinformation, weapons manufacturers, and Aaron’s fight with a Nazi denier. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

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.

Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/monday-mourning-after-mourning-NBHfQpEbbd If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning

Click here for the full episode, including the extended interview with Alan MacCleod and fan suggestions for military-grade baby names: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/extended-episode-media-and-biden?r=je5va&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This week, Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces. The way the New York Times reported it was that she “die[d]”: The Times, CBS News, the Associated Press, and more corporate media outlets all referred to the incident, in which Israeli military opened fire on journalists, through words like “clash,” “conflict,” or other misleading terms to cast doubt on who the attackers were. Multiple eye witnesses confirmed the Israeli military shot and killed Abu Akleh. Journalist Alan MacCleod of MintPress News joins the Useful Idiots to expose media bias and propaganda that’s become increasingly difficult to dig through. (We highly recommend following his twitter to stay informed) In the extended interview, Alan uncovers the dark truth of TikTok’s shady executives and a Ukrainian news source that’s become a favorite of western corporate media but isn’t what it seems. And unfortunately, as we learned with Mnar Adley last week, MintPress’s journalism is at stake after sites like PayPal decided to wipeout the accounts of dissenting voices. “If you are going to challenge the government or challenge power in any way,” MacCleod explains. “You might want to remove your money from PayPal because it could get zapped at any point just like it happened to me.” Plus, Biden ditches Covid relief to spend more money on weapons for Ukraine, Lindsey Graham’s war-mongering speech, and a funeral proposal. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

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!

Katie Halper and Aaron Maté go over the worst moments of the Sunday morning news shows that they watch so you don’t have to. Join Katie and Aaron with your questions right after the stream at Callin Just download the free app to ask a question or listen on the web. https://www.callin.com/room/useful-idiots-CHNrlvaoYl If it's Monday Morning, it's #MondayMourning