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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 with Dr. Horne: https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/video-why-the-us-is-a-bigger-threat?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web “There’s an underestimation of how dangerous the United States government is right now.” Prolific and esteemed historian Dr. Gerald Horne, who holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies and has authored over 40 books, warns that the greatest threat to world peace is the US government. Whether taking down civil rights leaders, starting countless wars, killing foreign civilians, using imperialism to rule other countries, causing economic ruin for entire regions… need we go on? Just this week, we got to see the FBI cheer on Dr. Martin Luther King after aiding his assassination. Plus, measures were introduced in the Senate to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline…in another country. It’s US imperialism that would cause economic disaster in Europe. It’s not easy being the world’s policeman, but someone’s gotta do it. So join us as Dr. Gerald Horne unravels the danger of the United States government. But make sure not to speak up too much about it, or who knows what will happen. As the FBI wrote to Dr. King: “You are done.” It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. And come back Monday for the extended interview with Dr. Horne.

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.

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/extended-interview-tortured-guantanamo?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Mansoor Adayfi shares his harrowing story of being kidnapped and brought to Guantanamo: “Then I was dragged to my cage, naked. Six of the guards beat me and tied me with a hood and duct tape. It was messaging. When they took the hood off, I couldn’t see for hours because of the bright light and my eyes were swollen from the beating. “I was asking: Am I in Hell? Am I dead?” Fourteen years later, Mansoor was proven innocent and released to Serbia. He still lives with years of trauma and the social shame of being formerly-labeled a suspected terrorist. And after all that, our government does nothing to help him. Now, Adayfi is working to shut Guantanamo down with activism, paintings, and his book Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo. The US government tries to hide and mask their torture of innocent people. It’s time for us to learn what’s really going on. Listen to Mansoor Adayfi’s story. It’s tragic, evil, and in the end, inspiring. Plus, terrible Dems love Dick Cheney, Tucker Carlson’s awful joke, and virtual reality cows. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. And stay tuned for the extended interview on Monday, in which Adayfi discusses his hunger strike, the cruelty of American torture, and how he’s learned to live with trauma.

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.

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/extended-interview-david-cross-on?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web The infinitely funny and smart David Cross stopped by for a chat and we couldn’t contain our excitement. You know him from Mr. Show, Arrested Development, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (tip from Wilson: the best hidden gem show you’ll find), and his hilarious standup specials. And now you know him as a Useful Idiot. We talk comedy: creating a standup special, using audience feedback to perfect his set, and how he felt when Netflix took down an episode of w/ Bob and David for having a character in blackface. We talk politics: why Bernie would’ve won, why (some) Hillary Clinton supporters were blinded by tribalism, and why Andrew Yang should “fuck all the way off.” And for good measure we geek out about our favorite David Cross roles and bits. Come back Monday for the extended interview where we take a deep dive into his new special “I’m From the Future,” politics, and more. Plus, Joe Manchin and the crackhead daughters, military-grade snow removal, and naked but masked. It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out. And subscribe to hear the ad-free version. Your subscription goes to help the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press and independent journalists everywhere.

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?

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.