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Listen to This Article - House Committee Rips State Department Over Censorship
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe House Committee on Small Business prints a blistering report on the Global Engagement Center, a State Department "counter-messaging" entity at the center of the Twitter FilesNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Beyond the Law
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsTwenty-three years ago, America's leaders asserted the right to ignore the law. Now, they want voters to ratify their own disenfranchisementNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - DNC Talking Points Become Instant Post-Debate Headlines
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn the Trump-Harris debate, reality proved easy to manufacture. Was it always like this?Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - A Phony Story About Ducks
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhile fact-checkers descend on Ohio, a brief reminder about a strange episodeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Embracing the Joy
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWith new Russiagate charges and raids all around, learning to love police, paranoia, and surveillance is the new self-help programNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - What I Got Wrong About "Shock Therapy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter witnessing a historic financial collapse in the former Soviet Union, I thought bad advice from Western economists was a root cause. Now I think failure was the planNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Liberalism Removes its Mask
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsUpper-class America pretended to care about rights, until the rabble moved too close to homeNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - France: What Happened to You, Man?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe charges in the case of Telegram founder Pavel Durov reveal a stunning turn away from very recent French outrage about surveillanceNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Zuckerberg Defies the Borg
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAs governments everywhere tighten their grip on the Internet, Meta's CEO blows a hole in years of official lies. How authorities brought this on themselvesNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - The Worm Turns: House, Senate Investigate TSA Surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan along with Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Chuck Grassley of Iowa are demanding answers about the TSA's "Quiet Skies" programNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article - The DNC's Sinister Rebrand of "Freedom"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"Freedom from" was right up there with "joy" and "unity" as key themes of last night's Blue Party Grammy Awards. Unfortunately, it wasn't funnyNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - On “Positive Masculinity”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsDoes Tim Walz represent a new “enlightened archetype” of men?Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Intimidation and Waste: Surveillance of Tulsi Gabbard Triggered by Unspecified "Affiliation"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen a former presidential candidate and Iraq War veteran was put under "Quiet Skies" surveillance, U.S. Air Marshals blew the whistle on an "out of control" programNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - This Week in FOIA: "The Dude Called Me... I Didn't Know He Had My Number"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNew document releases show a key disclosure on Russiagate, confusion over how "misinformation" narratives are chosen, odd emails about drop boxes and pre-bunking, and moreNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - The First Deep State Fix? Dismantle Homeland Security
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsBuilt to fight foreign terrorists, our Domestic Department of Everything sees the budget-conscious American with a vote as the greatest threat.Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - American Stasi: Tulsi Gabbard Confirms "Quiet Skies" Nightmare
Placed on a terror watch list, the former Hawaii congresswoman and her husband were tailed by Air Marshals and bomb dogs. "Unconstitutional on every level," she says. "And I'm not the only one."Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article - Bat Scares Egghead Couple: Trump Blamed
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsTerror of self-sufficiency grips the New York Times editorial page, and comedy ensuesNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Sir Keir Starmer's Pre-Crime Clarion Call
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter nationalist riots in Southport, Britain's new Prime Minister announces plans for a "coordinated effort" to arrest wrongdoers "before they can even board a train"Narrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Checking the Checkers: "Border Czar"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsRacket consults the experts. How many dunce caps does the "Border Czar" controversy earn?Narrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Meet the New Lies, Same as the Old Lies
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsHaving covered up Joe Biden's infirmity for years, the press moves to whitewash the bizarre record of Kamala HarrisNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - In Final Kick in the Pants, Departing Biden Denounced as Another Trump
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen Joe Biden failed to immediately assume the position when party bigwigs called for his head, Beltway insiders lumped him in with the Orange OneNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Who's Running This Country?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsJoe Biden is too incapacitated to run for re-election, but plans to stay in office. What the hell is going on?Narrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - The Slow-Motion Assassination
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsSelf-described guardians of democracy spent years creating a lethal atmosphere around Donald TrumpNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - The Surrender
In the wake of a fatal shooting and attempted assassination of Donald Trump, a series of reversals may mark the beginning of a new political eraNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article - Illa in Manila: Will History Demand Trump-Hillary II?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsEight years of madness have brought America to the doorstep of its perfect WWE ending. Let's get ready to rumbleNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - We're All Living Season 5 of "The Wire"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe oft-criticized last season of the acclaimed series, a satire in which institutional America is totally overrun by fraud, now looks ahead of its timeNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - The Democratic Coup
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhile Joe Biden struggled onstage, party plotters scripted his premature exitNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - The Supreme Court Punts on Censorship
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsStanding and the related "traceability" issue doom Murthy v. Missouri, as the Supreme Court votes 6-3 to kick the Internet censorship can down the roadNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Assange is Free, But Never Forget How the Press Turned on Him
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe Wikileaks head is finally out of prison. A look back at some of the comments that kept him insideNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Bring Back Capitalism
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA new generation of unscrupulous political leaders and Wall Street hucksters has come up with a brilliant plan to outwit the populist revolt: pretending to be critics of capitalism
Listen to This Article - We Called It: Karine Jean-Pierre Blames AI "Deepfakes" for Joe Biden's Real Infirmity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLast week, Racket showed an intelligence-crafted game blaming AI for suggesting "one of the candidates may have dementia." Yesterday, Biden spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre played that exact card
Listen to This Article - A Rare Win for Free Speech? The Stanford Internet Observatory Closes
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsA seeming win for this site's readers and other opponents of censorship. But is the win illusory?Narrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article - Welcome To The Third World
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen War on Terror proponents ignored laws to target Muslim terror suspects, American liberalism rightly objected. Once Donald Trump became the target, critics joined the mobNarrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article: Ukraine Detains Socialist Writer, Bans World Socialist Web Site
Writer Bogdan Syrotiuk has been detained and a prominent socialist site blocked, while a new list of Ukrainian media enemies is released. The Western press response? SilenceNarrated by Jared Moore This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article - Ding, Dong, the Witch Still Leads the Polls
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"We got him!" cheered protesters, headlines. What did they get?Narrated by Jared Moore
Listen to This Article: Substack Q&A: Jonathan Haidt's "Anxious Generation"
One of the co-founders of the Heterodox Academy returns to his academic specialty with a hair-raising warning about the digital ageNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article - Stop The Bullshit
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsGoing on strike from it all.
Listen to This Article - More Twitter Files: Your Posts Replaced With "Dog Pictures, Quinoa Recipes, and Sports Scores"?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIn a possible preview of our future, a Twitter contractor proposed aggressive solutions for speech, including putting users in "voids" and replacing their content with pet picsNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - FOIA Files: Garry Kasparov Resigns from Aspen Institute Commission, Compares it to Soviet Committee
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news"If I'm being honest...This type of approach was common practice in the USSR."www.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Censorship Files: "We Will Not Be Intimidated From Continuing Our Mission in... 2024"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsWhen Stanford's Election Integrity Partnership stirred up controversy, its participants defiantly planned a rerun for this year
Listen to This Article: More Republicans Betray Causes They Supported Ten Minutes Ago
The Great Bipartisan Constitution-shredding project of 2024 continues at breakneck speed This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article: Substack Q&A: Natalie Wexler of "Minding The Gap"
Should we teach more knowledge and less process? Why has knowledge become a bad word? Racket catches up with K-12 expert Natalie Wexler, author of "The Knowledge Gap" This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article: Blame Canada? Justin Trudeau Creates Blueprint for Dystopia in Horrific Speech Bill
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLife sentences for speech? Pre-crime detention? Ex post facto law? Anonymous accusers? It's all in Justin Trudeau's "Online Harms Bill," a true "threat to democracy"www.Racket.news
Listen to This Article: Is Journalism Back? New York Times Editor Goes Ballistic on Biden, “Safe Space” Era
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsFive years of bitterness between Joe Biden and the country's most influential newspaper burst into the open this week, opening a door for a press comebackwww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article: The Atlantic Compares Walter Kirn to Donald Trump
The latest "What happened to you, man?" piece goes next-levelwww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article: A True Bipartisan Scandal
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsHow out of control is our surveillance state? Read about a dubious investigation that swept up communications of some of the country's most senior highest officials, and their families, in secretNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - Paul Krugman's Magical Thinking
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsThe standard-bearer for the "Voters are too dumb to understand the economy" movement takes an ironic stand against "magical thinking"www.Racket.news
Listen to This Article - It's Not Me, It's You: Blaming the Public's "Perception of the Economy"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsIf you think you spent twenty years being ripped off while a generation of rent-seeking scam artists was showered with public subsidies, experts agree: your "perception" needsNarrated by Jared Moorewww.racket.news
Listen to This Article - Substack Q&A: Quoth The Raven's "Fringe Finance"
Making high finance accessible to ordinary readers, one financial "shit burger" at a time.www.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe
Listen to This Article: America's "Adults in the Room" Are Revolting
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsAfter betraying voters to lead a weekend wipeout in Congress for the war-and-spying crowd, Mike Johnson was granted honorary "adult" status by adoring punditswww.racket.news