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Again, white supremacy kills. Full episode on patreon.com/thebpshow

White supremacy kills. Full episode available on Patreon.com/theBpDShow

Stacey Abrams burned a Georgia flag that had the image of the confederacy on it. My friend Marcus Ferrell put it brilliantly: Anyone that has an issue with this was never going to support her. I think that this statement can say a lot about the fight that I apparently refuse to let go of: Anyone who has an issue with directly fighting racism was never going to support a coalition that does fight racism.So why should we waste time on them when there are tens-of-millions of people we CAN reach who never voted.

There is no progressive future without fixing the damage on the Supreme Court. In 2018 it is critical Democrats get majorities in the Senate (except Manchin, he can eat a ****). But in 2020, it is critical that we hold Democrats to a Court Packing litmus test.IMPORTANT: This isn't a litmus test that says "I'm not gonna vote for Dems if they don't do what I like." This is a litmus test that says, "I'm going to check with the politicians from my district and state and if they aren't going to pack the courts, then I will run against them."You don't have to vote for the lesser evil if you run to be the greater good.

Hey everyone! 661 is up.Listen, there are no "moderate" Republicans. What they want is the complete destruction of what we want and they are willing to burn down everything to get it. And I've extended an "olive branch" of sorts to the "misguided" Left. It's the same exact message that I've been giving over the past few weeks, but I try to do it without all the venom I'm fully aware that I dished out.661 is a full episode so let's go!Episode 661 | Radical Conservative Nikki Haley Resigns | Conservatism Is Extremist | An Olive Branch to the Misguided Left

The finale. Part Six. Anoa made a statement in here that brings it all together. It is our mandate. Not only for media but also for those of you who are trying to find your way through being politically active.Thanks for riding with me through this entire series!- Ben

Finally, the two-part conclusion to our six-part series! Part six is available now to Patrons only and will be made available to everyone else next week.Thanks to everyone who participated in this very impromptu series on this topic.

For some of you, this will be like "Duh." But I'm discovering more and more how many people don't understand that Neoliberalism is a specific set of economic policies that are most promoted -- and promoted in their extreme form -- by Republicans.If this is a review for you, then bare with me as I make this plain for some people.

Enough is enough. Time to move on from hoping to talk sense into a group that doesn't want any.Long story short, we've got to work. We've got to organize more. We've got to get into position to actually effect change. Shouting at Democrats from the sidelines while Republicans are running up the score for neoliberalism is a failing strategy.Let's talk about it.

We're seeing the worst in the treatment of women revived to help elevate Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court so that Bret Kavanaugh can enforce his will on the bodies of women by repealing Roe-v-Wade just as he allegedly forced his will on the body of the women who reported sexual assault.

I delayed part four so I could include voices of women. Even though I pointed out the male-dominated space, I would have been perpetuating the problem by not including the voices of women.Once again, my homegirls came to the rescue. Wendi Muse shared this amazing podcast with me and I've chopped it to share with you. But be sure to listen to the entire podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/leftpoc/left-pocket-project-podcast-episode-4-no-girls-allowed-a-conversation-w-sansdnCheck out Wendi Muse on Twitter @MuseWendi, San on Twitter @Sansdn and the podcast on Twitter: @LeftPOC Fair warning! The women use profanity much more than me. ROFL. But they use it so elegantly that you barely notice.

Part three in a four-part series on independent media and how it reflects mainstream media.In this conversation, I speak with @MediaStudied again about the lanes that support the current power structure and why it has become increasingly necessary for media to cater to those lanes.In the context of how people of color (Black people specifically) fit into these lanes, historically it has always been about how we can serve one of those lanes. The moment you challenge your lane, you're likely to get similar treatment as you would in any of the other lanes be it the Democratic establishment lane, the Republican establishment lane, or the "anti-establishment" establishment lane.Which leads us to the question of access to platforms? Well, the answer is, so long as you say what they want to hear, you can access any of these three lanes. The moment you challenge it -- even the so-called anti-establishment lane -- you either lose access or that media company runs the risk of losing the demographic it serves.All of this is applicable to politics and policy. All of this underscores the importance of identity.

Part two of an ongoing conversation. Today's podcast is a conversation I had with @QGotNoRings and @Deuce1042 about this independent media space.

This is part one of four podcasts based on two hours of conversations I had with @MediaStudied, @QGotNoRings, and @Deuce1042 (all on twitter) about how independent media both reflect the current power structure and, in its own way, is merely fulfilling a function of the current power structure.We get into the weeds a bit, but it was an important conversation -- especially for me.

Watching the Dallas police smear a man who was killed while resting in his home is surreal. But they've done this so many times, the smearing of Black people killed by police has been perfected down to a science. Today's bonus show I cover "Useless contrarianism" -- the performative art of grandstanding but doing nothing to help progressive goals.

Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk is a friend of mine and I respect his work. But a tweet he sent out -- though he certainly offered clarification -- gives us the opportunity to explore the idea that the culture war is a distraction or best understood as a tool used by oligarchs to keep us divided. I used to think this too until I thought this all the way through.

What happened to Serena sadly happens too often around the country to black people. Ask them.

Professor Matt Sienkiewicz is joined by Max Thunder, and Josh Moss to discuss politics and other antics. Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc on Twitter) joins the gang to discuss the impressive win by Ayanna Pressley. I'll be back tomorrow!

I'm away for a few days covering for David Pakman. But the first segement of today's episode is me covering the story of Colin Kaepernick's endorsement. Thanks to @MediaStudied for covering for me and all of his amazing guests! @kenklippenstein

SUNDAY SPECIALIt's a shame when white, male supremacy is pushed by Black people and ESPECIALLY by the Black church.

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Yesterday was a bad day for Trump. Michael Cohen has implicated the president in two federal crimes. But will he be indicted or impeached? Let's discuss.Full episode available at patreon.com/thebpdshow.Subscribe to our newsletter bit.ly/To-The-Point

Republicans will use ANYTHING they can to maintain power. In the race for governor for the state of Georgia, a DONOR to the Republican candidate is pushing to shut down 7 of 9 polling locations in a predominantly black Georgia county. Full episode available at patreon.com/thebpshow

Conservatives are playing for keeps. They are rewriting history right before our eyes. They're deplatforming Leftists while crying about being deplatformed. They are plotting to end our freedom of speech while crying that we -- who are actually defending their free speech-- are actually trying to take theirs away.It's time to wake up to this truth and fight back!

Serious question. When will you decide to actually fight nazis?

Nazis failed this weekend because they were afraid: they were afraid of Antifa, public shaming, and all of the negative press around being a public nazi. Now they can go back to being a private Nazi and extremist like their conservative extremist brethren.Patrons Bonus:David Frum -- formerly of the Bush White House -- is upset about the decline of conservatism in his article addressing the polemicism of Dinesh D'Souza. But David Frum had a role to play in the iteration of conservatism in power today. Let's discuss.

Gone fishing. Have a great weekend.

Let's talk about Ben Shapiro's challenge of Ocasio-Cortez. I guess when your contemporaries are people Mike Cernovich or other conservatives. But is he really that smart?go to patreon.com/thebpdshow to get the rest of today's show where I cover:Laura Ingram is a white nationalist. In other news, water is wet.Space -- the final frontier of the military industrial complex.

30 minute rant on why progressives supporting alex jones are wrong and actually seeking government protections from social consquences.

Let's talk about all of the many ways Republicans use scapegoats to implement their policies that are generally designed to preserve wealth for the wealthy and to make America white again. Check out so much more on patreon.com/thebpdshow

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Today's full show is lit. You should check it out. Patreon.com/thebpdshow Donald Trump has taken the party's most essential command a little too literally asking the people to not believe their eyes and ears. But what's far worse than what George Orwell could foresee is that the people, the proles, aren't being controlled by Big Brother. The people are rejecting tangible, objective reality on their own accord because of hyperpartisanship. They will literally convince themselves that 2+2 =/= 4 just to own the libs.Nina Turner read this CNN panel for filth. Let's enjoy it together with a couple of points for analysis.Finally, Meghan McCain is a moron. I don't mean that in an overly simplistic, ad hominem fashion. I mean it in the sense that her political-economic analyses are as fatuous as those made by Dave Rubin.Hope you enjoy today's podcast as much as I enjoyed creating it!Featured image created by @tinyfingertrump: https://twitter.com/TinyFingerTrump/status/1022076872656596997

Last night the wife of Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas, shared #Walkaway propaganda that used stock photos of Black people to make it seem as though Black folks were leaving the Democratic Party for the GOP.They've started an all-out psyop war two years in advance of the 2020 election with the singular purpose of reelecting Donald Trump.Also, check out the terrifying clips of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared by Fox News last night.Get access to all of our FULL epsisodes at Patreon.com/thebpdshow

The full episode is available on patreon.com/thebpdshow.James Comey thinks we should be scared of Bernie Sanders' post-office socialism. Wait til he meets my communist friends.Trump is wagging the dog with new threats of war with Iran. MORON!And James Gunn is fired for pedophile tweets. Here are my thoughts.

Amazing interview with an author who has the solutions we need. A few takeaway quotes:"The current Republican coalition must be smashed and humiliated and rebuilt from the ground.""A minority government in power in D.C. is pursuing policies that are hated by 67% of America!""We're being dominated by a handful of misfit nazis."Go to patreon.com/thebpdshow for the entire interview

I dug in deep on episode 626. It's no shock that Republicans still support Donald Trump. The monster they created in opposition to Barack Obama is now starting to eat its own. The full episode is .... lit. I discuss how progressives are being sheep-herded into the arms of nazis. Go check it out. patreon.com/thebpdshow

George Will (yes... I know) coined the phrase "Helsinki Republicans" to describe those supporters of Donald Trump still backing him after Monday's fiasco. The problem is, Republicans have long demonstrated they have no problem betraying their beliefs just to "own the libs."Get the full episode by going to patreon.com/thebpshow

Trump isn't undermining our intelligence agencies to address the concerns you and I have with them. Trump isn't siding with the working class of Russia. Trump isn't siding with the common man in Russia. Trump is siding with the oligarchs and their Russian intelligience agencies. Nothing he is doing will make society better for anyone except ... well, listen in.Full episode available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20131508

When you're so woke you serve white supremacy.Go to https://www.patreon.com/posts/20015340 for more.

Go to patreon.com/thebpshow to access the full 40 minute show!We are living in the golden era of Right-Wing propaganda. The level of revisionist histories that are spreading and the intentional obtuseness necessary to assist this spread are hallmarks of this propaganda.Meanwhile, the Left is engaged in sectarian-styled conflicts warring over issues that are important but irrelevant when we are so completely out of power.In the Patron's only show:Also, the level of ignorance allowed by conservatives would never be allowed by leftists. This is another aspect of the asymmetrical political fight in which we are engaged.Finally, Black nationalism is helping white supremacy. Here's how.

For the full episode, go to Patreon.com/thebpdshow.The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in favor of Maquette University professor John McAdams who was fired for a 2014 blog. McAdams tried to make it seem like he was fired for his 'unpopular' speech. In fact, he was fired for putting a student's life in danger.

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Episode 616 | We are being held to a standard of civility while Donald Trump isn't even being held to a standard of constitutionality. Our anger is deligtimized while they're anger is weaponized politically. This is an asymetrical political conflict and we've already lost if we continue to allow them to hold us to different rules of engagment.

Episode 615 | Sarah Sanders got denied service at a restaurant for being the spokesperson for a bigot and moderates lost their minds. Meanwhile, Trump is attacking due process but all anyone seems to care about is Maxine Waters calling for us to protest Trump officials where ever we find them.Finally, "so woke you're sleep."

Krugman's latest column is worth your time reading. I give you a quick break down and my take on what he intentionally left out. Read his article later:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/opinion/blood-libel-trump-immigrants.htmlZoë Carpenter is The Nation's associate Washington editor. She worked previously for Rolling Stone, and has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and other media outlets. Follow her on Twitter @ZoeSCarpenter. She spoke with me about her time at a border facility and her recent reporting on the damage Trump's policies have on children and families.