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Cover photo: Over 10,000 abortion rights protesters marched on the Minnesota Capitol to demand that abortion remain legal in Minnesota and to protest a recent US Supreme court decision that effectively made abortion illegal in many states. July 27, 2022. Credit: Fibonacci Blue

Israel has dropped its two-state pretense, what will the world do in response?

Matthew Sheffield — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:05:15 GMT

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00:00 — Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he won’t allow any sort of Palestinian state

01:48 — Tennessee and Oklahoma introduce “abortion trafficking” censorship bills

03:47 — More Oklahoma craziness: State Republican legislator wants to criminalize all forms of pornography

05:52 — Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross speaks out about her firing

13:59 — CEOs seem to finally be ending their war on working from home

17:24 — Daily Show announces Jon Stewart to host for one day a week until Election Day

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Cover Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on January 30, 2023. State Department photo by Ron Przysucha

In the general election, Donald Trump is a weak candidate

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:01:13 GMT

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00:00 — Introduction

01:31 — New Hampshire primary results reveal Trump’s big weaknesses as a general election candidate

08:32 — Nikki Haley’s opportunistic attitudes toward racism

14:04 — New report exposes wildly extreme viewpoints of influential “anti-DEI” activists

18:01 — Self-proclaimed free speech activists privately admit they want progressives fired

23:20 — Matt Gaetz admits far right is targeting Hispanic and black men for radicalization

27:15 — A handful of minor black celebrities are (unintentionally?) helping Republicans propagandize

31:33 — Tim Scott humiliated himself in a display for the ages at Trump’s NH victory speech

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Cover Photo: Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's 2023 Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. October 28, 2023. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0

Bonus: Ohio grand jury spares woman from miscarriage prosecution, but other women won't be so lucky

Matthew Sheffield — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:00:35 GMT

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00:00 — Ohio jury declines to indict Brittany Watts for miscarriage, but many other women will not be so lucky

03:11 — Case against NYC subway killer Daniel Penney allowed to continue

04:20 — Yes, it is Confederate Christianity

06:28 — Right-wingers dropping the pretense of respect for Martin Luther King

09:17 — Stephen A. Smith and many other sports media people trash far-right commentator Jason Whitlock

14:26 — AI generated content, including fake porn images, is flooding the internet

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Brittany Watts photo via screenshot

Stop pretending Nikki Haley has a chance

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:27:41 GMT

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00:00 — Nikki Haley has no chance, please stop pretending otherwise

08:18 — Vivek Ramaswamy ends his fake campaign after getting 7 percent in Iowa

11:23 — Despite their genuflections, Haley and Ramaswamy will always be “other” to Republicans

17:40 — Trump has turned to the “pound the table” legal defense because he knows the facts and law don’t favor him

22:50 — Kentucky Republican moves to legalize first-cousin incest

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Nikki Haley photo by Gage Skidmore

STJH Bonus: Mass grave discovered in Mississippi

Matthew Sheffield — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:51:07 GMT

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0:00 — Mass grave discovered behind Mississippi jail

02:57 — New York Times publishes irresponsible piece on Taylor Swift's sex life

05:12 — Trump hatchet-man Roger Stone recorded asking for murder and kidnapping

07:03 — Ray Epps sentenced

08:59 — Far-right Christian women tangle over how much misogyny is enough

16:18 — How fear can keep us in bad situations

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Democrats divide on Palestine as Bill Ackman exposes himself

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:49:22 GMT

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0:00 — Anti-war protesters at Biden’s Charleston speech reflect unsettled questions of what democracy looks like

07:19 — Younger Democrats are feeling frustrated by elderly party leaders who won't listen

14:24 — Deranged billionaire Bill Ackman proves attacks on Claudine Gay were not about plagiarism or antisemitism

22:47 — Mark Cuban tangles with Elon Musk over diversity initiatives

31:08 — Mehdi Hasan leaves MSNBC after show canceled, how about that liberal media?

34:02 — Christian Ziegler, embattled Florida Republican chair, fired after rape allegations

35:38 — Florida county ‘reviews’ dictionary from schools for sexual content

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The attacks on Claudine Gay weren’t actually about plagiarism or antisemitism

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:00:36 GMT

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0:00 — Claudine Gay and the bigger picture

05:06 — Christopher Rufo, William F. Buckley, and the right wing’s 70+ year war on education and equality

12:47 — Gay’s ouster is making apolitical black Americans pay closer attention to politics

16:43 — “Liberal media” outlets aren’t getting tricked by reactionaries, they agree with them because they are center-right

24:50 — Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents release have nothing new so far

26:52 — Pharmaceutical companies lowering insulin prices after Biden's price control

28:04 — Minimum wages are going up in 22 states in 2024

29:51 — Michigan Republicans face financial and political disaster thanks to QAnon chairwoman

31:55 — Elon Musk and other right-wingers shocked that Green Day is left-wing

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A cozy holiday crossover

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 21:10:09 GMT

Kali and Matt are joined by the first-ever STJH guest, Doomscroll co-host Lisa Curry

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0:00 — Winter solstice and the season is the reason

04:42 — The Christmas song sweepstakes

15:32 — Far-right Christians hate Hallmark now for making some lesbian and gay stories

25:38 — MAGA obsessives can't understand why relatives don't want to be around their BS…

Should Trump be banned from the ballot for his insurrection?

Matthew Sheffield — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 20:22:40 GMT

Headlines

0:00 — Should Trump be banned from the ballot for his insurrection?

05:11 — Official government crime reports contradict right-wing fearmongering

09:39 — Ohio is prosecuting a woman who had a miscarriage

14:52 — Some of Jeffrey Epstein's business records to be unsealed after court order

16:19 — New York establishes commission to examine idea of slavery reparations

18:37 — Black gay Republican activist mobbed by far-right activists

20:29 — Blaze commentator Jason Whitlock says women shouldn't have right to vote

23:25 — Bud Light realizes it can just pay right-wing figures to take the heat off

28:04 — Conservative Cringe: A Donald Trump Christmas rap

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Texas abortion law's ugly tyranny exposed in court case

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:00:57 GMT

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00:00 — Texas abortion law's ugly tyranny exposed in court case

10:45 — After promoting and protecting antisemites for years, Republicans are now weaponizing anti-antisemitism against Harvard’s first black president

21:18 — First-time author Cait Corrain loses contracts after malicious fake book reviews exposed

28:51 — Actual justice obtained against Montgomery boat brawl assailants and Atlanta woman who killed black motorist

33:00 — Donald Trump sells pieces of suit he supposedly wore along with new NFTs

35:21 — Doritos nacho cheese liquor now exists

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Kevin McCarthy announces resignation as MAGA plots revenge against America

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:54:38 GMT

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0:00 — Kevin McCarthy announces resignation as MAGA plots revenge against America

06:25 — Republicans openly boasting about "purging" the government of anyone who disagrees

11:23 — White nationalist activists glory in Elon Musk's rule of Twitter

15:09 — Mike Johnson says he's blurring J6 rioter footage to protect people from prosecution

20:31 — “Right privilege” and Republicans' freedom to lie constantly and never be confronted for it

26:34 — Moms for Liberty or Moms for threesomes?

32:16 — George Santos making Cameo videos after being expelled

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'Right privilege' and America's broken politics

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 09:29:49 GMT

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00:00 — "Right privilege" and America's broken politics

08:36 — Is the distinction between overt and covert racism worth anything?

14:32 — How much do run-of-the-mill Republicans know about their party's policies and aims?

21:26 — What the American left has lost since Obama 2008

29:22 — Why it's important to distinguish between conservatism and reactionism

35:46 — Multiple messages are necessary in political communication

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Elon Musk sues Media Matters for telling the truth about Twitter

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:24:56 GMT

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0:00 — Intro

01:09 — Elon Musk sues Media Matters for telling truth about Twitter's monetized hate

11:32 — Republican appeals court judges void part of Voting Rights Act

18:22 — Sean "Diddy" Combs settles Cassie Ventura rape lawsuit

32:45 — Good news: Retailers getting more likely to give employees Thanksgiving off

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Congressional Republican fisticuffs and the right's history of violence

Matthew Sheffield — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 07:19:48 GMT

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0:00 — Republicans are literally fighting each other now

03:53 — The banality and absurdity of evil

08:32 — Right-wing groups devising plans to seize power and militarize cities

19:10 — Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other reactionary figures loudly embrace antisemitic rhetoric

28:02 — Reminder: Ayn Rand's hero was a child murderer

31:43 — Marlon Wayans shows how to support trans people as a comedian

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