Exactly. Thomas has no real "point of view" to speak of when you compare it to the actions he's taken in his life, and the people who pay him. He's just a crook, and Corey Robin takes him way too seriously.

The dude’s entire existence is an indictment of American black conservatism, it’s such a cuckold ideology it’s not even funny.

We sit with longtime QAnon reporter Will Sommer of the Daily Beast to discuss Baby Q's weird cult, the rise of QAnon over the last few years, the hunt for Q's identity, and the Q-man Centipede. We also touch on the latest internal Fox News messages that reveal their eagerness to platform lies about the election even when they didn’t believe those lies themselves. Will Sommer's book is 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America'.
 
Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Will Sommer: https://twitter.com/willsommer
Will's Book 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America': https://www.harpercollins.com/products/trust-the-plan-will-sommer

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Music by Max Weber. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 220: Baby Q Rising feat Will Sommer

Our old friend David A. Banks is back to talk about the release of his new book, The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America. We also discuss the complicated legacy of Richard Florida and the false prophets of the creative class. 

Buy the book here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-city-authentic-how-the-attention-economy-builds-urban-america/18908149

Check out David’s substack here: https://otherday.substack.com/

Episode 287: Creative Ass

"I Was A Teenage Conspiracy Theorist," The Atlantic magazine playfully titled a 2020 essay. "Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories rise," reported The Associated Press in 2022. "Do You Know Someone Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories? We Want to Hear About It," wrote The New York Times last year.

Fears of "conspiracy theories" are a common trope in the U.S. media, a worry that's grown more acute with the rise of QAnon, anti-vaxx sentiment, anti-semitism and a host of other dangerous theories that unduly rot brains throughout the country. To a great extent, this understandable: Many ideas that meet the definition of "conspiracy theories" are, indeed, baseless and dangerous and can direct people's political energy and resources into wasteful, racist, and downright stupid rabbit holes.

But that fact shouldn't delegitimize or foreclose all skepticism of those in power, but too often the term "conspiracy theory" is used to do just that. Repeatedly, media lump together so-called conspiracy theories, regardless of their accuracy, rationale, and ideology: at once, UFO chasers, QAnon, and the Black Panther Party being subject to FBI disruption are somehow placed in the same category of paranoid kooks. At the same time, unproven, and often debunked ideas advanced by media that also meet the definition of "conspiracy theories" — such as Saddam Hussein being behind 9/11 or so-called Havana syndrome — are treated as unassailable, meriting ongoing investigation, limitless resources, and of course, utmost solemnity.

On this episode, we detail the double standards applied to conspiracy theories inside and outside of the realm of U.S. corporate media. We’ll examine the development of the concept of conspiracy theories and the media's selective invocations of the term to discredit real grievances directed at American power and the U.S. government, and moreover, how power-friendly conspiracies — namely those focused on Enemy States like the Havana Syndrome narrative — are permitted to fester and grow without pushback because their red yarn dot connecting implicates the right lists of Acceptable Bad Guys.

Our guest is Jacobin writer Branko Marcetic.

Episode 180: Havana Syndrome and the Power of Mainstream, Acceptable Conspiracy Theories

We cover some breaking 17th century news and look at the race car driving heir to the House of Habsburg, as well as the coronation of King Charles III, for a little modern-day Hell on Earth. Then, keeping with the theme of gratuitous puff-pieces in the Times, we look at “Liz” Holmes attempt to rebrand herself as a gee-shucks everyday mom and family woman ahead of her sentencing for medical fraud. Finally, we catch up on the ever-mounting corruption in the Supreme Court, and what our elected officials will fail to do about it.

The piece about heart transplants Felix mentions in this: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/opinion/heart-transplant-donor.html
New merch, including Hell on Earth designs and re-stocked Zapata Oil hats, available for order through May 24th here: https://represent.com/store/chapo-trap-house

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730 - The Man Who Would Be King (5/8/23)

Blake Masters (NOT THAT ONE, Blake is the creator of Showtime’s Brotherhood, and writer for Rubicon, Law & Order: LA, and Falling Water among many other shows) joins us to discuss the ongoing WGA writers’ strike. Will and Blake touch on the transforming landscape of Television, fair compensation in the age of streaming, standing creative professionals’ ground against AI, and how entertainment unions fit into the larger world of American organized labor. And also, how all TV writing eventually leads back to Columbo.

BONUS: What’s at Stake in the WGA Writers’ Strike

Topics: White House Plumbers show, Gulf war trading cards
Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse

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251 - Mrs. Pibb 05.25.23

We take a look at Barack Obama’s new Netflix series “Working: What We Do All Day,” in which the former president examines the various trials, indignities and inequities of American work life and avoids asking: did I do that?

736 - Work Will Set Your TV (5/30/23)

Today we’re joined by Professor Corey Robin, author of "The Reactionary Mind" and "The Enigma of Clarence Thomas," for a conversation all about one of the most powerful reactionaries in the world: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. We discuss the origins and contours of his conservative ideology, and how they reflect the development of race, class, law, power, conservatism and liberalism over his lifetime.

You can pick up "The Enigma of Clarence Thomas" here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627793834/theenigmaofclarencethomas

738 - They Smile In Your Face feat. Corey Robin (6/5/23)

We sit down with author Jim DiEugenio to chat about his work on the Oliver Stone films JFK Revisited and JFK: Destiny Betrayed, chasing down assassination leads for thirty years, what Hollywood and the media get wrong, and much more. 

Check out Jim’s work at: www.kennedysandking.com
Listen to our previous JFK coverage: patreon.com/TrueAnonPod?filters[search_query]=jfk

Episode 298: James DiEugenio

Today we’re joined by journalist Ben Terris, who’s been sort of shadow-programming the show recently with his pieces on Sean McElwee, Diane Feinstein’s staff, Tommy Tuberville’s advisors and questions about Tim Scott’s virginity.  We discuss Trump’s federal indictment over the “boxes hoax,” and the growing feeling that ol’ Donny might possibly maybe finally be kind of fucked. Then we talk to Ben about his new book “The Big Break,” and learn more about all the McElwee-esque DC creeps, weirdos and gamblers he’s come to know investigating the world of post-Trump Washington. 

You can find Ben’s book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ben-terris/the-big-break/9781538708057/?lens=twelve

740 - Crank About Creeping feat. Ben Terris (6/12/23)

We take a look back at 300 episodes of TrueAnon... forgive us this indulgence… and talk about Anchor, San Francisco, how and why things change, and much much more.

738 - They Smile In Your Face feat. Corey Robin (6/5/23)

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