Name: Episode 86: D.H. Ass by TrueAnon
Duration: 1 h 6 min 50 s
Description: We welcome Ken Klippenstein (twitter.com/kenklippenstein) to the terror dome to FOIA-splain the unmarked troops detaining protestors in Portland, Billy Barr’s legal regime, just what the hell Homeland Security is doing, and trace the origins and expansion of the Unitary Executive Theory

had to tab back in to make sure I wasn't getting funky, much love Chomsky you killin it

34:20 Pelosi understands Dems need two things: to keep their voters (denouncing DHS helps do that), and to keep down the left (funding DHS helps do that).

@zbg21love: He must be destroyed. But right now, he cannot be touched.

...great ep.  It's chilling to think that an apparent superknucklehead like Barr has provided the legal justification for thirty years of American shit....

I got to the outro and thought it was odd there was no mention of Michael's passing. As soon as I thought it Liz started what is for me personally the most moving tribute I've heard for him yet. Thank you. 

We take a look at The Lincoln Project, a new political ad PAC founded by never-Trumpers taking aim at Donald Trump by bringing their conservativism into the open willing arms of the Democrats.

Chapo Trap House

434 - Project for a New American Lincoln (7/6/20)

For over a hundred years, the American film industry has been promoting and glorifying U.S. foreign policy, initially working with the military and Department of Defense, and eventually, the CIA as well. From its origins as a producer of wartime propaganda like 1911’s The Military Air-Scout to its contemporary role as purveyor of high-tech action epics like Iron Man, Hollywood and the American war machine reinforce each other — myth and politics intertwine.

In the process, the entertainment industry has reaped handsome rewards. Producers, directors, and other top brass in the entertainment industry are lavished with military equipment for filming, personal tours of government headquarters, and inside information — or at least what government officials want filmmakers to believe is inside information — all under the guise of lending “authenticity” and “realism” to film and, to an extent, television shows as well.

But what are the costs of this so-called “authenticity?” How do the U.S. military and intelligence agencies use benign-sounding partnerships like “on-set consulting” and “equipment loaning” arrangements to shape and censor narratives so they make American Empire look, at worst bumbling and good natured, and, at best, heroic and pure hearted?

In Parts I and II of this three-part series on Hollywood and anti-Muslim racism, we analyzed over half a dozen films and TV shows, illustrating how state-driven narratives of U.S. nationalism and vilification of an official enemies animate Hollywood’s cultural products, namely those targeting Arabs and Iranians. On this episode, we’ll explore the intersection of U.S. military and intelligence agencies with Hollywood, taking a closer look at how the military state helps shape films and television showing that pro-U.S. messaging used to smear Muslims doesn’t happen in a vacuum, but is often subsidized by the very forces dropping bombs on them.

Our guest is Professor Matthew Alford, co-author of National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood.

Ep 115: Hollywood & Anti-Muslim Racism Part III - How the Pentagon & CIA Sponsor American Mythmaking

We welcome Ken Klippenstein (twitter.com/kenklippenstein) to the terror dome to FOIA-splain the unmarked troops detaining protestors in Portland, Billy Barr’s legal regime, just what the hell Homeland Security is doing, and trace the origins and expansion of the Unitary Executive Theory

Episode 86: D.H. Ass

We survey the damage wrought on the COVID economy and take a look at what comes next

https://newmodels.io/proprietary/a-bit-worse-houellebecq-transl-kelsey

Episode 88: Covid Cliff

Will’s away, but we’re joined by fan-favorite Derek Davison and host of the Tides of History podcast Patrick Wyman to discuss shrimp supply chains, the ongoing effects of the Bolivian coup, Israel and America’s militaries & the decline of empires.

Derek and Patrick’s new writing substack: discontents.substack.com

Bath Iron Works Strike Fund: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LocalLodgeS6

442 - Battle Without Honor or Humanity feat. Derek Davison & Patrick Wyman (8/3/20)

Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, and Operators stops by to discuss some of the darker parts of Canadian history, including Mountie Gladio, Nazi connections in Ottawa, and Vancouver Island’s noted concentration of Satanists.

Support Dan’s content over on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/operators

UNLOCKED 439 - Maple Gladio feat. Dan Boeckner (7/23/20)

We return to sift through the newly released testimony from Virginia Giuffre in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, talk "anonymous" prime ministers, and examine the nine new Jane Does and their claims against Jeffrey Epstein

Episode 92: Docudump II

We take a look at the recent hubbub surrounding the USPS, what motivates the drive toward privatization, and the larger ideological underpinnings of the Libertarian revolution.

Episode 94: Koch'd Up (Part I)

This week we figure out why everyone thinks antifa trying to kill smoky the bear. We also talk about a haunted statue of Melania.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/world/europe/melania-trump-sculpture-slovenia.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/18/scapegoating-antifa-starting-wildfires-distracts-real-causes/

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West Coast... You're Fired

By now, it's largely taken for granted that country music is a racialized signifier, interchangeable with right-wing politics. And it’s not such an unreasonable generalization: the political currents of twanged and drawled patriotic paeans like Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA," Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)," and Brooks & Dunn's "Only In America" leave little to the imagination.

But how, exactly, did this come to be? After all, country music, a descendant of the blues, folk, Tejano, and other genres, with connections to labor organizations like the Industrial Workers of the World and social-justice movements, has historically attracted musicians spanning the political spectrum, and didn’t necessarily emerge from such a staunchly right-wing political tradition.

Rather, popular conceptions of country music have long been deliberately shaped by a series of broader ideological projects. Throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries, conservative politicians and other right-wing forces have exploited the genre to promote illiberalism, racism, revanchist politics, and runaway anti-intellectualism where not giving a shit about the world beyond one’s own cold beer, pickup truck, old lady is not only acceptable, but actively encouraged and flaunted. 

On this episode, we examine how the genre of country music has been wielded as a tool of reactionary politicking in the US, from the machinations of Henry Ford in the 1920s to the Nixon administration’s Southern Strategy in the 1960s and ‘70s to the heady Shock and Y’all days of the Bush years, and how a once working-class tradition became a cultural cul de sac of worn-out tropes and middle-class, white grievance politics.  

Our guest is writer, editor and artist Alexander Billet.

Episode 119: How the Right Shaped Pop Country Music

We're joined by historian and author Aaron Leonard to discuss his book The Folk Singers and the Bureau, which details the rise of the Communist-adjacent folk scene in America alongside the CPUSA, and the intense (and underreported) repression that followed.

Link to buy the book: 
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/651913/the-folk-singers-and-the-bureau-by-aaron-leonard/


Companion playlist by Aaron: 
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCUjL6Jr73FNc_ak3MyOV_V-6Khic2u4

Songs: "Root Hog and Die" -- Woody Guthrie
"You've Got to Go Down and Join the Union" -- Pete Seeger
"Song of Choice" -- Peggy Seeger

Episode 102: Fed As Folk

TrueAnon is a podcast about your enemies made by your friends. Join unlicensed private investigators Liz Franczak, Brace Belden, and Yung Chomsky for a show that will drive you insane. Every other episode is a Patreon exclusive: patreon.com/TrueAnonPod

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