"It’s Time for a Domestic Terrorism Law," blares a Washington Monthly headline. "Tucson Police Helping Homeless with New Outreach Program," reports Tucson, Arizona’s ABC affiliate KGUN9. "Programs that monitor students' social media are seen as a means of heading off the next tragic shooting," says an article in GovTech. "How the Department of Defense could help win the war on climate change," explains Politico.

In the United States, it seems no matter what crisis emerges - the planet warming due to fossil extraction, QAnon white nationalists storm Capitol, mass shooting, substance abuse crisis, a surge in homelessness - the response from our pundit, think tank, and political classes is always, almost without exception, to frame the response in terms that empower, embolden and - most importantly - fund preexisting carceral and militaristic responses.

To fight the scourge of white nationalism under Trump and show we are serious about our anti-racism, the solution is apparently to give more money and surveillance powers to the FBI, an organization itself drenched in white supremacy and anti-Muslim violence. To show we are serious about climate change, we must give the reins of crisis management to the Pentagon. To show we care deeply about ending homelessness and poverty or addressing mental health crises and drug abuse, we must always ensure the police remain equipped, resourced and well-funded in order to monitor and target vulnerable populations.

This "House Always Wins" ecosystem is no coincidence; it is fueled by a patchwork of perverse incentives: security state and weapons contractor-funded “bipartisan” think tanks and media outlets ready with turn-key "solutions" to every social problem that further pad the budgets of those already in power: the FBI, Pentagon, ICE, NSA, police forces, large corporations all with their own power-serving "security" and "extremist" experts ready to jump on every crises to explain why those already in power deserve even more of it.

If the most basic environmental protections are to pass, they must relate to US military preparedness." If Mars is to be explored, it's to ensure the United States’s primacy over China and Russia. If there's an outcry for mental health services for unhoused people, police budgets surge to cover "training" and community outreach.

On this episode, we explore how, under our regime of austerity, the house always wins; namely, how the security state is, by design, enriched at the expense of much needed programs and infrastructure like education, housing, and healthcare - with media all too eager to convince us the solution is to instead simply further bloat the budgets of police departments, border patrol, federal surveillance and law enforcement.

Our guest is University of Illinois-Chicago professor Nicole Nguyen.

Episode 132: The House Always Wins  -  How Crisis Narratives Enrich the Security & Carceral State

We take a look at Stars And Strife, a new Starz documentary by David Smick (“macroeconomic advisor to a select group of prominent global investment funds”). It’s a documentary cautioning against the dangers of populist extremism, featuring the sober, reasonable analysis of James Baker, Leon Panetta, Rahm Emanuel, Alan Greenspan and Larry Summers, among others, and is honestly just as wild and deranged as You Me Madness. This completes a kind of inadvertent trilogy of films exploring inside the dream world from the POV of the middle class (Can’t Get You Out of My Head), the wealthy cultural elites (You Me Madness) and now, economic-political elite (Stars and Strife)

Chapo Trap House

506 - John Smick (3/15/21)

In this public News Brief we breakdown the most common anti-Palestinian tropes and why they're based on sophistry, ignorance, racism, or some combination of all three.

Debunking the 5 Most Common Anti-Palestinian Talking Points

We have Seth Harp (twitter.com/sethharpesq) on to discuss his blockbuster article investigating the bizarre string of murders at Ft Bragg, the complex and hidden history of JSOC, and the culture of US Special Forces.

The Fort Bragg Murders: rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/fort-bragg-murders-1153405/

Ft. music by Zola Jesus: patreon.com/zolajesus

Episode 163: JSUC

Who is Elon Musk? We dive into the billionaire's history, both personal and professional. Our guest is journalist Ken Klippenstein who joins us to discuss the many facets of Musk's public image and the allegations of his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein, among plenty of other things.

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Episode 147: Elon Musk feat. Ken Klippenstein

👁️ Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: Day 2👁️

The Toad, Kev O’Kevin, Peanut, and Paris Taylor hit the late-night airwaves on Paramount (formerly Spike TV) to talk about guy stuff: beers, pornos, and pimp moves. (feat. @BronzeHammer and @DogBoner)

047 - Red Camaro Poster

We are joined by Julian Feeld and Travis View from QAnonAnonymous (twitter.com/QAnonAnonymous) to discuss the recent path of Save the Children rallies, the diffusion of Qanon through seemingly unaffiliated social media, TikTok QTeens, and what this means for the future.

Episode 96: Save The Pilled Men

Liz, Brace and YC pore over the newly released Ghislaine deposition in the first half of a deranged two part exercise in civil law.

Election Day Volunteering for Dean in the Bay: 

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Episode 112: I Wouldn't Describe a Sex Toy Pt. 1

Matt and Liz Bruenig stop by to talk KIDS. First, Matt walks us through what’s going on with the stimulus package, AEI’s insistence that mothers must never stop working, and why liberals are addicted to tax credits. Then we get mad at the damn crotchspawn with r/childfree, read some dear Prudie letters, and finally hold children accountable for long history of abusive behavior.

Check out the Bruenigs podcast here: https://www.patreon.com/thebruenigs
And People’s Policy Project here: https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/

Shoutout to twitter's @demswatchdog for the $2000 check supercut.

Our 500th episode is coming up and we’re putting together some best-of lists. Take a minute to vote for your favorite eps on this google poll. We’ll be collecting them into a top list and...I don’t know, doing something with them next week. Probably putting into a youtube radio stream. I’m just having fun here:
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498 - Child FACTS Credit feat. The Bruenigs (2/15/21)

Chapo UK correspondent Adam Curtis returns to discuss the limits of individualism, goodies and baddies, conspiracies, manipulation, and dancing, all through the themes and characters of his new film series Can’t Get You Out of My Head.

502 - Units of One feat. Adam Curtis (3/1/21)

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