Just How Disgusting is Amy Klobuchar?

Nevermind her weird crooked face, I'm talking about that time she kidnapped an innocent young teenager and locked him in a cage for the rest of his life for a crime he did not commit. Think for a minute she cared whether this was really the guy? Yeah right. No evidence? No problem. He's poor and black. What's he going to do about it anyway?

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1/25/20 Daniel Lazare on the Democrats’ Paranoid Ukraine Fantasy

Daniel Lazare discusses the ongoing impeachment proceedings against President Trump, which he calls nothing more than a continuation of the Russiagate delusion. He and Scott rehash some of the history that has led America to the point where it even feels like Russia is a serious threat to the U.S., namely the policies of Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama. If your version of history began yesterday, it's easy to think something must be done in response "Russian aggression," but if you understand what came before, none of this really looks like Russia's fault after all. Sadly Trump is...

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1/24/20 Benje Graves on Evangelical Christian Pro-War Identity Politics

Scott talks to Pastor Benje Graves about the dominance of pro-war republicanism among American protestants. Graves says that these Christians think their belief in American empire comes from a good-faith reading of the Bible, but that really it's wrapped up in an identitarian coalition political movement that uses selective reading of scripture to enforce what they have already chosen to believe. Graves maintains that the U.S. military intervention in the Middle East clearly goes against the teaching of the Bible, and works hard to get his congregation to see that. He even shares stories...

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Prohibition Does Not Work

CNBC does a recap of the consequences of the prohibition of alcohol 100 years ago. Don't worry though. This is totally an isolated case. There are no lessons to learn about any other thing here.

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