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From Yale to Jail: Who is Oath Keepers’ Founder Stewart Rhodes?
After a stint in the military, Stewart Rhodes accidentally shot himself in the eye, made his wife strip in nightclubs to pay for his education and, according to her, was violent even to his children, trying to choke his 12 year old daughter.
Oct. 5, 2022
Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group are now on trial for seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the deadly assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. If you like our content, please ...
Fat Leo and The US Navy: A Story About Wild Hobbit Sex Parties, Bribery and A Bold Escape
The biggest bribery investigation in US military history revolves around a Malaysian defense contractor who just made an escape as brazen as the case itself: Leonard Francis aka Fat Leo snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared from house arrest.
Sept. 21, 2022
We're talking about the case of Leonard Glenn Francis, a defense contractor who owned a company named Glenn Defense Marine Asia, or GDMA for short. He bribed his way literally to the top of the US Navy chain of command, and the fallout included an admiral who was short-listed for chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, but now is the f ...
Mini Dubisode: Blowing Up Democracy - The GOP’s Secret Plan to Rewrite the Constitution
“You take this grenade and you pull the pin, you've got a live piece of ammo in your hands; 34 states - if every Republican legislator votes for this, we have a constitutional convention..." --Rick Santorum at an ALEC meeting, December 2021
Sept. 16, 2022
Republicans are pushing for an unprecedented constitutional convention to re-write our constitution, the US legal bedrock since 1778. And so far, 19 states have joined this rapidly growing GOP movement to call for a new convention. If you like our content, please become a patron and get e ...
Justice Thomas’ Wife: Why This Ginni Must Be Put Back In The Bottle
Is the pope trying to curtail a Vatican organization affiliated with Clarence and Ginni Thomas, right wing judges, and developing world dictators?
Sept. 14, 2022
We're talking about Opus Dei, the Catholic Information Network, Leonard Leo, Ginni and Clarence Thomas, and incidentally in the context of this story, the Order of the Knights of Malta. If you like our content please become a patron to get our exclusive premium episodes, as well as our pu ...
Bad Judges
Since we covered the SCOTUS, we also took a look at the local judiciary around the US. Spoiler alert: not good.
May 12, 2022
If you like our content, please become a patron to access our premium episodes and ad-free versions of our public episodes! In this episode, we're talking about local politics, particularly some egregious examples of the local judiciary. The most notorious of which is a local judge ...
Forced Pregnancy: A Crime Against Humanity
A history of Roe v. Wade in the context of its impending reversal.
May 11, 2022
The United Nations lists forced pregnancy as a crime against humanity in Article 7.1.g of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court. If you like our content, please become a patron to access both our premium episodes and our public episodes ad-free. Forced pregnancy is li ...