GOP Greenlights Capitol Riot Ommission, Episode 1242

The Mop Up For May 24, 2021

Topics: Republicans insist January 6 doesn’t exist; Bob Dylan turns 80; How the murder of George Floyd changed everything; 130 million Americans have been vaccinated

Guests With Time Stamps: 3:30 Dave Sirus, “SNL,” Fox’s “Let’s Be Real” and countless movies including “King of Staten Island” 32:30 Pete Dominick, host of “StandUP! With Pete Dominick” 1:06:05 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, AKA Martha Previte 1:17:01 David does The News 1:28:03 Grace Jackson, “Literary Hangover,” talks with Dr. David Brophy, senior lecturer in Modern Chinese History at the University of Sydney whose new book, “China Panic: Australia’s Alternative to Paranoia and Pandering” is out in June 2021 2:04:30 Howie Klein, founder and treasurer of the Blue America PAC, author of “Down With Tyranny” 2:33:04 Mark Breslin, founder and president of Yuk Yuk’s, largest comedy chain in North America 3:03:02 Dr. Harriet Fraad, host of “Capitalism Hits Home” and “It’s Not Just In Your Head” 3:38:12 Professor Adnan Husain and Dr. Liam O’Mara continue their conversation about Fascism, Gramsci and whatever else they want 4:40:01 Henry Hakamaki, “Guerrilla History,” talks with Professor Stuart Gilmour, professor of Biostatistics at St Luke’s International University, Japan about Demographic data in Xinjiang 5:05:00 Dan Frankenberger’s Community Billboard 5:21:54 Professor Mary Anne Cummings, physicist and parks commissioner, Aurora, Illinois 5:57:00 Professor Mike Steinel talks about Bob Dylan who turned 80 this week

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Bill Gates Is A Philandererthropist, Episode 1241

The Mop Up For May 21, 2021

Topics: How America makes money off the poor; Texas bans most abortions; Biden signs Asian hate crime legislation; GOP deny January 6

Guests With Time Stamps: 2:07 David Does The News 1:02:08 Zack Ford, LGBTQ activist and press secretary for Alliance For Justice 1:50:08 Ethan Herschenfeld, noted son of Dr. Philip Herschenfeld whose amazing comedy special is “Thug, Thug Jew” 2:27:00 Henry Hakamaki talks with Steven Markoff, author of “The Case Against George W. Bush” 3:09:08 The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State 4:01:38 Marc Cevasco, chief of staff to Congressman Ted Lieu 4:34:11 The Professors and Mary Anne: Professor Mary Anne Cummings; Professor Ian Faloona; Professor Adnan Husain; Professor Jonathan Bick 5:31:34 Dan Frankenberger’s Community Billboard 5:42:00 Emil Guillermo, host of The PETA Podcast and columnist for AALDEF, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 6:06:05 Professor Harvey J. Kaye, author of “FDR on Democracy” and Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America

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Rickie Lee Jones, Episode 1239

The Mop Up For May 13, 2021

Topics: Rickie Lee Jones talks about her new book “Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour;” Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies; Biden says vaccinated can take off their masks

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Bill Gates Might Be Matt Gaetz, Episode 1238

The Mop Up For May 10, 2021

Topics: Melinda Gates reportedly filed for divorce after discovering Bill was friendly with Jeffrey Epstein; Chiptole’s rat problem; Golden Globes cancelled

Guests With Time Stamps: 2:37 Congresswoman Alicia Ocasio Cortez AKA Martha Previte 11:30 David does The News 44:30 Dan Frankenberger’s Community Billboard 1:01:07 Mark Breslin, founder and president of Yuk Yuk’s 2:01:00 Howie Klein, founder and treasurer Blue America PAC and author of “Down With Tyranny” 2:32:46 Dr. Harriet Fraad, “Capitalism Hits Home” and “It’s Not Just In Your Head” 3:05:05 Grace Jackson talks with Roy Ngerng, Singaporean writer and activist based in Taiwan. 3:34:20 Henry Hakamaki talks with Kayla Popuchet on the latest in Latin America: Ecuador and Peru elections, and the recent violence in Colombia 4:04:00 Dave Sirus, screenwriter, SNL, “King of Staten Island,” and “Let’s Be Real” Thursday nights at 9:30 on Fox 4:34:30 Professor Adnan Husain talks with Harsha Walia, founder of No One Is Illegal 5:09:51 Breaking News: Fighting breaks out between Israel and Hamas 5:36:30 Professor Mary Anne Cummings, physicist and parks commissioner, Aurora, Illinois 6:16:30 Professor Mike Steinel talks about whatever he wants, then performs “I’m In Amazon Hell” and “I’m In Amazon Hell” featuring Rosana Eckert.

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Facebook Unfriends Trump, Episode 1237

The Mop Up For May 6, 2021

Topics: Georgia, Florida and Texas state legislatures choose Fascism over Democracy; Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney are worse than Trump; Time to forgive student debt

Guests With Time Stamps

4:29​ David does The News 21:02​ Dan Frankenberger’s Community Billboard 33:41​ Mark Green, NYC’s first Public Advocate, one of the original Nader’s Raiders and author of countless books including “Bright, Infinite Future: A Generational Memoir on the Progressive Rise” (St Martin’s Press) 1:02:41​ Professor Adnan Husain, “Guerrilla History,” Grace Jackson, “Literary Hangover,” Roriki Hutchinson, “Weekly Marx;” Professor Ana Li 1:33:08​ Zack Ford, LGBTQ activist and press secretary for Alliance For Justice 2:03:30​ Professor Ben Burgis, columnist for Jacobin, host of “Give Them an Argument,” whose latest book is, “Cancelling Comedians While The World Burns” 2:34:04​ Dr. Philip Herschenfeld, Freudian psychoanalyst, and Ethan Herschenfeld, noted son of Dr. Philip Herschenfeld 3:02:57​ Henry Hakamaki talks with Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, Professor of US and Middle East History at Cal State Stanislaus, author of “The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy” 3:37:00​ The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State 4:38:07​ The Professors and Mary Anne: Professor Mary Anne Cummings; Professor Ian Faloona; Professor Adnan Husain; Professor Jonathan Bick 5:33:33​ Mike Rowe, Emmy Award winning comedy writer, Futurama and Family Guy, and author of “It’s A Funny Thing: How the Professional Comedy Writing Business Made Me Fat and Bald” 6:11:48​ Emil Guillermo, host of The PETA Podcast and columnist for ALDEF, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 6:40:46​ Alan Minsky, executive director of Progressive Democrats of America; and Professor of Economics Randy Wray 7:15:00​ Texas Tom Webber in conversation with Peter B. Collins

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