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Mar 22, 2024 • 21min
America This Week, March 22, 2024: "Swimming in the Deep State is Kind of Awesome"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsLink to New York Times editorial: “It Turns Out the Deep State is Actually Kind of Awesome.” See also subsequent contest content. Link to Starship Troopers commercial, “Service Guarantees Citizenship,” with “Bug Meteor” scene. Share the Free Versions of America This Week:Watch ATW on Youtube below:

Mar 21, 2024 • 8min
Listen to This Article: On Today’s Absurd New York Times Hit Piece
Correcting the record after a desperate slam job on the Twitter Files, published just before oral arguments in a historic First Amendment case in the Supreme CourtNarrated by Jared Moorewww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

Mar 18, 2024 • 8min
Listen to This Article: Why the TikTok Ban is So Dangerous
Exploring the TikTok ban and its political implications, including the president's new powers. Analysis of bill draft granting authority to shut down apps for national security reasons. Concerns raised about internet control and censorship impact. Evolution of enemy combatant definitions and implications of TikTok ban on speech controls.

Mar 18, 2024 • 5min
Listen to This Article: The Dumbest Cover Story Ever
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsNew York Magazine's "Freedom of Sex" is the ultimate example of the lunatic nihilism that's consumed America's intellectual class

Mar 15, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, March 15, 2024: “A Circle of Censorious Friends”
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news Walter and Matt sound the alarm on the unexpectedly horrifying TikTok bill, and laugh over Vladimir Voinovich’s classic Samizdat satire, “A Circle of Friends.”

Mar 5, 2024 • 5min
Listen to This Article: MSNBC, Paul Krugman Panic Over "White Rural Rage"
This podcast dissects MSNBC and Paul Krugman's panic over 'white rural rage,' highlighting portrayals of rural white voters as racist, the historical context of this depiction, and economic disparities leading to political tensions between rural and urban areas.

Mar 5, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: If AI Thinks George Washington is a Black Woman, Why Are We Letting it Pick Bomb Targets?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsGoogle Gemini's ridiculous image generator got all of the headlines in the last two weeks, but a more important AI announcement went mostly unnoticedwww.Racket.news

Mar 5, 2024 • 10min
Listen to This Article: I Wrote What? Google's AI-Powered Libel Machine
Misadventures in Gemini, Google's dystopian deep-slander inventionwww.Racket.news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.racket.news/subscribe

Mar 1, 2024 • 31min
America This Week, March 1, 2024: "The Surveillance State is a Moody, Sadistic Child"
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.news

Mar 1, 2024 • 3min
Listen to This Article: Nikki Haley's $100 Million Faceplant
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.racket.newsHaving been walloped in her own state after finishing second in an unopposed race, Nikki Haley should be a historic punchline. Instead, political shaming sank to new depthswww.Racket.news