In short
The episode criticizes Trump and right-wing media after a shooting and booing at a Yankees game, argues the U.S. failed to prosecute the Brazil coup, and condemns Israel-related MAGA conspiracy claims and Netanyahu’s rhetoric.
Guests
No guest is interviewed in this episode. The hosts reference historian/author and authoritarian expert Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat from a prior episode.
Guest backgrounds (referenced)
Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an historian and authoritarian expert.
Key claims
The shooter is described as alt-right/right-wing, not left-wing; Trump’s response to shootings is framed as inflammatory; Biden’s DOJ is criticized for not holding an attempted coup accountable; Marco Rubio’s tweet calling Bolsonaro a “witch hunt” is called hypocritical; Netanyahu is portrayed as opportunistic and using far-right channels to protect U.S. funding.
Notable examples
Brazil’s top court sentencing Bolsonaro to 27 years; Rubio’s tweet about Bolsonaro; Trump’s “get over it” Iowa shooting comments; Netanyahu appearing on Newsmax/Fox to deny Israel/Mossad rumors.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Booing Incident
0:48 to 1:26
Discussion on Trump getting booed at a Yankees game following various controversies.
“As it turns out, the shooter was the exact opposite of what everybody I know on the left believes.”
Evaluating Biden's Presidency
1:26 to 3:24
Mixed feelings and criticisms regarding Biden's governance and handling of political threats.
“I have a lot of mixed feelings about the Biden presidency.”
Bolsonaro's Sentencing and U.S. Response
3:24 to 5:26
Analysis of Bolsonaro's trial in Brazil and the implications for U.S. foreign policy.
“And what comes with that pumps is now in a just breathtaking tweet.”
Trump's Response to Violence
7:02 to 7:48
Discussion on Trump's comments following a school shooting and political violence.
“And I just want to remind the viewer what Kanks has said about little kids getting shot in Iowa.”
Israeli Politics and Conspiracy Theories
7:48 to 14:02
Critique of Netanyahu's statements and the absurd conspiracy theories surrounding Israeli involvement in U.S. events.
“I, as much as everything that Charlie Kirk said and the racism and the further marginalization and all of those things, it made me sick and it made me sad to see that shooting.”
Reflections on Immigrants and Critique of Right-Wing Attitudes
14:02 to 14:53
The speaker contrasts their positive experiences with immigrants against negative encounters with right-wing individuals.
“And I just, I see these immigrants in the United States of America as hardworking, good people.”
Transcript
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0:52As it turns out, the shooter was the exact opposite of what everybody I know on the left believes. He was alt-right extremist, and we've covered that on a lot of episodes yesterday, but let's take a break from that and get back to our bread and butter and enjoy this glorious video of Kanks getting booed at a New York Yankees game. Play the clip.
1:25What a bozo. Why does he do this? And his mouth. I mean, he looks like a nut job. I mean, it's Captain Bonestar. Quit acting like. Right. Did you give a shit? Because you don't. I've had it. All right. Listen up. I have a lot of mixed feelings about the Biden presidency. I was so happy when he won. I just felt pure elation. I've been very disappointed with the way that he governed, not the legislation that he passed, but his inability to market that and his DOJ's inability to take this threat that we're currently living in, this hell, seriously and operate under this default setting that, oh, people weren't going to do that again.
2:14It's okay. This constant capitulation to patriarchal structures that even centrist Democrats caved to. Well, in Brazil, they didn't do that. So Bolsonaro was the president of Brazil, and he copied Trump's playbook to a tee with the insurrection. They arrested him. They had a trial. Kylie put this up. Midas Touch is reporting. Brazil's top court sentences former President Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison over his attempted coup. And this is so important because on an episode of I've Had It, I asked historian and authoritarian expert, Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat, she's also an author and amazing person, will that be the failure, us not trying him?
3:03And she said, absolutely. Like if somebody tries to overthrow the government, You have to react with every bit as much intensity as they did to overthrow it. And now we all find ourselves here. And I think forever, that will forever be the talking point on the Biden presidency, that it failed to hold an attempted coup and insurrection accountable. And what comes with that pumps is now in a just breathtaking tweet. The Secretary of State, little Marco Rubio, who campaigned for years on what a danger Donald Trump was, and then he morally collapsed and sucks up to kinks all the time. And this is the Secretary of State of the United States of America puts on his Twitter.
3:53The political persecutions by sanctioned human rights abuser Alexander de Moreas continue. As he and others on Brazil's Supreme Court have unjustly ruled to imprison former President Bolsonaro, the United States will respond accordingly to this witch hunt. This is incredible. It's breathtaking. It is incredible. He was on the Intelligence Committee. And what business is it of the United States to take issue with somebody, some other country's court system? The only - I'll tell you what it is. Okay. Used to be our business to have supported Brazil and supported countries that listen to the people and honor free and fair elections and have court systems that have a rule of law.
4:41It used to be our business to be an ally to countries like Brazil. But now we are in the business of criticizing a free and fair election that they held and criticizing their people, the will of their people, and the fairness of their courts that found him guilty. And we're calling bullshit on it. This is the shit of third rate dictatorships. Absolutely. That's what's so unbelievable that a United States of America, Secretary of State, we used to support democracies. And that tweet to me was stunning. It shocked, shocked, shocked me. Well, here's the thing. This administration has moved us into fascism.
5:32They do not want democracy. They're not going to support it here. So they're certainly not going to support somebody that copied off Trump and was held accountable because we couldn't do it. Listener, there is nothing more important than taking care of your skin. If I could go back and do it all over again, I would take better care of my skin. And I will tell you the thing that I'm using now that is so important, it's helped me so much, is the Eye Restore Aluminum Face Mask. And what those products do is smooth, firm, and tighten the skin. So fall is here. It is the perfect time to reset your skin.
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7:24And I just want to remind the viewer what Kanks has said about little kids getting shot in Iowa. Pop it up. Trump tells supporters we have to get over it after Iowa school shooting. His comments come after nearly 36 hours of silence and a day after his GOP rivals addressed the shooting that took the life of a sixth grade student and injured others. And this is why we're different. Like we're different. I, as much as everything that Charlie Kirk said and the racism and the further marginalization and all of those things, it made me sick and it made me sad to see that shooting. And with me saying that, I don't tell anybody else how to feel about it.
8:15I'm not a black woman that has heard all the racist stuff that he says, and I'm not going to tell anybody else to feel the same way I feel because this is a free country, knock on wood, and we should all be able to feel how we want to. But I feel like with this microphone comes a responsibility to calm and quell political violence and have empathy for kids that keep getting shot and all the people that witnessed that shit, you know, that happened in Utah. But what's interesting about this whole thing, Pumps, is before they got Tyler Robinson in the right wing, which is where all of this thing happened, okay?
8:56Like the shooter is a right wing, white supremacist, alt-right, as far right as you can get. There's all these little subcultures that pop up and you have the pro-israel maga and then you have the very anti-semitic israel is a problem part of maga i'm not saying you know everybody knows how i feel about about benjamin netanyahu i think he's a war criminal etc we're talking about the right wing so benjamin netanyahu is such an opportunist a propagandist a war criminal and is heavily heavily heavily parasitic off the United States taxpayers' money so that he can continue killing civilians and starving children in Gaza.
9:43He's very interested in U.S. politics. Knowing that a part of the MAGA base is thinking they were claiming before they got this guy that Israel did it, right, that Mossad killed Charlie Kirk. He goes on Newsmax and Fox doing it. it wasn't me before they got this, which is really bizarre to have a prime minister of Israel going on these far right television programs doing a proactive. It's not Israel. It's not Mossad. Take a look at this. It's really weird. Before I let you go, I want you to address one thing. It's just the absurdity of it. Some of the internet rumors that somehow Israel is behind the Charlie Kirk murder.
10:31And I don't believe it for one second, but I want you to make a statement. It's so absurd. That's insane. That's insane. Israel also changes the orbit of the moon. Israel pushes the sun. I mean, the whole thing is, it's not only insane, it's, I think it's so absurd, so stupid, so stupid and so ridiculous. You can't believe that people are saying that. They just found the perpetrator. They'll get to the bottom of this. But they go—you know, they have no limits. When you hate Jews, when you hate the Jewish state, you're willing to say anything and promote all these absurd, absurd rumors. And by the way, they're willing to kill us all the time.
11:18I mean, that's what they're doing. And you know, over the centuries, when Jews, especially in the Middle Ages, the horrific Middle Ages, the worst things were said about Jews you couldn't possibly believe. We were poisoning the wells. We were drinking the blood of Christian children. You name it. I mean, these things, that continued actually up to the whole time. I want to remind you, Benjamin Netanyahu, that this is what Trump says about immigrants right now. This is exactly what the party that is accusing you of killing Charlie Kirk, this is exactly what they say about immigrants. And you're able to go on Newsmax, and you're able to go on Fox News and peddle this bullshit.
11:54In another clip I saw, he compared liberals to radical Islamists. And that's so intentionally, willfully misleading because the people who are most like Islamists are fundamentalist white nationalist Christians. They're exactly like Islamists. You just take out the Koran and you put the Bible in. Benjamin Netanyahu and the government of Israel are parasites on your tax dollars. The fact that he had to go in there and address this shows you he knows how badly he's screwing up on getting detached potentially from the American tit that's funded all of this shit. And he knew, oh shit, I got to get in there.
12:39I got to get on the right wing airwaves ASAP to put the stop on this or I'm not going to get my bombs anymore. I just don't think it can be overstated how irresponsible the coverage on Newsmax and Fox is. They are supposed to be a regulated news agency and they have done nothing but lie. And here's the thing. They didn't know. Nobody knew. And they immediately jumped all chips in. They want to go to war with, you know, liberals want to go to war, blah, blah, blah. The people that want war, that talk about hate and spreading hate, are the people that sit on Fox News and try to divide the country.
13:19They like it. And having Benjamin Netanyahu come in and comment is just gross. It is just, again. And he's willfully manipulative with information. He knows. He's not. He's a lot smarter. He's a lot smarter. It's diabolical. He knows when he says poison the well and all that, that they said that about the Jews. He, Trump uses the exact same language about our immigrants. He says that 80 % of the working immigrant population in this country are criminals released from prisons. I mean, that's really, number one, false. But the, the, it's a real dehumanizing thing. And I just, I see these immigrants in the United States of America as hardworking, good people.
14:08You know? Absolutely. I have not had an experience with an immigrant that even comes close to paralleling the horrific experience of being around a judgmental white MAGA Christian. It's just give me an immigrant, give me a black woman all day long. I cannot tell you, listener, how vile it is spending time with a right-wing, sanctimonious, judgmental, MAGA Christian. It's not fun. They're full of hate. And I just, my heart goes out to all of the people that this movement picks on and further marginalizes because it's not what all of us are about. All right, like, subscribe, buy our book, Life is a Lazy Susan of Shit Sandwiches.
14:57The link is below in show notes. We have to keep our community together. We have to keep fighting to save our democracy because that motherfucker's coming for it. We'll see you all later.
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