Ep. 18: The J6 Hearings, Michigan, Media Degredation, and the Fascist Rot (and more)

We open by discussing the much anticipated hearings on the January 6th insurrection and spend most of our time reading between the lines. While we haven't learned much that we didn't already know, we look at local Michiganders who are charged with participating in the insurrection and take a broader view at what the hearings will and likely will not do. We talk about an increasingly fascistic Republican Party, a corporate centered Democratic Party that is complicit and willfully ignorant about that radicalization, and why the hearings leaves out one of the key pillars of accountability in the J6 mess.

 

Per our mandate we also look at how the media is talking about the hearings, from how local news is presenting it to the Kalamazoo area to why this is unlikely to be a national "watergate moment."

 

Speaking of fascist rot, we talk about a failed plot by Patriot Front to attack a Pride event in Idaho. We then pivot to some international coverage looking at the epic failure that was the Summit of the Americas- more than half the hemisphere refused to show up after the U.S. tried to dictate who could and could not come. We look at a decision from the Supreme Court that hands sweeping power to Border Patrol to immunize them from lawsuits AND to basically enter wherever they want without a warrant (and in Michigan, the entire state is a Border Patrol zone).

 

We close with an update about gun control legislation currently working its way through congress.

 

0:00- 44:25 January 6th Hearings

 

44:30- 1:00:30 Patriot Front Plots Terrorist Attack on Pride Event in Idaho

 

1:02:00- 1:15:00 Summit of the Americas

 

1:15:00- 1:23:30  Supreme Court Gives Border Patrol Immunity & Power to Do Warrantless Entries/ Searches

 

1:23:50- Congress Moving Forward on Doing SOMETHING About Gun Law Reforms