No Fugazi

And now for something completely different: Nick welcomes Trevor Strunk of the incomparable No Cartridge Podcast to come on and discuss a simple question: why are all video games about cops, and why do we love to be virtual cops? After you listen, catch Trevor's work at https://www.no-cartridge.net/ Twitter: @nocartridge

First entry off the Galea International aims squarely at the Western liberal democratic theory of foreign relations and nation development. Of course, the US was always going to send greedy thugs to Afghanistan as an excuse to divert tax dollars, but the question remains: does anyone over there even want the intellectual concept of liberal democracy? Do Americans even want it? And why isn't anyone saving the girls? Links: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/afghanistan-war-taliban-us-military-war-crimes-human-rights https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-fall-of-kabul-washington-and-the-guys-at-the-fancy-magazines https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/america-afghanistan-women/619828/

Everyone knows that Andy Cuomo is an abuser, a crook, and after New York State's covid response, a mass murderer. So why are Democrats still defending him and why is he still governor of New York? The No Fugazi team is back in the saddle for our latest adventure - join Nick and Nina for Season 2, Episode 9: What a Scumbag.

"Howdy stranger; it sure has been a hot half-minute, hasn't it? Join me for a thirty-eight minute solo podcast as I discuss where the heck I've been, why I didn't invite Nick to record this episode, and why there is no way in hell's half-acre Joe Biden actually intends to end the War in Afghanistan. We've got propaganda, pro-regime spin, and the first recorded instance of a pinko podcaster logging off; this week on Nina Bloc." Please note: at some point in the second half of this episode, I said that Joe Biden allowed America to buy weapons from Saudi Arabia again; obviously what I meant is that Biden had allowed the U.S. to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia again. Unfortunately by the time I caught the error, the episode had already been fully compiled.

Fresh off a grueling 24 hour turn around, Nick and Nina are back in the lab to break down the fascist riot in D.C. and the disintegration of Downmarket Mussolini's chicken coup. What happened and who is to blame? Season's (verbal) beatings are on tap for Trump, the chuds, the GOP, the media, Big Tech, the Democratic Party and even the contrarian online "left" as our podcasting duo demonstrate there's always room for I Told You Sos... and Jell-O.

Looking to escape the 24-hour tire fire that is the end of the Trump presidency; our podcasting pontificators take a look at how liberal propagandists and the Clinton Administration approached propaganda to sell their version of the war on terror. Makes a great pair with Season 1 Episode 10: Millions of Lives Are at Stake where we look at neoconservative war on terror propaganda. *note: we recorded this episode literally on the night of Jan 5th, right before Trump unleashed a fascist riot on capital hill; we went back to the lab for a new episode about that immediately so watch for it by Sunday.

“With America held hostage by Downmarket Mussolini’s post-election tantrum the No Fugazi crew returns to put a lid on both the 2020 US election and our five part series about fascism. Touching on topics that include Trump’s slacker coup attempt, neofeudalism, billionaire fascist online psyops, and why fascism isn’t going away even if the Klepto Kaiser does, Nick and Nina sift through the Fires and Fallout on Fury Road in this super-extended-length edition of our show.” (Please note that due to the volume of source material covered in this episode, I've been forced to include a number of links that feature many additional links inside those posts - so you might have to click through a bit, sorry I only get so many characters. - Nina.) Stop Making Excuses: Trump is Definitely a Fascist And Here is the Evidence: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/08/28/stop-making-excuses-trump-is-definitely-a-fascist-and-here-is-the-evidence/ Here's how Trump will steal the 2020 election: https://www.salon.com/2020/06/15/investigative-journalist-greg-palast-heres-how-trump-will-steal-the-2020-election/ Law and (the Fascist) Order: https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/article-analysis-law-and-fascist-order.html The outcry over ICE and hysterectomies, explained: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/9/15/21437805/whistleblower-hysterectomies-nurse-irwin-ice No Fugazi Podcast Season 2 Episode 2: the Crass Psychology of Fascism: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/10/14/no-fugazi-podcast-season-2-episode-2-the-crass-psychology-of-fascism/ Jason Stanley Identifies 3 Essential Features of Fascism: https://www.openculture.com/2018/10/yale-professor-jason-stanley-identifies-three-essential-features-of-fascism.html Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism: https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/ Stasis: Surviving the Pork Reich With A Cassandra Complex: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/08/30/stasis-surviving-the-pork-reich-with-a-cassandra-complex/ "But He's Not Hitler...": https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/homework-assignment-2-but-hes-not-hitler.html The Origins of #QAnon, Follow the White Rabbit Into a Deeper Layer of the MAGA Cult: https://soundcloud.com/media-roots/the-origins-of-qanon-follow-the-white-rabbit-into-a-deeper-layer-of-the-maga-cult-pt-1-of-2 No Fugazi Podcast S2 Episode 3: Wicked Brew: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/10/26/no-fugazi-podcast-s2-episode-3-wicked-brew/ No Fugazi Podcast S2 E4: Bullets, Bones & Blinders: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/11/03/no-fugazi-podcast-s2-e4-bullets-bones-blinders/ No Fugazi Podcast S2 E5: Pre-Existing Conditions: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/11/03/no-fugazi-podcast-s2-e5-pre-existing-conditions/ Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA Page: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/ Devos-Funded Group Organizes Protest Against Michigan Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order: https://www.prwatch.org/news/2020/04/13562/devos-funded-group-organizes-protest-against-michigan-governor%E2%80%99s-stay-home-order Trump’s Gestapo Is Here: https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/immigration/trumps-gestapo-is-here/ Jack Posobiec’s Rise Tied to White Supremacist Movement: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/07/08/jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement Trolls for Trump: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/31/trolls-for-trump Mike Cernovich SPLC: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/mike-cernovich What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate: https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

After trawling the depths of Pig Empire history to understand the root causes of fascism in capitalist, western “democratic” societies, our dynamic podcasting duo take a look at the modern era and till the fertile soil of Islamophobia and reactionary American politics to ask a simple but important question – would the American fascism movement we know as Trumpism today, have happened even if Trump had never been born? Spoiler? The answer is "yes.” Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833494-dark-money Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099426-alt-america The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50806653-the-new-authoritarians Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture Since 1945 by Jason Stahl: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37688636-right-moves American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544310.American_Fascists Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex by Yasha Levine: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34220713-surveillance-valley Permanent Record by Edward Snowden: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51801330-permanent-record Law and (the Fascist) Order: https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/article-analysis-law-and-fascist-order.html Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour Hersh: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78612.Chain_of_Command The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46039512-the-end-of-the-myth The Culture of Terrorism by Noam Chomsky: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979381.The_Culture_of_Terrorism Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/ On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/ Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values: https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html

We’re back with episode three in our now five part series about fascism, and the No Fugazi crew is finally ready to step into the heart of darkness and unpack the high fascist era in Europe. If there were fascist movements in nearly every Pig Empire country on earth, why did some countries fall to fascism and others didn’t? What’s the difference between Adolf Hitler and Oswald Mosley? Why did right wing democratic leaders keep handing unelected fascists power in Europe? What’s the more relevant factor in the development of European fascism – the treaty of Versailles or their prior embrace of social Darwinism? Can we go one episode without talking about colonialism? Find out on Season Two, Episode Four of the No Fugazi Podcast – Bullets, Bones and Blinders. Special hat tip to soundcloud user anarcho-bolshevik for sending us this link: https://leftypedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric:The_Nazis_Were_Leftists Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/404273.Blackshirts_and_Reds War is a Racket by Smedley Butler: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198259.War_is_a_Racket What America Taught the Nazis: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-the-nazis/540630/ How the Nazis Used Jim Crow Laws as the Model for Their Race Laws: https://billmoyers.com/story/hitler-america-nazi-race-law/ The Horrifying American Roots of Nazi Eugenics: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/1796 IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=i4ZH4K0nav&rank=1 Social Darwinism: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/social-darwinism Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It by Leon Trotsky: www.goodreads.com/book/show/184373.Fascism The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze:: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3079193-the-wages-of-destruction Ur-Fascism (Eternal Fascism) by Umberto Eco: www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/ Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values: https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology: https://time.com/5556242/what-is-fascism/

“The road to fascist Europe takes a slight detour to the colonies in this latest episode of the No Fugazi Podcast, Wicked Brew. In last week’s episode, we talked about what fascism means to the fascist; today our pontificating duo of pinko podcasters are back to talk about what fascism means to the liberal democratic order and its capitalist architects. Is fascism a right wing populist revolution, or is it a capitalist counter-revolution? What can colonialism teach us about fascism, and more importantly what did it teach the reactionary bourgeoisie about human rights, enlightenment values and democratic norms? Find out the answers to these questions by joining Nick and Nina for part two of a four part (and counting) look at the very essence of fascism across time, space and class.” Interested in supporting No Fugazi financially? Check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/nofugazipodcast The brutal friendship between colonialism and fascism: some thoughts from Aimé Césaire on systematic racism: https://medium.com/@malorynye/the-brutal-friendship-between-colonialism-and-fascism-some-thoughts-from-aim%C3%A9-c%C3%A9saire-on-9224e90550b5 Fascism! The Socialist Answer: https://www.marxists.org/archive/murphy-jt/1935/x01/fascism.htm Richard Wolff: “Fascism is an economic system that sustains capitalism” (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpqwDo_2xck “Does Capitalism Invariably Breed Fascism?” https://www.truthdig.com/articles/does-capitalism-invariably-breed-fascism/ Capitalism, Climate Crisis & the Rise of Fascism in the Pig Empire: https://canchewread.tumblr.com/post/631174269626417152/politics-fascism-and-climate-crisis Why the Establishment Won’t Stop the Fascist Creep (1st excerpt): https://www.patreon.com/posts/30797884 The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean by Gerald Horne: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34793746-the-apocalypse-of-settler-colonialism The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66933.The_Wretched_of_the_Earth Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It by Leon Trotsky: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/184373.Fascism The Invention of the White Race: Racial Oppression and Social Control / The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Theodore Allen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12552598-the-invention-of-the-white-race The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump by Cory Robin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34625062-the-reactionary-mind The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust

"Arguably the biggest problem with living in a time of rising fascism is figuring out how to define and most importantly identify fascist movements when fascists, and fascist leaders aren't exactly known for their honesty - especially when it comes to answering the question, "hey buddy, are you guys fascists?" In this episode, our intrepid hosts Nick and Nina hash out a back-of-the-napkin identification method by looking at the lowest common denominator "beliefs" found in virtually all fascist movements, in the broadest possible sense. Encompassing the work of historians, scholars and psychologists, the No Fugazi crew takes a deep dive into what we've jokingly taken to calling, the Crass Psychology of Fascism." Interested in supporting No Fugazi financially? Check us out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nofugazipodcast Links: Essays & Collections: Ur-Fascism (Eternal Fascism) by Umberto Eco: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/ Yale Professor Jason Stanley Identifies 3 Essential Features of Fascism: https://www.openculture.com/2018/10/yale-professor-jason-stanley-identifies-three-essential-features-of-fascism.html Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism: http://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving: https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/ Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values: https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology: https://time.com/5556242/what-is-fascism/ Books: The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22474.The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism by David Olusoga, Casper W. Erichsen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8250985-the-kaiser-s-holocaust The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188378.The_Anatomy_of_Fascism How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52623405-how-fascism-works The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3079193-the-wages-of-destruction IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099426-alt-america The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43173625-the-new-authoritarians The Mass Psychology of Fascism by Wilhelm Reich: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781662.The_Mass_Psychology_of_Fascism The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William Shirer: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10805619-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich

We're back and starting off season two with a literal bang. Nick and Nina discuss the growing network of alliances on both sides of the Libyan Civil War, as well as the rapidly escalating unrest in Belarus. By examining whether the US is still capable of the UN's goal of "collective security," we question whether these conflicts might ignite the next "Big One" between great powers across the globe. Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War https://theconversation.com/kashmiris-are-living-a-long-nightmare-of-indian-colonialism-121925 https://globalnews.ca/news/7279549/netanyahu-uae-israel-annexation/ https://www.dw.com/en/china-blames-us-for-backing-hong-kong-violent-separatists/a-49941205 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa/chinese-reports-on-u-s-diplomat-in-hong-kong-have-gone-from-irresponsible-to-dangerous-state-department-idUSKCN1UZ2HK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/china-humiliating-uk-hong-kong-handover-deal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/02/trump-foreign-policy-impeachment https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44120428 https://mondoweiss.net/2019/11/the-root-cause-of-the-conflict-is-the-israel-lobby/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/512452-trump-on-recognizing-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-thats-for-the https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/02/soleimani-trump-iran-iraq-093102 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/donald-trump-iran-warn-obama https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/02/gaddafis-prophecy-comes-true-as-foreign-powers-battle-for-libyas-oil https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/libya-war-supporting-200104110325735.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/07/08/liby-j08.html https://fair.org/home/media-nato-regime-change-war-libya-slave-markets/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/07/hillary-libya-nato-qaddafi-obama/ https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/turkey-syria-war-fascism-rojava-erdogan-isis-kurds https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/erdogan-turkey-kurds-border-syria-war-trump-ethnic-cleansing-a9204581.html https://jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-kurds-erdogan-armenia-genocide-hdp-pkk https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/turkey-illegitimate-haftar-withdraw-key-libya-areas-200722160827376.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53262725 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election/battling-protests-lukashenko-says-putin-agreed-to-help-security-of-belarus-idUSKCN25B0E0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election/im-not-a-saint-lukashenko-offers-to-hand-over-power-after-referendum-idUSKCN25D0IJ https://yasha.substack.com/p/belarus-are-neoliberalism-and-nationalism-1cb https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/belarus-strike-election-fraud-lukashenko https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/08/belarus-protests-lukashenko-minsk https://fair.org/home/denying-the-far-right-role-in-the-ukrainian-revolution/ https://www.ned.org/region/central-and-eastern-europe/belarus-2019/ https://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8845913/russia-war

Our last episode of Season One takes a look at the use of entertainment media to drum up support for the US armed forces, both through the more passive example of military cheerleading in Marvel movies, and the absolutely insane marriage of W's war in Iraq and the TV show 24. We'll be back soon to tackle current events in Season Two. To our listeners of the No Fugazi Podcast, Hey gang, it’s Nina here. This tenth episode of the No Fugazi Podcast was originally recorded in late April at a time when it was largely unclear how the ongoing pandemic/plague-watch was going to affect our lives long term. Unfortunately, almost immediately after we recorded the source material, my life imploded into a series of cascading problems, all complicated by COVID, that eventually touched on my extended family, my pets, my ongoing battle with depression and even my access to the software necessary to edit these episodes. It’s a very long story that I’m hoping to share in more detail with you on an upcoming episode of Nina Bloc, but in light of the fact that this delay between episodes nine and ten is in absolutely no way my co-host Nick Galea’s fault, it didn’t make much sense to include all that personal information in an episode of No Fugazi. Please forgive me for this wholly unreasonable delay and with any luck, both Nick and I will be back with a new season of No Fugazi in the next week or two. - Nina Illingworth

Nina and Nick discuss the successes and failures of the Bernie Sanders campaign, and where the Left needs to go to carry on his legacy. Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while.

We're back this week with a full episode covering the way the COVID-19 crisis' domination of media has obscured two huge stories of alleged political misconduct: the allegations against Joe Biden by Alexandra Tara Reade, and the suspected insider trading conducted by Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler. CW: sexual violence against women. Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while. Companion links. Katie Halper's podcast interview with Ms. Reade: https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/tara-to-post Amanda Marcotte's article about the allegations: https://www.salon.com/2020/03/31/a-woman-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault-and-all-hell-breaks-loose-online-heres-what-we-know/

Unfortunately due to coronavirus chaos, our hosts weren't able to get together and record an episode of No Fugazi this week. Thankfully Nina has no life, so she was able to step in and provide us with this short update on how the coronavirus relief fight is going - no spoilers but Trump is no populist and we're probably all going to die. Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while.

Nick and Nina sit down to talk about how the Democrats have managed to turn the coronavirus outbreak from Trump's fatal flaw into the reason why he'll be reelected.

Nick and Nina are back with a look at why the coronavirus is about to shove America in a locker and drink its milkshake, as well as a wrap up of yet more crooked nonsense in the Dem Party nomination contest after Mini-Tuesday

This is a long episode where Nina and Nick catch up on the Bolivia Coup, Iowa, long voting lines, and the seismic shift in the race on Super Tuesday. Plus as a bonus, the hosts argue about whether Joe Biden can beat Trump. Nina Illingworth is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while. Additional reading for this episode regarding Bolivia: https://fair.org/home/wapo-prints-study-that-found-paper-backed-an-undemocratic-bolivia-coup/ https://fair.org/home/reuters-shields-oas-over-false-claims-that-sparked-bolivia-coup/

This podcast has had a lot of talk about "Culture Wars," but, what are Culture Wars? How did they start? Who fights them? Are they Fugazi? So for this special, extended episode, Nina and Nick give you the history of American political parties pushing so-called "wedge issues" to contest elections without challenging the prevailing orthodoxies in economics and foreign policy. Nina Illingworth (@NatSecReporter) is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while.

On today's episode, Nick goes all the way in on a bizarre Super Bowl pre-game vignette featuring Martha Ford reading the Declaration of Independence. We are not making that up. Listen and learn why the NFL plays their championship game through the lens of a Paul Verhoeven dytopian Fascist vision. And bonus content where Nina asks, if the US were in the Middle East, would the US describe it as a failed state? Nina Illingworth (@NatSecReporter) is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while. Companion link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5voc99Fgdk Nina apologizes if her sore throat distorted the audio slightly.

Today we deconstruct the fact-checking industry and its progression from double-checking Bush flunkies to its current role, picking arguments with leftists on behalf of right-wing think tanks. And then, special bonus topic: going apeshit about Iowa. Nina Illingworth (@NatSecReporter) is an independent analyst who writes about media, propaganda, politics and class warfare online at ninaillingworth.com and on social media. Nick Galea (@bigtimenotaryg1)is a criminal defense attorney who likes to yell into a mic once in a while. Links: https://fair.org/home/23-headlines-obscure-bidens-lies-about-cutting-social-security/ nakedcapitalism.com/2020/01/politifact-wrongly-lets-biden-off-the-hook-the-truth-about-social-security-cuts.html https://newrepublic.com/article/156039/political-fact-checkers-distort-truth https://theoutline.com/post/8636/acronym-shadow-iowa-caucus-results-disaster?zd=3&zi=mb34kl3n https://theintercept.com/2020/02/04/iowa-caucus-app-shadow-acronym/

In our first regular episode, Nina calls her shot for the 2020 election and goes in on the most fugazi of constituencies: the mythical Never Trump Conservatives. Find out why this class of professional Republicans has been so committed to selecting the Democratic nominee for President, and why their attacks have been so ineffective against Bernie Sanders. Accompanying link: https://newrepublic.com/article/156394/panic-never-trump-iowa-caucus-2020

Welcome to the first ever episode of No Fugazi, a podcast by Nick Galea and Nina Illingworth. We're exposing the hidden influences of mass media and culture that are designed to make you believe things that just aren't so. On tonight's episode, we're making police procedurals turn in their badge and their weapon. Relevant links: https://newrepublic.com/article/156321/bingeing-cop-propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez_(police_officer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLF_D7JVZM