The Bitter Truth with Abe Abdelhadi

The latest decision on Roe v. Wade must prove what a fascist arm of the oligarchy the SCOTUS is. Little has been decided in favor of the people as opposed to the rulers, owners of this country. From segregation to the latest gutting of the Voting Rights Act, this “legislative branch” is nothing more than a boondoggle. Moreover, if you think the Democrats are just beside themselves over this turn of events, you're an idiot. Sorry, but we got here, mollycoddling the less than serious.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth, or http://abeabdelhadi.substack.com

After a few necessary detours, we get into why and how a $25/hr minimum wage is due. We discuss how we got here and real ideas in how to actually afford a $25/hr wage for all working Americans. Every 4-7 years, we bailout capitalism but we can't see our way clear to take care of taxpayers who do the work to afford the elite the profits? After over a decade of bailouts, that we're still having this discussion is pathetic.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Matthew Hoh (https://www.matthewhohforsenate.org/) joins us to talk about his platform and the big reasons he's running for U.S. Senate for North Carolina.   He's a veteran of three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigning in protest in 2010 as a Marine officer. We get into real fixes on the wars, the economy, healthcare, his experience in combat, the whole gamut. All that's needed is the will to do these things. Who does that will serve now? Mr. Hoh is a recipient of the Ridenhour Award and a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy.  

Friend of the show and activist, Cindy Sheehan (http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/) joins us to discuss the current war in Ukraine, relations with Russia and China and how the U.S. is stalled pushing the pieces around the global board. Could the dollar crash? Is nuclear war an option? What is the current mania for war and censorship among the so called American liberal based on? Cindy Sheehan has been an anti-war activist since she lost her son in 2004 in the Iraq War. Her new article, Protecting Democracy, My A$$; or How Liberals Love to Swallow (Democrat Agitprop) can be found on her site. She is also the author of books suchas Peace Mom, Dear President Bush, Revolution: a Love Story and The Obama Files. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

ANNOUNCEMENT: the first two emails ( coveredwithabe@gmail.com) win get a digital copy of our guest's book!!! Music and media veteran, author Tim Devine (https://daysoftrump.com/) joins us to talk about his chronicle of the Trump Presidency. Most presidents may have two to three new cycles a week. Trump had five to eight per day! Devine explores Trump via his daily tweets over a near six-year period. Moreover, he digs into the observation that while he was not good at government, he was a shrewd media manipulator…not hard these days. Tim Devin e is a music veteran having worked with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, the Beastie Boys, Katie Perry, among others. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Friend of the show, and Medicare for All activist, Lisa Theobald (https://americanhealthsecurityproject.org/) joins us to talk about the state by state strategy to bring Medicare for All to the United States. Hard facts and hard numbers are a breath of fresh air among the noise. Theobald is on the Steering Committee for the American Health Security Project. She's been a political advisor for health care and ground penetration of demographics specific to marginalized communities. She also has been a healthcare finance professional in the 10 years starting prior to the ACA concluding in 2019. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Texas Green Party candidate for governor, Delilah Barrios (https://delilahfortexas.com/) joins us to talk about her campaign and the big picture in U.S. policy. She is a healthcare worker who sees the failings of the current system and is working to make a change. Legalizing pot, Medicare for all in the state of Texas, gay rights (yes, it's still a thing), and a living wage and UBI are just a few of the many things we talked about. She's running against Beto O'Rourke and Greg Abbot, so we'll have to see what the people will show up for.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth    

We get into a play by play of how Democratic administrations get away with infinitely more than a Republican administration can. We compare Reagan/Bush I to Clinton, to Bush II, to Obama and finally Trump to Biden. Is anyone noticing how Biden and his policies (with little exception) are merely an extension and acceleration of Trump's policies? How the so-called liberal can say they're happy with Biden and the so-called conservative can think Biden is a communist is laughable. All of these observations and points will guarantee that you too can be no fun at parties… Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Friend of the show, and medical veteran, Dr. Joe Jarvis (https://americanhealthsecurityproject.org/) joins us to talk about the state of the union in American healthcare. We get into the state by state movements that are happening because that's how Medicare for all is going to happen. The money is there. 20% of U.S. GDP is spent on healthcare, it's simply not helping the American taxpayer. In addition to being on the national steering committee for the American Health Security Project, Dr. Jarvis has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and was a state health officer in Nevada. He is the author of the Purple World and the forthcoming the Hurt of My People.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Now that the case for mandates is approaching a fever pitch, it's safe to say the American Electorate is being had again. Just like gays, guns, and abortion, mandates are fast becoming the litmus for people. “Do you believe science or are you a Trumper?” is usually how these discussions go. The dirty secret, however, is the so called liberal in the U.S. is every bit as shallow and clueless as their right-wing counterparts. That means you… Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

The 1972 Munich Olympics was a watershed moment in world history. Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and the result was not as the Germans would have hoped, “nobody wanted dead Jews in Germany.” As a 9 year old boy, I was faced with who my parents were, specifically my dad. It was the first time I had to admit to myself that yes, I was “different.” As life went on, there were a lot of things I had to deal with in this regard. I began to learn that we, as a nation, are the victims of propaganda. American Exceptionalism, however, ignores the victims of imperialism. We'll be covering a lot of that later but for now, I was 9… Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Taken from James DiEugenio's 2013 book, Reclaiming Parkland, we get into a sort of primer for the uninitiated. There are many aspects to the murder of JFK but one thing seems to be a constant, and that is Lee Harvey Oswald was not a “lone nut,” and the infamous “single bullet theory,” was a fabrication. The Warren Commission had more in common with the Washington Generals than an actual investigation. In addition to the DiEugenio book, we highly recommend Oliver Stone's Showtime documentary, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Dr. Joseph Q. Jarvis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18dlLa_MVdY) joins us to talk about the overdue need for real healthcare reform in the U.S. We get into what's wrong, who really owns it, who benefits and where we need to go fast. We're not even close to behind the rest of the industrialized world. Dr. Jarvis has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and was a state health officer in Nevada. He is the author of the Purple World and the forthcoming the Hurt of My People.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth    

Does anyone wonder why we seem to move from outrage to outrage, without ever addressing the bad actors in the previous debacle? We talk about how the U.S. population is easily manipulated into hating the other without looking at who's pulling the strings and why. If you have a habit of always yelling “hooray for our side,” this may be required listening. The system is the problem. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Award winning comedian, author, and friend of the show, Andrew Heaton (https://mightyheaton.com/) joins us to talk about U.S foreign and domestic policy and the hypocrisy of both. We get into both party's policies and their tone-deaf responses here and abroad. Heaton is the host of “The Political Orphanage” comedy and news podcast. He's a frequent Reason TV contributor as well as a former congressional staffer. Having worked in Washington D.C., he is also an accomplished comedian and author of “Laughter is Better Than Communism.” Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Friend of the show, longtime activist and host of Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox, Cindy Sheehan (http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/) joins us to talk about the latest whitewashing of yet another war criminal and how this is more than a trend. America loves war and there seems to be no two ways about it. Ms. Sheehan has been on the front lines of regime change wars since lost her son in 2004 in Iraq. She also ran as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

What do the two parties have in common? What do you hear most when the ruling class wants us to behave and in our reliable place? Unity! Be unified! This is code for being compliant. We get into some examples and ask you to think. Here's an essay written on the compliance that I predicted we'd be enjoying today. It goes with the theme of the podcast. https://thebittertruth.info/blog/lullaby-and-goodnight Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

After the Oakland Unified Schools debacle, in the 90s, many thought Ebonics was extinct. However, as we have seen in the U.S., if something can keep people down, we really can't quit it. This is a frank discussion on the difference between language and slang. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Actress, writer and activist, Jennifer Jajeh, joins us to discuss show biz in the age of Israeli apartheid and how, even in the U.S., free speech isn't quite free. We get into her one woman show, I Heart Hamas, and her time living in the West Bank during the first Intifada. Jajeh is a Palestinian-American actress, comedian and writer from San Francisco, California. She received a bachelor's degree in History and Philosophy from UCLA and received her actor's training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City. She toured her one woman play, I Heart Hamas, for over five years in the U.S. Europe and the Mid-East. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Activist, author, speaker and friend of the show, Miko Peled (https://www.patreon.com/mikopeled) Joins us to discuss the ongoing land grab and slaughter of Palestinians by Israel. The so-called ceasefire made the American media go to sleep, not the IDF. He details the illegal arrests and the bulldozing of Palestinian homes inside the State of Israel as well as bombing Gaza and stolen homes in the West Bank. Is Israel a true democracy or merely another Mideast theocracy, not unlike Saudi Arabia, proving yet again that we can't reform apartheid? Peled is a renowned activist for Palestinian rights and the author of the General's Son and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Two time Texas Senate candidate, and friend of the show, Sema Hernandez joins us to discuss the reality of ballot access and viable alternatives to the one party system. Spoiler alert: I sound like a crazy person. Ms. Hernandez has run for the Texas Democratic nomination for the Senate in 2018 and 2020. In 2018, she garnered nearly 300,000 votes on a budget of $4,000 against Robert “Beto” Francis O'Rourke. His budget was over $4 million, barely doubling the votes Hernandez received. The 2020 race was an even bigger corporate grease fire as the DNC rounded up 11 candidates to crowd the field before confused voters settled on MJ Hegar. She went on to lose to Ted Cruz. Good Times… Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Adrian Boutureira (https://rb.gy/gij2bo) joins us to discuss the epic failure of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan from the beginning. It was never intended to fight freedom. We also get into the U.S. interventionist past and its attachment of lying us into it. Name a country, since 1950 the U.S. has made better? The U.S. will take theocratic fascists over benevolent socialists every day if it means 2 more points on the stock market. Adrian Boutureira Sansberro has an extensive history of activism in Central and South America, as well as the U.S. He's been instrumental in the last several Green Party presidential campaigns as well as a key advisor to 2020 Green Party candidate, Howie Hawkins. You will love this if thinking is your thing. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth

Recently, the U.N. voted, yet again, to end the U.S. Embargo on Cuba. 184 Countries out of over 200 sovereign nations. The Cuban people have been dealing with sanctions and this embargo for decades. Of course, the speed bumps of freedom, the U.S. and Israel voted no, with several members states abstaining, such as Colombia, Brazil and Ukraine. We get into the history of the U.S. relationship and animosity with Cuba. We also bring up some points on who the bitter Cuban refugees ought to be blaming. Get ready to hear some stuff you will not hear in the mainstream press regarding this decision.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Creator and founder of Second Thought, JT Chapman (latest show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67uWQjs745E) joins us to talk about the impending eviction crisis, the renter bubble and how we have, yet again, bailed out oligarchs at the expense of American human taxpayers. Chapman has been running his channel, Second Thought for over five years. He's produced over 200 videos and amassed over 100 million views. He also is co-founder of Nebula (https://watchnebula.com/) on Curiosity Stream (https://curiositystream.com/). These are streaming sites where creators may post their work and not worry about being censored or de-monetized by the ruling internet monopolies. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch to get fun stuff or visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth  

Brittany Richey (https://tutorvegas.weebly.com/) joins to discuss the privatization of everything from the military, prisons, to education and medicine. She gets into her past, coming up as a Millennial and how that is very different from what the Boomers and Gen X experienced. Ms. Richey is an educator and tutor and is the founder of Tutor Vegas. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Founder of Planned Pathway and friend of the show, Trista Benhanan (www.plannedpathway.com) joins us to talk about the people who have advanced notice of dying. Terminally ill patients have so many options, besides the expensive, wasteful, and environmentally damaging death business. Sadly, many are attached to beliefs and guilt that may be allowed to bias their choices. Trista is also a volunteer at No One Dies Alone. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Friend of the show, Suhair Nafal joins us to discuss her landmark lawsuit with the Israeli Government. She was sued in California by the Israelis, under Israeli law. That it made a U.S. court at all is incredible, her victory even more so. She also shed some light on the latest eruptions of violence by the Israeli Government upon Gaza and Palestinians in the region. The United States, regardless of who's in office, wholeheartedly supports the violence and apartheid, democracy be damned. Who's wagging the dog? Are we the U.S.A. or the U.S.AIPAC? Ms. Nafal is an activist and has developed an incredibly significant online following, especially in matters of the Israeli Government's wholesale slaughter and the theft of Palestinian land. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch

We get into the aspects of the two COVID bills the Biden Administration is touting. As chants of the “next FDR!” harangue the listeners of corporate media, we ask what were his predecessors like? How is it that the Democratic Party has genuinely failed to evolve from a pro war, pro slavery, pro bank party? There was a real left in this country once. We discuss that and where it went. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Activist, health care and financial veteran Lisa Theobald (https://wholewashington.org/) joins us to break down the real logistics of Medicare for All. She explains the numbers, gets into the environmental impact and who's really behind the fight against it. Lisa is also a member of the Red Berets, an organization dedicated to the fight for M4A. She has worked for years in banking and healthcare delivery. She has seen the inner workings and it's not as “complicated” as we're being led to believe. Those who know the price of everything, also know the value of nothing. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch    

Activist, health care and financial veteran Lisa Theobald (https://wholewashington.org/) joins us to break down the real logistics of Medicare for All. She explains the numbers, gets into the environmental impact and who's really behind the fight against it. Lisa is also a member of the Red Berets, an organization dedicated to the fight for M4A. She has worked for years in banking and healthcare delivery. She has seen the inner workings and it's not as “complicated” as we're being led to believe. Those who know the price of everything, also know the value of nothing. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Just out of Facebook “jail,” Abe gets into what some may refer to as a hot take. Are online companies with government contracts in violation of 1A rights when they de-platform, de-monetize or ban speech? Since when are taxpayer dollars to go to contractors, acting on behalf of the government to surveil us, and then ban us from the public square? An earlier episode was entitled Alex Jones Can Still Flush a Toilet. Think about it. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch

Constitutional and public policy expert, Toni Da Pron joins us to talk about our rights and how we have moved away from what the “framers meant.” We get into an array of issues and I think webrought up a lot of questions. Because it's “legal,” is it right? Da Pron works with Realm of Caring (https://realmofcaring.org/) as a Business Consultant and sits on the board of the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council (https://www.sococc.org) as a policy analyst.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch.  

During the entire Trump Administration, corporate Democrats have been laying claim that the “world is laughing at us.” Well, the real question is, “Haven't they always been laughing at us?” We start off with incredulous comments by Joaquin Castro at the Impeachment Trial and go from there. Our rankings in the world, relative to the industrialized nations, have had us at joke levels for a long time. Time to own it and move on. Also, I mentioned China. Here's some light reading on the “humanitarian crisis.” These guys have done a great job documenting this issue: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-uyghurs-problems-claims-us-ngo-researcher/   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch    

Pilot and Arabist, Bill Kelsey talks about the origins of Zionism and the current state of Israel. He explains that the region's issues haven't “been there forever.” Going back to the 18th and 19th centuries, in Europe, Kelsey discusses the colonial settler construct that led to the formation of modern day Israel and who really paid the price. As a toddler, Kelsey first went to Jordan accompanying his father on an archeology dig at Dothan near Jenin, on the West Bank, controlled by Jordan at the time. His father then continued his career as a Baptist pastor and the family lived in Amman through the spring of 1967. He also lived in Beirut for the first two years of high school. After returning to the U.S. in 1967, Kelsey continued to travel to the Arab World and kept up with Arabic studies and studying the history of the Israel/Arab conflict. He is fluent in Arabic. Professionally, he worked as a bush pilot doing mostly humanitarian aviation in Africa and Asia for the last two decades. His last job was flying medevac combat casualties in South Sudan. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch    

We get into the failure of the Texas electrical grid (the de-regulated part, anyway) and ask why are certain industries not treated as utilities in the United States? Why is it the taxpayer supports utter, abject failure? Not only in leadership, but in poor corporate decisions involving, investment, wage increases, and stock buy backs, the U.S. is having other countries eat its lunch. The Texas grid fiasco, compared to vast parts of the state, that chose to stay on the national grid, is yet another example of what has gone seriously wrong with the Free Market myth. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch    

Friend of the show and author, Professor Bruce Lerro joins to discuss his latest article on the disingenuous comparisons of late stage capitalism and systems in the world that are working. He gets into Adam Smith and his five principles of capitalism and asks how the result has held up juxtaposed with the rest of the industrialized world. Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He is the author of many books Social Change, Lucifer's Labyrinth, among others. Here is the article we were discussing. https://socialistplanningbeyondcapitalism.org/name-me-one-country-where-capitalism-works-a-thirty-year-reckoning/ Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Founder and CEO of Anthropos Games, Calvin Johns, PhD (http://anthroposgames.com/) joins us to discuss how role playing and even video games are coming to grips with mindsets they're inadvertently (or advertently) creating. He gets into age old tribal tendencies that are baked in and the realizations that many game creators are learning to deal with. As we have seen, some words make murder easy... Owner and lead designer Calvin Johns holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied alternate reality games and other large-scale forms of play. The referenced Wired article, including Johns' game Early Dark, is here to review. https://www.wired.com/story/dandd-must-grapple-with-the-racism-in-fantasy/ Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch  

Friend of the show and seasoned political observer, John Schoonover, PhD., (https://www.laprogressive.com/time-for-a-second-party/) joins us to talk about the very real possibility of new parties and ideas. Trump's out. Now what? Nap time? Clearly, over the duopoly, many people are tired of holding their noses to vote for the “least worst.” No one wins but oligarchs. What's next? John Schoonover, is a social critic and geopolitical analyst whose essays are published in leading progressive sites, including Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism, The Greanville Post and others. Schoonover cut his activist teeth in the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements. The latter earned him 9 years of exile in Canada evading both the draft and an indictment. Freed of these burdens during the late seventies, he returned to the US and continued as a socialist organizer. His PhD in nuclear physics and his socialist outlook led him to advocate the expanded use of nuclear energy, despite the growing propaganda war against it. After several decades in France pursuing a career in computer security, Schoonover returned to the US, where he is actively organizing for a socialist solution to the current crisis. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!

Former CIA agent (counter terror chief in Pakistan), torture whistle blower, and friend of the show, John Kiriakou (https://sputniknews.com/authors/john_kiriakou/) discusses Avril Haines, and the rest of the Biden war hawk cabinet appointments. We also get into U.S. foreign policy moving forward, which seems to be the same foreign policy as before. From Syria to Venezuela and more surveillance coming, it does not look good. John Kiriakou is also a well-known author. His books include, the Reluctant Spy, the Convenient Terrorist and Doing Time Like a Spy. Support the show by visiting the https://thebittertruth.info/merch and there you can help support independent media.

We discuss the concept of investment into American industry by the American taxpayer. Why aren't WE getting a dividend? Thomas Jefferson called it a Freedom Dividend before the Founding Fathers put the kibosh on the idea. Well, we're the stockholder! Why are the industries in this country paying dividends to the few and not the real investors that created the infrastructure? We go over Big Pharma, Oil, the communications industry, defense…all of it. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!  

Comedian, activist and film maker, Travis Irvine (https://americanmayormovie.com/), joins us to talk about the documentary American Mayor. The film tracked his run for Mayor in 2007 in his hometown of Bexley, OH. He also ran for Governor of Ohio in 2018, garnering over 80,000 votes. We get into the latest political climate, nationally, and his feelings on local office and the future of the U.S. Travis Irvine is a comedian and the creator of the Raccoon animated franchise. Killer Raccoons 2! spent two weeks as the #1 comedy in the U.S. in the summer of 2020. He and his producing partner Ed Larson also made the short documentary, How America Killed My Mother. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!    

Abe discusses the system that brought us to this day. Today was supposed to be a formality. Well, whether it's left or right, we're going to see more. As long as people's pain is a punchline or dismissed outright, they're going to be coming harder. This system is predatory, flawed and is run by an inverted totalitarianism that is wholly corporate owned. They have no language, no flag, no countrymen, no God. They have power and an insatiable lust for control and today is the blowback at leadership that has failed and allowed their vote to go to their d(owners).   You can also visit https://www.patreon.com/thebittertruth and support the show there!    

Friend of the show and two time Senate candidate from Texas,Sema Hernandez discusses her last two campaigns, 2020 being in a deliberately crowded field. We get into the future of the U.S. criminal, economic and social justice systems and if a fair foreign policy is possible. Confusing accomplishment and virtue, while idolizing our oppressors, is why we treat our public servants like rock stars. Failing to reconcile our sins with our ideals and the tokenization of mouthpieces for the establishment is going to turn us into Brazil in 5 years. She also introduces her new Get Political podcast. Sema Hernandez is an activist, who has run for the U.S. Senate twice in 2018, against Beto O'Rourke in the primary and again in 2020, vying for a shot against John Cornyn. She was the Texas Co-Chair for the Poor People's campaign working along side the Rev. Wm. J. Barber. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!    

As Ice Cube asked, “Trump's gone, now what?” The abject denial of the abysmal Biden/Harris records only because people hated Trump, got the Orange One out. We go over some of the Biden cabinet picks and ask, “What's the difference?” Fifty years of being on the wrong side of everything and now he'll fix it? It seems “we'll push him left after the campaign,” is not working as Biden is picking the same old right wing, pro war, pro banking, big oil creeps and dregs that comprised the Clinton and Obama administrations. Blinken, Tanden, Emmanuel? No different than what we have now. By design. Now, we're supposed to look the other way because “it's not Trump?” Stay awake. Don't fall asleep like you did under Obama. We're getting a worse Trump in 2024. Listen.   Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!  

John Schoonover, PhD. (https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/11/15/bidens-energy-policy-fantasies-and-reality/) joins us to discuss the myths and benefits of nuclear power as cited in his recent article, Biden's Energy Policy - a Lost Opportunity. He delves into the deliberate conflation of bombs and energy by Big Oil in order to de-legitimize nuclear power over the last five decades. You're going to need an open mind for this one. You don't know what you don't know… John Schoonover, PhD is a social critic and geopolitical analyst whose essays are published in leading progressive sites, including Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism, The Greanville Post and others. Schoonover cut his activist teeth in the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements. The latter earned him 9 years of exile in Canada evading both the draft and an indictment. Freed of these burdens during the late seventies, he returned to the US and continued as a socialist organizer. His PhD in nuclear physics and his socialist outlook led him to advocate the expanded use of nuclear energy, despite the growing propaganda war against it. After several decades in France pursuing a career in computer security, Schoonover returned to the US, where he is actively organizing for a socialist solution to the current crisis. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!  

Dr. Jennifer Glass (https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/sociology/faculty/jg47972) joins us to talk about the disproportionate hit mothers have taken in pay during the pandemic. She gets into variables, largely determined by an utter lack of social insurance and sectors that don't really protect workers in general. She also cites the last several decades of decline in the delivery of educational systems as major factors. Questioning our low fertility rates and how they're related to national financial insecurity, she looks to more prosperous countries not as wealthy as the U.S. Dr. Jennifer Glass is the Centennial Commission Professor of Liberal Arts in the Department of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas, Austin. Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Demography, among others. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!  

Creator and founder of Second Thought, JT Chapman (https://www.youtube.com/c/SecondThought/videos), joins us to talk about the massive differences between liberals and an actual American left. His observations are unique and come from an informed perspective. A 27-year old socialist living in the DFW area, he's been running his channel, Second Thought for almost five years. He's produced over 200 videos and amassed nearly 100 million views. After witnessing the completely botched American response to the pandemic, he officially changed the course of the channel to cover politics and culture from a leftist perspective, with the goal of educating the next generation of labor leaders and organizers. He also is co-founder of Nebula (https://watchnebula.com/) and Curiosity Stream (https://curiositystream.com/). These are streaming sites where creators may post their work and not worry about being censored or de-monetized by the ruling internet monopolies. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!    

Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Angela Walker (https://howiehawkins.us) joins us to discuss the results and ramifications of the 2020 Elections. We talk about what the Biden administration will look like, foreign and domestic policy and what we can expect besides Trump to leaving. Angela Walker is a professional truck driver (yes, still!) and union organizer who has run for office in the past. An avowed socialist, she has a take no prisoners approach to the changes this country sorely needs. You can support the show by visiting thebittertruth.info for details!  

Friend of the show, author, essayist, and Dartmouth professor of Jewish Studies, Shaul Magid joins us to discuss the latest peace deals among Bahrain, UAE, Sudan, among others. Ethics and efficacy are at play and Professor Magid really digs in. He is a contributing editor to Tablet Magazine, editor of Jewish Thought and Culture at Tikkun Magazine, and Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. His work includes the Jewish mystical tradition, American Judaism, and the Israel/Palestine conflict and history of Zionism. His latest two books are Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism and The Bible the Talmud and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Solovetichik's Commentary to the Gospels. His new book project is Meir Kahane: An American Jewish Radical. Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!    

When I put out the article, “Smashing Frogs” it was a metaphor, based on an actual childhood event. People that got it, got it! People, who's only work out these days are mental pretzel splits, got super angry and/or played dumb on purpose. A vote for war, austerity, no healthcare, enslaving students with debt… those are all the same, whether chewy blue mint or hard red candy. The screwing is the same. The main point here (https://thebittertruth.info/blog/smashing-frogs) is that a vote for Biden is wanton hypocrisy. Period. You're in denial of what's in front of you.

Activist and friend of the show, Adrian Boutureira discusses the latest results in Bolivia's latest election, a year after the U.S. backed coup in 2019. The Jeanine Añez led coup had ousted democratically elected Evo Morales and forced him into exile in Mexico. Lithium, cobalt, energy, Bolivia has all the ingredients for the U.S. government to pull out all the stops in its playbook. What's next? Will this election stand? Support the show through https://thebittertruth.info/merch! Get fun stuff or visit the patreon link!