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Today I'm joined by Zaid Jilani, a fellow at New America, proprietor of the excellent Substack newsletter, The American Saga, and one of our sharpest observers of contemporary politics and culture. Zaid and I discuss the puzzle of Democrats' obsessive use of twenty-dollar words like “oligarchy” and their stout refusal to speak language that normal Americans understand.We then delve into the uselessness of most current Democratic Party strategy including the contributions of she-who-won't-go-away, Kamala Harris. Zaid lays out the unfortunate dynamic between the parties that contributes to a politics of extremes and leaves the broad center perpetually dissatisfied. We consider prospects for change and which candidates, if any, from both parties might finally break the deadlock.Join us for a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion!A transcript of this podcast is available on the post page on our website. Get full access to The Liberal Patriot at www.liberalpatriot.com/subscribe

Journalists Zaid Jilani and Michael Tracey discuss Trump's Iran threats, JD Vance's online debate over deportations, and more. ------------- Watch full episodes on Rumble, streamed LIVE 7pm ET. Become part of our Locals community Follow System Update:  Twitter Instagram TikTok Facebook LinkedIn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's disagreement is on The Telepathy Tapes, Autism, and the Paranormal. If you're not familiar, The Telepathy Tapes is a cultural phenomenon and podcast that launched in Fall 2024. By early January, it was the number one podcast in the country. Today, it's still in the top ten. Its core thesis is quite provocative: that there are non-verbal autistic young people who possess telepathic powers and are able to read the minds of their parents and teachers.In this episode, we use The Telepathy Tapes as a springboard to ask some big questions about science, skepticism, and the nature of truth. Is telepathy real? How should we evaluate the claims in the podcast? Do these claims adversely affect–even harm–the autistic young people being celebrated?To have this conversation, we've brought together a journalist and a religious scholar with very different approaches to understanding the truth.Zaid Jilani is a journalist whose work has appeared in The Intercept, News Nation and Alternet. He writes about politics and culture on his Substack The American Saga.Jeffrey Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University and the Associate Director of the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute. Jeffrey is also the author of thirteen books, including most recently: How to Think Impossibly.Before we get started, a note. In The Telepathy Tapes, the nonverbal autistic young people use a controversial method to communicate with the outside world. It's called “facilitated communication.” There is an adult that helps to facilitate the young person's communication—usually through some form of touch and holding a letterboard that the young person point to. We get into this in-depth on the podcast.Questions or comments about this episode? Email us at podcast@thedisagreement.com or find us on X and Instagram @thedisagreementhq. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://thedisagreement.substack.com/

Zaid Jilani joins Douglas Lain to discuss his two recent articles for Compact: The Democrats' RFK Dilemmahttps://www.compactmag.com/article/the-democrats-rfk-dilemma/Democrats Should Work with Trumphttps://www.compactmag.com/article/democrats-should-work-with-trump/Patrons are invited to discuss these podcasts by Zoom every week.Support Us on Patreon to join the conversation.https://patreon.com/dietsoap

The Telepathy Tapes podcast shot to the top of the charts, making bold claims about telepathic abilities in non-verbal autistic children. But are the claims rooted in science—or something else entirely? In this episode of PRETEND, we take a closer look at the phenomenon, the controversies, and the skepticism surrounding these extraordinary claims. We'll discuss: ➜ The premise of The Telepathy Tapes and the experiments it presents. ➜ Scientific skepticism surrounding telepathy claims. ➜ Ethical concerns, including the history of Facilitated Communication and its controversies. ➜ Voices from parents, experts, and critics, including Zaid Jilani and Amy Lutz. Resources Mentioned:    Learn more about Amy Lutz's work and her book Chasing the Intact Mind. https://amzn.to/4gg9Mbe    Read Zaid Jilani's articles on Facilitated Communication and The Telepathy Tapes on his Substack, The American Saga. https://www.theamericansaga.com/    Explore the history of Facilitated Communication in the documentary Tell Them You Love Me (available on U.S. Netflix). https://www.netflix.com/title/81783064 Share Your Thoughts: Have you listened to The Telepathy Tapes? What do you think about the claims it makes? We want to hear from you! Send a voice memo with your thoughts to javier@pretendradio.org, and your message might be featured in an upcoming episode. Stay Connected: Follow PRETEND on social media and subscribe to the podcast for more stories exploring deception and the human condition. ➜ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/pretendpod.bsky.social ➜ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pretendpod/ ➜ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pretendpod ➜ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pretendpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

0:00 - Trump in CA 11:34 - Vance w/ Brennan on FEMA reform...states vs. fed 29:43 - Dr. Phil embedded with Tom Homan in Chicago 48:06 - Chair of the Center for Election Integrity at the America First Policy Institute and former mayor of Cincinnati, Ken Blackwell: Deportations Will Increase American Confidence in Elections. For more on the Center for Election Integrity visit americafirstpolicy.com 59:50 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, on Iran, Gaza and Trump's plans for Greenland 01:20:41 - Environmental justice/DEI hustler laments end of her federal contracts 01:37:31 - Jonah Goldberg, co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Dispatch: the left no longer has a language to frame political reality. Jonah is a great follow on X @JonahDispatch 01:54:21 - Zaid Jilani, journalist and communications consultant based in Atlanta: Democrats Should Work With Trump. Follow Zaid on X @ZaidJilaniSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast This week Brie is joined by a stacked panel of journalists -- Irami Osei-Frimpong, Q Anthony Ali, &  Zaid Jilani -- to discuss the new divide on the right that emerged after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy defended the use of H1-B visas to import labor from India for tech jobs. Conservative opponents of these visa recipients find themselves making populist arguments decrying the downward pressure on American wages and the competitive disadvantage college debt causes for American workers. But at the same time, they engage in racist anti-Indian stereotyping. Are Elon and Vivek right about American culture making workers too apathetic and less competitive? Do Americans suffer from watching too much Saved by the Bell and not enough Whiplash (a real argument made by Vivek)? And does this discourse provide an opportunity for the left to provide a material anaysis that could start to draw right populists to the left? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

  0:00 - Left praising Biden for committing not to pardon Hunter…the great contrast from Trump   15:03 - The Left spins Hunter Pardon   32:06 - Mass shooting on SW Side   50:26 - Hochul: if someone is here illegally and commits a crime, I'll be the first one to call ICE   01:02:28 - In Depth History w/ Frank From Arlington Heights   01:05:44 - Anitra Parmele, on-air fundraiser for Food for the Poor, joins Dan & Amy this Giving Tuesday with an opportunity to be part of the solution. To give to Food for the Poor call 844-862-4673 or visit 560theAnswer.com/FoodForThePoor   01:21:47 - Swedeborg, Missouri   01:25:55 - President at Wirepoints, Ted Dabrowski: Only half of Chicago Public Schools' $10 billion in yearly spending makes it to the classroom. Get Ted's latest at wirepoints.org   01:39:26 - Colorado State volleyball   01:52:26 - Zaid Jilani, journalist and communications consultant based in Atlanta, wonders Will Trump be a friend to workers? Zaid is a great follow on X @ZaidJilani  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The American election highlighted ongoing tensions between men and women — but election commentary often failed to acknowledge the crises that modern men are facing, from declining educational achievement and employment to increased suicides, overdoses, and loneliness. Today at Lean Out, we kick off a series exploring these issues, with a guest who's recently published a powerful essay highlighting why we need to reconsider how we think and talk about men.Zaid Jilani is the freelance American journalist behind the Substack newsletter The American Saga. His recent essay is titled “Democrats Need to Realize It's Not Always Easy To Be a Man.”This series is dedicated to Marc Antoine Jubinville. May he rest in peace.You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast So, Trump won. And we've assembled some of my favorite leftists to unpack why. Host of the Katie Halper Show and co-host of Useful Idiots Katie Halper weighs in on the left's predictions about the impact Gaza might have on this election and takes down the mainstream media narratives that emerged immediately following Trump's win. Independent writer Zaid Jilani, who hails from swinging Georgia, offers a unique perspective on the state, as well as the choice to prioritize identity politics over the material needs of voters. Last but not least, journalist Malaika Jabali offers insights from her on-the-ground reporting in Wisconsin-- a state that ended up being an underobserved harbinger of the future of the Democratic Party. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube for video of this episode. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram. Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel, featuring Batya Ungar-Sargon, Zaid Jilani and Nick Gillespie. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked  Donald Trump has defied the odds – and the elites – to stage the political comeback of the century. Here, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Zaid Jilani and Nick Gillespie explain why Trump's victory over Kamala Harris was so stunning. They discuss Trump's appeal to the working class, the complacency of the Democrats and why there's no justification for the elite's ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome'.

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Zaid Jilani is something that feels very unusual in the United States right now. He's a journalist who doesn't want to tell stories that fit into narratives on the left or the right. Fiercely independent and frustrated with a media environment that rewards extremes on either side of the political divide, he started his own website and Substack to tell stories and challenge thinking for everyone. It's called The American Saga. One of his recent pieces is about some research out of Oxford University, mostly ignored by mainstream media, that found race and gender does not put American voters off candidates. Zaid Jilani What other stories might we be missing?

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J.D. Vance was once a liberal media darling. But in recent weeks, since Donald Trump selected him as his running mate, the Ohio senator has been the subject of almost wall-to-wall negative coverage — in both the liberal press, and on left-leaning social media. But our guest on today's program says that Vance is a complex figure, and one we should take a closer look at.Zaid Jilani is the freelance American journalist behind the Substack newsletter The American Saga. His recent essay for Compact Magazine is “Why the Left Gets J.D. Vance Wrong.”You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com

On JD Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, and arresting decline. [For the full episode: patreon.com/bungacast] We discuss the Netflix adaptation of vice-presidential nominee JD Vance's memoir – and the memoir itself – and what it tells us about the direction of US politics, Trump, and MAGA. We ask: What is Ryan's own anti-hillbilly elegy, drawn from his experience in Central Illinois? How far does the character in the film correspond with Vance's public persona today?  How do we account for Vance's political pivot – at least in rhetoric – from “lift yourself up by your bootstraps” meritocracy to pro-labour nationalism?  What will happen to rural/small-town US American life? Plus: Is reading books gay? Is a "hillbilly" just Hillary + Bill? And what is a horseshoe sandwich? Links: The State of Illinois is Killing My Family, Ryan Zickgraf, Jacobin An anti-Hillbilly Elegy, Ryan Zickgraf, The Third Rail (Substack)  Hillbilly Elegy Doesn't Reflect the Appalachia I Know, Cassie Chambers Armstrong, The Atlantic  Why the Left Gets J.D. Vance Wrong, Zaid Jilani, Compact

Zaid Jilani joins us to discuss the nationwide movement of Palestine solidarity encampments on college campuses, and their repression by universities.

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast  Journalist Zaid Jilani joins Bad Faith to elaborate on his recent controversial criticisms of Matt Taibbi. Are leftists simply angry that they can't control where Taibbi's interests have taken his reporting? Or has Taibbi taken a reactionary approach in response to bad faith attacks from liberals -- and, if so, is he justified? Is the left correct in mourning that, these days, his ample skills are rarely applied to issues that concern the left? Is it fair to accuse him of falling victim to audience capture? Or is Taibbi right that it's important to focus on criticizing liberals because they are, in fact, more dangerous and hold more institutional power than the right? Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod) and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Armand Aviram.   Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands)    

This Week's Guests: Reporter- Zaid Jilani Comedian - Boris Khaykin Episode 301 The World's Famous comedy Cellar presents "Live From America Podcast" with Noam Dworman and Hatem Gabr. The top experts and thinkers of the world and the best comics in the Nation get together weekly with our hosts to discuss different topics each week, News, Culture, Politics, comedy & and more with an equal parts of knowledge and comedy! Zaid Jilani is a former Reporter at The Intercept. He has previously worked as a reporter-blogger for ThinkProgress, United Republic, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Alternet. He hails from Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in international affairs and received his master's in public administration from Syracuse University in 2014. Follow Live From America YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2fqgw61yK1J6iKNxV0LmA Twitter twitter.com/AmericasPodcast www.LiveFromAmericaPodcast.com LiveFromAmerica@ComedyCellar.com Follow Hatem Twitter twitter.com/HatemNYC Instagram www.instagram.com/hatemnyc/ Follow Noam Twitter twitter.com/noamdworman?lang #Gaza #Harvard #ZaidJilani

“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.” -Shakespeare, Macbeth  h/t Zaid Jilani:  Wired doesn't recommend Ring doorbells because they can be used by the homeowner to easily provide evidence to police. Good lord.  Ben and Jerry's released a statement about how stolen land must be returned to the natives! And then a tribe which once resided where Ben and Jerry's HQ lies accepted hah. "CHARACTER Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? DOCTOR Therein the patient Must minister to himself." -Shakespeare, Macbeth

Shant Mesrobian is the most devastating critic of media discourse in America and co-creator, with Zaid Jilani, of the substack INQUIRE. But how did he go from founding and running the liberal watchdog outlet Media Matters in 2004 to becoming one of its greatest enemies today? To find out, I met Shant at Presidio Park, an elevated cliffside landmark with some very singular views of...Alcatraz. The second chapter of my San Francisco Quartet is a story about being yanked from a dream, even though you never fell asleep.   Sights: San Francisco, Real World MTV, Gary V, Trading Card Business, Red Pill Diaries, The View, Norm Macdonald, Louis CK, Patrice O'Neal, September 11, Antiwar patriotism, Media Matters, MoveOn dot org, Ron Paul's shortcomings, Bernie 2016, The Onion, Babylon Bee, Jon Stewart / Colbert / Chappelle, Talk radio, NPR, CSPAN Book TV, David Frum, Nassim Nicholas Taleb   If you like what you hear, subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/filthyarmenian for a fascinating bonus adventure from this episode, "The John at the Wharf," and plenty of other juicy premium content. Please also rate, review, and spread the word. Follow Shant on Twitter @ShantMM and follow on Twitter/Insta @filthyarmenian  

The United States is not always viewed positively around the world. But journalist Zaid Jilani has a new piece breaking down a recent poll showing that the world looks for American leadership, even in countries where the American image has taken a hit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black cumin's anti-inflammatory potential may have airways/asthma benefits: RCT   University College London, January 27, 2022   Supplements containing oil from black cumin (Nigella sativa) may improve asthma control and lung function, says a new study. The new study, published in Phytotherapy Research , found that one gram per day of the oil for four weeks led to significant improvements in scores of asthma control and a “remarkable reduction of peripheral blood eosinophil count,” wrote the authors “Eosinophil cell plays a major role in asthma inflammation, and blood eosinophil count is considered to be a vital biomarker in asthma trials. To our knowledge, this is the first [randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial] that showed a significant reduction of blood eosinophilia by [Nigella sativa oil (NSO)] among asthmatic patients.”   (NEXT)   Meat, multiple sclerosis and the microbiome   University of Connecticut, January 27, 2022   Eating more meat, having less of certain bacteria in the gut, and more of certain immune cells in the blood, all link with multiple sclerosis, reports a team of researchers led by UConn Health and Washington University School of Medicine. The work, published in the 27 January issue of EBioMedicine, teased out subtle connections that could lead to a better understanding of the causes of the disease. But teasing out the exact relationships between diet, immune response and MS has been difficult. MS is most obviously an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks the insulation surrounding its nerves. When the insulation is damaged enough, the nerves begin to misfire and malfunction like wires with frayed insulation. But what triggers the body to attack the insulation in the nervous system in the first place is unknown.   (NEXT)   Flavonoids may reduce mortality risk for people with Parkinson's disease   Pennsylvania State University, January 27, 2022   People with Parkinson's disease who eat more flavonoids—compounds found in richly colored foods like berries, cocoa and red wine—may have a lower mortality risk than those who don't, according to a new study. Specifically, the researchers found that when people who had already been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate more flavonoids, they had a lower chance of dying during the 34-year study period than those who did not consume as many flavonoids. Additionally, they found that eating more flavonoids before being diagnosed with PD was associated with a lower risk of dying in men, but not in women.   (NEXT)   Team Links Social Media Use to Worse Physical Health   University of Buffalo, January 26, 2022   A new study finds a link between social media use and biological and psychological indicators associated with poor physical health among college students The researchers found participants who used social media excessively had higher levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a biological marker of chronic inflammation that predicts serious illnesses, such as diabetes, certain cancers, and cardiovascular disease.   (NEXT)   Can A Lack of Sleep Make You Feel Older?   University of Exeter (UK), January 28, 2022   A study from the University of Exeter in the UK suggests that you are more likely to perceive yourself to be older than your biological age if you don't get enough sleep. Researchers looked at the aging and sleep patterns of nearly 4,500 adults aged 50 years and higher, asking them about sleep quality and sleep duration and giving them cognitive performance tests and lifestyle questionnaires. The participants were given the same questionnaire twice—once at baseline and again a year later. The result? Overall, those who reported sleeping poorly also had a higher awareness of negative age-related changes, while those who slept better tended to feel younger. "Our research suggests that poor sleepers feel older and have a more negative perception of aging," noted Serena Sabatini, the lead author of the study. One interesting finding of the study: middle-aged adults with healthy sleep habits tended to feel younger than their biological age, but those who had trouble sleeping felt every year of their actual age…or, more troubling, they felt older than they were. Why does this matter? If you feel like you are older than your actual age, it can have a lasting impact on your physical, mental and cognitive health.   (VIDEO)   Bill Maher Rant Against the Left - about 8 min Brussels - What Really Happened - 7:30 minutes Canadian Constitutional Crisis | Brian Peckford | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast S4: E78 Mainstream Media Melts Down as National ‘Defeat the Mandates DC' Rally Overcomes Political Divides   (OTHER NEWS)   The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship   Glenn Greenwald, January 29, 2022   American liberals are obsessed with finding ways to silence and censor their adversaries. Every week, if not every day, they have new targets they want de-platformed, banned, silenced, and otherwise prevented from speaking or being heard (by "liberals,” I mean the term of self-description used by the dominant wing of the Democratic Party). For years, their preferred censorship tactic was to expand and distort the concept of "hate speech” to mean "views that make us uncomfortable,” and then demand that such “hateful” views be prohibited on that basis. For that reason, it is now common to hear Democrats assert, falsely, that the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech does not protect “hate speech." Their political culture has long inculcated them to believe that they can comfortably silence whatever views they arbitrarily place into this category without being guilty of censorship. Constitutional illiteracy to the side, the “hate speech” framework for justifying censorship is now insufficient because liberals are eager to silence a much broader range of voices than those they can credibly accuse of being hateful. That is why the newest, and now most popular, censorship framework is to claim that their targets are guilty of spreading “misinformation” or “disinformation.” These terms, by design, have no clear or concise meaning. Like the term “terrorism,” it is their elasticity that makes them so useful. When liberals' favorite media outlets, from CNN and NBC to The New York Times and The Atlantic, spend four years disseminating one fabricated Russia story after the next — from the Kremlin hacking into Vermont's heating system and Putin's sexual blackmail over Trump to bounties on the heads of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, the Biden email archive being "Russian disinformation,” and a magical mystery weapon that injures American brains with cricket noises — none of that is "disinformation” that requires banishment. Nor are false claims that COVID's origin has proven to be zoonotic rather than a lab leak, the vastly overstated claim that vaccines prevent transmission of COVID, or that Julian Assange stole classified documents and caused people to die. Corporate outlets beloved by liberals are free to spout serious falsehoods without being deemed guilty of disinformation, and, because of that, do so routinely. This "disinformation" term is reserved for those who question liberal pieties, not for those devoted to affirming them. That is the real functional definition of “disinformation” and of its little cousin, “misinformation.” It is not possible to disagree with liberals or see the world differently than they see it. The only two choices are unthinking submission to their dogma or acting as an agent of "disinformation.” Dissent does not exist to them; any deviation from their worldview is inherently dangerous — to the point that it cannot be heard. The data proving a deeply radical authoritarian strain in Trump-era Democratic Party politics is ample and have been extensively reported here. Democrats overwhelmingly trust and love the FBI and CIA. Polls show they overwhelmingly favor censorship of the internet not only by Big Tech oligarchs but also by the state. Leading Democratic Party politicians have repeatedly subpoenaed social media executives and explicitly threatened them with legal and regulatory reprisals if they do not censor more aggressively — a likely violation of the First Amendment given decades of case law ruling that state officials are barred from coercing private actors to censor for them, in ways the Constitution prohibits them from doing directly. Democratic officials have used the pretexts of COVID, “the insurrection," and Russia to justify their censorship demands. Both Joe Biden and his Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, have "urged” Silicon Valley to censor more when asked about Joe Rogan and others who air what they call “disinformation” about COVID. They cheered the use of pro-prosecutor tactics against Michael Flynn and other Russiagate targets; made a hero out of the Capitol Hill Police officer who shot and killed the unarmed Ashli Babbitt; voted for an additional $2 billion to expand the functions of the Capitol Police; have demanded and obtained lengthy prison sentences and solitary confinement even for non-violent 1/6 defendants; and even seek to import the War on Terror onto domestic soil. Given the climate prevailing in the American liberal faction, this authoritarianism is anything but surprising. For those who convince themselves that they are not battling mere political opponents with a different ideology but a fascist movement led by a Hitler-like figure bent on imposing totalitarianism — a core, defining belief of modern-day Democratic Party politics — it is virtually inevitable that they will embrace authoritarianism. When a political movement is subsumed by fear — the Orange Hitler will put you in camps and end democracy if he wins again — then it is not only expected but even rational to embrace authoritarian tactics including censorship to stave off this existential threat. Fear always breeds authoritarianism, which is why manipulating and stimulating that human instinct is the favorite tactic of political demagogues. And when it comes to authoritarian tactics, censorship has become the liberals' North Star. Every week brings news of a newly banished heretic. Liberals cheered the news last week that Google's YouTube permanently banned the extremely popular video channel of conservative commentator Dan Bongino. His permanent ban was imposed for the crime of announcing that, moving forward, he would post all of his videos exclusively on the free speech video platform Rumble after he received a seven-day suspension from Google's overlords for spreading supposed COVID “disinformation.” What was Bongino's prohibited view that prompted that suspension? He claimed cloth masks do not work to stop the spread of COVID, a view shared by numerous experts and, at least in part, by the CDC. When Bongino disobeyed the seven-day suspension by using an alternative YouTube channel to announce his move to Rumble, liberals cheered Google's permanent ban because the only thing liberals hate more than platforms that allow diverse views are people failing to obey rules imposed by corporate authorities. It is not hyperbole to observe that there is now a concerted war on any platforms devoted to free discourse and which refuse to capitulate to the demands of Democratic politicians and liberal activists to censor. The spear of the attack are corporate media outlets, who demonize and try to render radioactive any platforms that allow free speech to flourish. When Rumble announced that a group of free speech advocates — including myself, former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, comedian Bridget Phetasy, former Sanders campaign videographer Matt Orfalea and journalist Zaid Jilani — would produce video content for Rumble, The Washington Post immediately published a hit piece, relying exclusively on a Google-and-Facebook-aligned so-called "disinformation expert” to malign Rumble as "one of the main platforms for conspiracy communities and far-right communities in the U.S. and around the world” and a place “where conspiracies thrive," all caused by Rumble's "allowing such videos to remain on the site unmoderated.” (The narrative about Rumble is particularly bizarre since its Canadian founder and still-CEO, Chris Pavlovski created Rumble in 2013 with apolitical goals — to allow small content creators abandoned by YouTube to monetize their content — and is very far from an adherent to right-wing ideology). The same attack was launched, and is still underway, against Substack, also for the crime of refusing to ban writers deemed by liberal corporate outlets and activists to be hateful and/or fonts of disinformation. After the first wave of liberal attacks on Substack failed — that script was that it is a place for anti-trans animus and harassment — The Post returned this week for round two, with a paint-by-numbers hit piece virtually identical to the one it published last year about Rumble. “Newsletter company Substack is making millions off anti-vaccine content, according to estimates,” blared the sub-headline. “Prominent figures known for spreading misinformation, such as [Joseph] Mercola, have flocked to Substack, podcasting platforms and a growing number of right-wing social media networks over the past year after getting kicked off or restricted on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube,” warned the Post. It is, evidently, extremely dangerous to society for voices to still be heard once Google decrees they should not be. This Post attack on Substack predictably provoked expressions of Serious Concern from good and responsible liberals. That included Chelsea Clinton, who lamented that Substack is profiting off a “grift.” Apparently, this political heiress — who is one of the world's richest individuals by virtue of winning the birth lottery of being born to rich and powerful parents, who in turn enriched themselves by cashing in on their political influence in exchange for $750,000 paychecks from Goldman Sachs for 45-minute speeches, and who herself somehow was showered with a $600,000 annual contract from NBC News despite no qualifications — believes she is in a position to accuse others of "grifting.” This Post-manufactured narrative about Substack instantly metastasized throughout the liberal sect of media. “Anti-vaxxers making ‘at least $2.5m' a year from publishing on Substack,” read the headline of The Guardian, the paper that in 2018 published the outright lie that Julian Assange met twice with Paul Manafort inside the Ecuadorian Embassy and refuses to this day to retract it (i.e., “disinformation"). Like The Post, the British paper cited one of the seemingly endless number of shady pro-censorship groups — this one calling itself the “Center for Countering Digital Hate” — to argue for greater censorship by Substack. “They could just say no,” said the group's director, who has apparently convinced himself he should be able to dictate what views should and should not be aired: “This isn't about freedom; this is about profiting from lies. . . . Substack should immediately stop profiting from medical misinformation that can seriously harm readers.” The emerging campaign to pressure Spotify to remove Joe Rogan from its platform is perhaps the most illustrative episode yet of both the dynamics at play and the desperation of liberals to ban anyone off-key. It was only a matter of time before this effort really galvanized in earnest. Rogan has simply become too influential, with too large of an audience of young people, for the liberal establishment to tolerate his continuing to act up. Prior efforts to coerce, cajole, or manipulate Rogan to fall into line were abject failures. On Tuesday, musician Neil Young demanded that Spotify either remove Rogan from its platform or cease featuring Young's music, claiming Rogan spreads COVID disinformation. Spotify predictably sided with Rogan, their most popular podcaster in whose show they invested $100 million, by removing Young's music and keeping Rogan. The pressure on Spotify mildly intensified on Friday when singer Joni Mitchell issued a similar demand. All sorts of censorship-mad liberals celebrated this effort to remove Rogan, then vowed to cancel their Spotify subscription in protest of Spotify's refusal to capitulate for now; a hashtag urging the deletion of Spotify's app trended for days. Many bizarrely urged that everyone buy music from Apple instead; apparently, handing over your cash to one of history's largest and richest corporations, repeatedly linked to the use of slave labor, is the liberal version of subversive social justice. Democrats are not only the dominant political faction in Washington, controlling the White House and both houses of Congress, but liberals in particular are clearly the hegemonic culture force in key institutions: media, academia and Hollywood. That is why it is a mistake to assume that we are near the end of their orgy of censorship and de-platforming victories. It is far more likely that we are much closer to the beginning than the end. The power to silence others is intoxicating. Once one gets a taste of its power, they rarely stop on their own. Indeed, it was once assumed that Silicon Valley giants steeped in the libertarian ethos of a free internet would be immune to demands to engage in political censorship ("content moderation” is the more palatable euphemism which liberal corporate media outlets prefer). But when the still-formidable megaphones of The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, CNN and the rest of the liberal media axis unite to accuse Big Tech executives of having blood on their hands and being responsible for the destruction of American democracy, that is still an effective enforcement mechanism. Billionaires are, like all humans, social and political animals and instinctively avoid ostracization and societal scorn. Beyond the personal interest in avoiding vilification, corporate executives can be made to censor against their will and in violation of their political ideology out of self-interest. The corporate media still has the ability to render a company toxic, and the Democratic Party more now than ever has the power to abuse their lawmaking and regulatory powers to impose real punishment for disobedience, as it has repeatedly threatened to do. If Facebook or Spotify are deemed to be so toxic that no Good Liberals can use them without being attacked as complicit in fascism, white supremacy or anti-vax fanaticism, then that will severely limit, if not entirely sabotage, a company's future viability.

In the first hour of The Vince Coglianese Show, Vince plays heartbreaking audio of the eulogy for a fallen NYPD hero named Jason Rivera given by his wife.  Liberal policies and DAs funded by George Soros continue to make cities more dangerous.  Zaid Jilani, journalist at inquiremore.com joins the show to discuss the new SAT scoring system which is supposedly more "equitable."  Jim Justice has a hilarious response to Bette Midler's attacks on West Virginians. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm. To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meat Loaf, rock superstar famous for "Bat Out of Hell," has died at 74 Tom Hanks narrates year one video for Biden Matt Walsh takes on "gender experts" on Dr. Phil's show Dominic Green, PhD, FRHistS is the Editor of The Spectator's world edition. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declaring an end to COVID in the United Kingdom Robert Mark is a former senior editor at Flying magazine and Publisher of Jetwhine.com. He joined Dan and Amy to explain the fight between the FCC and the FAA over the rollout of 5G near airports. Zaid Jilani is a freelance journalist, maintains his own newsletter where he writes about current affairs at inquiremore.com. He joined Dan and Amy to talk about President Biden's first year in office, and the debate over voting rights legislation in Congress. Lucy McBride, MD is a practicing internist in Washington, D.C. and writer of the COVID-19 newsletter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim, Luke, and Lydia host journalist and commentator Zaid Jilani to discuss Joe Rogan's move to alternative media platform Gettr, the link between Gettr and a Chinese billionaire, YouTube and Twitter censoring Joe Rogan's episode with Robert Malone, Patton Oswalt's cowardly apology for taking a photograph with his friend Dave Chappelle, the surge of Democratic retirements, and the professor who hysterically believes that the US will be under right-wing authoritarianism by 2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our full premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast This week, Brie digs deeper into some broader themes that emerged from the Kyle Rittenhouse discourse. How productive is the "white supremacist" descriptor attached to not just Kyle, but to any number of actors associated with conservative politics. Even if it's accurate, does a maximalist view of white supremacy undermine the potency or rhetorical relevance of the term? Is it unnecessarily divisive? Or is the negative reaction to the term evidence that we're not talking about white supremacy enough? Briahna is joined by Zaid Jilani, journalist and author at Inquire More substack, who recently wrote an article which, among other things, questioned the the wisdom of squad members describing Rittenhouse as "white supremacist." Irami Osei-Frimpong provides a counterpoint: arguing that the path to racial equality requires an unflinching commitment to racial reeducation where whites aren't "coddled", and what he describes as white cultural deficits are interrogated. It's a passionate conversation with no punches pulled. A must listen. Subscribe to Bad Faith on YouTube to access our full video library. Find Bad Faith on Twitter (@badfaithpod)and Instagram (@badfaithpod). Produced by Ben Dalton (@wbend). Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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Thursday 11/04     Listen as Vince talks with guests: Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter - Daily Caller News Foundation; Chuck Ross, Investigative reporter at The Washington Free Beacon; Zaid Jilani, journalist;  Richie McGinnis, Chief video editor for Daily Caller See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A reading of "Journalist Butchery of School Board Protests Upending Politics in Virginia and Elsewhere," by Matt Welch,  which appeared in Reason on Nov. 1, 2021

w/ Zaid Jilani, former reporter at The Intercept and current substacker (inquiremore.com)Kmele, missing in a mudslide?Zaid, the most left-wing staffer at the Center for American ProgressCable news is horrible / Jeff Toobin slays white supremacySchool board chaos in VirginiaCreating wee lil' apparatchiksWhy do we care about the stupid VA governor's race?Words don't mean anything anymore, part 322We are all India-Pakistan nowThe steady hand in DC is trembling Dumb Republicans still have no economic programDear lord, she's wearing a vest!The collapsing Biden economic agendaIs Kyrsten Sinema a bad politician? Bad dresser? Bad bisexual?Matt discovers his white privilege (and he likes it) Recorded: 10/28/21Posted: 10/28/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Zaid Jilani - journalist, Inquiremore.com.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Tommy Pigott, RNC Rapid Response Director; Rory Cooper, parent of three Fairfax County elementary school students; Chuck Ross, Investigative reporter at The Washington Free Beacon; Zaid Jilani, journalist, Inquiremore.com; and Josh Kraushaar, columnist at National Journal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Vince Coglianese speaks with Zaid Jilani, journalist, Inquiremore.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Chuck Ross, Investigative reporter at The Washington Free Beacon; Kevin Daley, Supreme Court Reporter Free Beacon, Zaid Jilani, journalist, Inquiremore.com; Steve Moore, FreedomWorks Senior Economic Contributor, Wall Street Journal Writer, Author of Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy; Laura Murphy, mother of three Fairfax County Public Schools students and a fourth who graduated last year; and Erika Sanzi, Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tim, Ian, and Lydia join researcher and prolific journalist (formerly of The Intercept) Zaid Jilani to examine the case of the breaking news out of The Intercept functionally proving that Anthony Fauci lied under oath, just like Rand Paul said, Rachel Maddow's choice to leave up a thoroughly-debunked article about a hospital in Oklahoma being overrun by victims of ivermectin overdoses, how leftist dialogues have driven minorities away from being vaccinated in New York City, the red pill/blue pill conundrum as presented by binary thinkers in the media, the coming reckoning for the GOP in the 2022 midterms, and the AOC phenomenon of fundraising outside her own district by being an 'influencer politician'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vince Coglianese speaks with Zaid Jilani, journalist for Inquiremore.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Dr. Ben Carson, Former Sec. of Housing and Urban Development under Pres. Trump, former Presidential Candidate, and neurosurgeon;Robby Soave, Senior Editor at the Reason Foundation; DAVID ASHER, senior fellow at Hudson Institute; and Zaid Jilani, journalist for Inquiremore.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist, Zaid Jilani, reacts to the expiration of the eviction moratorium and vaccination cards in New York. "Vince & Jason Save The Nation" is a political debate show that grapples with America's most pressing questions. The show features intelligent, brutally honest conversations between Vince Coglianese and Jason Nichols, two nationally renowned political commentators who come from opposite sides of the political divide but share a profound love of country. Enlisting the support of their fascinating and talented guests, Vince and Jason tackle the existential issues confronting America and set out on their quest to Save the Nation. Subscribe to Save The Nation on Apple Podcasts: https://rb.gy/mletxb Subscribe to Save The Nation on Spotify: https://rb.gy/jd7gdx

Vince Coglianese speaks with Zaid Jilani - journalist, Inquiremore.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Janice Dean, Senior Meteorologist at Fox News Channel and author of "Make Your Own Sunshine: Inspiring Stories of People Who Know How to Find Light In Dark Times," Stephen Gutowski, Founder of TheReload.com, David Hookstead, Sports Reporter, Daily Caller, and Zaid Jilani - journalist, Inquiremore.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here’s the second episode of my new podcast. My guest is journalist Zaid Jilani. Zaid is a good friend of mine. He’s also my former podcasting co-host. We have a lot of interests in common, but perhaps chief among them is the issue of crime and policing. As you’ll learn from this conversation, we both share a deep skepticism of the Defund the Police agenda. We talk about why here.Each episode of this show is available only to paying subscribers to my Substack for about a week before it goes public. If you want to get the show early, please subscribe!—Leighton This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at leightonwoodhouse.substack.com/subscribe

Does social media feel like an echo chamber of hate sometimes? New research seems to back up that conclusion. According to a recent study looking at conservative and liberal accounts, the most successful posts on social media are driven by hating people, specifically those outside our value and belief circles, AKA our outgroups. Journalist Zaid Jilani broke down the study in his piece for Inquire and joins the show to explain what's going on. Guest Host: Greg Skordas  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why did the GOP fail to put up a fight against Biden's rescue package? What are the benefits of Universal Basic Income? And do Marvel's Avengers need a GoFundMe? On a new episode of "Right Now with Stephen Kent," guest Zaid Jilani joins host Stephen Kent and co-host Brad Polumbo to discuss why Republicans today fight culture wars instead of addressing fiscal policy, and the growing tendency of policymakers to lean on populist messaging. ---- Content of This Episode ---- 00:40 Where’s that Tea Party energy? 02:16 Zaid Jilani on the GOP not putting up a fight against Pres. Biden’s stimulus bill 08:05 COVID-19 crisis impact on fiscal conservatism 12:30 Importance of policy or culture to voters 20:03 Big business realigning with Democrats 23:50 Stimulus checks – a precursor to universal basic income? 32:00 The Avengers need a GoFundMe 36:12 Good news on e-waste, hate crime trends and vaccines.---- Reading List ----While You Were Seussing (The Dispatch) https://capitolism.thedispatch.com/p/while-you-were-seussingThe fight against universal basic income may already be over (Washington Examiner) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-fight-against-universal-basic-income-may-already-be-over My Party Has Been Overtaken by ‘Cancel Culture’ Trolls (The Daily Beast) https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-party-has-been-overtaken-by-cancel-culture-trolls?ref=author Republicans Dabble With Class Warfare (The Dispatch) https://thedispatch.com/p/republicans-dabble-with-class-warfare Cash Is Turning Out to Be the Most Effective Welfare (Bloomberg Opinion) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-09/covid-relief-cash-may-be-the-welfare-of-the-future Should the Government Intervene to Promote Economic Equality? (Letter) https://letter.wiki/conversation/853---- Plugs for our Guest ---- Follow Zaid Jilani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZaidJilani

As America continues to become more racially and ethnically diverse, and our concept of what it means to be American changes, how do we widen our tribe while maintaining a common narrative? Journalist Zaid Jilani shares his thoughts on the future of American identity.Identity Theft, by Zaid JilaniThe Diversity Trap, by Zaid JilaniThe Backchannel podcast, by Zaid Jilani and Leighton Woodhouse@ZaidJilani----------Email: newliberalspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @NewLiberalsPod

On Friday, June 5, I talked to journalist Zaid Jilani about the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the impact of rioting, defunding the police, privilege theory, Amy Cooper, and more. Zaid has published work at The Intercept, Jacobin, The Guardian, and Quillette. Read his article, "White People Behaving Badly: The shaming of Amy Cooper and the problem with viral racism videos" at Arc Digital. Follow him on Twitter @zaidjilani. Please support my work and The Same Drugs on Patreon. Patrons get access to special content, not available to the public. The Same Drugs is on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-same-drugs/support

Nicole is joined by Baseball agent David Sloane to talk about the late head of the players union Marvin Miller. She checks in with Kathy Kelly, an American in Gaza. Plus on the fiscal showdown - Alan Charney of USAction.org and TheAction.org, and Zaid Jilani, investigative blogger for the PCCC's Daily Change blog