Math is Next Anti-CRT Target, 10 Mass Shootings Over Easter
The David Pakman Show - April 18, 2022
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Joe Biden "Visibly Disoriented" Video Goes Viral
For the past week, the right has been going berserk over a video of Joe Biden giving a speech and supposedly looking confused and trying to shakes hands with an invisible person. Conservatives have been pointing to this as evidence that Joe Biden has dementia and is unfit to serve as president, but if you actually watch the video, you’ll see that there is actually a crowd off-screen. It’s obvious that Biden is just making a gesture towards them, and then turning around to recognize other people in the audience. If there was an actual case of Biden looking confused or trying to shake hands with thin air, then of course it would be fair to ask questions about whether the president is cognitively impaired. However, this clearly is not it, and right wingers who are pushing this as evidence are mostly just operating in bad faith.
BREAKING: Alex Jones Infowars Files for Bankruptcy
Alex Jones’ Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of multiple defamation lawsuits against the media company. Jones has been found liable for suits dealing with family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. Using bankruptcy would allow Infowars to put a hold on all civil suits while finding out a way to remain operational. The company has estimated its total assets at $0 to $50,000 and has estimated its liabilities at $1 million to $10 million. These numbers certainly don’t appear to be in keeping with the $165 million they’ve had in revenue over the past three years. Some suspect this is a fraudulent bankruptcy and that money has been moved around in an effort to make Jones and the company immune from lawsuits. While we can’t know now for sure what exactly is going on, there seems to be something seriously fishy going on with this move towards bankruptcy.
From over the weekend:
OH NO: Lunatic Republican Herschel Walker BEATING Raphael Warnock
Herschel Walker, former NFL football player turned right wing politician, is currently leading Raphael Warnock in their 2022 US Senate race in Georgia. According to a poll from Emerson College and The Hill, Walker is receiving 49% of the vote to Warnock’s 45%. Six percent of respondents are undecided. Walker has so far had some embarrassing moments on the campaign trail. He referred to critical race theory as “CTR” instead of “CRT.” Walker also openly wondered about why apes still exist on the planet if evolutionary theory shows that humans came from apes. Unfortunately, Republicans aren’t dissuaded by these humiliations or don’t see them as humiliations at all, and so Herschel Walker may be set up to become the next Senator from Georgia.
From over the weekend:
Fox Host's "Impeach Biden" Call TOO CRAZY for Top Republican
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo has gone completely off the rails in recent years with her over-the-top support for Donald Trump and reactionary right wing politics. Case in point, Bartiromo had House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on her program “Sunday Morning Futures” last week and she actually made McCarthy look somewhat sane by comparison. Maria asked if he would move to impeach President Biden if the Republicans are able to take the House in the midterm elections this year. McCarthy sidestepped the question and said he won’t use impeachment for “political purposes.” If Republicans want to impeach Biden, they’d first have to come up with a valid reason to, which will be difficult since Biden hasn’t committed any impeachable offenses. Ultimatley, the trial would then fail in the Senate since Republicans won’t have two-thirds of the Senate seats necessary to get rid of him.
More on the show:
--Seth Moskowitz, journalist writing about American politics and technology and editor of Persuasion Magazine, joins David to discuss his recent article The Reactionary Trap. Read the article: https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-reactionary-trap
--Easter weekend 2022 in the United States sees 10 mass shootings, three of them major enough to make the national news
--Florida and Ron DeSantis are now targeting math textbooks over "Critical Race Theory" in the latest culture war
--Kentucky has effectively banned abortion
--Fox News propagandist Tucker Carlson's latest special on testosterone and masculinity includes a fitness "expert" talking about tanning testicles
--Voicemail caller wants clarity on schmekel vs shekel
--On the Bonus Show: 2024 presidential debates in question, Austin basic income program will give people $1,000 per month, concerns grow over Senator Dianne Feinstein's cognitive state, much more...
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