• Dan Bongino, Fox News, and post-Roe talking points.
    Jul 26 2022

    Recorded on June 30th, Matt and Jay discuss the adjustments to Fox New's propaganda messaging after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Our hosts check in on Dan Bongino and Lawrence Jones, both of whom think that protests against the Dobbs decision are equivalent to the attempted insurrection of January 6th, 2021.

    1.    Dan Bongino on abortion response: ‘It’s not a double standard, it’s a hierarchy’ - Fox News, 6/25/2022

    2.    Antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines - WAPO 6/30/2022

    3.    Andrew Yang Says He Left Democratic Party to Become Independent - NYT 10/14/2021

    4.    What to Know About the Mississippi Abortion Law Challenging Roe v. Wade - NYT 5/6/2022

    5.    At least 25 arrested in NYC as protesters take to streets after Roe v Wade ruling - NY Post 6/25/2022

    6.    https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/

    7.    Schumer accused of threatening Kavanaugh and Gorsuch during rally - CNN 3/4/2020

    8.    Man accused in Kavanaugh assassination plot pleads not guilty - WAPO 6/22/2022

    9.    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-justice-alitos-abortion-history-lesson-dispute-2022-05-06/

    10. Fact Check: Was Planned Parenthood Started To 'Control' The Black Population? - NPR 8/14/2015

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Ginni Thomas, InfoWars, and the case for Clarence Thomas's Recusal
    Apr 7 2022

    In this episode, our heroes take a closer look at Virginia "Ginni" Thomas and her decades long evolution from Washington Insider to Tea Party / MAGA cultist to her final form: conspiracy theorist and possible QaNon sympathizer.

    Twitter:

    Podcast - @consequencepod

    Matt - @stoptalkingmatt

    Jay - @stoptalkingjayv

    1.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/

    2.    Read the texts Virginia Thomas reportedly sent to Mark Meadows - Boston Globe 3/25/22

    3.    https://www.politico.com/story/2011/04/ginni-thomas-builds-tea-party-list-053059

    4.    https://www.npr.org/2022/03/30/1089595933/legal-ethics-experts-agree-justice-thomas-must-recuse-in-insurrection-cases

    5.    https://thehill.com/homenews/media/363623-clarence-thomass-wife-presents-award-to-conservative-activist-who-tried-to/

    6.    Justice Thomas' Wife Asks Anita Hill To Apologize - NPR

    7.    Texts Show Ginni Thomas’s Embrace of Conspiracy Theories - New York Times 3/26/22

    8.    2020 Election Sting Operation Donald Trump BlockChain Security Steve Pieczenik Interview - 11/5/2020

    9.    https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953823383/attorney-on-call-with-trump-and-georgia-officials-resigns-from-law-firm

    10. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clarence-thomas-recuse-jan-6_n_6243372ee4b03516d4288d1a

    11. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/politics/trump-supreme-court-jan-6.html

    12. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/us/politics/09thomas.html

    13. https://www.c-span.org/video/?292148-7/tea-party-movement

    14. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/lifespring/main.htm

    15. 

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    2 hrs and 17 mins
  • State's Rights Part 1: Sen. Mike Braun, The Supreme Court, and a Rare Moment Of Honest Racism.
    Mar 29 2022

    Jay, Matt, and Joe dive into the story behind Indiana Sen. Mike Braun's commentswhich seemingly support the overturning of Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia (1967) which effectively decriminalized interracial marriage in the United States.

    Follow us on Twitter:

    Jay - @stoptalkingjayv

    Matt - @stoptalkingmatt

    Bruce - @rockskickcanyou

    1.    FULL INTERVIEW: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun news conference

    2.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/23/both-democrats-and-republicans-care-about-states-rights-when-it-suits-them/

    3.    https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2022-03-22/u-s-sen-mike-braun-scotus-should-leave-abortion-interracial-marriage-to-states

    4.    https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/mike-braun-interracial-marriage-comments/index.html

    5.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/22/sen-lindsey-graham-ketanji-brown-jackson-questioned-religious-faith-scale-one-10/

    6.    https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/amy-coney-barrett-people-of-praise/2020/10/06/5f497d8c-0781-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html

    7.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mQboKg7xBY

    8.    https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=D78C6B1E-5B92-4133-B71F-40F05121CD06

    9.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-QpXVV6qLk

    10. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/22/indiana-governor-vetoes-transgender-girls-sports-bill

    11. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/the-dogma-lives-loudly-within-you-revisiting-barretts-confirmation-hearing.html

    12. https://news.gallup.com/poll/20920/martin-luther-king-jr-revered-more-after-death-than-before.aspx

    13. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt2-1/ALDE_00000408/

    14. 

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Cringe Moments from CPAC/AFPAC: Ted Cruz, Madison Cawthorne, and Marjorie Taylor Greene
    Mar 26 2022

    In this episode, Matt, Jay, Bruce, and Joe discuss discuss MAGA GOP talking points of the cringiest propagandists of CPAC and AFPAC. Rafael "Ted" Cruz begs for podcast subscriptions; Madison Cawthorn uses debunked anti-communist talking points; and Marjorie Taylor Greene invokes white christian nationalism and then denies doing so.

    NOTE: This episode was recorded on March 2nd but Matt got lazy and did not edit and release it for several weeks.

    Twitter:

    Podcast - @consequencepod

    Jay- @stoptalkingjayv

    Matt - @stoptalkingmatt

    Bruce - @rockskickcanyou

    1.    Ted Cruz At CPAC 2022 On The Fundamental Conflict In America: It's A Battle Between Power & Liberty

    2.    https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22926134/canada-trucker-freedom-convoy-protest-ottawa

    3.    https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/ted-cruz-job-approval-trend-0

    4.    https://rumble.com/vvxx34-marjorie-taylor-greene-well-hello-cancelled-americans-the-future-for-our-co.html

    5.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Ba47MLw14&t=1s

    6.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2OrHxOtfY

    7.    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-i-dont-give-a-damn-about-european-border-conflict-until-southern-border-is-secured

    8.    https://www.mediaite.com/news/reporter-asks-jen-psaki-about-joe-rogan-covid-misinformation-should-spotify-go-further/

    9.    https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed10.asp

    10. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed09.asp

    11. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-sign/index.html

    12. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do/countries/ukraine

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    2 hrs and 48 mins
  • Gov. George Wallace And The Art Of Lying About Racial Violence.
    Mar 21 2022

    In this episode, Matt and Jelani go back in time to a 1964 speech by infamous segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Our hosts discuss Wallace's attempts to re-write the reality of state violence against desegregation activists in Birmingham in 1963. Also, he lies about the Civil Rights Act.

    Twitter:

    Show - @consequencepod

    Matt - @StopTalkingMatt

    Jay - @stoptalking jayv

    1.    George Wallace speaking at UCLA 1/10/1964

    2.    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/10/05/106999010.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

    3.    http://www.shoppbs.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wallace/peopleevents/pande01.html

    4.    George Wallace Segregation Speech

    5.    https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1963-george-wallace-segregation-now-segregation-forever/

    6.    https://news.gallup.com/poll/180107/gallup-review-black-white-differences-views-race.aspx

    7.    https://news.gallup.com/poll/1687/race-relations.aspx

    8.    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/16/50-years-ago-mixed-views-about-civil-rights-but-support-for-selma-demonstrators/

    9.    https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20Congress%20passed%20Public,hiring%2C%20promoting%2C%20and%20firing.

    10. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act#transcript

    11. https://www.nps.gov/articles/16thstreetbaptist.htm

    12. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/birmingham-campaign-1963/

    13. Doctors Without Borders Donation Page

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Ron Desantis, Kristi Noem, and the Art of Censorship via Private Lawsuits.
    Feb 10 2022

    In this episode, Matthew and Jelani tackle GOP bills and laws from around the United States that take aim at trans athletes, "woke CRT," and anyone offends a student's religous (christian) beliefs. What do these laws have in common? Private lawsuits modeled after Texas's anti-abortion law, SB8.

    1.    Kristi Noem signs major bill regarding transgender athletes

    2.    Gov. Noem signs bill banning transgender participation in girls' and women's sports - Fox News

    3.    Anti-Trans Bills Are Moving Through State Legislatures With Remarkable Speed - The Intercept

    4.    The NCAA's focus on profits means far more gets spent on men's championships

    5.    https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22957/231879

    6.    https://legiscan.com/OK/text/SB1470/id/2484266/Oklahoma-2022-SB1470-Introduced.pdf

    7.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tFUEXDHIz8

    8.    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/08/alana-mclaughlin-trans-mma-fighter-combate-global

    9.    https://listen.sdpb.org/politics/2022-01-26/top-noem-adviser-terrorism-comparison-transgender

    10. https://www.facebook.com/GovRonDeSantis/videos/introducing-the-stop-woke-act/877277022969704/

    11. https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Stop-Woke-Handout.pdf

    12. https://flgov.com/2021/12/15/governor-desantis-announces-legislative-proposal-to-stop-w-o-k-e-activism-and-critical-race-theory-in-schools-and-corporations/

    13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/07/desantis-anti-woke-act/

    14. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/11/us/florida-teacher-shortage/index.html



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    1 hr and 56 mins
  • Ghost Flights, White Replacement, and the GOP's Never Ending Shift to the Right.
    Jan 31 2022

    On this episode, our heroes discuss New York Gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino and his attempt to use anti-immigrant sentiment to raise donations and stir up the base.

    1.    "Our leaders are turning a blind eye to this: NY governor candidate" - Tucker Carlson Tonight 1/26/2022

    2.    Rep. Tenney calls for Biden's impeachment after covert migrant flights revealed - Fox News

    3.    Trump administration takes unprecedented step to process border-crossers - Politico 5/27/2019

    4.    Tennessee shelter for immigrant children opened under Trump - AP News 5/28/21

    5.    ‘Remain in Mexico’: Migrants still waiting in peril as ‘cruel and racist policy’ continues after three years - SPLC

    6.    https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/2019-hate-crime-statistics

    7.    "NY gubernatorial candidate: We're all under a border crisis right now" - Fox Business 1/27/2022

    8.    https://catholiccharitiesny.org/what-we-do/welcoming-integrating-immigrants-refugees

    9.    Supreme Court Weighs Jailed Immigrants’ Rights to Bail Hearings - NYT 1/11/2022

    10.  Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki - 10-19-2021

    11. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tucker-carlson-gives-passionate-defense-white-replacement-theory

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Peter Thiel is a Literal Crypto-fascist (probably)
    Jan 21 2022

    On this episode, Jelani and Matt are joined by first-time guest Bruce to discuss Peter Thiel's speech at the National Conservatism conference on October 31st, 2021. Topics include the deep-state, conservative censorship, and ticker tape parades in honor of cryptocurrency.

    1.     Peter Thiel: Nationalism Breaks the Dogma Machine - National Conservatism Conference II

    2.     The Man Behind National Conservatism - 7/26/2019

    3.     Peter Thiel, Trump’s Tech Pal, Explains Himself

    4.     https://gbdeclaration.org

    5.     https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-covid-no-lockdown-strategy-failed-higher-death-rate-2021-8

    6.     https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/15/stanford-faculty-smear-professor-who-accurately-summarized-data-on-masks/

    7.     https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jul/23/tiktok-posts/biden-harris-doubted-trump-covid-19-vaccines-not-v/

    8.     https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/peter-thiel-backed-crypto-broker-bitpanda-triples-valuation.html

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    1 hr and 52 mins