Half The Answer Podcast

America and Iran: Another Forever War? (Half the Answer #69, with Jeff Waldorf) Happy days are not here again, but at least Trent and Caitlin have Jeff Waldorf, the Logical Leftist, to hang out with while they process it all. The United States has dropped bombs on Iran, killing A...

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social talk with @jeffwaldorf.bsky.social about the conflicting, nonsensical, and sometimes straight-up Orwellian justifications provided by US politicians for initiating a war of aggression against another country in the Middle East.

Pervert Politics: Trumpism’s Body Obsessions How Republicans went from the party of prudes to the party of perversion.

"We are treated to our president, (. . .)an adjudicated sex offender, giving semi-erotic rants about violent crime and wounded soldiers. We are forced to endure the mentally pubescent antics of a Secretary of 'War' who boasts about the death and destruction created by his rippling 'war fighters.'"

Economic abuse by a partner contributes to one death every 19 days, report finds Financial abuse is a factor in more than half of deaths related to domestic abuse but is often misunderstood Economic abuse from a partner contributes to one death from homicide or suicide every 19 days, a charity has found. Surviving Economic Abuse (Sea) said economic abuse from an intimate partner was a factor in more than half of deaths related to domestic abuse but was often misunderstood or overlooked. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

Economic abuse by a partner contributes to one death every 19 days, report finds

Chris Geidner about everything SCOTUS on @halftheanswer.bsky.social. Very good! You should listen.

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Bc they are failures. Bc they are submissive to authoritarian leadership. Bc they see no other way forward but by standing on this sinking ship of an administration, playing these same tunes until swallowed up by the waters of the American electorate.

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missed this incredible journalism news: @liberalcurrents.com reached their $500k fundraising goal!! that means full time staff, further building out the site, and funding for good people doing important work without billionaires. hell yea.

Laura Miller: City Hall debate is a rerun of AAC debacle Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller says demolishing City Hall repeats mistakes with the American Airlines Center.

"No reporters have pierced the secrecy veil...Steven Monacelli told me he filed an open records request on Jan. 20 seeking all emails from the past year between key city staff, area landowners, developers and both sports teams...None have been released."

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US troops who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and soldiers Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike in Kuwait killed her and five others.

Nicole Amor, 39, was an avid gardener who enjoyed making salsa from the peppers and tomatoes in her garden with her son, a senior in high school. She also enjoyed rollerblading and bicycling with her fourth-grade daughter.

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The WaPo Defenestration and ICE Flight Brutality (Half the Answer #68, with Gillian Brockell) Trent and Caitlin check in with journalist Gillian Brockell after the release of her article on 'ICE Air.' They discuss the recent mass layoffs at the Washington Post, the abhorrent treatment of depor...

"I do think that the spiking, the endorsement was sort of, you know, crossing a Rubicon, you know, from which the Post could not return.

But I don't think that was the beginning of it." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-wapo-def...

The WaPo Defenestration and ICE Flight Brutality (Half the Answer #68, with Gillian Brockell) Trent and Caitlin check in with journalist Gillian Brockell after the release of her article on ICE air. They discuss the recent mass layoffs at the Washington Post, the abhorrent treatment of deporte...

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social check in with journalist @gbrockell.bsky.social and discuss the mass layoffs at the Washington Post, the abhorrent treatment of deportees, and the importance of empathy and being a human. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-wapo-def...

Oh yeah @halftheanswer.bsky.social is great :) <3 one of my favourites!

These people are beyond incompetent and not only is it killing innocent Iranians, but Americans are dying too.

Fashademics 2 - Haidters Gonna Haidt (Pt 1) | Eiynah Mohammed-Smith Get more from Eiynah Mohammed-Smith on Patreon

Pt 1 of my chat with @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social about a guy called Jonathan Haidt is now up for all patrons!

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Classic Glem

This is bad

What’s the deal with Concentration Camps? (Half the Answer #67, with Andrea Pitzer) Trent and Caitlin talk with author and journalist Andrea Pitzer about the modern concentration camp model, its history and public perception, and the concentration camps the United States government i...

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social talk with author and journalist @andreapitzer.bsky.social about the modern concentration camp model, its history and public perception, and the concentration camps the United States government is operating and opening right now

Can confirm it got weirder lol @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social @halftheanswer.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com

i know the situation in kansas right now is dangerous and terrifying. that said, i'm hoping to speak to someone who's had their license invalidated. i will do absolutely everything to protect your anonymity and maintain your safety.

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call! your! senators!!!

wtf is going on now

let’s GOOO

The SAVE America Act’s Assault on Voting Rights (Half the Answer #66, with Hunter CG) Trent and Caitlin chatted with Hunter CG of RoteRote Media and Democrats Abroad, looking at the GOP's latest assault on voting rights, the SAVE America Act. This act has passed the House of Representa...

Today @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social talk to @roterote.bsky.social the GOP's latest assault on voting rights, the SAVE America Act. This act has passed the House of Representatives and will be addressed by the Senate in the next couple of days.

Wanna know how bad the SAVE America Act would be? @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social & I had the marvelous @roterote.bsky.social on @halftheanswer.bsky.social via @liberalcurrents.com to talk about how the vile legislation would hurt democracy, Americans at home and abroad, a bit about Hungary & much more!

All of us

Russian firms have routed $8bn of trade through British island territories since invasion of Ukraine Anti-corruption group Transparency International have catalogued ‘sanctions circumvention’ channelled through ‘unaccountable jurisdictions’ Russian companies have used Britain’s secretive island territories to conduct $8bn (£5.9bn) of trade since the invasion of Ukraine, according to a report that highlights the flow of goods ranging from oil-drilling equipment to luxury yachts linked to Moscow’s political elite. The analysis, published a day after the fourth anniversary of Russia’s assault on its neighbour, raises questions over the role played by the British overseas territories in enforcing sanctions designed to turn the screw on the Kremlin. Yachts linked to allies of Vladimir Putin. Drilling kit for Kremlin-backed oil projects. Coal linked to Ukraine’s pro-Russian ex-president. A jet linked to the Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. Continue reading...

Russian firms have routed $8bn of trade through British island territories since invasion of Ukraine

ICE deportation flight leaves NH after 31 hours, exposes chronic problems Local officials, activists and a former Omni flight attendant slammed the airline and ICE's decision not to cancel the scheduled deportation.

NEW FROM ME: The deportation plane stuck in the blizzard took off this morning after 31 hours, but not before exposing a much bigger problem with exceedingly long delays on ICE flights.

With exclusive interviews and photos taken by local ICE flight watchers. gillianbrockell.ghost.io/ice-deportat...

@Amanda 🐢 walks us through the bizarre twitter exchange she had with former CBP commander at large gregory bovino about baking a pie for illinois governor pritzker. Full episode: https://youtu.be/3CL... TikTok video by Liberal Currents

zero percent of the people in this group chat maintained composure as we read through the out-of-pocket tweets between greg bovino and our friend @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

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