Best We Hate Ourselves Podcasts (2026)

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Anne Applebaum and Jacob Frey: Using Lies to Justify Violence 1:09:00

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE descended on his city with hopes of rounding up undocumented Somalis. When agents couldn't find any, they started driving around terrorizing people. And now with the killing of Renee Good, they are clearly making the city less safe. But federal officials are also lying about Good's actions before the shooting a…

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These Abuses Will Continue Until People Force Them To Stop 3:00

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The only unlocked door out of this dystopian nightmare is the people using the power of their numbers to force real change. There are a whole lot more of us than there are of the tyrants who are inflicting these abuses upon our world, and they know it, and they fear us.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Ryan Grim: An Unconscionable Reaction to a Summary Execution 1:09:41

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Most law enforcement departments train officers not to stand in front of vehicles—or shoot at moving ones—but masked ICE agents in Minneapolis did just that after descending on Renee Good's Honda Pilot and spitting out conflicting instructions to her. Not only did the president of the United States lie about the condition of the officer who shot he…

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The Real Tyrannical Regime 4:57

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Pretty sure what's tyrannical is invading a country, murdering scores of people, and abducting its leader in order to steal control of its resources.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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American Conservatives Are Disgusting Frauds 3:36

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After spending days enthusiastically applauding Trump's freakish act of imperialist aggression to oust the president of Venezuela on the grounds that he is a murderous tyrant, Republicans in the United States are falling all over themselves to justify the cold-blooded murder of a mother of three by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.Reading by Tim Foley…

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George Conway: Trump Is a Vampire 52:47

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Biden and Merrick Garland thought Trump would just go away, but malignant narcissists must be made to leave. And with Congress not fulfilling its constitutional obligation to hold Trump accountable for running the country like a mob boss, newly minted congressional candidate George hopes to join those Democrats on the Hill who aren't afraid to inve…

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Jonathan Blitzer: The Stars Aligned Against Venezuela 1:16:35

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Trump wanted to alpha male and take some oil, Hegseth wanted to bomb something, Rubio wanted Maduro gone, and aggrieved Stephen Miller wanted to bully the weak. The White House eventually settled on Venezuela as the best place to take out its aggressions and drive home its anti-immigration message. And now the administration finds itself depending …

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Why Habits Feel Hard with Charles Duhigg 51:28

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Dr. Becky and Charles Duhigg unpack habit science, why clarity creates hope, and how small shifts (better cues, named rewards, and repair over punishment) can lower tension and build connection at home - with your partner, your kids, and yourself. This episode is for anyone who wants to communicate more clearly and make change finally stick. Get th…

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The US Empire Needs Men Like Trump 6:29

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The empire needs its skillful orators and apologists like Obama, but it also needs its iron-fisted overt tyrants like Trump.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Bill Kristol: A Stupid and Insane Foreign Intervention 1:03:09

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Toppling the leader of Venezuela looks to be about greed and Trump's vanity. It's not about national security, and is likely to produce bad outcomes—including more repression of ordinary Venezuelans and more refugees fleeing the country. And even the monetary value of plundering a sovereign country's oil is vastly overstated. Meanwhile, fake imager…

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They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants 6:18

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After all those months of babbling about fentanyl and "narcoterrorism" and freedom and democracy, the Trump administration has come right out and admitted that its regime change interventionism in Venezuela has always been a good old-fashioned oil grab.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Israel And Its Supporters Deliberately Foment Hate And Division In Our Society 4:59

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Their research has concluded that convincing westerners to hate Muslims is easier than convincing them to love Israel.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists 5:57

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Doctors and aid workers largely became the de facto journalists on the ground in Gaza when Israel banned international news media and began systematically assassinating Gaza-based Palestinian journalists. So Israel wants to get rid of those de facto reporters to hide its crimes.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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John Heilemann: The Year Is Ending a Lot Better than It Started 1:12:29

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Only six months ago, the wheels felt like they were coming off of America, and our democracy experiment. But since the Epstein case broke wide open, the wheels started to come off Trump instead. And he's not just lost his way in politics but in the broader culture too—with his despicable words about Rob Reiner, his trying to get Jimmy Kimmel fired,…

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What We Bought Ourselves For Christmas + Responding to Facebook Comments 41:14

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New Year's Resolutions 2026 2:41

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Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Julie K. Brown: Hiding the Truth in the Epstein Files 47:01

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The DOJ is releasing random Epstein documents to distract the public, while also intentionally covering the faces of men in images. It's also pulling docs that reveal Trump's name. Epstein's victims think the government's messy release is all designed to protect their not publicly-known perpetrators. Meanwhile, more victims are coming forward to Ju…

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When Life Has Other Plans with Maya Shankar 35:36

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In hard seasons, it’s easy to believe “I’ll feel this way forever.” Dr. Becky and cognitive scientist Maya Shankar explore the moments that upend us, the anxiety of not knowing what comes next, and why we underestimate our ability to adapt. Together, they discuss how reconnecting to what matters most can bring steadiness during uncertainty. Get the…

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The Israeli Government Put My Name At The Top Of An 'Antisemite' List 8:46

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My name appears at the top of a list in a document the Israeli government released earlier this month in order to draw false associations between the Bondi Beach shooting and online criticism of Israel and its atrocities.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Revealing The Name of Our Second Cat + Our First Time Drinking Coffee 😱 22:00

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Welcome to the family cat #2! Ashley and Dallin also detail their first time trying coffee a few years ago. Email us! [email protected]

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Bill Kristol: Trump Has Lost the Plot 48:29

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After a campaign built on the promise that Trump was going to look out for his voters, he started his administration getting sidetracked by DOGE and Musk's phony ideas about saving money. After that petered out, he got distracted by his need to put his name all over the place. In the process, he's totally forgotten to help his people—or even fake t…

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But Enough About Us - Ep 58: Holidays 2025 - Regifting & Traditions to Love and Hate! 28:36

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Hey pod friends, We've got whiplash from watching another year whiz by us! How does that even happen? Since we're in the midst of the holiday season, we've been asking ourselves and others how everyone feels about regifting. Some love it, some have definitely gotten shafted by it. Listen to hear what surprise one person found in her regifted item! …

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They Feign Concern About Pro-Palestine Chants In Order To Shut Down Pro-Palestine Protests 5:59

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If they weren't concern-trolling about "globalize the intifada" they'd make up some other excuse to express their concern, and they know it. Their objection is to criticism of Israel, not to the way those criticisms are being expressed.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Netanyahu Is Visiting Trump For The FIFTH Time This Year, And Other Notes 6:30

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But of course it would be antisemitic to suggest that there's anything strange about the US president meeting with the Israeli prime minister more frequently than with any other foreign leader on the planet.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Kara Swisher: We're in an 'Eat the Rich' Moment 54:54

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The year started with America's tech overlords kissing the ring at Trump's inauguration, and it's ending with the public fed up with the ostentatiously rich—and more distrustful of Silicon Valley than ever, particularly on AI. Plus, Kara's key role in the revelations about the relationship between RFK, Jr. and Olivia Nuzzi, Trump is giving away the…

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Tom Nichols: The Buzz Has Worn Off 54:43

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Six months ago, MAGA world was strutting around with their chests puffed out. But now, many of them are having a blue Christmas over the infighting, the economy, the DOJ's inability to deliver revenge, and Trump's cover-up of child sex traffickers—one of the key things they really cared about. All Trump can think to do is plaster his name on anothe…

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Revisit: Surviving Holiday Travel with Kids 22:19

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Traveling with kids can make a vacation feel… not so much like a vacation. In this revisit of one of our favorite holiday episodes, Dr. Becky talks through how to handle sleeping in new places, airplane meltdowns, and backseat showdowns, so you can feel a little more prepared heading into holiday travel. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: https:…

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Stop Picking On Poor Little Israel 4:14

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Stop picking on poor little Israel. It's just sitting there minding its own business trying to do a little genocide in peace while aggressively lobbying your government to crush your freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, and you're OBSESSING about it for NO REASON.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Bill Kristol: This Is Trump's Cover-Up 1:02:06

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On the Epstein matter, the current DOJ is not just putting its thumb on the scale for Trump. It's his defense team. Make no mistake: The top two officials at the Justice Department are executing Trump's wishes to cover-up the victims' statements and the details about Epstein's 2008 sweetheart deal. It's the president's cover-up, and the mainstream …

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Notes On Bondi Beach And Free Speech 4:33

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The dumbest thing we are being asked to believe today is that pro-Palestinian protests caused the Bondi shooting. It's self-evidently moronic. No one sincerely believes it. They're just pretending to believe it to get protests banned and criticism of Israel outlawed.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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If You're Not Free To Oppose A Genocide, Your Society Is Not Free 3:48

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If the right to free speech does not include the right to oppose an active genocide using strong and unmitigated language, then there is no freedom of speech.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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If Israel Gets To Undermine Our Rights, Then We Get To Undermine Israel 6:50

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You are allowed to subvert and undermine Israel's interests, because Israel is trying to subvert and undermine your rights.You are allowed to interfere in Israel's affairs, because Israel is interfering in your country's affairs.As Israel tries to exert more and more influence over western society and pushes western governments to crush our freedom…

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David Frum: Trump and Epstein Were Best Friends 52:05

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Of all the images of Trump, the only times he seemed to be authentically smiling in the presence of another person was when he was with Jeffrey Epstein. The two of them had the same interests, and other people in the 80s and 90s assumed they were best friends. Over in MAGA land, a proxy war has broken out among rightwing influencers—like Ben Shapir…

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The Australian Israel Lobby Is Flat-Out Saying They Want A Ban On Criticism Of Israel 7:10

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Not just hate speech against Jews. Criticism of a foreign state. They’re coming right out and saying it.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Patrick Gaspard: A White House Screamathon 1:07:25

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Trump's power of persuasion is failing him on the affordability issue. He even broke MAGA creed on live TV by calling on Americans to trust the word of foreign leaders—who supposedly claim the U.S. economy is golden—over the pain they're feeling at the supermarket and at the pump. Meanwhile, NYC's mayor-elect seems to be understand the zeitgeist: W…

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Trump Moves Closer To War With Venezuela, And Other Notes 5:22

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It's so American how the Sackler family caused a national opioid crisis which ultimately led to the fentanyl crisis, and instead of imprisoning them the US eventually went "Hang on, we can use this as an excuse to start a war with a country that doesn't even produce fentanyl."Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Catherine Rampell and Michael Steinberger: Trump Wants to Cook the Books 1:04:59

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POTUS is firing or censoring the statisticians who collect data on health and climate, as well as the kind of experts who could verify his lofty claims of an A++++ economy. And while Vance says that Trump is really turning things around, job losses are rising from his destructive tariff and immigration policies. Plus, the back story on Palantir and…

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Israel Propagandists Are Uniformly Spouting The Exact Same Line About The Bondi Shooting 6:53

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Of course, these outlets and individuals do not actually care about the phrase “globalize the intifada”. If pro-Palestine activists had never chanted that slogan, pro-Israel spinmeisters would be focusing on a different line today. They are not trying to stop chants which they perceive as dangerous, they are trying to stomp out criticism of Israel’…

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Will Sommer: Conspiracy Theorists Are Behind the Wheel in the Republican Party 1:03:30

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The people running the Republican grassroots are nativist populists, and it’s a space where opposition to Israel thrives, along with a heaping serving of antisemitism. Candace’s wild theories about the Charlie Kirk assassination has had a big impact among the young who get their news from TikTok and Instagram. And JD—who is the top-billed speaker a…

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[LIVE] Do Fives Hate the Holidays? 1:00:35

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The holidays are supposed to be joyful. For a lot of Fives, they’re also complicated. In this final live episode of the year, Josiah and Cody check back in after a break, reflect on what the holidays stir up for Fives, and look honestly at where they’ve grown and where they still default to comfort. From gift-giving anxiety to nostalgia, grief, cre…

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ADHD Beyond the Label with Penn and Kim Holderness 40:52

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ADHD isn’t about deficits; it’s about difference. Dr. Becky talks with Kim and Penn Holderness about emotional intensity, Deeply Feeling Kids, and why connection matters more than correction. They explore reframing ADHD through strengths, supporting kids’ regulation, and finding environments where they thrive. Get the Good Inside App by Dr. Becky: …

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Australians Being Massacred Shouldn't Bother Us More Than Palestinians Being Massacred 8:11

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Palestinians don't love their families any less than Australians do. Australian lives aren't any more significant or valuable than Palestinian lives. There is no valid reason for the world to have focused any less on the 15 people who were killed in Gaza on March 16 than on the 15 people who were murdered on Bondi Beach. But it did.Reading by Tim F…

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Bill Kristol: A Weekend of Tragedy 55:08

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From the shooting at Brown University, to the Oct. 7-style slaughter in Australia, and the shocking murder of Rob Reiner and his wife—it’s been one blow after another. But leave it to Trump to seize the moment to remind Americans what a disgusting human being he is. Meanwhile, social media algorithms keep pushing people to antisemitic content, and …

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Israel Apologists Hasten To Use Bondi Shooting To Attack Anti-Genocide Activists 7:20

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It's so gross watching the tail-wagging excitement of Israel supporters in response to this shooting. They're so happy they have another rhetorical weapon with which to bludgeon pro-Palestine voices into silence. They can barely contain their glee.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Alyssa Farah: Trump's Big L in Indiana 54:15

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Despite death threats and harassment, Republicans in Indiana delivered the biggest political setback to Trump since officials in Georgia wouldn’t help him find 11,780 votes in 2020. Turns out, some conservatives at the state level still have enough principles to not gerrymander on demand. Meanwhile, antisemitism, white nationalism, and neo-Nazism a…

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The Empire Is Scrambling To Fully Dominate Latin America, And Other Notes 5:20

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The US pirating a Cuba-bound oil tanker from Venezuela illustrates how the empire is hurrying to shore up control over Latin America in the same way the US and Israel are quickly shoring up control over the middle east.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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David French: MAGA Is Bleeding Numbers 1:00:02

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Republican disunity is being obscured by affection for Trump, but just below the surface, MAGA is being pulled apart at the seams. At the same time, the administration is busy committing war crimes while conducting an illegal, nonsensical war, and the FBI is investing progressive groups for their views. The state of free speech protections may be w…

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Neera Tanden: America's 'Daddy' Is in a Rut 51:20

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Big Boss Trump, who claims the power to run the whole government via executive order and pushes all our allies around, is a man suddenly with no agency when it comes to the economy. He says the high cost of living is a Democratic hoax, or in true Christmas spirit, he’s back to blaming parents for spoiling their daughters with too many dolls. And wh…

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New York Times Wants The US Military Built Up For War With China 6:09

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Just as the United States hits its first official trillion-dollar annual military budget, the New York Times editorial board has published an article which argues that the US is going to need to increase military funding to prepare for a major war with China.Reading by Tim Foley.By Caitlin Johnstone and Tim Foley

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Mark Hertling: Trump (Still) Hates Europe 50:40

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Heaping scorn and disdain on Europe, Trump called its countries decaying and its leaders weak, but the U.S. likely needs Europe more than they need us. And while POTUS is whining that Zelensky won't consider his rigged deal with Putin, the corruption of Trump's negotiating team is off the charts, with Witkoff and Kushner trying to work a land deal …