Chapo Trap House and the rise of the dirtbag left

i'd had drinks and i'm not sure where i was going with that post

in any case, the 90s were notionally progressive in some ways, but you generally can judge the progressiveness of any particular era by the norms adopted that were, in the immediately prior era, pushing social boundaries. the norms didn't change a whole lot, and the things that seemed like they were really pushing boundaries seem pretty quaint by 2019 standards

Matt, Virgil, and Brendan were at the Netroots Nation thing today and dropped on Majority Report, midway thru this clip:

https://youtu.be/jfjaxQrCdb8

the return of brendan would be sweet, always enjoyed his guest appearances/producer insights

biggest get yet, no?

👑 CHAPO X Ilhan Omar 🤩 pic.twitter.com/RmzRpth1Lt

— Chapo Trap House (@CHAPOTRAPHOUSE) July 14, 2019

well it’s just bc they were all at netroots nation right?

Why are you doing this to her

— Member of D.S.A.—“Drinking Some Ale!” (@90sSlowJamz) July 14, 2019

The 90s version of PC was mocked the most for the phrase "vertically challenged" iirc

re: Ross Perot?

❤️ Brace Belden

I find all their Epstein glee pretty distasteful but Belden is a unique kind of edgelord awful

I'll take Epstein fever over electoral prognostication any day tbh

yeah i enjoyed that pod tbh. epstein stuff > virgil talking psephology

i then listened to the two episodes of true anon and enjoyed them too

lmao here I was thinking they were canny for keeping Greenwald at arm's length for the last while and then...

at least it's on the subject he's going to be the least annoying about

glenn is actually good on brazilian politics imo

and good on brazilian doggies

This greenwald story is bananas. Honestly massive respect to him for this.

Yeah, that was a good segment. for once I genuinely learned a lot

There's gotta be a better thread to discuss this stuff, but I'm guessing the Epstein segments are, uh, not going to settle down anytime soon

Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein once spoke to scientists and others of a plan to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating scores of women at his New Mexico ranch https://t.co/8nsw9HSY3R

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 31, 2019

real motherfucking genghis khan hours

“He would abruptly change the subject, A.D.D.-style, dismiss an observation with an adolescent wisecrack,” Mr. Pinker said.

this has been quoted in a number of articles now, but it actually seems like it might not be a negative on Epstein? kind of sounds like Pinker is a blowhard in conversation and he's pissy about how people would cut off his brilliant rants with jokes

almost couldn't believe that headline but eventually settled on it making sense, and of course he was interested in eugenics, because why not

maybe going to lose all of my casual podcast listener credibility by going to a live CTH event next week

I saw Krystal Ball from The Hill on TMBS, she's good! The Hill is establishment centrist media?

I think The Hill's shtick is it's 90% inside baseball and capital water cooler gossip

i went to cumtown live after listening to like 4 episodes. it was fun

Street Fight Radio, The Trillbillies, and District Sentinelnare doing a live gig down here in Atlanta around the DSA Convention. I’m torn.

The Hill is an intentionally dry DC trade publication. I wouldn’t call it a gossip rag or even close; that’s the Axios/Politico schtick.

It’s a clickfarm/aggregator that designs its headlines to generate maximum twitter discussion (aka rage)

gossip was probably the wrong word. dry, on the other hand, is definitely the right one

The subreddit got quarantined—what bullshit.

Dumb, but I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner.

Nice fiery appearance from Michael Moore on that recent live one. The generational differences between them (eg MM's refusal to totally dismiss Obama) was interesting.

Amazing that Moore doesn't have a podcast in this environment.

yeah that is weird

Small mercies.

I wouldn't listen to it but he could be a useful lefty voice and he'd immediately be one of the most popular political podcasts.

that fair... but maybe better caucus

Street Fight Radio, The Trillbillies, and District Sentinelnare doing a live gig down here in Atlanta around the DSA Convention. I’m torn.

I was so fuckin’ exhausted I stayed in the hotel. Means TV filmed the show, apparently. I got to meet one of the SF guys on Friday night at one of the parties.

Moore was good, but the chapos really need to learn by now not to constantly laugh loudly into the mic during a live show. Three years now, amateur hour is over.

amateur hour never ends

Means TV filmed the show

yep they were definitely there. I bet they’re sitting around wondering if they should upload the part where the audience spontaneously broke into chanting “Kill Jeff Bez0s” — which, cathartic as it was, could potentially draw heat were it to go viral I guess lol

Angela Nagle went on Tucker Carlson again, guess her transition to full CHUD is going well.

dece little write up about the SF/DS/Trillbillies southern tour:
https://theoutline.com/post/7755/street-fight-district-sentinel-trillbillies-tour-review

I guess the KJB chant wasn’t as spontaneous as I’d thought.

anywhere to read the deleted fabricated quillette story about DSA convention? i wanna laugh

sorry for jacobin link but lmfao

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/archie-carter-quillette-dsa

http://archive.fo/PECtH#selection-355.414-355.430

so obviously fake, they had to have known and didn't actually care, or they really are that dense

They’re very dumb

They're exactly that dense but the pranker's interview with Jacobin is pretty eye rolling. Striking a blow against the credibility of right wing media! As if anyone writing checks for Quillette or the goons who read it give a fuck. Retractions never matter, what people remember is the initial inflammatory article.

Making new friends out on the campaign trail

I talked to @virgiltexas, @cushbomb and @willmenaker from @CHAPOTRAPHOUSE about the multiple challenges with China, healthcare, Iran and corporate power... and the need for accountable leadership in the White House - and why I’m the one who can do that as President. pic.twitter.com/8Tw62jtUjr

— Joe Sestak (@JoeSestak) August 12, 2019