Ep. 10 - Coded Communication: Signalling, Auditioning, and Amicus Briefs

In this episode we dive into a question that has been driving us nuts all season: HOW is the new Right coordinating this massive court takeover? I mean all those politicians, judges, big money donors...where is the paper trail? You’ve got 80, 5-4 Supreme Court decisions in favor of corporate interests. And that is ALL of the court cases. How are they managing to all get on the same page with absolutely NO record of meetings or conspiracies and ALL of this money exchanging hands? Here’s the theory: Coded Communication. The money--the power--communicates to the foot soldiers. By foot soldiers I mean McConnell, Trump, the Supreme Court Justices--all the people you think are at the height of power but are actually bowing to the money. And in this episode we’re gonna lay out what we think are the three cornerstones of that communication code: Signalling (how Fox News is used to coordinate across the foot soldiers and the base), Auditioning (how Judges let the new Right know their opinions are for sale), and Amicus Briefs (“friends of the court” statements that the Money uses to tell Judges how to judge). 

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Links to references in this episode:

• Sinclair Broadcast Group, the pro-Trump, conservative company taking over local news, explained
• Rage review: Will Bob Woodward's tapes bring down Donald Trump?
• Whitehouse Gives Extensive Presentation On Dark Money Behind Conservative Court Appointments
• How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
• Watchdog group accuses Amy Coney Barrett of “unconscionable cruelty” in teen rape case
• Senator Whitehouse Calls Out Dark-Money Networks Behind Amy Coney Barrett's SCOTUS Nomination
• DPCC Report: Stabenow, Schumer, Whitehouse Unveil Report Detailing GOP's Big-Money Assault on the Constitution, Our Independent Judiciary, and the Rule of Law | Senate Democratic Leadership
• Irony and Outrage: The Polarized Landscape of Rage, Fear, and Laughter in the United States