Truckistan Falls

Happy Presidents Day! Today, Eric and Jacob discuss why we call Washington's birthday celebration Presidents Day and why some on the Left want to rebrand it or cancel it entirely. They also cover the latest neoliberal panic, as The New York Times and The Atlantic ponder on how to weasel out of the international and domestic dumpster fire they helped create. After throwing some well-deserved shade at a certain DC-based conservative outlet, they dive into the biggest story of the week: the fascistic crackdown on Ottowa's short-lived Truckistan.  

 

00:00 Intro

03:16 Cancel Presidents Day?

16:23 Neolibs whine about the geopolitics they created.

24:34 Atlantic op-ed slams masking children

31:31 Another right-wing publication just can't quite get the narrative straight on Ocasio-Cortez.

47:07 Main Topic: Truckistan Falls: Will this affect Back-the-Blue types' view of police?

 

SHOWNOTES

Presidents Day https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/21/its-time-to-cancel-presidents-day-00010410 

NYT’s Farah Stockman claims this is is the Russia-China alliance Nixon feared: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/20/opinion/nixon-china.html  

The Atlantic blows whistle on mask mandates on kids: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/relaxing-covid-restrictions-kids/622857/ 

Another flawed conservative narrative: ttps://freebeacon.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-book-review/