How The Far Right Defeated Bush And Screwed Us For A Generation
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Live-streamed on September 4, 2024
David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, and host of its new investigative podcast Master Plan.
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David Sirota then joins, diving right into the recent reporting on his podcast tracing the blueprint for legalized corruption in the form of deregulated campaign finance law and gutted bribery statutes back to the Watergate scandal, a scheme funded by illegal corporate donations, and a memorandum response by one Lewis Powell to growing calls for campaign finance reform that would go on to define the American conservative movement for the next half-century. Expanding on this, Sirota walks through how the recommendations found in Powell’s memo would be implemented seamlessly over the next few decades, filling attempted congressional reforms with loopholes for corporate backs, and bringing about multiple successful Supreme Court cases (decided, in part, by the now Justice Powell) that would set the stage for the Citizen’s United decision’s unbridling of corporate spending on elections, before looking at the myriad ways (many obvious) in which this legalized corruption completely undermines democratic governance. After touching on the constant (and, at points, prevalent) backlash to growing corruption in US politics, David and Sam explore the normalization of this corruption to a point beyond complacency, but of a refusal to even call it out, dissecting the hold corporate money has on our elections and what that means for candidates seeking to reform the system, and diving deep into the central role the Supreme Court has played in advancing American conservative agenda as an acting super-legislature.
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In British Columbia, Canada where we had a far right government for 19 years and managed a change in government only with a support agreement between the NDP and the BC Green Party : literally the first thing passed was to limit the amount of contributions to personal contributions not to exceed 5k. Needless to say the far right has gone down the drain since then. We are experiencing a kind of form of shuffling as BC works on its democracy.
Require all to vote. Prohibit all corporate, and special interest group participation. Set a reasonable single contributor contribution.
We also have more mining permits issued than wver before, northern bc is fracked to death, more permits issued than ever before (check google maps) and no end to the old growth logging! This bc/green alliance approves a ‘green energy’ lng plant right beside me in Howe Sound! Fracking is not green energy! The overdose deaths are through the roof and all cities not just Vancouver have the most extreme homeless that i have ever seen! Disgusting that you could say anything about this disgusting environment destroying group in control!
Also! John Horgan retired as premier and joined the board of TECK coal mining! They are sooo about saving democracy!
@@pdnowlin well coal mining puts out less emissions than LNG: his other sell out. But all in all, Horgan protected the act of forming unions on the shop floor! He increased spending on public education so that in total the classrooms increased the number of teachers aids available, schools have upgraded and poor neighbourhood public schools have now similar levels of programs to rich neighbourhood public schools, he introduced the first First Nations minister (born and raised in my town), oversaw David Eby shake down the casinos and real estate for money laundering!! (so that the laundry fled in order to - - Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal) and other things like a more open culture less and less run by bullying.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 they tear up the whole forest floor in northern bc.. well pads everywhere, check google maps. And my mom can ride the ferry free Monday to Thursday but drug addiction and homelessness is soaring so the rich are still buying unoccupied homes. David Eby is a turd and hes backpedaling like crazy because of this completely ridiculous scam of a carbon tax.
George W gets off too easy. He laid the ground with fox news and the tea party. Without the politics of Bush, Trump never would have happened
Exactly, you can draw a straight line from Reagan, through GW and right to Trump.
@@willyk882 The Heritage Foundation started with Reagan with their MANDATE FOR LEADERSHIP, which they have evolved to what we now call "Project 2025".
And he was a war monger who killed millions of people in the Middle East based on lies.
@@Spanishdog17Well that's where the dinosaurs hid the oil! From the west to the eastern hemisphere USA simply must have all the oil, very normal🎉
Every day I spend being politically aware makes me more and more frustrated and angry at how this country works. It has a weird effect of some days making me wanna stop and ignore it all for my own health, and then other days fight relentlessly for the good of people in this country despite how hopeless everything seems. Obviously im gonna keep fighting, but its ridiculous how this country operates.
Welcome to club
@@ashleyjade5607 Ashley, if u lived in base reality you'd be fighting Demcorp
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I've been thinking this way for years.
I partially disagree with Mr. Sirota on the idea that we don’t (effectively) allow Congress to have life terms. Too many districts are gerrymandered into non-competitiveness and the voting is more performance art than electoral function. It essentially makes those districts the same as the court seats where the incumbent (or death) decides when they’re done, the voters don’t really have any say in the matter. See also: Feinstein, McConnell, Pelosi, Marjorie Greene, etc.
Theoritically these ultra safe incumbants can effectively be primaried and it does occasionally happen, see how we got AOC by primarying the person who was actually next in line to be Pelosi's successor as speaker before it was Hakeem Jeffries.
Gerrymandering is a fine art. You can't both maximize the number of seats you get and make them 100% safe. Most places go for maximizing the number of sets because that's how you get power - more seats. If, for example, all eligible voters for one side or another showed up it would completely obliterate a gerrymandered state for that side.
Showing up trumps everything.
I am a member of The Lever and have been listening to Master Plan. The weight of documentary evidence that Sirota's crew brings to bear on the topic is extraordinary. People seem shocked that they could spend 50 years on this, but it is pretty easy when you realize that they are billionaires who don't care about the rubes they are conning into voting for them.
And people talk about a deep state of evil pedophiles and murderers yet this information is readily available.
The far right ruins everything
Mostly :)
oh yea well what about inflashon?
They could not have done it without help from the Democrats. It's all theater. Joe Biden was to the right of Reagan.
@nakfoor1846 do your homework , it was falsely labeled inflation , because it is really just Corporate greed
@@CyndiConnard i know, im kidding
Yeah let's pretend their isn't a direct path from Reagan to Bush to Trump
Exactly! Trump is nothing more than the logical conclusion of the Conservative, ЯёрцЫёсдл Рдятч efforts since Nixon!
Acting as if Bush wasn't courted and the 2000 election wasn't stolen by the far right is wild.
But according to the Majority Report Bush never hurt nobody Lol
I have started growing skeptical about this channel
@@cologist geez, you'd be funny if that wasn't so pathetic. try harder.
@@cologistme too sadly and if i note it, i get attacked. But this??? Nothing good i could ever think about mr abu ghraib torture porn!
JFHC, you can’t say “why don’t the Democrats pass campaign finance legislation” without mentioning the fact that they’d have to eliminate the filibuster to do it. That has its own issue and you can’t blithely hand wave that away.
Or that the Supreme Court would immediately overturn it as a violation of the First Amendment.
You make it sound as if the Democrats actually want to pass campaign finance reform. If you believe this, you haven’t been paying attention the past 30 years. They want the corporate money as much as the Rs do (with way too few exceptions).
One of the best guests ever.
With so much money in politics and only two parties to choose from we stretch the limits calling ourselves a democracy
Neofeudal oligarchy masquerading as a capitalistic managed democracy.
@@puddles5501So not quite bonesaw technofeudalism, or even worse...
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Corruption is like cancer. USA has stage 4 cancer at this moment. Stage 4 cancer isn't usually curable, but treatment may improve overall survival and quality of life. But this corruption has gone too far for USA can save itself. It desperately need outside help, maybe from the UN.
Dr. Thomas Seyried of Boston University says cancer is not a genetic disease but a metabolic disease, and is curable. When you change the paradigm and fundamental understanding you can cure any disease. Of course the cancer industrial complex is addicted to their standard of living and doesnt want huge changes in that. But the facts remain that cancer and corruption are eminently curable.
My husband and I were in line for a colonoscopy. He went first and I came in to pick him up. The doctor was sitting there and said, "We see cancer." The CatScan showed that it was at earliest late stage 3. Set up surgery 2 days later, lost 5 lbs of colon but no colostomy. They found cancer in all the lymph nodes around. I was fortunate in that I was working with medical graduate students and they sent me new work in the Journals. Steve lived nearly 10 yrs and kept working during it all. His oncologist talked to him the 2nd day in hospice saying that he had never had a stage 4 patient survive for that length of time. The founding member, the CEO and SrVP all came in later that day to let him know how much he had meant to them. He gave them computer work he had been working on for ther. He died the following day. He had reacted to a new chemo drug, Lonsurf and it didn't look like any of the drugs he had used before and it killed him. But he did live a long stretch and we took every opportunity to make a difference and it did.
Oh no! Do you think The United Nations in The United States, N.A.S.A and N.A.T.O., have different owners? They don't. It's better to join the United Nations and spend a certain percentage of your countries' economy on American military weapons, than letting Americans totally take over. Right now, there is a community of Scots in China who are helping to build an alternative to the United Nations, because the world needs political and financial balance.
We all need to stop going to work.
I have basically. I live offgrid and just allow myself enough income where i don’t pay taxes to my warmongering pm! Its sad!
I remember in the early 80's when CSpan was a new thing, watching some Republican Legislator (do not remember if it was Senate or House, nor unfortunately the name) stood up in session and complained that the US "could not compete with the 3rd world in manufacturing and production because we have too high a standard of living"; we need to lower the standard of living in the United States in order to compete on the worlds markets". I had a choke-on-bong beer thru nose moment and stated he wasn't going to last long. How little did I know that this corporate toady masquerading as a Legislator was announcing the actual goal (besides getting rid of SS, Medicare, etc).
- Between Regan, HWB changing Temp contract worker stds 1989, NAFTA & CAFTA FTS to China, Clinton TCA 1996 killing Glass-Stegal, SCOTUS GWB 911, Poindextor's TIA, "Patriot Act", Credit Card financed War in "The Graveyard of Empires" and Operation Iraq Liberation (oops Desert Storm 2) more Tax Cuts, additional agencies since FBI, NSA, CIA, DOD/NORAD 'failed'?, (Where are your papers? Your Papers are not in order? Your ID is expired we cannot ascertain who you are - you cannot vote or buy cigarettes. #45 Tax Cuts and SCOTUS killing the Chevron deference.
- Next up! The Commercial Real-estate exposure of all the banks (and thanks to the repeal of GS residential accounts commingled with speculative "investments" (of undetermined liabilities due to the end of Chevron Deference regulations in not only EPA but also FTC, SEC, DOT, FDA....Every regulation is now not only open for litigation but will require new legislation, for everything.
- Extreme Cavet Emptor, we are Rome, we are Sparta, Mercy is wasted on the weak, only the strongest (and richest) should survive! We're not screwed for a mere generation, oh no, we're screwed for generation(s) to come and the self-fulfilling prophesied break up of the US into from 5 to 7 autonomous regions. Meanwhile: Global Climate Change: Welcome to 'our' New EPOCH, The Anthropocene!
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And as a thank you for all the deprivation, millennials are opting out, not having children, not working the hours, and will not be paying yours or my Social Security.
The difference in the punishments for corporate & finance sector fraud & corruption between the Savings & Loans & 2008 shows how the criminals took over. In 2008, the criminals were in embedded deep in the government and the regulators.
remember, even bush leaned over to hillary after trumps inauguration speech, and said "that was some wierd shit!" 😂😂😂
Hillary hey isnt it weird how that guys words have no power to control your mind like I do, and thank you for voting yes on my war in 2002
@@Atmost11 you know that vote was almost unanimous right? like maybe you hate hillary not because of any actual policy reasons, and maybe it was because of decades of conservative propaganda smear campaigns.
I cant get over that these people are STILL pointing fingers and offering solutions after 4 years of carnage....
Define carnage. Give me some examples.
@@trudycolborne2371 LOL! Define Troll give me some examples
@@sarahtiferet9025Good one! 👍👍👍
Even after 4 years of recovery from it?
@@glenncurry3041they definitely aren’t in recovery for genocide…full bore ahead
On the never Trumper ex-GOPers, the whole point is that they have moved into the Democratic Party, strengthening the DP right wing. Therefore leftists invested in the DP *should* listen to them in order to study them, as they would DP right winger.
We need to get all big donor money out of all levels of govt. Increase the number of Supreme court and have term limitations. It will be a beginning of cleaning house and will help solve many problems.
Thank you not enough people know about the manufactured Brooks Bros Riot & how many familiar faces today were there.
THANK YOU for saying that about David Frum! I cringe every time I see him get airtime to gripe about Trump and the current predicament of our democracy. I'm like you helped make this come to be! He has always had terrible analyses on pretty much everything.
The war criminal bush speechwriter! Hard to believe frum came out from under his rock!!
Corruption has always been and always will be far more sinister and wounding of a democracy, a state then any external threat in the long term and times of ‘peace’
Keep chipping away at the stone you guys and we wish it was just one generation. What a corrupt country.
Is it possible Senators had read the Powell Memo, even if it had not been in an official report?
I’m literally watching this video and David is about to say something important about Campaign finance, and I’m interrupted by an ad featuring Barack Obama asking for money. I’m a Democrat, but I’m definitely on the left wing of the Democratic Party. However, we have been reduced to this as well because of the moves made by the right. Irony is officially dead.
If corporations can fund elections, why do politicians demand money from commoners?
Super PACs and the Citizens Untied ruling is why you are seeing all of these ads.
@@Newton-Reuther Weird FEC rules for Campaign Funds, PACS and Super PACs. Citizens united made Super PACS unlimited but made it illegal for a candidate to have any direct control or coordinate with the people controlling it, as weird a setup as it may seem to be. The money the politicians are asking from you is something they can control directly and use as they see fit without being hampered by a PAC controlled by other people.
Weird FEC rules for Campaign Funds, PACS and Super PACs. Citizens united made Super PACS unlimited but made it illegal for a candidate to have any direct control or coordinate with the people controlling it, as weird a setup as it may seem to be. The money the politicians are asking from you is something they can control directly and use as they see fit without being hampered by a PAC controlled by other people.
As if waterboarding was regular right wing and worse than waterboarding was far right wing!
Why dont you finally catch on to the truth?
Because he's a Clinton Democrat. They can't think critically.
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I think Sirota is exactly right about the court taking on more extreme cases, and ruling against them, to be used as cover.
I think it has been an effective ploy too. It gives them some credibility in the eyes of a normal person who doesn’t listen to political podcasts. Your ex Joe Rogan fan types.
It's called the Roberts Two Step and Sirota wasn't the first to recognize this tactic
Now it's so much clearer to me why tRump had/ has so much disgust for McCain!!!
Just saw him on TYT. Smart man
Lmao
Terms like far-right/far-left has become cliché.
Alito's nomination met with no credible resistance from the Dems. It was one of their saddest moments. Yes, there is much blood on the hands of the Never Trumpets, but that is true of Susan Sarodon and Cornell West too.
Must watch video.
I'm glad you guys called out David frum et al. They were in the trenches with fedsoc, heritage etc etc. All care no responsibility.
Corporations are now seeking Sovereign nation status...yet their is no legal responsibilities of any Corporate Officers....
vote Jill Stein for President
Great episode
Thought this was Joe Gatto for a second
Hyperbole dictionary: Far Right = common sense.
Almost have to hand it to 'em for playing the long con. I mean, it was over before i even knew what they were doing. Obama was on his way out when i figured it out, and it was too late to do anything about it.
There are people way smarter than me that track and document stuff like this. I honestly don’t know Jack about watergate in the broader aspect of what happened. I’m checking this podcast out.
This spin pisses me off. They “defeated bush” because his moderate choice was his fucking personal attorney. He could have picked many people that were not Alito and not his personal attorney. Stop rehabilitating him!!!
Help the common citizen we have no person or politic for us😮
Bush Jr. was a far-right fanatic. This is teh guy who looked into Putin's eyes and said Putin is a good guy worthy of trust
In what world is George Bush not the far right?
I know, right? His admin was all purity rings and homophobia and Evangelical fingerprints on government policy.
He isn't. Far right always tend towards a police state and totalitarianism.
In the world of Donald Trump
Remember everyone Trump rose up in the 2016 Republican Primary by promising to torture the most
My reply to the Bush apologist was censored
the Bible says, that the love of money is the root of all evil. Money itself isn't evil but the love of it is. We all need money for bills.
Christians never want to quote Jesus calling mammon "unrighteous". So, yes, money is, itself, evil, according to the gospel writers.
money is just a concept. it has no agency of its own. it does nothing without someon'es say so, whether beneficial or harmful.
greedy people, on the other hand, whose love of money is their raison d'etre ...
Bold of you to treat Bush as if he wasn't far right.
A generation? More like the next 3 generations with our current government situation
Corruption follows ppl who use money for power. Enablers of the Broken System punish fixers.
Bush if you can't vote for harris shut up
Voters need to know who is paying their choices.
Who OKed Thomas?
Prediction: corporate media will make Trump's 11 inch height-advantage their top debate story. Because... substance.
I remember when I thought GW would be the worst president of my lifetime. Ha. Ahaha! Ahhhh…..
Restore separation of powers: Article 3, section 2 jurisdiction stripping is our friend. For Goddess's sake, Sam, get law professor Sam Moyn back on again!
Bouche, the American Putin.
Ok. I like you better today David. 😂
Elections as a business
They were patient because nothing threatened their existence since they usurped royalty, and the sons of the founding mothers took credit. Going back to the system that they figured out will not stop them. Instead, delicense an oil major. Then the others would be afraid of publicity.
Trump is literally a 90s democrat. Calling this stuff far right is dishonest at best.
Calling the 90s democrats left is dishonest at best
Every major Republican issue doesn't get more than 50% of Republican support - abortion, gay marriage, legalized marijuana, raising the minimum wage, etc. If it is not far right, then what is it?
@vincenttiene it wasn't far right 20 years ago when they had the same views. You've moved farther left so they look farther right while staying in the same place.
@@frankstallone3864 True. As a society, we progress. However, any issue that doesn't get more than 50% of the party's support, I would consider that to be extreme left/right.
Both parties are Right wing parties.
I was with Jello Biafra fighting this shit when I lived in KC in the '90s
“We report on other people’s reporting..” aka shit on Dave Rubin 😂
aww, muffin, is he your bestie?
@@thehellyousay No man it’s hilarious.
Left may be best but ur playing checkers and ur rulers are playing chess
11:15 There is a great article written by David Foster Wallace, I forget the original publication, in his book Consider the Lobster about John McCain's 2000 run for office. It really opened my eyes to who he was. I really warmed me on him. I don't agree with some of his politics, but he was an actual decent person when it came down to it.
I almost wish he had made it instead of Obama...but at the time...Obama just seemed better. Hindsight is 2020 I guess.
Obama was a much better choice. All McCain would have done was accelerated us into the Trump situation sooner. He was already bending to their will by being forced to choose Palin as his VP.
I feel most sorry for Sam Seder. He’s going to have to go back full time to turning tricks underneath the Queensboro bridge.
2 views in 40 seconds, majority report fell off
LoL gee i wonder why? I wonder if thats the natural progression of people rooting for the worst outcomes for our Land?
Because it's a Monday morning and most Majority Report listeners actually have real jobs.
@@jpc2470 Truth looks unhinged to the Brainwashed
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"How the far right defeated Bush and screwed us for a generation". I suggest you stop producing videos until you have something about reality to say. I was there for both Bush presidents, and your click-bait title is totally wrong. And I never got screwed.
Just starting to watch, but I am imagining this is about how Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” got thrown out for world domination and Right-wing evangelicalism.
Seeing as you didn't watch the video, I'm unsurprised that a proud Bush voter is speaking with such confidence about something he didn't even watch.
You're free to leave.
You commented within 10 min of the video posting, so you obviously didn’t watch it. But you speak about its content? Pathetic
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426No you aren't.
zio...bush family
Look at this disaster now democrat. This is all yours. Democrats blame game has gotten really tiresome at this point.