Episode 39- Stuck in the Midterms with You

The blue urine trickle has swept our nation, but we have yet to see whether it’s up to the challenge posed by right wing internet-obsessed terrorists. Jeff Sessions has been ignominiously forced to resign, and we’re celebrating while many liberals are bizarrely distressed by this news and have taken to the streets to voice their concern. In the tech world, MAGA chuds have been forced into the darkest reaches of social media: LinkedIn. Cars are making the hard decisions, like whether a large woman deserves to die in an accident more than a criminal or a dog. In pop culture we’re discussing the golden stream of two awful online shows, Pod Save America and Making A Murderer season 2. We’re also discussing death metal and a pair of books that will make you want to die: Jill Solloway’s She Wants It, and Jomny Sun and Lin Manuel Miranda’s G’Morning G’Night. Dan closes us out with a classic yet portentous tale of 2011.

Notes:

Scott Walker Lost!
https://splinternews.com/scott-walker-lost-1830239961

Voter suppression is the real story - Kemp in Georgia
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/11/07/brian-kemp-voter-suppression-georgia/tcycVrH5m0pJ9SQC7XwiWP/story.html

They say it’s the gentile that I should fear / but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here
https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1058177876678320129

Between Nov 4 and 5th 40%of MAGA tweets came from automated accounts
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/twitter-bots-midterm-election-disinformation-maga-caravan-cruz-beto-iran/

Linkedin Haven for Maga People
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/booted-off-facebook-some-trump-supporters-are-bringing

Self Driving Car ranks who they will let die
https://twitter.com/wef/status/1058675216027660288

Great takedown of Jill Soloway and Jonny Sun’s books
https://www.affidavit.art/articles/no-one-wants-it
https://theoutline.com/post/6550/gmorning-gnight-little-pep-talks-for-me-you-jonny-sun-lin-manuel-miranda-review

Charlie Kirk’s Adult Escorts
https://bernardmedia.org/2018/11/02/charlie-kirk-was-power-user-on-premium-adult-escort-website-while-living-rent-free-with-parents-data-leak-shows/