Election Deniers and Trans Panic At The Olympics

American Fever Dream

TEMP CHECK

3:20 - This week let’s take a deeper look into Peter Thiel’s past, from paying lawyers to help Hulk Hogan’s sue Gawker Media, to how he’s been influenced by AN INTERNET BLOGGER WHO USED TO GO BY THE NAME MENCIUS MOLDBUG. We also cover some of the politicians that’s he’s funded that have failed, and how JD Vance is a win for Thiel’s extreme ideologies.

12:30 - We break down the “Kamala is a cop” trope and examine her history as a prosecutor, from her “Back On Track” program in San Francisco aimed at reducing recidivism among young adults, to writing the playbook on how to prosecute against the “gay panic defense.”

MAIN NEWS

26:20 - If you remember the election certification process from 2020....get ready for it to happen again, on steroids. With 90 days to the 2024 election, there are several ways in which election integrity is already being called into question, and we’re expecting to see voter challenges and accusations of fraud in counties in swing states. Sami also found a report on the Heritage Foundation’s website from some “election integrity exercises” that they conducted in the spring, like war games for the election.

AMERICAN'T

49:20 - Last week Olympic athlete Imane Khalief was disqualified after beating her opponent in 46 seconds, and almost as quickly rumors were spreading about Khalief's gender and past. V explains how misinformation spread so quickly, and the troubled past and ties of IBA President, Umar Kremlev, with Putin. (Including how the IBA has been excluded from organizing Olympic boxing since the Tokyo Games in 2021 due to ethical issues.)

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