#1740 Monthly-ish Mix: The Enemy Within and the Enemy Without—America's Two-Front

Air Date: 09/30/25

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PART 1: THE HOME FRONT CRUMBLES

(00:01:50) #1739 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Plans to Weaponize It

1: Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk - The Chris Hedges Report - Air Date 9-12-25

2: The "Both Sides" Scam: How False Balance Fuels Extremism - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-12-25

3: No, Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way - Mother Jones - Air Date 9-12-25

(00:22:18) #1736 Not the Opposition Party the Country Needs Right Now

4: Why Democrats Should Cut Off Weapons Sales to Israel and Reject AIPAC Money - Pod Save America - Air Date 8-29-25

5: Journalist Exposes Dark Money on the Left - UNFTR Media - Air Date 8-30-25

(00:40:43) #1728 The Lawfare Presidency: The Case of Trump v. Journalism

6: Corporate Media's Surrender to Trump a Wake-up Call for Urgent Reforms Needed to Save Journalism, Democracy - Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine Podcast - Air Date 7-16-25

7: Trumps War on the Media - Courier - Air Date 7-29-25.mp3 08-01-26-762

8: Trump's Presidential Library Grift. Plus, the Hacker Behind the NYT_s Mamdani Story. - On the Media - Air Date 7-25-25

(01:02:37) #1731 Raw Power, the Presidency, the Courts, and Democracy in the Balance

9: When Unaccountable People Come for Your Vote - Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick - Air Date 7-26-25

10: Executive Lawlessness W/ Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach Part 1 - The Intercept Briefing - Air Date 7-18-25

PART 2: INSTITUTIONAL DECAY AND CONTROL

(01:17:27) #1732 It's Never Just About the Kids (Online Censorship, Age Verification, and the Project 2025 Agenda)

11: Age Verification Will Kill Free Speech Online - Taylor Lorenz - Air Date 6-6-25

12: Can the UK Child-proof the Internet? - Front Burner - Air Date 7-31-25

13: Meet the Creepy Pro-Trump Billionaire Profiting Off of Internet Censorship - The Humanist Report - Air Date 8-7-2