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Daniel Harper is a researcher who goes where few others can bear to go: he listens to what the reactionaries - from the IDW to the modern day Nazis - say to each other in *their* safe spaces!  In this timely and shocking - but entertaining - anti-fascist podcast, Daniel tells his friend, online writer Jack Graham, all about it.

I Don't Speak German

We're back with a news roundup. One or two things have happened since we last talked.
 
 
 
Episode Notes:
 
Katie Daviscourt on Poso's podcast, playing the video she recorded alongside their dramatization of it. https://x.com/RealAmVoice/status/1973457224354898355
 
ICE shoots an unarmed priest: https://bsky.app/profile/johnpfaff.bsky.social/post/3m2nl24yqpc2v 
 
Hecklers force ICE wannabees to give up. A ray of hope. https://bsky.app/profile/bluskypolitics.bsky.social/post/3m2hrcpo3qs2v 
 
The "ten-car incident" video https://bsky.app/profile/helldude.bsky.social/post/3m2fxjonrds2w 
 
Show Notes:
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

News Roundup: ICE, Antifa Roundtable, No Kings 2, etc

Daniel welcomes very special guest Molly Conger of Weird Little Guys (and much renown besides) for the mother of all Cantwell news installments.
 
Much Content Warning. 
 
Molly's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/socialistdogmom.bsky.social
 
Weird Little Guys: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-weird-little-guys-201395214
 
Show Notes:
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

136: The Final Cantwell, with Molly Conger

What do we know about Tyler Robinson? What don't we know? What are people saying? Why are they saying what they're saying? And again, who was Charlie Kirk really?
 
Content Warnings
 
Episode Links:
 
 https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/charlie-kirk-suspect-tyler-robinson-roommate-trans-relationship-65wvslwr8
 
 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/charlie-kirk-bullet-casings-engravings.html
 
 https://archive.ph/2025.09.14-154103/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/kirk-shooting-suspect-ideology-partner.html
 
 https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-romantically-linked-to-trans-roommate-gov/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook_owned_tdb&source=TDB&via=FB_Page
 
 https://howdypolitics.substack.com/p/you-cant-eulogize-charlie-kirk-without?r=39ezrs&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
 
 https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/prague-cardinal-to-hold-mass-for-slain-conservative-charlie-kirk-sparking-debate-in-czechia
 
 https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/
 
https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme
 
 https://web.archive.org/web/20250911142246/https://stonetoss.com/comic/turning-point/ (NOTE: Stone Toss comic, link to Internet Archive)
 
 https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway
 
 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f
 
 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/it-was-one-of-us-utah-governor-spencer-cox-hoped-charlie-kirk-shooter-was-not-from-us-faces-backlash-online/articleshow/123858257.cms
 
 https://boingboing.net/2025/09/12/1350-word-feature-about-the-appeal-of-charlie-kirks-beliefs-doesnt-specify-them-or-quote-him.html (NOTE: A good read)
 
 https://web.archive.org/web/20240112121724/https://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-tpusa-mlk-civil-rights-act/ (NOTE: Another good read)
 
 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/magazine/charlie-kirk-american-right.html
 
 https://www.liberalcurrents.com/not-all-victims-should-be-martyrs/
 
 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/douglas-murray-and-charlie-kirk-agree-there-war-white-people
 
 https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-and-tpusa-are-fueled-far-right-extremism
 
Show Notes:
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter

Daniel and Jack discuss who Charlie Kirk really was, and what he really said.
 
Features Megyn Kelly's reaction to the breaking news, and clips from Kirk's shows, including his very last podcast.
 
Content Warnings
 
Episode Notes:
 
New York Times Coverage of the Death of Charlie Kirk. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah
 
Wall Street Journal, "Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources" https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b
 
Ezra Klein Opinion, at The New York Times, "Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/opinion/charlie-kirk-assassination-fear-politics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lE8.c8fl.bhF6iMJ6NLxJ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
 
"You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era's most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election.
 
That was not all Kirk's doing, but he was central in laying the groundwork for it. I did not know Kirk and I am not the right person to eulogize him. But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness. In the inaugural episode of his podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Kirk, admitting that his son was a huge fan. What a testament to Kirk's project."
 
Robert Draper, New York Times, How Charlie Kirk Became the Youth Whisperer of the American Right: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/magazine/charlie-kirk-american-right.html
 
"But perhaps most important is that Kirk's dominant voice, via his podcast and his ubiquity on social media, has earned him credibility among conservatives as a die-hard Trump devotee. He has become a close friend of the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., with whom Kirk traveled to Greenland on Jan. 7 — wearing a "Charlie"-embroidered flight jacket for the occasion — to publicize Trump's proclaimed intent to acquire the Arctic territory. And Kirk was an early champion of JD Vance as Trump was deciding whether the senator would be his running mate."
 
Megyn Kelly, YouTube, Charlie Kirk Dead at 31 -- Assassination on Utah College Campus During Turning Point Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goia3bx9aZ8
 
The Charlie Kirk Show, "What Does 'Phillies Karen' Say About American Men" https://thecharliekirkshow.com/podcasts/the-charlie-kirk-show/what-does-phillies-karen-say-about-american-men
 
Tricia McLaughlin at dhs.gov: https://www.dhs.gov/person/tricia-mclaughlin
 
USA Today Story on "Phillies Karen" https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/09/10/phillies-karen-outrage-explained/86070492007/
 
https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/133-the-mamdani-reaction
 
 https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/102-rittenhouse-anarcho-tyranny-and-blood-libel
 
https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/episode-36-the-groyper-war
 
 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/pardoned-insurrectionists-are-using-charlie-kirks-death-to-call-for-civil-war/
 
 https://drwilliamhorne.substack.com/p/why-we-pretend?r=1hkrua&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
 
 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/sep/17/turning-point-usa-professor-watchlist
 
https://x.com/queenie4rmnola/status/1965960315587416268
 
 https://www.the-end.news/after-kirk-right-wingers-double-down-on-eliminating-opponents/
 
 https://www.404media.co/charlie-kirk-was-not-practicing-politics-the-right-way/
 
 https://meidasnews.com/news/charlie-kirk-wants-coca-cola-sponsored-televised-executions-of-trumps-political-opponents
 
Show Notes:
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

135: The Death and Life of Charlie Kirk

Daniel and Jack continue to be haunted by the fetid shade of David Irving as they discuss the 1991 UK television mini-series Selling Hitler (starring Jonathan Pryce, Alexei Sayle, and various once-and-future Doctor Whos)... and also the 1986 non-fiction book by Robert Harris upon which it is based... and thus also the real-life 1983 Stern Magazine fake Hitler diaries scandal which both are about. 
 
Content warning: Jack is very enthusiastic about this.
 
The mini-series, free on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWzIjl-RsZKuDuoLINA6pvhzmAj_v9-eQ&si=2Q30UUkBb1_R7kyx
 
A good article about the real event: https://www.dw.com/en/how-a-german-magazine-fell-for-fake-hitler-diaries/a-65399517
 
Show Notes:
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

Public Bonus: Selling Hitler (1986, 1991)

In this episode we talk about two dramatic portrayals of a seminal 2000 libel trial, the court case brought by Holocaust denier David Irving against American scholar Deborah Lipstadt: a contemporary UK television drama-documentary 'Holocaust on Trial' and the 2016 film Denial. We then consider the legacy of Irving, his reputation today, how fascists now see him, how they see the 2016 film, the planned republication of his work by Antelope Hill books, and how he is weirdly replicated in current 'rising star' internet Holocaust denier Darryl Cooper. We then consider our own coverage of Israel's genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza and the question of how to talk about genocide after the Nazi Holocaust. Our discussion also touches upon another of the 'guests' brought on by Jubilee to debate Mehdi Hasan in the recent edition of 'Surrounded'. 
 
We also briefly discuss the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad thing.
 
CONTENT WARNINGS
 
Episode Notes:
 
Mother Jones piece on Darryl Cooper: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/martyr-made-darryl-cooper-nazi-jews-juggernaut-nihilism-tucker-carlson-joe-rogan-substack/
 
Mari Cohen at the *Jewish Currents*, "Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza"
 
 https://jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide-studies-survive-a-genocide-in-gaza
 
"Little changed even after Amnesty International published a landmark report accusing Israel of genocide in December 2024. For Nimer Sultany, a scholar of international law at SOAS University of London, this silence pointed to a glaring double standard, in which many scholars could rush to imply that the Palestinians had committed acts reminiscent of genocide, but be "unable to or unwilling to make the same charge against Israel, when Israel has committed much worse atrocities against the Palestinians since then." "This shows that the early use of genocide was propagandistic and political in nature. It shows that they don't care in the same way about Palestinian civilians or Palestinian victims," he said."
 
Polite Conversations, with the same title: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mpxDnGm1c8isJlDGgidqc?si=igr81Hv4SvOMw_rdFA6V9Q
 
Doomernaut Substack: https://substack.com/@thatonewhitepopulist , "Number 1 alogger of the kosher right ""
 
Antelope Hill Publishing, *Nuremberg, The Last Battle* by David Irving https://antelopehillpublishing.com/product/nuremberg-the-last-battle-by-david-irving/
 
Holocaust on Trial (2000) – NOT on the pro-Irving channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCe3G9gODU4&t=1s
 
Show Notes:
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay ad-free and independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month plus all backer-only back-episodes.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

134: Denial, Genocide, and the Shadow of David Irving

It's all in the title, folks. 
 
Extra content warnings on this one.
 
Episode Notes:
 
Rebecca Watson on Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee https://youtu.be/4px0MUlTvBk?si=ykE-CTKTDKWTUWHQ
 
The Bulwark interview with Medhi Hasan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkzEgWaNSI&pp=ygUOYnVsd2FyayBtZWRoaSA%3D
 
Published as we were recording and saying how much we wanted to know who else was in the birthday book… https://www.wsj.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-album-included-letters-from-bill-clinton-leon-black-a7cd8cb1?st=pc73P3&reflink=article_copyURL_share
 
Jack forgot to mention this excellent article:
 
Who Needs the Epstein Files? Trump's Modeling Agency Was a Documented Trafficking Operation: Court documents, victim testimony, and immigration records reveal how Trump Model Management systematically exploited teenage girls - while everyone chases phantom client lists. By RachelAndTheCity
 
 https://rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/who-needs-the-epstein-files-trumps
 
Kyle Kulinski video providing a quick digest of old and new stories and allegations implicating Trump and Epstein in abuses https://youtu.be/BqER8naYogA?si=atT3BHKfTK34Tnn8
 
 https://bsky.app/profile/realbbfan.bsky.social/post/3luc4tto4mo2e
 
Forbes, 2020: Trump's Business Partners Allegedly Involved In Human Trafficking, Mafia Matters, Probable Money Laundering
 
 https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/08/20/trumps-business-partners-allegedly-involved-in-human-trafficking-mafia-matters-probable-money-laundering/
 
Daily Kos, 2016: "We All Knew About the Trafficking"-The Untold Story of Trump Model Management (Part 1) https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/6/1578544/-The-Untold-Story-of-Trump-Model-Management-A-Daily-Kos-Exclusive-Part-1
 
Mother Jones, 2016: Senator Calls for Homeland Security to Investigate Trump's Model Agency - "I am extremely concerned by the claims levied against Trump Model Management." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/trump-models-illegal-immigration-investigation-barbara-boxer-letter/
 
Watchdog Report, 2017: Trump Model Management Investigated For Violating Teenagers, Immigration Laws and Labor Laws https://trumpwatchdogs.com/2017/07/24/trump-model-management-investigated-for-violating-teenagers-and-immigration-laws/
 
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory: The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics. By Samantha Hancox-Li at Liberal Currents https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-pedocon-theory/
 
Show Notes:
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

News Roundup: Jeffrey Epstein and the MAGA Civil War; Mehdi Hasan and Jubilee

Originally published 11th April 2024.
 
Our series on 'movies about presidents' continues with a fun discussion of this 1997 'thriller', written by legendary Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman based on the debut novel of David Baldacci, starring/produced/directed by noted chair-interviewer Clint Eastwood, and boasting a splendid cast - including recently-deceased screen legend Gene Hackman - none of whom are given anything very interesting to do. Clint plays a suave cat burglar - with the unlikely name of Luther Whitney - who accidentally witnesses the president of the United States sexually assaulting a woman (far-fetched, right?) and getting her killed. All Hell then persistently threatens but repeatedly fails to break loose. Instead we get a slow, aimless, half-baked movie filled with good elements that don't cohere or go anywhere special. It sparked an amusing conversation though, as we hope you will agree.
 
Full episode was originally exclusive for Patreon subscribers.
 
Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month.
 
Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts
 
Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true
 
IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod
 
Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper
 
Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_
 
Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social
 
Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social
 
IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1

UNLOCKED! Bonus Ep38 Absolute Power (1997)

After a brief review of Grok becoming 'MechaHitler', we chat about the hysterical meltdown that ensued upon Zohran Mamdani's victory in the Democratic primaries to become candidate for Mayor of New York. Jack brings his researches into the New York Times smear story and the fascist eugenicist blogger Jordan Lasker (AKA Cremieux) who gave the Times the leaked info. Daniel brings clips of Megyn Kelly's unhinged Islamophobic response to Mamdani on her podcast, including a conversation with Charlie Kirk in which racism wars for inanity for supremacy.
 
Content warnings.
 
Episode Notes:
 
NBC News, Asked to condemn the phrase 'globalize the intifada,' Mamdani says mayors shouldn't 'police speech'
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggV2SeiGrVw
 
Zohran Mamdani told director mom Mira Nair to pass on Harry Potter movie
 
 https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/zohran-mamdani-mira-nair-harry-potter-namesake-b2778144.html
 
"'She explained that she was just a month away from filming The Namesake when Warner Bros. reached out to her. Nair said she felt compelled to attend the meetings with the studio because her son had learned to read through J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
 
However, she didn't want to give up on working on her own film, so she asked her then-14-year-old son what to do.
 
"He said to me, 'Mamma, many good directors can make Harry Potter, but only you can make The Namesake,'" Nair recalled. "And it was such a liberating and clarifying statement, and it kind of is about how I lived my life. Like, what can I do that is so specific that you cannot do? How to make my distinctiveness my calling card.'"
 
The Times of India, Why MAGA Is Losing Its Mind Over Zohran Mamdami Eating Rice With His Hands
 
 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/why-maga-is-losing-its-mind-over-zohran-mamdani-eating-rice-with-his-hand/articleshow/122209140.cms
 
"First, let's get one thing straight: eating with your hands isn't dirty, weird, or backward. It's normal. In India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, parts of the Middle East, and even in some parts of Europe, using your hands to eat is a sign of connection—to the food, to your senses, to tradition. 
 
But in the video of Mamdani eating with his fingers, Gill and his supporters saw something else. They didn't see heritage. They saw a threat. Because in their worldview, anything outside the "white, Western" norm becomes fair game for mockery or suspicion.
 
It wasn't about rice. It was about power."
 
Megyn Kelly Episode 1098: Tacky Celeb-Filled Bezos-Sanchez Wedding, and Zohran Mamdani's Fake Origin Story, with Walter Kirn
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hj1yAA3Dqo&pp=ygUbbWVneW4ga2VsbHkgdGFja3kgYW5kIGdyb3Nz
 
Tweet from The Charilie Kirk Show on the value of eating with utensils.
 
 https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1940114312124862947
 
Megyn Kelly (From Episode 1095): What It Means That Radical Socialist Muslim Zohran Mamdani WINS NYC Mayoral Primary, w/ Charlie Kirk
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c09GVJu_Xn0&pp=ygUbY2hhcmxpZSBraXJrIHpvaHJhbiBtYW1kYW5p
 
The Times of India, Why MAGA Is Losing Its Mind Over Zohran Mamdami Eating Rice With His Hands
 
 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/why-maga-is-losing-its-mind-over-zohran-mamdani-eating-rice-with-his-hand/articleshow/122209140.cms
 
"First, let's get one thing straight: eating with your hands isn't dirty, weird, or backward. It's normal. In India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, parts of the Middle East, and even in some parts of Europe, using your hands to eat is a sign of connection—to the food, to your senses, to tradition. 
 
But in the video of Mamdani eating with his fingers, Gill and his supporters saw something else. They didn't see heritage. They saw a threat. Because in their worldview, anything outside the "white, Western" norm becomes fair game for mockery or suspicion.
 
It wasn't about rice. It was about power."
 
Mediaite, 'Take it Down': Fox News Host Scolds Charlie Kirk Over 'Gross and Islamophobic' Post
 
"'Tarlov shot back, "I'm not afraid to say that I don't think Mamdani's vision for the city is a good one and I think a lot of his policies are crazy – NYC is the home of capitalism, not socialism. I want more police funding, not to defund. BDS is repellent. We can't freeze rent, making everything free. But none of that has to do with him being Muslim.'"
 
The Lauren Southern interview we reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxG4EYF_-0
 
Vance follows Lasker https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/jd-vances-neofascist-reading-list
 
Capitolhunters thread on the Lasker academic paper scandal https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3lt4cc5tmpk2n
 
 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/16/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-eugenics-scientific-racism
 
 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/natal-conference-austin-texas-eugenics
 
 https://attentiontotheunseen.com/2025/07/03/nyt-grants-anonymity-to-a-eugenicist-in-order-to-smear-mamdani/
 
 https://countylocalnews.com/2025/07/04/ny-times-shocking-deal-with-far-right-eugenicist-exposed-new-york-times-controversy-far-right-activism-exposure-eugenics-and-identity-politics/
 
 https://www.cjr.org/news/times-mamdani-college-application-race-article-hack.php
 
https://www.commondreams.org/news/zohran-mamdani-new-york-times
 
 https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/new-york-times-grants-race-science-enthusiast-anonymity-in-mamdani-hit-piece/
 
https://bsky.app/profile/petersterne.com/post/3ltdkev7t2s24
 
 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kjjhbsc3pp3vkqjsivk6z2yd/post/3ltep4kvwfc2h
 
https://hellgatenyc.com/nyt-race-science-zohran-mamdani/
 
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afraid-of-zohran-mamdani
 
The ADL identify "every damn/single time" as antisemitic trope https://www.adl.org/resources/article/coded-hate-extremists-weaponize-seemingly-innocuous-content-promote-bigotry
 
https://jwmason.org/slackwire/can-zohran-do-it/
 
Lasker on Hanania's podcast https://www.cspicenter.com/p/35-baby-brainwaves-and-broken-science-740
 
Show Notes:
 
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133: The Mamdani Reaction

...oh my.
 
Daniel and Jack talk about the latest lunacy with Musk and Grok, The Big Beautiful Bill, social murder, the expansion of ICE, recent SCOTUS rulings and the assaults on trans rights and birthright citizenship, Alligator Alcatraz, the horrifying flash floods in Texas and the cuts to the National Weather Service, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
 
Big content warnings for this one. Lots of dead children in here. Because that's the news in July 2025.
 
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Episode Notes:
 
Kevin Kruse on third parties https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/third-party-in-the-usa/ 
 
If Books Could Kill - Supreme Court goes full TERF https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-supreme-court-goes-full-terf-teaser/id1651876897?i=1000715268706
 
5-4 - US vs Skrmetti https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/united-states-v-skrmetti/id1497785843?i=1000715260782
 
5-4 - US vs CASA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-v-casa-inc/id1497785843?i=1000716294077

News Roundup: Groks and Bills and Alligators

Another free public bonus in which Jack steps sideways a little from the usual IDSG focus. 
 
In this episode, Jack hosts a conversation with comrades Twilight O'Hara & Rowan Fortune of Anti-capitalist Resistance about their blistering and important essay A Trans* Guide to Cis Solidarity: Beyond Oppression.
 
This conversation was recorded in January before the show's return from hiatus. 
 
 https://anticapitalistresistance.org/a-trans-guide-to-cis-solidarity-beyond-oppression/
 
Rowan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rowantree.bsky.social
 
Twilight on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:az4mtz2vt545x2mlifptup2r
 
Rowan on Mastodon https://mstdn.social/@rowanfortune
 
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PUBLIC BONUS: Cis Solidarity with Trans Struggle, Jack in Conversation with Rowan Fortune & Twilight O'Hara

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