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Episode 91: A BARPod Musical Milestone, A College Democrats Meltdown, And Rittenhouse Goes Rittenhome
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Episode 91: A BARPod Musical Milestone, A College Democrats Meltdown, And Rittenhouse Goes Rittenhome

This week was not unbusy

Jesse and Katie talk about their chaotic day, an INCREDIBLE gift a musically talented listener gave them, rapidly multiplying accusations of bigotry within the College Democrats of America, and the mercilessly bad takes that followed the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. If you are a paying subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, head on over to the discussion thread.

Show notes/Links:

DJ Sac O'Judaea - Blucked and Suckported (feat. Jew-Z) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VOoL7ETyZ5ajgk2hW5Y0-UF7p6jizMRW/view?usp=sharing

Source material:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/qfyk7p/techno_heads/

https://www.discogs.com/release/13517924-Traxmen-Basement-Traxx-Vol-III

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College Dems chaos: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/college-democrats-of-america-dnc-522864

Bad ACLU takes:

https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/aclu-responds-not-guilty-verdict-kyle-rittenhouse-case

Jesse on Bari’s podcast: https://www.honestlypod.com/podcast/episode/3085b7c4/the-medias-verdict-on-kyle-rittenhouse

Jesse’s early writing about the shootings:

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NOOOOOOOOOO:

MAKE IT STOP:

$#@*)$)@@:

On the other hand, some good reporting:

New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilante

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/11/19/kenosha-shooting-kyle-rittenhouse-interview/

New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/magazine/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-wisconsin.html

Image information: KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 19: Judge Bruce Schroeder, right, listens as the verdicts are ready by Judicial Assistant Tami Mielcarek in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges in the shooting of three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, claimed self-defense who at the time of the shooting was armed with an assault rifle. (Photo by Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty Images)

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