This week we take a look at the slate for 2024, including recently declared candidate President Biden, career criminal seditionist Donald Trump, Marianne Williamson, Robert Kennedy Jr, and possibly two more Republicans \u2013 the faltering Ron DeSantis, and the demonic Tucker Carlson, who recently was set free from his Fox News hellscape to possibly run for office. We contemplate a Carlson run, examine the Fox News lawsuit, and discuss the gutting of investigative reporting and the demise of cable news in general. At the end of the show, we debate about how Biden is doing and what he should be doing \u2013 not to win, but to fulfill his campaign promises and serve the American people, which is his job!<\/p>
We also discuss the Kremlin\u2019s latest moves into Sudan and the operations of the Wagner Group: the brutal band of professional mercenaries that has been active in Ukraine, Syria, and other regions the Kremlin seeks to drag into their sphere of influence. We discuss the history of Russia\u2019s efforts in Africa and how Obama official Susan Rice helped paved the road for the current disaster. We also discuss what it means that Rice is finally leaving the Biden administration.<\/p>
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Submit your song for the Gaslit Nation Make Art song series. Sign up here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p> Clip: CNN on Russia in Sudan https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zQapgnGwLBw<\/a><\/p> Clip: Tucker Carlson\u2019s Disinformation on Ukraine https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qG8uLFHJWVE<\/a><\/p> Clip: Tucker Carlson defending child rap https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yr1WnL070hc<\/a><\/p> Clip: Don Lemon on Vivek Ramaswamy https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1650563196795641871<\/a><\/p> Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin\u2019s war effort in Ukraine https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/29\/africa\/sudan-russia-gold-investigation-cmd-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/p> South African Border War https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_African_Border_War<\/a><\/p> Putin\u2019s Private Army Accused of Raping New Moms on Maternity Ward https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/wagner-group-mercenaries-accused-of-raping-new-moms-on-maternity-ward-in-central-african-republic<\/a><\/p> Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2017\/10\/04\/rex-tillerson-is-running-the-state-department-into-the-ground-215677\/<\/a><\/p> Shot 5-year-old girl in head: Prisoners from Wagner confess to killing children in Bakhmut and Soledar https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/shot-5-old-girl-head-120100855.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGXtXRZip4dbSPAHNmLau_eGyS6S7xX-IinzOlzTLPpPy3-l3wG6eay7o8myxP5i28E8fZizEV8BGjVpahNPC7atwhHDmKZ3TW1BrXK61L-dcbn-4rhyGe13jPFFCHDz2qvF_0rJdTovCObPDC-xNvAPsbVNwe8ziFnxRstM3KUj<\/a><\/p> Xi Condemns Killings in African Nation Where Russian and Chinese Interests Compete https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/20\/world\/europe\/central-african-republic-russia-china.html<\/a><\/p> Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/21\/us\/politics\/jack-teixeira-leaks-russia-ukraine.html<\/a><\/p> \u201cStunning\u201d: Reporters who uncovered Matt Gaetz evidence baffled after DOJ drops sex trafficking case https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/02\/16\/stunning-reporters-uncovered-matt-gaetz-evidence-baffled-after-doj-drops-trafficking-case\/<\/a><\/p> Ukraine war: US to provide long-range missiles in latest aid package https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-64518532<\/p> The changes at CNN look politically motivated. That should concern us all https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/aug\/24\/the-changes-at-cnn-look-politically-motivated-that-should-concern-us-all<\/a><\/p> \u2018He\u2019s Making Up a World He Wants to Attack\u2019: How Vivek Ramaswamy Became a Right-Wing Culture Warrior https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/the-making-of-a-conservative-culture-warrior<\/a><\/p> Don Lemon Ousted From CNN in Move That Left Him \u2018Stunned\u2019 https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/24\/business\/media\/don-lemon-cnn.html<\/p> Wagner in Sudan: What have Russian mercenaries been up to? (yahoo.com)<\/a><\/p> \n