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The Ultra Election - with Rachel Maddow

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JL;DR SUMMARY Rachel Maddow joins Yonit and Jonathan to explore the historical parallels between past fascist movements in the U.S. and today’s political landscape, drawing from her latest book, 'Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism.' A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Middle EastIranAuthoritarianismFascismUnrwaElectionsCultural BoycottRachel Maddow

Places mentioned

United States
"U.S. elections. Four days away, we will talk to one of the leading voices of liberal America, Rachel Maddow."
Iran
"Will Iran retaliate for Israel's attack?"
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"I'm Yannick Levy of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv."
London, United Kingdom
"And I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London."
Israel
"But one of the big ones is obviously because we talked about it in anticipation for so long, Israel's response to the October the 1st Iranian barrage of ballistic missiles."
Lebanon
"And so I think we're back to Iran thinking when it wants to hit Israel, it will go to its preferred mode, which is, you know, let other people do the dying, it will send in or deploy its proxies. And that's, it's been always been its preferred method over decades. Those are themselves, as we'll come on to talk about, in a much more powerless state than they were before."
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