Special Report: RFK Jr.’s Independence Day
On October 9, RFK Jr. brought his three-podcast-bros-in-a-trench-coat campaign to Philadelphia. On a dias across from Independence Hall, he announced his anticipated departure from the Democratic party and his new status as an independent candidate. Matthew and Julian profile his conspirituality credentials, his diagonalist politics, and his incoherent positions:
He attacks public health officials, or corporations—it’s all the same. He can pretend to care about health while making fatphobic and ableist comments. He can rail against the capture of federal regulatory agencies while proclaiming himself a staunch free market capitalist. He can pretend to help advance the lives of Black people by telling them that vaccines are a racist plot against them. He can earnestly identify with and fight in court for dispossessed tribes on American soil, while doubling down on morbid power imbalances abroad.
Show Notes
164: The Two Faces of Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.
Brief: The New Age Origin Story of RFK Jr’s Campaign
Brief: RFK's Health Propaganda Roundtable
Brief: RFK Jr., The Anti-Vax Candidate
Brief: RFK Jr Flirts with Body Fascism (w/Natalia Petrzela)
Kennedy Condemns Terrorist Attacks Against Israel
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Special Report: Stealing Indigenous Voices in Australia (w/Tyson Yunkaporta)
