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Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté

Podcast Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature analysis of the p...

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  • Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern on SignalGate and JFK Files
    Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.comGet the right life insurance for YOU, for LESS, at selectquote.com/useful.Let CrowdHealth help with your healthcare needs. Get started today for just $99 per month for your first three months by using code USEFUL at joincrowdhealth.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Click here for the full interview with Ray McGovern: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/extended-episode-former-cia-analyst?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseWatch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Trump Bombed Yemen the Wrong Way https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/trump-bombed-yemen-the-wrong-way?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFor $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.comJoin us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to.There’s a lot going on in the world this week: Israel is increasing nuclear tensions with Iran, the Trump Administration leaked on Signal its plans to attack a civilian apartment building in Yemen, US federal officials kidnapped another college student for pro-Palestine speech, and the JFK files unveiled decades of new classified information.This is high level stuff, which means we’ve got to go high up to get real answers.Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, who served in the CIA at the time of JFK’s assassination, has become one of the most important peace activists in the country, breaking important classified stories and fighting the military industrial complex. He also cofounded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity to “protest the use of faulty intelligence” to justify US wars.Ray breaks down SignalGate, US terror in Yemen, the JFK files, the latest in the proxy war in Ukraine, and how the intelligence community uses the threat of Iranian nukes an excuse for Israeli aggression.This week, the Tulsi Gabbard-controlled Office of National Intelligence put out a threat assessment that flies in the face of Israeli officials who are constantly fear-mongering about Iran’s nuclear program and encouraging the U.S. to bomb Iran accordingly.“This is the front burner question right now,” Ray says. “It's worth reading because I think it will be a very great disincentive for the administration to claim that the reason they are with Israel attacking Iran is because Iran has a nuclear weapon.”He reads the report: “The threat assessment dated two days ago says this, ‘We continue to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.’”ShareRay explains what all this means for the Middle East, analyzing all the players from the Houthis in Yemen and their effort against Israel to Marco Rubio’s State Department and its funding of the ongoing genocide.Subscribe for the full interview with Ray McGovern where he breaks down the new information in the JFK files, if Trump actually has an anti-war agenda, and the unsolved mysteries surrounding the DNC email leaks.00:00 Intro01:43 Chuck Schumer is fine with Trump kidnapping students11:18 ICE agents kidnap Tufts student18:40 "Thank You Elon Musk" Country Song22:26 Misogynist Christian Pastor needs more women for singles event26:55 Ray McGovern interview27:47 SignalGate30:21 US terror in Yemen32:37 Why did the US attack the Houthis?37:52 When Israel killed US soldiers42:28 Does Iran have nukes?50:48 What does Iran want?53:38 Why does Israel have nukes?59:59 JFK files UNCLASSIFIEDOur Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out DeleteMe and use my code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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  • Israel Kills HUNDREDS During 'Ceasefire' – with Palestinians Diana Buttu and Abubaker Abed
    Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Watch Thursday Throwdown: Aaron Maté DEMOLISHES Rabbi Schmuley on Piers Morgan https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/aaron-mate-demolishes-rabbi-schmuley?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFor $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.comJoin us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to.According to western corporate media, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was firmly in place until the events of this week. Just look at this Guardian article from March 15:It is reported that at least 150 Palestinians were killed during the ceasefire, and that Israel’s continued blockage of humanitarian aid has led to the deaths of many more in that time. Somehow, this still fits into corporate media’s definition of a ceasefire.This week, however, Israel ramped up it’s mass assault on Gaza, wiping out huge areas of people, including hundreds of children. The attack was too deadly even for corporate media to whitewash. So we have shameless headlines like this:To discuss this, we are joined by Haifa-based Palestinian-Canadian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu and Gazan journalist Abubaker Abed. They explain the devastating destruction by Israel this week, why there was never a ceasefire to begin with, how Trump has been pushing forward this violence, and the genocidal flyers that Israel dropped over Gaza.SharePalestinian voices are nearly completely censored in western media. This episode is free to all so that they can be heard.And stay tuned for this week’s Saturday Shitshow, the weekend edition of Thursday Throwdown. Thanks for supporting independent media, subscribe to watch full episodes and bonus content here:Our Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out DeleteMe and use my code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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  • “Rampage in Syria” – Dennis Kucinich and Joshua Landis on Massacres Under New Al Qaeda Gov’t
    Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Click here for the full interviews with Dennis Kucinich and Joshua Landis: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/rampage-in-syria-dennis-kucinich?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFollow Professor Joshua Landis: https://x.com/joshua_landisFollow Congressman Dennis Kucinich: https://kucinichreport.substack.com/Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Aaron Maté DEMOLISHES Rabbi Schmuley on Piers Morgan https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/aaron-mate-demolishes-rabbi-schmuley?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFor $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.comJoin us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to.“There have been widespread massacres along the coast of Alawites,” reports Professor Joshua Landis, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma. “This is a religious minority in Syria. They're also the community that backed Bashar al-Assad's regime. Most of the top officers in his security forces and intelligence service were Alawites. And so for that reason, the entire Alawite community has been labeled as guilty and is accused by these Jihadi militias of being guilty.”We don’t show the videos coming out of Syria this week in this episode, but Professor Landis describes the disturbing footage he’s seen.“They just slaughtered every Alawite male they could find along the coast. And not just men, although the vast majority were men. But in many instances, entire families were killed in their apartments. And we have a number of videos of mothers showing you their kids and their entire household who have been shot. A hundred and forty people were just slaughtered in the main town on the roads and the square. And you can see just horrible videos.”The narrative that we've been told in the west is that regime change is necessary to promote democracy around the world. But, Landis explains, though many Syrians justifiably hated the Assad government, the results of US foreign policy make things worse.“Americans believe that when they overturn dictatorships, they're going to get a democratic outcome. We convinced ourselves of this in Iraq, in Libya, in Afghanistan, that we could somehow mold these societies in our own image. And we've discovered that time and time again: we're wrong. And what has happened throughout the Middle East, whether it's the Taliban or Al-Qaeda or ISIS, is you're going to get these extremist militias.”We’re also joined by former Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who has visited Syria over a dozen times and studied its history.“This was so predictable,” he says of this week’s massacres. “The US has been involved for thirty years in an effort to take over Syria.” Kucinich explains the US role in Syria since his time serving in Congress, when he saw firsthand how Bush administration officials focused on helping Israel by employing disruption tactics throughout the Middle East.“The ongoing humanitarian crisis and severe sectarian violence in Syria are direct outcomes of policies dating back to the Clean Break doctrine of 1996, by a D.C. think tank which counseled Benjamin Netanyahu.”Share“The Clean Break doctrine laid the groundwork for aggressive policies toward Syria which emerged through an effort coordinated by the Bush White House as several authors of the Clean Break strategy ascended to federal government policy-making positions.” And as always, this was a bipartisan strategy. “The "Clean Break" approach was further advanced by Hillary Clinton, who, as Secretary of State, together with CIA Director David Petraeus, proposed arming Syrian rebels.”This, Kucinich explains, led to the CIA’s plot to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, replacing him in 2024 with a new al-Qaeda-led government.Subscribe for the full interview with Dennis Kucinich in which he recounts his trip to Syria with now-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, what Elon Musk should be doing with DOGE, and how he would end America’s debt crisis.00:00 Intro00:42 Chuck Schumer slanders Mahmoud Khalil08:32 Mike Johnson and Republicans gloat about arresting Mahmoud Khalil19:04 Trump's racist insult to Schumer20:36 Katie's shark-infested travel experience22:40 Joshua Landis interview23:02 What happened in Syria this week?24:36 Was this started by Assad-regime loyalists?31:37 Obama's Syria lie36:20 Will the al-Qaeda leader condemn these massacres?39:05 Is this what Israel wanted?43:11 Will sanctions finally be lifted?45:56 The Balkanization of Syria48:41 Dennis Kucinich interview49:03 The genesis of sectarian death squads in Syria52:20 Congressman goes to Syria55:12 Israel's Clean Break policy58:23 Tulsi Gabbard on Syria1:04:10 Trump's foreign policy1:07:34 What should Elon and DOGE really do?Our Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out DeleteMe and use my code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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  • Trump and Rubio Call Ukraine a Proxy War – with The Duran
    Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Click here for the full interviews with The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/extended-episode-trump-and-rubio?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFollow The Duran: https://www.youtube.com/theduranhttps://x.com/AMercourishttps://x.com/AXChristoforouSee Katie and Yanis live in Brussels on March 7: https://diem25.org/brussels-event-the-battle-for-europes-future-starts-now-yanis-varoufakis-katie-halper-grace-blakeley-and-melanie-schweizer/Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Trump Attacks Trans Mice; MSNBC Attacks a Child https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/trump-attacks-trans-mice-msnbc-attacks?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFor $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.comJoin us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to.This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a stunning and unprecedented statement to the world: he called the Ukraine war a proxy war.Rubio’s statement makes him the highest ranking official to admit what has been happening in Ukraine since the start of this war. Adam Schiff said it: “The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that we can fight Russia over there and we don’t have to fight Russia over here.” Lindsey Graham said it: “As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and the economic support, they will fight to the last person.”Now Rubio: “I’ve been very clear from the beginning that President Trump views this as a protracted stalemated conflict, and frankly it’s a proxy war between…the United States and Russia.”The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris join the show this week to explain the history of the proxy war, the magnitude of this unprecedented statement, and why it could represent a major shift away from the last 30 years of US foreign policy.“Since 2014,” Alexander explains, “[the CIA] has basically been controlling Ukraine's intelligence services and has even trained people who have taken part in the assassinations of rebel leaders in the Donbas. Admissions are slowly coming out about what has preceded all of this and what helped provoke Russia to invade.”But Rubio’s statement could be more than an admission; it could be a policy shift. “It's just so unprecedented to get at this level. The secretary of state saying, ‘This is indeed a proxy war. It has to come to an end.’ I think Rubio knew exactly what he was doing. He made this extraordinary statement a few weeks ago that the unipolar moment is over, that the United States is one great power amongst several, that it must pursue its own interests, that the entire history period of American foreign policy has essentially come to an end. Which is a massive reversal of everything that the US has been saying it's been doing for the last thirty years.”Subscribe to hear the full interview with Alex and Alexander on whether a proposed peace deal would actually be accepted by Russia, why there hasn’t been a single US lawmaker to oppose any military spending for Ukraine, and if the Trump administration’s peace messaging will extend to their policies in the Middle East.00:00 Intro00:16 Dems protest Trump's speech by doing nothing07:41 Trump attacks free speech on college campuses13:38 "Jewish women with big racks" go to the ADL16:10 Democrats TikTok malfunction18:25 Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris interview19:27 Will Trump end the Ukraine War?22:26 Rubio said it!25:09 The CIA is more involved than we realize30:55 Is Trump meeting with Zelensky's political opponents?37:22 The EU is all in on the war41:25 A pacified Russia45:30 Will Russia accept a deal?Our Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out DeleteMe and use my code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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  • Yanis Varoufakis: 'Capitalism is DEAD'
    Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out DeleteMe and use our code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport local jobs and get variety of high-quality clothing and activewear at https://www.american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order with promo code USEFUL. Thanks to American Giant for sponsoring the show!Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Click here for the full interviews with Yanis Varoufakis: https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/extended-episode-yanis-varoufakis-928?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseSee Katie and Yanis live in Brussels on March 7: https://diem25.org/brussels-event-the-battle-for-europes-future-starts-now-yanis-varoufakis-katie-halper-grace-blakeley-and-melanie-schweizer/Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Brian Stelter: Voters Who Want Peace Are Illiterate https://www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/p/brian-stelter-voters-who-want-peace?r=je5va&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=falseFor $6 a month, become a Useful Idiot! Get extended interviews, Thursday Throwdowns, and bonus content at http://usefulidiotspodcast.comJoin us LIVE on Youtube every Monday at 10am EST for Monday Mourning, where we watch the Sunday morning news shows so that you don't have to.Useful Idiots’ resident economist Yanis Varoufakis returns to the show this week to analyze Trump and Musk’s chainsaw cuts to Medicaid, USAID, and other government programs, answering the important question: is it actually bad for a government to run a deficit?But before getting into the DOGE of it all, Varoufakis gives an economic explanation for how Trump reclaimed power, and whose fault it is.“Donald Trump is the creation of the Democratic Party's spectacular, lamentable failures,” he says. “The first time he was elected, it was entirely due to Barack Obama. Barack Obama betrayed every single promise or principle that he put forward in 2008.”And his reelection was a result of the same calculated missteps by the Dems. “The average American couldn't make ends meet. And yet the liberal establishment were saying you've never had it so good and you should celebrate the fact that we've had a recovery in the labor market and inflation. People couldn't make ends meet. And there was a Democratic establishment telling them that it was the best of all possible worlds. How dare you complain about your finances?”Just as he did after Obama, Trump capitalized on this: “Trump comes again and says, I'm looking you in the eye and I can recognize your pain and I'm going to make you great. So he got elected as a result of very concerted efforts by the Democrats to lose.”ShareBut will Trump follow through on these promises to help the working class, or will the donors in Mar-a-Lago trump the voters?“The Republicans,” Yanis explains, “are notorious for being exceptionally liberal when it comes to handing money to themselves, to their friends, to the financial and real estate community. They have no problem doing that. But they look at a single cent, nickel, or dime being spent on a poor person and they scream blue murder. Why? Because they are class warriors. They're in the business of conducting a vicious class war against the little people.”But the even harsher reality, he says, is the reason it will be so challenging to fix any of these problems: “Unfortunately, the Democrats have been even more efficient class warriors than the Republicans.”Subscribe for the full interview with Yanis Varoufakis where he explains this, plus why Amazon is “the wet dream of the Soviet Economic Planning Ministry,” how technofeudalism killed capitalism, and the real reason that Germany is so beholden to Israel (hint: it’s not Holocaust guilt like they say).00:00 Intro01:01 Dems are MAD about peace talks with Russia09:20 Trump's totally gonna cut Medicaid20:30 Jake Tapper lied about everything24:38 Meet the Snowflake: Christopher Rufo28:50 Yanis Varoufakis interview29:54 Less evil voting34:44 Will Trump lower the cost of eggs?38:59 Does government spending cause inflation?42:36 What is the impact of a deficit?45:30 Is it bad to run a deficit?51:15 They're lying through their teeth53:44 What is Elon Musk doing?58:22 What is technofeudalism?1:02:34 How do we stop Amazon?Our Sponsors:* Check out American Giant and use my code USEFUL for a great deal: https://www.american-giant.com* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://www.avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out DeleteMe and use my code IDIOTS for a great deal: https://joindeleteme.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/useful-idiots-with-katie-halper-and-aaron-mate/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Aaron Maté and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature analysis of the political news of the week and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of why both Republicans and Democrats suck. Join Aaron and Katie as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about.
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