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American Fever Dream

Rich Men & Democracy, A Match Made In Hell

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

TEMP CHECK 7:00 - Let's break down Australian B-girl, Raygun's....interesting performance in breakdancing, including her signature boomerang moves. 12:45 - Five days after gymnast Jordan Chiles won the bronze medal in the individual floor competition, the IOC sided with a challenge from Romania and wants Chiles to give back the medal. Will Chiles return the medal with a frowny face note? Or will the US counter challenge be successful? MAIN NEWS 19:15 - Sometimes it seems like folks are so creative in their hate, but in fact, no, they aren’t. They’re simply repeating the decades old talking points, ideology and strategies of olde. Today we dissect the John Birch Society. Founded in 1958 by a man who did not trust outsiders and shares Donald Trump’s fear of being poisoned. (In addition to being the creator of the Sugar Daddies candy) 33:00 - Is Mr. Beast, famous YouTuber, running a real life Squid Games? There are some allegations around his reality TV show’s inhumane practices including withholding clean clothes, water, and proper medical attention. 38:45 - New reporting on Donald Trump’s $10M windfall in 2016 from Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and what he did for Egypt in return. And you’ll never guess who shut down the FBI investigation into it two years later. DOWN BALLOT ERA 44:30 - Dissecting Cori Bush’s primary loss to Wesley Bell, and how she was defeated by a mix of AIPAC funding and messaging that effectively painted her as someone more concerned with foreign policy than district issues. Today is also Ilhan Omar’s primary race against Don Samuels, who she defeated in the 2022 primary by just 2 points. Samuel’s campaign looks a lot like Bell’s, but without the support from AIPAC, but he’s also highlighting Omar’s husband’s...interesting business practices and questionable income. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Rise and I'm Sammy Sage

0:05.0

and this is American Fever Dreamers. Look Alive, my friends.

0:06.0

I'm V Spear.

0:07.0

And I'm Sammy Sage.

0:08.0

And this is American Fever Dream, presented by Betches News.

0:12.0

Where we explore the absurdities and oddities of our uniquely American experience.

0:16.0

How is the Olympics be?

0:18.0

Hot, hot and dangerous.

0:21.0

That is the best way I could describe the Olympics, but enjoyable.

0:25.0

I'm overwhelming. I cried a lot. I was patriotic. I bought the merch.

0:30.0

It was wonderful.

0:31.0

There are so many things I want to ask you about, but maybe you just, you just tell us about it.

0:37.1

I went to Paris with Tik-Tok and we had tickets to the Olympics.

0:41.8

It's important that I not represent that Tik-Tok

0:45.1

covered the Olympics because of the contracts they have over there.

0:48.0

I don't know.

0:48.6

I learned that I'm sick of broadcast news

0:50.5

and their contracts is what I learned,

0:51.9

because we weren't allowed to take pictures. And I I was like how are you not allowed to take pictures or like do video?

0:56.3

Why what? And I found that NBC and them are doing copyright strikes on Tik-Tockers and Instagramers and just people who are posting

1:04.7

like their memories of having watched the Olympics.

1:06.6

They're getting their content flag.

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