Episode 44: Wouldn’t You Like To Be a Pepper, Too?

Guest: David Pepper - author; activist; former Chairman, Ohio Democratic Party

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Progress and backlash: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/white-backlash-nothing-new/611914/

Dems state-level collapse: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/10/14211994/obama-democrats-downballot

Exploitation of minoritarian institutions: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-journal/in-print-2/volume-22-1-winter-2024/the-crisis-of-minority-rule-in-american-democracy/

Dr. Oz’s awful abortion answer: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/politics/oz-abortion-debate-pennsylvania-senate/index.html

Republicans project REDMAP: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/ratfcked-the-influence-of-redistricting

Indiana the OG of voter ID laws: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-disappointed-supreme-courts-voter-id-decision

Shelby v. Holder 2013: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/shelby-county-v-holder

Swiss cheese model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese_model

Article IV Section 4: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-4/section-4/

Alabama seat flips after IVF ruling: https://apnews.com/article/alabama-ivf-abortion-legislature-378c3fa32dcfc2d0401f3893828482af

“Motor Voter” Act: https://www.justice.gov/crt/about-national-voter-registration-act

Biden admin using VA to register voters: https://www.npr.org/2024/06/30/nx-s1-5005001/biden-voter-registration-executive-order

Democracy winning streak: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/24/2248335/-The-Greatest-Story-Never-Told-The-Democratic-Winning-Streak

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Episode 43: Bringing the Hurt to Washington - Part II

Guest: Erik Hurt (D) - Candidate for Indiana’s 8th Congressional District

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Shortage of trades workers: https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/4583268-labor-crisis-why-is-there-a-shortage-of-plumbers-and-electricians/

Why the humanities matter: https://www.catalinamunoz.me/p/why-the-humanities-matter-more-than

We have enough money for lots of stuff; billionaires are hoarding it: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/13/billionaires-taxes-inequality-one-percent

Corporate extortion: https://www.governing.com/finance/tax-incentives-the-losing-gamble-states-and-cities-keep-making.html

They took our jobs!: https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/%22They_took_our_jobs!%22

Immigrants commit LESS crime: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find

Immigration can reverse rural population decline: https://www.fwd.us/news/rural-decline/

“The unborn are a convenient group of people to advocate for”: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pastor-dave-barnhart-unborn/

Messmer’s priorities: https://www.markmessmer.com/issues/

Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry: https://teamevansville.com/

Terre Haute Mayor Brandon Sakbun: https://news.iu.edu/live/news/34123-from-iu-graduation-to-terre-haute-mayors-office-in

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SPECIAL EPISODE: LG Candidate Terry Goodin

Guest: Terry Goodin (D) - Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

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Indiana’s unusual party convention system - https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/you-asked-what-role-state-party-conventions-play-in-indiana-weve-got-answers

Goodin’s past - https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2024-06-20/mccormicks-running-mate-has-conservative-past-goodin-says-he-reversed-idea-on-abortion-marriage

2018 Politico profile on Goodin - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/11/terry-goodin-rural-democrats-indiana-216273/

Jesse Brown Newsletter - https://www.jesseforindy.com/contact-us

LG opponent Clif Marsiglio - https://clifmars.com/

LBJ and Biden’s progressive record. - https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/24/lesson-lyndon-johnson-joe-biden-progressives-bernie-sanders-column/2999880001/

French election results - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0478d1zrldo

Lucy and the football - https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/the-history-of-lucys-pulling-the-football-away-from-charlie-brown-in-peanuts.html

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Episode 42: Bringing the Hurt to Washington - Part I

Guest: Erik Hurt (D) - Candidate for Indiana’s 8th Congressional District

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Indiana uncontested Statehouse seats: https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2024

Indiana uncontested State Senate seats: https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_State_Senate_elections,_2024

Indiana 50th in voter turnout: https://fox59.com/news/politics/in-focus-indiana-ranks-50th-in-voter-turnout/

Moneyball: https://bookshop.org/p/books/moneyball-the-art-of-winning-an-unfair-game-michael-lewis/8746488

Government should not be run like a business: https://hbr.org/2017/03/the-u-s-cannot-be-run-like-a-business

The American Dream is dead: https://www.newsweek.com/american-dream-dead-opinion-1917153

Meritocracy is a myth: https://www.vox.com/videos/2021/4/2/22349990/education-inequality-meritocracy-myth

Collectivism a necessary virtue: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/09/1047042

The peril of rugged individualism: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/rugged-american-individualism-is-a-myth-and-its-killing-us/

The radicalism of public libraries: https://depauliaonline.com/57226/opinions/opinion-are-libraries-radical/

The stigma of public transportation: https://ui.charlotte.edu/story/overcoming-stigma-riding-bus/

The privatization of everything: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/05/04/five-step-process-privatize-everything

Schools as community hubs: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/schools-as-community-hubs-integrating-support-services-to-drive-educational-outcomes/

Vouchers hurt rural schools: https://www.ncpecoalition.org/ruralvouchers

Stocks a poor measure of the full economy: https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2023/03/17/myth-busting-the-economy-drives-the-stock-market/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/12/occupy-wall-street-10-years-on

Fight for $15 not enough: https://thehill.com/lobbying/4170972-15-an-hour-isnt-enough-u-s-workers-need-to-earn-a-living-wage/

USA medical wait times are long NOW: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/truth-wait-times-universal-coverage-systems/

Medicare for All is actually cheaper: https://www.citizen.org/news/fact-check-medicare-for-all-would-save-the-u-s-trillions-public-option-would-leave-millions-uninsured-not-garner-savings/

COVID as an argument FOR universal health care: https://ysph.yale.edu/news-article/yale-study-more-than-335000-lives-could-have-been-saved-during-pandemic-if-us-had-universal-health-care/

History of attempts at universal health care in US: https://pnhp.org/a-brief-history-universal-health-care-efforts-in-the-us/

Boomers pulled up the ladder on future generations: https://fortune.com/2023/10/28/great-wealth-transfer-baby-boomers-bank-of-america-millennials-government-policy/

CEO pay growth since Reagan: https://www.progressivecaucuscenter.org/the-ceo-pay-problem-and-what-we-can-do-about-it

Education a matter of national defense: https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Defense-Education-Act

Interstate highway system ALSO a defense project: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/national-interstate-and-defense-highways-act

Student loan scandal: https://revealnews.org/article/who-got-rich-off-the-student-debt-crisis/

Cost to attend IU: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/indiana-university-bloomington-1809/paying

The government can’t run out of money: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/16/18251646/modern-monetary-theory-new-moment-explained

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Episode 41: Handling Snakes: Christian Nationalism in Indiana

Guest: Dr. Andrew Whitehead, professor at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IU-Indianapolis.

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Beckwith 3 reasons: https://fb.watch/t1GYetE-FM/

Bad theology: https://www.tiktok.com/@deconstruct_with_paige/video/7194943692052925738

Beckwith on Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Micah_Beckwith

God did January 6: https://rumble.com/v51y8ro-january-7-2021-micah-beckwith-claims-god-took-credit-for-january-6-insurrec.html

Anti-vax rally: https://crossroadsreport.substack.com/p/revolt-in-indiana-as-patriots-pick

Demonic mask mandates: https://www.fortwaynepolitics.com/p/people-say-wow-thats-super-extreme

4500 religious exemptions: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/micahbeckwith_micah-beckwith-did-not-sit-on-the-sidelines-activity-7201288811509653504-koeb/

Moms for Liberty quotes Hitler: https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-chapter-of-moms-for-liberty-features-hitler-quote-in-first-newsletter

Beckwith appointed to library board: https://readthereporter.com/fishers-reader-has-questions-about-hepl-board-appointment/

Book ban policy: https://fox59.com/news/hamilton-east-library-board-could-reverse-controversial-book-policy-with-new-member/

Indiana Family Institute: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Indiana_Family_Institute

Leaked Bopp memo: https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-republican-memo-jim-bopp-nominee-micah-beckwith-mike-braun

How Beckwith defines Christian nationalism: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/micahbeckwith_the-people-in-the-media-like-james-briggs-activity-7207028556864856064-m26T/

ARDA: https://www.thearda.com/

PRRI: https://www.prri.org/

Whitehead on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/contributors/andrew-l-whitehead-fad3bfbb-c6da-4772-8c0b-b203b8327553

2019 Whitehead article: https://academic.oup.com/socrel/article/79/2/147/4825283

Snake handling: https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/snake-handling/

“In Christian nationalist Indiana…”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Soviet_Russia

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HoosLeft Podcast, Episode 40: Holding the Line Against MAGA Extremism

Guest: Derrick Holder, Democrat for US House of Representatives (IN-04)

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Marine Corps values: https://www.marines.com/life-as-a-marine/standards/values.html

Corporate greed causing inflation: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits

Student loan interest is unconscionable: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/09/26/its-time-end-student-loan-interest-racket-opinion

Immigration in Indiana: https://map.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/locations/indiana/

Colbert on the “Take My Job” initiative:

Deep Dive on the Border Crisis from UNFTR: https://www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr116

3-year olds deposed in immigration court: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/27/immigrant-toddlers-ordered-appear-court-alone/

Immigration could stem rural population outflow: https://www.fwd.us/news/rural-decline/

GOP sets sights on contraception next: https://prospect.org/health/2024-06-06-republican-party-coming-for-birth-control/

Childcare costs as a barrier to work: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/child-care-crisis-keeping-women-workforce/

Voters still care about January 6: https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/06/01/as-voters-consider-their-white-house-choice-is-jan-6-a-factor/

Meet Derrick and other Democratic candidates at Hendricks County Pride: https://www.facebook.com/HendricksCountyPride/

Israeli settlement in Gaza: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/04/in-israel-former-gush-katif-settlers-dream-of-returning-to-the-gaza-strip_6399897_4.html

Hamas would settle for 1967 borders: https://apnews.com/article/hamas-khalil-alhayya-qatar-ceasefire-1967-borders-4912532b11a9cec29464eab234045438

Religious sites literally on top of one another: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-05-18/ty-article-static/.premium/dome-of-contention-a-tour-of-temple-mount-al-aqsa-compound/00000188-19ec-d6ba-a9cf-bfee95510000

“Gee, Davey…” https://blog.catholicwritersguild.com/2011/09/gee-davey.html

US moves Israeli embassy to Jerusalem: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44120428

Jerusalem as UN headquarters and International city: https://mondoweiss.net/2014/11/jerusalem-moving-headquarters/

ProPublica on Supreme Court corruption: https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

Congress is responsible for regulating the court: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/congress-has-authority-regulate-supreme-court-ethics-and-duty

Mike Braun thinks Loving v. Virginia was incorrect:🤦‍♂️ https://fox59.com/indiana-news/sen-mike-braun-said-interracial-marriage-ruling-should-be-left-to-states/

Ginni Thomas is an insurrectionist: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-ginni-thomas-and-why-is-she-important-to-the-jan-6-hearings

Jim Baird an election denier: https://electiondeniers.org/indiana

Baird statement on Mayorkas sham impeachment: https://baird.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=352

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HoosLeft Podcast, Episode 39: Putting Stakes in the Ground

Guest: Lori Camp, Democrat for US House of Representatives (IN-02)

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https://www.madvoters.org/

https://www.surveyandballotsystems.com/blog/participation/the-dangers-of-uncontested-elections/

https://inequality.org/research/inflation-price-gouging/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-free-market-is-bad-at-providing-health-care/2019/03/27/3e153ebc-4f31-11e9-bdb7-44f948cc0605_story.html

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/01/hollow-political-parties-donald-trump-00155297

https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2023-09-08/other-countries-show-student-loans-can-be-simple-and-humane

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/03/24/research-shows-immigrants-benefit-us-taxpayers/

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/arizona-abortion-ballot-measure/

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/elie-mystals-court-packing-plan/

https://www.wndu.com/2024/05/31/rudy-yakym-shares-thoughts-donald-trumps-conviction/

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HoosLeft Podcast, Episode 38: The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Guest: Eric Love, Former Director for Staff Diversity & Inclusion, University of Notre Dame

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/glenn-youngkin-parental-rights-education-strategy/index.html

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