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Post Show Musings

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Watching Sean Hannity casually ask Curtis Sliwa to turn the cameras toward Sliwa’s Guardian Angels crew “taking down” a person they perceived to be an undocumented migrant in the streets of New York stuck with me. This particular moment falls so far down on the list of horrifying takes from Hannity and Fox News but for some reason it hit a nerve. The detached indifference of the brief affair prompted me to revisit the writings of Hannah Arendt, one of the great 20th Century philosophers who tackled totalitarianism and morality. This sent me on a journey to examine the way in which the tragedy in Gaza is covered, how we speak about undocumented migrants in this country and our relationship with violence in general.

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Intro: 00:01:42

Post Show Musings: 00:21:19

Outro: 00:35:53

This Episode Online

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Resources

Resources

Al Jazeera: Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker

Democracy Now!: Israel Shoots Dead 17-Year-old Palestinian American in Occupied West Bank

The New York Times: The Decline of Deaths in Gaza

CNN: At least 16 cemeteries in Gaza have been desecrated by Israeli forces, satellite imagery and videos reveal

ABC News: Netanyahu ahead of Rafah ground invasion: 'Victory is within reach'

The Intercept: Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows

The Guardian: Hannah Arendt's challenge to Adolf Eichmann

The Intercept: Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America

U.S. Department of State: U.S. Relations With El Salvador

NPR: Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

Vox: Ecuador’s political instability, explained

BBC: Has Honduras become a 'narco-state'?

The New York Times: On Live TV, Guardian Angels Tackle Man Sliwa Misidentified as Migrant

Book Love

Chris Hedges: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."

Watching Sean Hannity casually ask Curtis Sliwa to turn the cameras toward Sliwa’s Guardian Angels crew “taking down” a person they perceived to be an undocumented migrant in the streets of New York stuck with me. This particular moment falls so far down on the list of horrifying takes from Hannity and Fox News but for some reason it hit a nerve. The detached indifference of the brief affair prompted me to revisit the writings of Hannah Arendt, one of the great 20th Century philosophers who tackled totalitarianism and morality. This sent me on a journey to examine the way in which the tragedy in Gaza is covered, how we speak about undocumented migrants in this country and our relationship with violence in general.
Chapters
Intro: 00:01:42
Post Show Musings: 00:21:19
Outro: 00:35:53
This Episode Online
<a href="https://www.unftr.com/blog/the-banality-of-violence">Essay</a>
<a href="//www.unftr.com/episodes/unftr115">Resources</a>
Resources
Al Jazeera: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker">Israel-Gaza war in maps and charts: Live tracker</a>
Democracy Now!: <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/2/14/headlines/israel_shoots_dead_17_year_old_palestinian_american_in_occupied_west_bank">Israel Shoots Dead 17-Year-old Palestinian American in Occupied West Bank</a>
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/22/briefing/israel-gaza-war-death-toll.html">The Decline of Deaths in Gaza</a>
CNN: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/20/middleeast/israel-gaza-cemeteries-desecrated-investigation-intl-cmd/index.html">At least 16 cemeteries in Gaza have been desecrated by Israeli forces, satellite imagery and videos reveal</a>
ABC News: <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/netanyahu-this-week-interview/story?id=107130717">Netanyahu ahead of Rafah ground invasion: 'Victory is within reach'</a>
The Intercept: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/">Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows</a>
The Guardian: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/hannah-arendt-adolf-eichmann-banality-of-evil">Hannah Arendt's challenge to Adolf Eichmann</a>
The Intercept: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2024/02/10/erik-prince-off-leash-imperialism-colonialism/">Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America</a>
U.S. Department of State: <a href="https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-el-salvador/">U.S. Relations With El Salvador</a>
NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/02/1228345606/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-election-policies">Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador</a>
Vox: <a href="https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2023/4/30/23705442/ecuador-lasso-political-corruption">Ecuador’s political instability, explained</a>
BBC: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56947595">Has Honduras become a 'narco-state'?</a>
The New York Times: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/nyregion/sliwa-guardian-angels-hannity.html">On Live TV, Guardian Angels Tackle Man Sliwa Misidentified as Migrant</a>
Book Love
Chris Hedges: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/23377/9781610393591">War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning</a>
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Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 

Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 

As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 

Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

Unf*cking The Republic® (UNFTR) is a series of audio essays on the grand American experiment lovingly curated and presented by a quasi-anonymous political writer. 
Each essay reflects on a singular topic that is generally misunderstood or purposely obfuscated by the so-called “powers that be.” As we know, history is written by the victors and can be perilously manufactured to favor destructive world views. These views become intractably ingrained in the public consciousness and pervert public policy, oftentimes with horrific results. 
As of this podcast’s founding, we find ourselves living in a true kakistocracy. The disconnect between what we believe and what is actually happening below the surface or in plain sight is where this podcast lives. 
Together we’ll upend conventional wisdom, blow up narratives on the left, right and center and use magical devices like facts, logic and reason to explain how exactly we arrived in bizarro America, the funhouse mirror version of what was originally intended. #UNFTR

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