In a follow-up episode to “Traitor.Treason.Trump,” AL takes a closer look at Trump’s “unique” fanbase–their hopes, their dreams, and the nightmares they inflict on the rest of us. By looking at exactly what motivates them, Alabama Liberal also reveals the only tactic he’s used that’s successfully changed their minds.
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Episode 66–We Need to Talk about China
Alabama Liberal does a deep dive into America’s strange relationship with China, and asks several great questions like: why did we think it was a good idea to offshore our middle class to the US’s only real geopolitical, economic, and military rival? How is it okay to allow China to have unprecedented control over American…
Episode 65–How will CoVid change us? AND introducing the alphabetical primary
After answering a few great questions (Why did Bernie Sanders really drop out? How will CoVid change the way we behave? And how does Alabama Liberal know Tara Reade is lying?), I point out the very real flaws in letting Iowa–where Joe Biden did terribly–continue to be first in the nation even though they are…
Episode 64–The Recession is Here. Let’s Invest
AL rebukes the denial that a recession isn’t here and the raging bull market will be back by the 4th of July if only Trump can restart the country by Easter: it ain’t happening. After explaining why things are about to get much worse for the economy (and why so many top companies are loaded…
Episode 63–An Interview with Mike Broihier, Running Against Moscow Mitch
Today, we have a special interview with one of the most interesting senate candidates in the country: Kentucky’s Mike Broihier, who is a former Marine, substitute teacher, current sustainable farmer, and Moscow Mitch’s worst nightmare. He tells some fascinating stories about Kentucky deals with Russian oligarchs gone wrong, the murky history of McConnell’s military service,…
Episode 62–Forget LGBTQ, I’m worried about FGTTQ (FB, Google, Twitter, TikTok, Quora)
Alabama Liberal explains why it should be social media keeping people up at night, from fake information to fake people to fake outrage to outright fascist propaganda. By sharing personal stories of being one of the first users on Facebook to Chinese SPAM on Quora to getting catfished by a Bernie Sanders supporter on Twitter,…
Episode 61–Different Cycle, Same Sanders
Sigh…here we are again with another lost race that Bernie Sanders refuses to concede. Alabama Liberal asks real questions like: how is it rigged against Bernie when he receives preferential treatment? Does he now wish he hadn’t stripped superdelegates of their power? Have a lot of his fans actually voted Democratic before and do we…
Episode 60–Taking Back the Senate
Alabama Liberal breaks down each senate race taking place this year, and the odds of Democrats taking each one of the 23 Republican-held ones. With more GOP senate scandals unfolding everyday (insider trading, past votes not to fund pandemic response, denying the virus before catching it), this is a good guide to which races you…
Episode 59–Will the Media Let us Have a Normal POTUS Again?
Since the race for the White House has completely changed since episode 58, Alabama Liberal takes a brief victory lap after correctly predicting Biden would be the nominee. Then AL examines connected issues like Coronavirus panic, the persistent failure of Bernie Sanders, and a news media that doesn’t really want America to have a President…
Episode 58–Electability vs. Ideology (vs. Ideas)
AL dives into electability, and the strange disdain Democratic primary voters appear to have for the question–whereas they were completely comfortable asking it last year when minority candidates were still in the race. He looks at each individual candidate’s electability and ideology, and notices that most voters seem to think the candidate they like better…
Episode 57–Knives Out in Alabama! Roy Moore, Sessions, and Trump vs. Doug Jones
After looking at last week’s rowdy “Get Bloomberg” debate, Alabama Liberal looks at one race that has gotten even nastier than the Democratic primary: the Alabama Senate race. He does a deep dive into the first ever Alabama senate race to receive national attention, and why each of the “candidates” (which seems more like a…
Episode 56–Doomberg, WarRuin, Klobutcher, Russki Goobard, and Sunkers are Ready…to Lose
After examining America’s need to have a “best” in everything from football to movies to dating (“The Bachelor”), AL sees strange parallels between the upset for Best Picture and the Democratic nomination. And then spends real time trying to separate the spoilers from the contenders in a last-ditch hope of keeping Trump from getting reelected…
Episode 55–Who Benefits from Iowa Clusterfuck: Trump, Russia, or Bloomberg?
After a look at the State of the Union (which was like “a fascist Wheel of Fortune”), AL discusses who benefits the most from the Iowa Clusterfuck.