Episode 20 | Why Leftugees Are Fleeing Blue States
07/06/21 • 36 min
America is on the move like never before. For many, the driver is as much political as it is economic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau; California, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois lost a combined 4 million residents between 2010 and 2019.
The term "Leftugee" has been coined to describe citizens who are leaving predominately Blue States for Red States. On this episode, we will be covering the top five reasons why this might be the case and uncover a few interesting (and strange) findings along the way. For example, in California, consumers pay a 33% tax on fruit when it’s purchased from a vending machine.
Visit Livewirepolitics.org for a full list of references form this episode.
Happy Listening!
America is on the move like never before. For many, the driver is as much political as it is economic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau; California, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Illinois lost a combined 4 million residents between 2010 and 2019.
The term "Leftugee" has been coined to describe citizens who are leaving predominately Blue States for Red States. On this episode, we will be covering the top five reasons why this might be the case and uncover a few interesting (and strange) findings along the way. For example, in California, consumers pay a 33% tax on fruit when it’s purchased from a vending machine.
Visit Livewirepolitics.org for a full list of references form this episode.
Happy Listening!
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Episode 19: Debt Bondage at the Border
The US/Mexico border has quickly turned into a public-health calamity, humanitarian catastrophe, and a national-security crisis. The current statistics are staggering and unprecedented — but behind the numbers sits a vast criminal enterprise profiting off the lives of human beings.
US-Mexico criminal organizations earned nearly $14M a day last month trafficking women, children, families and single adults.
Many migrants are subject to “debt bondage” which equates to indentured servitude once they’ve entered the US. This occurs when migrants agree to work off a debt they have accrued. Traffickers then continue to compound interest and other charges to what appears to be a simple employment agreement.
Trafficking and human smuggling is a multi-billion dollar criminal business operated by the cartels and their money is washed by Chinese money brokers. Chinese banks have emerged to become key players in laundering money for Latin American drug cartels.
These conditions create a perfect storm of vulnerability — and the stories of abuse and sexual violence are enough to stain your soul. Nearly 70% of migrants travelling north to the United States are victims of violence (2019 WH Report).
Border security and immigration are often conflated into a singular talking point — however, they are two distinct issues and require separate examination. We cannot continue to engineer conditions under which nefarious actors and prey on and profit from other human beings. Take a stand and let your voice be heard.
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Episode 21 | Government Conspiracies That Are Actually True
Today's episode will cover a list of government conspiracies that are actually true. We first set the table and define the differences between “conspiracy” and “conspiracy theory.”
Every event discussed on this episode is a verified fact ; however, this was not always the case. That’s because as the years pass, secrets surface and what was once considered a “theory” now becomes a verifiable fact. Government documents eventually become declassified, and through the Freedom of Information Act, "we the people" are able to obtain clarity of high level and often times elaborate schemes and conspiracies.
These events --along with others-- have shaped our history and have contributed to public distrust in both government and our institutions at large.
This episode will cover the following events:
Operation Sea Spray: US Navy sprayed bacteria over the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Project MKultra: CIA’s top secret mind control program.
The 1953 Iranian coup d’état: US and UK intelligence agencies stage riots and install regime change.
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident: The fictitious attack which drastically expanded the Vietnam War.
Operation Northwoods: The proposed “false flag” to invade Cuba
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: US Government lied about treating black men with syphilis for four decades.
Government Sponsored Poisoning: The US Department of the Treasury poisoned alcohol during Prohibition.
Bonus Round:
Bayer knowingly sold blood-clotting agents infected with HIV to Asia and Latin America in the 1980s.
Resources:
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
Operation Sea Spray: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1950-us-released-bioweapon-san-francisco-180955819/
The 1953 Iranian coup d’état: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB435/#_ftn1
Gulf of Tonkin Incident: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2008/february/truth-about-tonkin
MK Ultra: https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf
https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf
Operation Northwoods: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf
Bayer Scandal: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/22/business/2-paths-of-bayer-drug-in-80-s-riskier-one-steered-overseas.html?pagewanted=all
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