https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jacobin-reaction--6359840enNews CommentaryCopyright Jacobin Brothers™https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/53f02e91b9b49ef48fe05daffdb1a4ac.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jacobin-reaction--6359840Sat, 21 Dec 2024 02:38:38 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Jacobin Brothers™jacobinreaction@jacobinbrothers.comMarc Jacobin's short essays on all things.falseepisodichttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/704-the-crimes-of-cashhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/63380493Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:35:23 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Currency Transaction Reports, Suspicious Activity Reports, Structuring, and Civil Asset Forfeiture are ways the government turns your usage of cash into a crime. The government hates cash. Cash is anonymous, untraceable, and uncontrollable. Those are...514civilassetforfeiture,ctr,sar,totalitarianismfalse2451fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/687-department-of-consequenceshttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/63178011Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:21:58 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The Department of Government Efficiency sounds like the title of a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. One can imagine John Cleese trying to navigate such an absurdly named bureaucracy that is anything but. The problem with government is not...403congress,doge,musk,trump,vivekfalse2449fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/683-know-your-placehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/63035581Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:30:08 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson has been accused of saying "Every woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker." Mike did not say this precisely, but did he say it in effect? How does what he really said...350medicaid,medicare,overclass,roevwade,socialsecurity,speakerjohnsonfalse2447fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/670-your-wasted-votehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62753441Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:36:27 +0000Jacobin Brothers™You performed your civic duty by dragging your tired carcass to the polling place only to discover that your vote does not matter. Let's fix that.683biden,election2024,electoralcollege,harris,trumpfalse2445fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/658-post-elitist-drivel
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62577457Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:36:35 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Jeff Bezos thinks people don't trust the news because news outlets endorse presidential candidates. Isn't that cute? You can lead a billionaire to water, but he's still an out-of-touch yellow journalism plutocrat. Maybe people do not trust the news...
]]>715gallup,jeffbezos,journalism,plutocracy,washingtonpostfalse2444fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/jacobin-reaction/657-tips-on-the-balancehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62494954Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:06:06 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Both presidential candidates have promised to eliminated federal income taxes for tips. Would this result in meaningful changes for service industry workers or is just more campaign blather from politicians?435cbo,federaltaxes,harris,tips,trumpfalse2443full