Amerikapodden

Phoenix dallrar i 44 graders värme, New York hittar glädje, och våra otroligt lata manusförfattare har slagit till igen med alldeles för uppenbara metaforer

Niclas Lindh

#254 · 34 min · 28 jun 2026

En jobbig helg för senator Mike Lee från Utah, primärvalet till borgmästare i Los Angeles sätter feberträsken i brand med den stora lögnen, och en djupdykning i historien om reality TV

Niclas Lindh

#253 · 50 min · 14 jun 2026

Korruption, justitiemord, och mellanårsvalet för senator i Texas hettar upp

Niclas Lindh

#252 · 44 min · 31 maj 2026

Kash Patel fortsätter vara en genant clown, virus sprids på öppet hav, legendaren Ted Turner har gått ur tiden, och varför södra Kalifornien använder bestämd artikel på sina landsvägsnummer

Niclas Lindh

#251 · 43 min · 17 maj 2026

Efter 160 år har nu sydstaterna vunnit inbördeskriget, världen gäspar åt ännu ett mordförsök på presidenten, och jag har läst boken More Everything Forever om vibbarna i Silicon Valley. Länkar och källor How the SCOTUS VRA Decision Could Impact the Midterms and Beyond - TPM – Talking Points Memo Post by @figgityfigs.bsky.social — Bluesky The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars More Everything Forever by Adam Becker | Hachette Book Group BEWARE SOFTWARE BRAIN | The Verge Alex Karp - Wikipedia Palantir’s Technofascist Thread — Annotated | Religion Dispatches Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys | WIRED Ray Kurzweil - Wikipedia Technological singularity - Wikipedia Massive sea lion named ‘Chonkers’ is social media sensation at Pier 39 | KTVU FOX 2

Niclas Lindh

#250 · 60 min · 3 maj 2026

En vibbkoll på vad som hänt sen förra avsnittet, där det finns ljusglimtar i det stora mörkret. En av ljusglimtarna är Dolly Parton. Länkar och källor Arizona’s food stamp program sees largest decline nationwide California Supreme Court Orders John Eastman Disbarred | Law.com Smartmatic judge finally unseals Mike Lindell contempt order Eric Adams Granted Albanian Citizenship Blasphemy on Truth Social: A Bridge Too Far Trump cuts Catholic Church funding for migrant children | Miami Herald White Sox to honor superfan Pope Leo XIV with Pope hat giveaway - Yahoo Sports All But 3 Of The 4,499 Refugees Admitted To The US Under Trump Are White South Africans | Techdirt Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker The attacks on Sam Altman are a warning for the AI world | The Verge The Chilling Role of ChatGPT in Mass Shootings and Other Violence – Mother Jones Salt River Project - Wikipedia Arizona’s SRP elections a big loss for Turning Point candidates Climate activists gain in SRP elections jolted by Turning Point Dolly Parton Is the Most Popular Person in America, New Poll Finds

Niclas Lindh

#249 · 59 min · 19 apr 2026

Artemis II är på väg runt månen, över 8 miljoner Amerikaner tog till gatorna, och hur Oprah Winfrey påverkat Amerika. Länkar och källor Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ After Husband Bryon Crossdressing Secret Revealed — Statement Top US Fema official claims to have teleported to a Waffle House before | Trump administration | The Guardian Tea Party protests - Wikipedia The Phil Donahue Show - Wikipedia Oprah changed what media could be — and how millions live their lives - Poynter Oprah Winfrey: Biography, Talk Show Host, Media Executive ‘Dr. Phil’ Controversies From Talk Show’s 21-Year Run

Niclas Lindh

#248 · 46 min · 5 apr 2026

Sammanfattning om de senaste veckornas kaos, mardrömmen att deklarera i Amerika, och Amerika har fått en ny hjälte vid namn Afroman. Länkar och källor Tony Gonzales admits affair with aide who died by suicide Afroman wins legal battle over songs mocking US police Afroman’s Defamation Trial Is Going About As Well For The Deputies As Their Original Raid Did | Techdirt Chuck Norris, Crowd-Pleasing Star of Action Movies and TV, Dies at 86 🎁 Have a Montana License Plate in California? Officials Have an Eye on You.

Niclas Lindh

#247 · 48 min · 22 mar 2026

Ett axplock ur kaoset, det självvalda kriget mot Iran och Amerikas historia med Iran, McDonalds VD testar sin egen produkt, och hockeyn dras med i kulturkriget. Länkar och källor Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem | AP News Kansas is revoking many trans people’s driver’s licenses due to new law | Snopes.com Chicago’s newest snow plow named ‘Abolish ICE’ Apalachee High School Shooting: Colin Gray Found Guilty of Murder - The New York Times 🎁 Americans are leaving the US in record numbers In declassified document, CIA acknowledges role in 1953 Iran coup | CNN Politics 1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia The Iran-Contra Affair | American Experience | Official Site | PBS Iran-Contra Affair - Definition, Timeline, President | HISTORY Iran–Contra affair - Wikipedia Shoresy - Wikipedia Why Flavor Flav is hosting his own Olympic celebration for all American female medalists - Yahoo Sports Stanley Tucci Hosts US Women’s Hockey Team While Men Eat McDonald’s At Trump White House

Niclas Lindh

#246 · 51 min · 8 mar 2026

En sammanfattning om det enormt kaotiska läget, medborgarrättsledaren Jesse Jackson har gått ur tiden, och likheterna mellan Boston 1770 och Minneapolis 2026. Länkar och källor With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules - The New York Times 🎁 Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 8 decades Prosecutors Fail to Bring Charges Against Democrats Involved in Illegal Orders Video - The New York Times 🎁 Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84 - The New York Times 🎁 From the archives: Jesse Jackson’s speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention - YouTube Jesse Jackson 1988 Democratic National Convention Speech - YouTube Two cities under siege - by Radley Balko - The Watch The Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770 | HISTORY PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet – GeekWire Aldus Manutius - Wikipedia

Niclas Lindh

#245 · 43 min · 22 feb 2026

Några saker att notera inför mellanårsvalet i höst, Ammon Bundy är ledsen, och tre miljoner Epstein filer till släpptes av justitiedepartementet. De är ingen rolig läsning. Samt vilket var det bästa årtiondet för Amerikaner? Länkar och källor Bad Bunny says “ICE OUT” at the #Grammys and receives a massive standing ovation 2026 Senate Election Interactive Map - 270toWin Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans - The New York Times Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal Self-Help Guru Sorry He Got Busted for Vile Epstein Emails School of Minneapolis 5-year-old detained by ICE closes due to bomb threat Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting | Crime | nrtoday.com They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise. The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson Springsteen’s ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ was No. 1 on iTunes in at least 19 countries. Here’s what that means | Snopes.com January 25, 2026 - by Heather Cox Richardson Elon Musk calls Epstein files a ‘distraction’ after emails reveal his messages with sex offender | The Independent The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness | Portland Monthly The Stranger A Christian and Constitutional Case for Protecting Those Who Come to America Ammon Bundy Is All Alone - The Atlantic Bundy standoff -

Niclas Lindh

#244 · 59 min · 8 feb 2026

År av nyheter på två veckor igen. Grönland, exportmarknaden under tariffkaoset, ICE invasion av Minneapolis, och en markant nedgång av brottsligheten. Länkar och källor US Tourism Recovery Slows as International Arrivals Plummet in Late 2025 | TravelPulse Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say - The New York Times U.S. Wine Sector Faces Prolonged Downturn as Demand Falls Sharply in 2 – Wine-Intelligence Photo authentically shows ICE agents detaining US citizen in freezing weather | Snopes.com Canada Flexes on Global Stage With an Eye to Its Own Survival Mark Carney Davos speech: Canada PM gets standing ovation despite avoiding mentioning Trump | The Independent Before Trump, Greensboro, Vermont Was a Foodie Mecca for Canadians - The New York Times US tariffs are paid almost entirely by Americans, a German study finds Ex-NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces scrutiny over new crypto coin | AP News How cable news triggered America’s culture war | Vox Preschooler, three students detained by ICE, MN school says Volunteers delivering groceries to families report being followed by ICE | kare11.com <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/murder-rate-drop-rep

Niclas Lindh

#243 · 42 min · 25 jan 2026

Fem år sen sjätte januariupploppet, en teori om varför vår nuvarande administration fungerar som den gör, kuppen mot Venezuela, och ICE invasion av Minnesota. Länkar och källor Eric Adams Says His Next Gig Is Fighting Antisemitism With Cryptocurrency @acyn.bsky.social on Bluesky DNC will not release its report on what went wrong for Democrats in 2024 One Year After the Fires: Los Angeles Tries to Heal 🎁 NEVER FORGET: Jan. 6 Five Years Later The rise of the troll state The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela | WIRED Did Katie Miller post Greenland map overlaid with US flag, captioning it ‘SOON’? | Snopes.com Life Under a Clicktatorship How the Right-Wing Outrage Machine Prompted the Conflagration in Minnesota Renee Nicole Good: Mother of 3 who loved to sing and write poetry shot and killed by ICE in Minneapolis | CNN First the Shooting. Then the Lies. - The Atlantic 🎁 January 7, 2026 Jan. 6 and the Long Shadow of Civil War- and Reconstruction-Era Political Violence - TPM – Talking Points Memo Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings - WSJ RIP The Guy Who Put The Little Arrow On Your

Niclas Lindh

#242 · 42 min · 11 jan 2026

De chockerande morden på Rob och Michelle Reiner, mer drama om Epsteinfilerna, vår president blir mer och mer obalanserad, och det tunga nyhetsprogrammet 60 Minutes ställde in ett inslag om olagliga utvisningar till tortyrfängelse. Länkar och källor “Slop” chosen as Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year - CBS News How Rob Pike got spammed with an AI slop “act of kindness” New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian December 22, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson December 20, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson December 19, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Bishop Earl K. Fernandes Issues a Dispensation - Catholic Diocese of Columbus Washington state officials warn of toilet rats after floods: ‘Try to stay calm’ | Washington state | The Guardian

Niclas Lindh

#241 · 38 min · 28 dec 2025

Ett axplock av vad de psykopatiska 12-åringarna som styr oss hittat på, historien om vapnet AR-15 och dess påverkan på Amerikas kultur, och en full tvättbjörn. Länkar och källor Kilmar Abrego Garcia Is Released From ICE Detention After Judge’s Order - The New York Times 🎁 Dr. Oz tells his federal employees to eat less during the holidays - Ars Technica Transportation Secretary Duffy Launches “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” Campaign, Announces $1B in Funding to Support Initiative | US Department of Transportation Sean Duffy urges passengers to dress better, be more polite while flying during ‘busiest Thanksgiving’ ever Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri | HuffPost Latest News American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 | History Repetergevär – Wikipedia M16 (automatkarbin) – Wikipedia Sturmgewehr 44 – Wikipedia Drunk raccoon found passed out in Virginia liquor store after wild night | AP News

Niclas Lindh

#240 · 55 min · 14 dec 2025

Mord på öppet vatten, hot om krigsrätt mot senator Mark Kelly, en regim med katastrofala opinionsmätningar, och den sjaskiga sagan om Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza och RFK Jr. Länkar och källor Southeast Houston homeowner says house caught fire as he was setting up smoker for turkey on Thanksgiving - ABC13 Houston Kelly, Democrats commit crime under Trump: Telling the truth | Opinion Fallout from ‘illegal orders’ video escalates battle with Democrats over US patriotism FBI seeks interviews with six Democrats Trump accused of ‘seditious behavior’ Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low Republicans consider quitting Congress as death threats, infighting rise Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals | US politics | The Guardian NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love (Gåvolänk) Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr., and the Most Outrageous Scandal in Politics and Media - The Ringer Ryan Lizza - Wikipedia Keith Olbermann - Wikipedia Mark Sanford extramarital affair - Wikipedia Olivia Nuzzi, RFK Jr., and the Most Outrageous Scandal in Politics and Media - The Ringer

Niclas Lindh

#239 · 46 min · 30 nov 2025

År med nyheter på två veckor! Kongressen öppnar myndigheterna efter att åtta demokrater viker sig, Epstein filerna fortsätter bubbla, och en blå våg landet runt i mellanårsvalet. Länkar och källor Chicago cyclists buy out tamale carts to aid families during immigration crackdown | AP News Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser | WIRED Jury acquits D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations - The Atlantic Baton Rouge pastor says woman is ‘evil witch’ for calling for baby formula A more buttoned-up version of Garbage Day VP Vance’s half-brother loses in Cincinnati mayor run Election 2025 key takeaways: Democrats score historic big wins leading into midterms - ABC News EveryLibrary: “BREAKING: Book banning extremi…” - Mastodon Progressive on the edge of a win in Seattle mayor race - POLITICO Mississippi Special Election Results: Democrats Flip 3 Seats The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia | CNN Business <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/burger-king-braces-for-the-demise-of-the-penny-967e00c5?st=HFZriL&reflink=desktop

Niclas Lindh

#238 · 57 min · 16 nov 2025

De federala myndigheterna har varit stängda över en månad, Trump demolerade Östra Flygeln av Vita Huset, en månad i fängelse för ett meme, och Robert Charles upploppen i New Orleans år 1900. Länkar och källor MAGA Rep. Clay Higgins Tells SNAP Recipients to ‘Stop Smoking Crack’ in Bonkers Post Americans are Getting a Look at Next Year’s ACA Premiums What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com Video shows federal agent shoot Chicago pastor in head with pepper ball during Broadview ICE protest | FOX 32 Chicago Health insurance plans & prices | HealthCare.gov Robert Charles - Wikipedia Robert Charles riots - Wikipedia The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mob Rule In New Orleans, by Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Robert Charles Riots (1900) | BlackPast.org Man finally released a month after absurd arrest for reposting Trump meme - Ars Technica

Niclas Lindh

#237 · 42 min · 2 nov 2025

Inga Kungar protester kontinenten runt, de federala myndigheterna har varit stängda över två veckor, och våra nazister blir mer och mer bekväma. Länkar och källor Hatch Act - Wikipedia Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia Works Progress Administration: WPA & New Deal - HISTORY Migrant Mother - Wikipedia ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - POLITICO US Capitol police investigating flag with swastika in Republican representative’s office – report | US politics | The Guardian Escaped inmate Derrick Groves captured months after New Orleans jailbreak | AP News

Niclas Lindh

#236 · 37 min · 19 okt 2025

Amerikas federala myndigheter är stängda. Vår försvarsminister är en mental 12-åring, Peter Thiel är orolig för antikrist, och en enorm mängd småaktig skit händer hela tiden. Plus här i Phoenix är penismannens välde över. Länkar och källor Governor Katie Hobbs Takes Action to Protect Arizonans’ Health Care Freedom | Office of the Arizona Governor Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown | CNN Politics Federal agencies are told to blame Democrats for a shutdown : NPR Generals silent as Hegseth ends ‘warrior ethos’ rally speech: ‘Out with the Milleys’ and ‘in with the Pattons’ | The Independent Pete Hegseth Is Living the Dream - The Atlantic Arizona Christian population shrank while Republican population grew The Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession | WIRED Phoenix’s QAnon Shaman files $40 trillion lawsuit against Trump | Phoenix New Times Tempe police arrest man in connection with ‘penis man’ graffiti

Niclas Lindh

#235 · 56 min · 5 okt 2025

NOTERA: På grund av tekniska problem är ljudkvaliteten inte till vanlig standard. Ber om ursäkt för det. En tyfon av elände, varför Amerikanska bilar är så stora, samt Slaget vid Blair Mountain, det näst största väpnade upploppet i Amerikansk historia. Länkar och källor Arizona prison system making changes after ‘common law’ filings led to prisoner’s release Family of Arizona inmate released early disputes forged papers claim Judge Lets Michigan Fake Electors Walk Because They ‘Sincerely Believed’ 2020 Big Lie - TPM – Talking Points Memo Charles Boycott - Wikipedia Why are cars in the US so big? The policies that ruined American cars, explained. | Vox Why are cars bigger in the U.S.? It’s not just cheap gas. | Popular Science How big trucks and SUVs gobbled up the entire auto industry | The Verge What Were the Mine Wars? — West Virginia Mine Wars Museum The Battle of Blair Mountain | HISTORY Introduction to the West Virginia Mine Wars (U.S. National Park Service) West Virginia coal wars - Wikipedia Battle of Blair Mountain - Wikipedia What Made the Battle of Blair Mountain the Largest Labor Uprising in American History

Niclas Lindh

#234 · 42 min · 21 sep 2025

Rudy Giuliani hamnar i en mystisk bilolycka, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. dömmer miljontals människor till förebyggbart död och lidande, och tjugo år sen orkanen Katrina ödelagde New Orleans. Länkar och källor Cracker Barrel says it’s going back to it’s old logo Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent - The New York Times 🎁 D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests - CBS News RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access - Ars Technica White House fires CDC director over vaccine disagreements | Semafor Over 1,000 HHS staffers call on Trump to fire RFK Jr. for “endangering the nation’s health” - CBS News Snubbing RFK Jr., States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines - The New York Times Florida plans to become first state to ban all vaccine requirements Confused by changing COVID vaccine recommendations? We break it down. How Are You Supposed To Get The COVID Vaccine Now? An Explainer | Defector Hurricane Katrina - Facts, Affected Areas & Lives Lost Cajun Navy - Wikipedia Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

Niclas Lindh

#233 · 42 min · 7 sep 2025

Trump skickar nationalgardet in i Washington, D.C., Texas ritar om sina valkartor och låser in delstatsrepresentanter i statshuset, Kaliforniens guvernör börjar slåss tillbaks, och varför kosttillägg är som de är i Amerika. Länkar och källor Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit - The New York Times 🎁 The Texas Capitol Is Now Just a Minimum-Security Prison Don’t waste time (or money) on dietary supplements - Harvard Health The Strange Story Behind Your Breakfast Cereal - JSTOR Daily How religious fervor and anti-regulation zealotry laid the groundwork for America’s $36 billion supplement industry Packed Full of Questions | Science History Institute How the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 Weakened the FDA | Quackwatch THE PIONEERS OF PROTEIN (PDF) How Dr. Kellogg’s world-renowned health spa made him a wellness titan | PBS News Kratom: Unsafe and ineffective - Mayo Clinic

Niclas Lindh

#232 · 45 min · 24 aug 2025

Gott och blandat avsnitt, en vibbkoll på den pågående kollapsen. Jag köper en ny varmvattenberedare. Texas vill rita om sina röstdistrikt för att hjälpa Trump. Det Demokratiska partiets största insamlingsorganisation är korrupt. FBI säger att våldsbrotten gått ner. Och Alan Dershowitz återvänder till podden. Länkar och källor Astronaut Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 mission commander, dead at 97 Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing commissioner | CNN Business Trump Admin Takes Its Desperate Midcycle Redistricting Scheme to Indiana Bomb threat forces Texas Democrats to evacuate Chicago hotel amid redistricting protest RFK Jr. cancels $500M in funding for mRNA vaccine development | AP News Alan Dershowitz Will Sue Farmers’ Market Over Denied Pierogi Are You Aware Of The Alan Dershowitz Martha’s Vineyard Pierogi Situation? | Defector Instagram Dershowitz The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine Republicans Issue Arrest Warrants for Texas Democrats, But They Likely Aren’t Enforceable - Democracy Docket Texas Redistricting Quorum Flight Time Warp! - TPM – Talking Points Memo Texas Voter Registration Statistics Hiker in critical condition after rescue from Phoenix trail closed due to heat Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing

Niclas Lindh

#231 · 44 min · 10 aug 2025

Epsteinfallet fortsätter puttra trots stora ansträngningar att begrava det, och de skamliga Palmerräderna 1919 och 1920. Länkar och källor What’s the difference between a Turquoise Alert and an Amber Alert? AMBER, purple alert, blue, silver: What do they mean in Florida? – NBC 6 South Florida Trump posted AI-generated video of Obama getting arrested in Oval Office | Snopes.com Trump’s Big Epstein Distraction Isn’t Working Palmer Raids - Definition, Purpose & 1920s | HISTORY Palmer Raids — FBI Sedition Act of 1918 - Wikipedia

Niclas Lindh

#230 · 39 min · 27 jul 2025

Tragedi i Texas, Republikanerna röstar igenom en brutal budget, och åren av löften om Epsteins klientlista går upp i rök. Länkar och källor DOGE Cuts Turned A Predicted Disaster Into A Deadly Reality In Texas | Techdirt Why Texas’ floods are a warning for the rest of the country - POLITICO Here’s what’s in the big bill that just passed the Senate | PBS News Schumer strips ‘big, beautiful bill’ name from Trump’s spending package | Fox News Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” gives ICE unprecedented funds to ramp up mass deportation campaign - CBS News Letters from an American July 8 2025 Laura Loomer posts about feeding ‘illegals’ to alligators are real | Snopes.com Lisa Murkowski’s vote for the ‘big, beautiful bill’ shows she’s useless as an abortion rights ally Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2025-07-09/news9-radar-damaged-in-apparent-attack-by-anti-government-militia-group FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show - The New York Times

Niclas Lindh

#229 · 39 min · 13 jul 2025

Ett kort krig med Iran, det ekonomiska läget, morden på Demokrater i Minnesota, Zohran Mamdi vinner det Demokratiska primärvalet till borgmästare i New York, och några små konsekvenser för drivande krafter i 2020s valfusksvansinnigheter. Länkar och källor University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Shows US Consumers Feel Bad - Bloomberg 🎁 Wealthy Americans Fuel Half of US Economy Consumer Spending - Bloomberg Norwegian man ‘strip searched’ before being denied entry to US over JD Vance meme Digging into claims Norwegian tourist was denied US entry due to JD Vance meme | Snopes.com Zohran Mamdani shocks Democratic politics in NYC primary for mayor Minnesota honors beloved dog alongside slain lawmaker and husband | AP News Friends say Minnesota shooting suspect was deeply religious and conservative | AP News Boelter’s letter to FBI says he needed to kill Klobuchar for Walz Waiting for Liberal Democracy in the American South The Red State Religious Narrative

Niclas Lindh

#228 · 39 min · 29 jun 2025

Protesterna i Los Angeles och landet runt, maskerna är av, och införandet av REAL ID. Länkar och källor Trump’s travel ban is here: What to know as U.S. shuts the door Waymo’s Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes List of nicknames used by Donald Trump - Wikipedia 5 Problems with National ID Cards | American Civil Liberties Union False claims that ivermectin treats cancer, COVID leads states to pass OTC laws - Ars Technica TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID There’s A Name For The Sadness And Guilt Latinos Feel While Watching ICE Raids | HuffPost Life Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles 21. National ID Systems | Cato Institute Why it took 20 years for the REAL ID deadline to be real

Niclas Lindh

#227 · 37 min · 15 jun 2025

Wall Street hittar på en ny akronym för Trumps tariffer, den spektakulära laglösheten fortsätter, Trump trappar upp sitt krig mot Harvard University, och vad händer bland demokraterna? Länkar och källor Unitary executive theory - Wikipedia Jake Tapper details Joe Biden’s alleged decline in ‘Original Sin’ : NPR ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing Democrats’ $20M Plan to Win Young Men: ‘Speaking With American Men’ Minnesota has a Confederate symbol — and it is going to keep it – Twin Cities

Niclas Lindh

#226 · 45 min · 1 jun 2025

Varför inte ta emot en Air Force One från Qatar? En Amerikansk påve, och helikopterbombningen av organisationen MOVE i Philadelphia för fyrtio år sen. Länkar och källor What to know about Pope Leo XIV and his background : NPR 10 facts about U.S. Catholics | Pew Research Center May 12, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson Air Force One - Wikipedia Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in Washington - POLITICO Trump administration considering suspending habeas corpus Remembering the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia 40 years later – NBC10 Philadelphia 1985 MOVE bombing - Wikipedia MOVE (Philadelphia organization) - Wikipedia John Africa - Wikipedia Oklahoma will teach high school students debunked 2020 election-fraud theories as fact | Snopes.com

Niclas Lindh

#225 · 41 min · 18 maj 2025

De första 100 dagarna av den andra Trump administrationen. Det Amerikanska ursprunget av första maj och Haymarket Incident 1886. Länkar och källor Hannah Dugan: Wisconsin judge arrested and charged in federal court for allegedly obstructing ICE | CNN Politics U.S.-citizen family ‘traumatized’ after ICE raided their Oklahoma home in search of someone else May Day - Meaning, Date & Workers Day | HISTORY The Haymarket Riot: When a Protest Against Anti-Labor Police Brutality Turned Violent | HISTORY George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft | AP News

Niclas Lindh

#224 · 34 min · 4 maj 2025

Förhandsinspelat avsnitt i och med att jag ska genomgå byte av knäled. Administrationens krig mot domstolar och universitet, samt fenomenet Mar-a-Lago ansikte. Länkar och källor Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she’s weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt | AP News Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’ - The New York Times 🎁 In Your Face: The Brutal Aesthetics of MAGA – Mother Jones What Exactly Is Mar-A-Lago Face And Who Has Clearly Tried The Trend

Niclas Lindh

#223 · 22 min · 20 apr 2025

Vandaliseringen av Förenta Staternas federala myndigheter och de omänskliga utvisningarna fortsätter, men det verkar som om oppositionen börjar vakna. Samt historien om basebollegenden Jackie Robinson. Länkar och källor Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University grad student, was detained by masked ICE agents | Snopes.com An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison - The Atlantic Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages - Ars Technica Pete Hegseth vowed ‘100% OPSEC’ in Signal chat on military plans What is good OPSEC? Not putting attack plans in a Signal chat. Texas Congressman Keith Self quotes Nazi official Joseph Goebbels during hearing | wfaa.com Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams | AP News Susan Crawford’s victory in Wisconsin court race is a big loss for Elon Musk | AP News Cory Booker’s marathon Senate speech broke record, but it wasn’t a filibuster | Snopes.com Strom Thurmond - Wikipedia Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams | AP News Yankees Discuss new Torpedo Bats Jackie Robinson - Facts, Quotes & Stats | HISTORY Robinson, Jackie | Baseball Hall of Fame Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_

Niclas Lindh

#222 · 48 min · 6 apr 2025

De olagliga och icke konstitutionella nedskärningarna i de federala myndigheterna fortsätter. Våra myndigheter raderar kvinnor och minoriteter och demokraterna lägger sig. Länkar och källor 37 dead as tornadoes, powerful storms crush multiple US states: Updates Two Utah GOP representatives hosted a town hall. They were met with shouts of ‘shame’ and ‘do your job.’ Republican lawmaker booed during rowdy town hall after complaining crowd is ‘obsessed’ with the government # Bernie Sanders, AOC among Democrats ‘flooding the zone’ with Arizona town halls Arrest of Palestinian activist stirs questions about protections for students and green card holders | AP News Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border British tourist detained in US after visa mix-up returns to UK – reports | US immigration | The Guardian German man visiting American fiancé detained by ICE for over 2 weeks Green card holder from New Hampshire ‘interrogated’ at Logan Airport, detained | New Hampshire Public Radio German tourist detained by ICE says she spent week in solitary confinement I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped | US immigration | The Guardian Trump signs executive order to dismantle Education Department <a href="http

Niclas Lindh

#221 · 40 min · 23 mar 2025

Ödeläggelsen av Amerikas federala myndigheter fortsätter, det skamliga påhoppet på Zelenskyy, den försvunna delade verkligheten, och Zizians, en rationalistisk dödskult. Länkar och källor One Word Describes Trump - The Atlantic @stevenchase.bsky.social on Bluesky The New Jersey drone hysteria exposes one salient truth: no one knows anything - The Verge Americans alarmed by ‘chemical fog’ spreading across the US: Phenomenon sparks bioweapon conspiracy theories after drone sightings January 6 and the Triumph of the Justification Machine - The Atlantic The Zizians and the Rationalist death cults - by Max Read Police say they’ve arrested apparent Zizian group leader | AP News Medium ‘Death cult’ on the run: The Bay Area fringe group terrorizing America

Niclas Lindh

#220 · 56 min · 9 mar 2025

Den pågående laglösheten, framtiden för NATO, och tankegångarna i Silicon Valley. Länkar och källor @amerikapodden.com on Bluesky Skottdramat i Kungälv – Wikipedia The Rest Is History | RIHC Home Armed men are guarding the streets of Lincoln Heights, stopping cars and vetting passersby Foot traffic fell at Target after it backtracked on DEI In A Monday Night Declaration, The White House Admits Musk And DOGE Violated The CFAA (Although They Might Not Realize It) | Techdirt Justice Department orders charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams dismissed Defiance in New York - TPM – Talking Points Memo The Myth of ‘Judeo-Christianity,’ Explained - Hey Alma Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel) - The New York Times 🎁 Who is Curtis Yarvin, the monarchist, anti-democracy blogger? | Vox View of The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence | First Monday Roko’s basilisk - Wikipedia The Red Pill Was Hijacked | Techdirt Modern Cosmism – Philosophy of Infinite Intelligence The Tech Barons have a blueprint drawn in crayon. They have not thought any of this through. Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia <a href="https://ndncol

Niclas Lindh

#219 · 45 min · 23 feb 2025

Kaoset Trumpadministrationen skapar, Musks pågående självkupp, och skolskjutningen i Örebro. Länkar och källor @amerikapodden.com on Bluesky NASA Ordered to Remove Anything About ‘Women in Leadership’ From Its Websites: Report ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning | CNN The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump’s order didn’t help farms or L.A. DOGE staffer Marko Elez resigns after reporters uncover racist posts | The Verge Black church vandalized by Proud Boys given rights to the group’s name and trademark by court - ABC News

Niclas Lindh

#218 · 41 min · 9 feb 2025

Fyra långa år har börjat, och varför är Kanada inte en del av Förenta Staterna? Länkar och källor @amerikapodden.com on Bluesky Name of Canada Shoresy - Wikipedia Canada’s Long, Gradual Road to Independence Provinces and territories of Canada How 22‑Year‑Old George Washington Inadvertently Sparked a World War Lieutenant Colonel George Washington builds Fort Necessity | June 3, 1754 | HISTORY

Niclas Lindh

#217 · 34 min · 26 jan 2025

Apokalyptiska bränder i Los Angeles, trängselavgifter i New York, terror i New Orleans och Las Vegas, Amerikas 119e parlament tillsätts, och Jimmy Carter har gått ur tiden. Länkar och källor Pizzagate gunman fatally shot by NC police in traffic stop | Charlotte Observer Why Mike Johnson’s fake “Jefferson prayer” matters | Salon.com How Crazy Was The Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber? Las Vegas, New Orleans, and the ugly truths America won’t talk about Mike Johnson Attributes Prayer to Thomas Jefferson. But There’s a Problem. Jefferson’s Religious Beliefs A prayer in the U.S. Capitol from Speaker Johnson sparked a unique religion controversy The Surprising Story of How Speaker Johnson Read a Fake Jefferson Prayer Helmet for My Pillow With the Old Breed Letters from an American January 5, 2025 Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger’s Political Minifestos? Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100 How President Jimmy Carter Helped Launch the Craft Beer Movement in the United States Rosalynn Carter Before he was president, Jimmy Carter saved nuclear reactor after meltdown

Niclas Lindh

#216 · 39 min · 12 jan 2025

Lite tankar om Sverige, etikrapporten om Matt Gaetz släpptes trots allt, och Zoot Suit upploppen i Los Angeles 1943. Länkar och källor Gov. Kathy Hochul To Consider CEO Hotline Amid Safety Concerns Ethics Committee Finds ‘Substantial Evidence’ That Gaetz Committed ‘Statutory Rape’ Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws - CBS News United States House Committee on Ethics Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot [Official Video] The Zoot Suit Riots and Wartime Los Angeles | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Zoot Suit Riots: Causes, Facts & Photos ‑ HISTORY Cholo (subculture)

Niclas Lindh

#215 · 36 min · 29 dec 2024

Efterföljden av mordet på en VD för ett sjukförsäkringsbolag, Amerikaners syn på de Bibliska sluttiderna, och fler lögner erkänns. Länkar och källor Family of suspect in health CEO’s killing reported him missing after back surgery | Brian Thompson shooting | The Guardian After a shocking shooting, Americans vent feelings about health insurance Delay, Deny, Defend The ‘Ghost Gun’ Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows Just How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come Exclusive: Luigi’s Manifesto Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures The devil and Luigi Mangione Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’ ‘2000 Mules’ Filmmaker Joins Growing Coterie Of Election Deniers Quietly Dropping The Act FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty | CNN Politics

Niclas Lindh

#214 · 45 min · 15 dec 2024

Barn älskar kycklingnuggets, men när och varför uppfanns de? Samt paniken om radioadaptionen av Världarnas Krig 1938 och moralpaniken kring radion. Länkar och källor Out of roughly 153 million votes cast in this election, the presidency was decided by 230k across the three states of Wisconsin (30k), Michigan (80k) and Pennsylvania (120k). That’s 00.15%. (@ianbassin.bsky.social) The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) The ‘War of the Worlds’ Panic was Anti-Radio Propaganda Things people blamed on the radio Paul Fairie (@paulisci.bsky.social) The Invention of the McRib and Why It Disappears from McDonald’s – Chicago Magazine gerardmenfin’s comment on “What’s the origin of the humble chicken nugget?” Chuck Woolery Date women on TV with the help of Chuck Woolery

Niclas Lindh

#213 · 36 min · 1 dec 2024

Trump vinner majoritetsrösten i presidentvalet, Henry Fords gåvor till mänskligheten, och The Onion köper InfoWars. Länkar och källor Henry Ford ‑ Biography, Inventions & Assembly Line The Life of Henry Ford | American Experience | PBS America’s wholesome square dancing tradition is a tool of white supremacy Ford’s Anti-Semitism | American Experience | PBS How American Icon Henry Ford Fostered Anti‑Semitism The International Jew Henry Ford receiving the Grand Cross of the German Eagle from Nazi officials, 1938 The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction Here’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’

Niclas Lindh

#212 · 35 min · 17 nov 2024

Tre dagar till ödesvalet, en sammanfattning om var vi är nu, och en kort redovisning av anti-trans propagandan som genomsyrar den Republikanska valkampanjen i slutspurten och varför de tror den är effektiv trots alla bevis. Länkar och källor 2024 US Election Cycle Cost Political Groups $14.7 Billion How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns Two women thrown off London flight over MAGA hat fight Burning ballots pulled from inside smoking Vancouver ballot box; hundreds of ballots lost California Landlord Fired After Bragging About Stealing Tenants' Ballots, Using Them to Vote for Trump The Washington Post’s non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs Man charged after punching poll worker, 69, who told him to remove MAGA hat, BCSO says Phoenix police ID suspect in arson of USPS mailbox that damaged ballots Ballots damaged in USPS mail collection box fire near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road Man behind Phoenix-area political threats had huge stash of guns, ammo, police say FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting The Modern Electoral History of Transphobia How Progressive Overreach Gave Trump His Favorite Attack Ad</p

Niclas Lindh

#211 · 47 min · 3 nov 2024

Jag delar min oro inför det stundande valet och varför en andra Trumpadministration skrämmer mig. Länkar och källor The Demon-Haunted World Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Wolf Man arrested outside relief site after threats against workers forces FEMA to cancel appointments, pause operations for days Pro-Trump yard sign leads to shooting in Las Vegas neighborhood Arizona Democrats shutter Tempe field office targeted with gunfire 5 ways a second Trump administration would be different from the first | CNN Politics The ‘Emergency Powers’ Risk of a Second Trump Presidency Former House Jan. 6 panel members warn of Trump and 2024 danger Trump Breaks Down Onstage - The Atlantic Republicans Rewrite Trump’s Threat To Use Military Against Citizens Trump Defense Sec: Believe Him When He Says He’ll Use Military Against Americans

Niclas Lindh

#210 · 49 min · 20 okt 2024

Ödeläggelse i North Carolina, New Yorks borgmästare Eric Adams är i hett vatten, och lite historia om Tammany Hall apropå korruption i New York. Länkar och källor Asheville has been called a ‘climate haven.’ There’s no such thing Trump initially refused to give California wildfire aid because it’s a blue state, ex-aide says - E&E News by POLITICO 99 percent of Hurricane Matthew aid requested by NC denied by Trump administration 11 damning details in Jack Smith’s new brief in the Trump election case - POLITICO https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-charged-bribery-and-campaign-finance-offenses NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on 5 federal public corruption charges, including bribery and wire fraud Ten of Eric Adams’s Worst Policies, Scandals, and Lies JAY-Z - Empire State Of Mind ft. Alicia Keys Borough president NYC Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, Tells FBI He Forgot His Phone Passcode New York Matching Funds Program Overview William M. Tweed Tammany Hall Tamanend The Case For Tammany Hall Being On The Right Side Of History Prison time for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters convicted on 7 counts G.O.P. Candidates, Looking to Soften Their Image, Turn to Their Wives <a href="https:/

Niclas Lindh

#209 · 40 min · 6 okt 2024

Springfield, Ohio är måltavla för rasistiska attacker, en Svart nazist, och tragedin som är familjen Kennedy. Länkar och källor Springfield’s mayor claims emergency powers to ‘mitigate public safety concerns’ as threats continue to swarm city Mark Robinson, NC GOP nominee for governor, called himself a ‘black NAZI!,’ supported slavery in past comments made on porn forum | CNN Politics What to know about Mark Robinson, the Republican North Carolina nominee for governor “Man Is Weak, and When He Makes Strength His Profession, He Is Weaker”: A Conversation with Wrestling Promoter Sean Görman About the Influence of the WWE on Trump’s Every Move Kayfabe Where Racism Goes To Become Rhetoric Trump’s biggest fans aren’t who you think Kennedy family The Kennedy Wealth | American Experience | PBS John F. Kennedy ‑ Facts, Presidency & Assassination John F. Kennedy kept these medical struggles private How Joseph Kennedy Made His Fortune (Hint: It Wasn’t Bootlegging) The Navy Disaster That Earned JFK Two Medals for Heroism 1999 Martha’s Vineyard plane crash RFK Jr.’s Family Doesn’t Want Him to Run. Even They May Not Know His Darkest Secrets. RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery <a href="h

Niclas Lindh

#208 · 1 h 1 min · 22 sep 2024

En liten grundkurs om presidentval i Amerika, nytt grepp efter skolskjutning i Georgia, och justitiedepartementet hittar en ny Rysk påverkansoperation som inkluderar en man som alltid bär mössa. Länkar och källor County (United States) https://ballotpedia.org/2024_abortion-related_ballot_measures_and_state_context United States Electoral College Distribution of Electoral Votes The father of the Georgia school shooting suspect has been arrested and charged, authorities say DOJ’s Alleged Russian Propaganda Messaging Is Nearly Identical to Fox News Opinion Programming How Russia secretly paid millions to a bunch of big right-wing podcasters How some of the internet’s most popular pro-Trump pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election What Ring-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos Chapo Trap House: Complete Rod Dreher Saga Rod Dreher How a Bizarre Right-Wing Blogger Became the Left’s Favorite Laughingstock

Niclas Lindh

#207 · 45 min · 8 sep 2024

Demokraterna håller sitt konvent, och en kort historielektion om partier i Amerika. Länkar och källor This year’s summer COVID wave is big; FDA may green-light COVID shots early Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began The DNC roll call featured a musical salute to each state. Here’s what your state chose Chicago’s DNC: a pulsating rave where the ecstasy is a vision of MAGA-free America | Will Bunch The Unofficial Booze of the DNC Tastes Awful The Splendid and the Vile Why Does the US Have a Two‑Party System? Political parties in the United States How the ‘Party of Lincoln’ Won Over the Once Democratic South Whig Party ‑ Definition, Beliefs & Leaders

Niclas Lindh

#206 · 46 min · 25 aug 2024

Harris utser Tim Walz till vice presidentkandidat, Projekt 2025, och 50 år sen Nixon avgick som president. Länkar och källor A reality check on the ‘Tampon Tim’ meme Crazy Items in the Project 2025 Leader’s Book That Trump Doesn’t Want You to Read Trump Flipped Out That ‘Lunatic’ Project 2025 Could Tank His Campaign Project 2025 leader’s book with JD Vance introduction delayed until after election | Books | The Guardian Opinion | JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman Watched a clip from the JD Vance appearance rn, & a reporter was like, “Let’s try something different, what makes you smile, what makes you happy?” and instead of answering like ‘idk my kids, being VP,’ whatever, he’s like “I laugh at bogus questions from the media” ?? That is a weird answer, man!) Letters from an American, August 8, 2024 Watergate scandal The Year Nixon Fell Apart

Niclas Lindh

#205 · 53 min · 11 aug 2024