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The Politicrat
Politics, entertainment, news, advice and information. Mostly politics. The Politicrat daily podcast website: https://ThePoliticrat.com The Politicrat Daily Podcast Shop: https://the-politicrat.myshopify.com Tweet to Omar: https://twitter.com/thepopcornreel The official The Politicrat Facebook page: https://bit.ly/3bU1O7c Moore On Medium: https://omooresf.medium.com
Episodes
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Ballad Of Hervis Rogers And Crystal Mason; The World Gets Smaller While Corporations Get Bigger
Omar Moore on Hervis Rogers and Crystal Mason, both criminalized for voting in Texas, while the same state’s Republican Party is poised to pass voter…
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Wayne Couzens Is NOT A “Sex Killer”—Such Terms Do Survivors (And Sarah Everard’s Family) Disservice
In this Friday edition of THE POLITICRAT daily podcast Omar Moore analyzes the response in the Metropolitan Police and in the UK news media (specifically Sky…
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Why Were We In Afghanistan—And For 20 Years??
In this Thursday edition Omar Moore asks, “why?” This episode features a bizarre press conference held by President Biden on July 8, 2021. Bizarre given…
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One Wild, Wacky Melancholic Wednesday
A wild, melancholic Wednesday chronicled by Omar Moore. Episode includes reflections on a Suzanne Douglas, Robert Downey Sr, the assassination of Haiti’s…
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Boris Johnson’s Traveling “Bodies Piled High” Delta Variant Killing Spree Show
It’s getting closer to an inevitable open sesame for Boris Johnson and England on July 19. And that spells disaster. Johnson and the Delta variant look…
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In California, Hate Crimes Against Black People Skyrocket
Omar Moore on the increasing number hate crimes against Black people in California. July 5, 2021. BRAND NEW: The Summer Sensation Series continues with the new…
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Remembering And Honoring Harriet Tubman And Frederick Douglass On July 4th
Omar Moore pays tribute to American heroes Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, former enslaved Black persons who escaped enslavement, revolutionized the US…
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Numbers vs Passion, Discomfort vs Comfort
Before you can be comfortable you must first be uncomfortable. No one wakes up comfortable. None of us are born comfortable. Before you can have numbers you…
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There Are Some Decent And Good People In Politics, And Kim Leadbeater Is One Of Them
Against all the doubters, naysayers, prognosticators’ and news media forecasts, early on Friday morning Kim Leadbeater won the by-election in Batley And Spen…
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Six Months Later…Is The Song You Are Singing Now The Tune You Planned At The Start Of 2021?
It is now July 1, 2021. Six months have already passed. How did these first six months of 2021 treat you? Which goals did you achieve? What lessons have you…
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Survivors, Gut Punches, Bill Cosby And A System
Omar Moore on the news of Bill Cosby’s release from prison today. Survivors relive THEIR own terror. June 30, 2021. BRAND NEW: The Summer Sensation Series…
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Horrors Unmasked: Dancing In The Dark With A Devil Named Delta
Omar Moore on the severely contagious Delta variant, and people who still choose to go unmasked in the midst of a pandemic, whether fully vaccinated or not…
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The Ballad Of Bryce Dershem vs. The Ballad of Bigots
On June 17, 2021 when valedictorian Bryce Dershem began speaking at his high school graduation at Eastern Regional High School in New Jersey this is what…
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Straight Stealing Gay Culture, Notions Of Identity And The Corporate Swindle; England Players Abused
Omar Moore on the corporate and cisgendered appropriation and exploitation of gay people and the larger LGBTQIA community. Plus: England men’s national team…
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Matt Hancock’s Cynical Quitting On A Saturday; Voting Rights; Simone Biles, As Seen Via A White Lens
Omar Moore on UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who on Saturday quit his job at long last but should have been sacked. Plus: The key press conference US…
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Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 22.5 Years For Executing George Floyd—What Happened To The Max Sentence?
Murderer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22.5 years for executing George Floyd. Omar Moore weighs in. June 25, 2021. BRAND NEW: The Summer Sensation Series…
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This Pandemic Exists: All The Names And Faces We’ll Never See, Not Even For A Second
When will we see the faces and names behind the millions of people this virus has killed? And what do numbers mean, anyway? Omar Moore on the already forgotten…
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Brexit Disaster Turns Five; History Made In New York State; And An Ode To You The Voter
The Brexit referendum was voted on exactly five years ago today in the UK. And that fateful decision to leave the European Union, largely based on lies, hate…
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In San Francisco: A Conversation On Location With Antonio Chavez
Omar Moore in conversation with Antonio Chavez, the San Francisco resident who was verbally and physically assaulted and falsely imprisoned by a white male…
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Death. Do You Talk About It? And How?
Death. How do we talk about it? And do you? June 21, 2021. BRAND NEW: Second item in the new Summer Sensation Series—Greenwood, 1921 at THE POLITICRAT daily…
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Reflections On Juneteenth And Its Aftermath; John Bercow’s Labour Switch; Two Male Senators Obstruct
Reflections on Juneteenth and its aftermath by Omar Moore, who also focuses on John Bercow, the former Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK parliament who…
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Today Is Juneteenth Across The USA—Independence And Freedom* Day…A Day To Educate And Commemorate
Today is Juneteenth across the United States of America. A federal holiday for the very first time. Juneteenth is the date (June 19, 1865) that enslaved Black…
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The Miseducation Of Many Americans On Juneteenth; Pandemic? What Pandemic?
The US public is being miseducated by some news anchors, commentators and social media posters about Juneteenth. In this episode Omar Moore eliminates the lies…
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Juneteenth!
Omar Moore looks at President Biden’s signing into law today the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act as a new federal holiday in the United States. Plus…
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Biden, Putin, KC (Kaitlan Collins) And The Not-So Sunshine Band
Omar Moore looks at some of the responses by President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin in their post-Geneva Summit press conferences, including…
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Open Sesame In California: Ready Or Not, Here You Come?
California reopened today (no masks required, no physical distancing restrictions), and Omar Moore asks: is it too soon? Wherever you are in the world, are you…
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Grenfell Tower And The Families 4 Years Later; The World King Emperor At No. 10 Is Still Butt Naked
Exactly four years ago today the horrific inferno of Grenfell Tower in west London took the lives of at least 79 people. The fire was warned about for years by…
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Pacific Heights (Not Starring Melanie Griffith, Batman Or Matt Modine); Pentagon Papers 50 Yrs On
Omar Moore on Pacific Heights, the richest and whitest neighborhood in San Francisco, a city in Northern California that is less than six percent Black. The…
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Merrick Garland Will Crack Down On Voter Suppression; Key Senate Bills We Must Pressure Them To Pass
Attorney General Merrick Garland makes it clear that voter suppression in the USA as devised by the states (and the odious US Supreme Court decision Shelby v…
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Where Are You Finding Beauty In A Synthetic And Simulating World?
In this synthetic world where simulation is emulation, where do you find beauty? Where do you find your beauty? Plus: The return of the infamous Jeffrey Toobin…
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What An Album Of Race In The Place
On this Thursday episode Omar Moore looks at President Biden’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, FBI Director Chris Wray’s appearance before the…
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More Defense, Less Infrastructure: That’s The U.S.A. But Why?
Why is the United States so vulnerable security-wise? And is it by design? How is there so much money for defense but a massive fight over infrastructure? A…
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Political Landscaping, Prince, 1968, Joe Manchin, And Where You Stand On The Shaky U.S. Terrain
The Republiculters are destroying the United States. What are you going to do about it? Will you watch the country and your life burn away into oblivion? Will…
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So Do You Think We Have A Democracy In The U.S. Or Don’t We? (If We Do, Isn’t Its Ass Withering?)
If you don’t subscribe to the view that democracy never existed in the U.S., do you think democracy thrives in the U.S. or is it on life support and…
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Policing And The Political Prerogative In The United States
Policing in the U.S. neither serves nor protects the everyday Black or Brown person, so what systemic purpose are the police really serving? Omar Moore plays…
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San Francisco, California, James Baldwin, And All Of Us
“Take This Hammer” was a superb documentary (directed by Richard O. Moore) about 1963 San Francisco, Black people and James Baldwin’s visit to the Bay Area…
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Wear Orange: It Is National Gun Violence Awareness Day; Will You Be Celebrating July 4th?
Friday is National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the U.S.A. —which means that today is the day to Wear Orange (and wear it throughout the weekend.) Omar Moore…
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A.E.A.
Omar Moore on the New York City mayoral race. Plus: A.E.A. What does it mean? Find out. And: Dirty Republican Central. June 3, 2021. BRAND NEW: The Fam Series…
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President Biden’s Time In Tulsa And Naomi Osaka’s Mental Health Time Out From Tennis
Omar Moore on President Biden’s Tulsa speech and the attacks on tennis superstar and multi-grand slam winner Naomi Osaka, who is apparently taking a mental…
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100 Years Ago: Tulsa Mass Murder By Whites And State-Sponsored Massacre Of Black People (Pt. 2 of 2)
100 Years Ago: Tulsa Mass Murder By Whites And State-Sponsored Massacre Of Black People (Pt. 2 of 2) Through various audio clips and commentary Omar Moore…
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100 Years Ago: Tulsa Mass Murder By Whites And State-Sponsored Massacre Of Black People (Pt. 1 of 2)
100 Years Ago: Tulsa Mass Murder By Whites And State-Sponsored Massacre Of Black People (Pt. 1 of 2) Through various audio clips and commentary Omar Moore…
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As The COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens Masks Come Off; Black Women’s Maternity Death Rates Rise In Texas
Stories: The COVID-19 Pandemic Worsens (As People Take Off Their Masks) And Black Women’s Maternity Death Rates Rise In Texas Omar Moore focuses on the…
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This Is The Formula For A Nation’s Rapid, Continuous Decline
In this Saturday episode (May 29, 2021) Omar Moore on a USA that crumbled hundreds of years ago. Also: Why does the US need an empire? And what is “empire”…
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Watford Football Club: The Season That Was—Some Laughs With Farzana, BBC Broadcaster And Watford Fan
Watford Football Club: The Season That Was—Some Laughs With Farzana, BBC Broadcaster And Watford Fan Omar Moore talks to Farzana Chaudry, BBC broadcaster and…
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What Makes The U.S. Of A. So Violent? What Makes People In The United States So Violent?
What Makes The U.S. Of A. So Violent? What Makes People In The United States So Violent? This is the question Omar Moore poses and tries to explore. Plus…
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Supermoons, Supernovas And Herstorymakers
A smorgasbord of news, events and notes including Kristen Clarke as the first female attorney to head the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division…
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George Floyd, Exactly One Year Later
One year ago today George Floyd was tortured, lynched and murdered by a killer cop Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the intervening 365 days a…
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Bob Dylan Turns 80 But Things Haven’t Really Changed; Sasha Johnson Fights On For Life
Bob Dylan turns 80 today. Plus: The shooting of Black Lives Matter UK political activist and leader Sasha Johnson in south London. Also: “Thelma & Louise”…
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An Intrusion Or A Lack Of Privacy? Is There A Difference? And: Cynthia Cooper-Dike, Inspiring Legend
What does privacy mean to you? And should our lack of privacy be instead called an intrusion against us? Also: The definition of a great sports weekend. And…
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Bets On Black Amid Virtually All-White Newsrooms—And Some Are Upset…
This week Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot advised that she wanted Black and Brown journalists to interview her for ONE DAY—the second anniversary of Lightfoot’s…
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Awareness, Perspicacity And News
News of the day that may have gone missing. Omar Moore on this and more, including the BBC debacle and the Royal Family. May 21, 2021. FREE: SUBSCRIBE NOW TO…
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Ade Fatuga-Dada, Footballer For Watford FC Women, On Football And Life
Omar Moore interviews Ade Fatuga-Dada, footballer for Watford FC Women, in England, about Ade’s approach to life and football. May 20, 2021. Ade Fatuga-Dada on…
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Paul Mooney, The Undisputed Genius King Of Comedy
Remembering Paul Mooney, the undisputed genius king of comedy, who passed away today in Oakland, California at 79. Omar Moore on the grandeur and truth of Mr…
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Mental Health And Wellness With Dr. David Crepaz-Keay Of Mental Health Foundation (U.K.)
Omar Moore speaks to Dr. David Crepaz-Keay of Mental Health Foundation in the U.K. about mental health and wellness. May is Mental Health Awareness Month in…
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During This Pandemic Are You For Open Sesame, Closed Sesame Or Somewhat Sesame?
Omar Moore asks, where do you stand on reopening during this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic? Is it open sesame, closed sesame or somewhat sesame for you? May 17…
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One Spectacular Sports Sunday
Omar Moore reflects on a most marvelous sports Sunday. Not included: the thrilling Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff series between Stanley Cup champions…
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What Is The One Thing In The World You Cannot Do Without The Most?
What is the one thing in the world you cannot do without the most? Omar Moore declares that this is not a trick question. Also: Remembering Damon Weaver, who…
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Jamal Sutherland Should Be Easing Into The Weekend With Us; Boris Johnson & CDC; Ending Asian Hate
On this Friday episode Omar Moore asks how you ease into the weekend. Jamal Sutherland should have been alive trying to do the same. Also: Health as the key to…
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On Stevie Wonder’s Birthday, A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That
A little of this and that on the one and only legend of legends Stevie Wonder’s birthday. Omar Moore on the police killing of the pregnant Pamela Turner in…
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AOC, Andrew Yang And The Politics Of Politics In New York City
Omar Moore analyzes the New York City mayor’s race of 2021. The primary is June 22. The general election is November 2. May 12, 2021. FREE: SUBSCRIBE NOW TO…