Doomed With Matt Binder

Jonathan Larsen of The Young Turks' TYT Investigates joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his explosive report on the mysterious secret police tapes that have dogged 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg's political career. Jonathan walks us through the controversy surrounding the elusive tapes and his report which uncovers what might be in them. Also the uproar over Working Families Party endorsement of Elizabeth Warren over Bernie Sanders plus more! Support the show: http://patreon.com/mattbinder

Nomiki Konst, activist, Bernie Sanders 2016 surrogate, and former candidate for New York City Public Advocate joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the third Democratic Debate, hosted by ABC, and the first debate to feature the top 10 polling candidates on the same stage. We discuss how this debate failed at being a debate, how Republican and Democratic debates differ, how Democrats are clinging onto civility even in their Democratic primaries, the framing from the moderators throughout the night, how the first half of the debate completely ignored Bernie Sanders, Julian Castro's big night and how it can actually hurt him, Joe Biden latest flubs, Pete Buttigeg and Beto O'Rourke's performances, will Kamala Harris reenter the top tier?, the difference between Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Andrew Yang's "big surprise," and much more! Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

Dave Karpf, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss calling conservative New York Times columnist Bret Stephens a metaphorical bedbug and the "feud" that has now sprung out of it. Dave shares with us what happened when Stephens emailed him and his provost, the MSNBC interview after Stephens quite Twitter when "Bretbug" began trending, what's going on at the NY Times?, the piece Stephens published basically equating Dave (who is Jewish) to a nazi for calling him a bedbug, how a digital media professor is using his own headline news in the classroom, will Stephens come to the university for a discussion on civility?, and much more! Also in the patron only half of the show, a call from listener Grim Locke about Bernie Sanders' campaign and its effectiveness against white supremacy, Matt's new YouTube livestream background, plus your questions, comments, and much more! Support the show: http://patreon.com/mattbinder

Alex Zielinski, news editor at Portland Mercury, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss her bombshell story about the undercover progressive spy who infiltrated and secretly filmed Patriot Prayer, how one of the videos is going to play out in a court case, what happened at Cider Riot, Andy Ngo's Proud Boy pact and exit from Quillette, Alex's on the ground account of the Proud Boys rally a few weeks ago, why this is all happening in Portland, and more! Plus in the patron only half of the show: your questions, comments, and more! Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

Support the show @ http://patreon.com/mattbinder! On this episode of DOOMED with Matt Binder, Matt takes a look at what's gearing up to be the next net neutrality-like fight for the web. ICANN, which basically runs and manages the internet, is removing the longstanding price caps from its contracts with the domain name registry that runs .org, and its looking to do the same for .com and .net soon too. Will this eventually create a tiered-like system for content creators and startups trying to compete with mega corporations and big tech?

Michael Edison Hayden, senior investigative reporter with the Southern Poverty Law Center / Hatewatch, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his explosive investigative report about Matthew Q. Gebert, a white nationalist working for the U.S. State Department. We discuss Gebert's radicalization, which known figures of the white nationalist movement he was in touch with, the Mike Peinovich connection, the "Coach Finstock" online handle, his wife Anna Vuckovic aka “Wolfie James” involvement, how Donald Trump once retweeted him, what's next and what the U.S. government is doing about it, and more! Also we discuss Twitch's banning of the word "nationalist," Stefan Molyneux, plus Matt asks the important question: Is Matthew *Q* Gebert...QANON!?! Plus in the patron half of the show: your questions, comments, and more!

Dale Beran, writer and author of It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the history of 8chan in the wake of the El Paso shootings, why the website is the posting grounds of choice for three white supremacist shooters just this year, how it came from popular imageboards 2channel and 4chan, who is its founder Fredrick Brennan and the site's new owner Jim Watkins, the huge GameGate connection, the Qanon conundrum, the internet radicalization of young white men, how 8chan went down this past week, and much much more. Support the show at http://patreon.com/mattbinder

It's the DOOMED with Matt Binder Democratic debate livestream post-game show night 2! Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report joins the show following the second night of the CNN debates featuring Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay Inslee, Michael Bennet, and Bill de Blasio. Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

It's the DOOMED with Matt Binder Democratic debate livestream post-game show night 1! Kennedy, Chi, and Bob of the Bad Praxis podcast join the show following the first night of the CNN debates featuring Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Marianne Williamson, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, John Delaney, Tim Ryan, Amy Klobuchar, John Hickenlooper, and Steve Bullok. Support the show at http://patreon.com/mattbinder

Will Sommer, tech reporter at The Daily Beast, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to bring us inside President Trump's social media summit last week at the White House. We discuss some of the names that were invited such as Carpe Donktum, Bill Mitchell, Ali Akbar, and Tim Pool, as well as what cartoonist Ben Garrison did to get uninvited. We also discuss the hubbub surrounding Carpe Donktum's real name and what consists as doxxing, the "send her back" chants directed at Ilhan Omar at Trump's latest rally, the latest on QAnon, and the privacy / Russia hysteria surrounding the viral FaceApp. PLUS! On the patron only half of the show: the Squad vs. Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats, your questions, comments, and more! Support the show at http://patreon.com/mattbinder.

Jared Holt, investigative reporter at Right Wing Watch and host of the Sh!tpost podcast joins the show to discuss the "antifa" journalist list that was published by a number of conservative outlets, such as Quillette. We discuss the problem with the list, the right wing troll "progdad" who is behind the list, Quillette's defense of publishing the list, Quillette editor Andy Ngo's recent viral run-in with antifa, "cement milkshakes," and much more! PLUS for patrons: your questions, comments, and much, much more! Support the show at http://patreon.com/mattbinder

Mike Figueredo of the Humanist Report joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to breakdown the best and worst of the first two Democratic debates, featuring 20 of the Democrats running in the 2020 primary. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Butigieg, Andrew Yang, Marianne Williamson, and more are discussed! (Special thanks to Jonathan Mann for the Marianne Williamson closing remarks remakes outro song!)

Michael Edison Hayden, senior investigative reporter with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the disappearance of "Alexander Slavros," the mysterious founder of the influential, since shut down neonazi forum, Iron March. What happened to Slavros? Why was Iron March closed? Michael Hayden brings us what we know about Slavros, how he's different than people like Richard Spencer and Tommy Robinson, the creation of Iron March, and why Iron March was different from groups in the movement such as Stormfront or DailyStormer. Also, we discuss the latest news with "ProgDad," the right wing troll who created the "antifa journalists" list. PLUS: your questions, comments, and much, much more!

Support the show @ patreon.com/mattbinder! Activists and organizers Peter Berard and Kitty Pryde of Boston DSA joins the show to discuss the "Straight Pride Parade" being planned in Boston that went viral this month, the far right group behind it "Resist Marxism" and their rebrand as "Super Happy Fun America," the organizers of the event: John Hugo, Mark Sahady, Chris Bartley, Samson Racioppi, how "Based Stickman" Kyle Chapman is involved, the planned Solidarity Against Hate counterprotest, and more! Plus for patrons: your questions, comments, and even more!

Ford Fischer, an independent journalist with News2Share, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what the #VoxAdpocalypse is, the YouTube controversy involving Vox's Carlos Maza and right wing "comedian" Steven Crowder, the video platform's relationship with the LGBT community, how the News2Share YouTube channel got swept up in YouTube's policy changes and demonetized, and is this all yet another big right wing grift?! Also! Your questions, comments, and much more!

Matthew Billy, host of the Bleeped podcast, a new upcoming show about censorship, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss, well, censorship! We talk the Trump administration's new social media reporting tool and what its true purpose is, what's the deal with conservatives and crying censorship, an insane story of how Facebook censored drag queens on its platform and then invaded their privacy in and effort to "fix" the issue, other notable cases of cenorship involving big agriculture, prisons, libraries, and even podcasts, how the government does the bidding of major corporations when they censor, and much more! Plus your questions, comments, kind words about the birth of Matt Binder's daughter, and more!

Ben Collins of NBC News joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Facebook banning "dangerous" users like Alex Jones, Laura Loomer, Milo Yiannopoulos, and others. We take a look at how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the internet in general is radicalizing the next generation of the far right, how the right wing grifters are the real life modern day manifestation of the cliche carny, the future of fake news and deepfakes, and more. Plus, in the patron only half of the show: your questions, comments, and more.

Dr Andrew E. Mathis, an Adjunct Professor of Humanities at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia who tracks the Holocaust denying conspiracy theorists at his website Holocaust Controversies, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the history of Holocaust denial, the background of some of the biggest names in the movement like Arthur Butz, Robert Faurisson, and Carlo Mattogno. Also we discuss the fundamental difference between Holocaust deniers and nazis / white supremacists, Holocaust denial in Latin America, and the future of this antisemetic movement. Plus: Facebook bans "dangerous" fringe right wing users like Alex Jones, Milo, Paul Joseph Watson, and Laura Loomer and your questions and comments and more!

Parker Molloy of Media Matters joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what's inside the Mueller Report, what the media got right and wrong, the role of cable news in the discourse, the Trump Tower meeting, Russiagate skeptics, Joe Biden jumps into the Democratic primary, Twitter is and isn't real life, YouTube monetization plus your questions, comments, and more!

Autumn Lanning and Bryant Young, two young activists who worked for Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss why they now support Bernie Sanders for President, what they found out about Beto that turned them off, what young Texas progressives are up to and how they view the 2020 Democratic primary field, and more! Also, Matt discusses the Mueller Report on the day it was released. Plus in the Patreon subscriber only show: more on the Mueller Report, your questions, comments, and more!