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Feb 14, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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Happy #ValentinesDay #Indiana. The first official episode of the #HoosLeft podcast went up this morning.

scottaaronrogers.substack.com/p/episode-1-se…
My good friend @LinearRadio joins me as we zoom out from #Indiana to look at the current moment of crisis and his we arrived here Image
Our conversation is informed by "The Fourth Turning" which posits that history repeats itself every four generations.

books.google.com/books/about/Th…
This is a concept @Thom_Hartmann comes back to repeatedly on his radio show. If you only listen to one lefty media personality (other than me of course), you can't do much better than Hartmann.

hartmannreport.com
These 80 year cycles correspond neatly with major historical events. The American Revolution, Civil War, Great Depression/WWII, and our current moment are all about four generations apart. Image
Our current cycle began with the postwar baby boom. Student action and civil strife marked the 60's and 70's, and the Reagan Revolution came in response to that. Reagan's neoliberal order crashed with 2008's financial meltdown. Image
We've been living in the fallout of that collapse ever since. Disillusion with or dysfunctional system has led far too many of our countrymen to turn to authoritarianism. Image
"May you live in interesting times" is a curse for a reason. But we find ourselves at a pivotal moment and we cannot hide from our destiny. We can either descend into fascism or come up with something new and fully realize the American promise. Image
So please join us. We meander some. We go over time. But I think you'll find it worth a listen. I humbly ask you subscribe and share widely. The podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts, as well as at my Substack page. Thanks #Indiana.

scottaaronrogers.substack.com

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Jul 18
#Indiana, do you remember 2008? When @BarackObama won the Hoosier state? Well, Pepperidge Farms remembers, and so do I.
What happened? Did Republican policies get more popular? No! Did our fellow Hoosiers get more conservative? No! As @TheDestinyWells says, we're a purple state with a turnout problem. indianacitizen.org/a-bit-of-a-lin…
Nobody explains how we got here better than @DavidPepper, and I'm honored to have hosted him for my latest episode of the #HoosLeft podcast.
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Jul 17
Hey #Indiana, I am really excited for the congressional candidacy of @ErikDHurt! I've gotten a chance to spend a little time with him over the past few weeks, and he couldn't be a nicer guy.
erikhurtforcongress.com
He brings a bold, progressive vision for the people in Indiana's 8th District, #EVille #Terredise. It was nice to meet in person at the @INDems convention this weekend, but we first spoke for the #HoosLeft podcast.
Over two episodes (dude can talk!), we dig into the rigged economy, healthcare, education, immigration, abortion rights and his MAGA opponent's weird priorities.
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Jul 2
Many of you on #HoosierTwitter know Micah Beckwith, the GOP nominee for Lt. Gov. @Mister_L_Bear has done a particularly good job exposing his BS. If you don't know him, let me introduce the self-proclaimed Christian nationalist.
And BTW, traditional Indiana media, quit calling him ultra-conservative. Joe Biden, 2/3 of Dems, and a handful of GOP are conservative. Maybe 1/3 of Dems are progressive. Beckwith and the MAGA faction are reactionary, regressive, extremists. They don't conserve, they destroy. Image
Anyway, Becky claims Christian nationalism just means loving "Jesus and America, too" like something out of a Tom Petty song.
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Jan 15
#HoosLeft podcast is out with a new episode. Today's topic: college sports. Why is a leftist political podcast talking about sports? I cover Indiana politics, history, and culture. And you can't discuss Indiana culture without sports. Image
The @NCAA, a feckless organization that gives all bureaucrats a bad name, anchors @WhiteRiverStPrk in downtown Indianapolis. If there's one thing everybody in this politically polarized country can agree on, it's that the NCAA is terrible. Image
College sports are a uniquely American institution. Other countries may have quaint club-level contests, like the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. In the good 'ol USA, we have a capitalist, exploitative juggernaut - a $16B industry.
pbs.org/newshour/econo…
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Jan 1
Happy 2024 #Indiana. In a new episode of the #HoosLeft podcast, we LEAP into the New Year with @DavidSandersRep, discussing the IEDC and the LEAP "innovation district." I'm a dad. I make puns. This is what we do. Image
LEAP is a 9,000 acre development put together by the IEDC to lure advanced manufacturing and high tech industry to Indiana. Behold, their slick presentation:

iedc.in.gov/leap-lebanon
Investment and jobs is the promise to #Hoosiers, but look, the IEDC and its counterparts in other states are all basically money laundering operations in which big businesses and (mostly) #GOP politicians divvy up OUR tax dollars behind closed doors. Image
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Dec 4, 2023
Right-wing politicos, manosphere grifters, and religious bigots have played on male insecurity to push extremist ideologies, exert control, and separate fools from their money.
thenation.com/article/cultur…
But here's the thing; this entire grift is nothing new. Look at the history of moral panic over the 'wussification' of men:
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I mean, there IS a crisis of manhood, but not like these clowns say. As little boys, we had a whole golf bag full of emotions and were told we have to play the course of life with only one club: anger. And if you even think about using one of the others, you're a sissy. Image
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