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Alex jones / infowars has been banned across the board. I think its wrong.I do not like jones work, I do not think Infowars is a good source of information, but Jones has a right to speak and right to platform.They say he tried to circumvent a livestreaming ban by promoting a second channel. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The New York Times is under fire after announcing the hiring of Sarah Jeong. Over two years Jeong made a serious of racist statements, in one instance calling white people "groveling goblins" among other offensive terms.The New York Times says this was just trolling and that she won't do this again, but they also mention that they knew she had made the posts. This is in stark contrast to the firing of Quinn Norton who did not make direct racist statements like Jeong yet was fired following a controversy over her use of certain words.So is this NYT being hypocrites or have outrage mob tactics stopped working? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook has recently taken down 32 accounts that they believe were fake and pushing propaganda designed to target the left AND the right. The goal seems to be to get everyone to fight each other. When the media frames it only as Donald Trump and Putin colluding then people on the right assume its more trump derangement syndrome and don't take it seriously. When we hear about Russian trolls meddling too many people only hear about it targeting the right. But they want us fighting, they want the left and right at each others throats. And its working... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ouo8GrUNg0Y&list=PLxQaod7tWvYL-svWumeiRiecB2yrXODIR&index=2&t=0s Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedians are refusing to apologize for extremely offensive jokes and in some instances companies are backing them up. The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy have even come to the defense of James Gunn asking for people to stop weaponizing moral outrage.It would seem that regardless of whether the right acted in bad faith they have neutralized the left's moral outrage tactic and now high profile individuals like Trevor Noah are even pushing back on left wing activists.Political correctness and social justice outrage can only go so far if celebrities have to defend against the same tactics from conservatives and liberals. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minneapolis Police have released body camera footage exonerating police of claims that they had shot an unarmed man. The footage shows the man was armed and fled from the police. it contradicts witness testimony and family testimony. But even with the footage the family is still calling for the officers to be prosecuted and fired. What causes people to believe these narratives and why don't outlets report on the conclusions and proof about what really happened? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many factors playing in Donald Trump's favor right now. Democrats are fighting themselves and have no strong candidates, the economy is booming, and millennials are leaving the Democratic party. On top of this many high profile personalities on the left and the right are predicting a 2020 victory for Trump. So are they right? Will Trump win in 2020 or is he being set up for a big fall in the next two years? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vice News has confirmed that prominent Republicans are getting censored and their Democratic counterparts are not. Twitter denies any intentional targeting saying its about behavior and not politics. but upon inspection Ronna McDaniels, the GOP spokeswoman was was shadowbanned, doesn't engage in any noticeable bad behaviors. So why is she banned and the DNC spokesperson is not? In the past video leaked showing Twitter engineers talka bout how they target Trump supporters "because they are all Russian." So is it possible twitter is lying? Or is it an accident that Twitter is targeting behaviors more associated with conservatives? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Activists including Oakland's mayor and Shaun King made incorrect statements about the Proud boys and events in Oakland leading to innocent people being attacked by a mob of protesters.This stems from false claims that an attack in Oakland was carried out by Proud boys with no evidence.Gavin McInnes and the proud boys deny any involvement in the event and state they had no intention of being in Berkeley and denounce racism. The group attending the event was actually a Donald Trump support meet up. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, has been caught in a second racism scandal this week as an old joke he made is being called racist and sexist. Noah made the joke about indigenous Australians in 2013 and now activists are calling for a boycott.Noah has apologized for the joke but has doubled down on his ethnonationalist argument about "africa winning the world cup" and argument that white nationalists have agreed with.So is Trevor Noah actually racist or have the social justice rules just gotten so out of hand that everyone will be destroyed by old comments and jokes? Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julian Assange Is About To Lose Asylum And Be Arrested according to the intercept and Glenn Greenwald. Ecuadorian president Moreno says that Assange violated the conditions of his asylum by being political but many say the real reason is that he wants to gain favor with the US, Spain, and the UK. Assange was once a darling of the left but for many reasons that has flipped with the left attacking him and the right praising him. What does his loss of asylum mean for journalistic freedom and is Assange more than just a publisher? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ayEV9RGFFg&list=PLxQaod7tWvYICaWgUIpKLZqfs3NRmKkCY&t=0s&index=2 Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices