yanggang

Laura Arnold sits down with former presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Stanford professor Larry Diamond, a leading scholar in democracy reform, to discuss the crisis eating away at American democracy and potential solutions, including ranked-choice voting.

• Thoughts on Capital Riots (01:00)
• Tribalism (02:30)
• “Ordinary Men” (04:45)
• Trump has authoritarian tendencies (06:20)
• Chimps show how tribal we are (08:00)
• Trump feeds misinformation to his base (13:00)
• “Trial by combat” comes from Game of Thrones (15:45)
• Why couldn’t twitter ban Trump sooner (19:30)
• Force FB to sell IG, Whatsapp (26:00)
• Far right militia planned to surround capital building (33:45)
• why were there tours the day before in the capital (37:00)
• Military being radicalized (41:00)
• “My pillow” CEO talks about marshal law (44:30)
• How do we keep people accountable on the internet for what they say? (54:00)
• Documentary: The social dilemma (57:00)
• Documentary: The Dissident (1:01:30)
• Bernie Sanders had a potential to create a 3rd party (1:15:00)
• Andre Yang for NYC Mayor (#yanggang) (1:21:00)

@RussForUs2020 joins us to discuss #Medicareforall #GreenNewDeal , getting $$ out of politics, why we need to #AbolishICE ,whether or not Central Jersey exists, and more! @EricaForNY co-hosts. @AndrewYang #YangGang

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Bao is a passionate member of the Yang Gang who believes that Universal Basic Income for all Americans is a no-brainer.  He's also a Navy veteran who advocates for nuclear energy.

Andrew Yang’s weed pandering | Yoga pants for gun owners | Crazy Bernie truck | LAPD cop cries wolf | Remembering David Koch.

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As #Russiagate implodes, Lenny Thompson asks "what does Putin have on Mueller?" PLUS: The New Zealand Mosque shooting and the rise of the global Far-Right, Beto ate dirt in New Mexico, AND the ultimate 2020 face off: #YangGang vs. #GravelGang.

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Logo Daedalus is a writer, best known on Twitter (@Logo_Daedalus). He has a new book out, called Selfie, Suicide: or Cairey Turnbull's Blue Skiddoo. We talk about Logo's politics, his experience self-publishing his book, Wyndham Lewis, and the rise of Andrew Yang among the so-called Alt-Right, among other things.

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