The Benjamin Dixon Show

I'm back! I was sick yesterday but better today. Live stream happening later this morning on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/USdems/

Lots in this episode including my inevitable endorsement of Bernie Sanders. With that said, I've got to hit some deadlines so please forgive this short description.

Episode 792 | Warren confronted Sanders in a hot mic moment after the debate. Let's talk about this along with the reason so many people don't want to support Sanders: His supporters are mean. But let's also juxtapose that to why Sanders supporters won't support anyone else: POLICY. -- Lev Parnas' interview with Rachel Maddow was ground shattering for the President. Yet, none of it matters when th...

It's all in the episode.

Episode 790 -- This isn't playing out the way Warren's consultants thought.

Episode 789 | Politico reported that Sanders' team sent out messaging that attacked Warren. Let's unpack the report, the accusation, and the realities. -- Joe Biden's war record comes under fire. Let's discuss this.

Episode 788 | Donald Trump rally is a masterclass on bigotry, hatred, and the cult-of-personality. Listen to both the incoherent ramblings of a megalomaniac as well as the pure hatred teeming from the roaring crowd of sycophants. -- I had the chance to cover an organizing event here in Atlanta last night and believe me when I tell you: Organizers matter more than all of us in independent media com...

Long nights make for late morning. Here's today's show. I'll write more tomorrow. LOL

A lot happened last night. Let's discuss.

Episode 785 | -- TV star, Judge Judy, is filthy rich with a net worth of $400 million. Yesterday she endorsed the billionaire in the race, Michael Bloomberg. This is what class solidarity looks like. -- Nikki Haley thinks Democrats are bad because, as she accuses them, they "mourn" the death of Iranian general Qasim Sulemani. Democrats have actually prevaricated as much as they could to make sure...

Episode 784 | Trump is taking us into war based on his ego and his ignorance. Evangelicals are giving him a religious covering. Congress will now receive their notifications about war via Twitter. Folks, we're living in the worst timeline imaginable.

Episode 783 | -- Donald Trump ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian general as he left the Baghdad airport en route to meet with Shia militias in Iraq. The attack has stoked fears of armed conflict with Iran. The question now is, how will Iran respond and what will be the United States' response to their retaliation? -- War profiteers have been making billions of dollars off of non-stop...

Episode 782 | -- Fundraising numbers are in and Bernie Sanders has broken records. Mayor Pete raised a lot of money with billionaires but wants to convince you that he has a grassroots campaign. Elizabeth Warren has fallen behind but still posts impressive numbers. -- A video of Joe Biden taken out of context has gone viral and now everyone is apologizing for it. At least the Left is willing to co...

We're old. We're tired. And we have no life. lololololl

Episode 781 | -- At least twice a year, a group of white, conservative, men and the white women who love them -- plus Candace Owens -- come together to celebrate their collective victimhood and oppression at the hands of Black and Brown, gay and trans, atheist and agnostics. Because as we all know, the most marginalized group in our country are white, Christian men who somehow have the most econom...

Episode 780 | Become a patron! www. Patreon.com/thebpdshow -- Another day, another shooting. This time a shooter took the lives of two churchgoers during communion. -- Andrew Yang's latest commercial claims he's supporting Medicare for All when his actual plans don't even support a public option. What's going on here? -- An antisemitic attack in New York has led to accusations of anti-Semitism aga...

Episode 779 | -- The Intercept exposed billionaire presidential candidate, Michael Bloomberg, for using prison labor to make phone calls for his campaign. The use of prison labor for profit is nothing new. But the fact that a billionaire running for president has been caught exploiting that labor is amazingly apropos. -- The Washington Post details a story of a struggling dairy farm family fightin...

Episode 778 | I'm getting over a cold and sound pretty ridiculous. Just wanted you to know. lol -- Listen, Joe Biden is going to lose to Donald Trump. Anyone telling you otherwise is being grossly irresponsible with the future of our country and our planet. -- In response to Christianity Today coming out against Donald Trump, the Christian Post (another magazine) has come out to defend Donald Trum...

Episode 777 | -- Pete is pushing back against the wine cave issue. But Axios just released a story showing that Pete is doing exactly what everyone is concerned with: selling influence to rich donors. -- UK artist, Stormzy, just called the UK 100% racist. Ironically, some of the same people pushing back against him called the Labour party racist. Centrists, no matter where you find them, know how...

Episode 776 | When we last left our heroes, young Jedi Skywalker was .... Oh, wait. That's later tonight! -- Andrew Yang is promising everyone $1000. Here's the actual cost of his plan in terms of opportunity costs as well as actual dollars you'd be losing to get this $1000. -- Christianity Today is a magazine founded by Billy Graham. The editor-in-chief has written an op-ed calling for the remova...

Episode 775 -- Donald Trump is now the third American president to be impeached. And while he stands no chance of being found guilty and removed from office, this was a necessary step to protect American democracy and will be an indelible stain on his legacy. -- Tulsi Gabbard is the only congressperson to not take a stand one way or the other on the impeachment of Donald Trump. This didn't play ou...

Episode 774 | -- New Democratic polling shows increases for Bernie Sanders. Sanders is the most popular Democrat in the field. So let's discuss why the political establishment hates the man who the people love so much. -- Donald Trump sends Nancy Pelosi an unhinged letter that should terrify every American. Yet, we've become used to his democracy-destabilizing behavior. -- Supreme Court justice Ne...

Episode 773 | Insulin costs only $6 to produce, but the price of insulin is doubling yet again. Why on earth do we allow profit companies to extort the most vulnerable? This is the norm in America and we have to change our way of thinking. -- New report shows that workers, not corporations, pay a higher percentage in taxes to the gov't. This is by design and, yet, another thing that we have to cha...

Episode 772 | I signed up for Obamacare this weekend and LORD these prices. **NOTE** Twice I mistakenly said "copays" when I meant "deductible." ** The real problem with Obamacare is that it didn't address the profit motive in the insurance industry. -- New Jersey freshman Congressman Jeff Van Drew was the pick of the Democratic Establishment and the DCCC. The establishment jumped into the primari...

Episode 771 | -- Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party suffered a devastating defeat against the Conservative Party. Let's discuss what this means for the NHS, the global Left, and American politics. -- Mike Huckabee trolls America with a tweet about heading up the 2024 campaign for Donald Trump. But all things considered, we can't take this as a joke. -- Finally, the fight we're in, we may be behind...