Why, America? with Leeja Miller

AI is Bad for Democracy

Nearly half the world is going to the polls this year. And AI deepfakes and chat bots have gotten more sophisticated than ever before. This is already having deep consequences for democracy around the world.
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From the Archive: WTF Is The Espionage Act?

FROM THE ARCHIVE: Jack Douglas Teixeira has been charged with violating the Espionage Act after he leaked upwards of 100 classified documents to a discord server. The Espionage Act has a long and controversial history over the last century and has been used against the leaker of the Pentagon Papers, against whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, and even against Donald Trump. Let's learn about this wild law.
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Is Libs of TikTok a Terrorist?

Popular right wing Twitter account, Libs of TikTok, loves spewing anti-trans hate to its 2.9 million followers. Despite the fact that Libs of TikTok has been targeting LGBT+ students and teachers in schools across the country, much of the speech in their posts is allowed under the constitution. What speech counts as criminal? How far are we willing to stretch the 1st amendment to protect free speech for all? (For legal purposes the title of this episode is a question and not to be construed as a statement of fact.)
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From The Archive: Dark Money In The Supreme Court Is So Much Worse Than You Think

Today’s episode is from the archive of previous videos from Leeja Miller’s YouTube channel. Clarence Thomas has been accepting gifts from billionaires for 3 decades. Should we have a code of ethics for the Supreme Court? How did we get here? And what about Brett Kavanaugh's mysterious debt payoff??
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Are Political Nepo Babies Bad For Democracy?

RFK is running for President as a third party candidate and is doing pretty well probably because of his last name. While the Kennedys certainly are the closest thing we’ve ever had to a dynasty in the US, is political nepotism a real problem in this country?
 
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From The Archive: Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With "Parents' Rights"?

Today’s episode is from the archive of previous videos from Leeja Miller’s YouTube channel. The Constitution doesn't explicitly protect Parents' Rights, but parents and conservatives don't want to hear that. What rights do parents actually have?
 

America's Homelessness Crisis

The housing crisis in the United States has reached a tipping point. And instead of helping unhoused people and fixing a broken system, cities and governments are turning to draconian measures to criminalize homelessness and make the lived environment more hostile to homeless people through hostile architecture. This isn't the solution.
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How Trump Uses Fear to Win Elections

Trump and the GOP have been manipulating voters for decades. They use this through a number of fear tactics that ignite supporters' reptilian brains and cause them to vote in irrational ways because they've been told Trump is their savior and the answer to the danger they're facing. 
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Third Party Candidates Won’t Save Us

Many people are turning to 3rd party candidates in 2024, because no one likes Biden or Trump and many people want to use their vote to actually go towards someone they believe in. The reality, however, is that third party candidates won't save us, and voting for them, at least the way our system is currently set up, is doing very little to create the change we actually want to see.

How To Talk To Republicans

Infighting is leading to increased political violence, which is facilitated by the dehumanization of both sides of the political spectrum. What if we just got together and talked it out? In this episode I offer constructive steps for having conversations with people you don't agree with politically.