One of my favorite standup comedy sets is courtesy of Bernie Mac who addressed a hostile Def Jam crowd and told them from the start: “I’ ain’t scared of you mothaf***as” and proceeded to speak his truth with the brief time he was given.
I’ve taken this approach as a masochist who has spent countless hours of his middle-aged life debating and talking to bad-faith right-wing actors who gish gallop, lie, spread disinformation, and try to shut down uncomfortable facts that destroy their Earth-3 reality.
If you’ve been reading The Left Hook for the past 3 months you know I am critical of corporate media and establishment institutions who have coddled and sanewashed Trump’s fascist rhetoric. We witnessed it today when our papers of record described Trump’s 39-minute aimless dancing at his rally as an “improvisational” departure.
I’m sharing these 2 clips from my Piers Morgan appearance today to show there’s a way to push back against these bad faith attacks and gaslighting, which includes promoting the fiction that Kamala Harris has no plans and will lose Black men to Trump (See the clip below).
Also, it was a rare treat to call out Tim Pool to his face regarding the recent DOJ indictment that alleges Russia used Tenet Media to launder disinformation and pro-Russian talking points.
Enjoy.
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