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Hamilton Movie Livedraw

Will the Hamilton movie be terrible? Yes. But how terrible? Jason Adam Katzenstein returns to draw his appalled reactions in real time.

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Who’s excited for the terrifying hiphop musical where the slave-owning Founding Fathers are all somehow people of color with Big Dreams who pull themselves up by their bootstraps? Ishmael Reed is not a fan, and neither is Jason Adam Katzenstein.

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an investigation into the Department of (In)justice, a deep-dive into Milton Friedman’s neoliberal hellscape, and a journey with America’s modern-day train-hoppers. We revisit forgotten cinema, celebrate Ferdinand the bull’s birthday, and review an unlikely communist-flavored video game. Join us for a road trip down Route 66, then read a firsthand report from the occupied West Bank exposing the horrors of escalating settler violence. Finally, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay exposes the climate lie threatening civilization—and Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, joins us for an exclusive interview.

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