BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network

[@clurkroberts2650]

Sorry to hear about your Covid. I saw your show in Sacramento, and you were great… great repeat today also.

[@loonienews4304]

Glad you are feeling better, Senator AL.

[@victoriamathis4227]

So very glad to see Anne Nelson on your show Al, exllecent guest choice!

[@christinaulibarri4777]

Thank you Mr. Franken and Ms. Nelson for your insight and commentary.

[@tomeubank3625]

When I was in the Boy Sccouts (prior to 1960), the NRA's primary emphasis was on teaching hunting-firearm safety -- and marksmanship

[@jc.1191]

Too bad it didn't stay that way. Used to be about fun and responsibility.

[@taylorsartre3422]

I remember the NRA stickers represented safety and, frankly, subtle American patriotism. Now? It's an ugly maga agency. How better to corral these (armed) people with vile propaganda- to make a buck- than remaining respectable? Yachts and real estate and political influence is pretty heady stuff.

[@oneirishpoet]

@@jc.1191 Guns are about "fun" WTF? The primary purpose of a gun is to kill, any other reason you use is just bullshit

[@oneirishpoet]

@@jc.1191 Guns are about "fun" WTF? The primary purpose of a gun is to kill, any other reason you use is just bullshit

[@jc.1191]

@@oneirishpoet Going to the range. Shooting tin cans. Stuff I grew up with that's fun. Ymmv

[@ecospider5]

Covid deaths Washington state : 19 deaths per 10,000 people Florida: 38 deaths per 10,000 people I wonder what those states did differently. (That is sarcasm)

[@jimbarber6368]

Fascist forces (DiGovernor) control information! He disagreed with keeper of statistics in Florida so much he fired her to shut her up. She persisted in attempting to do the right thing so he had her home invaded by police (guns drawn) and took her computers, arrested her, took her to court! Now she's a felon. ("I hate Nazis" Indiana Jones)

[@jimbarber6368]

Fascist Florida (DiSantis) decided the state keeper of statistics was out of line and had to shut up so he had her fired. She persisted with number facts and Ron had her home invaded, computers confiscated, her arrested and she is now a felon (but won't serve jail time). That story is not comedy!

[@pattykelly6621]

We (Democrats) assume the American people 1. Won't vote against their own interest. 2. Won't deny children clean water and food. 3. Won't choose the rights of gun manufacturers and owners over the lives of children 4. Won't condone subverting the Constitution. WE are wrong about that

[@frankmackey2419]

Hey patty...ya think

[@leighcochran7303]

WHY don't we wise up?

[@jc.1191]

Our side is hopelessly naive and out of touch. It's painful to watch.

[@frankmackey2419]

@@jc.1191 jesus christ thanks for the reply. But hopelessly is a word used to quickly without really thinking that it means NEVER , NOBODY , NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Which is simply untrue. Now pray with me jesus. Salvation is ours.

[@joeadams1225]

Heya Al, I ' like" everytime I hear Leo and your voice. Good health.

[@monakw]

Al you give me hope... and gosh darn it people like you! 🇺🇲Franken 2024🏳️‍🌈 Not that there's anything wrong with that.❤

[@pamelamccall5653]

@@jaybee4059Which “victims” would they be?

[@02bher1]

Hey Al me too and my husband as well. We went to our grand daughter's baby shower and a few days later became sick with Covid. Hope you do well dear man. Love you hope you run again we Canadians love you and miss you and your quick wit in office.

[@martinlye2748]

Organized Crime. Get well Al and don't kill anyone.

[@peachybuttercrunch4409]

The bar is set. do not kill anyone

[@susanschaffner4422]

Take care, Al. And Happy Hanukkah.

[@scottmorman8339]

Good repeat, Sen. Al. Get well and please run for the Senate again!

[@patriciamartinez-lx8dy]

Hey Al , enjoyed listening to Anne Nelson. Great insight and perspective. Take care and wishing you a speedy recovery with Covid. Thank you and Anne for addressing this serious critical and dangerous situation, that is mutating by the minute.

[@maryroseart]

Happy Hanukkah Al!!!! Wish you all the best!!

[@ryanurban1]

I'm glad she spent time focusing on MAGA media. That's what is driving the misinformation on which these people feed.

[@jc.1191]

You're right. It's like a feedback loop.

[@vm5610]

Great one...but scary 😨.

[@janenef]

I had declared this a Trump free holiday, but I could not resist you Al. So I listened to every freaking word and had a good laugh. Thank you.

[@tinojimenez8544]

Hopefully it isn't severe. Get better Al! Happy Holidays.

[@kxmanners5416]

Thanks so much fbrin

[@jc.1191]

Great show, for a change...

[@karenhousley610]

My go to " Democracy Now"

[@jc.1191]

That channel is full of misinformation and just flat out wrong opinions.

[@clearfield2009]

Aw that press release was good. Should have released itt.

[@yabits]

Anne Nelson's book: The Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right So glad to hear you're not suffering too badly, Al. Get well soon. (Wondering if paxlovid played a role.)

[@GrayPJalow]

Thank you for posting entire title of Nelson's book. This makes my search easier.

[@tomeubank3625]

& Torah repeatedly asserts the community's responsibility to protect the most vulnerable: "widows, orphans, and strangers/foreigners."

[@hapennysparrow]

Every word of this interview is on target. I sat in Evangelical churches since 1972. I watched with growing concern as services became increasingly politicized. If you weren't Republican, then you were the enemy. I abandoned services altogether in 2016. Trump became to my former associates their God and savior.I was labeled Marxist and worse.

[@smokejumper7045]

I have run almost the same pattern, saved in 1974 and went to a bible teaching church . In keeping this short I personally know many others just like me and my wife.if you go to church today you have to stay silent bite your nails, and hide. We go to church for WHAT ? To so called build each other up in Christ ! Trump has been elevated to that of an idol by a group that has hijacked the evangelical and brainwashed them. Their full inputs coming from FOX news.their new pastors. I just heard a sermon by Dr David Jeremiah and He floats right down the line . So I looked him up his net worth 50 million dollars. Yah sure, cant serve God and Mamon,, hes a doormat for the right wing, cant give that money up. To him its to hell with a real truth.

[@dyslexictroll8708]

#Al Franken. I would like to nominate FOX news for the annual Al Franken lying liars award.

[@richardstephens9647]

Well crap... get well Al. Glad it isn't too bad for ya.

[@kimhunter8395]

Because we live farther apart than city folks, rural folks have to drive more to take care of daily needs. In the car, or more likely the pick up truck, the radio will be on most of the time. I cross through radio signals and sometimes a right wing station will come on. Yikes! It's crazy talk but if it's all someone hears, it could work on their doubts and magnify the fear and the belief in what the manipulators say.

[@chuckdangler8620]

The Republicans should just go ahead and change their handle to the Theocrats. Or more accurately the Fascist Party. They say it loud and proud anyway, so why not? 🤔😡

[@hereigoagain5050]

Zelenskyy's visit is a warning that our Strategic National Jewish Comedian Reserve is running dangerously low since Al's unbelievably ill-advised decision to leave the Senate. Glad that Al has recovered from covid .

[@jessstuart7495]

AM talk radio is toxic.

[@hazellove2144]

What is the thinking concerning Senator Whitehouse's work?

[@clifover]

So true, it is all about the money and really not much else, under the umbrella of religion. God?

[@vmcurry1]

Omg! You just described texas

[@UlrichDrive]

Air America was the BEST!

[@agr8h2o]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@paulgrieger8182]

What about Loving v. Virginia? Has Clarence thought about that one?

[@markwilliams2620]

He didn't mention it. I wonder why 🤔?

[@bluetoad2001]

take care of yourself Al.

[@vmcurry1]

AL YOU SHOULD TAKE OVER FOR TREVOR NOAH. ONLY YOU CAN DO THIS.

[@rickriccardi4741]

I would love that but I would rather see him take over Real Time from Bill Maher. I used to like him but he's become really annoying.

[@direwolf6234]

franken did not attend public high school .. he went to private prep school before harvard ...

[@tavanweerd]

I thought you just avoided Vietnam by going to too many Dead shows just giving this s*** I hope you're well my brother and thanks for keeping up the good fight I really do appreciate it out here stuck in Utah nothing like being a gay deadhead in Utah thank God we have drive-through dispensaries now very good positive thing actually that's quite a few positive things in Utah you watch out for the Swift under two because life may be sweeter for this I don't know get well soon my brother be well

[@peachybuttercrunch4409]

God be with you.heads are the best people.

[@LogicAndReason2025]

Not to be too pedantic, but it is now just Charles Koch. David passed away in 2019.

[@soularddave2]

Sounds like "Democracy in Chains".

[@spamletspamley672]

Hope you are already taking Paxlovid Al. This is what the virologists would do immediately, as it only works in the early stages, and you are in a vulnerable group. Don't worry about 'rebound'; that is only the inflammatory stage of the disesase.

[@bettyveronica9880]

Trump was not only a transactional candidate, but IS and always has been a transactional person (woman, man, camera TV). Narcissists of his magnitude are in all relationships for transactional purposes. Nothing else. Doesn’t matter if it’s familial, employment, friendship or romantic.

[@robstimson4234]

ls Salem a reference to the Salem Witch [Executions]? Asking for a friend.

[@ecospider5]

I really think the Forward party is taking a good long term approach. I hope I still feel the same way in 2025.

[@jamieraunig9818]

Can someone please tell me who what Leo's sure name is (that beautiful music is by....?) I can't for the life of me make out what Al is saying.

[@ecospider5]

Leo Kottke I searched for Leo kocky guitar plus a bunch of other miss spellings of his name, and google finally corrected me correctly.

[@jamieraunig9818]

@@ecospider5 lol I was doing the same thing and coming up with a lot of laughable possibilities. Thank you for ending my frustration. xo

[@leighcochran7303]

Leo Kottke is GREAT. Look up "Jack Gets Up" Deep thinker, that one, but he's better known as a guitarist from the sixties.

[@DigitalChemistryBand]

@@ecospider5loved him since the early 70s...

[@johncleveland5348]

If you're rich it means god loves you. If you love god he'll make you rich. That goes back to guilded age. Rockefella went to church every Sunday & believed god loved him.

[@gheller2261]

Hey, Al . I love ya, but your guest is the one who wrote the book. How about letting her speak and, better yet, lead the discussion.

[@back2ufloyd61]

A commercial every 3 minutes? Typical, eh? I'll be back after I make a donation to Trump.

[@clifover]

They are advertising on your show, it's far deeper than we can know. And soooo white.

[@leighcochran7303]

I'm getting some Epoch Times ads. Very specious! Very sketch, as the kids say.

[@robertacomstock3655]

​@@leighcochran7303 thx for the tip. They been trying to get me into Electoral College surveys. I don't answer survey unless I know I want more contact.

[@loonienews4304]

11:27 well, there are chinese troops in almost every major city....I like the idea of AMERICANS having weapons to defend themselves from a foreign invasion.

[@TedApelt]

The "Prosperity Gospel" movement comes from this: Mudsill theory is the proposition that there must be, and always has been, a lower class or underclass for the upper classes and the rest of society to rest upon. The term derives from a mudsill, the lowest threshold that supports the foundation for a building. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudsill_theory Therefore, if you are born into the lower class it is because you are not deserving of wealth, if you are born into the upper class it is because you are.

[@robertacomstock3655]

Thanks for clearing this up for me.