John Fetterman (w/Kim Kelly)

In the season two premiere of Oppo Research, Jack and guest Kim Kelly—writer, anarchist extraordinaire, and author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor—dive into the rise and heel-turn of Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman. Including: Working-class cosplay; a deeply cursed Levis ad; something called “The Brave Thinkers” issue of The Atlantic (real); the Dr. Oz of it all (remember crudités??? lol); and being a bigtime Israel weirdo and general immigration demon. Mentioned in this episode:“John Fetterman, American Jagoff” [The Nation]“John and Gisele Fetterman Are Fighting for the American Working Class” [Teen Vogue]“Who Is the Biggest Israel Weirdo?” [Discourse Blog]“Everything to know about the 2013 John Fetterman jogger incident” [Philadelphia Inquirer]“Mayor of Rust” [The New York Times Magazine]Levi’s Go Forth commercial [YouTube]“Levi's Gives Struggling Town Cinderella Treatment” [NPR]The Atlantic’s “Brave Thinkers” issue [The Atlantic]“John Fetterman: The Mayor of Hell” [RollingStone]“Lt. Gov. Fetterman defies law to mark start of Pride Month” [Penn Live]“Mehmet Oz’s crudité video gave opponent John Fetterman a golden opportunity” [NBC News]“John Fetterman and Social Media: How His Campaign Built a Winning Strategy” [Teen Vogue]“The John Fetterman Problem” [Discourse Blog]“'I'm not a progressive': Fetterman breaks with the left, showing a maverick side” [NBC News]Oppo Research credits:Host: Jack MirkinsonProducer: Aleks ChanEngineer, Editor, Art Director: Sam Grasso Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.