News Brief: The JFK Files

Trump released all the remaining secret JFK files! Except not really. And they're full of revelations! Except not really. (They're mainly full of people's social security numbers which, it transpires, is pretty much all the remaining redactions were hiding.) Anna Paulina Luna (R, FL) is leading a new congressional investigation! Er... no, she's inviting conspiracy theorists into Congress to confirm her ill-informed beliefs. The mystery is solved! Or deepens! Except nope nope and nope. In this impromptu News Brief, Jack and Daniel jump off from a supremely stupid clip of reactionary conspiracybrained shitheads Bill Maher and Andrew Sullivan to ponder the changing political meaning of the conspiracy theories around the Kennedy assassination, why it has migrated from a left preoccupation all the way over to being an obsession of MAGA and the far-right. Along the way we encounter the peculiar and controversial author Gerald Posner, who is able to debunk JFK conspiracy theories but apparently unable to see the problems with Israel's policies in Gaza, Elon Musk doing seig heils, or Gender Criticals who think the Trans movement is all funded by evil rich Jews (or possibly alien lizards). Yes, this is the world we live in folks. Please consider donating to help us make the show and stay independent. Patrons get exclusive access to at least one full extra episode a month. Daniel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/danielharper/posts Jack's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4196618&fan_landing=true IDSG Twitter: https://twitter.com/idsgpod Daniel's Twitter: @danieleharper Jack's (Locked) Twitter: @_Jack_Graham_ Jack's Bluesky: @timescarcass.bsky.social Daniel's Bluesky: @danielharper.bsky.social IDSG on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-speak-german/id1449848509?ls=1 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Posner#Controversies https://www.justthefacts.media/ https://www.justthefacts.media/p/the-ressurection-of-oliver-stone https://www.justthefacts.media/p/hitler-musk-and-the-art-of-the-smear https://www.justthefacts.media/p/the-transgender-money-pipeline https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/LGB_Alliance https://web.archive.org/web/20211009112830/https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1368635513775689728 https://web.archive.org/web/20211029170407/https://twitter.com/LGBAlliance_CA/status/1368988077901905925 https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/02/fears-of-creeping-transhumanism-give-space-for-overt-conspiracism-in-gender-critical-communities/ https://progressive.org/magazine/antisemitism-meets-transphobia-greenesmith-lorber/ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/donald-trump-bill-maher-real-time-b2732092.html https://youtu.be/aE9mTr2uI10?si=4OaFzGM27Y1lots9 https://youtu.be/KAMC9cxEPzo?si=4SMhZoH9XKWLcaQ5 https://youtu.be/UJ28qfIR_8M?si=-rDyDFG70OvE3--x https://youtu.be/-Lo1ButCuqE?si=tNl46hKnHyXdfvnO Sean Munger: Oswald Acted Alone Part 1: https://youtu.be/DC8tO16xdrY?si=jhWAKR-GzJHnQacz Part 2: https://youtu.be/Ptt1ti63IiE?si=Dkr3Nd75Jjlv6j95