Hasangate And The History of the ADL (feat. James Adomian & Emmaia Gelman)

The DNC autopsy is out and GUESS WHAT — it's a disaster! No sources, no mention of Gaza, and running counter to what the directors of both the Harris and Biden campaigns have actually said.

Meanwhile AIPAC is spending $14 million to take out Cori Bush and millions more to primary anyone who steps out of line. The cult of retribution isn't just Trump's anymore. Plus: CBS just killed Stephen Colbert’s Late Show after 33 years, Hasan Piker has been subpoenaed by the FBI over a trip to Cuba, and SpaceX is eyeing a $2 trillion IPO on the back of Starlink.

Then, the ADL has long presented itself as a civil rights organization — but what if that's always been the cover story? We talk to author and historian Emmaia Gelman about her new book tracing the ADL from its origins suppressing Jewish labor movements through McCarthyism, COINTELPRO-era surveillance, and its current alliance with the far right. Comedian James Adomian joins to make sense of all of it — or at least make it funnier.

FeaturingJames Adomian, comedian, actor, and voice actor, Watch Path of Most Resistance

Emmaia Gelman, author and historian, founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism,

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