This week, Madeline and David talk about the history of American intervention in Ukraine!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/azov-ban-lifted/
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6652
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/putin-willing-negotiate/
https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/PageDoc/Detail?fid=7801&id=6963
https://www.britannica.com/event/2022-Russian-invasion-of-Ukraine
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/19/new-language-requirement-raises-concerns-ukraine#
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cohen-ukraine-commentary-idUSKBN1GV2TY/
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2024-001576_EN.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/29/europe/ukraine-azov-movement-far-right-intl-cmd
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27173857
https://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456617
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcB0PI4ZLg
https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2014/03/crimeans-vote-to-join-russia
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/cia-ukraine-russia/
https://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/a_new_cold_war_ukraine_violence
https://truthout.org/articles/the-ukraine-mess-that-nuland-made/
https://www.gis.huri.harvard.edu/king-dead
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/bandera-mythologies-and-their-traps-for-ukraine/
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/03/08/wdtz-m08.html
https://liberationnews.org/nazis-in-ukraine-seeing-through-the-fog-of-the-information-war/
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maidan-ukraine/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ930lCvSK8&list=PLDl9_LuL-uw7Ot9l6V6DTbZg1Zhv98gUv&index=9
https://fpif.org/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4
https://2009-2017.state.gov/p/eur/rls/rm/2013/dec/218804.htm
https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93eyhO8VTdg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjcMoDFU1xg
https://www.jeffsachs.org/newspaper-articles/nato-chief-admits-expansion-behind-russian-invasion
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/28/nato-expansion-war-russia-ukraine
https://theintercept.com/2024/06/22/ukraine-azov-battalion-us-training-ban/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27336025?seq=12
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/what-do-the-world-bank-and-imf-have-to-do-with-the-ukraine-conflict
https://en.al-akhbar.com/news/inside-ned-s-ukraine-operation--how--revolutions--are-engine
This week, Madeline & David finish up our two-parter on Venezuela, including conversations about Maduro, the Peace & Freedom website, and why it doesn't matter who is wearing a captain's hat and selling fentanyl to your kids!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
This week, Madeline and David talk about Venezuela, Chavez, and mustaches!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
This week, Madeline and David talk about Xinjiang, the Uyghurs, Donald Trump, and BDSM clubs in Taiwan!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BmgLBs4h20BYpty5svAQZ3nI4GxM7vhDM2gWPA6f9QY/edit?tab=t.0
This week, Madeline and David talk about campaign financing and dark money!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.usa.gov/campaign-finance-laws
https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/contribution-limits/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/
https://www.britannica.com/event/Citizens-United-v-Federal-Election-Commission
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/winning-vs-spending
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/secret-spending-states
https://issueone.org/donors-key-findings-and-profiles-of-the-top-15-dark-money-groups/
https://campaignlegal.org/update/how-does-citizens-united-decision-still-affect-us-2025
This week, Madeline and David talk about Hulk Hogan's role in union-busting at the WWE!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
https://www.thesportster.com/tag/hulk-hogan/
https://www.thesportster.com/hulk-hogan-jokes-body-slamming-kamala-harris-questions-indian-heritage/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hJHrgREqNA
https://411mania.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-admits-revealed-jesse-ventur-union-plans-vince-mcmahon/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/1387808.html
https://jacobin.com/2022/10/wwe-vince-mcmahon-wrestling-unions-health
https://qz.com/work/1584785/john-oliver-explains-the-wwes-glaring-workers-rights-problem
https://pagesix.com/2025/07/31/celebrity-news/hulk-hogans-cause-of-death-revealed/
https://www.newsweek.com/hulk-hogan-donald-trump-quotes-2103891
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-death-trump-maga-wrestlemania/
https://jacobin.com/2014/08/money-in-the-bank/?ref=sullyville.io
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Ventura
https://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/07/09/ventura/index.html
This week, David and Madeline wrap up part 3 of our series on the Mexican revolutionaries The Magonistas!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
This week, David and Madeline do part 2 of our three part series about border control and the Mexican revolutionaries the Magonistas!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Magonistas!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
This week, Madeline and David talk about the ICE protests in Los Angeles and finish up our three part episode on Lyndon LaRouche!
PATREON:
http://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf
https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism
https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf
This week, we talk more about Lyndon LaRouche and the Marxists that never were, and David tries to cajole Madeline into saying a slur (Madeline does NOT).
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf
https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism
https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf
This week, Madeline and David talk about Lyndon LaRouche!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00806R000100640021-7.pdf
https://archive.org/details/larouchenewamericanfascism
https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110713184401/http://larouchewatch.com/ugliest-larouche-rant.pdf
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our two-part episode about AFRICOM, Burkina Faso, and Traore!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/
https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html
https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom
https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/
https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/
https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html
https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/
https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa
https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/
https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml
https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/
https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa
https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2
https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47
https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/
https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war
https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/
https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50
https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/
https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/
https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa
https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/
https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on
https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/
https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome
https://www.mintpressnews.com/ibrahim-traore-burkina-faso-west/289538/
This week, Madeline & David talk about AFRICOM, Kony 2012, and whether or not X is a rockabilly band!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.defense.gov/About/combatant-commands/
https://hoodcommunist.org/2022/09/29/a-guide-to-shutdownafricom/amp/
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html
https://mronline.org/2021/10/05/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/
https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/africom
https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/10/01/africom-and-nato-are-terrorist/amp/
https://monthlyreview.org/2024/06/01/the-actuality-of-red-africa/
https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/socialist-viewpoint-us/julaug_12/julaug_12_27.html
https://www.workers.org/2018/10/39384/
https://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2023/2023-07-20-al-bulushi-teen-vogue.php
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa
https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/
https://countrystudies.us/libya/30.htm
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0193.xml
https://www.accord.org.za/analysis/african-military-marxism-is-its-past-its-future/
https://hoodcommunist.org/2021/09/30/building-a-movement-to-shutdown-africom/
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/events/2024actionsagainstafricom
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/16/afri-m16.html
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-africom-us-military-africa
https://www.defensepriorities.org/explainers/rethinking-africa-command/
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/07/world/africa/07congo.html?_r=2
https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-congo
https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin//edition47
https://sfbayview.com/2013/12/declaration-would-contract-drc-to-concede-to-m23/
https://www.blackagendareport.com/african-unity-and-new-cold-war
https://www.blackagendareport.com/liberia-and-challenges-us-imperialism
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/30/africom-corporations-dr-congo-climate-china/
https://www.blackagendareport.com/africom-watch-bulletin-50
https://realistreview.org/2021/11/02/america-played-a-big-role-in-sudans-coup/
https://www.military.africa/2024/09/us-forces-returning-to-chad-but-with-a-different-objective/
https://apnews.com/article/niger-chad-us-troops-withdrawal-russia-aa852a79bac39aaa679af3663b56deaa
https://peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-africom-africa-and-the-world-in-the-crosshairs/
https://legalafrica.org/from-gaddafi-to-traore-africa-must-unite-against-neo-imperialism/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/14/africom-imperial-agenda-marches-on
https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/07/21/the-truth-about-africom/
https://blackagendareport.com/africom-crying-russia-libya-pot-and-kettle-syndrome
This week David and Madeline finish our two part episode about the Italian syndicalists!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism
Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed
Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935
Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”
Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”
Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”
Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”
Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”
This week, David and Madeline talk about Italy, Biennio Rossa, and what age is too young to not know how to put your phone on silent!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism
Clark, Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution That Failed
Gramsci, The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935
Emmerson, “Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Fiume Escapade.”
Bertrand, “The Biennio Rosso: Anarchists and Revolutionary Syndicalists in Italy, 1919-1920.”
Lenin, “Terms of Admission into Communist International.”
Trudell, “Gramsci: The Turin Years.”
Trotsky, “Speech in Discussion of the Italian Question.”
This week, Madeline and David wrap up our second part of our discussion about USAID!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA
-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf
https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951
https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest
https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops
https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/
https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia
https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents
https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/
https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf
https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf
https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid
This week, Madeline and David discuss USAID!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP74B00415R000300070019-8.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA
-RDP79T00975A027700010040-0.pdf
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=hmong-studies_hohp
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85T00875R001000080025-2.pdf
https://www.newsweek.com/lefts-goal-usaid-reform-finally-accomplished-trump-opinion-2029951
https://apnews.com/music-general-news-548798feb950406d8e23186e77359f8f
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7cad4c806565985fe2
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest
https://apnews.com/general-news-5de7cd8b5aab4294aaef93aa06fd6fda
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/how-hillary-clinton-militarized-us-policy-in-honduras/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/04/usaid-latin-americans-cuba-rebellion-hiv-workshops
https://apnews.com/music-general-news-7c275c134f1b4a0ca3428929fcece82d
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20250212/117881/HHRG-119-JU00-20250212-SD003-U3.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/06/musk-doge-usaid/
https://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/9-121-14-002-p.pdf
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-struggle-for-middle-east-democracy/
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/georgia
https://adst.org/2016/02/winning-the-peace-usaid-and-the-demobilization-of-the-nicaraguan-contras/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/159742?read-now=1&seq=16#page_scan_tab_contents
https://web.archive.org/web/20180527183738/https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/
https://web.archive.org/web/20031119001121/http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/400/fsa.pdf
https://afsa.org/usaid-60-enduring-purpose-complex-legacy
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01601R000800260001-8.pdf
https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/vietnamArchivedContentFromFSJ008.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/haiti-and-the-failed-promise-of-us-aid
This week, David and Madeline wrap up our three-part series on the Haitian Revolution!This episode is a little louder than usual so start it quieter to be kind to your ears because Madeline's voice is SHRILL.
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared/posts
SOURCES:
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/americas/haiti-history-colonized-france.html
https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44148455
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42843715
https://www.cadtm.org/The-evolution-of-wealth-inequalities-over-the-last-two-centuries
https://www.projectmanifest.eu/the-french-society-of-friends-of-black-people-1788-1799-en-fr/
https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html
James,The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Douglas,Making The Black Jacobins:C.L.R. James and the Drama of History
Cesaire,Return to my Native Land
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html
Williams,Capitalism and Slavery
Peabody:“There Are No Slaves in France”
Geggus, David, ed.The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History
M. de C.Makandal, Histoire Veritable
This week, David and Madeline talk about the Haitian Revolution!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/c/pickmeupimscared/
SOURCES:
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Henochsberg2016.pdf
https://jacobin.com/2017/01/haiti-reparations-france-slavery-colonialism-debt/
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https://nyujilp.org/frances-overdue-debt-to-haiti/#_ftn3
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https://revolution.chnm.org/d/290
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James, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint Louverture and the San Domingo Revolution
Douglas, Making The Black Jacobins: C.L.R. James and the Drama of History
Cesaire, Return to my Native Land
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/171.html
Williams, Capitalism and Slavery
Peabody: “There Are No Slaves in France”
Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History
M. de C. Makandal, Histoire Veritable