The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #889

Callum, Josh, and Dan discuss why MAGA supporters are punching women in NYC, Brazil, the testing ground for US censorship, and Local Man Finds Out.

Reading List

• Why are MAGA Supporters Punching Women in NYC?

  • Multiple TikTokkers claim they were randomly punched in the face by strangers while walking in NYC - The New York Post 

  • Women sucker-punched on NYC streets reveal their shock, fear with at least one attacker still at large - The New York Post 

  • Screenshot of culprit - CDN 

  • Woman, 27, is punched in the face and knocked to the ground on NYC subway platform by deranged man in unprovoked attack - The Daily Mail 

  • Fringe political candidate who ran for NYC mayor accused of sucker-punching TikTokker - The New York Post 

  • Image of suspect - CBS News 

  • Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA - Salon 

  • Amanda Marcotte - Wikipedia 

  • Troll Nation: How the Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters Set on Rat-F*cking Liberals, America, and Truth Itself - Book Shop 

  • Salon page - Salon

  • Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA - Salon 

  • An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election - The New York times 

  • Twitter, has she learned anything? - Amanda Marcotte - X 

  • Meme - CDN

• The Brazilian

  • Frank Zappa Image - CDN 

  • Alexandre de Moraes - CDN 

  • Alexandre de Moraes - Wikipedia 

  • Michael Shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger - X 

  • Elon clip - we had to pretend - DogeDesigner - X 

  • Rumble we will not be bullied - Chris Pavlovski - X 

  • Elon says use a VPN - Elon Musk - X 

  • Is he actually good for Democracy - The New York Times 

  • Biden - Elon needs looking at - there are a lot of ways - TeamMageMia - X 

• Local Man Finds Out

  • Nigel Farage shocked! - Nigel Farage - X  

  • Only 11% who sympathise more with Palestinians approve of Hamas - YouGov 

  • I do remember the old days - Nigel Farage - X  

  • I know this because I worked with the leader after batten Richard Braine - The Guardian  

  • Met chief under fire after officer's shocking claim that swastikas 'need to be taken in context’ on Palestine marc - LBC h 

  • By any means necessary signs - MET Police - X  

  • Met caught in  a lie - Kosher - X  

  • When It is Israel Gaza, many are very different men - Nigel Farage - X  

  • If the West takes in Palestinian refugees, a significant percentage would be Hamas sympathisers. This is a national security issue - Nigel Farage - X .

  • His replacement looks like this - Callum - X  

  • Nick Lowes Gloating - Nick Lowles - X  

  • Some people just don’t adjust - The Telegraph - X  

  • In the 80s was 3x the average salary. - Adam Smith Institute - X 

  • This ordinary suburban London 3 bed house in Zone 4 metroland was built in the 1930s for ordinary middle class families. Today it costs almost a million pounds and you’d need to be in the top 0.5% of earners to be able to buy it on a mortgage - Cal - X  

  • Delusional mugs - Dan - X