 Okay, so we've got to talk about this story in the New York Times that I think is just bonkers because essentially what it's about is this rivalry between near-attending and Bernie Sanders campaign But what they reveal about near-attending? These are very explosive details that blew my mind So the title is the rematch Bernie Sanders versus a Clinton loyalist And this was written by Elizabeth Williamson and Kenneth Vogel now the first revelation that I learned about near-attending is That she literally physically assaulted Bernie Sanders campaign manager once literally and She admitted that she physically assaulted him So here's what they say about that in 2008 near-attending then a top aide on Hillary Clinton's first presidential campaign Accompanied Miss Clinton to what was expected to be an easy interview at the Center for American Progress the influential group Founded by top Clinton aides, but faiz Shakir the chief editor of the think tanks think progress website Asked Mrs. Clinton a question about the Iraq war an issue dogging her candidacy because she had supported it Miss Tandon Responded by circling back to mr. Shakir after the interview and according to a person in the room Punching him in the chest Quote I didn't slug him. I pushed him a still angry Miss Tandon corrected in a recent interview What? So let's just be extra charitable to near-attending even though she'd never do this to us But let's just for argument's sake. Let's say she only pushed him You have absolutely no right to put your hands on anyone You are not entitled to physically assault someone because they did something that you don't like I mean the Democratic Party itself screams about journalists You all screamed the loudest than I think rightfully so when a journalist was body slammed by a Republican But you pushed a journalist This is incredibly Bizarre but the story itself gets weirder weirder because for whatever reason the New York Times Journalists who penned this piece thought it was a good idea to bring in near-attendants mom and Her mom kind of does her dirty here and kind of exposes her so This is what they say about near-attendants mom still Miss Tandon's mother Maya Tandon says that her daughter quote Can be very aggressive. She's not going to let anyone rule over her She said and she has loyalty to Hillary because Hillary is the one who made her those Bernie brothers are attacking her all the time But she lets them have it too Maya Tandon said she says Sanders got a pass in 2016 But he's not getting a pass this time So I resent being called a Bernie brother Miss Tandon because we are now known as Bernard brothers were more Sophisticated we're older now. We're more mature. We're more strategically savvy politically astute. We're now We're not brothers. So don't call us Bernie bros anymore Now with that being said, um, this doesn't make it. Okay. Oh, well, she has a temper. It's not an excuse And I I don't know if her mom is trying to do pro-neera Appaloja, but I Mean how is this acceptable? I Hate to use this argument, but if a Republican did it Democrats would be screeching about this from the rooftops, but because near a tendon did it It's okay, she still can go on to lead the Center for American Progress Maybe the leading Democratic establishment think tank It's weird. This is such a weird story Now this article goes on to talk about donors that the Center for American Progress has and how those donors are Essentially the same donors as the Clinton Foundation and additionally Nira's mom chimes in again and Kind of does her dirty again. So they write its donor roles overlap Substantially with those of the Clintons campaigns and foundation The think tank has taken in millions from interests often criticized by liberals including Wall Street Financers big banks Silicon Valley Titans foreign governments defense contractors and the healthcare industry Individual donors can ask to remain anonymous quote. That's what she does She shows up at rich people's places because she needs funds from them. Miss Tandon's mother said that place runs on near a tendon Wow Wow That's all I'll say Wow now What they go on to explain is the way that near a tendon isn't just taking money from Individuals and industries that she shouldn't be taking money from if she truly wants to be Progressive if you are the head of an organization that has progressive in its name But nonetheless, it's not just that she's taking money from people who could potentially Influence her and how she runs that organization, but there's an explicit example About what she did to court someone to the Center for American Progress to recruit someone to the board and it involves the legitimization of someone like Benjamin Netanyahu who is a literal war criminal who is overseeing modern-day apartheid proudly so So they write in November 2015 after Miss Tandon invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to a question and answer Session at the Center a dozen staff members stood during an all-staff meeting and read a statement of protest quote Our goal is to promote humanity and shut down oppression and genocide and terrorism Bringing in another head of state with a record of oppression would further push our mission away It read in part in an email Miss Tandon sent on the day of the Netanyahu visit Stolen and released by WikiLeaks. She told the think tanks founder John D. Podesta that the far left hates me for hosting Mr. Netanyahu, but the invitation may have sealed the deal with a new board member Miss Tandon was wooing Mr. Levine a pro-israel philanthropist the next month Miss Tandon wrote a jubilant email to Mr. Podesta telling him Mr. Levine was joining the board So Netanyahu is worth it She added with a smiley face emoji Mr. Levine no longer sits on the Center's board, but his foundation remains a big donor The Netanyahu event was arranged with the public and private support of the Obama Administration and the notion that it was done at the behest of any donor is preposterous a center spokeswoman said except it's not preposterous because There are emails that you don't say are fake like these are authentic emails that WikiLeaks released and Regardless of how they got it it proved that she explicitly did it at the behest of a donor So to say that that notion is preposterous. No to say that that's preposterous is preposterous. She literally Brought on a war criminal to do a Q&A. I'm guessing a softball Q&A All to court Mr. Levine and it worked and she was jubilant about that Unbelievable one last thing I want to read to you quote Miss Tandon acknowledged tensions with what she called Millennial agitators in her party but blamed Mr. Trump who made quote crazy radical ideas seem more normal. She said in the interview So I'm assuming I'm one of the so-called Millennial agitators since near attendant actually has me blocked on Twitter and for the more Crazy ideas that we have quote-unquote crazy ideas that we're proposing They're not just the left equivalent of what Donald Trump is proposing what we're proposing These aren't radical concepts when you look at public opinion polls for policies like Medicare for all Free college a Green New Deal a federal jobs guarantee Regulating Wall Street getting money out of politics. They're overwhelmingly popular so just because they're not policies that are adopted by the status quo in DC doesn't mean that they're radical if they're supported by Most Americans then by definition these are the mainstream ideas. We're taking populist policy positions But you know, she doesn't like the Millennial agitators Well, maybe stop being so corrupt Maybe stop fighting against us by lying and smearing to defend the status quo Maybe try doing something that you haven't tried before Nira. Maybe try making a good faith Policy-based argument in favor of whatever candidate that you support now, they'll say I don't support a candidate But there's a different article in the New York Times that details how you met with Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer and Pete Buttigieg to talk about what to do about Bernie Sanders So even if you claim you don't have a favorite even if you claim you don't have someone who you dislike I mean, you're basically at this point pissing on our legs and you're trying to convince us. It's raining Not gonna happen. We know what you're all about. So in this article, they also talk about how According to Judd Legum who I believe is the new editor of think progress He claims how center for American progress as a think tank no longer has legitimacy among the left or it has Diminished legitimacy or a legitimacy crisis something along those lines. I'm paraphrasing because of all these things Yeah, I don't view the Center for American Progress as an ally and you think that I would because I'm a progressive and this Organization is ostensibly progressive because it has the word progress in the name But in actuality, this is a right-wing organization and there are some policy positions It takes that are far right you hosted a Q&A with Benjamin Netanyahu at the behest of a donor And then you told us that that's not what you did Unreal but overall just kind of stepping back near attend and punched someone. She is overtly corrupt She does things she goes out of her way to do things to lure donors and She denies what she does out in the open Unbelievable it's not that surprising but I'll be honest I was a little bit shocked by the revelation that she physically assaulted Bernie's now campaign manager Fahisha gear I don't know how she has any credit credibility in DC whatsoever. I don't know how she has a job Again if a Republican did that they would rightfully be universally condemned especially by Democrats But because it's near its hand and everybody loves her Keith Ellison will hold her hand and talk about how much of a fierce progressive she is and Democrats will rely on her for you know, the creation of public policy when She basically is doing everything she can to undermine progressives. We propose Medicare for all she proposes a watered down half measure She's horrible. It seems like she's not just a politically bad person, but in general personally this article tells me that she is a bad person just in general which Is sad because I try to disaggregate the politics from the personality, but it seems like near attend and really is How she presents herself to us She's kind of a shitty person You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report, but trust me I'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast sad