Why, America? with Leeja Miller

Right wing commentators and leaders like President Trump and Elon Musk are using the devastation in LA to fan the flames of disinformation about climate change and "DEI." Meanwhile, people who just had their fire insurance cancelled are grappling with how to rebuild, and marginalized communities will continue to face the brunt of these natural disasters for years to come.  Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/leeja30 and use code LEEJA30 at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/1/13/la-fires-amp-disinformation-during-disasters 🔮Join the Inauguration Eve Seance: https://leejamiller.kit.com/seance  👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.kit.com/newsletter

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta and all of its platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, would no longer be fact checking or moderating its content, instead opting for a community notes system like X/Twitter. This change comes as Zuckerberg makes clear his willingness to do whatever it takes to get on Trump's good side, and signals a continued rightward turn as billionaires everywhere bend the knee.   Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/leeja to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. 🖇️Sources: https://leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/1/8/fact-checking-is-bad-for-business  🔮Join the Inauguration Eve Seance: https://leejamiller.kit.com/seance  🎙️Listen to the podcast version of every episode here: https://leejamiller.podbean.com/ 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter for news insights every Friday: https://leejamiller.kit.com/newsletter 

Who would have guessed that the H1B immigrant visa would be the thing splitting MAGA apart at the seams? From unhinged tweets by Elon Musk and Laura Loomer, to alleged censorship and arguments over lazy Americans, to discovering that we might actually have more in common than we think??? The infighting indicates a rocky road to come as Trump enters the White House.   🖇️Sources: https://leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/1/6/maga-is-splintering  👑 Patreon [INCLUDING Why, America? Co-Learning Lab]: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter! https://leejamiller.kit.com/newsletter 

Buy, borrow, die. Donor-advised funds. Tax loopholes have been created specifically so that billionaires can legally avoid paying their fair share of taxes. Since so many billionaires will soon be running our government, let's discuss how billionaires avoid taxes. 🖇️Sources: https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2024/12/30/how-billionaires-avoid-taxes 🗞️ Go to https://ground.news/Leeja to stay fully informed on US Politics and more. Subscribe through my link for 50% off for unlimited access on the Vantage plan. 👑 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leejamiller 👕 Get your Reagan Ruined Everything t-shirt right here: https://leejamillermerch.com/ 📃Sign up for Why, America? The Newsletter! https://leejamiller.kit.com/newsletter