Episode 149 - Everybody Hates Vance

There has never been a Vice Presidential nominee as universally disliked as 2024 Republican nominee J.D. Vance. In this episode, I lay out some of the reasons he's so unpopular with so many people,

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

Everyone Hates J.D. Vance: Poll

https://newrepublic.com/post/184438/jd-vance-popularity-brutally-embarrassing-hit

J.D. Vance: Pregnancies from rape should go to term even if they're 'inconvenient'

https://www.rawstory.com/news/jd-vance-abortion-2668861499/

Vast majority of Republicans support abortion exceptions for rape, incest and mother's health

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/vast-majority-republicans-support-abortion-exceptions-rape-incest-moth-rcna52237

JD Vance Is An Investor In A Far Right Video Platform Filled With Neo-Nazi Content

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/jd-vance-is-an-investor-in-a-far-right-video-platform-filled-with-neo-nazi-content

Read J.D. Vance’s Violent Foreword to Project 2025 Leader’s New Book

https://newrepublic.com/article/184393/jd-vance-violent-foreword-kevin-roberts-project-2025-leader-book

Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/28/jd-vance-peter-thiel-donors-big-tech-trump-vp/ 

Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/15/peter-thiel-who-is-he-republican-donor-tech-entrepreneur

The Education of a Libertarian

https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/

J.D. Vance Endorsed Book That Calls Progressives “Unhumans” and Praises Jan. 6 Rioters

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-unhumans-book-jack-posobiec-alt-right-january-6/

Jack Posobiec's Extremist File - SPLC

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/jack-posobiec

How the Mainstream Right Developed a Soft Spot for Francisco Franco

https://jacobin.com/2023/04/mainstream-right-soft-spot-francisco-francisco-franco-wwii-conspiracy-paranoia-antisemitism-anti-communism

Spain criminalises support for Franco in bid to heal divisions

https://theweek.com/news/world-news/europe/953559/spain-criminalises-suspport-franco-crackdown-dictators-legacy

JD Vance suggests VP picks don’t matter

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/02/jd-vance-vp-picks-00172526

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