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On Christmas 2020, Michael Moore plays some of his favorite “Christmas” music as he recalls past Christmases, reads a Christmas Eve letter from a friend, and offers solace to those struggling during this holiday season. Santa, trying to enter the US by air from Great Britain without a 14-day quarantine, makes no appearance on RUMBLE this year. Music in the episode: "Space Christmas" - Allo Darlin' https://open.spotify.com/track/2NjSceaQxxKGV414BorznZ "Have Yourself A Very Little Christmas" - Judy Garland https://open.spotify.com/track/3KfvWNzfjr4e86DaJOaqJU "The Rebel Jesus" - Jackson Browne https://open.spotify.com/track/0G4eOezzbJfaESK1Bhvzax "When God Made Me" - Neil Young https://open.spotify.com/track/20s3Btm8x5A0C8RlkVx1PE

Jane McAlevey is a lifetime agitator and shitkicker. So why haven’t you seen her on TV? Why don’t we ever see any of our brightest thinkers and doers in the mainstream media? This is one of reasons I started RUMBLE — to bring brilliant voices like hers to you. Jane and I discuss how we can start creating 2021 now — the world we want to live in, the things we want to change. Aggressive organizing, including strikes, will be necessary regardless of who wins the 2020 election. And, surprise, surprise — we can end up as the real winners once we realize we’re the ones who truly hold the power. ********** Read Jane's new book, "A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy" A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780062908599 or https://amzn.to/3bYr8Ja Read Jane's previous books! No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9780190868659 or https://amzn.to/2UT9CAl Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting for the Labor Movement https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9781781683156 or https://amzn.to/3b47NGc

On the day of the Michigan primary, Michael Moore speaks directly to his fellow Michigan voters (along with voters in Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington, who will also be voting). He also reveals details of an intense and unexpected phone call he received from one of the most well-known Democratic power-brokers in America. ****** Music Credit: The Accidentals - "Michigan and Again" https://music.apple.com/us/album/michigan-and-again/1105292826?i=1105293008

Michael Bloomberg’s commandeering of the 2020 Democratic party nomination campaign is a dangerous moment for the party and the country. If Democrats give in, it will have horrific consequences. Michael Moore lays out the truth of Bloomberg's record and how support for Bloomberg is an endorsement of the Trumpian values we claim to have been resisting. ****************** The Trumpian Liberalism of Michael Bloomberg By Jamelle Bouie https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-and-frisk.html Michael Bloomberg Puts Democrats in Moral Peril By Osita Nwanevu https://newrepublic.com/article/156596/michael-bloomberg-puts-democrats-moral-peril Michael Bloomberg’s Polite Authoritarianism He never hid his callous indifference to civil liberties; too many people just didn't care. By Alex Pareene https://newrepublic.com/article/156560/michael-bloombergs-polite-authoritarianism A Republican Plutocrat Tries To Buy The Democratic Nomination No Democrat should consider Michael Bloomberg as a candidate. By Nathan Robinson https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/a-republican-plutocrat-tries-to-buy-the-democratic-nomination As Bloomberg rises, Democrats are stumbling toward disaster By Greg Sargent https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/18/bloomberg-rises-democrats-are-stumbling-towards-disaster/ Why Is Bloomberg's Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass? By Laura Bassett https://www.gq.com/story/bloomberg-sexism Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/ ************ Photo: Rudy, Trump, Bloomberg, Clinton http://bit.ly/2vMS3aS Video: Blankfein, Bloomberg & Snyder https://youtu.be/D9vHppHUE9s *************

Michael Moore and Ralph Nader have a complicated relationship. So during his trip to D.C. to witness the impeachment of Donald Trump, Michael was surprised when he bumped into Ralph while visiting the office of Flint's representative in Congress. They ended up having their first real conversation in nearly 20 years. Ralph agreed to let Michael record it for this podcast. Rumble Reads: Ralph Nader and Mark Green's new book "Fake President" is here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781510751125 Read more about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact here: https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ Follow Ralph here: https://twitter.com/RalphNader