On The Record (09-08-26).
Hillbilly Hypocrite.
This week we dissected JD Vance’s child care rule change: A Heritage Foundation tradwife policy dressed up as family values, funded by gutting support for the single working parents who actually need it. Then Nathan Robinson joined us to talk about why the socialist moment is real and the DSA keeps winning where it’s not supposed to. And in honor of Labor Day, we put the wage-price spiral myth to rest: real wages flat for 50 years, corporate earnings through the roof, and the Fed looking the other way the whole time.
Show Notes
Clips
Episode Timestamp + Link | Clip Link
- 00:02:09 | wgaltv: Democrats criticize Fetterman after WSJ report claims he avoids meeting with constituents
- 00:03:17 | Steven A. Smith: Abdul El-Sayed on Israel, Hasan Piker, ICE and JD Vance
- 00:04:29 | Al Jazeera English: Far-right AFD wins vote in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state: Exit polls
- 00:11:45 | Charlie Rose: J.D. Vance is a “Never Trump Guy” (2016)
- 00:11:51 | C-SPAN: JD Vance Acceptance Speech at 2024 Republican National Convention
- 00:12:08 | Inside Edition: JD Vance Called People Without Kids ’Childless Cat Ladies’
- 00:37:57 | Jacobin: Capitalism makes “everyone feels a little insane”
Resources
- The Ghoul Pool
- A24: You Can See Everything
- Mother Jones: Ashley Hinson Fought to Save Private Equity’s Favorite Loophole
- The New York Times: Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones
- The Heritage Foundation: Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years
- Politico: Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report
- Congress: The Child Care and Development Block Grant: In Brief
- National Women’s Law Center: Re-Envisioning CCDF
- Emerald Book: How the 68% Black Single Motherhood Myth Harms Black Women and Families
- Center for American Progress: The Economic Status of Single Mothers
- Financial Planning Association: Leveraging Divorce to Maximize College Financial Aid
- Nathan J. Robinson: Why You Should Be a Socialist
- Nathan J. Robinson: Hillbilly Hypocrisy: ND Vance and the Dark Future of MAGA Politics
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- Jacobin: Capitalism makes “everyone feels a little insane”
- Investopedia: Wage-Price Spiral: What It Is and How It’s Controlled
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Average Hourly Earnings of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private
- Union Stats: Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Sector and Demographic Group: 1973-2025
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Corporate Profits After Tax (without IVA and CCAdj)
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Center for Microeconomic Data
UNFTR Resources
- Video: On The Record 9-08-26 (JD Vance’s Disgusting Stunt | Trump is Melting | Nathan Robinson.)
- Episode: Did Ronald Reagan Destroy the American Dream?
- Episode: Merchants of Death.
- Episode: Labor Daze.
- Episode: Economics of Racism.
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