Rogue Overton

Briahna Joy Gray's recent monologue about Israel was ridiculous and gross. It pissed me off so much that I made this video about it. Sources: The Hill (Rising), “Pro-Israel LITERAL False 'Flag' EXPOSED: Briahna Joy Gray” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDPH2WnPdsQ PolitiFact, “Israel-Hamas war: What we know about ‘beheaded babies’” – https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/nov/21/israel-hamas-war-what-we-know-about-beheaded-babie/ Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, “Mission Report” – https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/report/mission-report-official-visit-of-the-office-of-the-srsg-svc-to-israel-and-the-occupied-west-bank-29-january-14-february-2024/20240304-Israel-oWB-CRSV-report.pdf Associated Press, “A UN envoy says there are ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7” – https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-un-rape-oct7-hamas-gaza-fe1a35767a63666fe4dc1c97e397177e Haaretz, “Videos Show Exact Path of Hamas Tunnels Under Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital” – https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-11-23/ty-article-magazine/gaza-israel-war-videos-path-hamas-tunnels-al-shifa-hospital/0000018b-fc69-d330-a9bb-ffff49790000 Times of Israel, “NY Times: Tunnel under Al-Shifa Hospital used by Hamas ‘for cover, weapons storage’” – https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-times-tunnel-under-al-shifa-hospital-used-by-hamas-for-cover-weapons-storage/ The Intercept, “COVERAGE OF GAZA WAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND OTHER MAJOR NEWSPAPERS HEAVILY FAVORED ISRAEL, ANALYSIS SHOWS” – https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/ Reuters, “US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership” – https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-security-council-vote-thursday-palestinian-un-membership-2024-04-18/#:~:text=UNITED%20NATIONS%2C%20April%2018%20(Reuters,membership%20of%20the%20world%20body.

Today, I respond to Ana Kasparian's epic rant about federal taxes and spending. I explain the tax cut that Ana is talking about, and then I describe the break-down of federal spending. Sources: The Young Turks, “LEAKED Video Shows Trump Making HUGE Promise to Ultra-Rich Donors” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqqkyY4bbCA The Young Turks, “Ana RAGES About The Current State of Government” — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dss7VI15cxs Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “The Pass-Through Deduction Is Tilted Heavily to the Wealthy, Is Costly, and Should Expire as Scheduled” — https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-pass-through-deduction-is-tilted-heavily-to-the-wealthy-is-costly-and#_ftn2 Congressional Budget Office, “Budgetary Outcomes Under Alternative Assumptions About Spending and Revenues” — https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59154?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=855024&utm_campaign=Once%20a%20day_2023-05-17_01:30:00&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=855024&utm_campaign=Once%20a%20day_2023-05-17_01:30:00 Congressional Budget Office, “The Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2023: An Infographic” — https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59727 Joint Committee on Taxation, “Present Law and Background Regarding the Federal Income Taxation of Small Businesses,” JCX-10-23, June 5, 2023 — https://www.jct.gov/publications/2023/jcx-10-23/ National Bureau of Economic Research, “HOW DO BUSINESS OWNERS RESPOND TO A TAX CUT? EXAMINING THE 199A DEDUCTION FOR PASS-THROUGH FIRMS” — https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28680/w28680.pdf The Tax Adviser, “Understanding the new Sec. 199A business income deduction” — https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2018/apr/understanding-sec-199A-business-income-deduction.html

Breaking Points recently commissioned a pointless poll and used it as evidence to confirm their own biases about Israel and the merits of alternative media. I break their video down and discuss why I think populism is a bad idea. Sources: Breaking Points, “EXCLUSVE POLL: Cable News Viewers BRAINWASHED On Israel” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWUR48grJuc&t=17s

I discuss how The Young Turks are laundering a pointless story by The Lever about the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows Program. Per The Lever, the fellows have "ranks that often require 20-plus years of service to achieve." That fact did not stop TYT, The Lever, or the Quincy Institute from smearing these fellows as nefarious lobbyists. This is terrible reporting and everyone should be sorry. Please note that I call out "left-wing narratives" in this video, but this also applies to many right-wing narratives. I should have clarified that in the video, but I was hopped up on red pills when I wrote the script. Sources: The Young Turks, “How Defense Contractors Are Stealing YOUR Money & Getting RICH” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq9xmOs3G_I Quincy Institute, “Subsidizing the Military-Industrial Complex: A Review of the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows (SDEF) Program” – https://quincyinst.org/research/subsidizing-the-military-industrial-complex-a-review-of-the-secretary-of-defense-executive-fellows-sdef-program/#h-executive-summary The Lever, “The Pentagon’s 30-Year Lobbying Swindle” – https://www.levernews.com/the-pentagons-30-year-lobbying-swindle/ Open Secrets, “Client Profile: Lockheed Martin” – https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000000104 Force Education and Training, “Overview” – https://prhome.defense.gov/Readiness/Organization/FET/SDEF/Overview/