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Titanic Tuesday, Head-ON With Roxanne Kincaid, 13 May 2025

🎙️ Head-ON with Roxanne Kincaid – May 13, 2025

Program Highlights:

  • Roxanne opens with gratitude for listener support and contributions, noting power issues in storm-battered WV.

  • Baseball: She slams MLB’s posthumous reinstatement of Pete Rose & Shoeless Joe Jackson, mocking the idea that “permanent ineligibility ends at death.”

  • Chatroom shout-outs: Listeners comment on sports, politics, and grief. Dana’s tribute to her disabled cat Jeremy prompts a Rainbow Bridge remembrance.

  • Media & Biden Backlash: Roxanne tears into corporate media for “aiding fascists” with ageist Biden hit pieces. She questions reporting involving George Clooney and blasts coverage that distracts from Trump’s ongoing threats.

  • GOP Cuts to Medicaid/SNAP: Coverage of a House hearing featuring disabled protesters chanting “No cuts to Medicaid.” CBO says 13.7M+ could lose coverage. Roxanne calls GOP lawmakers “MAGAT sadists.”

  • Supreme Court Rage: Chief Justice John Roberts is dubbed “old balls and strikes” and a “goddamn liar” for downplaying Dobbs and the rollback of rights.

  • Immigration Atrocity Plans: Discussion of Trump team proposals to deport undocumented immigrants to Libya or Saudi Arabia. Judge halts this, citing lack of notice.

  • Habeas Corpus Threats: Stephen Miller’s calls to suspend habeas corpus raise alarms. Roxanne quotes A Man for All Seasons on law and tyranny.

  • Jetgate & Gorka Meltdown: A $400M jet gift from Qatar draws constitutional scrutiny. Gorka explodes on BBC when asked about emoluments and Gaza starvation.

  • Gaza Catastrophe: Roxanne cites IPC data showing 470K Palestinians in phase-5 famine. UNRWA and Israeli dissidents decry aid blockades as weaponized starvation.

  • Tuberville Residency Lies: “Tommy the Tuber” may not meet Alabama’s 7-year gubernatorial residency rule. He’s lived in Florida, not AL.

  • MAGAT Party Hypocrisy: AL MAGAT Chair John Wall used a Tennessee license and voted with a fake ID while vetting candidates like Tuberville.

  • Trump Infiltration at LOC: Trump cronies installed in top Library of Congress roles. Roxanne worries about censorship, cultural erasure, and the firing of Carla Hayden.

  • Call-in Deep Dive (Darlene):

    • Darlene is devastated by revelations that Biden officials never truly pressured Israel for a ceasefire. She accuses them of lying to the public, calling it complicity in genocide.

    • She has gone “unaffiliated” from the Dems, slams Booker as corporate and performative, and criticizes Pelosi and Schumer’s inaction.

    • She links U.S. tolerance of genocide abroad to danger at home for marginalized groups.

    • Citing Citizens United, she declares the U.S. an oligarchy where corporations control policy.

    • Darlene warns against “settling” for centrists like Gavin Newsom.

    • Discussion turns to Trump’s health, fascist aspirations for a 3rd term, and lack of accountability.

    • Optimism flickers in stories of resistance (e.g., Worcester anti-Nazi protests, Chris Murphy grilling Kristi Noem).

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Closing Thoughts:
Roxanne expresses grief over America’s decline, disillusionment with Democratic leadership, and fierce determination to resist fascism, censorship, and apathy. She reminds listeners to support the show and each other — and to “stay safe, stay strong.”