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I’ll be honest with you, folks—I knew this one was going to hit deep the moment Dana DuBois joined the show. She’s sharp, fearless, and funny as hell. You probably know her from The Daily Whatever Show on Substack, which she co-hosts with Lawrence Winnerman at GenXy .
But Dana’s also a gifted writer, chronicling our generation’s messy mix of rebellion, exhaustion, and hard-won wisdom. So, when she joined David Shuster and me on Amped Up today, I knew sparks were going to fly—and they did.
David kicked things off like the pro he is, asking Dana about her recent piece on the male gaze—about what it’s like to watch your teenage daughter walk through the world and realize that too many men still treat women like props in their own bad movie.
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David shared a story from his own life—how his wife called out a creep who was ogling their twelve-year-old at a water park—and Dana met that moment with the honesty that defines her work. She didn’t sensationalize it. She didn’t sugarcoat it. She just laid it out: this is the constant, exhausting background noise of being female in America.
From there, we dug in. I ranted a little—shocking, I know—about how civilization is supposed to mean something. Biology may tell us who we’re attracted to, but it doesn’t excuse treating another human being like an object. Dana agreed: men know what they’re doing. And when they leer, it’s not about attraction—it’s about power. It’s about making women feel small.
What blew me away was how Dana threaded that personal story into the larger collapse of decency we’re living through—the way a culture led by a man adjudicated a rapist somehow trains people to look away from cruelty.
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We talked about the AI propaganda video Trump’s team dropped on No Kings Day, portraying him as some crowned Top-Gun superhero defecating on his enemies. Dana called it what it was: fascist filth, broadcast proudly from the White House.
David, as always, broke it down journalistically—reminding us that the same corporate media that once freaked out over Obama’s “tan suit” can’t seem to find the words “illegal demolition” when Trump bulldozes part of the West Wing without oversight.
That’s where Dana and I were completely in sync. The problem isn’t just Trump—it’s the monopoly media that normalizes him. They’ve turned democracy into entertainment. They report what happens but never why. And they sure as hell don’t connect the dots between the fascism on the march and the civic ignorance being pumped into every living room.
But if there’s a reason I still believe in this fight, it’s people like Dana—and you. Because out of the wreckage of corporate journalism, independent media like Blue Amp Media, genXy, and The Daily Whatever Show are building something new. Something honest. Something brave. We’re creating a home for people who won’t be gaslit into submission. People who understand that fighting fascism isn’t just about politics—it’s about preserving truth, empathy, and culture itself.
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So, yeah. This one stuck with me. Dana reminded us that the personal and the political are inseparable—that the fight for your daughter’s right to walk safely down the street is the same fight for the soul of the republic.
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