Minisode 65: Meloni, No Relation to Christopher

Last week’s episode was a deep dive into the covert role that the CIA played in the Italian Republic’s first election. In this minisode STEPHANIE shares a brief overview of Georgia Meloni’s politics and how Italy has proven to be a canary in the coalmine when it comes to European political movements.
Guy Debord Preface to the fourth Italian Edition of The Society of the Spectacle 
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is no Mussolini – but she may be a Trump | Lorenzo Marsili | The Guardian 
Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate | The Nation 
Post-Fascism in Italy: "So why this flame, Mrs. Giorgia Meloni?" – Culturico 
Giorgia Meloni - Wikipedia 
Post-fascism - Wikipedia 
Spain's conservatives seen winning general election, poll shows | Reuters 
Berlusconi: "Noi abbiamo fatto entrare Lega e fascisti al governo. Il sovranismo è una bufala" 
Italian minister pays homage to fascist troops | Italy | The Guardian 
Brothers of Italy | World | The Guardian 
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Speaks Out on Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage, Gender - Bloomberg 

ALSO MENTIONED: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears", great replacement memes, Trump, the banana zone, silly billies, corny racism, sweet sweet cakes, Burlusconi, Shared History podcast, Italians: they are just like us, Republican Party, Spain’s Vox Party, migrating center, Ron DeSantis, and doing the Urkel.

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Captain F*uck Sh*t: Episode 68: (CIA Meddling in Italy's First Election)

In this episode of the podcast we cheekily dedicate our cocktail to the lovely ladies of Hashtag History as we are imbibing on the precursor of the Negroni called the Americano! This simply refreshing cocktail was a bit hit with American tourists in Italy during the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 

STEPHANIE shines a light on the CIA’s role in Italy’s first election. We 🥂To foreign election interference being bad only when other nations do it but NBD when we do it.
The Italian Elections of 1948
The 18 April 1948 Italian election: Seventy years on | EUROPP 
Italian Election: CQR Kingdom of Italy - Wikipedia
1948 Italian general election - Wikipedia
CIA activities in Italy - Wikipedia
Italian fascism - Wikipedia 
Foreign electoral intervention - Wikipedia.
List of foreign electoral interventions - Wikipedia

**Correction: Italy did have elected prime ministers starting in 1861**

ALSO DISCUSSED: When in Rome, oh yes she better do, hilarious yokes, Casino Royale, WWII, being covered in shame, “strong” men, Il Duce, fuck Truman 4ever, patient zero, catching a fish thiiiiiis big, hot lava, Well…That’s Interesting podcast, Time Magazine, soul rolls, meme fails, middleclass fancy, Spike Lee joints, toned arms from gesturing, those assholes over there, and 100 year cycles.

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Americano - Classic Recipe & History - Vintage American Cocktails
Americano Cocktail Recipe

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