The Splintering MAGA Media Rage Machine

About this episode

Will Sommers joins Tommy to discuss the evolving landscape of MAGA media and its key figures.

Will Sommers, author of The Bulwark's "False Flag" newsletter, sits down with Tommy to talk about the MAGA media world — including the right-wing personalities who may be considering a political future (Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens), those whose influence is crumbling (Ben Shapiro), and some of the most troubling — and strangest — rising voices. Tommy and Will then break down the ways some of MAGA's leading voices are abandoning the president, what their world will look like and whether it can even survive in a post-Trump future.

People in this episode

Host: Tommy

Guest: Will Sommers

Topics covered

• MAGA media
• right-wing personalities
• political future
• influence
• post-Trump
• media landscape

Keywords

• MAGA
• media
• politics
• Tucker Carlson
• Candace Owens
• Ben Shapiro
• influence
• Trump

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bulwark

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