120: The MAGA Wanker Cometh feat. Madeline Peltz

From Posting Through It by Jared Holt and Michael Edison Hayden

July 6, 2026 · 1h 30m · Season 2 · Episode 120

About this episode

The episode discusses the decline of American patriotism and the bizarre events surrounding America's 250th birthday celebration, featuring insights from researcher Madeline Peltz.

American patriotism just hit a 25-year low , and the country celebrated accordingly: a 56-year-old man we're calling the "MAGA Wanker" allegedly cranked it to some acrobats on a mostly empty field, and Michael Knowles spoke to a ten-year-old about the merits of burning women at the stake. Researcher and reporter Madeline Peltz returns to Posting Through It to relive America's 250th birthday party and take stock of the MAGA movement as of July 2026. Mike, Jared, and Madeline trace how a bipartisan congressional commemoration curdled America's anniversary into a freakish spectacle — funded by dark money and PragerU-supplied educational materials. This episode also features on-the-ground guest reporting from photojournalist Dominic Gwinn . By now, you've probably heard that America's 250th birthday celebrations were a debacle. Now it's time to learn how bad it actually was. Hide your communist flags, folks. Storm's brewing.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jared Holt, Michael Edison Hayden

Guest: Madeline Peltz

Topics covered

MAGA movement
American patriotism
bipartisan commemoration
July 2026
dark money
celebration debacle

Keywords

MAGA Wanker
American patriotism
July 2026
bipartisan
dark money
celebration
PragerU
photojournalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PragerU