Snakes Off A Plane
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The episode discusses Trump's controversial actions during a missile threat, the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and the implications of corporate influence in politics.
Support the show by signing up to our Patreon to hear the full Weekender episode each Friday as well as special Live Shows and access to our community discord: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman dig into the deeply strange story of Trump being smuggled out of Air Force One in a catering cart after Israel passed along intelligence about an Iranian missile threat in Turkey, leaving the entire press corps, Marco Rubio, and members of his own administration behind on the plane he believed was being targeted. They pull apart what that says about Trump's cowardice, Israel's ability to manipulate the administration, and the Secret Service's ongoing institutional failure. From there, they break down the Wisconsin Democratic primary, where Francesca Hong lost to David Crowley by 3,000 votes after corporate media spent weeks framing the race around Thanksgiving tweets and Hassan Piker instead of actual policy, while a $15 million centrist operation quietly bankrolls opposition research against every leftist candidate in the country. The Lakers sale to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for $12.5 billion gets the full treatment as a case study in…
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