Ep 982: Failure to Launch

About this episode

The episode discusses the GOP's influence on voters and the current political climate involving Trump and the MAGA universe.

Episode 982 asks: Did Trump magically bamboozle 70 million voters overnight, or did the GOP spend 40 years deliberately breeding an army of angry, paranoid, racist chumps? How is it that we are living in "Dune III" right now, when the movie doesn't come out until later this year? And why is the MAGA universe suddenly eating itself—MTG attacking Fox News, Rogan ditching "dorks and weirdos," and then there's Iran demanding JD Vance -- THAT JD Vance -- lead negotiations with the Trump administra...

People in this episode

Hosts: Driftglass, Blue Gal

Topics covered

• Trump
• GOP
• MAGA
• politics
• media
• racism

Keywords

• Trump
• GOP
• MAGA
• Fox News
• JD Vance
• politics
• racism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fox News, Iran

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