The Muckrake Political Podcast

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Main$tream Med$a Normalize$ Trump Nov 19, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss Morning Joe and Mika visiting Trump at Mar A Lago in order to prop up sagging ratings and what it means for the country now that the media will be desperate for his content. More lurid details come out about his nominations for cabinet positions, accentuating that they never vetted these people. And Alex Jones fights to keep The Onion's hands off his media empire. These are the good times, folks.

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"A Slew Of A$$hole Nominations..." Nov 15, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates and Nick Hauselman discuss the creep of authoritarianism as Donald Trump announced one pick after another for cabinet positions, including Marco Rubio for Secretary of State and Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. They analyze the Democrats' post mortem and where they can possibly go from here.

It Sounds A LOT Like Authoritarianism To Us Nov 12, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss what Donald Trump is already putting into place, including Tom Holman as border czar (family separation will be a feature, not a bug), while mainstream media are all pledging to normalize Trump even more than they had been doing. The desperation from the Democrats is palpable, going so far as to suggest that Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor retire right now.

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The Trump Effect Is Already Kicking In Nov 08, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the signals from the department of justice indicating all of Trump's legal woes wil magically go away. It gets better as it turns out all the Republicans were lying about Project 2025 - as they fully intend to implement the plan. And the finger pointing on the Democrats' side has begun, with plenty of blame to go around.

The Ramifications Of A Trump Win Nov 06, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman provide valuable context to the situation we're in and how to deal with the shocking results of the 2024 presidential election. The polls were completely inaccurate, Trump actually increased the size of his electorate, and the consequences run very deep and can last very long.

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Can Kamala Win It? Nov 05, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman run through the final arguments from both candidates and analyze the electoral college map to figure out who is going to win today. Plus, join. us on our Patreon for a LIVE show tonight at 9PM EST here: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

A Hell Of A Closing Argument Nov 01, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the awful mistakes the Trump campaign is making down the stretch - from Musk announcing 2 trillion dollars worth of cuts to government spending, to telling Robert Kennedy Jr. that he'll be in charge of every health department to almost falling down while opening the door to a garbage truck. They also pull apart some of the scenarios that might happen after the election involving a deeply troubled Supreme Court.

The Trump White Supremacy Festival and Hootenanny Oct 29, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman pull apart the disgusting rally held at Madison Square Garden by Donald Trump heading into the final week of the campaign. All manner of racist and xenophobic tropes were on display in the name of "comedy," and it remains to be seen if it ends up affecting the race in the slightest. They shift to the non endorsement of a presidential candidate by both the Washington Post and the LA Times, proving that the state of journalism in this country is on a teetering on the abyss.

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The Trump Fascist Narrative Oct 25, 2024

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Things have taken a turn as co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss not-so-new revelations from Donald Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly that Trump is, indeed, a fascist who pines for Hitler's generals. They shift to an op-ed from a conservative who claims Democrats are forcing her to vote for Trump as if she wasn't doing it anyway, and they wrap up on the little reported on fact that foreign actors are trying to hack into our election systems once again.

North Korean Troops In Ukraine While Trump Marvels At Arnold Palmer's Penis Oct 22, 2024

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Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman cover an overlooked story of a widening war in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin asks Kim Jong Un for troops as his own Russian soldiers are dying in the hundreds of thousands on the battlefield. They then turn to the furthering unhinged performances of Donald Trump - from being the fry guy at McDonald's to suggesting that Abraham Lincoln should've just done a deal instead of fighting the Civil War, to the reaction of golf pros to seeing Arnold Palmer's member in the shower.

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