The Muckrake Political Podcast

Episode Description: Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman react to the New York Times report that Donald Trump is a catastrophic failure who's only paid $750 in taxes, the Right's attack on civic duty, and what to expect from these revelations and more.   To become a patron of the show, visit http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast  to unlock exclusive content, including live reactions and analysis during the upcoming debates.

The Muckrake Podcast welcomes Robert P. Jones, author of White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in Christianity to discuss the corrosive influence of racism in religion and politics and to try and find a way out of this growing crisis.

As Donald Trump declares liberal cities "anarchist zones" and threatens to defund them, Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the political maneuver and damage it could cause, as well as the growing mess that is the vacancy on the Supreme Court.

As shockwaves reverberated across the country at the news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman share a solemn moment to reflect on her monumental impact on the country. As a fierce warrior and defender of women's rights, the very real concern is with her passing is that the Trump administration will nominate an ideologue that will irrevocably change this country for many decades, if not forever.

Things are just falling apart. President Donald Trump is ordering schools to teach "patriotic history," Attorney General William Barr is consistently shredding the law, and immigrants are being sterilized against their will. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman parse out the madness, voice their anger, and offer a little bit of hope.

The lead up to the election continues to be defined by paranoid fascism, now with a Trump Administration member talking about "left-wing death squads" and CDC assassins. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss this madness, as well as calls by the Right for Trump to use the Insurrection Act to steal the election, and welcome author and journalist Jeff Sharlet to talk about the intersection of religion, power, and greed.

It's been...a week. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman react to the news that CNN CEO Jeff Zucker advised Donald Trump in 2016 and even offered him a weekly show, dive deep into the fabricated rivalries of modern politics, and express general frustration at all the dangerous illusions.

Excerpts from Bob Woodward's new book have revealed Donald Trump knew the coronavirus was deadly and highly infectious. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman convene to discuss this infuriating revelation, what it means for a President of the United States to murder his own people, and just how troubling it is that Woodward sat on this information as thousands of Americans died.

Donald Trump reacted to being caught disrespecting the military by...invoking the military industrial complex and disrespecting the military? Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman make sense of the nonsensical, discuss the implications, and welcome Federico Finchelstein, author of A Brief History of Fascist Lies to discuss the fascist urge to control reality.

Donald Trump has shown time and again that he can't care about anyone or anything but himself, but this latest news that he's continually referred to veterans as "losers" and "suckers" is shocking even by his standards. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman break down how broken Trump is as a person and politician and the criminality of Bill Barr and the men who aid the president.