The Muckrake Political Podcast

Another hard week as Right Wing vigilantism turns to roving bands of MAGA supporters driving into cities and doling out violence. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss this escalation, its implications for potential tragedy, why this is happening, and what we might see in the not-too-distant future.

Another shooting of an unarmed black man. A white terrorist murdering protesters in the street. NBA Players striking. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the current crisis and how the answer is in solidarity and mass action.

Nick Hauselman is out of action this week, leaving Jared Yates Sextont o fly solo as he discusses Trump's "joke" that he would serve another twelve years, the madness of the Trump Administration's stated goals, and the fact that the Republican Party has dispatched of every principle they ever purported to have in the search of power and influence.

Steve Bannon is indicted! Another Trump croney is caught in a grift, this time using a build the wall fundraiser to wet his beak. Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss this development, the mindset of greed and cruelty that unites Trump's cesspool, and prepare for the grotesque Republican National Convention.

Episode Description: Donald Trump's attack on the Postal Service is blatant and craven. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss how the Republican Party has come to embrace the destruction of democratic norms and how Americans, including the Democratic Party, need to step up and oppose it. Also, historian Kristin Kobes du Mez stops by to discuss her book Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.   To access exclusive episodes and coverage of breaking news, become a Muckrake Podcast patron at http://www.patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

Kamala Harris has only been the Democratic Vice-President candidate for a few short days and already the Right Wing is calling into question her race and questioning whether she is constitutionally eligible for office. Co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton discuss the virulent racism, the Right's history of othering people of color, and how Donald Trump will stop at nothing to maintain power.

Co-host Jared Yates Sexton comes in hot over the decline of the United States and its failure to contain the pandemic and continued insistence on settling for mediocrity. This leads to a discussion with Nick Hauselman about the many tiers of opportunists within the Republican Movement, including Christian fascists, middle-managers, and Trumpists looking to recapture a mythical moment in the country's history.

The Attorney-General of New York has exposed the National Rifle Association as the crooks we all knew they were, so co-hosts Nick Hauselman and Jared Yates Sexton dive deep into the history of the NRA, how the Republican Party partnered with them to sell white paranoia for profit and votes, and the longterm damage done to American culture and democracy itself.

With news that Jared Kushner cobbled together a nationwide pandemic strategy that was scrapped to harm blue states, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman wrestle with the implication that the Trump Administration carried out willful genocide. Also, higher education expert John Warner joins the show to discuss his upcoming book "Sustainable. Resilient. Free.: The Future of Public Higher Education," the mess that is American public education, and the looming disaster as students are set to return to school.

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss what Donald Trump means when he suggested delaying the election in November. Jared warns that there's a very significant fear of violence if Trump loses and his supporters won't accept the results. And while William Barr and Trump get called out for their lies, it doesn't seem to have any effect.