Ep. 38: The Musk-Trump Coup Takes A Dark (And Predictable) Turn

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway!Even as Donald Trump spends his days watching TV and playing golf, his puppet masters from Project 2025 continue their work trying to turn America into an authoritarian shithole like Russia and Hungary. Meanwhile, Elon Musk continues to seize control of the digital infrastructure which begs the question: Who is actually in control of the nation?The answer? The increasingly larger number of people the wannabe dictators are pissing off every second of every day.How long do they think they can get away with stealing our money before we come for them?Ogre Nation News Update!2:03 - 9:57 Pete Hegseth the alcoholic rapist fires the people in charge of telling him not to break the law. The legacy press forgot to ask why.9:58 - 22:45 Elon Musk’s “5 Things You Did Last Week” email is going to be fed into an “algorithm” to decide who gets fired. The legacy press forgot to ask what criteria will be used and who gets to decide.22:46 - 26:35 One-third of Musk’s DOGE staff quit and made a lot of noise about how illegal this all is as well as how unqualified Musk’s “boy geniuses” are. The legacy press has yet to ask any follow up questions.26:36 - 36:04 Republicans are trying to impeach judges who uphold the law by blocking Musk and Trump’s coup. The legacy press forgot to condemn the GOP’s fascism.36:05 - 42:01 Kash Patel and Dan Bongino now control the FBI and have a long history of lying about their accomplishments. The legacy press is too busy talking about Joe Biden’s failures to deal with that.42:02 - 47:24 This Week In Vomit-Inducing Racism47:25 - 57:10 Headlines For Short Attention Spans57:11 - 102:25 Shit We’re Watching This WeekThings We Discussed In The ShowSo What Kinds Of Illegal Orders Is Pete Hegseth Planning On Obeying?21 federal tech workers resign rather than help Musk ‘dismantle critical public services’Second US judge who ruled against Trump faces Republican impeachment bidTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe