M.A.G.A. The Podcast

Send a textAs Trump finishes his purge of honest lawyers, an unlikely group of heroes emerge to whisper to a battered nation to keep the faith - to believe that the light of democracy still shines, even in our darkest hours.

Send a textDrunk on the power of newly minted immunity from a twisted and corrupt Supreme Court, Don the Dictator turns his wrath again any honest Justice lawyer that dares to swear an oath to The Constitution instead of him. Courageous, patriotic lawyers are harassed, attacked, fired, and targeted for retaliation when they refuse to kiss Trump's ring.

Send a textDon the Con floods the Department of Justice with minions and morons as he transforms a venerated legal institution into his legal attack dogs.

Send a textAs Trump looks to consolidate power, he moves aggressively to silence and eliminate dissenting voices. 

Send a textTrump's desire to destroy our most fundamental right - the right to free speech has spread to the free press. Here's how he's doing it - from his idiot renaming of the Gulf of America to strongarming TV networks to the tune of $67 million and counting. That sure does buy a lot of crayons and coloring books for the Trump Presidential Library.

Send a textDonald Trump is not satisfied with whoring out the presidency to line his own pockets. He also wants to use the powers of the state to become a dictator.Let's explore how Trump is exploiting the murder of Charlie Kirk to strangle the most fundamental of American rights - free speech.

Send a textSo, how much money has Trump made from his crypto schemes, and what happens to the rest of us if he crashes the American Dollar?

Send a textIn the 90s, the mob scammed millions of people by pumping and dumping millions of dollars of worthless stock on the American Public. 30 years later, a mutant strain has emerged - an old turd in a pretty new dress. But instead of being run by the Five Mob Families of New York, this time the President of the United States runs the racket.

Send a textTump wield his presidential power like a ganster. This week we'll explore how he scams the Secret Service, sells out our national security to wet his beak and skims off the top. Like any good gangster, Don the Don uses his crime family to shake people down and make them offers they literally can't refuse.

Send a textBesides being a con man, Donald Trump also likes to act like a gangster. Looking at his rackets via the lens of a mafia don shaking down his neighbors helps explain why Trump is so blatantly corrupt. We being by exploring Trump's version of an ancient mafia racket: Pay for Play.

Send a textA successful Con man relies on external and internal distractions to mesmerize his mark and pull off a grift. How is Don the Con using treason, homeless people, an invasion of cops & troops, and a prison transfer to save his presidency from an insurrection of his most loyal minions?Three Card Monte False Toss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVC7bU2bL2U

Send a textFor decades, Don the Con rode waves of crazy conspiracy theories to personal and political glory. But now, the monster he built has come for him as MAGA and QAnon rebels against his attempts to repress and bury the Epstein Files.

Send a textAs a talented con man, Trump has mastered the art of framing. But his creepy and pervy history with adult women, teenagers, and underage girls - especially his daughter Ivanka - haunts him as former MAGA allies turn against him.

Send a textSo how does a con man work his magic? It all begins with framing - controlling the narrative to mesmerize the masses and control critics. Even enemies are forced to fight on your battlefield, on your terms.He that controls the frame, controls the game.

Send a textRussian intelligence and the Trump campaign focus on Facebook to microtarget American voters likely to fear immigrant boogeymen sent to "replace them" 

Send a textWhy did Putin go so hard for Trump in 2016?From his hatred of Hillary, to his funding a massive sabotage campaign for the 2016 election, Putin did everything possible to put Trump in office. Not because he thought Trump was brilliant, as Trump believes, but because he considers him to be colorful, aka, a clown. 

Send a textWhat is the point of Fake News? What is it actually designed to do? And who is behind it (spoiler alert: who is Trump deferential and meek around)?How does a crazy story about Hillary Clinton, Comet Ping Pong Pizza, and a pedophile ring spread like wildfire that results in gunfire and chaos?

Send a textBy successfully rebranding Fake News from combatting misinformation to smearing any news that he doesn't like, Trump destroys the ability of most Americans to separate fact from fiction.

Send a textTrump's rivals and critics finally get a chance to respond to Trump's endless taunts and insults face-to-face. Can anybody finally land a counterpunch or does Teflon Don slip away yet again?

Send a textMainstream media gives Trump $2 billion of free coverage, and journalists who resist quickly discover they face a mission impossible and are "disavowed" by their peers and networks.

Send a textWhen Trump insists on running for president as his reality show character "The Donald," Mainstream Media betrays the public trust for ratings and money.

Send a textTrump decides to flip the presidential Hunger Games on its head by turning reality into reality TV. The snake hisses that surely taking just one small bite of the forbidden fruit in exchange for precious ratings isn't a sin... 

Send a textAs Trump explodes onto the political stage, Legacy Media must decide if they are going to sell their journalistic souls to Trump in a desperate bid for ratings and relevancy.

Send a textToday we explore the 3rd and most powerful weapon in Trump's initial arsenal - whipping an audience into a mob. Lessons honed over a decades-long relationship with Uber-promoter Vince McMahon that earned Trump a spot as a WrestleMania headliner and induction into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame.

Send a textWe explore how Trump shifted American perceptions of himself from his many business and moral failures to his ultra-successful (but phony) alter ego - "The Donald"

Send a textTrump dominates within the political Hunger Games arena by first becoming "The Girl on Fire" and harnessing the awesome power of American celebrity.

Send a textWith Trump polling at 1% and trailing 16 other candidates, his campaign takes a desperate gamble that helps him survive the initial Hunger Games bloodbath. 

Send a textDiving into the First Big Lie reveals that the Build the Wall details never made practical sense but were catnip to his first MAGA converts - Americans who hate and fear immigrants.

Send a textTrump's first big lie was a whopper. He was going to build a magical wall along the nearly 2,000 mile USA/Mexico border and Mexico was going to pay for it.But there was a method to his madness. In this episode, we start to unpack how Build The Wall went from a batshit crazy idea to the centerpiece of Trump's push to become leader of the free world.

Send a textHow can we make sure that our lie is believed? Let's explore the two essential ingredients Trump uses to convince millions of people that crazy bullshit is actually true.

Send a textA persuasive message goes negative via intent and can hurt and destroy people. We explore how intent impacts darkside messages by unpacking the Balloon Boy Hoax and the the current Trojan horse malinformation campaign Trump is orchestrating to undermine the Judiciary so he can seize total power.

Send a textThis series on disinformation starts at the most foundational element - crafting a persuasive message. We explore the 3 elements of persuasive messaging, drawing on examples from George Foreman, Colin Kaepernick and Ryan Reynolds.

Send a textFlooding the Zone is the nefarious manipulation tactic being used to bring America to the brink of chaos just two months into Trump 2.0 How does it work? Where did it come from? How can lessons learned from the German Blitzkrieg of World War Two be employed to stop it?Also, the Disgusted American replies to a death threat recently left on his Facebook Page.

Send a textTrump and Bannon consummate their political marriage over the flaming corpse of Megyn Kelly.

Send a textBam Bam builds a giant pipeline via a renegade website to deliver Trump's snake oil to the American public.

Send a textThe Prince of Darkness develops the perfect snake oil recipe for Trump's floundering 2016 presidential campaign.

Send a textTrump's floundering campaign gets saved by a nefarious outcast on a revenge quest against the political establishment.

Send a textWhen he learns he's about to get fired from The Apprentice, a desperate Donald Trump looks for a way to escape imminent financial ruin by accepting the role of the Big Bad Wolf in the 2016 presidential primary.