How Social Media Killed Blogging & Created Trumpism I Mike Pesca Discussion

Matt Lewis Can't Lose · Dec 10, 2025 · 1h 10m

Don't miss my discussion with Mike Pesca of The Gist about

-- How the conservative blogosphere actually kept populism bottled up

-- Why Tucker Carlson secretly became the most powerful man at Fox using Daily Caller analytics no one else had

-- How iPhones + social media rewarded “Cat Turd” over Jonah Goldberg and made ideological gatekeepers irrelevant

-- Why both parties now reach for the chainsaw instead of the scalpel (DOGE, DEI purges, Gaza, immigration)

-- Whether Democrats can win just by waiting for Trump to implode — or if they need a genuine rock-star celebrity candidate in 2028

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