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Mallen Baker: Faultlines
'Dangerously reasonable' analysis on politics, science, and particularly the bit where they bump into each other. I aim to give an independent, fact-focused, non-ideological take on the issues that matter.
Episodes
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Why Trump’s MAGA Is Interfering In Poland Elections
Poland goes to the polls to elect its next president this weekend. And Trump's MAGA movement has been actively campaigning for the candidate it sees as most…
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Why Did Trump Suddenly Turn On China Again?
Everything seems to have settled down with President Trump's America and China now that they'd climbed down from their maximalist tariff barrage. But Trump…
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Trump’s Tariffs In Disarray - Why This Could Be A Dangerous Moment
President Trump has been having SO much fun, slapping tariffs on the EU, hitting China, randomly spraying charges on everybody including the penguins. But now…
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Will Trump Succeed In Killing Climate Action Worldwide?
We all know that President Trump has taken the decision to end climate action previously being taken by the United States - that is very much his prerogative…
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Trump Quietly Launching Attack On European Democracy
Having told the Middle East, that America wouldn't be telling the world 'how to live their lives', the Trump Administration is launching a very active campaign…
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Why Trump is Terrified Of ‘Crazy’ Putin
Fiona Hill was President Trump's Russia advisor in his first term - back when he had advisors who actually knew their subject. In an interview today with the…
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Gen Z Is ABANDONING Trump
A remarkable feature of the 2024 presidential election was just how much Gen Z voters swung towards Trump, particularly young men. There's a popular narrative…
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Why Insane Trump Tariffs Against EU And Apple Will Backfire
Just when it seemed that things might be stabilising just a bit, Trump posted onto social media and suddenly we're right back into the throes of new trade…
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The Crucial Lessons From Biden's Decline America Needs To Learn
Books have been landing in recent weeks opening up windows into the behind-the-scenes action around the cognitive decline of US president Joe Biden, and how…
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Trump Is CLUELESS On What He Just Did To Himself
So we had another White House Struggle Session this week, this time with Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of South Africa. President Trump's ambush, watched…
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Elon Musk Admits It’s Over – No More Political Money
We've known Elon Musk was on his way out for several weeks, but yesterday he added the final straw - he said he was going to cut any political spending right…
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The Truth About Trump and Putin's Big Phone Call
US President Trump and Russian President Putin held their direct call - the one that was supposed to see Trump pushing Putin into embracing a 30-day ceasefire…
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The UK EU Brexit Reset Deal - Did It Blow Up UK Politics?
The UK and the EU announced a big post-Brexit trade deal today. For some, it was a common sense shift from the original terms of the Brexit deal to make trade…
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Former US Ambassador To Ukraine SLAMS Trump Betrayal
Bridget Brink was the US Ambassador to Ukraine during the three years post-invasion where the United States was standing relatively firm alongside its allies…
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Trump Ambassador Attacks Canada For Being Mean To America
So Trump's attempted interference in Canada backfired, and the Liberals' Mark Carney won the recent election. The question is - now what? Can Canada negotiate…
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Trump’s Insane Bid To Put Ex FBI Director In Jail - For Free Speech
Every relevant senior member of the Trump cabinet has come out with an attack on former FBI Director James Comey - a truly astonishing exercise in gaslighting…
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Why Trump REALLY Lifted Sanctions On Syria
President Trump has had perhaps his best week so far of his second term, being hosted by some of the richest countries of the world. He has also been making…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
How Putin, China And The World Are Learning How To Play Trump
It used to be that the United States, as the dominant world power, was the most powerful driving force behind world events, for better or for worse. It made…
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Why Trump’s MAGA Base Is FURIOUS With Him
We've been taking it as read that Trump's MAGA base would stay unquestioningly loyal to him no matter what. But that support is starting to splinter. One half…
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How Trump's Lying Is Making The Whole World Stupid
Yes, yes, we all know Trump lies - so what? Well, the point is that since the US is now bullying the entire world on trade, as well as using its leverage over…
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Why Trump Is Already Panicking About The Midterms
Trump only just completed his first hundred days, so it's a bit early to be thinking about it all ending, right? Except, by all reports, Trump is already…
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Why Trump LOST To China Even Before Talks Started
Having created a major impasse between the US and China with mutual tariff obliteration, Trump has been trying to work out how the US can extract itself from…
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US Caught Spying On Greenland To Prepare For Takeover
Trump may have (reluctantly) accepted that Canada is not going to fall into his embrace, but he is going full speed ahead in his quest to get Greenland. This…
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How Trump Bullied Tariffed Nations To Accept Musk’s Starlink
On Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day', a number of countries suddenly discovered that they were to be whacked with massive tariffs from the United States -…
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Why Trump Will Fail — But What Comes After Will Be Worse
Whether in his stated terms, the policy changes he aims to make, or in the Project 2025 actions he's taking to bring in an autocratic system to the US, there…
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The Trump-Style Farage Revolution Coming To The UK?
In elections in Canada and Australia, we saw figures who had been even lightly associated with Donald Trump's MAGA movement losing, whereas before Trump had…
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Trump’s America Declares A WORLD WAR Against Truth
How do we know if the economy is doing well? There are reliable statistics for that. How do we know what's happening with the climate? There is reliable data…
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Will Ukraine Rain (Missiles) on Putin’s Parade?
Russia's President Putin is gearing up for the annual grand military parade in Moscow. This year is a big one because it's the 80th anniversary of the end of…
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Trump’s Deportation Blitz Is Failing Badly In The Courts - Why It Matters
On day one, he declared several emergencies. Later, he backed this up by invoking the Alien Enemies Act. This has been an ongoing and deliberate push by…
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The MAGA-Inspired Populist Surge That’s Changing Everything
In some places, such as Canada and maybe this weekend Australia, populist-right politicians, although they clearly show the signs of being influenced by…
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Ukraine’s Minerals Deal with the US: Hidden Costs, False Promises?
So Ukraine has finally signed the Minerals Deal with the Trump Administration. And news commentators are full of speculation about how much this deal now has…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Tariffs Chaos Shrinks US Economy - And This Is Just The Start
The news arrived today that the US economy has dramatically cratered - shrinking in the first quarter of the year, whereas it had been strongly growing before…
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The Trump Spoiler Move That May Be Carney's First Big Test
Mark Carney's Liberal Party has won the Canadian election. It was close, but still extraordinary that he was able to turn around the massive deficit the party…
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What Everyone Missed About This Iconic Moment
The big story about the Pope's funeral - bigger than the event itself on some measures - was a 15 minute one-on-one conversation between Presidents Trump and…
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Why Trump Is Suddenly Lying About Talking To China
We're used to the idea that Trump lies a lot - I mean, even his supporters know this, although they will use euphemisms to make it sound ok. But WHY has Trump…
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Why Elon Musk’s DOGE has been a dismal failure
Musk's time with DOGE is coming to an end - or at least will be massively dialled back. But the fact is that the exercise, which promised so much, seems to…
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Trump's tariff blunders blow up in his face
It's official. Trump's tariffs on the world, but especially on China, are making the whole world poorer. Trump wants China to make a deal - but he set the…
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Trump’s Meltdown As Ukraine Surrender Plan Fails
At the start of the day, Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff were on their way to a top-level meeting in London to discuss President Trump's seven-point "peace"…
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American Institutions Fight Back Against Trump Power Grab
President Trump came out of the gates quickly in his second term, testing the limits of his power in all directions at once, and assaulting numerous…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Pentagon Chaos: Will Trump Finally Fire Pete Hegseth?
Reports are coming into view about complete disarray at the Pentagon under Trump's controversial pick for secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth. He has fired all…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Should Denmark Throw America Out Of Its Greenland Base?
Answering a question from a Patreon supporter - Should Greenland kick the US out of its one remaining Greenland base, since - if Trump were to make good on his…
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Why Did Trump Suddenly Stop Attacking Canada?
We've been witnessing something really strange over the last three weeks. Trump has been ... silent. OK, only about one thing, but even so. He's been wholly…
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Trump Defies Courts To Lock People Up Without Due Process
The Supreme Court ruled decisively 9-0 that the man incorrectly removed from the USA to one of the most notorious prisons in El Salvador, Abrego Garcia, that…
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Can the West Trust China More Than Trump?
The Trump / China Trade War enters its third week, and the stakes are only getting higher and the measures more intense. While Trump is busy pulling various…
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How Trump Is Dismantling Election Protections
If the Trump administration is taking the United States in the direction of autocracy, there are certain steps that you would commonly expect to see being…
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Harsh Tariff Truths Sinking In, While MAGA Celebrates Trump 'Genius'
Trump reversed course, and the stock market flowered in response, and everything's now OK, right? Well, except that a lot of damage has been done, most of the…
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Trump’s Panic Tariff Pause - Why It Might Be Too Late
The news is just in - after all the bluster and the boasting, Trump finally noticed that not all was going swimmingly with his tariffs on the entire world, and…
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Why China Won't Back Down On Trump's Tariff Shakedown
When President Trump announced his tariffs to the world, China was right at the top of the list, and it was hit with one of the largest tariffs of the day…
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The GOP Is ALREADY Preparing for the Post-Trump Fight
Trump is at the centre of things - throwing the global economy into turmoil in the aim of reshaping everyone's relations with the US, as well as reshaping…
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Is Trump about to invoke the insurrection act?
President Trump wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act back in 2020, but he was prevented by the opposition of his then-defence secretary and the Joint Chiefs…
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Is The US (Still) On Course For Civil War?
I've been talking about the likelihood of the US heading towards a second civil war for some time on this channel. Patreon supporter Peter asked me if I still…
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Why does JD Vance hate Europe?
The recent Signalgate text messages leak gave us a real insight into just how much JD Vance really actually hates and despises Europe - much more than had…
- Mallen Baker: Faultlines
Trump Sparks World Economic Crisis
President Trump called it 'Liberation Day' - but that's not what many others were calling it. Instead, the wide-ranging raft of tariffs levied on imports to…
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Trump’s Science Purge: Why Researchers Are Leaving the US in Droves
Health researchers, climate scientists, and more - they are finding significant projects being axed for what appear to be purely ideological grounds. This can…
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Elon Musk is nearly finished at DOGE - what next?
Elon Musk has been all over the Federal Government for the last ten weeks. But his original term of office is coming to an end, and both Trump and Musk himself…
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Marine Le Pen BARRED - Harsh Justice Or Legal Coup?
The front-runner for the next French Presidential elections, according to current polls, Marine Le Pen has been sensationally barred from standing by a judge…
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What Makes A Democracy Turn Into A Dictatorship?
In their book 'How Democracies Die', Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt identify the four tells for a despot-in-waiting, the democratic guardrails that all…
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JD Vance SLATES Denmark, Hides from Greenland
So the visit to Greenland of the Vice President JD Vance finally happened. Originally intended to be a 'charm offensive' to the population, eventually the…
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Ukraine Stunned As Trump’s Ruthless Minerals Grab is BACK ON
In the immediate aftermath of the debacle in the Oval Office, it was reported that Trump wanted the minerals deal toughened up to 'punish' Ukraine. This week…
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National Security Disaster Gets Bigger - And They Just Don’t Care!
After various members of the senior Trump administration stated flatly that no classified information was revealed in the group chat on the bombing of Yemen…