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Right Now With Perry Bacon
A twice-weekly show about national politics with a focus on the radicalism of the Trump administration and tactics to combat it. The program features in-depth discussions with experts and politicians. It goes beyond the daily headlines to explain why things are happening and put them in a broader context.
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Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Tucker Carlson’s Harsh New Takedown of Trump Fuels Fresh MAGA Fury
Original air date: July 15, 2025 The MAGA movement has been in full meltdown ever since President Trump’s Department of Justice concluded they have no evidence…
Right Now With Perry BaconTNR's Perry Bacon Chats with Pollster Lauren Goldstein
Thank you Karin Falcone Krieger, Jennifer Wells, Mike Rembis, KB 🙋🏼♀️🧩🔍⚖️✨, Peter Sukowski, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lauren…
Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Stephen Miller Rages at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a MAGA Scam
Original air date: July 11, 2025 Stephen Miller recently berated ICE officials in a private meeting, demanding that they hit supercharged new arrest quotas and…
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Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Angry Trump Shocked to Discover Putin Has Humiliated Him: “B******t!”
It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day as he promised during the campaign. Trump’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Paul Krugman Brutally Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters”
Original air date: July 30, 2025 You’ve probably heard that President Trump and the European Union have reached a big trade deal. This is being widely…
Right Now With Perry BaconBest of the Daily Blast: Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town
Original air date: June 2, 2025 Ming Li Hui, who goes by the name of “Carol,” has lived for 20 years in the town of Kennett, Missouri, after coming here from…
Right Now With Perry BaconTNR’s Perry Bacon Chats With Michael Podhorzer
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Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec’s Weird Fawning Rant Goes Awry as Poll Slide Worsens
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered one of her most obsequious, fawning tirades about President Trump yet. She credited him…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Hit by Harsh Blow from Fed Chair as Polls Reveal Fresh Weakness
President Donald Trump has been raging at Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell for weeks, demanding that he cut interest rates. But on Wednesday, the Fed…
Right Now With Perry BaconPaul Krugman Brutally Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters”
You’ve probably heard that President Trump and the European Union have reached a big trade deal. This is being widely portrayed as a “win” for Trump and a big…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Epstein Lie as Musk Goes for Jugular
President Trump just offered some bizarre new ramblings about the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. But he undermined himself: He claimed to know about elite Democrats…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Sham”: Trump Just Made Epstein Fiasco Even More Humiliating for MAGA
President Trump is now suggesting he may pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice to Jeffrey Epstein who’s serving time for sex trafficking. Trump told…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Hit by Harsh Takedown on “The View,” Igniting White House Fury
A new Gallup poll finds that President Trump’s approval has dropped to 37 percent. But the White House has figured out how to get those numbers back up: By…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Furious” Trump Vents at Epstein Mess as Allies Admit He’s Vulnerable
President Donald Trump is “furious” about his inability to make the Jeffrey Epstein scandal go away, Politico reports. He’s frustrated with his staff’s failure…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage at Obama Explodes, Unnerving Experts: “We’re in Trouble”
In the last few days, we seem to have crossed a threshold. President Trump is ratcheting up the authoritarianism and threatening to prosecute his enemies in a…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec Throws FBI Under Bus amid Brutal New Epstein Poll Drop
President Trump’s propagandists are getting more frantic in their efforts to spin away the scandal around the Jeffrey Epstein files. White House press…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Ugly New Attack on Stephen Colbert Reveals Dark Side of Firing
As you’ve heard, CBS has ended “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Troublingly, this comes just after Paramount, which owns CBS, settled President Trump’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec Snaps at Media as Queries about His Mental State Grow
President Trump is in more trouble than usual. The Jeffrey Epstein files are killing him with the base. New polls show him cratering on many issues. And…
Right Now With Perry BaconInside Trump’s Angry, Desperate Push to Silence MAGA on Epstein Fiasco
President Trump is in a rage over his inability to get MAGA to stop talking about the Jeffrey Epstein files. He unleashed a furious Truth Social tirade on it…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage Erupts as Inflation Rises and His Pollster Openly Panics
On Tuesday, we learned that inflation rose last month. The New York Times said inflation “accelerated,” ABC News noted it “surged,” and other reports observed…
Right Now With Perry BaconTucker Carlson’s Harsh Takedown of Trump on Epstein Ignites MAGA Fury
The MAGA movement has been in full meltdown ever since President Trump’s Department of Justice concluded they have no evidence that sex offender Jeffrey…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Threat to Jail Enemies Darkens amid Brutal New Poll Slide
President Trump’s Justice Department is now criminally investigating James Comey and John Brennan, apparently in retaliation for their role in the Russia…
Right Now With Perry BaconStephen Miller Rages Wildly at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a Big Trump Scam
Stephen Miller recently erupted in rage in a private meeting with ICE officials, demanding that they hit supercharged new arrest quotas, reports The Atlantic…
Right Now With Perry BaconAngry Trump Shocked to Discover Putin Has Humiliated Him: “B******t!”
It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day, as he promised during the campaign. Trump’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec’s Fury at Media over Texas Flood Exposes Worst of MAGA
At least 109 people have died amid devastating flooding in Texas. Distressingly, 27 deaths occurred at a summer camp for girls, and the toll continues to rise…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Accidentally Reveals a Big Weakness on ICE Fiasco, Angering MAGA
At a rally, President Trump declared that he now may suspending deportations for farmworkers and other migrant workers. Trump openly admitted this will anger…
Right Now With Perry Bacon"Shocking": Trump's Use of Secret Police Is About to Get Much Darker
In today’s episode, Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg makes a crucial point: During months of debate about President Trump’s now-signed budget bill, there…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Threat to Jail Foes Darkens, Prompting Epic Retort from Zohran
This week, President Donald Trump issued many angry threats against Zohran Mamdani, the underdog winner of New York Democratic mayoral primary. Trump has been…
Right Now With Perry BaconAngry JD Vance Accidentally Reveals How Trump Is Screwing MAGA Voters
The Senate just passed President Trump’s big budget bill, which will cut $1 trillion from Medicaid to fund huge tax cuts for the rich. In a remarkable series…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Fury at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking His Own Dumb MAGA Scam
President Trump is raging at GOP Senator Thom Tillis for telling the truth about the Senate version of his budget bill, which could knock 10 million people off…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Mind-Boggling”: Trump Voters Suddenly Learn He’s Screwing Them Badly
It’s becoming clearer that many of President Trump’s supporters are realizing how badly they’re getting shafted by his big budget bill and other leading…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trump Plummets in New Polls
President Trump’s big budget bill is in some trouble after the Senate parlimentarian ruled that big chunks of it can’t pass via a simple majority. That enraged…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Dope Pete Hegseth Accidentally Reveals the Trump Cult’s Dark Side
President Donald Trump and his top advisers have worked themselves up into a fury about the leaked intelligence assessment casting doubt on the success of…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Anger at AOC Boils Over—and Reveals a New Way Forward for Dems
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez got into a major online battle over Trump’s bombing of Iran. AOC said Trump had…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Erupts in Fury at Journos over Iran—and Reveals a Big Weakness
On Monday, President Donald Trump exploded in fury at reporters and news outlets for asking hard questions about whether the strikes really destroyed Iran’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Threats to Unleash Troops in Cities Darken as Brutal Poll Hits
Emboldened by a partial court victory over his use of troops amid immigration protests in Los Angeles, President Trump is now threatening to expand deployment…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Rages at Brutal New Polling as Press Sec Rushes to Calm Him Down
President Trump is furious over a new poll from Fox News, and understandably so. It finds his approval upside down, with 54 percent disapproving. His standing…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Dimwit Pete Hegseth Accidentally Reveals a Dark Truth about Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced striking questioning from Democratic Senator Elyssa Slotkin on Wednesday. She grilled him on whether he had given an order…
Right Now With Perry BaconDid Fox News Just Scam Trump into Embracing War with Iran?
President Trump appears dead set on joining Israel’s war with Iran. After a period of negotiations, Trump has now tweeted that he wants Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Sick”: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Worsen as Parade Fiasco Sinks In
After the horrific assassination of a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, President Trump at first correctly stressed that such violence is absolutely…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Erupts in Crazed Hard-Right Rant as MAGA Fury Takes Darker Turn
In a little-noticed rant, President Donald Trump furiously vowed on Truth Social that he will now carry out something called “remigration.” This idea is widely…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Stephen Miller’s Ugly, Hateful Aims
Stephen Miller had a shouting match Thursday with a GOP Senator over Miller’s demand for massive funds for deportations, which Republicans are debating right…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec Seethes at Journos as Harsh New Poll Shows Him Tanking
News organizations have been credulously amplifying the White House’s spin that sending troops into Los Angeles is great politics for President Trump. But the…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry, Violent Outbursts Go Nuclear as Poll Delivers Bad News
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a direct promise to use “heavy force” on protesters who dare show up to his military parade this weekend. He made no…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Disturbing”: Trump’s Threat to Use Troops in Cities Just Got Darker
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump ordered up the National Guard to deal with violence that broke out in Los Angeles amid protests of Trump’s immigration…
Right Now With Perry BaconFox News Suddenly Admits to Major Trump Failure amid Fresh DOGE Fiasco
Fox News hosts have gotten very aggressive in pinning down Trump officials over the failures of Trump’s trade agenda. Stuart Varney sharply questioned a top…
Right Now With Perry BaconWhy Trump-Musk Feud Is Suddenly Driving White House into “Full Panic”
As you’ve surely heard, the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has erupted, with the two men trading attacks on each other for hours. As of this…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Turns Sharply on Musk as Harsh New Data Wrecks Case for GOP Bill
President Donald Trump appears to have finally turned on Elon Musk over his scalding criticism of the “big, beautiful bill.” At a presser, House Speaker Mike…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Rages over GOP Bill Fiasco as Elon Musk Admits to Its Core Scam
President Trump has been tweeting wildly and angrily over the fate of his “big, beautiful bill.” He’s been lashing out furiously at Democrats and at GOP…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Press Sec’s Vile Rants on Fox Show How He’s Screwing MAGA Voters
President Trump really wants the Senate to pass the “big beautiful bill” that has now gotten through the House. But a number of GOP Senators are, for now…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town
Ming Lee Hui, who goes by the name of “Carol,” has lived for 20 years in the town of Kennett, Missouri after coming here from Hong Kong. She has been raising a…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In
President Donald Trump’s advisers are raging over a court ruling that temporarily blocked many of Trump’s tariffs. Stephen Miller called it “judicial tyranny.”…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rants about Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court
In a series of rants to reporters, President Trump’s rage at Harvard took a sadistic and unhinged turn. He made it clear that only total subjugation to him on…
Right Now With Perry BaconHumiliated Trump’s Anger at Putin Grows as GOPers Start Breaking Ranks
In a series of public remarks, President Trump has lashed out at Vladimir Putin for keeping up his attacks on Ukraine in defiance of Trump’s stated desire for…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Odd Ramblings to Media Accidentally Wreck His Own Tariff Scam
After President Donald Trump threatened to single out Apple with tariffs, he offered remarks to reporters that undercut his case. First he seemed to say this…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry New Attack on Harvard Is Already Blowing Up in His Face
After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university’s right to receive foreign students. The administration sent…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Unravels in Crazed Rants to Media as Poll Reveals Fresh Weakness
President Trump’s presser on Wednesday flew off the rails. He raged at a reporter for questioning his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar. He snapped when…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
President Trump has raged at Bruce Springsteen for days, demanding investigations as retaliation against him for criticizing the president. This is easy to…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
President Donald Trump’s feud with Walmart is intensifying. After the retail giant warned that its prices will go up due to Trump’s tariffs, he erupted on…