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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 BaconFiasco for Musk as Trump Aides Suddenly Defy Him amid New GOP “Panic”
House Republicans are suddenly facing angry voter revolts back at home over Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Some of them are…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Suddenly Slips in 3 Brutal New Polls—and Musk Looks Even Worse
Three new national polls—from CNN, Gallup, and The Washington Post—show that President Donald Trump’s job approval is decidedly underwater. Importantly, the…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Unnerving “Dictator” Rant Forces GOPers into Wild Contortions
President Donald Trump unleashed a long, angry tirade on Wednesday that falsely blamed Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion. Trump pushed many other lies…
Right Now With Perry BaconStephen Miller Rages at CNN Host as Musk’s Latest DOGE Fiasco Implodes
On Tuesday, top White House adviser Stephen Miller unleashed a wild, angry rant on CNN after tough questioning from CNN’s anchor about Elon Musk’s so-called…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump-Musk Threats Darken as Their Anger at Enemies Takes Ominous Turn
Our descent into authoritarian rule continues. Over the weekend, Elon Musk raged on Twitter that people at CBS News deserve a “long prison sentence” based on a…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Rages at Mitch McConnell in Crazed Rants—Showing How He Cows GOP
On Thursday, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mitch McConnell, the only Republican to vote no, issued a…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Ugly Tirade Over Legal Losses Is Ominous
With President Donald Trump’s agenda suddenly facing a huge wave of lawsuits, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt unleashed a long, angry tirade on…
Right Now With Perry BaconPro-Trump GOPers Shocked to Learn Their Own Voters Are Fuming at Musk
Little by little, congressional Republicans are waking up to discover that their own voters are in revolt against Elon Musk’s efforts to wreck the federal…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage at Canada Just Got Worse—and Putin Is Quietly Celebrating
In an interview on Fox News, President Donald Trump angrily signaled that his goal of making Canada into a “51st state” is “real” while ranting that Canada is…
Right Now With Perry BaconElon Musk’s Threats Get Darker as Trump Legal Losses Trigger MAGA Fury
Rage is mounting among President Donald Trump’s allies over the losses that Trump’s agenda has suffered in court, which are clearly becoming a serious obstacle…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry Rant at USAID Instantly Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video
President Donald Trump unleashed an angry rant Thursday about the U.S. Agency for International Development. He falsely claimed billions of dollars had been…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Scam on Tariffs Wrecked in Surprise Moment from Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller privately worried about imposing overly aggressive tariffs on Mexico, because it could imperil Mexico’s effort to apprehend migrants traveling…
Right Now With Perry BaconJamie Raskin’s Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Shows Dems Are Waking Up
As Elon Musk’s government takeover continues, Representative Jamie Raskin has been sounding a particularly urgent alarm. And during a Twitter fight between the…
Right Now With Perry BaconIllegal Trump-Musk Power Grab at USAID Suddenly Becomes Bigger Scandal
President Trump has empowered Elon Musk to undertake a gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development that is pretty clearly illegal. And this week…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage at Canada Gets Darker as GOPers Admit to Rising “Anxiety”
After President Donald Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent tariffs on China, he unleashed some angry…
Right Now With Perry BaconAngry Trump Snaps at Journos who Harshly Expose his Plane Crash Drivel
After a passenger jet collided with a military helicopter over Washington DC, leaving no survivors, President Donald Trump went before the cameras and blamed…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“A Weak President”: Trump’s Chaos Strategy Implodes in Epic OMB Fiasco
On Wednesday, Donald Trump’s administration rescinded the Office of Management and Budget memo that instituted his disastrous funding freeze, an apparent…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Ugly New Attack on Biden Is a Bad Omen
On Tuesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt gave her first media briefing in the White House. Leavitt unleashed a sleazy, gratuitous attack on Joe Biden’s…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Anger Inside WH, Leaked to Media, Hints at a Darker Obsession
Already, Donald Trump is “disappointed” about the pace of deportations under his presidency, The Washington Post reports. Trump officials have instructed ICE…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Just Made His Illegal Late-Night Firing Spree Look Even Worse
On Friday night, President Donald Trump fired 15 independent inspectors general in a late night massacre that appears to have been illegal. Yet since then…
Right Now With Perry BaconAlready, Trump Suffers Harsh Rebuke in Court—Here’s Why More Is Coming
Donald Trump suffered his first legal setback Thursday when a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. The…
Right Now With Perry BaconCNN Anchor Wrecks Trump Defender in Brutal On-Air Shaming Over Jan. 6
With Republicans struggling to spin Donald Trump’s pardon of 1,500 rioters who attacked the Capitol, CNN anchor Jim Acosta had a remarkable exchange with GOP…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Angered by Female Bishop’s Stunning Criticism Right to His Face
In an extraordinary moment on Tuesday, Donald Trump was treated to a sermon in Washington by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who urged him to show mercy toward the…
Right Now With Perry BaconSuddenly, Trump Allies Quietly Admit He May Not Have a Huge “Mandate”
Donald Trump insists he has a massive “mandate.” But The New York Times reports that his allies worry that big initiatives like mass deportations might not…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Humiliates Nikki Haley in Epic New Rant—but Also Sends a Warning
This week, Donald Trump ranted that no one with ties to certain Republicans who have criticized him will get jobs in the new government. The inclusion of Nikki…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump AG Pick Accidentally Reveals a Dark, Ugly Truth About 2025 Plans
At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, sought in some ways to project an apolitical aura. But Bondi also…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage at Jack Smith Weirdly Escalates as MAGA Threats Darken
After Jack Smith released his final report on Donald Trump’s insurrection, Trump erupted, gloating over the failure to prosecute him. Meanwhile, Trump’s pick…
Right Now With Perry BaconPaul Krugman: Trump Voters Are Already Getting “Brutally Scammed”
Donald Trump recently declared that the U.S. is a “disaster” and a “laughingstock all over the world.” In reality, by many metrics, the economy is quite good…
Right Now With Perry BaconBannon’s Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens
Over the weekend, Steve Bannon’s fury at Elon Musk truly went off the rails. Bannon, who has been feuding with Musk over immigration, vowed that he will run…
Right Now With Perry BaconJamie Raskin’s Harsh Takedown of Trump-Alito Phone Call Draws Blood
This week, we learned that Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito spoke privately with Donald Trump to recommend a former clerk for a job. Jamie Raskin just tore…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Ugly, Hateful Eruptions Over CA Wildfires Hint at Darker Story
With wildfires raging in Los Angeles, Donald Trump unleashed some ugly and hateful tirades on Truth Social. He attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom with a…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry, Unhinged Rants at Presser Show Things Will Get Very Bad
At a press conference on Tuesday, Donald Trump signaled that things are about to get very, very ugly. He wouldn’t rule out using military force to annex…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Is Already Showing Us Exactly How He’ll Screw Over Mike Johnson
miserable for Republicans in Congress, particularly Mike Johnson. He’s signaling that his demands of the House Speaker will be borderline impossible to meet…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage Over His Sentencing Suddenly Takes a Dark, Unnerving Turn
Over the weekend, Donald Trump unleashed an angry new rant over the news that his sentencing for his hush money conviction will proceed this week. Buried in…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump-Musk Fiasco Worsens, Exposing How Badly MAGA Voters Got Scammed
As of this recording, lawmakers are still chaotically rushing to avoid a government shutdown. And one thing is already clear from this fiasco: Donald Trump…
Right Now With Perry BaconShocker from Chris Murphy: We May Not Have a Democracy for Much Longer
Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, sounded an extraordinary warning this week. After a House GOP report recommended that the FBI prosecute Liz…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Rages over Hush-Money Case as Lara Trump Signals Revenge to Come
On Tuesday, Donald Trump exploded with fury at Judge Juan Merchan after he refused to dismiss the hush-money conviction of Trump in Manhattan. Trump also filed…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Reveals a Surprise Weakness in Unhinged New Vaccine Ramblings
On Monday, Donald Trump issued some rambling, tortured claims. He bent over backwards to reassure people about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and vouched for the polio…
Right Now With Perry BaconABC News’ Sudden Surrender to Trump’s Rage Stuns Experts: “Disturbing”
ABC News has abruptly agreed to a $15 million settlement with Donald Trump in his lawsuit against the network. Coming after Trump raged at ABC throughout the…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Rage at FBI Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Signal They Won’t Resist
After Christopher Wray resigned as FBI director, Donald Trump unleashed a long, angry rant on Truth Social, suggesting that a major purge of the bureau is…
Right Now With Perry BaconEric Trump Drops Unnerving Hint About Dad’s Coming 2025 Corruption
Eric Trump has stepped into the international limelight as the face of the new Trump oligarchy. At a conference this week, he told an audience that he and…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrumpy Alina Habba’s Revealing Fox News Hit Gives Away His Border Scam
In recent days, Donald Trump and his advisers have left no doubt: He will deport as many of the 11 million undocumented people in this country as possible. But…
Right Now With Perry BaconThe Daily Blast: GOPers Suddenly Fear MAGA Nitwit MTG Is Creating New Mess for Trump
These are heady times for MAGA. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elon Musk are teaming up to slash the government to ribbons as part of Musk’s new Department of…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry New Attacks on “Traitors” Show 2025 Plans Getting Darker
The New York Times reports that Donald Trump is telling advisers that his biggest regret from his first term was that he appointed “traitors.” As a result, his…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Dimwit Tommy Tuberville Blurts Out Awkward Truth About Trump, GOP
Points for candor to Senator Tommy Tuberville. On Thursday, he admitted he thinks Trump should vet his own nominees, suggesting the Senate GOP should forget…
Right Now With Perry BaconMAGA Rages as GOPers Deliver Trump Bad News: Pete Hegseth May Be Toast
Donald Trump’s choice for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is hanging by a thread. GOP senators are clearly signaling that he’s in deep trouble. Yet powerful…
Right Now With Perry BaconWelcome to the Trump Oligarchy: Latest Billionaire Pick Is a Stunner
Donald Trump’s administration is already shaping up as a Murderer’s Row of Billionaires. By one count, he’s already picked eight billionaires for top…
Right Now With Perry BaconFiasco for Trump as Brutal Revelations Nuke Another Top Nominee
In an extraordinary expose, The New Yorker has revealed the “secret history” of Pete Hegseth, who’s Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary. This includes…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Alarming New FBI Pick Already Has MAGA in an Unhinged Frenzy
Donald Trump just announced that his FBI director will be Kash Patel. We know why: Because Patel himself has already suggested that in a second Trump term, law…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump-MAGA Rage at Mexico Suddenly Takes Dark Turn: “Pain Will Ensue”
Now that Donald Trump has threatened huge tariffs on Mexico, some MAGA figures are suddenly consumed with a dark new fantasy about Trump inflicting all manner…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Eruption of Rage at NYT Offers Unnerving Hint of What’s Coming
This week, Donald Trump erupted in fury at The New York Times. He appeared triggered by a story about a Trump aide named Natalie Harp, who serves as his…
Right Now With Perry BaconWhy Did Trump Win? James Carville Has Discovered an Unsettling Answer.
As Democrats sift through the wreckage left behind by Donald Trump’s victory, it’s become clear the party needs a major rebuilding effort with the working…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Allies Rage at Each Other as His Latest Nutball Pick Roils MAGA
Donald Trump’s top allies are already at war with each other over the transition, according to The Washington Post. Meanwhile, Trump just tapped anti-Islam…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump Suddenly Goes Weirdly Quiet After Gaetz Mess Triggers MAGA Rage
After Matt Gaetz abruptly withdrew from consideration as Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Trump seemed uncharacteristically muted. Intriguingly, he…
Right Now With Perry Bacon“Huge Mistake”: GOP Senator’s Surprise Takedown of Trump Draws Blood
This week, Donald Trump confirmed that he will use the military to carry out mass deportations. This prompted a surprisingly sharp response from GOP Senator…
Right Now With Perry BaconBig Setback for Trump as GOPers Privately Tell Him: Matt Gaetz Is Done
In a blow to Donald Trump, Politico reports that GOP Senators are privately telling him that Matt Gaetz has little chance of getting confirmed as attorney…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Angry Threat to Bypass Senate Takes a Dark and Disturbing Turn
Donald Trump has angrily put Republicans on notice: He may bypass them with recess appointments to get his personnel picks through in a hurry. In a scary turn…
Right Now With Perry BaconAnother Fiasco for Trump as His Pick to Run Pentagon Suddenly Implodes
First came Matt Gaetz. Now The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Fox News personality Pete Hegseth, paid a woman who…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Ugly New RFK Stunner Points to Dark, Unsettling Times Ahead
We’re now in Day Two of an extraordinary GOP meltdown over Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Numerous Republican Senators are strongly…
Right Now With Perry BaconTrump’s Unhinged Rant Announcing Matt Gaetz as AG Signals Chaos Ahead
On Wednesday, Donald Trump unleashed a rambling announcement explaining his choice of Representative Matt Gaetz as attorney general, lying manically about…