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Systemic Error Podcast
This isn’t a glitch — it’s the design. Commentary from inside the collapse.
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Systemic Error PodcastAlina Habba's new husband made fortune in controversial deals tied to romantic partners
Alina Habba, Counselor to U.S. President Donald Trump, announces to reporters that Trump has appointed her to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the District…
Systemic Error Podcast'Dangerous strategy': GOP pollster says Trump's latest move could backfire
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein What happened AlterNet reports that Republican pollster Frank Luntz called Donald Trump’s effort to make congressional elections a…
Systemic Error Podcast95 pages of chaos: The White House rules that nearly tanked the election
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein What happened AlterNet, drawing on ProPublica’s reporting, says the Trump White House pursued mail-voting restrictions that could have…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump TV flops as Karoline Leavitt accidentally steals the show
REUTERS/Daniel Heuer What happened AlterNet reports that the White House’s 24-hour “Trump TV” livestream lost nearly all of its launch audience, while former…
Systemic Error Podcast'Scumbags!' Eagles fans unleash profane takedown of DHS after using player footage in ad
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies during a U.S. House of Representatives panel hearing on immigration enforcement funding and other…
Systemic Error PodcastKash Patel spotted partying with suspected Russian 'double agent’
FBI Director Kash Patel and country music artist Alexis Wilkins arrive for UFC Freedom 250 in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst…
Systemic Error Podcast'Good grief': Golfer ridiculed after giving Trump 'all the credit' for comeback win
US President Donald Trump pats Wyndham Clark’s girlfriend Emily Tanner on the shoulder as he joins members of the US Team during the trophy ceremony at the…
Systemic Error PodcastHot mic catches despondent Trump in plea to staffers: 'I'd like to go home’
US President Donald Trump talks to members of the US Team during the trophy ceremony after the US team won the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Medinah…
Systemic Error PodcastThis fix will stop Trump's wave of destruction — by obliterating him
FILE PHOTO: The demolition of the East Wing of the White House, the location of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom is seen from an elevated…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's 'roughshod' remarks prompt stark warning from editor: 'Hardly out of character’
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrive by helicopter at Trump International Golf Links, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump willing to make stunning concession to Iran amid 'flexible' talks: report
US President Donald Trump walks after exiting Air Force One at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, in Illinois, US, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard…
Systemic Error PodcastThe untold origins of Trump's plan to sharply restrict mail-in voting
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Judge Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump’s economic blueprint backfires as inflation climbs: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, on the one-year mark into his second term in office, in Washington, D.C., U.S…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's rural base is angry, exhausted and ready to sit this one out
Photo: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith’s America Project, Library of Congress What happened AlterNet reports that Bulwark…
Systemic Error PodcastLegal scholar makes the case to indict Trump for war crimes
President Donald Trump with members of the military at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque What happened AlterNet…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump biographer spills uncomfortable truth about Melania’s White House life
U.S. first lady Melania Trump visits the Smithsonian’s National Museum Of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., US, September 24, 2026. Finn Gomez/Pool via REUTERS…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump has finally united Americans with one simple word
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque What happened The word is “corruption.” AlterNet argues that Donald Trump has helped unite Americans around it: cited polls found…
Systemic Error Podcast‘In all my years’: Crowd erupts as John Fetterman blurts out stunning ‘Freudian slip’
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) looks on as U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) presides over a vote…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump caught with mouth 'agape' due to Natalie Harp distraction during game
U.S. President Donald Trump and his executive assistant Natalie Harp exit Marine One at the Ellipse near the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 16…
Systemic Error PodcastCollapse: Grim conservative media trend proves Trump is losing his grip
REUTERS/Nathan Howard What happened AlterNet columnist Robert Reich argues that Donald Trump’s political position was weakening five weeks before the midterm…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump White House diet spurs blunt warning by ex-GOP White House doc: 'Will raise BP’
U.S. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick react during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the…
Systemic Error Podcast'They're just stealing your money': Fury as Trump drops another 'absolutely demented' ad
Sep 27, 2026; Medinah, Illinois, USA; President Donald Trump addresses the gallery during the final round of the Presidents Cup. Mandatory Credit: Jerod…
Systemic Error Podcast'Danger for Trump': Maggie Haberman spills convos with 'freaked out' Republicans
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) listens as U.S. Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) addresses reporters, on the day of a House Republican Conference meeting…
Systemic Error PodcastKash Patel confuses with stunningly bizarre boast: 'Someone get this man a plaque’
FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in…
Systemic Error PodcastCelebration erupts as heckler hits Trump where it hurts during golf cup: 'You are my hero’
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Presidents Cup at the Medinah Country Club, in Medinah, Illinois, US, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard…
Systemic Error PodcastThe Trump White House 'sycophancy Olympics' and their bizarre 'living diet’
(Official White House Photo by Molly Riley) What happened AlterNet reports that New York Times contributing writer Molly Jong-Fast described Donald Trump’s…
Systemic Error Podcast‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ El Niño shatters global records
NASA / VIIRS data courtesy of NOAA. What happened AlterNet, republishing Grist, reported that a developing El Niño had pushed temperatures in the Niño 3.4…
Systemic Error PodcastICE agents 'shocked and frustrated' after being told to 'scale back' in internal memo
FILE PHOTO: Federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conduct an immigration enforcement operation in Pine Grove, Minnesota, U.S…
Systemic Error PodcastEx-GOP lawmaker says Republicans now resigned to hospice: 'Make the patient comfortable’
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) listens to an aide during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care costs on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S…
Systemic Error PodcastLocals evacuated as 'major incident' unfolds near US military 'hub': report
B‑1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, which hosts US Air Force personnel, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, September 27, 2026. According to the…
Systemic Error PodcastEx-MAGA insider exposes GOP scheme to 'scare you into voting': 'Nothing else is working’
REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein What happened RawStory reports that former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Republicans of using reports of a migrant caravan to…
Systemic Error PodcastRepublican senator reveals Trump's 'colossal mistake' that could upend the midterms
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks to reporters in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump saying he may temporarily drop the nomination of Todd Blanche to…
Systemic Error PodcastEx-CIA official warns Trump risking 'mass casualty event' by playing 'very dangerous game’
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at media members after returning to the White House from Scotland, Britain, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 29, 2025…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump reveals constant violent thoughts in call with Axios: ‘I'm always thinking about it’
US President Donald Trump attends the Presidents Cup at the Medinah Country Club, in Medinah, Illinois, US, September 27, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard What…
Systemic Error PodcastEyes roll as musician and noncitizen Nicki Minaj urges Americans to ‘vote red’
Nicki Minaj Anton Oparin / (Shutterstock.com) What happened RawStory reports that musician Nicki Minaj urged Americans to “vote red” during a Saturday Fox News…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump faces legal reckoning as desperate plea for love breaks federal law
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony held to dedicate a 4-mile stretch of road from West Palm Beach Airport to his Mar-a-Lago estate as ‘President…
Systemic Error PodcastKaroline Leavitt infuriates MAGA TV host with 'immature' Trump 'gossip': 'Breach of trust’
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reacts while she takes questions from the media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C…
Systemic Error PodcastMelania's white-hot hatred for Trump seared through this unguarded photo
US President Donald Trump addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026. REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR…
Systemic Error Podcast'You have no shame': Conservative fury hits Trump official over lavish party video
“Dan Scavino” by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 What happened RawStory reports that White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino posted a video depicting himself…
Systemic Error PodcastBiographer: Foreign dictators play Trump 'like A fiddle' exploiting weakness
REUTERS/Evan Vucci What happened Biographer Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast’s Joanna Coles that foreign leaders can exploit President Donald Trump through…
Systemic Error PodcastParallel reality: Trump's plot to airbrush history weeks before the election
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst What happened AlterNet reports that Donald Trump’s social media account posted an AI-generated image of Xi Jinping’s arrival at Joint…
Systemic Error PodcastLiberal Supreme Court Justices reveal unexpected shift behind closed doors
(REUTERs) What happened AlterNet reports that Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson see a limited improvement in how the Supreme Court handles…
Systemic Error PodcastDemocrat casts tie-breaking vote that could have ended Trump's Iran war
U.S. President Donald Trump in Dearborn, Michigan, January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Congress Chose Deference, and Fetterman Supplied the Decisive…
Systemic Error PodcastDOJ zeroes in on Epstein shell company where survivors say he abused them during jail term
FILE PHOTO: U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photograph taken for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ sex offender registry…
Systemic Error Podcast'This is evil': Christians say Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar buried them in debt
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA-APRIL 14: Professional Football Player Tim Tebow at the Tim Tebow Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic on April 14, 2012 in Jacksonville…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump has dirt on this senator — and he'll rain hell on her if she steps out of line
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves after a Team USA reception hosting athletes who competed for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympic and…
Systemic Error Podcast'A Communism of Pelf': How Trump betrayed American workers
REUTERS/Evan Vucci The Tariff Bill Comes Due at the Checkout Counter The Power Sits in the White House Donald Trump’s tariff policy is often packaged as…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump suffers major court loss in late-night ruling from judge he appointed
Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo The White House Does Not Own the Press Room Exclusion Was the Policy President Donald…
Systemic Error Podcast'Trouble for the GOP' as 'key part of Trump's base appears to be cooling on him': analyst
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media outside of his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron…
Systemic Error PodcastGOP senators sprint off when asked for verdict on Mitch McConnell's first week: 'Oh man’
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sitting with Senator John Hoeven (R-ND), votes “aye” as he participates in a Senate Agriculture Committee meeting on…
Systemic Error PodcastRepublicans are sweating a Senate seat they didn't expect was at risk: WSJ
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Republican leaders speak with reporters following the Republican weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill…
Systemic Error PodcastNYT issues warning as Trump 'sycophants' prop up 'flailing presidency’
US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping after watching a military demonstration from a balcony of the White House…
Systemic Error Podcast'Crotch harness' in the Capital: How Trump just weaponized the Smithsonian
(Chip Somodevilla/Shutterstock.com) The Smithsonian’s Real Offense Is Refusing a Sanitized America A Museum Under Financial Siege The fight over the…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump goes ballistic in late-night post over Lincoln assassination site
REUTERS/Evan Vucci The Presidency as a Branding Opportunity A Disputed Plan, Not an Established Fact MS NOW reported that Trump administration officials…
Systemic Error PodcastRepublican demands answers after Trump taps Secret Service funds for ballroom
FILE PHOTO: U..S. President Donald Trump speaks at the site of ongoing construction of the planned White House ballroom in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19…
Systemic Error PodcastEx-senator's jilted lover broke into her home and smashed up $200K of property: police
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema speaking with attendees at the 2019 Legislative Forecast Luncheon hosted by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry at the…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump labeled 'weird' as Xi delivers blunt warning right to his face
REUTERS/Evan Vucci The Presidency Is Not a Courtship Ritual A Summit Framed as Submission At a White House meeting reported only as occurring “Thursday,” Xi…
Systemic Error PodcastFrustrated GOP senators sending Trump's Pentagon pointed message: report
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, U.S…
Systemic Error PodcastThere are 'tapes of Donald Trump': Russia expert unloads explosive claim
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting to negotiate an end to the…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's DOJ torpedoes his Kennedy Center demolition threat in new court filing
Fencing is erected outside the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, a day after the Kennedy Center Board voted to close the center for…