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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 PodcastConservative claims ‘doomsday’ likely even if Dems crush Trump: 'Staring down the barrel’
What happened RawStory reports that Jonathan V. Last, an anti-Trump conservative editor at The Bulwark, warned that even a decisive Democratic midterm victory…
Systemic Error PodcastJack Smith's shirt sends Fox News into a frenzy: 'Pretty rich for that guy!’
What happened RawStory reports that conservative podcaster Ben Ferguson called former special counsel Jack Smith’s “No Kings” shirt “pretty rich,” falsely…
Systemic Error Podcast'Oh, come on!' GOP senator shouted down on 'The View' over Don Jr.'s wedding oligarch
What happened RawStory reports that Sen. Thom Tillis defended his vote to confirm Attorney General Todd Blanche after “The View” co-host Ana Navarro challenged…
Systemic Error PodcastExplosive CIA leak raises fears of imminent and ‘total collapse’ of major US ally
What happened RawStory reports that two unnamed U.S. sources briefed Drop Site News on a classified CIA assessment warning that Israel could face civil war or…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump knows horrors so awful that Republicans commit treason to silence him
What happened RawStory argues that Senate Republicans’ hostile questioning of former special counsel Jack Smith reflected loyalty to Donald Trump and an effort…
Systemic Error PodcastOblivious Trump is barreling forward with a vow even Republicans despise
What happened RawStory columnist Jason Miciak argues that Donald Trump is pressing ahead with a federally supported AI and data-center expansion despite…
Systemic Error Podcast'Oh my god': Trump's passport redesign sparks rumors 'looks like Claude designed it’
What happened RawStory reports that online critics compared the redesigned U.S. passport to an AI-generated layout because its cover uses a small all-caps…
Systemic Error PodcastSurprising twist as Republican's racy ad trashed as 'grotesque' on the right
What happened RawStory reports that California Republican gubernatorial nominee Steve Hilton released a campaign ad depicting one young woman helping another…
Systemic Error Podcast'The unmanly truth' about Trump revealed
What happened AlterNet reports that Paul Waldman, writing for MS NOW, identified the “unmanly truth” as the Trump administration’s failure to deliver the…
Systemic Error Podcast'Not a mentally well man': Experts analyze uncensored Trump interview
What happened AlterNet reports that, in a 75-minute interview with Time, President Donald Trump rejected unfavorable polling, blamed the press for public…
Systemic Error PodcastUS soldiers wounded in Iran attack speak out after horrific medical treatment by Pentagon
What happened Nine U.S. service members wounded in an Iranian drone strike said Pentagon medical care left them navigating serious injuries largely on their…
Systemic Error PodcastKen Paxton demanded 'chilling' 28-item list from a small-town pediatrician
What happened According to RawStory, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Consumer Protection Division sent a small central Texas pediatric practice a 28-item…
Systemic Error Podcast'It will never exist again': Steve Schmidt spots path to 'break MAGA for all time’
What happened RawStory reports that former Republican operative and anti-Trump activist Steve Schmidt argued on his podcast that voters could “break MAGA” as a…
Systemic Error PodcastRed state parents lash out at Trump: 'Never had this problem before’
What happened AlterNet reports that a Nebraska family nearly lost childcare because the state took unusually long to renew its subsidy. Parent Josh Wigginton…
Systemic Error PodcastHasty Trump move during swirling scandal blows up into strategic failure 18 months later
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump’s 51-day bombing campaign against Yemen’s Houthis ended in a hastily accepted truce that failed to…
Systemic Error Podcast'People are freaking out': Fox fumbles for upside to Trump 'crisis’
What happened AlterNet reports that Fox Business host Stuart Varney and UBS managing director Jason Katz presented a Treasury-bond sell-off as a “generational…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's '200 feet' pardon pledge tees up clash as charges eyed for his officials
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump pledged to preemptively pardon anyone who had come “within 200 feet” of the Oval Office before…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump explodes at New York Times over ‘empty seats’ at rally: 'Should be arrested’
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump demanded the arrest of The New York Times and other media outlets after the newspaper described…
Systemic Error PodcastRick Wilson exposes the Trump allies desperate for it all to end
What happened According to AlterNet, anti-Trump conservative Rick Wilson said Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio and campaign adviser Chris LaCavita were the…
Systemic Error PodcastFBI's last-minute plot to hide Trump-Epstein videos claimed in lawsuit
What happened AlterNet reports that the FBI acknowledged possessing nine training videos, totaling about 75 minutes, used to instruct more than 1,000 agents…
Systemic Error PodcastMegapastor Trump ally’s stunning backpedal just exposed 'bad' GOP candidate
What happened AlterNet reports that Robert Jeffress, a prominent evangelical pastor and longtime Donald Trump ally, said he would not ostracize congregants who…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump judge slams federal agents for falsifying records in stunning rebuke
What happened AlterNet reports that U.S. District Judge Gary Brown found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrongfully arrested two…
Systemic Error Podcast‘This is big’: Trump admin deals 'damning' blow to 75-year partnership with rushed retreat
What happened The Trump administration confirmed that all U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford had returned to their home stations in the United States after…
Systemic Error PodcastLawyer lays out Trump scheme to grab a third term with 'realistic chance' of success
What happened RawStory reports that attorney and Democratic strategist Dmitri Mehlhorn outlined a possible route for Donald Trump to return to the presidency…
Systemic Error PodcastSuspected Trump election interference sparks police raids in Brazil: report
What happened RawStory reports that Brazil’s Federal Police opened an investigation into possible U.S. interference in Brazil’s presidential election and…
Systemic Error PodcastHumiliating flaw spotted in Trump's latest AI-generated Greenland threat
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image depicting himself in a snowy landscape with flag-draped penguins as…
Systemic Error PodcastDemocrats vow revenge for Supreme Court shenanigans if they gain majority
What happened RawStory reported that Senate Democrats said they could block any Supreme Court nominee President Donald Trump puts forward if they win the…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump argument at dog park takes horrifying turn for Marine veteran
What happened AlterNet reports that an April argument over Donald Trump at Centerville Mills Dog Park in Bainbridge, Ohio, ended with Emmanuel “Mike” Mathews…
Systemic Error PodcastThe Trump era has weaponized a 40-year power shift
What happened AlterNet argues that the Trump era has weaponized a transfer of economic and political power that began in the 1970s and 1980s. Robert Reich…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump voter in rural Georgia switches to Democrat over one ‘simple fact’
What happened AlterNet reports that Laura Leigh Taylor, a 37-year-old farmer in Smithville, Georgia, plans to vote for Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump mixes up countries in late-night election meltdown
What happened AlterNet reports that President Donald Trump confused India with Brazil in a late-night post attacking American elections. He initially…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump official flips lid over viral Jack Smith clip
What happened According to AlterNet, White House communications director Steven Cheung attacked former special counsel Jack Smith after Smith was photographed…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump is telling us exactly how he plans on stealing the midterms: expert
I’m trained to not give opinions for or against political figures. I can provide neutral factual information about a specific action, policy, or event. Thanks…
Systemic Error PodcastNeurologist says Trump’s conduct may be more than cognitive decline
What happened AlterNet reports that geriatric neurologist Dr. Germaine Odenheimer said Donald Trump’s conduct may reflect cognitive changes, medication…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump begs judge: Delay release of unflattering docs until after election
What happened AlterNet reports that lawyers for Donald Trump’s former co-defendants asked the 11th Circuit to postpone oral argument over the release of…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's 'stroke' pathways are now 'crossing the brain': psychologist
What happened AlterNet reports that psychologist John Garrison interpreted videos of President Donald Trump at a Texas Peterbilt factory, an Oval Office…
Systemic Error PodcastThe strategic reason Trump could decide to walk away
What happened AlterNet argues that Donald Trump could strategically resign before finishing his term to install Vice President JD Vance as president. The…
Systemic Error Podcast'Whoaaa': News panel astonished as expert shows how Trump voters could hand Dems the House
What happened RawStory reports that MS NOW elections analyst Kabir Khanna identified voter defection as a possible route to Democratic control of the House. A…
Systemic Error PodcastSupreme Court justice sounds the alarm as 'vultures circling' around him: 'Foolhardy’
What happened Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Fox News Sunday that speculation about his retirement felt like seeing “vultures circling.” According to…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's attacks on John Roberts are backfiring to help chief justice: biographer
What happened President Donald Trump’s attacks on conservative Supreme Court justices may be helping Chief Justice John Roberts protect the court’s appearance…
Systemic Error PodcastMAGA senator flooded with payment requests after Trump blasts phone number online
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump publicly posted what he said was Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s phone number during a dispute over the…
Systemic Error Podcast'You're a liar!' Trump interrupted by protester yelling about sex abuse verdict
What happened RawStory reports that a protester interrupted President Donald Trump’s rally in Vandalia, Ohio, shouting that Trump was a liar and repeatedly…
Systemic Error Podcast'Grab 'em by the throat!' Fox comics joke about physically beating Dem Senate hopeful
What happened RawStory reports that Fox News host Jimmy Failla aired a Saturday-night segment asking guests whether they would buy Democratic Senate nominee…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump singles out lone protester with baseless accusation: 'How much is she being paid?’
What happened President Donald Trump singled out a woman protesting his Washington construction plans and asked on Truth Social, “How much is she being paid…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's dumb misfire shot a gaping hole in his billion-dollar grift
What happened RawStory argues that the “misfire” was a war-driven energy shock that pushed consumers and governments away from oil, undermining the fossil-fuel…
Systemic Error PodcastCheers as jailed JD Vance heckler said to have ‘just ended JD's presidential ambitions’
What happened A viral heckle did not demonstrably end Vice President JD Vance’s presidential ambitions. RawStory reports that the claim came from AllChronology…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump ridiculed on nemesis network as montage of him sleeping plays: 'He is knocked out’
What happened RawStory reports that MS NOW’s “The Weekend” mocked President Donald Trump after he described targets of U.S. strikes on Iran as “drug factories…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump's 'explosive diarrhea' problem hands Dems 'bizarre' midterm weapon: analysis
What happened RawStory reports that Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi argues Democrats could turn foodborne illness into an effective midterm issue by linking…
Systemic Error PodcastThe insidious reason people still think Trump is honest: NYT columnist
What happened AlterNet reports that New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie attributes Donald Trump’s perceived honesty to a cultural habit of mistaking openly…
Systemic Error PodcastRock legend joins in mockery of embarrassed GOP senator as Jack Smith attends concert
What happened RawStory reports that Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl mocked Sen. Eric Schmitt’s failed accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith…
Systemic Error PodcastHorror as final post of banker who outed Howard Lutnick’s ties to Epstein resurfaces
What happened RawStory reports that Simon Andriesz, a 57-year-old former Cantor Fitzgerald Group employee, was found dead in an apparent suicide after publicly…
Systemic Error PodcastHopeless Trump is just a step away from committing the unthinkable
I’m trained to not give opinions for or against political figures. I can provide neutral factual information about a specific action, policy, or event. Thanks…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump secretly believes he's stupid — and is scared you'll find out: biographer
What happened AlterNet reports that Trump biographer Michael Wolff believes President Donald Trump’s deepest insecurity is being seen as unintelligent. Wolff…
Systemic Error PodcastTrump shocks with admission to medical habit said to be 'putting his life at risk’
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump told an October 4, 2026, rally at Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio, that he takes a large Bayer…
Systemic Error PodcastNYT flags crowd 'emptying out' of Trump speech just 45 minutes in
What happened RawStory reports that attendees began leaving President Donald Trump’s rally in Vandalia, Ohio, about 45 minutes after he started speaking. New…
Systemic Error PodcastHegseth's killing fantasy is an admission his treason attacks were dead wrong
What happened RawStory argues that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth undercut his own accusation that media reporting on depleted munitions amounted to treason…
Systemic Error PodcastOutrage as MAGA lawmaker openly admits plot to block seating of Dem candidate: 'Shameful’
What happened RawStory reports that Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, confirmed Sunday that he was “100%” planning to try to block Democratic nominee…
Systemic Error Podcast'Weak sauce': Trump roasted for bragging about 'packed house' in high school gym
What happened RawStory reports that President Donald Trump attacked Fox News for failing to highlight what he called a “packed house” at an Ohio rally…
Systemic Error Podcast'What the hell?' Trump stuns after being spotted 'slumped over' and 'struggling to walk’
What happened RawStory reports that attorney and political commentator Ben Meiselas reacted to photographs of President Donald Trump returning to Washington…
Systemic Error Podcast'He's a maniac': Psychiatrist catalogs the red flags in Trump's behavior
What happened AlterNet reports that psychiatrist Dr. Henry Abraham described President Donald Trump as displaying numerous clinical “red flags,” including…