Trump in Death Spiral as GOP Calls Out His Major Crimes; He's Done For

28 Sep 2026 · 23 min · 12 chapters

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In short

The episode argues Trump is in a “death spiral” ahead of the midterms, relying on unlawful taxpayer-funded propaganda and fear-based immigration messaging instead of policy. It claims a U.S. government–funded ad aired during major football games violates federal bans on using appropriations for public/political propaganda; it cites a complaint by the Government Accountability Office and implies DOJ reluctance. It also claims a “migrant caravan” is being incentivized to stoke fear, pointing to a U.S. attorney’s “smoke out” language and alleging no evidence of cartel ties. It further alleges Trump’s reporter-banning rationale is inconsistent, with Todd Blanche calling press coverage a national security threat.

Notable examples

“final battle” rally clip; “paid for by the U.S. government” screen grab; “smoke out” quote; CNN/Politico/MSNBC ban dispute; FBI agents reassigned over Katie Miller harassment calls.

Guests

Josh (co-host/commentator) and Todd (co-host/commentator).

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Trump's Midterm Struggles

0:03 to 1:24

Discussing Trump's low approval ratings and his desperate measures ahead of the midterms.

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Trump's Midterm Struggles

1:27 to 1:38

Discussing Trump's low approval ratings and his desperate measures ahead of the midterms.

“Donald Trump knows the midterms are a little over a month away.”

Government Funded Propaganda

1:38 to 4:32

Analysis of Trump using taxpayer funds for political ads and the legal implications.

“approval rating, and I think it's going to get even lower.”

Republican Critiques of Trump

4:32 to 6:38

Exploring a Republican's criticism of Trump's use of public funds for personal ads.

“I don't think any public official, including President Trump or Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves.”

Republican Critiques of Trump

6:41 to 7:07

Exploring a Republican's criticism of Trump's use of public funds for personal ads.

“The new PayPal app is like that, but for your money.”

Migrant Caravans and Fear Tactics

7:07 to 12:34

Discussion on the arrival of migrant caravans and how it serves political fearmongering.

“And then another migrant caravan has arrived just in time for the midterms.”

The Psychological Profile of MAGA Voters

12:34 to 14:00

Insights into the fears and reactions of MAGA voters towards immigrants and propaganda.

“I do want to point out briefly that Marjorie Taylor Green, she would know about this because she's been a part of the propaganda machine with this same issue in the past.”

Trump's Inconsistent Messaging

14:00 to 15:12

Explore Trump's contradictory statements and the implications for his supporters.

“I think he's still drunk from celebrating communism with the communist dictator of China myself.”

The Impact of Trump's Indictments

15:12 to 16:36

Discuss the effects of Trump's legal troubles on his supporters and the culture.

“And so and he can't even answer the question because because it's not one.”

Katie Miller and the FBI Controversy

16:36 to 18:18

Examine Katie Miller's influence on the FBI and the implications of harassment.

“And then, of course, you have, I was talking about the FBI a second ago, Katie Miller, who is the wife of Stephen Miller, who is just an advisor to the president.”
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Meritocracy vs. Political Favoritism

18:18 to 20:10

Analyze how the current regime undermines meritocracy in government jobs.

“And I think they had a previous incident in their neighborhood where someone put up wanted posters of Stephen Miller and they got mad about that, too.”

The Subservience of Trump Allies

20:10 to 22:08

Discuss how Trump's allies prioritize loyalty over ethical governance.

“And he would just discard all of these people who have defined her whole personality.”
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1:33Donald Trump knows the midterms are a little over a month away. He's freaking out because he is 29 % approval rating, and I think it's going to get even lower. He is constantly showing Americans how he gets to live one particular life and everybody else has to live a different life, struggling with gas prices, struggling with inflation, etc. So he's running now taxpayer funded propaganda on TV ahead of the midterms. And what we're about to show you was in all of the most watched football games over the weekend. Play the clip. This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state.

2:14We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists. We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media and we will liberate America from these things. Okay. And then there's a screen grab right there. Kylie, pop that up. It says right there, paid for by the U.S. government. Josh. Well, since 1951, every federal appropriations bill has banned using taxpayer-funded money for public or propaganda use. And the same goes for this year, too. So it's a practice that our government simply hasn't allowed.

3:00And so what do you do when you get desperate like Trump is? This reminds us of the Kremlin, right? This reminds us of government paid for propaganda. Except in Russia, they call it what it is. It's legal there. Here, it's not. Unfortunately for us, the Governmental Accountability Office has to file a complaint. There's a violation of multiple statutes, but of course that requires the Department of Justice, our good friend, Todd Blanche, to have to want to pursue these types of violations. So Trump knows all these things. He knew when he aired these things that in a normal environment, it would be unlawful.

3:39It would be improper. But in today's bought for and paid for government that he runs, he can do it, at least for now. And you may remember during Trump 1.0, the COVID relief checks, instead of the Secretary of the Treasury's signature on them, he put his own name on them. That's right. It's very important that everybody understand that in his mind, in the mind of an autocrat, he sees the White House as his. He sees the money in the Treasury as his. He sees all of the military as his, the Department of Justice as his. And here's the problem with all of that. The Republicans and the Supreme Court say, yeah, it's yours.

4:21But there are some fissures. We are seeing some fissures leading into these midterms. And here's a Republican criticizing Trump and his taxpayer funded ad. Play the clip. I don't think any public official, including President Trump or Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves. Now, the White House sees it differently, but I think there ought to be a rule that you can't. Well, there probably is a rule. You can't spend public money to promote yourself. I find myself very strange bedfellow with Senator Kennedy there first when he went after Cash Patel and the bestiality.

5:08and then I agree with him on this. But I think what this is symptomatic of is that the rats are jumping ship. They know that Trump's about to go down. So they're starting to just a few fissures and they're starting to create a little bit of a divide. Josh, what's your take on that? Well, I have to say, I'm a little bit tired of Senator Kennedy's shtick, his Louisiana shtick. He's a little bit of bark, but no fucking bite, no substance. He'll get up and say the obvious, which is Trump can't do this. He can't use taxpayer money to fund a personal campaign ad. And that ad was taken directly in some ways from a 2024 campaign ad that he ran.

5:51So, look, he likes to be humorous. He likes to say all these little folksy bullshit things. But at the end of the day, he's going to toe the line for Trump. But I agree. It's good to see. You know, what they do is they give us this, that if you see one Republican who's just slightly critical of Trump, then we think that we've somehow won the Super Bowl, you know, on just a real matter of fact, obvious, plain violation of the law, which is what this is, just a plain violation of the law. And so when he says it's improper, then we applaud and clap and do victory laps like, yes, we fucking won. And Senator Kennedy hasn't done shit.

6:31He's not going to do shit. I'm sorry to burst the bubble here. No, I agree with you. It's not going to do a goddamn thing. This episode is brought to you by PayPal. You know how a mom's bag has everything? Sunscreen? Snacks? A stapler? The new PayPal app is like that, but for your money. Shop, pay, manage your account, and earn rewards all in one place. And with purchase protection on eligible items, biometric security, and pass keys, you're protected at every step. Download the new PayPal app to get started. See paypal.com slash protection terms. You're 100 % spot on. And then another migrant caravan has arrived just in time for the midterms.

7:14Pop this up. Over 400 aliens, predominantly from Honduras, entered Mexico on Thursday, ready to make their way to the U.S. southern border. Here's footage of the caravan. Someone is incentivizing this moment. This is not organic. So that's an interesting take on that. And the U.S. attorney, Aaron Reitz, had this response, pop this up. And we'll be ready to detain, deport, smoke out everyone tied to cartels and prosecute. Josh. Well, the common thread in the news cycle up to this point is propaganda. That's what we're talking about, propaganda. And that's what you do when you have no policies. So let's go back to this rallying the migrants to instill fear in the American public.

8:05The response to that by the U.S. attorney, in my opinion, best characterizes the status of DOJ lawyers. You would never see a United States attorney and a presidential appointed attorney post something like that in previous administrations. And that shows you how far this administration with this DOJ has tanked. Number one, the U.S. Attorney's Office doesn't have anything to do with detaining and deporting immigrants at all, period. Number two, there's been zero evidence to suggest that any of these migrants in these photographs are related to a cartel. I think they came from a totally different country is what I understand.

8:51And then into Mexico. And if you notice, he uses the word smoke out. Now, who else used that word? Wasn't it President Bush when he talked about smoking out Al Qaeda out of the caves? It's a military term, smoking out. Um, this guy is clearly, clearly trying to push the administration's propaganda machine by stoking fear. That's what this is. There's no policy. There's no substance. And for someone who's supposed to honor the rule of law, who we do have a presumption of innocence, we do have due process. You don't go in and make allegations against groups of people with zero evidence. Tell them you're going to smoke them out.

9:32That's the current status of the Department of Justice. And it's, as I say many times, it's disgusting. Well, this is what the right wing always offers the base. Someone to hate. Here is your scapegoat. Here's who you get to blame these people for the fact that the president of the United States is stealing your money. The president of the United States is driving up inflation. The president of the United States is being dog walked by Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin. The president of the United States is allowing all of his best friends to capture the means of production and control basically the United States economy.

10:10So this is what they serve up is the caravans. And they've tried, you know, trans. They've been beating these trans imaginary trans athletes in the WNBA. There's zero. and they're talking about the Red Scare, about communism. The people who want communism are the oligarchs who want to capture up all the means of production and control everything. And they've latched onto this very weak president who is really good at serving up. Here's who you hate. I love America as much as you do, white people. And here's who we get to hate and blame. Marjorie Taylor Greene, bizarrely, is calling out MAGA lies.

10:51Pop this up. We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S. southern border in several years. Why now? Oh, yeah, there's an election coming and the GOP needs to scare you into voting because nothing else is working. This kind of stuff, to me, is a real window into the soul of the MAGA voter. You know, a lot of these people that are really terrified of all of this stuff live in like predominantly white areas. They're not really even around immigrants. And so they think when they see that, that these people are all, you know, cartel members that are coming to behead them. And the psychological component that people have found about conservatives is one thing that they all have in common is they get scared very easily.

11:42Their fight or flight reflexes, they are little chicken chick cowards, all of them. So I see something like that. I don't have a freak out, but Fox News and all of the people who freebase Fox News have a stage five meltdown about these things. And so I agree with you about, you know, the DOJ and it's, they're going to keep focusing on, on immigrants, despite the fact that immigrants are a net positive, a net plus for our economy. Anybody who lives around in a city where you have immigrant labor force, you know that a lot of these immigrants, first generation, are in the service industry, and they are happy, and they work hard, and they're happy to serve you, and they're happy to have a job.

12:26And so this is such a reveal about the psychology inside a MAGA voter and just how abjectly racist they are. And then we have Todd. I do want to point out briefly that Marjorie Taylor Green, she would know about this because she's been a part of the propaganda machine with this same issue in the past. And she's got tweets that verify that. So applaud her for saying the right thing now. But she did the same thing. She did the exact same thing. And she still does to an extent. She still is very anti-LGBTQ+. She and Tucker are trying to start a new party. And they brilliantly jumped off of the MAGA movement.

13:10And they are trying to capture the MAGA base. And then we have Todd Blanche is now calling the press a national security threat. So let me just say that again. The attorney general for the United States of America is calling the free press a national security threat. Play the clip. It's reporting that president said nothing about national security when he announced this ban. And clearly you are very interested in the fact of what the press says and how they say it. Well, I'm not going to get into what the judge says that litigation is ongoing, but our position has been clear from the beginning.

13:55What they say is exactly the issue when it comes to national security.

14:03I think he's still drunk from celebrating communism with the communist dictator of China myself. I don't know if you've watched that full interview, but he struggles. And this is this right here is a prime example of when Trump says one thing and then sends one of the surrogates to court to go in and have to say something else. And the interviewer is correct. Like Trump never stated as the basis for why CNN, Politico and MSNOW reporters were banned was related to national security. He never said that. He said, I think it was directly related to the content of their coverage being unfavorable. And so now Todd Blanche is having to make this dumbass argument that somehow their coverage is a threat to national security because he's got to go peddle this.

14:56because he realizes that that would be one of the only basis that a judge would allow the president in this context to ban reporters would be if there is a national security issue. So now they're having to grapple with, OK, how am I going to make this argument that this is a national security issue because that's what I have to do here? And so and he can't even answer the question because because it's not one. It's not one. It's a prime example of Trump saying saying things, just spewing shit out, sending a lap dog to go in there and say something else, and the court just saying, hey, this is bullshit.

15:31I'm not going to do it. Yeah. And the biggest takeaway from all of this is, is the indictment on Trump supporters, whether you be the attorney general of the United States, whether you be the FBI director, or whether you just be a triple Trumper that lives somewhere. They either are able to suspend morality when it applies to Trump or they have none. And I tend to lean to the latter. I think that people know exactly what they're voting for and they like it. They like that this man is full of hate, is full of rage. They like that he exploits people because they see themselves in him. And I think that Todd Blanche, Marco Rubio, and all of these others, Trump didn't break them.

16:21This didn't just happen when they met Trump. These are broken people. We have elevated the most broken people in the United States of America. In the electorate, they are broken, and they see themselves in these people, which brings you to that this is just a massive cultural problem. And then, of course, you have, I was talking about the FBI a second ago, Katie Miller, who is the wife of Stephen Miller, who is just an advisor to the president. They call him Mr. Prime Minister, and he is the architect, apparently, allegedly, he is the architect of all of these mass deportation plans, a racist to his core, a Nazi through and through, Joseph Goebbels wannabe out the wazoo.

17:02And his wife is just as demented and sick as you can imagine. And now she's causing problems at the FBI. Pop this up. Two veteran FBI agents overseeing counterterrorism operations in the nation's capital have been removed from their jobs and reassigned over the handling of an investigation involving Katie Miller, the conservative podcaster and wife of senior White House advisor Stephen Miller, according to two people familiar with the news. So apparently people were making harassing calls to Katie Miller and the FBI basically is like, these are prank calls, move on. And she's getting people demoted at the FBI because of this.

17:47Think about all of the people, federal judges in particular, whose family members were harassed and targeted based on Donald Trump's tweets. And there's a lot of coverage, especially the federal judges, the judiciary that he goes after. I mean, this is Stephen Miller, I don't think is even supposed to have protection, like Secret Service protection. He's not an appointed person, but he does. And I think they had a previous incident in their neighborhood where someone put up wanted posters of Stephen Miller and they got mad about that, too. But, you know, welcome when you spew hate, you know, like they do.

18:32And look, we catch shit all the time. I get random phone calls from doing a podcast. You know, I don't call the FBI. Get over it. And I think they live in some like secret bunker, too, along with. They live in a military base. Pete Hegseth, and there's three or four of Marco Rubio, which there's criticisms for that as well. But get over it. I mean, we just want to, you know. But here's what's so upsetting about this regime. They care so little about the American public. If you look at what Doge did, and Katie Miller worked with Elon Musk at Doge, bizarrely defends him all the time, clearly has some sort of weird obsession with him.

19:15If you can watch the interview on her podcast, which we refer to as Fireside Chats with Nazis, she has a real obsession, real freaky-ass obsession with Elon Musk. So many people that are just normal Americans that have these jobs in government, you know, they don't have these jobs to be uber rich. They have them to be stable, be able to raise their families with dignity, have health insurance, maybe have a little bit of a retirement, maybe buy a home. This regime is demoting all of the people who made their way in their jobs through a meritocracy. And these people are so unqualified, so broken.

19:57They have no qualms whatsoever about the tens of thousands of Americans that they have just said, you don't fit with our agenda. You aren't morally bankrupt enough. So we're just going to throw you cast you to the side your number one job is to kiss our ass the level of diabolical entitlement of these people and here's the thing trump if push came to shove if he here i mean i'm just going to propose this to the audience if trump is sitting there and you said hey you can either have a weekend spend a weekend with zoran mom donnie y 'all going on a trip somewhere together you have to have breakfast lunch and dinner together and talk about all of things there's gonna be paparazzi everywhere the press is gonna follow or you can spend it publicly with steven and katie miller who's he picking who's trump gonna pick he doesn't even care about these even these people who debase themselves all day every day he knows they're losers and he says it i like hanging out with losers i don't like hanging hanging out with a bunch of smart people but whenever he's around a winner that's popular that has been able to win things on their own merit, not just by ass kissing, even Trump gravitates towards that shiny object.

21:10And he would just discard all of these people who have defined her whole personality. And Stephen Miller's whole personality is being a Donald Trump ass kisser. For Katie, it's like her whole personality is kissing Elon Musk's ass, which is weird considering she's married with four children. I mean, it's just these people are so weird. And I think that's how he got the job. All these people around Trump, that's how they got the job, because they kiss his ass. And here what strikes me, you know, Stephen and Katie Miller, they don't care that these FBI agents have families that rely on insurance or anything like that.

21:46They consider all of these people beneath them as subservient. And they're law enforcement, and they have morals and ethics. And if they don't see that something should be further investigated, they just call it like They see it and they get punished for it time and time again. And you don't see that just with the FBI. There are other lawyers in DOJ and so forth. So it's sad. All right. That's all we have. Please make sure you like and subscribe. And we will be back later with more news.

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