Trump Visibly Shaking Over Major Losses, Pitiful & Begging for Help in Midterms

4 Aug 2026 · 18 min · 5 chapters

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In short

The episode argues Republicans fear “progressive Democrats,” using the Michigan Democratic primary (Haley Stevens vs. Abdul Al-Sayed) and claims about corruption/anti-corruption platforms. It also attacks Trump and “oligarchs” for trying to control media, citing the Paramount/CNN merger and FCC bribery claims.

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No guests are clearly identified in the transcript. The host references public figures (e.g., Trump, Hassan Piker, Bill Maher, James Carville, Laura Ingraham, James Carville, David Ellison, Brendan Carr, Viktor Orban) rather than interview guests.

Key claims

Republicans see little difference between corporate and progressive Democrats; progressive candidates are an “opposition party.” The DSA/“socialists” should run on law-and-order and anti-corruption. Trump is portrayed as corrupt and destabilizing. Billionaires/oligarchs allegedly want to buy/control CNN to shape narratives.

Notable examples

Trump’s “communist vs socialist” quote; Hungary’s Viktor Orban media control; Maher/Carville comments about Hassan Piker; Paramount merger and FCC Chair Brendan Carr receiving expensive gala tickets; David Ellison and Barry Weiss/60 Minutes/CBS; CECOT story about El Salvador.

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The Michigan Primary Race

1:06 to 3:40

Discussion of the primary race between corporate Democrat Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul Al-Sayed, touching on party dynamics and voter perceptions.

“It is primary day in Michigan, and there's a big, big race.”

Democratic Party Dynamics

3:40 to 7:18

Analysis of the Democratic Party's internal conflicts and the implications of progressive versus corporate candidates.

“and this is pretty telling how fearful the Republicans are, how fearful MAGA and their propaganda channel, how scared to death they are of progressive Democratic candidates.”

The Rise of Anti-Corruption Sentiments

7:18 to 13:43

Exploration of anti-corruption sentiments within the Democratic Party and how they reflect on modern politics and voter expectations.

“So when people get their panties in a wad about somebody's pronouns or somebody's sexuality, here's the situation.”

Critique of FCC and Political Corruption

15:19 to 19:08

Discussion on the perceived corruption within the FCC and its implications.

“Of course, the FCC is taking bribes during the Paramount merger.”

The Failings of Moderate Politics

19:08 to 19:46

Exploration of how moderate politics is failing and pushing people towards extreme options.

“And so Donald Trump is a fake populist, a fake populist candidate that pathologically lies.”
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1:06All right. It is primary day in Michigan, and there's a big, big race. You have corporate Democrat Haley Stevens against progressive candidate Abdul Al-Sayed. And there's all of this bickering in the Democratic Party over this. I mean, my feed is full of it. And I've said this for a long time. For Republicans, they see no difference between a corporate Democrat and a progressive Democrat. If anything, Republicans prefer to run against a corporate Democrat because they know they can beat them. Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris. And so Abdul Al-Sayed is beholden to no one. But to prove the point of how Republicans just think everybody with a D next to their name.

1:55Oh, they're a libtard. Listen to Trump right here. But you have a communist versus a socialist. That's the way I look at it. You have a communist versus a socialist. It looks like the communist is leading. We're talking about for the Democrat primary. A communist. I just, Trump, they will prefer Haley Stevens because they know they can beat Haley Stevens because there's not enough of a difference between Trump and Haley Stevens. There just isn't. They have the exact same donors. Well, you've pointed out from jump, look at the corporate donations that she is getting. And that tells you exactly what her stands are.

2:33I went south on Haley Stevens. First thing I read about her was that she was handpicked by Chuck Schumer. And I was immediately like, she's a no. Like I'm out. Anybody handpicked by Schumer, I'm out. Okay. And so the Fox, they're getting very concerned about progressive Democrats because progressive Democrats are actually an opposition party. And you have Bill Maher and James Carville who have said, if Hassan Piker is campaigning with Democrats, I don't want to be in the Democratic Party anymore. And again, to all of these rural MAGA voters, they see no difference. zero difference between Hillary Clinton and Hassan Piker.

3:18They think they're both commies. And you have to understand that. And we have to have a big tent party. And I think this primary is great. Let's run the corporate dem who's taken$70 million from APAC against a guy who might have a non-Euro name, who is not beholden to anyone, who speaks for everybody. Let's run it. Let's see what happens. That's what primaries are for. Well, Lori Ingram spits out some truth here, and this is pretty telling how fearful the Republicans are, how fearful MAGA and their propaganda channel, how scared to death they are of progressive Democratic candidates. Play the clip.

3:58Just Carville and Mar may dislike or distrust Trump. Remember the promised prosecutions that they are advocating for, Piker over the weekend. They're going to promise prosecutions of Trump and his family, then ICE officials, anyone who worked for ICE, then the entire system will be put on trial before it's ultimately dismantled. So Democrats, you got to nip this in the bud now, because if the socialists get a foothold in November, they could end up being the dominant force in the party for the next 40 years. Okay, that's really telling that she said the next 40 years, because it's the truth. Because if there were a new New Deal, it would be wildly popular.

4:41The policies of FDR were incredibly popular, so popular. That's why we have an amendment in the Constitution now that limits presidents run to only two terms, because it's wildly popular. It's just not popular with corporations because corporations value profits over safety. Corporations value exploitation over livable wages. And the progressives of the Democratic Party are now the party of law and order. And I hope to God we prosecute ICE agents, dumb and dumber, Trump, throw Barron in there, Throw Melania in there. And here is the boogeyman himself, Hassan Piker. Play the clip. Arrest and prosecute and bring about corruption charges for every prominent member of this administration that is engaged in corruption and prosecute and arrest ICE agents that have also done crimes as well on the job.

5:41That would be a platform position that I would want to see from the democratic socialists of america angie i couldn't agree more i mean if you are committing crimes as a public servant and you are stealing money from the american people if you're being bribed to give pardons if you are killing innocent people under what world view should that not be prosecuted. That's how skewed we are. And I will just remind everybody, the weaponization, quote unquote, of the Justice Department has all been done by Trump, i.e. James Comey, Letitia James. Nobody, Barack Obama didn't commit crimes. And guess what?

6:28Nobody prosecuted when he was out. The difference is here, we've got a crime, mafia style crime family in the White House and everybody's cashing in from cabinet members to all the kids. And now he wants to not be audited by the IRS. So do the crime, do the time is what I say. And I think Hassan is onto something there because this is how Mayar won in Hungary. He won on an anti-corruption platform. And the corruption here is so intense. And if the opposition party isn't constantly reminding everybody, this MAGA party is the party of crime and disorder. We are the party of law and order. They have to be an opposition party that states it all of the time.

7:17And I think that we need to run on a platform of law and order, a platform of anti-corruption, a platform of universal human rights. So when people get their panties in a wad about somebody's pronouns or somebody's sexuality, here's the situation. Those people have kitchen tables, too. So it's a kitchen table issue for everybody. And as Democrats, you might not understand somebody that's gender fluid or somebody that's queer or somebody that's gay or somebody that's lesbian or somebody that's black. But they're still human beings and they have the same kitchen table issues that every other person has.

7:52And so I think they're onto something. And I think Laura Ingram, I just think she knows if the people get a taste that government is supposed to work for you, it's supposed to be efficient and work for you. They're going to like it just like they did under FDR. But the Democratic Party has lost its way. So if Bill Maher and James Carville want to go out to pasture, go, go, go do a big barbecue with Haley Stevens and Cory Booker and Chuck Schumer. And y 'all just have, you know, just service corporations. But it doesn't work. It doesn't work. The reason the DSA is rising so much right now is because the Democrats are impotent when it turns to fighting fascism.

8:33They bring a spoon and it's just such a petulant. I'm not going to be in the party more. Grow up. Quit being a teeny baby, for God's sake. I mean, Hassan's a Twitch streamer, for God's sake. And I'll tell you what, he's you know, he could if some if a candidate wants to campaign with him, that's their choice. Fucking get over it. I mean, all of this bedwetting is just ridiculous. Okay. And speaking of corruption, David Ellison is an oligarch, as everybody knows. He's donated money to the IDF during an act of genocide. He is solely responsible for hiring Barry Weiss, an incompetent fascist who has completely destroyed CBS News, completely destroyed our iconic television show in the United States of America, 60 Minutes.

9:22And of course, with these oligarchs, with anybody in Trump's orbit, they can't ever have enough. They're never going to be satisfied. They're never going to be fixed. And so now he's breaking his silence on the Paramount merger. Pop this up. Paramount CEO David Ellison says, opposition to the Warner Brothers merger isn't about market share, but about whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner's CNN. I have regularly voted for candidates of both parties. I hold some views that would be called conservative and others that would be called liberal, just like most Americans. And when it comes to our news operations, I do not aspire to lead these companies to bend their newsrooms to my views.

10:04This is verifiably and objectionably false. Barry Weiss spiked the story about CECOT, the concentration camp in El Salvador, where the United States of America, without giving people due process, sent people to be tortured, some of them sexually tortured. This is just the lying and the criming and the corruption. And can you imagine you have all this money, all of it, and you just can't go to a fucking therapist, hire a spiritual guru to get your shit squared up? There's no excuse for being this dysfunctional. But I think there's a psychosis that goes along with being a billionaire where you have broken yourself because you have exploited people.

10:55And I always think about the example of like the Starbucks barista worker that might probably make$7.25 an hour and the CEO of Starbucks that makes hundreds of millions a year annually and just how disgusting that is. Well, and here's the thing about just to the billionaires, just an aside, it's like these billionaires, you don't have to talk. You didn't have to write an op-ed. Peter Thiel doesn't have to go around talking about the Antichrist. Elon Musk doesn't have to get on and spew his racist shit, but they think their opinion is so important and so authoritative. But when I was reading this article, he straight up says, I want CNN.

11:36That's what I'm going after. And it's like Fox News wasn't enough. Ruining CBS wasn't enough. Ruining 60 Minutes, not enough. Now we have to go for CNN. And here's the deal. He wants news to be all encompassing as long as it's agreeing with his opinion. And that's exactly what you have with Trump and all the oligarchy. That's just authoritarianism 101. Well, he wants propaganda channels. but just for accuracy, he does not own Fox News. He doesn't have Fox News. But they want propaganda. And this is an old playbook. You look at just what happened in Hungary. Viktor Orban, all of his buddies owned all of the media.

12:21And his opponent wasn't even allowed to be seen on any of the television shows, which shows just how his message of corruption really resonated when he traveled to rural and small towns in Hungary. and people don't like corruption when you show it. So Hassan Piker is onto something here. And if Bill Maher and James Carville want to wet the bed all the time about all of this stuff, leave the party. I mean, like nobody likes corporate Democrats anymore. It's, I don't agree with Hassan Piker on everything, but we agree on the majority of things. And I think the majority of Americans do, but all right, I digress.

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15:10Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates and third-party insurers. Coverage is not available in all states or for all vehicles and coverage selections. Let's move along. Of course, the FCC is taking bribes during the Paramount merger. Of course. FCC Chair Brendan Carr's latest financial report said Paramount gave him tickets to the 2025 Kennedy Center Gala worth$12 ,390. He and his wife sat in skybox seats. Such seats sold for$125 ,000 apiece, according to Kennedy Center guidelines. lines. I've said this and I'll continue to say it for anybody to work for Donald Trump, for anybody to have voted for Donald Trump.

15:54And yes, I'm talking about 77 million Americans. There's something broken that you see a man that pathologically lies. You see a man that said, grab him by the pussy. You see a man that riled up all the rubes to do January 6th. And you just see his tweets or you see a 10 second interview of him, you know, with all the marbles in his mouth acting like a nut. And if you still voted for that, you are a completely broken person. We have a broken culture in the United States of America, which is exactly why people and oligarchs like David Ellison want to buy CNN because they want to continue to keep the culture broken so they can continue to control the narrative so that they continue to keep people drunk on propaganda that somehow what they're doing isn't hurtful, but the people making$7.25 an hour, that's hurtful.

16:47Or the immigrants that might speak English as a second language, they're the ones dicking you over. So it's very important for the fascist project for them to control the propaganda channels. Him parading around, acting like I'm a conservative on this issue and a liberal on that issue. Bullshit. you are 100 % a broken person that however many billions of dollars you have will not fix you. You know, I saw this about Brennan Carr and I was like, I'm sure that's the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure if you put 100 forensic accountants in a room and tried to go and put a dollar amount on all the grifting by Trump and his appointees and cabinet and on down the list, 100 wouldn't be enough working 24 hours a day for 50 years.

17:30I mean, that's how corrupt this thing is. But one thing that occurred to me on the Laura Ingram, and she's so worried about socialism, I think the biggest driver of people to socialism and to want something else is the Republican policies, specifically what we're seeing now with Donald Trump. give everything to the oligarchs, let them have all the power, the wealth disparity. You are leaving people with a choice that they have to choose something where they can get ahead. We're in a situation now that people cannot live. I just read 63 % of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, are having to make compromises of food or medicine.

18:17And Donald Trump, he wants to paint everything gold. He wants to put his picture on everything. We don't have money to help the American people, but we have money for war and projects. And for me, if I'm looking at this, just from the outside, I'm thinking, why would you allow this? You, for me right now, what Donald Trump is selling is pushing people away from just the moderate center. He's pushing them way far more progressive. I think the moderate center is what's pushing people away from the moderate center because the moderate center has failed politically. The moderate center is a preservationist system.

18:58It preserves the beholden nature to corporations. It services corporations, moderate politics do. And so Donald Trump is a fake populist, a fake populist candidate that pathologically lies. They went to vote for him because they wanted something radically different. The Democrat, the DSA has a lot of really good points and unregulated, that untethered capitalism is a disaster. It always leads to this. And this is why FDR was such a successful president, because he knew in order to preserve the United States capitalism, it had to be robustly, robustly regulated. All right, that's all we have. Pre-order my book, like, subscribe.

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19:59Thank you.

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