Trump, Epstein, and the Death Rattle of MAGA - Thom Hartmann

[Rhiannon12866]

Elon Musk is probably chuckling as Trump flails; today’s firestorm around the Epstein documents arguably started when he tweeted that Trump was in the files. Which has led to some significant changes in the Trump/media/politics/deep-state landscape that it’s important to review. They include questions about the future of Trump, his cult followers, a possible power struggle between Trump and Murdoch, and JD Vance’s Presidential ambitions.

To begin: if you want everything around the Epstein furor to make sense, all you have to understand is that Donald Trump has been leading a cult. - Aired on 07/21/2025.

[Duncanpup]

1. Excellent article.

I read it yesterday.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I subscribe to his emails, he sure is worth reading his articles and listening to his show

Especially since Thom Hartmann is a long time member of DU, just made his most recent OP here yesterday.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "...the Death Rattle of MAGA"

Nonsense – the Trump Cult is not going anywhere.

Trump is the product of a GOP long pursuing an agenda of fear, ignorance, racism, bigotry, and hate; an anti-democratic, authoritarian agenda seeking to destroy our democratic institutions and bring about the tyranny of Republican minority rule.

The Trump Cult will live on after Trump is gone, it’s what conservativism has become.

[Joinfortmill]

8. I sure do hope you are wrong, or they become a tiny minority.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. In the age of AI, 1,000 FBI agents combing millions of pages

What happened to digital capabilities of scan, search and find ?

[Joinfortmill]

7. Likely scanning millions of pages. Right? That's a lot of pages.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Auto-feed scanners. 500 sheets a pop. /nt

[Joinfortmill]

10. Ok, but it's still a big job. You win. I'm not dying on this hill

[johnnyfins]

5. Can anyone think of a way to make MAGA

Aware of the fact that Steve Bannon is holding on to 15hrs of interview footage that he shot with Jeffrey Epstein prior to his arrest in 2019? At the time, he said he was trying to rehabilitate Epstein's image through a documentary. This info comes via Epstein's brother who has recently demanded to view the footage.

[Joinfortmill]

6. This is good, people, and short. Includes some interesting history of maga roots..