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Podcast: The Muckrake Political Podcast
Episode: This Episode of the Iran War Is Brought to You by Fox News
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Trump’s threats toward Iran have escalated from incoherent to terrifying—with evacuation warnings, “we’re at war” rhetoric, and reports he’s greenlit an attack. All while taking policy cues from Fox News segments.
Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman break down how the right-wing infotainment complex is driving foreign policy in real time and why this is sparking a telling schism in American politics.
We dig into the MAGA isolationist response...