Hey, Polpa Chair, it's Hacks on Tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome to Hacks on Tap.

My partner in podcasting crime, Mr. David Axelrod is, as we say in the news, biz on assignment.

Seagrally means huge bender in Las Vegas.

No, no.

Axe has some important stuff to do, so we can't be here today.

He'll be here back here next week.

But in the meantime, we had to find a super-hack to pinch hit for him to step in and only one name came to mind.

The great Paul Baggala, CNN commentator, Clinton Whitehouse veteran, all around Democratic Super Strategist is joining us today.

Paul, thanks for coming on.

Murf, thank you and best wishes to Axe.

He's having one of those Brazilian butt jobs, I think, isn't that the excuse he's using now for his...

You know, when you look like Axe, you got to keep up appearances, okay?

He's not on TV for his brains and experience, you know.

I'm under a very rigid NDA, so I have no comment.

But the rumors that he's receiving Chicago Must-Ass magazine, it's the Man of the Century Award, are completely untrue.

And that brings us to the whole topic of completely untrue conspiracy theories and all that, because as we all knew, super-purve predator Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide allegedly in the jails of New York having been prior to that on Suicide Washers.

Now, in FBI investigation, the inner web, the kids like, is a wash with conspiracies that it was msod, CIA, the president of the United States is fanning all that as he is prone to.

With complaints, it's about Bill Clinton and a secret plot to kill him because of a friendship that two of them had, as did Trump with Epstein back in the day.

So Paul, I noticed today you are wearing what appeared to be prison guard shoes under your suit, where you involved, what really happened?

And seriously, let's talk about the mania for conspiracy theories now in American politics and what it means.

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