Gaslit Nation's Predictions for 2026
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year, everyone! Welcome to the very first Gaslit Nation episode of 2026, one of the most consequential years for humanity, because the world is about to find out whether American democracy survives Donald Trump and his MAGA crime cult. Will they try to steal the midterms? Will Trump attempt another January 6-style power grab as 2028 approaches? Stick with Gaslit Nation as we fight back and build a new American revolution, one act of hope and defiance at a time.
This special bonus show, made for our Patreon community, highlights a thoughtful question from Ken B., a listener and Democracy Defender supporter on Patreon. Ken asks us to focus on a dangerously undercovered issue: the GOP's coordinated effort to loot America's public lands. From rolling back the Roadless Rule to gutting park budgets and opening millions of acres to extraction, Trump and his donors are positioning massive areas of national parks and forests for a sell-off.
Ken, thank you for your insights, and thank you to all of our listeners who keep our show going. Your questions shape our show. If you want to submit your questions, comments, and hear them on the show, subscribe at the Democracy Defender tier or higher on Patreon.com/Gaslit.
If you want to hear this full episode, including our three major predictions for 2026 and what they mean for democracy, join us on Patreon. Get ready for another big year of the people fighting back.
Join our community of listeners and get bonus shows, Q&A sessions, invites to exclusive events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, ad free listening, group chats with other listeners, ways to shape the show, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the very first episode of Gaslit Nation for the year 2026, one of the most important years for the planet because the world will finally get to see whether American democracy prevails against Donald Trump and his MAGA crime cult. |
| 0:23.0 | Will we still have the midterm elections? Will they be fair and free elections? |
| 0:29.2 | Will Trump pull another January 6th to stay in power in 2028? |
| 0:34.1 | These next few years are a major turning point for us here at home. |
| 0:38.8 | And obviously, the way America goes, we're the largest military by far on this planet, |
| 0:45.3 | one of the largest economies by far on this planet. |
| 0:48.2 | So however things go here, make it or break a year they're all entering into together, |
| 0:53.4 | it's going to have a massive, massive ripple effect. |
| 0:57.2 | We are at the crossroads of history. |
| 1:00.0 | Stick with Gaslit Nation and fight back and build a new American revolution out of the ashes of the Maga cult. |
| 1:08.9 | We're going to do this together one act of hope and defiance at a time. |
| 1:13.7 | That is how history is made. That is how progress is made. We are here because our ancestors, |
| 1:21.1 | generations of fearless people fought, fought, fought, fought. They stared down the armies of |
| 1:27.4 | nonsense and they built an all |
| 1:30.6 | new era of hope and change. And it's not our turn. It is now our turn. And I'm very honored |
| 1:36.9 | to do this with you. In this very special bonus show made possible by and for our Patreon |
| 1:41.6 | community that keeps Gasslett Nation going, I'm going to answer a question from one of our supporters at the democracy defender level |
| 1:48.3 | and higher. |
| 1:49.4 | If you would like to submit your questions to be featured here on the show, sign up at |
| 1:53.5 | patreon.com forward slash gaslet. |
| 1:55.8 | That's patreon.com forward slash gaslet. |
| 1:58.2 | If you'd like to support our independent journalism, we love you and thank you so much to everyone |
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