'Playboy' Poems of the Trump Attorney, Feat. Elizabeth Williamson

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Some of Donald Trump's lawyers have some cringe hobbies, like trying to do coup d'états. But did you know that one of them is an amateur poet, who has written verses about "THE TORONTO SUBWAY SYSTEM" and, "of life and sex and puzzled joy, a chopped up mess of Miss Playboy." In this week's episode of Fever Dreams, hosts Will Sommer and Asawin Suebsaeng bring you dramatic readings of the Trump "legal B-team" poetry. Elsewhere on the pod, our hosts welcome New York Times writer Elizabeth Williamson to discuss her new book on the Sandy Hook massacre, Alex Jones, and "the Battle for Truth." For those interested in plumbing the depths of Ginni Thomas's efforts to support Trump's efforts to cling to power, Sommer breaks down the wild, undeniable QAnon connections. Finally, for listeners curious about the question, "Why are Capitol Hill Republicans so furious this week about (alleged!) cocaine-fueled orgies involving 70-something year-olds?" our hosts—unfortunately—have an answer for you!

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to Fever Dreams. My name's Will Summer. I'm a political reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of an upcoming book on QAnon for Harper Collins.
0:07.8	And I'm Aswin-Sub-Tang, but please call me Swin. I'm a senior political reporter at the Daily Beast and co-author of the book Sinking in the Swamp.
0:15.2	All right, here on Fevered Dreams, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious and sometimes scary world of the American right as they continue to influence our politics. Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration,
0:25.4	the energy of these conspiracy theorists, these grifters, and these influencers is still pushing
0:30.5	our mainstream political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point. Will Summer, this is my
0:36.2	third to last episode hosting the Feverdreams pod.
0:40.1	How are you feeling about that?
0:41.9	Good, and I have one thing on my mind.
0:44.3	Why isn't Madison Cawthorne going to these orgies?
0:48.8	You and me both, man.
0:50.2	Catch the audience up to speed on what this means.
0:53.3	Sure, so Madison Cawthorne, congressman from North Carolina, youngest.
0:57.5	Hardest working man in Washington, D.C.
1:00.1	Yes, youngest, I believe, elected member of Congress in history.
1:03.5	And so Madison was doing a little, I'd say maybe soft QAnon signaling this week.
1:09.4	He gave an interview and he said to a conservative media
1:12.2	outlet and he said, to paraphrase here, things in D.C. are so crazy. All these guys in their
1:17.5	60s and 70s invited me to orgies. And also, they love doing key bumps of cocaine. Okay, first of all,
1:24.3	Madison, I'm in my 30s. I don't leave in Washington, D.C. anymore.
1:28.3	And he should shut the fuck up about this stuff in public. We all saw what happened to the
1:32.4	blindfolded piano player who ran his fucking mouth to reporters too much.
1:37.1	I was going to say, this sounds a little personal to you, Swin.
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