Santosmania feat. Tina Nguyen

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Puck reporter Tina Nguyen joins this week’s Fever Dreams to discuss Rep. George Santos and the civil war brewing between his staffers and the far-right figures he’s begun to consult. Weill and Sommer discuss the recently disclosed rulebook for Proud Boys members, which includes a number of incredibly silly measures that members must follow. Then, speculation rages in Trumpworld over whether MAGA broadcaster Silk—of ‘Diamond and Silk’ fame—meant to shade the former president during a memorial speech for her sister and co-host, bashing him for supporting COVID vaccination efforts that conspiracy theorists say – without evidence – may have been responsible for her death.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds.
0:20.8	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be founded at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.
0:28.6	U.K. forward slash plan.
0:32.5	Hi, I'm Will Summer, and welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:35.9	I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast.
0:42.5	My book on Q&ONM, Trust the Plan, The Rise of Q&N and the Conspiracy that Unhinged America will be available in February and is available for a pre-order now. And I'm Kelly Weil. I am also a
0:47.9	reporter at The Daily Beast and I'm the author of the book Off the Edge, Flat Earthers,
0:52.5	conspiracy culture, and why People Will Believe Anything.
0:55.5	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
1:03.8	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists, grifters, and influencers, is still pushing our mainstream
1:11.5	political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point.
1:15.6	Welcome back to Fever Dreams. I'm Will Summer, joined by Kelly Weil. Kelly, how you doing?
1:20.4	I am Goodwill. How are you? Honestly, I'm feeling a little down today. Babylon got shut out
1:25.3	at the Oscars, more or less. I think the Babylon hive will be vindicated someday to borrow a phrase from another popular movie this year,
1:32.1	last year, Babylon, I see you. After all we did, after all we did for your consideration campaign,
1:38.9	can't believe they didn't listen to that podcast. Okay, Will, so we are like four weeks away from your book launch. How can people
1:46.5	get their hands on your book? Yes. So the book is called Trust the Plan. Q on in the
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