The Ali Allegations feat. Aaron Kleinman

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Fever Dreams hosts Kelly Weill and Will Sommer examine a classic style of right-wing outrage—which never seems to back itself up with evidence. Plus! A conversation with Aaron Kleinman of the States Project about all the wacky, extreme characters inhabiting America’s state houses.

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0:00.0	Last minute party, what will I bring them something unexpected?
0:06.2	Let's play scratch cards.
0:09.3	Trying to find something a bit different.
0:11.4	Why not add some play to Christmas with scratch cards from the National Lottery?
0:15.4	Pick them up in store now.
0:16.6	Please gift responsibly. Rules and procedures apply.
0:18.5	Players and gifters must be 18 or over.
0:22.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer, and welcome to The Daily Beast, Fever Dreams. I'm a politics reporter at The Daily Beast.
0:27.7	My book on Q&ONON, Trust the Plan, The Rise of Q&ON 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 reporter at The Daily Beast, and I'm the author of the book
0:40.4	Off the Edge, Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
0:45.4	On this podcast, we're going to take you on plunges into the sometimes hilarious, sometimes
0:49.2	scary fanatics, infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
0:53.5	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration, the energy of these conspiracy theorists,
0:58.6	grifters, and influencers is still pushing our mainstream political landscape closer and closer
1:03.6	to a breaking point.
1:05.4	Welcome back to Pever Dreams. You already know what it is. I'm Will Summer here as always
1:09.4	with Kelly Wild. Kelly, how's it going?
1:11.3	Hey, it's Goodwill. Coming in with the heat, I love it. A lot to talk about this week, really busy
1:16.0	week. But before we kick it off, I want to sort of circle back to something we talked about
1:20.3	last week with our guests. We're talking about sieges and standoffs like Waco and Ruby Ridge.
1:25.3	And I wanted to, unfortunately unfortunately update your siege forecast because
1:29.4	we've got something brewing out in Idaho. And this is, of course, related to M. Bundy, the usual
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