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The Muckrake Political Podcast

The Art of the Kneel

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman examine the crumbling facade of the Trump administration as their one page peace proposal is sent back by Iran. With the Middle East slipping further out of control, Donald Trump is heading to China to prostrate himself before Xi Jinping. But he is not going alone. He is bringing the actual bosses of the United States Elon Musk and Tim Cook, to help beg for an exit strategy (but really to enrich themselves). They also breakdown: The Economic Indicator Trap: Why your Trader Joes bill is a ticking time bomb and what $7 diesel in Indiana tells us about the shipping corridors of the future. The Marco-mentum Mirage: The corporate medias attempt to launder Secretary of State Marco Rubio into the future of the Republican Party despite his history of failure. Gerrymandering the Resistance: A look at the states from Alabama to Virginia scrambling to redistrict and disenfranchise voters following the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. Golden Calves and False Idols: The literal unveiling of a golden Trump statue by evangelicals and the deep psychological wounds driving modern cult worship. Support the show by subscribing to our patreon at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast and unlock lots of content including our full Weekender episode on Fridays, live shows, and access to our Discord chat.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody.

0:02.5

Welcome to the McCrardardt Podcast.

0:03.9

I'm Jerry J.J.

0:04.3

It's Saxton.

0:04.8

I'm here for my friend, Nick Houseman.

0:06.5

We're doing it again, man.

0:07.5

We can't help ourselves.

0:08.8

Can't stop, won't stop.

0:10.2

Here we are.

0:11.4

I thought for a second you were starting my basketball show with the, hey, everybody.

0:17.2

No, I don't know.

0:18.2

I just wanted to, I just wanted to elongate it for a second. I don't know. I wanted to hold on to that feeling.

0:23.2

I know, but I wasn't getting all the energy behind it either. It was sort of like singing happy birthday to Lundberg. It's strange, man.

0:30.9

It feels like, you know, we've recorded these past few episodes.

0:34.6

Like, I've been, I've been getting hot in these episodes.

0:37.5

Like, I feel this thing.

0:39.1

I was telling, I think I said it on here, and I think I said it in a

0:42.6

conversation with Daniel Moody, like, I had a feeling that 2026 was going to be a year of rage,

0:49.0

but something has shifted for me where I look at these motherfuckers and the shit that they're trying to pull and the damage they're trying to do. And so I'm just, I'm pissed about it. You know what I mean? So it was like, I think, I think the energy was there. I was trying not to just start it off by screaming. Yeah, absolutely. Well, no, we want to build. That's what you want to do. You want to start out. We want to build.

1:11.2

And don't worry, everybody, there is plenty to get mad about today because, listen, this bullshit, it doesn't stop. A reminder, head over to patreon.com slash my Craig podcast. Become a patron. Support the show. We are not corporate cronies and stooges. We are independent. We need your help to continue and to continue growing.

1:30.6

You also get the week. corporate cronies and stooges. We are independent. We need your help to continue and to continue

1:29.6

growing. You also get the weekender on Fridays. And we're already talking about what we're doing on

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