The James O’Keefe Musical feat. Ryan Cooper

Fever Dreams

The Daily Beast

News & Politics, Government

4.4 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Far-right activist Ammon Bundy is running for governor of Idaho—despite being legally banned from the Idaho statehouse. “He’s prepping a run for Idaho governor, to the dismay of the Idaho Republican Party, which really does not want that affiliation,” said The Daily Beast reporter Kelly Weill. Elsewhere on the episode, The Week national correspondent Ryan Cooper talks about a government report claiming that the U.S. Park Police didn’t clear protesters outside the White House—and how its claims that the Trump administration didn’t act just to set up a presidential photo-op have been overblown in the media.

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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	London to Glasgow from just 46 pounds each way.
0:20.5	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.0	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.
0:28.0	UK forward slash plan. Hey guys, this is Aswin Tsubang, but please call me Swin.
0:44.8	And welcome to The Daily Beast's fever dreams.
0:47.4	Hi, I'm Will Summer, a politics reporter at The Daily Beast, where I dig into all the darkest recesses of American extremism and extremely online
0:55.3	militants. I'm currently working on a book about QAnon and its disastrous impact on our society.
1:00.6	I'm also a senior political reporter at The Beast and co-author of the book Sinking in the Swamp.
1:05.4	I've spent years covering the intersection of entertainment and politics. And in the post-Trump era,
1:10.4	that seems like the only
1:11.3	sensible way to cover politics in this beautiful, hideously stupid country of ours. On this podcast,
1:17.6	we're going to take you on deeply reported plunges into the sometimes hilarious, sometimes scary
1:21.5	fanatics infecting the way that millions of Americans view the world and how they vote.
1:25.8	Even in the aftermath of the Trump administration,
1:28.2	the energy of these conspiracy theorists, the grifters, and the influencers is still pushing our
1:33.4	mainstream political landscape closer and closer to a breaking point. We're here to help you better
1:38.3	understand how and why this is happening, and who in the halls of power are letting it happen.
1:42.8	Along the way, we'll regularly bring on guests, including political pros, hard-nosed
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