Doomscroll Podcast

This Doomscroll episode is available only to paid Flux subscribers. You can become one on Patreon or Substack. As usual, it’s not “safe for work.”

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Trump is spiraling as his fortunes keep falling

03:08 — Jealous Trump concocts AI lie about Kamala Harris's huge crowds

08:21 — Behind in the polls, Trump lies and says he's ahead in the "real" surveys

11:53 — Trump says he's willing to ban abortion pill mifepristone

14:44 — Trump used Jeffrey Epstein's former airplane to travel from campaign rally

16:43 — Elon Musk hosts disastrous Twitter space with Trump

17:22 — Joe Rogan faces MAGA rage for heaping praise on RFK Junior

22:23 — Republicans lied about Tim Walz and menstrual products in schools

24:48 — Freak JD Vance can't think of anything that makes him laugh or smile when asked by reporter

28:29 — Second photo of Vance in drag surfaces online

29:52 — Secret Service apologizes for breaking into Massachusetts salon

32:09 — Tom Cruise closes out Paris Olympics with roof jump stunt

32:58 — Arizona Cardinals unveil gross-looking cotton candy burrito

35:05 — Russian chess player suspended for trying to poison rival

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Tim Walz has expanded the enthusiasm for Kamala Harris's ticket

10:02 — Kamala Harris's big crowds are making Trump jealous and petty

15:58 — Almost all the national polls have Harris slightly ahead of Trump

19:55 — JD Vance is stalking Kamala Harris, tried to approach Air Force Two

25:28 — Elon Musk lawsuit intimidates advertiser group to shut down anti-hate program

30:17 — RFK Junior makes campaign ad featuring bugs crawling all over him

35:39 — Taylor Swift cancels concerts after terrorist bomb scare

38:31 — Steve Martin turns down "SNL" offer to play Tim Walz

42:01 — Scientists hail discovery of "hobbit" sized ancient humans

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00:00 — Jenna Ellis, ex-Trump attorney will cooperate with Arizona fake electors case

01:57 — Trump cowers from ABC debate with Harris, wants Fox safe space

06:55 — Trump whines that celebrities are helping Harris get bigger crowds

10:31 — Report: Former AG Bill Barr killed investigation into alleged $10 million bribe to Trump

13:00 — JD Vance’s wife defends his “cat lady” obsessions

16:01 — RFK Jr. says he abandoned bear cub carcass after wanting to skin and eat it

22:29 — Elon Musk PAC under investigate for voter registration website

25:51 — Google found guilty of being an illegal monopoly by federal judge

28:40 — French Olympian fails at pole vault because of his package

30:12 — Paraguay fires Olympian for doing too much sightseeing

32:54 — Vince Vaughn says movie industry too scared to try new comedy stories and concepts

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You can follow our guest Amanda Marcotte at Salon and on Twitter

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Kamala Harris has moved ahead of Donald Trump in polls

03:26 — Trump says Kamala Harris "became black"

10:16 — Rachel Scott of ABC shocked Trump by not coddling him

13:28 — Trump and JD Vance still can't respond effectively to "weird" attacks

18:25 — Fox's Jesse Watters can't understand why men would support Harris

21:31 — Demons are behind accusations that Trumpers are weird, MAGA podcaster says

26:14 — Right warned that Kamala is only just getting started with celebrity endorsements

29:12 — Intrigue surrounds Democrats' veepstakes

36:23 — North Texas adoption attorney charged with trying to sell prisoners' babies

40:36 — "Tradwife" Hannah "Ballerina Farm" Nielman lashes out after devastating profile

49:30 — Zoos grappling with visitors letting gorillas look at their phones

51:35 — Simone Biles kicked butt at the Olympics and mocked Trump afterwards

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Audio Chapters

0:00 — Everyone knows Republicans are weird and creepy, and now everyone is actually saying it

04:15 — Republican hypocrisy and scandals

08:37 — Trump’s dilemma in picking a young Republican leader: They’re all nuts

10:29 — Eric and Donald Trump Junior reportedly are the main reasons JD Vance is the Republican veep nominee

13:31 — JD Vance's insult of childfree adults is his “deplorables moment”

17:11 — Daily Wire host Andrew Klavan shows that many right-wing men view women as property

22:12 — Has the weird Republicans message broken the “both sides” lie?

28:04 — Other Republicans keep trying to copy Trump, but without any humor or detachment

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Republicans are flailing trying to attack Kamala Harris

03:56 — Ted Cruz says she can’t have his cheeseburger

06:22 — Speaker Mike Johnson begs Republicans not to make racist and sexist attacks against Harris

07:34 — Old JD Vance remarks about "cat ladies" cause controversy

13:01 — Kamala Harris doesn't laugh properly, Republicans say

20:19 — JD Vance is the most unpopular veep nominee ever

24:04 — Trump campaign's lawsuit against Kamala Harris

26:34 — Global temperature record hit twice in one week

29:00 — NJ Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez says he'll resign after bribery convictions

31:32 — Benjamin Netanyahu's congressional publicity stunt fizzles

35:28 — Rupert Murdoch is suing his adult children to keep Fox News from becoming centrist after he dies

37:14 — Billy Ray Cyrus insults daughter Miley on leaked audio

38:16 — JD Vance saddled with uncouched lies about his heterosectionality

Cover image: Donald Trump nodding off during his son Donald Trump Jr’s speech to the Republican National Convention. July 17, 2024

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Joe Biden reset the 2024 race by dropping out

03:58 — Kamala Harris raised $81 million in her first 24 hours as a candidate

06:53 — Trump and fellow Republicans are frothing with rage that they can't run against Joe Biden

12:41 — Fox and Friends host invents conspiracy theory that Biden didn't write resignation letter

19:25 — Harris mulling several candidates for her running mate

26:20 — Robert Kennedy Junior admits to secret calls with Trump trying to get hired

29:02 — Ohio Republican and JD Vance ally says civil war might be necessary

33:26 — Flashback: Nikki Haley predicted whichever party dropped their elderly candidate first would win

35:32 — Aaron Sorkin humiliated himself with call for Democrats to nominate Mitt Romney, which he then retracted almost immediately

40:11 — Donald Glover is retiring his Childish Gambino alter ego

41:35 — The Simpsons predicted it?

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This Doomscroll episode is a condensed audio version of a video livestream. As usual, it’s not “safe for work.”

Audio Chapters

0:00 — Introduction

00:34 — Disclosure that Trump shooter was Republican put a damper on the RNC this year

06:01 — Hulk Hogan rips up American flag shirt to support Trump

08:24 — NBC hosts fall for Trump's soft-pedaling of extremism once again

15:05 — Trump rejects daughter Tiffany's attempted affection

16:33 — Kimberly Guilfoyle grossed out everyone with strange crotch grabbing

19:01 — Rep. Matt Gaetz shocks everyone with bizarre facial appearance

21:08 — Teamsters president angers union supporters by speaking at RNC

24:53 — Former Trump advisor Peter Navarro reminds everyone he's a weird creep

26:54 — Joe Biden and Democrats are in turmoil as dropout pressure grows

31:29 — Donald Trump and his crazy party are very, very vulnerable

37:55 — JD Vance is a lying extremist who should be a big Trump vulnerability

44:09 — Trump started falling asleep multiple times during the RNC

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Audio Chapters

00:00 — Donald Trump assassination attempt inspires thousands of conspiracy theories

05:00 — Accused shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was a registered Republican but not much is known yet

11:41 — Slimy opportunist liar JD Vance named as Trump's running mate

14:53 — Trump-appointed judge Eileen Cannon dismisses documents theft case against him

21:48 — Republican National Convention starts Monday

26:56 — Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump, surprising no one

30:15 — Statute condemned as "demonic" by far-right Christians was beheaded during Hurricane Beryl

34:30 — Florida orders textbook publishers to remove material about climate change

35:58 — Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, and Shannon Dougherty passed away

39:09 — Fast food companies are resentful that consumers aren't letting them arbitrarily raise prices

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This Doomscroll episode is available on video as well as audio, and as per usual, it is not “safe for work.”

Audio Chapters

00:00 — Kamala Harris starting to outperform Joe Biden in polls as pressure builds on president

13:01 — Trump expected to unveil vice presidential running mate at Republican convention next week

19:13 — Republicans adopt fake moderate language on abortion to fool gullible reporters

22:20 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez files articles of impeachment against Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

25:09 — Nikki Haley banned from Republican convention, still keeps endorsing Trump

27:54 — Shelley Duvall, actor known from “Fairy Tale Theater,” has died

29:07 — Texas residents forced to use fast food restaurant map to track power outages

30:36 — NASA successfully ends Mars isolation test mission after 1 year

32:24 — Cypress Hill and the London Symphony perform together to make a “Simpsons” joke become reality

36:25 — Cheating allegation rocks competitive hot dog eating world

38:18 — DC police accuse people of using dead man's thumb to steal his possessions after killing him

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