The Matt McNeil Show

On today’s show:

– How the national media is failing with their fawning RNC coverage.

– The GOP flirts (or maybe more) with fascism as they spread signs at the RNC that says, “Mass Deportations Now.”

– Bill Corbett from MST3K

– Dr. Joe Eastman on President Biden’s COVID diagnosis.

– Matt’s thoughts on how Biden’s COVID diagnosis could impact his decision as to whether he’ll stay in the race.

– How Patrick Reusse drew the ire of Iowa fans.

– The “Spider Queen” Marisa Simonetti says she’ll stay in the race for Hennepin County Commissioner district 6.

– Minneapolis Police gets their new labor contract ratified by the City Council.

Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease analyst and modeler who makes frequent appearances on the Matt McNeil Show to discuss COVID and other disease spreads. Today Matt and Dr. Joe talk about President Biden’s COVID diagnosis and how COVID effects older people. Plus we get updates on bird flu and more.

Matt was joined by Bill Corbett, from RiffTrax and formerly from Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about how the new Deadpool movie might impact the superhero genre, Twister somehow getting a sequel, then some political topics and more! See RiffTrax live at State Theatre Minneapolis on July 27!

Emmy nominations; news and notes from the RNC; Adam Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw; things going on around town; Royce White files; Somali-American journalist explains some of the issues with fraud in his community; coal ash spill from Minnesota Power in north central Minnesota.

Jeff Stein from KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.

Democrats are doing exactly what the right wants them to do; author Sarah C. Johns joins the show; Cannon throws out Trump’s classified documents case; Brett talks to Patrick Coolican for their Tuesday discussion; Matt reminds conservatives of the most important Bible passage; Duluth proposes outdoor camping ban; pleas to find the perpetrators of a possible murder.

Sarah C. Johns is a writer and video producer. After studying in South Africa, Hungary, Israel, and Germany, she graduated from McGill University before attending film school in Sydney, Australia. She lives with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The first hour is focused on Saturday night’s events in Pennsylvania, including: CNN drops the ball on breaking the Trump shooting, failures of security, and more. In the second hour, storms blew through the metro over the weekend causing widespread long-term power outages; how to respond to the Trump shooting; GOP changes course in their CD2 race; Jamar Clark’s brother injured in collision with police; proposal to sell school trust lands in the Boundary Waters.

Matt calls out the Huffington Post and NYT; Biden’s press conference; author Dr. Anton Treuer joins the show; Rob Levine also visits the show to discuss his mining aricle in the Duluth Reader; why those who want Biden replaced have not thought things through; guns and cops.