David French: MAGA Is Bleeding Numbers

<div>Republican disunity is being obscured by affection for Trump, but just below the surface, MAGA is being pulled apart at the seams. At the same time, the administration is busy committing war crimes while conducting an illegal, nonsensical war, and the FBI is investing progressive groups for their views. The state of free speech protections may be worse than during the Red Scare. Meanwhile, SCOTUS keeps shaping the power of the presidency, Tucker and Candace’s conspiracies and Israel fear-mongering are way past an act, and the Andrew Tates of the manosphere are giving cover to men who just want to be a**holes.<br /><br /><strong>David French </strong>joins Tim Miller.<br /><br /><em>show notes<br /></em><br /></div><ul>

<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/opinion/tennessee-trump-special-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.NjLp.3NcfC_gfSPeH&amp;smid=url-share">David's recent piece on MAGA </a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-list-of-extremists-is-coming?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Ken Klippenstein on the FBI investigating progressive groups </a></li>

<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/andrew-tate-barron-trump-romania.html">NYT on the Trump administration helping out Andrew Tate </a></li>

<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/advisory-opinions/id1490993194">David's podcast, "Advisory Opinions" </a></li>

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<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/everyone-who-is-gone-is-here-the-united-states-central-america-and-the-making-of-a-crisis-jonathan-blitzer/d7d4a22ec001c9ff">"Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here," book referenced by Tim<br /></a><br /></li>

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