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Preliminary hearings wrapped up last week for Tyler Robinson, the “old boy” accused of shooting and killing Charlie Kirk last September. Prosecutors presented their evidence, and while it certainly seemed compelling, a sizable portion of MAGA internet just isn't buying it. It's likely they never will.Brandy Zadrozny, a senior enterprise reporter for MSNOW, was at the Utah courthouse during Robinson's preliminary hearings and spent time with the conspiracy theorists who can't let their doubts go. She joins Jared and Mike to walk through what the hearings actually showed, what the believers took away from them, and why the evidence didn't move the needle for people like Candace Owens.Join us for what is arguably the biggest story of the year for MAGA. TPUSA has been in damage-control mode for nine months trying to protect the organization and Erika Kirk, and it still seems like they're losing the battle.Links for Brandy:Change my mind: Searching for reality in Charlie Kirk's murder case (MS NOW)Erika Kirk faces Charlie's alleged killer and conspiracists as preliminary hearing begins (MS NOW)Bluesky: @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social / X: @BrandyZadroznyTransition Music: "Boxcar" by Jawbreaker

Subscribe to our Patreon to hear the full episode: patreon.com/postingthroughit~~~Has Russia poisoned Sen. Lindsey Graham with ricin? Why is Clavicular in Israel, and why did a rabbi give him an OpenAI necklace? Is Kash Patel threatening to arrest us for disliking his girlfriend's singing? Jared and Mike struggle to answer these questions and more in this jam-packed Creamium episode, sifting through the trash left behind by a busy news cycle.It culminates with the biggest mystery of all: what do Laura Loomer, Jacob Wohl, and rapper Lil Boosie Badazz have in common? Turns out Mr. Badazz paid $600,000 to far-right operatives Wohl and Jack Burkman to secure a presidential pardon from Trump that never materialized. Now Boosie is on social media demanding that Loomer, Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, and others confirm whether they ever supported his case, as Wohl and Burkman claimed they did. We wish we could say the responses have been illuminating, but they have not.Bring a flashlight for this one. Or even a gun. Because “after dark, it's Jurassic Park.”

Graham Platner, a progressive candidate for US Senate in Maine, managed to defy an array of scandals as he rose to become the frontrunner to take on thirty-year incumbent Sen. Susan Collins. But last week, after a former romantic partner credibly accused him of rape, Platner suspended his campaign and withdrew his candidacy — leaving his supporters heartbroken and the Democratic Party scrambling to find a replacement candidate.Journalist Nathan Bernard joins Jared and Mike to break down the collapse of Platner's campaign and what comes next for Democrats who have been desperately trying to unseat Collins without success. Bernard was on the ground from day five of Platner's campaign. He walks through what Platner meant to Maine Democrats, why volunteers stuck around through earlier controversies, and how the mood darkened after a rape allegation ended his political aspirations.With Platner out, the question is whether an alternate candidate like Troy Jackson or Nirav Shah — or even Ms. Rachel — can consolidate support fast enough to make Collins "concerned" about her reelection.Links for Nathan:X (Twitter): @nathanTbernard / Bluesky: @nathantbernard.bsky.social /In Letter, Platner Volunteer Network Warns Dems: Nominee Must Back Same Agenda to Win Our Full Support (Drop Site, July 2026)Platner Volunteers Want to Move Forward with a New Candidate (Drop Site, July 2026)Voters Weigh In: From Waterville to Ogunquit, Mainers Are Standing By Graham Platner (Drop Site, Oct 2025)Transition Music: "Pale Horse (live in london)" by Truman Sinclair

To access premium episodes, subscribe to our Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt~~~Preliminary hearings began this week in the case against Tyler Robinson: the 23-year-old man accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a campus speaking event in September 2025. Jared and Mike break down the scenes at the courthouse, where a gaggle of Kirk's former employees and friends filled the gallery to watch prosecutors present their evidence against Robinson. Then they turn their attention to right-wing conspiracy theorists, who remain largely unconvinced that it was Robinson who pulled the trigger.Unlike Kirk, it seems like viral speculation about the forces behind his murder may never die. And despite TPUSA's efforts, they haven't been able to dissuading high-profile influencers like Candace Owens from just asking questions: Why didn't the bullet go all the way through Kirk's neck? Was it an inside job orchestrated by TPUSA staffers? Can we be sure Mossad wasn't involved? Or Egypt? What if Kirk is still alive and his death was staged? But before that, Jared and Mike address the campaign-ending allegations against US Senate candidate Graham Platner, who was running to dethrone Sen. Susan Collins until a former romantic partner accused him of drunkenly raping her. They also discuss the surprise rally staged by Patriot Front in DC on the Fourth of July, where some participants may or may not have soiled their khakis.Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of alleged instances of sexual assault and rape.

American patriotism just hit a 25-year low, and the country celebrated accordingly: a 56-year-old man we're calling the "MAGA Wanker" allegedly cranked it to some acrobats on a mostly empty field, and Michael Knowles spoke to a ten-year-old about the merits of burning women at the stake. Researcher and reporter Madeline Peltz returns to Posting Through It to relive America's 250th birthday party and take stock of the MAGA movement as of July 2026. Mike, Jared, and Madeline trace how a bipartisan congressional commemoration curdled America's anniversary into a freakish spectacle — funded by dark money and PragerU-supplied educational materials. This episode also features on-the-ground guest reporting from photojournalist Dominic Gwinn.By now, you've probably heard that America's 250th birthday celebrations were a debacle. Now it's time to learn how bad it actually was.Hide your communist flags, folks. Storm's brewing.

For access to the full episode, subscribe to our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit---Mike and Jared break down the recent sentencing in the Prairieland "antifa" trials, wherein 450 years were handed down across eight defendants who attended an anti-ICE protest outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025.The guys walk through what happened — a noise demonstration, fireworks, graffiti, and Benjamin Song firing 11 shots from a wooded area, hitting a law enforcement officer, before his gun jammed. One defendant got 30 years for moving a box of zines after his wife's arrest. Another got 50 years for sitting in a nearby car. Prosecutors pointed to possession of anarchist literature, use of Signal, and wearing black as evidence of a terrorist conspiracy.Then there's Judge Reed O'Connor, a Federalist Society fixture who stated from the bench that he was imposing maximum sentences to send a message to people who share the defendants' ideology. O'Connor has become the go-to judge for far-right causes, including Elon Musk's dubious lawsuit against Media Matters. He's the man behind these sentences — an outcome that, predictably, delighted Andy Ngo.Links:PrairielandDefendants.com[This episode was recorded on June 28, 2026. Mike is traveling this week.]

Do you remember the small guy in a big, fashy-looking coat who oversaw ICE's invasion of Minneapolis — the operation that led to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti? His name is Gregory Bovino, and he wants to be your president.Acclaimed To Catch a Fascist author Christopher Mathias rejoins PTI this week. After a brief detour into the sentencing of antifascists in Texas, he joins Jared and Mike to paint a picture of Bovino: beyond standing just 5'4", the man is afflicted with a metastasized strain of MAGA, one fixated on "remigration" — that is, deporting upwards of a hundred million people. This year, he stepped down from commanding ICE and moved into new territory: cozying up to hardened white nationalists and meeting with extremists abroad.So dust off your VHS copy of "The Border" and join us as we get to the bottom of the most shocking truth of all: Bovino may look like he's from Long Island, but he's not!Links for Chris:Talking Points Memo: "Greg Bovino's Retirement Plan? Go Full Fascist"MSNOW: "After teasing a presidential bid, Greg Bovino joined a white nationalist's podcast"Blueksy: @letsgomathias.bsky.social / X: @letsgomathiasBook: "To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right"

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit---Mike and Jared dig into the ADL's recent campaign against "goyslop": an antisemitic meme that now travels across social media with no context, delighting freaks of all kinds. Then they take stock of JD Vance's life of ongoing humiliation after becoming the fall guy for the Iran War. Kash Patel returns to PTI after he definitely, totally, for sure foiled that "UFC Freedom 250" domestic terrorism plot, and definitely did not “choke on his own smoke,” as some haters are saying. On June 14, a group of Christian extremist, TikTok-posting knuckleheads allegedly planned to fly explosive drones over the White House UFC arena and kill high-value targets with connections to Israel. But the plot unraveled when a 19-year-old Ohio co-conspirator's mom called the cops. Consider yourself warned. PTI's secretly designed brown goo will kill you.

James Talarico, a Texas candidate for US Senate, might be the Democrat who Republicans fear most ahead of 2026 midterm elections. Talarico has gained national attention for the unusual ways he's centered faith, masculinity, and progressive politics in his campaign — often defying the right-left "culture war" paradigm. As polling shows him to be a serious threat to the GOP's control of the Senate this fall, the Right's attacks against him have taken on an increasingly bigoted tenor, with right-wing politicians, influencers, and activist groups portraying him as secretly gay, transgender, or part of a broader LGBTQ conspiracy. Jared and Mike are joined by Parker Molloy, an award-winning journalist and the author of "The Present Age," whose work is essential reading for those seeking to understand the modern conservative media ecosystem. Together, they examine MAGA's attacks against Talarico, the resurgence of anti-LGBTQ politics on the American right, and how messaging once aimed primarily at transgender people have expanded into a broader strategy of ridicule, fear, and moral panic. They also discuss this year's Pride Month controversies, the role of right-wing media in shaping political narratives, and whether Republicans have succeeded in moving anti-LGBTQ rhetoric back into the mainstream.Happy Pride! Please enjoy this episode before Stephen Miller decides it's too gay.Links for Parker:Newsletter: "The Present Age"Bluesky: @parkermolloy.comTransition Music: "The Execution of All Things" by Rilo Kiley

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit~~~Jared and Mike finally sit down to talk about the embattled political campaign of Graham Platner, who won his primary election in Maine last week and will attempt to dethrone the state's longtime Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins, this fall.This episode reviews Platner's political career and the cascading personal scandals that have threatened to destroy it, from the problematic Reddit posts to the tattoo that looked awfully similar to a Nazi symbol to the allegations of mistreatment toward women. But despite everything that's been said about Platner — and much certainly has been said — recent pollsstill favor him to win.To debate what Platner's campaign means for this year's midterm elections, the guys slicked back their hair and sat down over some "sloppy steaks" at Truffoni's. ("It's a steak with water dumped on it. It's really, really good.") Graham Platner used to be a real piece of shit. Do Maine voters think people can change?

Maybe you've seen the president of the United States promoting what seems like obvious cryptocurrency scams. Or perhaps you've been frustrated lately with the amount of AI-generated "slop" polluting social media lately. What you may not know is that the industries behind both of those things have been working hard (sometimes together) to forcefully ingrain themselves in our nation's government -- spending hundreds of millions of dollars in political campaigns and helping to inflate Trump's personal net worth in obviously corrupt ways. That affects all of our lives, whether you're excited about these technologies or deeply skeptical of them.Jared and Mike are joined by Molly White, a researcher and writer who has spent years chronicling the sector of so-called "Web 3.0" tech and the cryptocurrency industry's growing influence on US politics. Together, they talk about Trump's bizarre cryptocurrency gambits, the regulatory favors his administration has handed out to crypto, and why so many of the same people who became notable for selling the public sleazy NFTs and meme coins are now selling us artificial intelligence.This one's for all the apes we lost along the way.Links for Molly:Tech Influence WatchWeb3 is Going Just Great"Citation Needed" newsletterBluesky: @molly.wikiTransition Music: "Prelude" by Crystal Joy

Listen to the full episode by signing up for our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit---Welcome to the official basketball podcast of New York City, where the hosts occasionally dip their toes into political discourse. We're your hosts Mike "Dunk'em Donuts" Hayden and Jared "Bench Toaster" Holt.The guys discuss Orange Cheeto Drumpf's appearance at the third game of the 2026 NBA Finals, where he almost certainly caused our beloved New York Knicks to lose to the San Antonio Spurs. Depending what new channel you watch, you either heard that our decaying president was met with chants of "USA!" or an arena-shaking cacophony of boos.After that, Jared and Mike turn their focus to recent reporting in Politico detailing under-the-table payments that Polymarket, an online "prediction market" where users gamble on the outcomes of world events, made to a host of social media personalities over the last year. The characters getting rich off the quiet promotional campaign included a transphobic swimmer, a (alleged) drug-addled bigot, and the single-dumbest conservative influencer who's crossed our timelines.When it comes to news, Posting Through It is on its ass like back pockets.

Turns out AI chatbots can do more than create pornographic images of Miss Piggy...Jared and Mike are joined by Luke Barnes, a senior research scientist at NYU who explores issues related to tech and democracy, to talk about cases where AI chatbots have radicalized people and encouraged them to harm themselves and others. But before that, the guys discuss how the landscape of extremism has changed since Trump returned to power and why an attempted terror attack in San Diego seemed to evaporate from the public consciousness so quickly. But before we can nail any of that down, we need to start at the beginning: “The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution…”Links for Luke​How AI Chatbots Are Supercharging Digital Radicalization​The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It​AI Chatbots Are Unleashing Violence Among KidsTransition Music: "You Can't Have Everything" by Mad Drunken Americans

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitThings are going badly in Iran and at home. Tensions are erupting with Israel. MAGA pundits like Jack Posobiec and Dave Rubin are getting bodied online by trolls. There is only man who can heal our divided country: Vanilla Ice. Jared and Mike review the impact the Iran War has had on MAGA before turning to America's 250th birthday celebrations. The White House announced a cluster of has-been musicians as the lineup for America's party, including Manilli Vanilli. Nearly all of them backed away from the event. But not Robert Matthew Van Winkle, aka "Vanilla Ice." Van Winkle has lived a life of relentless humiliation, as you will learn. And it set him up perfectly for a career as a MAGA grifter. Alright stop, collaborate and listen. Posting Through It is back with a brand new edition.

We're back with another installment in our critically acclaimed "Who the Hell?" biographical series, this time sitting down to scrutinize Michael Tracey: a contrarian writer and social media personality who has managed to draw a surprising amount of attention to himself throughout the Trump era.Jared and Mike are joined by guest Bobby Silverman to review the arc of Tracey's career, from his early run-in with police at an Ann Coulter event to his eventual rise in media as a pugnacious hater of political pundits and journalists. This episode explores how Tracey, a self-described "roving journalist," has channeled his resentment for contemporary media into attention-seeking episodes of confrontation and contrarianism that have earned him fans among right-wing audiences.After this episode, the corrupt woke media will never be the same.Transition Music: "Tide Rips" by Bering Sea

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitIt's a listener-driven Q&A show this week and it starts with Jared breaking down the overuse of the designation “Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE).” So-called NVE is everywhere these days and some of the people pushing the phrase are conspicuously right wing. Old friend of the show Katherine Dee weighed in on the topic, and you'll never guess what her take is. The hosts weigh in on everything from coffee, to Matt Drudge, to metal, to the NBA finals, to cycling, to Hasan Piker and more. Also, Mike believes in ghosts. He's serious about it.

Workers across the country are looking for ways to fight back against bosses who underpay, overwork, and mistreat their employees. Forming a union remains one of the most powerful tools available, but the process can feel overwhelming — especially when management is watching. The key is knowing how to organize quietly, build trust with coworkers, and protect yourself.In this PTI Bulletin, union organizer Esteban Gil joins Jared and Mike to explain how union organizing actually works, how to build solidarity with colleagues, and what your rights are when the company starts pushing back.Links:NewsGuild / Pacific Media Workers Guild / Chicago News GuildEmergency Workplace Organizing Committee

Content Warning: This episode includes audio clips that contain derogatory and racist language. Listener discretion is advised.Maybe you've heard of the mustachioed guy in a cowboy hat who hurls racist slurs at strangers, or the one who dresses as the Joker to recite FBI crime statistics at Black people on chat websites. Believe it or not, these are real adult men who not only exist but profit from what we're calling "confrontation porn": a genre built around angering or horrifying people through open displays of bigotry or sadism."Chud the Builder" — the online handle of Dalton Eatherly — was a rising star of the genre until he shot a man. That's where this episode picks up. Eatherly now faces serious legal trouble stemming from his racist stunts, and fellow online bigots have raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for his defense. We also look at another figure in the genre who helped lead that fundraising effort: Paul Miller, aka "GypsyCrusader," known for harassing strangers while performing an array of personas, including one he calls "Racist Mario."It's a tough world out there in 2026, and some of us might to have to “fight for free.”Transition Music: "Split the Difference" by Aqueous

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitJared and Mike welcome MSNow opinion editor Anthony Fisher to this week's cremium episode to talk about an old friend of ours, Bill Maher, and a friend we haven't really talked about before: Ministry mosh-pit beefcake John Fetterman. The crew talks about a recent podcast featuring these brilliant, brave, heterodox liberals in conversation and what their popularity with Trump's base says about them — and about the MAGA movement. Anthony came from libertarian circles, and the discussion turns to how meekly libertarians abandoned their principles at the feet of Trump. Mike also talks about his recent trip to "Restoration 250": a surreal, under-attended Christian nationalist Lollapalooza funded by your tax dollars. So sit back, open up a beer, and spend a little time with “Hitler McPedophile,” the man who will listen — if you're only willing to speak to him.

How sick is our democracy right now? (Not in the skateboard-trick way.) Jared and Mike are joined by Ari Berman to find out. He's the national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and one of the country's leading reporters covering issues related to elections. This episode reviews how recent Supreme Court decisions weakened the Voting Rights Act, why states like Tennessee have become a blueprint for dismantling majority-Black districts, and the contradiction between years of MAGA claims about “rigged elections” and the GOP's open embrace of aggressive gerrymandering.Faithful Posting Through It listeners know this is a topic that has stressed out the hosts (especially Mike) for a long time. Viktor Orbán may have fallen in Hungary, but his vision of weakening a country's democratic infrastructure to produce authoritarian outcomes is alive and well in the United States.Links for Ari Berman:Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It (2024)Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (2016)Bluesky / X (Twitter)Jared's piece at Open Measures: Pro-Trump Communities Spent Years Claiming Elections Were ‘Rigged.' Now They Support Gerrymandering.Transition Music: “nu cringe part 2” by Battikh

Jared and Mike hit Trump National Doral Miami to witness the unveiling of “Don Colossus,” a 22-foot, gold-covered Trump statue that seems to symbolize a particular affliction in MAGA's character. (Look closer, Lenny!) They also talk about Poodle Room veteran Kash Patel's balls-on-the-table stare-down with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the grifty Trump phone, and infighting on the antisemitic flank of the GOP between Nick Fuentes and Dan Bilzerian over who is more of a fed. Jared and Mike also talk about Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on a lovely media tour blaming social media bots for Israel's unpopularity. The interview landed alongside a major The New York Times report on abuse allegations involving Palestinian prisoners, which sent pro-Israel influencers into immediate damage-control mode. There's never been a better time in America to flex nuts as a 22 foot golden man.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

The notorious conspiracy website Infowars made its final broadcast on April 30, 2026 and hours later, the site went dark. Jared, Mike and this week's guest, Dan Friesen, co-host of the legendary and recently retired podcast Knowledge Fight, get together to talk about the closure of Infowars and the future of its founder, Alex Jones. The guys review the final hours of Infowars' time on the air and reflect on the downfall of Jones and his media empire. How did this prolific kingmaker and agenda-setter in far-right media become an afterthought?Full warning: This is a real "upper decker" of an episode.Dan's upcoming show: Show Me State of MindTransition Music: “The Seagulls” by Big Pleasant---Support the show on Patreon and get access to weekly premium episodes

Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughitJared and Mike dig into reports of chaos at The Daily Wire after Candace Owens — once one of its top stars — claimed the company enacted a “bloodbath” of layoffs affecting as much as 60% of its staff. (The Daily Wire confirmed the layoffs but denied they were as extensive as Owens claimed.) What followed was an unusual weekend of silence from Ben Shapiro and goat lover Matt Walsh. The guys trace the rise of the conservative media empire from its LA roots and Facebook dominance to its overextended streaming ambitions, “anti-woke” consumer products, and increasingly shaky position inside the MAGA movement. Along the way, they examine how The Daily Wire's obsession with culture war content, Israel, and respectability politics left it out of step with the audience it helped create. Plus: Jared and Mike toast Eoin Higgins for his recent legal success against free speech warrior Matt Taibbi and say farewell to Laura Sennett of One People's Project, who recently died. May she rest in power. Links:Eoin's book: Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the LeftOne People's Project

The coalition of activists known as “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA, has emerged as a legitimate force in American politics and it's hardly a given that they will remain aligned with President Trump and the Republican Party. Researcher and reporter Madeline Peltz returns to Posting Through It to brief us on the MAHA movement and their mission–weighing in on how his diverse group can theoretically be pulled away from the GOP. Madeline, Mike and Jared also analyze the “Netflix Monsters series-coded” life of MAHA's figurehead, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The DMT, steroids and heroin-riddled political scion once severed off the penis of a raccoon to study it later. It's obviously a very impressive trick, but what does it say about his capacity to release his bountiful harvest all over the health of your loved ones?Links for Madeline:Read her newsletter: Number Two PencilWatch her video for More Perfect Union: We Found The REAL Reason Gen Z Wants To Be TradwivesFollow her on Bluesky: @peltzmadeline.bsky.social

Mike and Jared review an unusually eventful White House Correspondents' Dinner, which abruptly ended after a man sprinted past a security checkpoint in hopes of finding and killing the man he saw as a "pedophile, rapist, and traitor": President Donald Trump. Then, they also check in on MAGA's defamatory claims that the Southern Poverty Law Center planned the deadly Unite the Right white supremacist gathering -- which has left the extremists who actually planned it befuddled. Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

For the 100th episode of Posting Through It , Jared and Mike welcome back NYC correspondent Bobby Silverman to discuss a major investigation he co-bylined at WIRED magazine looking at how powerful individuals and companies are building their own surveillance networks — effectively creating their own private “deep states.”Bobby's story zeroes in on one such "panopticon," built around businesses tied to James Dolan, including Madison Square Garden. In one telling example, MSG allegedly tracked the movements of a trans woman whose presence they flagged as a concern. After that, the guys look at what might be next for a handful of prominent MAGA Internet personalities: Clavicular, Tim Pool, Tucker Carlson, Jack Posobiec, and Dave Portnoy.WIRED: The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden's Surveillance MachineTransition Music: “Now It Can Be Told” by Tractor Boy

Jared and Mike sit down to review new allegations that Kash Patel is the coolest FBI director we've ever had. Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic after it published an article where sources said Patel barely showed up to work, spent his time thinking too hard about FBI merchandise, and liked getting white-girl-wasted at some place called “The Poodle Lounge.”But before that, the guys react to the DOJ's indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center for alleged committing white-collar crimes while paying informants inside the white supremacist movement. They also unpack the rise of “MAGA Cock” and “Woke Pussy” discourse on the racist right-wing internet and discuss a Dechoherence Media articlethat identified the man behind a far-right troll account followed by Vice President JD Vance.Pour up a dozen pickleback shots. This is Trump's America, and we're ordering “Irish Car Bombs” again.To listen to the full episode, sign up for our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

How many y'all like JD Vance? That's the question some proponents of MAGA are asking as the movement grapples with the inevitable reality of Trumpism ending. Either Trump's term will run out, or the McDonald's will take its course, or an angry mob will secure control of the White House — something has to give here. Superficially, Vance seems like the obvious choice to replace Trump... but maybe he just isn't up to the job. That's the take of our guest this week, Amanda Marcotte, a senior writer at Salon who has extensively chronicled the missteps of Peter Thiel's humanoid political project and current Vice President. Jared, Mike and Amanda run through some of Vance's low lights in this episode and determine that he doesn't really have a constituency to fall back on. Not even fascists find him particularly compelling.So hide your “woke pussy” and look out for falling “MAGA cock.” This episode is a "hillbilly elegy" of another kind.Links for Amanda:Check out "Standing Room Only" (Salon Newsletter / YouTube)Follow her on BlueskyTransition Music: "One Night Stand" by Mad Drunken Americans

When the MAGA phenomenon first took off in 2016, the term evoked nationalism and racism, but it cast a wide enough tent for most Republicans to feel comfortable joining in. Ten years later, the term has mutated, and so have MAGA candidates. Look no further than the hot, sweaty, iguana-riddled, environmentally atrophying state of Florida, where James Fishback and Dan Bilzerian are seeking public office. Both candidates are open bigots who talk like humanoid 4chan threads, and it's hard to understand who all of this is for. Jared and Mike also take stock of Trump's mental wellness in the context of his feud with the Pope, and consider how badly Viktor Orbán's defeat looks for a movement that can't seem to find wins. Take some shrooms and steam up in a heated bath, because Posting Through It is back.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike hosted a talk about Mike's new book "Strange People on the Hill" at Politics and Prose in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2026. Thank you to everyone who came out!This episode includes audio from the event for those who couldn't make it.

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideationJared and Mike start out this episode listening to another episode of The Katie Miller Pod, this one featuring Todd Blanche, who was effectively promoted to the top of the DOJ when Trump fired Pam Bondi. After that, the guys settled in for an extended chat about Mike's experience at the Southern Poverty Law Center and how the issues he encountered there are playing out at other "anti-hate" nonprofits in the second Trump Administration.You can read Mike's article here: 'What Happened to the SPLC—and Me'Join us in Washington, DC, on April 11: Politics & Prose (Conn. Ave)Listen to the full episode on our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

At just 40 years old, Stephen Miller has cemented himself as the most influential policy mind and speechwriter of the MAGA era. Aside from Steve Bannon — and Trump himself — few figures have done more to define what MAGA means in practice.But influence is only part of the story. Miller is also one of the most polarizing figures in American politics. He has spent much of his career focused on restricting immigration, relentlessly pursuing those ideological efforts with striking intensity. To critics, that focus reflects a broader ideological project with profound consequences.In this episode, Posting Through It is joined by two people who knew Miller before he became a national figure: author and intellectual Peter Laufer, and Katie McHugh, the former Breitbart News writer who later released emails from Miller that referenced white nationalist material. They join Jared and Mike in helping trace how Miller rose to power—and what his trajectory reveals about the movement he helped shape.Order your copy of "Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town"Join us in Washington, DC, on April 11 at Politics & Prose (Conn. Ave)Transition Music: "Souvenirs" by Dragging an Ox through Water

Jared comes back from a nice rest to find Mike playing the role of Ian Miles Cheong, helping him “Catch Up” on all the news that matters. “No Kings” blew out CPAC in terms of social media engagement, but it's hard to know why — with poor women expected to have babies, Michael Knowles positioned as a symbol of machismo, and Josh Hammer crying about Tucker Carlson. The hosts then learn about Lindsey Graham's “princess scepter” before moving on to Byron Noem's big ol' balloon boobs. The Noem family dog has seen them — have you? Finally, Jared and Mike take a look at Usha Vance and her totally normal and romantic marriage. “Posting Through It” returns—and we're out on these streets, burning a million quid.Listen to the full episode: patreon.com/postingthroughit

This episode was originally released to Patreon subscribers on Mar. 12, 2026. Jared is on vacation, so everyone is getting it in the main feed this week! ~~Mike and Jared took a break from Iran War coverage to look back on "Lady Ballers": a feature-length film The Daily Wire released in 2023, at the height of MAGA's efforts to stoke an anti-transgender moral panic over women's sports. The guys reexamine the movie as an artifact that helped deliver the MAGA movement we see in 2026 and an example of conservatives' efforts at counter-programming against a dominant liberal culture.We've never tried an episode like this before. Here at Posting Through It headquarters, we're curious what people will think. But we never forget the sage wisdom of Coach Rob: "Winners are just losers who win."Jared's album recommendation: PUP, Morbid Stuff, 2019

Things are getting stupid out there, thanks to Web3 — the grift-crazy era of crypto and the A.I. slop. Our friend Hannah Gais joins the show to talk about her experience at a Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, D.C., where people were encouraged to drain their wallets betting on the news and shrug off the possibility that our government is engaging in insider betting on the platform. We also discuss the death of Sora, OpenAI's video platform, and what that says about the field. Jared, Mike, and Hannah then struggle to make sense of the influx of videos focused on A.I. fruits cheating on one another — and stage their own play inspired by the genre.Come for the slop; stay for check-ins on two of the greatest freaks of the era: Forgiato Blow and Nick O'Neil.

If you're alive in America today, you've seen the ads — on TV, at bus stops, and on your phone. We have a gambling problem in this country, and it's getting worse by the minute. With a rapid, billion-dollar boom in sports betting already underway, we now have to reckon with the next phase of this trend: betting on news events.Journalist and author Danny Funt joins Posting Through It for a conversation about online gambling at a time where the culture around it is tightening its grip on everyday life, mutating into something that goes beyond prototypical American capitalism and imposes consequences that affect us all.Check out Danny's book: Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling (2026)Transition Music: "School" by Great Wealth

Posting Through It says farewell to two of the worst websites to have ever existed: The Daily Stormer and Infowars. Andrew Anglin and Alex Jones have claimed their respective demises before, but something feels markedly different this time. Both are facing declining revenue and mounting debts from lawsuits and dwindling web traffic. Meanwhile, the MAGA movement that once supported them has largely moved on—absorbing their tactics, their bits, and their bigotry. Join Jared and Mike for a trip down memory lane with two of the worst characters from the earliest days of MAGA as they simultaneously (and finally) bid adieu.

MAGA is at an existential crossroads right now. If that sounds strange to you, you haven't paid much attention to the movement's struggles with antisemitism, which exploded after the assassination of Charlie Kirk at a college speaking event last September. Our guest, investigative reporter and author Art Levine, recently covered the GOP's crisis with antisemitism in the Washington Spectator.It's arguably the biggest issue facing the conservative movement today, and what happens next may determine their future—and ours.Link for Art Levine:Washington Spectator: Inside the MAGA Meltdown Over Antisemitism"Mental Health, Inc.: How Corruption, Lax Oversight and Failed Reforms Endanger Our Most Vulnerable Citizens"Links for us:Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Transition Music: "Sway Palms" by High Tides

Mike and Jared took a break from Iran War coverage to look back on "Lady Ballers": a feature-length film The Daily Wire released in 2023, at the height of MAGA's efforts to stoke an anti-transgender moral panic over women's sports. The guys reexamine the movie as an artifact that helped deliver the MAGA movement we see in 2026 and an example of conservatives' efforts at counter-programming against a dominant liberal culture.We've never tried an episode like this before. Here at Posting Through It headquarters, we're curious what people will think. But we never forget the sage wisdom of Coach Rob: "Winners are just losers who win."Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughIt

In this intimate, two-handed edition of Posting Through It, Jared and Mike try to figure out whether the MAGA movement is actually faltering, as some news coverage would suggest. The short answer is yes: poll numbers are sagging, the economy is slumping, influencers are turning on one another, and the rhetoric has grown so absurd that less-online working people can no longer follow it. The more nuanced answer is that while the MAGA movement may be faltering, it could also be more dangerous than ever — precisely because of that chaos. The hosts close out the episode with a look at a corner of 4chan that serves as a "factory floor" for AI deepfake pornography.It's a weird time. But at least the Dow is over 50,000... right? Links:Jared's latest at Open Measures: This 4chan Board Became a Factory for Explicit AI ‘Deepfakes.' Nobody Is Stopping It.Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Transition Music: "The Grind" by Closed City Terror

Well, we are at war. It doesn't matter what MAGA calls it tomorrow — it's war. Jared and Mike may not be foreign policy analysts , but they know enough to recognize who else isn't, either. The hosts wade into a Caspian Sea of bad takes in this premium episode, running through the propaganda of Zionist extremists, antisemitic extremists, and, in some cases, people so stupid you'd consider it extreme. Stick around to the end to find Malaysian website personality Ian Miles Cheong riding a bomb over the skies of Dubai like Major T.J. “King” Kong. It's an Iran-filled episode that only the ghost of John McCain could truly love.Support the show and gain access to weekly bonus episodes: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike dive into the growing world of contrarian punditry that seeks to downplay Jeffrey Epstein's child sex abuse and discourage audiences from drawing conclusions about his connections to some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people. They take a closer look at one online personality, Michael Tracey, to unpack this surreal and alarming trend.Later, they're joined by Ileana Justine, a journalist and content creator whose analysis of how Epstein and his powerful friends shaped the world millennial women were raised in recently went viral on Instagram and TikTok. They discuss the importance of confronting the impact of the Epstein Files on women, the harm encouraged by contrarian punditry that dismisses it, and which children's movies have the best soundtracks.Links for Ileana:Instagram (@ileana.justine) TikTok (@ileana.justine)Links for us:Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)Transition Music: “Time Capsule” by Fields & Forests

In this episode, Jared and Mike rewind to Florida's razor-thin 2018 midterms to break down a often-overlooked test run of “Stop the Steal,” years before it became synonymous with the 2021 riot at the United States Capitol. As recounts unfolded in the high-stakes Senate and governor's races, longtime GOP operative Roger Stone and a network of MAGA activists mobilized protests in Broward County, amplifying fraud claims and pressuring officials while influencers pushed the hashtag into the mainstream. Could we see a replay of this playbook in 2026? Will it be worse? Our hosts also dug into the State of the Union — its racism and subtle backpedaling — and, of course, they had to talk about their favorite jet-setting FBI director: Kash Patel. We'll see you in Valhalla, folks — just as soon as the pilot gets the plane ready.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

By now, you've probably seen it: someone you follow making a joke about "maxxing" or getting "mogged" on your timeline. These terms come from a terminally online subculture spun off of the so-called "manosphere" known as "looksmaxxing." It's hyper-focused on the shallowest dimension of masculinity: physical appearance.Clavicular, the subculture's breakout star, has been popping up everywhere lately, including in The New York Times. But most of this discourse has overlooked the toxic roots of "looksmaxxing" and the misogynist ideology at its core.This week, researcher Annie Kelly joins Jared and Mike to help fill that gap. Strap in for an unexpectedly philosophical, "ethereal-tier" episode of Posting Through It, as we relentlessly mog your other favorite podcasters and unpack the complexities of romantic love.Links for Annie Kelly:-Listen to the first episode of “Truly Tradly Deeply”-Check out QAA's 10-part series: “MANCLAN”-Bluesky: @annieknk.bsky.social / X: @AnnieKNKOther links:-Read Mike's latest story for Mother Jones: “Who the Fuck Are These Men?” How extremists reconquered Idaho—and how some locals are fighting back.-Join us in Washington, DC, for the release of Mike's first book, "Strange People on the Hill": Politics & Prose, April 11 @ 5pm (Free)-Support the show and get access to weekly premium episodes on Patreon: https://patreon.com/PostingThroughItTransition Music: “Indiana” by Lune the Band

We hope you had a good Valentine's Day last week. If not, there's always the new Free Press matchmaker offshoot from Bari Weiss — and if that doesn't work out either, come join us while we try to make sense of what is happening with A.I.Specifically, we dig into the strange situation surrounding Scott Adams' post-death A.I. talk show, which has cropped up on social media somewhat mysteriously in recent weeks. His family hates it. Who is it for? Why is everything getting so weird? We also get into the feminized A.I. Scott Adams avatar that some of his fans are, shall we say, developing feelings for. (Really.)After that, we turn to social media's latest betrayal of humanity — a quiet willingness to collaborate with DHS in handing over information about anti-ICE protesters.Finally, we take a look at the biggest crashout of 2026 so far: Elijah Schaeffer.It's a lovesick premium edition of Posting Through It. Bring your chocolates and LSD.Listen to the full episode on Patreon

Grassroots organizers have increasingly used the messaging app Signal to coordinate responses to MAGA authoritarianism. It remains the best messaging app available, but the “ICE Out” protests in Minneapolis demonstrated how regime propagandists and corrupt law enforcement can attack and exploit it. Influencers entered public-facing Signal chats and ferried the information there to Kash Patel's FBI. In this PTI Bulletin, Bill Budington of the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins Jared and Mike to explain how Signal's originated, how the app works, and how to use it effectively on America's increasingly volatile streets.>> Learn more about the Electronic Frontier Foundation>> Learn more about Signal

Midterm elections are approaching and early polling shows it's poised to be a bloodbath for the MAGA movement. But Americans may be in for a wild November, thanks to a crew of brain-rotted election denialists now working inside the US government. (One of them happens to be the president.)Hunter Walker, an investigative reporter at Talking Points Memo, has been following the MAGA movement's efforts to upend American democracy for more than a decade. He joins Mike and Jared to talk about the Trump Administration's recent raid of an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, and the wacky cast of characters who set it into motion. He warns listeners that we have to take efforts to undermine elections seriously, no matter how insane some of these people sound.Remember to disinfect your “poisoned" sodas with a touch of alcohol, because Americans are likely to see elections come under direct threat this November.Links for Hunter:Talking Points Memo: Meet the ‘Cabal'-Hating ‘Special Government Employee' Involved in the Fulton County FBI RaidTalking Points Memo: A Conspiracy Fueled Report Preceded ‘Black Pill' Tulsi Gabbard's Fulton County Election RaidBluesky profile: @hunterw.bsky.socialTransition Music: "Don't Let Them See You Suffer" by Faulty Cognitions

Bawitdabadabangdadangdiggydoogy, our name is Postiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin' THROUGH IT. Jared and Mike have covered the TPUSA halftime show from its inception and despite insistence from their individual psychotherapists they see no reason to stop now. Hear the hosts breakdown how the event happened, what TPUSA wanted to accomplish and what they actually accomplished—a very grim, objectively stupid representation of a racist alternative reality where brain poisoned freaks need to go to hide from people speaking Spanish. Like Kid Rock, we are definitely not lip syncing this ep. And no, we are not juicing our view counts either. This is the raw, unfiltered country-fried world where we cut our grass, feed our dogs, and wear our boots.Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

This edition of Posting Through It's acclaimed "Who the Hell?" series profiles right-wing podcast host Steven Crowder. Jared and Mike are joined by Byron McKoy, co-host of the podcast Louder Than Crowder, to explore how Crowder emerged as one of the Trump-era's flagship media programs and how his career started to unravel in recent years.Together, they retrace the arc of Crowder's life and career to explain how the Canadian-raised kid with dreams of a career in acting and stand-up comedy went on to create one of the most-successful right-wing podcasts to exist. This episode presents a wealth of in-depth research, contextualized with the host's insights and commentary, to construct one of the most-comprehensive timelines of Crowder's life you'll find online.Links for Byron:​Listen to Louder Than Crowder on Apple, Spotify, and everywhere else podcasts are found. You can also join the show's "Shrug Club" on Patreon to get exclusive breakdowns of Steven Crowder's broadcasts.Transition Music: "Snow" by TRIAGESupport the show and listen to weekly premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/postingthroughit

The Jeffrey Epstein story will never die. Jared and Mike report back on the many scandals embedded in the latest drop, while paying acute attention to Epstein's relationship to MAGA and the radical right. (Unlike Nick Fuentes, our podcast is not selling Jeffrey Epstein branded quarter-zips.) The hosts move on to talk about TPUSA's alternative Super Bowl halftime show, which features a few names you'll definitely forget a few minutes after you hear them. Then, they dives into President Trump's hot, sweaty diaper to find that our Dear Leader may have had himself a sloppy mudpie. Rounding things out, the hosts revisit talking dog Katie Miller and her podcast, where she presents whatever remains of Nicki Minaj's brain matter to the world. Remember, if his name isn't in Epstein's emails, it's nothing but hearsay.Sign up for our Patreon: patreon.com/postingthroughit

Jared and Mike speak with seasoned national security reporter Ken Klippenstein about the expansion of national surveillance programs targeting anti-ICE activists and community organizers, alongside others they consider threats to the MAGA political agenda. While DHS denies that the agency maintains databases of so-called "domestic terrorists," Ken's reporting revealed that to be plainly untrue.Ken shares what he's learned about the watchlists and databases ICE uses, how advancements in technology them more threatening to civil liberties, and how they sit in America's history of secretive domestic surveillance programs. The guys also get Ken's take on Kash Patel's tenure as FBI director.You'll want to fire up the Paramount+ and place that Uber Eats order for this one, but don't forget to look cool while doing it. After all, you never know who might be watching.Links:​Ken Klippenstein: Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans​Ken Klippenstein: ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them​Ken Klippenstein: Exclusive: Secret ICE Programs RevealedTransition Music: “Drawn to the Deep End” by D4RKSTAR