Authoritarian Regimes Seek a Facade of Unity

Air Date 12/26/2025

Authoritarian governments are always very focused on making it look like they have everything on absolute lock down. Everyone in lockstep, everything proceeding according to plan. But they do this for propaganda purposes, not because it has anything to do with reality. In fact, the opposite is always true. All of which is to say that conservatives are not in chaos because Trump is particularly chaotic, though he is. They're in chaos because that is the natural result of attempting to enforce monolithic thinking and ideological conformity.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: The Republicans Bucking Trump Part 1 - Today, Explained - Air Date 12-9-25

KP 2: House Republicans Defy Trump; Plus, When WWII Vets Came Home Part 1 - Start Making Sense - Air Date 11-19-25

KP 3: Indiana Republicans Say No to Trump and Illinois Protects Immigrants in Courthouses, Schools, and Hospitals - Good News for Lefties - Air Date 12-13-25 1

KP 4: The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson Part 1 - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 11-13-25

KP 5: The Republican Party's 'Civil War' Part 1 - On The Media - Air Date 11-12-25

KP 6: Candace Owens at a Turning Point Part 1 - What Next - Air Date 12-17-25

KP 7: What The Susie Wiles Article REALLY Reveals About The White House - Why, America with Leeja Miller - Air Date 12-17-25

(00:56:36) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On why chaos is endemic to authoritarian governments

DEEPER DIVES

(01:02:30) SECTION A: GOP LAWMAKERS

A1: Marjorie Taylor Greene Vs Donald Trump Part 1 - Americast - Air Date 11-21-25

A2: Marjorie Taylor Greene Talks About Leaving Congress Before Walking Out of Interview Early - 11Alive - Air Date 12-10-25

A3: Divorced From Reality Economist Dean Baker Fact-Checks Trump's Primetime Speech - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-18-25

A4: The Rise of the New Right and MAGA with Laura K. Field Part 1 - The Majority Report - Air Date 11-17-25

A5: Marjorie Taylor Greene Vs Donald Trump Part 2 - Americast - Air Date 11-21-25

(01:45:12) SECTION B: STATE POLITICS

B1: House Republicans Defy Trump; Plus, When WWII Vets Came Home Part 2 - Start Making Sense - Air Date 11-19-25

B2: The Republicans Bucking Trump Part 2 - Today, Explained - Air Date 12-9-25

(02:01:08) SECTION C: CLASHING IDEOLOGIES

C1: The Republican Party's 'Civil War' Part 2 - On The Media - Air Date 11-12-25

C2: The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson Part 2 - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 11-13-25

C3: The American Rights Civil War Over Israel with David Austin Walsh Part 1 - The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer - Air Date 11-9-25

C4: The Mainstreaming of Nick Fuentes by the Coward Tucker Carlson Part 3 - It Could Happen Here - Air Date 11-13-25

C5: The American Rights Civil War Over Israel with David Austin Walsh Part 2 - The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer - Air Date 11-9-25

C6: The Rise of the New Right and MAGA with Laura K. Field Part 2 - The Majority Report - Air Date 11-17-25

(02:57:28) SECTION D: CANDACE OWENS

D1: Candace Owens at a Turning Point Part 2 - What Next - Air Date 12-17-25

D2: Candace Owens Is Not Your Friend - Hysteria - Air Date 9-25-25

D3: This Toxic Feud Just Got WAY Worse - The Majority Report - Air Date 12-22-25

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