The Michael Moore Podcast

Senator Bernie Sanders issued a forceful statement on Friday against Russian attempts to meddle in the 2020 election, as he has done in the past. This came in response to a Washington Post story that Sanders was recently briefed by U.S. intelligence officials that Russia was meddling in the election and attempting to "help" his campaign in an unspecified way. This comes on the heels of the Sanders' opponents and the media dredging up the "Bernie Bro" canard from 2016 and attempting to portray online Sanders supporters as uniquely vile. In this EMERGENCY PODCAST SYSTEM edition of RUMBLE, Michael Moore makes the connection between these two stories and explains the urgency of setting this story straight. Sanders opponents who falsely accused Sanders supporters of "death threats" and ugly online behavior appear to have been duped by a Russian disinformation campaign. ********************** Washington Post story on the briefing Senator Sanders received: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bernie-sanders-briefed-by-us-officials-that-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-presidential-campaign/2020/02/21/5ad396a6-54bd-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html

Michael Bloomberg’s commandeering of the 2020 Democratic party nomination campaign is a dangerous moment for the party and the country. If Democrats give in, it will have horrific consequences. Michael Moore lays out the truth of Bloomberg's record and how support for Bloomberg is an endorsement of the Trumpian values we claim to have been resisting. ****************** The Trumpian Liberalism of Michael Bloomberg By Jamelle Bouie https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/michael-bloomberg-stop-and-frisk.html Michael Bloomberg Puts Democrats in Moral Peril By Osita Nwanevu https://newrepublic.com/article/156596/michael-bloomberg-puts-democrats-moral-peril Michael Bloomberg’s Polite Authoritarianism He never hid his callous indifference to civil liberties; too many people just didn't care. By Alex Pareene https://newrepublic.com/article/156560/michael-bloombergs-polite-authoritarianism A Republican Plutocrat Tries To Buy The Democratic Nomination No Democrat should consider Michael Bloomberg as a candidate. By Nathan Robinson https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/a-republican-plutocrat-tries-to-buy-the-democratic-nomination As Bloomberg rises, Democrats are stumbling toward disaster By Greg Sargent https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/18/bloomberg-rises-democrats-are-stumbling-towards-disaster/ Why Is Bloomberg's Long History of Egregious Sexism Getting a Pass? By Laura Bassett https://www.gq.com/story/bloomberg-sexism Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/michael-bloomberg-women/ ************ Photo: Rudy, Trump, Bloomberg, Clinton http://bit.ly/2vMS3aS Video: Blankfein, Bloomberg & Snyder https://youtu.be/D9vHppHUE9s *************

Why do so many Democrats keep making the mistake of running to the so-called "middle" or apologizing for being Democrats every election cycle? And why do Republicans -  an unpopular political party that enacts awful and discredited policies, continue to win and hold onto power? Michael is joined by a political scientist who has studied the fallacy of focusing on "swing voters" and how, instead, the number one goal of Democrats should be turning out non-voters, occasional voters and their base. Rachel Bitecofer is a political scientist and professor at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia and a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center. Her election model accurately predicted the outcome of the Democratic blue wave in the 2018 House elections and she shares her thoughts on 2020, what the Democrats keep getting wrong, and how accidentally getting hit in the head by a pack of Ramen Noodles by Michael Moore in 2004 turned her life around. *********************** Follow Rachel on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/RachelBitecofer Rachel's 2020 election model: http://cnu.edu/wasoncenter/2019/07/01-2020-election-forecast/ New Politico profile of Rachel Bitecofer: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/06/rachel-bitecofer-profile-election-forecasting-new-theory-108944 To watch the film on the "Slacker Uprising" tour that Rachel & Michael discussed, go here: https://youtu.be/Axk_8DV2GXM

John Sayles is a writer, director and indie film legend behind such films as Return of the Secaucus Seven, The Brother from Another Planet, Passion Fish, Lone Star, Matewan and 8 Men Out. He joins Michael to discuss how movies get made, race, class and gender in the film industry and Sayles' new novel, Yellow Earth. ******************** Buy John Sayles’ new novel, “Yellow Earth” here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1380-yellow-earth See where John is touring here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/101-john-sayles-national-tour John Sayles IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000626/ ******************** Subscribe to “RUMBLE with Michael Moore” on: Apple https://apple.co/rumble Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5KubucWBfyJr14bD7xWBvS Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMGZjOWEzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/michael-moore-4/rumble-with-michael-moore Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore Follow Michael on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMFlint Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelfmoore/ ********************

RuPaul, a 4-time Emmy Award-winning drag queen and cultural icon, joins Michael Moore for a conversation about fear, sobriety, the importance of drag queens in society, the opioid crisis, and the impact of technology on individualistic behavior. They also discuss the power of drag in challenging societal norms, the disappearance of civics education, and the need for internal and external changes to address issues in the upcoming election.

For the first RUMBLE with Michael Moore live audience podcast taping, Michael is joined by Will Menaker, Matt Christman and Chris Wade of Chapo Trap House at Shaskeen Irish Pub in Manchester, New Hampshire. 48 hours before the New Hampshire primary, they discuss the stakes of this election, the need for solidarity, Epstein, Iowa, rats and various other bugaboos.  ******************** Follow Chapo on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CHAPOTRAPHOUSE If you'd like to be a member of Chapo Trap House, go here: https://www.patreon.com/chapotraphouse ******************** Subscribe to “RUMBLE with Michael Moore” on: Apple https://apple.co/rumble Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5KubucWBfyJr14bD7xWBvS Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMGZjOWEzMC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/michael-moore-4/rumble-with-michael-moore Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore Follow Michael on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMFlint Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmflint/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelfmoore/ ********************

A day after the New Hampshire Democratic debate and two days before the primary, and in a week in which the U.S. Senate crowned a Mad King with powers heretofore denied a Roman Emperor, Michael Moore shares his thoughts on where things stand from outside his motel room off of Highway 3 in Concord, New Hampshire. ******** NEW HAMPSHIRE! The first ever RUMBLE with Michael Moore podcast taping is on Sunday February 9 at 1pm ET with special guests CHAPO TRAP HOUSE! Free entry! Sunday, February 9th, 1:00 pm ET The Shaskeen Pub & Restaurant 909 Elm St, Manchester, NH 03101 ********

"So here’s what’s going to happen. Trump is a recidivist (a serial con man, serial rapist, serial liar). He will take the Senate’s vote today as permission to keep breaking the law — but in ways that will shock even you & me — and frighten the entire country to act."

With the Iowa debacle still unresolved, this is no time to sink into despair or succumb to cynicism. 

In our final episode in advance of the Iowa Caucuses, Michael turned the microphone over to the people he ran into at the Smokey Row Coffee Shop in Des Moines.