The Michael Moore Podcast

You know the feeling when you casually come across a news article that unexpectedly, yet utterly, blows your mind? When you find yourself looking around with your jaw agape, but nobody else seems to be paying attention? That happened to Michael last week — not once but twice.  On this week’s episode of Rumble, Michael Moore shares the articles that left him riled and pondering — is it possible that every Republican president since Ike has had treason in their heart? THIS WEEKEND 03/25-03/27: In honor of the 20th anniversary of “Bowling for Columbine” winning the Oscar, Michael is making the film available to everyone, free of charge. To watch the film, and to read Michael’s reflections on this anniversary, visit Michael’s Substack article: “Guns Don’t Kill People—Americans Kill People” at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** Read the articles referenced in this episode: NYTimes: “A Four-Decade Secret: One Man’s Story of Sabotaging Carter’s Re-election” by Peter Baker The Hartmann Report: “America has Ignored GOP Crimes to Seize the White House Long Enough - It’s Time to Put this One in Prison” by Thom Hartmann ******************** Episode Underwriters: 1) Rocket Money. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/rumble.  2) MOINK brings additive-free, farm-fresh meat right to your door, and supports independent family farmers in the process. Go to MoinkBox.com/RUMBLE right now and get FREE bacon in your first box. 3) Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/rumble [all lowercase] and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features. 4) This episode of Rumble is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/rumble and get on your way to being your best self. 

In last month's news cycle, dominated by yet another school massacre, a toxic train derailment, and the military's obliteration of threatening balloons — you may have missed some good news! The anti-MAGA Democrats continued their winning streak in February in one special election victory after another, and on this episode of Rumble, Michael spreads the good word.  For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** Watch Katy Perry's emotional reaction to a school shooting survivor contestant on American Idol: https://youtu.be/Slhz5ZM2x94?t=212 ******************** Episode underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) Netflix and their Oscar-nominated masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front. Watch this unflinching and stunning anti-war film — available to stream on Netflix now. 3) Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/moore. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! 4) Rocket Money. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/rumble. ******************** Write to Mike at mike@michaelmoore.com

Random Thoughts about a winter without snow, Texas trying to ban the abortion pill for all 50 states, and what to binge on while Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to put the US through a red-blue divorce.  For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** Episode underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) Netflix and their Oscar-nominated film, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. Watch this emotionally powerful, and visually stunning film — available to stream on Netflix now. 3) MOINK brings additive-free, farm-fresh meat right to your door, and supports independent family farmers in the process. Go to MoinkBox.com/RUMBLE and get free Filet Mignon for a year. 4) Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/rumble [all lowercase] and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features.  ******************** Write to Mike at mike@michaelmoore.com

Michael shares his random thoughts on a dark and cold February night. For more of Michael’s work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com ******************** Read the New Yorker article “Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance” from June 2022. Watch Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan perform "Oh Yoko!" at the 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute. ******************** Music in today’s episode: "Oh Yoko!" — Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan ******************** Episode Underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/rumble and get on your way to being your best self. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

Over 2 weeks ago, on Christmas Day, Michael launched his special Rumble mini-podcast series “Blue Dots in a Red Sea: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State” with ideas and strategies of how we can build on our Blue Wall momentum from the 2022 midterm elections, and turn even more red states, red counties, and red towns blue in time for the 2024 election. On this final episode, he reflects on the lessons learned throughout the series, and looks to the road ahead… What if we do this? What would that Blue world look like? Could we handle the joy?… Please listen, and share. For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com ******************** ICYMI: Blue Dots in a Red Sea (A New Blue Tsunami Series) Episode 1: Our Next “Impossible” Blue Tsunami Task: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State Episode 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around. Episode 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know Episode 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local “Democratic Party!” Episode 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!” Episode 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend! Episode 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!” Episode 8: Start Your Own Local Online Paper Episode 9: Red States Need a Blue Sister City or Two Episode 10: Recruit and Run a Beloved Blue Winner Episode 11: The Ballot Proposal. Yes, you can pass a law. ******************** Music in this episode: “Blue Skies” — Ella Fitzgerald ******************** Episode underwriter: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

We are often told that we are led by a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” But being a liberal/left/progressive/Democrat in a red state, run by a red legislature intent on banning books, suppressing the vote of its Black and Brown citizens, and stripping women of their right to bodily autonomy, it can feel more like you’re living in a 16th century Christian state or last week in Alabama. And change seems at best improbable, but most often impossible. Yet, 26 states — including a bunch of red states like Mississippi, Florida, Wyoming and more — offer a clear path for citizens to create change and pass laws themselves, through ballot initiatives. That’s how a red state like Nebraska raised its minimum wage by nearly 70%, how a red state like Montana legalized marijuana, and how Michigan was able to break free from its gerrymandered red chains and turn blue. In episode 11 of Michael Moore's Rumble miniseries “Blue Dots in a Red Sea,” he encourage those that live in states (or the District of Columbia) that allow citizen-led ballot proposals to use this incredible tool in this 2024 election cycle. And for those that live in states that don’t, to implore their state legislatures — especially in blue states like New York — to change that! For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com ******************** Watch the documentary “Slay the Dragon” about citizen-led efforts to end gerrymandering — including the historic victory of Michigan’s Proposition 2 in 2018. For library card holders, Slay the Dragon is available for free on Kanopy — the online streaming platform for academic and public libraries. It is also available on Hulu, and for rental on Amazon Prime. ******************** ICYMI: Blue Dots in a Red Sea (A New Blue Tsunami Series) Episode 1: Our Next “Impossible” Blue Tsunami Task: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State Episode 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around. Episode 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know Episode 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local “Democratic Party!” Episode 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!” Episode 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend! Episode 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!” Episode 8: Start Your Own Local Online Paper Episode 9: Red States Need a Blue Sister City or Two Episode 10: Recruit and Run a Beloved Blue Winner ******************** Music in this episode: “My Blue Heaven” — Norah Jones ******************** Episode underwriter: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

Perhaps the most important job your new Blue Man and Woman Group needs to do is to find candidates to run as Democrats and win! In a red county! The last three national elections in 2018, 2020 and 2022 saw many liberal/left/progressive Democrats defeat Republicans in red states and counties across America. Every district, every county in the red states has thousands of people who are pro-choice, pro-earth, anti-racist, anti-gerrymandering and believe the way you believe. If you are forming a new group of like-minded people in your area, make one of your first jobs be candidate recruitment. You must find the right people to run in 2024. Not the same old well-meaning folks who always lose. New blood! Fresh faces! Women, young adults, beloved citizens of your town. Not politician types. Just good people who will listen to voters and work hard to win their votes. Community heroes, progressive preachers, Girl Scout leaders, everyone’s favorite English teacher. When they run as Democrats, especially in red areas, now they often win. The effort to find the right candidates must happen now. Get with your friends and brainstorm a list. The right candidates exist on your street. In this episode of Rumble, Michael Moore lays out how progressives can win in red districts. It all comes down to casting! For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** ICYMI: Blue Dots in a Red Sea (A New Blue Tsunami Series) Episode 1: Our Next “Impossible” Blue Tsunami Task: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State Episode 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around. Episode 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know Episode 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local “Democratic Party!” Episode 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!” Episode 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend! Episode 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!” Episode 8: Start Your Own Local Online Paper Episode 9: Red States Need a Blue Sister City or Two ******************** Music in this episode: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" — Bill Monroe ******************** Episode underwriter: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

So you already live in a Blue city. What can you do to help those who don’t? Become sister cities! Reach out to each other. Share ideas on how to win. How to run the right candidates. Raise money for them in Idaho or West Virginia. Hold potlucks over Zoom. Get in the car and go visit them. At election time make calls and send postcards for their candidates. You can help turn a red area blue! This act of solidarity is a sure fire way to unite the majority of us and create the world we want to live in. And it’s fun. Meet your new friends in Tuscaloosa! For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com. ******************** ICYMI: Blue Dots in a Red Sea (A New Blue Tsunami Series) Episode 1: Our Next “Impossible” Blue Tsunami Task: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State Episode 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around. Episode 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know Episode 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local “Democratic Party!” Episode 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!” Episode 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend! Episode 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!” Episode 8: Start Your Own Local Online Paper ******************** Music in this episode: “Blue Funk” — Blue Mitchell ******************** Episode Underwriter: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

One by one, the wheels come off the clown car in the Best Comedy of the decade. On the first day of the 118th Congress, in a performance not witnessed by this nation in nearly 170 years, the House Republicans chose to commit a mass murder-suicide of their last vestige of electoral political power, putting on a humiliating show to the world, and offering massive relief to all who worried about the damage they might do to the USA over the next two years. We learned yesterday that the only true destruction these MAGA-heads are capable of now is taking their own running leap off the cliff of the Capitol Dome. The irony that these insurrectionist-loving traitors would, just two years later, conduct an actual uprising against themselves is pure, sweet Justice. Michael Moore, on this episode of Rumble, offers his play-by-play review of this mad, insane day, brought to us live on C-SPAN, with the “losing” party in the House looking like the winners, running the show, providing the laugh track and winning every ballot with the most votes for Democrat Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House. Clowns may look scary, but sleep safe tonight America, this batch of Bozos is incapable of doing much harm to anyone other than themselves. For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at MichaelMoore.com ******************** Audio excerpt from The Wizard of Oz (1939) ******************** Music in this episode: “The Benny Hill Show Theme Tune” “We Are The Champions” — Queen ******************** Episode Underwriters: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. 2) Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/moore. 3) Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/RUMBLE. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com

Local journalism in the United States is virtually dead. And when there's no free press, eventually there'll be no democracy. And if you live in a red state, it's even worse.  If you live in any red area, you can almost guarantee there is no journalistic watchdog keeping an eye on the local men with the money and the power. What better project for your new Blue group to do than to start up your own online local "newspaper." A little bit of reporting goes a long way, and it's a great place to share your opinions and to explain our agenda. This endeavor can be your public Voice.  Even if it's just a few of you, your neighbors will be happy to have a place to go where they can read about what's really happening in your town. Michael Moore explains how he did a similar thing when he was twenty. Listen and share. For more of Michael's work, subscribe to his Substack at michaelmoore.com. ******************** ICYMI: Blue Dots in a Red Sea (A New Blue Tsunami Series) Episode 1: Our Next “Impossible” Blue Tsunami Task: How to Win When You’re Blue in a Red State Episode 2: You Are Not Alone. There Is Blue All Around. Episode 3: They Are More Blue Than You — Or They — Know Episode 4: It’s Time to Form Your Own Local “Democratic Party!” Episode 5: “Need Help? Call the Democrats!” Episode 6: Our Civic Duty — WE Must Attend! Episode 7: Michael Moore’s 2023 New Year’s Resolutions: “More Democracy!” ******************** Music in this episode: "Mr. Blue Sky" — Electric Light Orchestra ******************** Episode Underwriter: 1) Anchor.fm can help you start your own podcast. Go to anchor.fm to learn more. ******************** Write to Mike: mike@michaelmoore.com