The Truth Report with Chauncey DeVega

The truth will set you free. Each week on "The Truth Report", Salon politics and culture writer Chauncey DeVega searches for personal, philosophical, empirical, and moral truth with New York Times best-selling authors, leading opinion makers and other experts on politics, history, social justice, the creative arts, human rights, the economy, technology, and the Age of Trump.

Ep. 141: Dr. Mary Trump on Escaping the Nightmare Black Hole That is the Age of Trump and the MAGAverse 09/12/2024

Ep. 140: Felon Donald Trump and The Mainstream News Media's Dangerous Obsession With "The Vibes" 06/18/2024

Ep. 139: Heather Cox Richardson Warns That We Can Still Stop Dictator Trump and the American Fascist Movement 06/14/2024

Ep. 138: How Professional Wrestling Helps to Explain the Upcoming Debates Between President Biden and Aspiring Dictator Donald Trump 06/12/2024

Ep. 137: Glenn Kirschner Warns That (Convicted Felon) Donald Trump and the Republican Party MAGA Fascists Are Trying to Murder American Democracy 06/01/2024

Ep. 137: Glenn Kirschner Warns That (Convicted Felon) Donald Trump and the Republican Party MAGA Fascists Are Trying to Murder American Democracy Last Thursday, Donald Trump was found “guilty” in his New York hush-money and election interference trial. He is now the first former or sitting president to be convicted of a felony. Given these historic events, I am sharing my conversation with Glenn Kirschner here on The Truth Report about Trump’s trial(s) and the extreme danger(s) he continues to pose to the country and its democracy. My conversation with Glenn Kirschner was recorded several weeks ago. **** Glenn Kirschner is an NBC News/MSNBC on-air legal analyst and teaches criminal justice at George Washington University. He has a YouTube channel and Podcast, “Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner.” Kirschner is also a former federal prosecutor with 30 years of trial experience. He served in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for 24 years, rising to the position of Chief of the Homicide Section. In that capacity, Kirschner supervised 30 homicide prosecutors and oversaw all homicide grand jury investigations and prosecutions in Washington, DC. He explains why and how Donald Trump (and his confederates) have been able to evade serious accountability for their public crime spree against American democracy and society, including the Jan. 6 coup attempt and lethal terrorist attack on the Capitol. Kirschner cautions that contrary to the mainstream media’s narrative that the “walls are closing in” on Donald Trump given his multiple criminal and civil trials where he may face hundreds of years in prison and hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and judgements, the reality of the situation is much more perilous and uncertain. He warns that Donald Trump and the Republican fascists and the larger “conservative” movement are trying to kill American democracy and will not stop until they achieve their goal of unlimited power and putting Dictator Trump in the White House. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: [email protected] HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: /episode/index/show/thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega/id/31558222

Ep. 136: Donald Trump's Hush-Money and Other Criminal Trials Are Like a Blackhole or Bottomless Maw 05/28/2024

Ep. 135: President Biden and the Democrats Need to Learn That Being Boring and Nice Will Not Defeat Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement 05/24/2024

Ep. 134: From The Walking Dead to Hannibal Lecter: You Have Been Warned About Donald Trump’s Neofascist Horror Politics 05/22/2024

Ep. 133: Dr. Bandy Lee Warns That Trumpism Is a Public Health Emergency Which is Reaching Terminal Levels For American Democracy and Society 01/12/2024

Ep. 133: Dr. Bandy Lee Warns That Trumpism Is a Public Health Emergency Which is Reaching Terminal Levels For American Democracy and Society is a forensic psychiatrist and a leading expert on violence who taught at Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School for 17 years before transferring her activities to Columbia and Harvard. Dr. Lee is also the editor of the New York Times bestseller, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President. She is currently president of the World Mental Health Coalition, the largest professional organization to address the problem of dangerous leadership and its contribution to a “mental health pandemic.” Dr. Lee continues to warn that Trump and his MAGA movement and American neofascism constitute a public health emergency, which as seen on Jan. 6 and with Trump’s escalating threats of massive violence and destruction is only continuing to get worse. She also warns that Trump’s megalomania and the enduring power of the MAGA cult reflects how American society is sick with malignant normality and how that collective state of evil and pathological behavior can only lead to doom and destruction. Dr. Lee reflects on where the country would now be if the news media, political class, and other elites had responded properly to the warnings issued by mental health professionals more than seven years ago that Donald Trump represented an extreme threat to American society and that his obvious unwellness would spread and infect the nation if he were to become president – and if he wins the 2024 Election Dictator for Life will become a terminal disease for American democracy and society. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: [email protected] HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheTruthReportPodcast Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com or directly : /episode/index/show/thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega/id/29456688

Ep. 132: On Jan. 6 Capitol Hill Police Officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell Defended American Democracy From Donald Trump's Coup Attempt and MAGA Attack Force 12/21/2023

Ep. 131: Dr. Justin Frank Explains Donald Trump's God Complex 12/21/2023

Ep. 130: Donald Trump and His Cabal’s Plans to Make Him a Dictator Are Being Announced in Public 11/28/2023

Ep. 129: Donald Trump’s Evil Dream Nightmare of An American Fourth Reich 11/28/2023

Ep. 128: What do Donald Trump’s Reactions to Being Indicted for the Crimes of Jan. 6 and Beyond Reveal About His Mental and Emotional Health? 11/18/2023

Ep. 127: Rich Logis Escaped the Trump - MAGA Cult -- Heed His Warnings About Its Power and Extreme Danger to America 11/18/2023

Ep. 126: Mark Jacob Explains How America's Mainstream News Media Surrendered to Donald Trump and The Republican Fascist Movement 05/25/2023

Ep. 125: Jason Van Tatenhove Reflects on the Perils of Right-Wing Radicalization and How He Found Himself a Leading Member of the Oath Keepers 05/04/2023

Ep. 124: Chris Hedges Warns That "The News" and "The Truth" are Not The Same Thing 02/20/2023

Ep. 123: Reflecting on Gratitude and Thankfulness on This Thanksgiving Day 2022 11/24/2022

Ep. 122: The Republican Party's "Red Tide" of Fascist Sewage Didn't Fully Drown the American People 11/17/2022

Ep. 121: American Democracy and Freedom are on the Ballot in the 2022 Midterm Elections 11/07/2022

Ep. 121: American Democracy and Freedom are on the Ballot in the 2022 Midterm Elections *** This is a special combined episode of The Truth Report and The Chauncey DeVega Show*** David Neiwert is an investigative journalist. He is the author of numerous books including Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump, The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, and Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us. His forthcoming book is The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy. Neiwert warns that there is a high potential for right-wing violence in response to the midterms and beyond. He also explains how the Republican fascists and larger white right have been planning their attempt to end American democracy in plain sight for decades – and that the Age of Trump and this escalating democracy crisis should not be a surprise. And he reflects on what it feels like to have been sounding the alarm about American neofascism and the violent extremism of the American right-wing for decades and to not have been listened to. David Rothkopf is the CEO of The Rothkopf group. He was also a senior official in the Clinton Administration and CEO and editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy Magazine. He is the author of many books and articles including the new book American Resistance: The Inside Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation. Rothkopf is a frequent contributor to such leading news media outlets as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Financial Times, Time, CNN, and Newsweek. Rothkopf is also the host of the podcast Deep State Radio. David Rothkopf explains why being calm and focused is necessary to defeat the Republican fascists and the larger white right’s attempt to end American democracy. In the end, panic is a recipe for disaster – and is exactly what the Republican fascists and their forces want to create among the American people. He warns that voter turnout and mobilization are one of the few ways to stop the Republican fascists and their campaign against American democracy during the 2022 midterms and beyond. And Rothkopf reflects on what he learned from his time in the Clinton administration and why there can be no compromise with today’s Republican fascists and why doing so is to surrender and betray American democracy and freedom. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: [email protected] HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow /episode/index/show/thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega/id/24926724

Ep. 120: Who is Really Responsible for America's (and the World's) Democracy Crisis and the Rising Tide of Neofascism and Fake Right-Wing Populism? 09/19/2022

Ep. 119: The South Side of Chicago is Not a Problem to be Solved, It is a Home for the American Spirit 09/01/2022

Ep. 118: Nuclear Espionage? More Proof That Donald Trump is The Worst President in American History and a Traitor 08/17/2022

Ep. 118: Nuclear Espionage? More Proof That Donald Trump is The Worst President in American History and a Traitor *** This is a special combined episode of The Truth Report and The Chauncey DeVega Show*** Brynn Tannehill is a leading trans activist and essayist. She has written for such leading publications as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and The Advocate. Tannehill is a former United States Naval Aviator and officer who also served as a campaign analyst for the 5th Fleet Headquarters in Bahrain. After leaving the military, she worked as a senior defense research scientist in private industry. Tannehill is the author of several books including American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy. Tannehill explains that the Republican-fascist movement is in full revolutionary mode and will not stop until America’s pluralistic multiracial democracy is destroyed. She highlights the need to use the correct moral language to describe the Republican-fascists and Trump-led anti-democracy movement as evil and why the Democratic Party and too many centrist “reasonable” liberal and progressive types are unable to do what is necessary to save American democracy. Tannehill also separates fact from fiction regarding what is actually known about Donald Trump being investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly violating the Espionage Act and betraying America’s nuclear and other most closely guarded secrets. She details a scenario where Donald Trump is (finally) arrested and charged with committing high crimes, then escapes responsibility, and the United States spirals into widespread neofascist violence and other deadly mayhem. Chauncey DeVega reflects on the pressures of writing “hot takes” about America’s escalating crises, why so many public voices succumb to chasing controversy and “if it bleeds it leads”, and the necessity of being calm, cool, and collected during this national emergency. WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: [email protected] HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE TRUTH REPORT? Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TheTruthReportPodcast Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com /episode/index/show/thetruthreportwithchaunceydevega/id/24086247

Ep. 117: Eddie Glaude Explains That America is in Great Pain and on a Horrible Journey and White Racial Innocence Will Not Save It 07/18/2022

Ep. 116: Day-to-Day Advice on Getting Your Balance and Momentum for the Long Fight Against American and Global Neofascism 07/02/2022

Ep. 115: The White Supremacist Terrorist Attack in Buffalo and How White Privilege is Lethal 05/19/2022

Ep. 114: The Battle to Save American Democracy From the Republican-Fascists Will Be Long and Difficult -- And Quitting Is Not an Option 05/03/2022

Ep. 113: Chris Hedges Reflects on the New Censorship and Authoritarianism of the 21st Century 04/09/2022

Ep. 112: The Shame Machine And Who is Profiting From This New Age of Humiliation 03/27/2022

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