DOOMED with Matt Binder

Zachary Petrizzo of Salon joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what happened at the big conservative summer conference, CPAC 2021: America UnCanceled in Dallas, Texas. We discuss what's with all these right wing events happening in Dallas, Nick Fuentes and the groypers invasion, the "best" and worst of CPAC, and Zach's time with MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell. Also, we discuss the newest pro-Trump...

Michael Edison Hayden of the Southern Poverty Law Center joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Twitter's relationships with the far right, specifically their connections with CEO Jack Dorsey. We take a look at right wing figures such as Mike Cernovich, Nick Fuentes, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool and how they've flourished on Twitter. Also, looking back at the social media platform's role in #Pizz...

Why are so many online influencers promoting alternative cryptocurrency known as altcoins, memecoins, and shitcoins? Matt Binder takes a look at what's going on with the social media celebrities and livestreaming superstars who are pushing altcoins, why they're doing it, the shady marketing tactics and outright scams and ponzi schemes, and breaks down recent examples from members of esports team F...

Sergio Muñoz, policy director at Media Matters, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss Critical Race Theory and the right wing campaign against it. Muñoz explains what Critical Race Theory really is and how conservatives are using it as it's latest bogeyman, the role of think tanks in pushing these talking points, Tucker Carlson takes the CRT outrage its obvious next stage: "white genocide," how...

On Monday, Steven Crowder was set to debate Ethan Klein of H3H3, But, Klein had a surprise for Crowder...Sam Seder, whom Crowder has been trying to avoid for years after pulling out of a scheduled debate at Politicon. Matt Binder breaks down the entire saga, as well as watches the premiere of the video live on the stream. (This episode is from a BONUS 6/21/21 livestream.) Support the show: http://...

Jared Holt of The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab and host of the SH!TPOST podcast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss how QAnon is changing and transforming. We discuss how the slogans and hashtags may be disappearing from mainstream social media, but that doesn't mean it's going away, debunk those calling QAnon "dead," look at how QAnon is flourishing in many ways, the neon...

Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, associate professor of political science and Latin American Studies at the Schar School Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, associate professor of political science and Latin American Studies at George Mason University and Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and an expert on Peru joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the still undecided election in Peru where the leftist c...

Steven Monacelli, independent journalist and publisher of Protean Magazine, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his experience while attending the big QAnon “For God & Country Patriot Roundup” convention this past weekend in Dallas, Texas. Steven walks us through the event, what happened, who was there, how he escaped being kicked out of the even like other journalists were, Michael Flynn's c...

Andrea Rovenski of Above It All (aka @PAWGsForBernie on Twitter aka Cyberdemon531 on YouTube) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what it's like when your family members believe in QAnon. Andrea also brings us the lowdown on what's happening with the protests in Elizabeth City, North Carolina after police shot and killed an unarmed black man. Also on the patron half of the show: memestocks ar...

American Muslims for Palestine development coordinator Mohamad Habehh joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss what's going on in Gaza, the breaking news of a ceasefire right before the show went live and what that means, the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, debunking some of the common talking points in discussions about Israel - Palestine, is the tide turning? Also on the show: an Orthodox Jewish lis...

Ryan Haas & Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting join DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the police shooting of antifascist Michael Reinoehl. The two journalists walk us through the right wing rallies and antifa counterprotests in Portland, Patriot Prayer, the fatal confrontation between Reinoehl and Patriot Prayer member Aaron Jay Danielson, Donald Trump's calls for "retribution," the biza...

Shireen Mitchell, a member of the "Real Facebook Oversight Board" and founder of Stop Online Violence Against Women joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the Oversight Board decision of Facebook "indefinitely suspending" Donald Trump, how the decision blew up in Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's face, "free speech" on social media platforms, will Trump be back on Facebook?, and much mo...

Ryan Mac of Buzzfeed News joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss an internal report from Facebook they lays out how the social media company failed to stop the "Stop the Steal" movement which led to the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol on January 6. Plus: major media companies abuse automated copyright ID systems to take down Matt's Biden livestream?! Plus on the patron only half of the show:...

Derek Chauvin was convicted for killing George Floyd this past week and the right wing freaked out. You may have seen some of the reactions, but you probably haven't seen the worst of it. From Tucker Carlson and Greg Gutfed on Fox News to Nick Fuentes, Newsmax, and Alex Jones, DOOMED with Matt Binder dives in and wades through the muck. Also, on the patron half of the show, a special episode for A...

Journalist David Bixenspan joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down the Rep. Matt Gaetz sex-trafficking allegations and latest revelations in the bizarre story on how Gaetz's (former?) friend Joel Greenberg, the alleged sex trafficker, hooked up former WWE and TNA pro wrestler turned Small Town Florida Mayor Matt Morgan. And on the patron half of the show: David Bixenspan joins us to discuss th...

Longtime progressive blogger and activist, Spocko, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the boycott and cancel culture debate, how Spocko spearheaded the move to defund right wing radio talking heads like Rush Limbaugh by hitting 'em where it hurts: advertisers, the history of pressuring corporations, how to take the lessons learned from the Stop Rush and other talk radio pundits and apply the...

Will Carless, journalist at USA Today, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss his latest story about how the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6 are crowdfunding their legal fees and the debate that erupted online over the piece. Also on the patron half of the show: Matt Gaetz's bizarre interview with Tucker Carlson, gross Nick Fuentes ponders the age of consent to defend Gaetz,...

Imran Ahmed, the founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down his organization's new report which found that 12 individuals are responsible for most of the anti-vaxxer disinformation and conspiracies theories on social media. Also on the patron half of the show: Michael Tracey's bizarre "masculinity" take on the digital media outlet MEL Magazine, T...

Journalist David Bixenspan joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to break down his investigation into the spreading rumor that '80s pro wrestling star "Sweet" Stan Lane is actually Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's father. Also, the latest updates on WWE's QAnon-promoting referee. Plus on the patron half of the show: David Bixenspan joins us again for more about pro wrestling's QAnon promoter, the...

Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the groypers and their gathering from last month during CPAC, the rise of Nick Fuentes, what's making him standout among the sea of failed right wing personalities, and more! This is Part 2 of my discussion with Devin, Catch Part 1 (episode 157) where we discussed the anti-vaxxers, ant...

Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the anti-vaxxers, anti-mask, anti-lockdown conspiracies and their relationship with the far right one year since everything changed on March 11, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, in Part 2 of the discussion with Devin (episode 158), we discuss the groypers and their gathering fr...

Adventures in HellwQrld host Mike Rains (aka @PokerPolitics on Twitter) joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss why QAnon believers were looking forward to March 4 as the day Donald Trump would be inaugurated as President of the United States once again, the history behind the March 4 date, QAnon's next big date on March 20, what's next for QAnon followers, moderating the QAnon Casualties subredd...

New York Assemblyman Ron Kim joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the hostile phone call he had with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the threats Cuomo made against him and his career for pursuing New York's COVID-19 nursing home scandal, the governor downplaying the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Cuomo's long history with corruption, the Moreland Commission, Buffalo Billions, the...

Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters and creator of the "Stop Rush" campaign, joins DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the death of the biggest name in conservative talk radio...Rush Limbaugh, the horrific legacy he leaves behind, how he created the medium and used it to lead the conservative movement, the "Rush Baby," how Donald Trump changed things for Limbaugh, who will take over...

Jared Holt of The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab and host of the SH!TPOST podcast joins DOOMED with Matt Binder for a very special CROSSOVER episode discussing the second Trump impeachment trial...where the Senate just voted to acquit the former President mere hours ago. Matt and Jared discuss January 6, details of the trial, how Democrats mucked it up, how Republicans let Trump...