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Earlier this morning, Joe Sudbay and I discussed just how bad all of this is as the GOP rams through the most destructive bill we’ve seen, and how Democrats need to respond to the impact of the big, bad bill. It’s always a great conversation with Joe, who hosts “State of the States” on SiriusXM Progress, and who comes on my SiriusXM show often and guest hosts my show. So please watch our Substack...

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My conversation with Joe Sudbay, host of “State of the States” on SiriusXM Progress 127 (every Saturday). We discussed Trump’s war on LA—and America—Governor Gavin Newsom’s response, and the over-performance of Democrats in special elections—and what’s to come. Joe will be covering the No Kings Day protests this Saturday on SiriusXM Progress 127 beginning at 1 p.m. Thank you Charlie , Linda , Jess...

President Biden on “Late Night with Seth Myers” last night, joking: “You gotta take a look at the other guy. He’s about as old as I am... but he can’t remember his wife’s name." Last week, Dr. Charan Ranganath, a University of California, Davis, neuroscientist who focuses on the the study of memory, came on my SiriusXM program to discuss the issue that had blown up in the media: President Biden’s...

Time for another dose of the MAGA mania I sometimes experience on my SiriusXM program when Trumpers call in. Not sure why they listen, but they’re always pretty feeble, even though I’m happy to have a normal conversation. Just a warning that this one is a bit loud and full of F bombs. It’s hard for that not to happen with MAGA! Robert from Massachusetts called in during a discussion about the naus...

It’s Friday, dear readers, always a fun day to look at the twisted logic of MAGA—and also how they often reveal their worst fears when they call into my SiriusXM program! Patrick from Cape Cod called in as I was discussing Nikki Haley verbally wiping the floor with Donald Trump in recent days. The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becomin...

What would a Friday be without a little bit of MAGA idiocy to laugh at? While discussing the war in Ukraine, Billy from Oklahoma called my SiriusXM program to say the world wasn’t “on fire” under “45.” Really? Of course, the world is always “on fire,” as it’s a complicated planet with many conflicts, some of which get little attention. So the statement itself is just plain dumb. I seem to remember...

On my SiriusXM program, I discussed an astounding report from the IRS: it has already collected $520 million from millionaire tax cheats, using money for tax enforcement allocated from the Inflation Reduction Act, which Republicans have been intent on cutting. Michael from Florida called in to say, “I am skeptical about numbers coming from the IRS” and that he'd like to see a “spreadsheet.” This w...

Another one of those gems called my SiriusXM program. But first, some background. The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has been banging the drum on how Donald Trump supposedly can’t be removed from the ballot per the 14th amendment, as the Colorado Supreme Court ruled—something that the U.S. Supreme Court will decide—because January 6th wasn’t an insurrection. He goes on about the “lawless mo...

It’s Friday, so yeah, some fun. During a discussion about the dangers of Donald Trump, Joe from Texas, a hard-core MAGA Trump supporter, called me on my SiriusXM program and asked, “What privileges or rights did we ever lose under Donald J. Trump?” I gave him a quick answer, offering just three examples of how Trump stripped the rights of groups—and it took all of 30 seconds. I then said, “But I’m...

Another Friday, and, like last week, I’m ending with a laughable example of the MAGA mindset. So, Brian from Wisconsin called my SiriusXM program , and he took a slightly different tack. First off, he was civil. And he falsely posed as non-MAGA, saying he was going to try to help me make sense of why Republicans still support Donald Trump. (He even went so far at one point as to call Trump an “ego...

Happy Friday! Always a good day, as we end the week, to check in on the idiocy of the MAGA cult, as I try— try is the key word—to make sense of these people. David in Nevada called into my SiriusXM program this week and showed us another example of how the MAGA base not only thrives on misinformation but really doesn’t care even if you get them to admit the truth about Donald Trump’s horrendous ac...

Ron from New Mexico called into my SiriusXM program as I was discussing George Santos and the newest indictment against him , positioning himself as above it all. Ron remained calm and cool, as he tried mightily to promote a false equivalency between Democrats and Republicans, claiming that "it's all politics” and they’re all the same. “I’m not a Trump fan, by the way,” he said. Yeah…right. He kep...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! Image by rawpixel.com Warning: I really became kind of crazy and aggressive with this guy who called my SiriusXM program. But there is a method to the madness! I wouldn’t treat a guest to the show this way, eve...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! After the GOP debate, Don from New Orleans called my SiriusXM program to say, well….a whole bunch of stuff. And really, it was a sort of wacky and meandering six minutes, though interesting and not heated, unli...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! Is Donald Trump already ineligible to run for president in 2024, no matter what happens with regard to any of the 91 counts against him in four indictments? Delightfully, there’s been so much discussion about i...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! When last I spoke with Wayne State University translational neuroscientist, psychologist and PTSD expert, Dr. Seth Norrholm , he explained how the entire country was suffering from a collective trauma. We focus...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! I don’t even know why I engaged in a discussion on my SiriusXM program with this guy, as he had no facts—literally didn’t know the names of players or politicians, just referring to them as “that guy”—but he is...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! Programming note: I’ll be a taking a vacation from July 19th through July 28th, and won’t be posting to The Signorile Report. In a discussion on my SiriusXM program recently after the damning recording surfaced...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! Eleanor Clift was a groundbreaking journalist for publications such as Newsweek in its heyday—she is now a columnist at The Daily Beast—and who many will remember on TV’s The McLaughlin Group every Sunday in th...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! In the wake of the killing of Jordan Neely , the homeless black man who was choked to death in a New York subway car, MAGA extremists online have not only made the killer, Daniel Penny, into a hero; They’ve als...

photo: Tyler Merbler The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University professor and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to Present," is one of the most important scholars on autocracy and fascism and continually gives us a wind...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! In a discussion on my SiriusXM program about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ attack on civil rights and free speech—from criminalizing drag shows to his war with Disney over its criticism of his “don’t say gay”...

photo: Tyler Merbler The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! There’s a great mash up of Fox News hosts saying no one was charged with “insurrection” or “sedition” on January 6th, part of Fox News hosts’ attempts to say an insurrection never happened—...

The Signorile Report is reader-supported. If you’ve valued reading The Signorile Report, consider becoming a paid subscriber and supporting independent, ad-free opinion journalism. Thanks ! In a discussion about President Biden’s announcement that he is running for re-election, Joy from California called in to my SiriusXM program. She declared that as a "lifelong Democrat," she would not be voting...