Why 2018 Is Gonna Be A Long Year If You Hate Donald Trump
If your politics lean left, your trusted pundits are telling you THIS. IS. THE. YEAR. when our disastrous political situation will turn itself around. "Robert Mueller's closing in on Trump! The American people are starting to wise up! A midterm election Blue Wave(TM) will #Resist the #NotMyPresident into #DrumpfDefeat!" Well what if we told you none of that will happen without a herculean effort on the part of America's decent people? What if we told you none of this will get fixed soon? And what if we reminded you those same pundits who think everything's about to be fine literally laughed at the prospect of a Trump presidency not that long ago?
On this week's episode of The Cracked Podcast, Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/soothsayer Adam Tod Brown (Unpopular Opinion Podcast Network) for a deep dive into the history, technology, and basic math that proves we are nowhere near getting out of the woods yet. They'll look ahead to what might actually happen by the end of this midterm-riffic year of politics. And they'll help us all preserve our mental health by setting reasonable expectations, instead of assuming we'll be saved by the total nonsense hopes of pundits on TV.
Footnotes:
Unpopular Opinion podcasts, articles, tour dates, and more
"5 Ways Donald Trump Perfectly Mirrors Hitler's Rise To Power" by Adam Tod Brown (Cracked)
When Keith Ellison said Donald Trump could be GOP nominee, people laughed (City Pages)
Russia-Trump inquiry: Full text of Mueller's indictment (BBC)
The complete Watergate timeline (it took longer than you realize) (PBS NewsHour)
What happens if Trump is subpoenaed by Robert Mueller? (The Washington Post)
VoCo demonstration at Adobe MAX 2016
Watch a man manipulate George Bush's face in real time (The Verge)
Trump Soho is reborn as the Dominick Hotel (Curbed)
Where RFK Was Killed, a Diverse Student Body Fulfills His Vision for America (Smithsonian Magazine)
Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program (The New York Times)
President Trump has already filed for re-election. That's not normal. (The Week)
The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats (FiveThirtyEight)
Mike Pence is breaking ties in the Senate at a record-setting pace (CNN)
Can Democrats win back the House in 2018? It'll be tough. (The Washington Post)
Kristallnacht page from The Holocaust Encyclopedia (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
How a Nazi Made the Ballot in Illinois (The Atlantic)
Mitt Romney said he wouldn't accept an endorsement from Trump. Monday night, he did. (Vox)
Join us for our next LIVE Cracked Podcast! It's happening Saturday, March 10th at 7pm. Alex Schmidt is joined by guests Emily Heller, Greg Edwards, & Zack Bornstein for tales of history's most underrated badasses. Tickets are $7 and available HERE.
