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This WTF Wednesday, I rip the mask off “patriotism” and show what it looks like when power hijacks the headlines. From Trump’s push to criminalize flag burning, to FEMA workers punished for speaking out, to ICE slamming recruits through a 47-day crash course, the pattern isn’t random…it’s a dictator’s blueprint.

In this episode of A World Gone Mad, I take you inside the headlines they want you to swallow whole. The crackdown on protest dressed up as patriotism. The purge of disaster responders who dared to tell the truth. The militarization of Union Station in Washington, D.C., where National Guard troops guard platforms while glossy press releases talk about “safety” and “beauty.”

None of it is progress. It’s control, fear, and authoritarian theater.

No bedtime stories. No unity slogans. Just the anatomy of dictatorship unfolding in plain daylight. Because when you silence protest, punish frontline workers, seize transit hubs, and build an ICE militia out of barely trained recruits, you’re not keeping the country safe…you’re strangling democracy.

I’m not here to coddle. I’m here to grab the lapels of the frauds, the liars, the self-proclaimed patriots who think obedience is the same as love of country…and shake until their lies fall out.

And then I hand the mic back to you, the Wolfpack, to answer the question at the heart of every WTF Wednesday:

What the hell are they trying to get away with now?

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America is standing on a razor’s edge. Soldiers in the streets, allies thrown under the bus, truth traded in for propaganda … and the real danger isn’t just what’s happening in front of us. It’s what people are being conditioned to accept.

In this Monday Fallout, I take the mask off the chaos and show the pattern hiding in plain sight: intimidation paraded as “safety,” political payback dressed up as “law and order,” and foreign policy turned into little more than a trash-talk sideshow.

The headlines are radioactive, but what’s brewing beneath them is even more toxic. Armed troops in American cities, crime stats cooked to sell a panic, allies humiliated for a campaign clip … it’s not just incompetence. It’s a strategy.

At the center of it all is one weapon. Not tanks. Not rifles. Not even laws. The weapon is fear. And those in power know exactly how to use it.

This episode isn’t just a recap. It’s a warning. About how fear is packaged and sold like a product. About how it gets recycled through crime, immigration, and foreign enemies until people can’t tell the difference between real threats and manufactured panic. And about how once fear takes root, citizens don’t just surrender their freedoms … they beg for the chains.

I break down how the game works, why it’s so effective, and what it costs … not only at home, but across the world. Because fear doesn’t just make people compliant. It makes allies question America’s sanity and adversaries celebrate its weakness.

This isn’t a news cycle. It’s conditioning. And once you see the pattern, you can’t unsee it. That’s what tonight’s Monday Fallout is about: stripping away the distraction, cutting through the noise, and calling out the system for what it really is.

If you’ve ever wondered how democracies slide into something darker … not with a bang, but with the slow normalization of fear … this episode lays it bare. Fear isn’t keeping anyone safe. Fear is the leash.

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It’s Friday, and that means one thing: the week may be over, but the madness is still rolling downhill. A World Gone Mad is back with the Friday Edition — the mix of hard news, sharp commentary, and a trip to News from the Edge of Sanity to lighten the weight before the weekend hits.

This episode kicks off with the kind of headline you can’t ignore — the powerful using power to settle scores. I dig into the latest raid making waves in Washington and why the story isn’t about documents, but about something pettier and more dangerous.

From there, I head south — where a detention facility in the swamp has become a national flashpoint. What it represents goes way beyond barbed wire, and it raises a bigger question about how far politicians will go when they’re chasing headlines and trying to look “tough.”

Then I turn my focus to the economy. Markets are rattling, leaders are talking, and your wallet is caught in the middle. I look at the signals coming out of Jackson Hole and what they could mean for everything from mortgages to grocery bills — and why the spectacle isn’t just about Wall Street.

After that, it’s time for the Friday tradition: News from the Edge of Sanity. The headlines may be heavy, but the sidelines are downright unhinged. Strange cargo spills, bizarre traditions that refuse to die, and public meltdowns that belong more in a comedy sketch than real life.

As always, the absurd lives right next door to the serious — and if you can’t laugh at it, you’ll go mad from it. That’s the balance I bring: news with teeth, and satire with purpose.

The madness isn’t slowing down — and neither am I.

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