Hosts Chip Franklin & Tom Arnold are joined by journalist and author John Nichols.

John is national affairs correspondent for The Nation, and author of The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism as well as The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again.

The team discusses how important abortion rights will be in this election, and John predicts that the furor over overturning Roe will be the deciding issue in this election.

“I'll suggest to you that still abortion rights is the issue,” John told us. “That brings a substantial number of younger voters to the polls, especially younger women, that cast their ballot for Biden. That means that he wins in states like Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, probably Arizona. And this year, I'm going to suggest you keep an eye on North Carolina.”

John also told us why he thinks Joe Biden, because of his experience, is uniquely qualified to serve as President.

“36 years in the U S Senate, 8 years as vice president, now 4 years as president. There's nobody who's been in that office, I would argue, in the history of the country, except maybe Lyndon Johnson, who's more familiar with all the moving parts...That doesn't mean he is always gonna be right. But it does mean that he brings a lot more to the process.”

We talked with John about the White House Correspondents Dinner and shared a few of our favorite quotes from the event. We also dissect what it means that Trump is incapable of participating in events like these, or any self-deprecation for that matter.

John explains why he thinks a conviction from the ongoing hush money trial will be incredibly damning for Trump, primarily with moderate Republicans who have already voted in large numbers for Nikki Haley in every major battleground state.

We also talked about Kristi Noem’s dog story, RFK Jr.’s campaign, Fox News, and so much more.

This is an episode you won’t want to miss!

Top Psychologist John Gartner joins the Really Political Podcast crew to sound the alarm on Trump's deteriorating state. Hosts Chip Franklin, Tom Arnold, and Brian Karem.

Today host Brian Karem joins the show. Brian is a White House correspondent and author of the incredible book, Free the Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It.

Brian gives us insider information about the lunacy of his time reporting from the White House during the Trump years, he breaks down what’s wrong with journalism in America today, and gives us an excellent perspective on the ongoing hush money criminal trial.

We brought on leading Psychologist, author, and actor Dr. John Gartner to talk about Trump’s obvious mental decline. John broke down what he sees as clear signs of dementia in his demeanor and language, and that we should only expect it to get worse. “People need to understand that this is a deteriorating illness,” he said. “And I think that he's closer to that cognitive cliff than people realize. I'm utterly certain he could not make it through four years without becoming completely cognitively disabled.

The overwhelming evidence and numerous examples he shares of Trump’s cognitive decline is terrifying. And what comes next will only be worse.

“It's a truism that whatever personality disorder you have gets dramatically worse as you become demented,” John told us. “So it's hard to imagine that he could be worse. Right? But we're already seeing it. He's so impulsive and so out of control around this trial, right? He can't contain himself. He really can't, it's like Tourette's.”

What does this say about the fanatical true believers that still follow him? How has his behavior and actions impacted the rest of us psychologically? And what will happen if Trump takes back the White House?

These questions and more get answered in this episode, and you won’t want to miss it!

On this awesome episode, we're joined by American author and counter terrorism expert Malcolm Nance and former 2020 Republican presidential candidate Joe Walsh.

Malcolm Nance is a military analyst, modern American hero, and author of They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency, which is an absolute must-read about the killer instincts of the MAGA community.

Malcolm tells us how QAnon has infiltrated every aspect of the Republican party just as he predicted in his book, though it happened even faster than he had originally imagined. “A couple of years ago, you could not walk into a Republican rally with a QAnon t-shirt,” Malcolm told us. “Now they're selling it with Trump stuff. And he's got them believing.”

Malcolm expertly dismantles the terribly false “Genocide Joe” nickname and explains why he thinks the moniker has been able to gain such steam, even among Trump supporters who could not care less about the Palestinian people.

“I think what we're seeing is the dragon unchained,” Malcolm said. “You have misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, deliberate manipulation of facts into conspiracy theories with the flamethrower breath of TikTok.”

We were also joined by former tea party Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, who has become one of Donald Trump’s fiercest critics.

He told us that there were always two sides to the Tea Party - one was worried about government debt. “But there was this uglier, kind of more nationalist, culture warrior side,” Joe told us. “Then along came Trump and he tapped into that uglier side, and away they went.”

Joe explains that Mike Pence finally gained the courage to say he wouldn’t support Trump, only after he realized he didn’t have a future in the GOP. But that’s not enough. Just like Mitt Romney and all of the other Republicans calling Trump unfit, they all refuse to support Biden. Because they know it would be a blowtorch to their careers.

Walsh also explained what kind of society the MAGA voter actually wants, and breaks down the motives behind the modern GOP’s politics, including some insight into why some formerly common-sense Republicans have gone full on MAGA.

The team picked Joe’s brain on the current politics of immigration, Joe dissects MAGA’s insane border policy, and he tells us why Congress has failed to do anything about it to this point.

We thought this was a fantastic episode. Let us know if you agree in the comments!