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American DoomAll the ways the government is lying about killing an AmericanTen years ago, in the summer of 2015, a police officer in Cincinnati stopped a man named Samuel DuBose. It was night on a narrow road among winding back streets of a hilly neighborhood. Words were exchanged, and DuBose tried to drive away.Officer Ray Tensing claimed his arms were caught in the window and he was in danger of being dragged, so he shot DuBose point-blank in the head, killing him. I arrived the next day to see if protests would turn to flames. They did not. Tensing, who is white, was indicted for killing DuBose, who...
2026-01-0808 min
American DoomWhat the White House told me about Trump's handsI’m out today at Public Notice with a look at the obvious lie about the bandages on Trump’s hands — a coverup of some unidentified health problem — and how it’s part of a pattern of Trump’s endless lies starting to catch up to him in the face of reality, economic and otherwise. Today’s post will be brief but I have something longer coming later this week that deals with the downward flow of corruption and viciousness, and how it’s affecting the efficacy of our democracy. That will be my last piece for the year. To thank all of...
2025-12-1703 min
American DoomThere was no fog of warOn Friday night, “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth took to X to address one of the growing scandals surrounding him — what increasingly looks like murder, war crimes, or both.“The Department of War will never back down,” Hegseth wrote. “America First. Peace Through Strength. Common Sense. For the warriors, always.”In addition to the gaping holes in Hegseth’s story about the killing of two survivors of a Sept. 2 airstrike on alleged drug smugglers — inconsistencies that will catch up to him at his inevitable congressional testimony — the entire months-long mission to take out supposed drug boats in internation...
2025-12-0603 min
American DoomOngoing threats to the systemWe begin today with news of sweeping pardons issued on Monday to 77 people who tried to overturn the 2020 election. Less important than the actual individuals who were pardoned — bizarrely, for many of them were not under threat of federal indictment, the only classification of crime that falls under the jurisdiction of a presidential pardon — is the message that these pardons send going forward: try to interfere with elections on behalf of Trump and Republicans, and Trump and Republicans will have your back.Among those pardoned were two small-time Trump operatives who share the ignoble distinction of b...
2025-11-1204 min
American DoomSome good newsI’m getting through a bottleneck of reporting and have many findings to share regarding Republican efforts to interfere in elections. You can support my work by throwing a few dollars my way with a paid subscription to American Doom. As always, thanks for your support. - jgWhen was the last time you remember voting in an election for your public utilities board? Who were the candidates and how much did they win by?If your answer to those questions is anything but, “I have no idea,” please seek help. Kidding, of course...
2025-11-0502 min
American DoomNothing will stop Georgia's election deniersLots of info in today’s special Saturday edition of American Doom about how election deniers in Georgia continue to screw with elections here. It’s going to be a mess next year thanks to their success in convincing state lawmakers that they’re serious people (they are not). Anyway, lots of messes these days. You won’t find this information elsewhere — in Georgia or anywhere for that matter. So if you appreciate my work, please consider a paid subscription to support it. A free press ain’t for free! - jgI spent the better part of Thursday...
2025-10-0424 min
American DoomKash Patel lied to Congress. Now he’ll lead the FBI in a war against Americans.As I said the other day, the Jimmy Kimmel debacle is more evidence that harsh crackdowns on freedom of speech and the free press are coming very quickly. It would mean a lot to me to see some of American Doom’s 13,000 subscribers throw a few bucks our way for a paid subscription. Or, you can contribute to our Doom Coffee Fund to support our work. Evidence of the Trump administration’s complete disregard for the rule of law and the checks and balances put in place by the founders to prevent a tyrannical government continues to pile...
2025-09-2008 min
American DoomFree speech is under attack. We need your support.Forget all the usual, anecdotal ways into an explanation of what is happening at this moment, because we appear to be in that stage of the fall where it all starts happening at once. Following the firing — let’s call it what it is — of Jimmy Kimmel, Donald Trump went even further in comments on Air Force One on Thursday afternoon, saying that any broadcast company that allows criticism of the president to air on television should lose their FCC license. Legacy media is adjusting its coverage and hiring right-wing propagandists under threat of lawsuits from T...
2025-09-1903 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTrump Uses Murder of Charlie Kirk as Pretext to Threaten Leftist Groups with RepressionInterview with Justin Glawe, an independent journalist and editor of the American Doom newsletter, conducted by Scott Harris.Glawe discusses his latest column, “Martial Law is Already Here,” rising polarization and U.S. political violence in the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk in Utah, and the blatant politicization and dysfunction of the Trump FBI and Department of Justice.
2025-09-1918 min
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastTrump Exploits Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Threaten Leftist Groups with RepressionIndependent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump Exploits Charlie Kirk's Murder, Vowing to Investigate and Dismantle Progressive Left GroupsConnecticut Visibility Brigade founder Katherine Hinds and defense attorney Margaret Donovan: Protest Leader Arrested for Exercising Free Speech RightsYouth climate activist and Fridays for Future Cape Cod lead organizer Madison Sheppard: ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ International Mobilization for Climate Justice Sept. 19-21Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Growing U.S. military partnership with the Philippines, threatening China• Trump has fast-tracked deep-sea mining, despite global opposition• Utah union...
2025-09-1729 min
American DoomPatel: FBI to probe media outlets and left-wing activist orgsAt a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency will investigate organizations that “utilize clickbait to make money for their ideology.”Allow me to translate: the FBI will now go after media outlets, think tanks, NGOs and activist organizations who lean left or are antagonistic toward the Trump administration, Republicans and conservatives. This is the exact type of weaponization of the Justice Department that Republicans in Congress and their allies in right-wing media have wailed about for years — and now that power will be wielded against any media outlet or organi...
2025-09-1708 min
Counterpoint with Scott HarrisCounterpoint 09-15-25 Scott Harris discusses: Charlie Kirk's assassination & rising political violence; 'Make Billionaires Pay' Global climate protests; Trump threatens leftist groups for political repression; Bread & Puppet theater comes to New Haven CTCOUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.orgSome segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed fo...
2025-09-161h 17
American DoomNo one is prepared for any of thisGood morning. Long week. I’m out today with a look at the turmoil within the FBI over at Public Notice. A few items on that below and then some stuff on the killing of Charlie Kirk. The last two weeks have felt a little more troubling than normal, which is obviously very bad because our acceptance of the normal level of troubling-ness is already bad. Anyway, if you want to support my work, please subscribe to American Doom.FBI Director Kash Patel took a lot of credit both for himself and his agency at a press co...
2025-09-1307 min
American DoomThe life and times of a domestic war correspondentLess of a news thing today and more of something that you’ll want to sit down with a cup of coffee for. The University of Georgia Press has completed design on the cover for my forthcoming book, and I’m very excited to share it with you today. Below is an excerpt from the book. If you support my journalism and writing, please consider a paid subscription to American Doom or a contribution. Founding members will get a signed copy of the book, called If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened - The Life and...
2025-09-1119 min
American DoomMartial law is already hereBig story last week in Rolling Stone that exposed the genesis of what we now know is the largest single immigration raid in the history of the Department of Homeland Security. Long story short: a Republican congressional candidate and her union-worker helper called ICE on the Hyundai Metaplant outside of Savannah, GA. If you appreciate my reporting on this story — which you won’t find anywhere else — please pay for it. The Trump administration violated two landmark laws that have been in place for over 200 years that codify the military’s presence in everyday American life — and in doing s...
2025-09-0903 min
American DoomGA GOP congressional candidate narcs on immigrants, prompts ICE raidIt’s 2:06 a.m. and I’m wrapping up a story at Rolling Stone that details how a Republican candidate for congress in Georgia was partly behind yesterday’s ICE raid at a Hyundai plant here. Like, as basically an informant. Pretty wild stuff! I wish I had more time and energy to lay out more about that story below but I’m pretty tired, so the following will have to suffice. You can read more here. FYI this was not at all what I planned to spend the last 12-plus hours on but when the dystopian stuff ha...
2025-09-0505 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastA Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 ElectionInterview with Justin Glawe, an independent journalist and editor of the American Doom newsletter.Here he discusses the urgent issues examined in his recent article, “How Trump’s National Guard shock troops could seize voting machines,” and other concerns about the security of the 2026 midterm election that Trump and the Republican party are clearly worried they’ll lose — and now taking action on rigging the outcome.
2025-09-0417 minBetween The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastWill the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?International human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber: Will the U.N. Support a Plan That Could End Israel’s Gaza Genocide?Environmental Protection Network Executive Director Michelle Roos: Former EPA Staff Defend Federal Environmental Regulations Being Weakened or Eliminated by Donald TrumpAmerican Doom newsletter Editor Justin Glawe: A Desperate Trump Could Order the National Guard to Intervene in the 2026 ElectionBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Mineral-rich Congo's peace negotiations collapse• Staffers warn Trump's FEMA cuts portend another Katrina-like catastrophe• Democrats lacking working class su...
2025-09-0329 min
American DoomHow progressive communities can fight backToday’s post contains a checklist for progressive Americans to use in fighting back against the authoritarian actions coming from the Trump administration. These tasks are the result of my two decades reporting on American violence, decline and extremism. If you support this work and insight, please consider a paid subscription or contribution to help fund my reporting.After a few days last week digging back into the epidemic of election denialism that has roiled the nation over the last four years, I was struck by just how difficult the task that lies ahead seems.An...
2025-09-0205 minCounterpoint with Scott HarrisCounterpoint 09-01-25 Scott Harris discusses: the US labor movement must confront the fascist threat; Trump could order the National Guard to intervene in the 2026 election; Could the UN end Israel's Gaza genocide; Trump orders shutdown of RI wind farmCOUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be a...
2025-09-021h 21
American DoomMore clues to suspended electionsJust a quick thing today about a comment from Trump that most people missed. Then I’m back in the research chamber finding out how the Trump administration, the Justice Department and others are working to interfere with next year’s election. But I wanted to flag Trump’s comment, made during a back-and-forth with reporters and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.Zelenskyy was asked if he’ll hold elections once peace is reached between Ukraine and Russia. Of course, Zelenskyy said. But he couldn’t safely guarantee “legal” elections while the war continues...
2025-08-2704 min
American DoomHow Trump's National Guard shock troops could seize voting machinesWill we have elections next year? I hope so but honestly, I don’t know! What I do know is that there are thousands of election officials and untold amounts of court cases that stand between right now and an honest-to-goodness, free and fair election next year. It takes a lot of work to stay on top of all that and expose bad actors, like I’ve been doing for years. If you want to support those efforts, please choose a paid subscription to American Doom or throw a few dollars in our Coffee Fund. It’s hard t...
2025-08-2602 min
American DoomMilitary deployment into Democrat-run citiesIn these times — that strange and insufficient phrase that we’ve all become accustomed to — balance is important, I’m told.I try to achieve balance and I think we all do. But sometimes things get out of whack. I’ve been mulling over a couple of things this week that I just can’t get past. First, how does one balance their life in the midst of such obvious turmoil? Second, how can we possibly get out of this?To answer the first question, maybe there is no balance. If this is it — and I’m beginning...
2025-08-1503 min
American DoomDon't smoke outside. Trump is tired of it.I continue to monitor events in DC from my home in Savannah but am ready to go should anything major go down. Trips like these cost money, though, so if you want to support my reporting, please consider a paid subscription or dropping a few bucks in the Doom Coffee Fund. Through next week I’m offering half off all Doom subscriptions, so you can support my independent, adversarial journalism for as little as $3 a month. - jgHere’s how this is going to go: Federal police from agencies like the U.S. Park Police — like the gu...
2025-08-1303 min
American DoomCrackdowns will continue until morale improvesIf you appreciate my journalism please consider a paid subscription to American Doom. I’m currently offering a 50 percent discount on Doom subscriptions, which means you can support my work and help fund trips to places like Washington DC to cover conflict there for as little as $3 a month.Whatever happens in Washington DC this weekend — and something will happen, because that’s the point in the swinging pendulum of American conflict at which we’ve arrived — it will probably be good for Donald Trump.He both desperately needs the media to be chasing fires and also p...
2025-08-1306 min
American DoomThe narrative doesn't add upHey, thanks for opening this email or clicking on the link. It’s good to have you here. Things are crazy. I know I keep saying that but it’s the truth so just get used to it, I guess. Anyway, if you appreciate this adversarial journalism as we continue to slide into a strange and troubling future of hyper-connected authoritarianism, consider throwing a few bucks my way. Basically, if you like what you see here, please pay for it. - jg***It’s late on Friday so by the time you read this we’ll proba...
2025-08-0906 min
American DoomA firehose of doomHey, thanks for opening this email or clicking on the link. It’s good to have you here. Things are crazy. I know I keep saying that but it’s the truth so just get used to it, I guess. Anyway, if you appreciate this adversarial journalism as we continue to slide into a strange and troubling future of hyper-connected authoritarianism, consider throwing a few bucks my way. Basically, if you like what you see here, please pay for it. - jgIt used to take months or years for the news to grind my brain into a fi...
2025-08-0805 min
American DoomA new "biggest scandal" and more fascism from cops on the streetsI’m not going to get into the weeds of the White House’s latest “biggest scandal” that is clearly a distraction from Epstein. You can watch the video above to hear all about that. Suffice to say it’s all for show — throw “Obama” and “treason” into a sentence and it’s like chum in the water for our fellow Americans who just want to see a Black man on the gallows. At press time I don’t have the energy to break all this down in these paragraphs because I am pretty damn pissed off after learning about the...
2025-07-2405 min
American DoomDistraction and deflectionHey there, I’ve been doing my best to keep up with the news while also wrapping up my book. I’ll be back to doing some more investigative work once I’m through this bottleneck. Meantime, you can support my work holding the American right accountable through independent, adversarial journalism with a paid subscription (discount here) or a contribution to American Doom. Your support keeps this newsletter free for all comers. It’s all pretty obvious: reeling from the blowback from the decision not to release the Epstein files — after years of revving his supporters up with the p...
2025-07-2205 min
American DoomTrump and Epstein, friends foreverI’ll have more on this over the weekend but for now I wanted to share a rundown of the completely nonsensical claims about the Epstein files that are being made by the White House, as well as Donald Trump’s 40-year history with Epstein himself. Check the video above for all that. And if you want to support my work, you can subscribe or support American Doom here. I’ll be honest: things have been a little tight lately and it’d be nice to have a few new paid subscribers to give me a boost. For thos...
2025-07-1807 min
American DoomJudge stops ICE from violating the constitution — but will Trump defy?Want to support efforts to push back against authoritarian threats to democracy? I humbly submit that supporting independent journalist like myself is a great addition to the fight. You can do so by choosing a paid subscription to American Doom or contributing a few dollars to our coffee fund. Through July I’m running a 20 percent discount on subscriptions — so you can support my work for as little as $4.80 a month. - jg***A California judge has confirmed what any reasonable person has known for weeks now: the immigration raids being carried out by D...
2025-07-1303 min
American DoomTrans oppression, Republican corruption, immigration liesFor anyone who may have missed it, you can watch my conversation with the Texas investigative journalist Steven Monacelli from Friday’s live Doom broadcast. I also wanted to flag a few things that I wasn’t able to get to during this very busy week. If you appreciate my work staying on top of all of the madness, please consider upgrading to a paid subscription or throwing a few bucks my way. I’m still running the Fighting Season discount, which gets you a 20 percent discount to Doom subscriptions. Your support keeps my work free for everyo...
2025-07-1227 min
American DoomGOP small government obsession doomed Texas flood victimsIf you want to ante up to a paid subscription or drop a few dollars in the Doom Coffee Fund, I sure would appreciate it. There’s a lot of news lately — I know, it’s summer and we’re supposed to be relaxing — and I’m tracking a lot of things. Election denialism and rampant authoritarianism within the government are combining to present some very real threats to democracy that the seasons care not about. More on that later. Now, on to some news…***Republican lawmakers in Texas passed on providing more funding for the kind of em...
2025-07-1102 min
American DoomTrump played MAGA on EpsteinDo you believe Pam Bondi when she says it wasn’t the list she was talking about on Fox News in February, but the Epstein case in general? My bullshit detector started vibrating the whole house when I heard her fib the other day. I laughed. It is laughable! This is the type of stuff — bumbling and obvious lies over gussied-up claims that should have never been made — that you’d see a small town mayor make. (Speaking of, remember this one from the stacks?) Instead, it’s the Attorney General of the United States, getting crossed up by a re...
2025-07-1002 min
American DoomTrump and Republicans are already working to rig the midtermsNote: Still got that Fighting Season discount going. Get 20 percent off subscriptions to American Doom so I can buy a steak this weekend. On to the news…***Good Wednesday morning. Hot as hell here in Savannah. I took a brief cruise through some sources yesterday and after only an hour or two I had enough material to reach an unsurprising conclusion: the Republican party is already hard at work trying to rig the midterm elections in their favor. I really wish I wasn’t already talking about elections again but the GOP just can’...
2025-07-0904 min
American DoomMAGA floods Texas with weather conspiraciesHey, I’m still running that Fighting Season discount where you can get 20 percent off subscriptions to American Doom. Also, you can throw a few bucks my way at the Doom Coffee Fund so I can stay hydrated while holding the authoritarian right accountable. Now, on to the news…Good Monday morning and welcome back to the show. I spent most of this weekend gloriously offline but pulled up my phone Sunday morning to see the latest from the craziest wing of the craziest political party in American history. Yes, the batshit brigade of the GOP...
2025-07-0702 min
American DoomHow the Trump administration can strip citizenship from AmericansIt takes a lot of work to put together all the pieces like this. Last March, Rachel Maddow praised my ability to “connect the dots” with my investigation of local election officials throughout the country who support Trump’s election lies. But all this work digging up clues to what’s coming next in our new age of American authoritarianism isn’t easy — and is very time consuming. If you support this work, please consider a paid subscription to American Doom or contributing a few dollars to our coffee fund. I’ve extended the Fighting Season discount through July, so you can get...
2025-07-0306 min
American DoomAuthoritarianism on American streetsWe’re in it, folks. I say that with no pleasure, but what no reasonable person would describe as anything other than obvious authoritarianism has arrived in the form of secret police on American streets and military involvement in domestic matters. The system is failing. Much of the mainstream press continues to bury its head in the sand over this reality, so if you have the ability, please consider throwing a few dollars our way for a paid subscription to American Doom or our coffee fund. Your support keeps this newsletter free for everyone out there trying to stay on...
2025-06-2709 min
American DoomEverything wrong with right nowThe following was written before we bombed Iran. This development is cataclysmic for a variety of reasons, but for the purposes of this newsletter — which chronicles the frontlines of America’s wars against itself, waged on behalf of right-wing authoritarianism — last night’s military incursion into Iran presents more opportunities for Trump and the authoritarian right to strengthen their grip on power and control. The future threat of Islamic extremism in response to last night’s attack will be used as pretext to further erode our civil liberties and stifle dissent. Things are almost sure to get worse, I hate to sa...
2025-06-2218 min
American Doom6/14/25 downtown LAHorses, flash bangs and tear gas now being used against protesters around the federal building in downtown LA following the No Kings protest This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american-doom.com/subscribe
2025-06-1500 min
American DoomMarking immigrants for death, with Arturo DominguezKilmar Abrego Garcia is currently — as of the last court filing and the Trump regime’s word — residing in one of the worst prisons in the world in El Salvador. He’s there because of a mistake, lawyers representing the Trump administration have said. It was a mistake in the micro sense, but Garcia’s deportation and confinement in a Salvadoran hellhole are no accident: this is about punishment and pain.Today, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) will travel to El Salvador to try to get Garcia back. This is something pretty brave in terms of American politics —...
2025-04-1636 min
American FrictionHow Trump and Musk are destroying America’s safety netTrump and Musk are taking an axe to chunks of America’s social security infrastructure – so just how badly will this hurt ordinary citizens? Justin Glawe, independent journalist and founder of American Doom, joins Jarv and Nikki to discuss. Back us on Patreon – we need your help to keep going. Get ad free episodes, extra bits and merch: https://www.patreon.com/c/americanfriction We’re now on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanFrictionPod Follow us on social media: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/americanfric.bsky.social ...
2025-03-2435 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTrump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Disrupt Benefits to Nation’s Most VulnerableInterview with Justin Glawe, independent journalist and editor of the American Doom newsletter, conducted by Scott Harris.Justin Glawe discusses his latest Rolling Stone article, “Social Security Insiders Warn Trump and Musk Could Break the Program,” and growing concern that congressional Democrats can’t mount an effective defense of America’s most popular government program. He's the author of the forthcoming book, "If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened."
2025-03-2117 minBetween The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastTrump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most VulnerableAmerican Doom independent journalist Justin Glawe: Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter Program Serving the Nation’s Most VulnerablePublic Citizen Co-Executive Director Lisa Gilbert: Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of LawlessnessLeft Voice Editor Sam Carliner: Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student ActivistBob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary• Former Philippines President Duterte in Hague after ICC arrest• Executives at White House Crypto Summit gave $11M to Trump inaugural• New secretary of Veteran...
2025-03-1929 min
WPKN Community Radio250319-btlv128*Trump-Musk Attack on Social Security Could Shatter the Progam Serving the Nation’s Most Vulnerable; Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine; Producer: Scott Harris.
*Public Citizen Pushing Back Against Trump Regime’s Onslaught of Lawlessness; Lisa Gilbert, Co-President of Public Citizen; Producer: Melinda Tuhus.
*Trump Suppression of Free Speech an Unconstitutional Pretext to Deport Palestinian Student Activist; Sam Carliner a journalist and editor at Left Voice; Producer: Scott Harris.
2025-03-1929 minCounterpoint with Scott HarrisCounterpoint 03-17-25 Scott Harris discusses: Trump Suppression of Free Speech Pretext for Deportation Palestinian Student Activist; Trump Musk Social Security Attack Could Disrupt Benefit Checks; Is the Trump Recession Coming; New Book Examines Perception of Racism and SexismCOUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.orgSome segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed fo...
2025-03-181h 21
American DoomOne man stood upDonald Trump is an existential threat not just to American democracy, but to our role as the world’s most prosperous and powerful nation. Many people have known this for a long time—Republicans have known this, as have decorated military generals who are lifelong conservatives. Americans of all political stripes, socioeconomic statuses and educational backgrounds know this. Democrats certainly know this.Which is why I am so confused as to why Al Green, the representative from Texas, was the only member of Congress and the only Democrat to forcefully protest Trump’s speech last night. Not long i...
2025-03-0501 min
American DoomAttack on GOP town hall protester in Coeur d'Alene, ID — a troubling sign of pro-Trump law enforcementJust a reminder that my work here is made possible by the support of paid subscribers. In the last week I’ve covered the militarization of immigration enforcement; UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House; the Trump-Zelenenskyy debacle; DOGE’s failure to find a single instance of fraud in the federal government; and DOGE’s work dismantling the Social Security Administration. If you appreciate me keeping up with the news—and breaking it—please consider a paid subscription to American Doom for as little as $5 a month, or contributing to our Doom Coffee Fund. Onward - jg...
2025-03-0428 min
American DoomNegotiating with a madman, with Daniel BatesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did the best he could, but there’s just no way to win — or even compromise — with American leadership this far afield from reasonable adult behavior. A day before the world watched Donald Trump and JD Vance ambush Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had to negotiate the same environment — albeit one less fraught as the political and culture war hell that Zelenskyy walked into. Whether you’re Zelenskyy, or Starmer, or a Democratic or Republican member of Congress, the problem with negotiating with Trump is that it’s like...
2025-03-0227 min
American DoomExtremism and militarization of immigration enforcement, with Arturo DominguezLegacy media is capitulating to Trump (just Google Jeff Bezos if you haven’t already heard). That’s why it’s important to support independent media like American Doom. The best way to support our work is through a paid subscription. Last week, news came from Texas that an 11-year-old girl killed herself because her classmates were bullying her about being deported. She is a victim of Donald Trump and Republicans’ endless denigration of immigrants of all races, from all walks of life. May the memory of Jocelynn Rojo Carranza live on forever, and be a lesson...
2025-02-2737 min
Savannah Jams PodcastEpisode 05: Open Mic at the WarehouseSend us a textThis week, we take Savannah Jams on the road to the Warehouse Bar and Grille on River Street, where every Tuesday night from 8 to 11 PM, the legendary Brett “Hitman” Barnard hosts one of the city’s most electric open mic nights. The mics are live, the beer is flowing, and the stage is packed with raw talent. In this episode, we capture the energy firsthand with a series of mini-interviews featuring some of Savannah’s finest musicians—guitarist Stuart Kinzel, drummer Larry Duff, emcee and singer-songwriter Basik Lee, singer-songwriter Brandi O...
2025-02-2629 min
American DoomNew American fascism and competitive authoritarianism, with Steven MonacelliToday I’m speaking with Steven Monacelli, an independent investigative journalist based in Texas. Steven does an incredible job covering right-wing extremism. His latest pieces include an examination of what experts are calling a new form of fascism helmed by the White House, and a more complex understanding of what we’re witnessing called competitive authoritarianism. Steven also just published an explosive investigation into an ICE lawyer in Dallas who runs an anonymous, white supremacist X account.I first met Steven in Dallas — where I lived for a couple of years while covering immigration and the border — at a QAn...
2025-02-2226 min
American DoomNegotiating peace in Ukraine—without Ukraine, with Tim MakIt’s becoming more and more clear that the Trump administration is simply the enforcement and policy arm of an American right that believes in a post-democratic world order. That’s why we see things like Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking the language of autocrats like Vladimir Putin—and more or less doing their bidding. Your subscription dollars help fund my independent journalism. Throw a few bucks my way to stay on top of the madness to come. The dismantling of USAID has already resulted in the loss o...
2025-02-1716 min
American DoomUnderstanding the radical right, with Teddy WilsonGood afternoon and welcome to the latest edition of the American Doom podcast. Today I’m talking with Teddy Wilson, a journalist and researcher who runs Radical Reports, a newsletter focused on the far-right. I highly suggest you sign up for Teddy’s newsletter to stay abreast of all the swirling madness of domestic extremism, which is most certainly not going away and whose adherents are not sitting idly by as Trump continues his dismantling of the federal government. You can listen and watch today’s episode here, on YouTube and Spotify and Apple podcasts. If you’re not a...
2025-02-0334 min
American DoomTrump's executive orders: Troops at the border, vengeance for classified docs scandal, purging public servants, punishing sanctuary citiesExecutive orders continue to come flooding from the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Donald Trump signed a handful more on Thursday afternoon, his signature black Sharpie pen squeaking as he went.It’s a lot to process — not just for members of the press like myself but for the public, who must then (hopefully) consume and understand scores of news reports on these many executive actions. Courts are also scrambling to keep up, as many of the orders propose novel interpretations of laws that must now be argued in front of judges. Or, as a federal judg...
2025-01-2411 min
American DoomWildfire warfare with Brian Tyler CohenNext week, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president. The ensuing months and years will bring much chaos and catastrophe. I say that not to scare you but because it’s the truth. Much of the legacy media continues to fail to meet this fraught moment by acting as if this is politics as usual — American life as usual. (See these many examples as well as the general turmoil at the Washington Post.) Needless to say, none of this is normal.Independent journalism like the kind I produce here will be crucial to getting factual information free from...
2025-01-1628 min
American DoomThe coming misinformation warA week from today, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president. The ensuing months and years will bring much chaos and catastrophe. I say that not to scare you but because it’s the truth. Much of the legacy media continues to fail to meet this fraught moment by acting as if this is politics as usual — American life as usual. (See these many examples as well as the general turmoil at the Washington Post.) Needless to say, none of this is normal.Independent journalism like the kind I produce here will be crucial to gett...
2025-01-1426 min
Refuse FascismWhat you Need to Know Before the Election For Whatever Comes NextWith the election in just two days, Sam recaps essential points on refusing fascism in the event of various scenarios that may arise over the next few days and weeks. While there is much that we do not know about what will happen on Tuesday and after, we do know this: fascism is never legitimate. No election, fair or fraudulent, can legitimize a fascist regime. Join the online forum: Refuse Fascism Responds to the 2024 Election Friday, Nov 8 at 8PM ET. Sign-up to join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FvJFMP5qSZO1pDEWtLaCxA
Then, Sam talks w...
2024-11-0456 min
American DoomThreats, harassment and intimidation at the pollsNote: I’m out this morning with a very in-depth look at Mother Jones at how election deniers took over Georgia in the last four years. That story has gone live as I am typing this, and I’m incredibly proud of it so I hope you take the time to read it. It’s the culmination of three years’ worth of non-stop work covering the election denial movement in Georgia and elsewhere. It wouldn’t be possible without your support. If you want to continue that support, you can help me power through these final days before the...
2024-10-3125 min
WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet PodcastTrump, GOP Plan to Subvert Presidential Election Outcome if They LoseInterview with Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine and the newsletter American Doom, conducted by Scott HarrisJustin Glawe discusses the important issues examined in his recent articles regarding GOP threats to undermine the 2024 election with a focus on the conduct of Georgia’s election board and the mass purging of eligible voters in that state.Glawe’s forthcoming book is titled, “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened.”
2024-10-2226 min
American FrictionIs Trump's campaign falling apart?Trump is cancelling interviews, refusing to answer questions and acting like a cursed wedding DJ at the moment. Has his campaign lost all direction? Plus, we discuss what it means to call him a fascist with Dorian Lynskey, co-author of Fascism: The Story of an Idea. And in a guest double whammy, journalist and author Justin Glawe joins to discuss Georgia and how events there will impact the election result and beyond. Back us on Patreon – we need your help to keep going. Get ad free episodes, extra bits and merch: patreon.com/americanfriction
2024-10-181h 10Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine podcastTrump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They LoseRolling Stone contributor Justin Glawe: Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They LoseNew York Times best-selling author Andra Watkins: Under Trump, Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief350.org U.S. Partnerships Coordinator Nico Udu-Gama: If Completed, the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’Bob Nixon's Under-reported News SummaryBolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political rightAfter decades, still no clear path to U.S. citizenship for Haitian immigrantsSan Francisco's mayoral election defined by hou...
2024-10-1629 min
WPKN Community RadioBetween The Lines - 10/16/24 ©2024 Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc.* Trump, GOP Preparing to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They Lose Justin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine Producer: Scott Harris
* Under Trump Project 2025 Would Sabotage Federal Storm Forecasting and Disaster Relief Andra Watkins, a New York Times bestselling author Producer: Scott Harris
* If Completed the East African Oil Pipeline Will be a Destructive ‘Carbon Bomb’ Nico Udu-Gama, US Partnerships Coordinator at 350.org Producer: Melinda Tuhus
2024-10-1629 minCounterpoint with Scott HarrisGOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election; Project 2025's Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response; Sanders Pushes Bill to Stop US Weapons Sales to Israel; Nuts & Bolts of Progressive Electoral Success1) Trump, GOP Plan to Undermine Presidential Election Results if They LoseJustin Glawe, an independent journalist, frequent contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, writes the newsletter American Doom. Glawe, whose forthcoming book is tilted, “If I Am Coming to Your Town, Something Terrible Has Happened,” discusses the important issues examined in his recent articles re: GOP threats to undermine the 2024 election, with a focus on the conduct of Georgia's election board and the mass purging of eligible voters in that state.2) Project 2025's Sabotage of Federal Disaster Response
2024-10-151h 21
Refuse FascismHow Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School VouchersSam recaps recent developments including the escalating impact on the community of Springfield, Ohio from JD Vance’s Hitlerian lies about immigrants there, the Republican Party that is made up of “Black Nazis” like Mark Robinson, the fascist organizing at the level of the Georgia state election board to find ways to throw the election to Trump in November, plus the heartbreaking stories that are starting to come out as maternal mortality review committees uncover cases of women who did not need to die but were denied life-saving abortion care because of bans in their states post-Dobbs.
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2024-09-2351 min
The Daily Beast PodcastHow Is JD Vance So Bad at All of This?The hosts of The New Abnormal explore JD Vance’s unimpeachable weirdness. Then Maya Wiley, former New York City mayoral candidate, ex-MSNBC legal analyst, and current president and CEO of The Leadership Conference, arrives just in time to discuss her new book, Remember, You Are a Wiley. Plus! A conversation with independent journalist Justin Glawe about election officials who just so happen to also be election deniers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-171h 07
American DoomThe stolen election narrative to comeYo. Today I’m in Luke O’Neill’s Hell World with a reflection on the election denier madness I’ve seen over the last four years. You can read it here and support Luke’s work by subscribing to his killer newsletter. Fun fact: I’ve been writing for Luke off and on longer than any other publication I’ve written for. The Internet can still be fun! Also just a reminder that tomorrow night I’ll be hosting a live chat for the presidential debate. This live chat will be for paid subscribers only and I’ll be discussi...
2024-09-0935 min
Refuse FascismFascist Riots in the UK, Fascist Plots in the USThis week, Sam discusses recent developments including Project 2025 Phase 2, the efforts of Republi-Fascists to subvert elections and the Democratic National Convention's approach to combating fascism (is it weird or is it fascism?).
She then welcomes Sian Norris back on the show to discuss the fascist riots in the UK that targeted asylum seekers and Muslims following a lethal mass stabbing in Southport England. Sian Norris is a senior investigative reporter at openDemocracy (read her work here) and author of Bodies Under Siege: How the Far-Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global. You can follow Sian on X @sianu...
2024-08-1858 min
Out of the Box with Jonathan RussoLocal Election Officials Matter More Than VP Picks (ft. Justin Glawe)Friend of the pod Justin Glawe (American Doom) is welcomed back to share thoughts about the election officials Trump shouted out in Georgia, his journalism work covering election deniers, and why we should be focusing on the so-thought small parts of the election process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-08-0945 min
American Doom'Hands up, don't shoot'Today, I’m pleased to share a conversation on that I had recently with DeRay McKesson, one of the young civil rights leaders who was on the ground in Ferguson in the wake of Michael Brown’s death. Since then, DeRay has gone on to become a best-selling author and political force for racial justice among many of his other successes. While we’ve disagreed on some things over the years — primarily what constitutes a justifiable use of fatal force by law enforcement — but one thing that we do agree on is that the issue of police violence remains a concerni...
2024-08-0924 min
No Lie with Brian Tyler CohenBONUS EPISODE: Pro-Trump election officials poised to PREVENT 2024 certificationAmid major outcry over a Rolling Stone article written by Justin Glawe about pro-Trump election officials preparing to refuse certification of the 2024 election in swing states, Brian sat down with Justin Glawe, the author of the article, and voting rights attorney Marc Elias, to discuss where we stand on this issue right now.Rolling Stone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-swing-state-officials-election-deniers-1235069692/Shop merch: https://briantylercohen.com/shopYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/briantylercohenTwitter: https://twitter.com/briantylercohenFacebook: https...
2024-08-0233 min
American DoomRight-wing militias are gathering for war if they lose in NovemberToday on the American Doom podcast I’m speaking with Katie Paul of the Tech Transparency Project (TTP). Katie has been looking into militia groups online over the past four years, and she’s found a lot of right-wing clamoring for political violence — some of which has ramped up in recent months as platforms like Facebook have taken their hands off the reins of content moderation. Her work is a troubling signifier of bad times to come, something that readers of this newsletter are very familiar with. In one video Katie shared with America...
2024-06-2634 minOut of the Box with Jonathan RussoThe Violence of Election Denialism (ft. Justin Glawe)Journalist Justin Glawe joins Jonathan Russo to talk all things January 6th and November 5th. What sparks election denialism, and what makes people stick with it? Find out on this week's episode of Out of the Box with Jonathan Russo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-06-1442 min
American DoomThe Christian nationalist threat to democracyMy guest today on the American Doom podcast is Steven Monacelli, a writer and journalist in Texas who focuses on right-wing extremism there. Steven and I first met in May of 2021 when I travelled back to Dallas — where I lived for a couple of years while covering immigration and the border — to attend a QAnon conference. The event was actually called, quite ridiculously, the “For God & Country Patriot Roundup” and was held in a sad county fair-looking barn-turned event center on the edge of Dallas’ ever-depressing commercial district. The event gained infamy when disgraced general and election denial mov...
2024-06-0746 min
American DoomDalton Mattus and the looming threat of right-wing extremismDalton Mattus was arrested a little more than two weeks ago for possessing a pair of handmade pipe bombs. Police found more at his home. What hasn’t been reported in the local press is that Mattus posted prolifically about every right-wing, anti-government conspiracy imaginable. He is a symbol both of the online radicalization toward right-wing extremism that pervades the United States, and the threats of violence that right-wing extremists pose. In this episode of the American Doom podcast, I discuss Mattus’ case with Bree Zender, my partner here at AD, who helped research Mattus’ posting for our collaboration with R...
2024-06-0337 min
American DoomTrouble at the Daily Beast, right wing reax to campus protests to comeLast week I wrote about the wars to come, in which I describe what I think will be the natural — and possibly violent! — right-wing reaction to recent campus protests. That prediction, if you want to call it that, is based on my experience covering unrest over the last decade. Throughout much of that time, I was in conflict scenarios writing and reporting for my longtime editor, Justin Miller. Much of that work came when Miller was an editor at the Daily Beast. Now, he’s at New York magazine, where he’s recently dusted off his pen for a piece he...
2024-05-1026 min
American DoomTrump out of court and on the campaign trailIt’s a big day here at American Doom, where I’m excited to share the first episode of the podcast version of this newsletter. Today, I’m speaking with my old pal Alex Wroblewski, a photojournalist who I first worked with back in 2014. We did a story together for VICE back then, and since then have crossed paths at protests and riots across the country. He’ll be covering Trump’s rally in Wisconsin on Wednesday, so I wanted to catch up with him on some of the madness of this election cycle. This is a public e...
2024-04-3025 min
American DoomWhat happens when the bad guys always win? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american-doom.com/subscribe
2023-03-2038 min
American DoomThe literary absurdity of post-9/11 life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american-doom.com/subscribe
2023-03-1336 min
American DoomWhat the hell happened in 2015 and what it tells us about the future This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american-doom.com/subscribe
2023-03-0336 min
American DoomWhere Do We Go From Here and what the hell are we doing? A podcast, episode one. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.american-doom.com/subscribe
2023-02-2433 min
The Muckrake Political PodcastDoes The GOP Want Mass Shootings?Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the latest mass shooting in Highland Park, IL and how the Republicans might want more of them in order to accelerate their progress to an authoritarian regime. Plus, Mitt Romney drops an Op-Ed/presidential announcement and then journalist Justin Glawe joins the discussion to explain the recent rash of Election Deniers running for office in Georgia. To support the show and access additional content, including the extra Weekender show every Friday and live-shows, become a patron at patreon.com/muckrakepodcast
2022-07-0655 min
The Muckrake Political PodcastFlynn Calls For A Coup and MAGA/QAnon Go WildJared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss disgraced general Mike Flynn's affirmative response to a question regarding why we can't have a Myanmar-style military coup in the United States. Journalist Justin Glawe (http://twitter.com/justinglawe), who was at the Q Anon convention where Mike Flynn was speaking, joins the show to add more context and discuss how widespread this movement is. Jared then sits down with Marc-André Argentino (http://twitter.com/_MAArgentino), one of the foremost researchers of Q-Anon and online conspiracy theorism, to talk about how very real the Q Anon threat is, as its spread to o...
2021-06-011h 05