MAGA personalities raged at CNN when it refused to permit a Donald Trump propagandist to smear journalists on air. They exploded once more when CNN introduced that the controversy can be fact-checked. We predict this offers an sudden glimpse into what Mission 2025’s implementation would possibly appear to be. This thought was pushed residence by a must-read thread from author David Roberts about Mission 2025’s true goals. So we talked to Roberts about what MAGA’s hostility to impartial journalism portends for a second Trump time period—one which wrecks the skilled, fact-based civil service and transforms authorities right into a instrument for manufacturing propaganda. Hearken to this episode right here.