Six days out from the midterms, Marcus and Madeline are joined by former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman — now one of the sharpest voices in the country on radicalization, disinformation, and the inner workings of MAGA — and the conversation does not stay on script.
They start with their midterm predictions (Denver is feeling 231-204 in the House, 51-49 in the Senate — and immediately raises the Fetterman problem), but quickly spiral into a deeper conversation: why do Trump voters stay loyal even after Epstein, even after Iran, even after everything? Denver, who owns whiskey distilleries in rural Virginia and still talks to lifelong Trump voters at the bar, has a theory. He traces the psychological architecture of MAGA radicalization from the satanic panic through the Muslim Brotherhood panic through QAnon — and explains why the thing that finally cracks people isn’t morality, it’s diesel prices.
Then it gets serious. Denver details what he expects will happen after Election Day: coordinated lawfare in multiple states, the “million dollar snitch fund” as a stand-back-and-stand-by call to action, potential violence at specific polling locations and the homes of political leaders, and a deliberate strategy of chaos designed to lay the groundwork for 2028. He draws on his experience documenting January 6th (he literally wrote the book on it) and connects the playbook to Russia’s disinformation strategy — explaining why Bannon, Stone, and the rest are not stupid, they’re just immoral.
Madeline brings the law, the rage, and a must-see YouTube channel. Marcus brings the army background and the political instincts. Denver brings everything else.
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