Pod Save America is a flagship podcast of Crooked Media, a company founded in 2017 by former Obama administration staffers: Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor. All three were top-level political operatives within President Obama’s communications team—Favreau as chief speechwriter, Lovett as a speechwriter, and Vietor as National Security Council spokesman. Together, they launched…
Afghanistan and the Child Sexual Abuse the Obama/Biden Adminstration Enabled
It is difficult to imagine anything more morally jarring than rescuing someone from death—only to deliver them, unknowingly, into the hands of predators. Yet that is precisely the type of nightmare that many American soldiers experienced during our two decades of war in Afghanistan. These soldiers did not lose faith in their mission because of…
Iran and Its Proxies: A Clear and Present Threat to the U.S. and Israel
The Islamic Republic of Iran is not merely a sovereign state with a unique worldview—it is a revolutionary regime that seeks to export its ideology through violent means. Guided by Shiite Islamic theocracy and the doctrine of vilayat-e faqih (guardianship of the Islamic jurist), Iran’s leadership believes it has a divine mandate to fight the…
What Democrats Mean by “Democracy” — and Why It’s Not What Republicans Mean
By now, most Americans have heard Democrats warning that “democracy is under attack” or “we must save our democracy.” These phrases are repeated in speeches, headlines, campaign ads, and social media. President Joe Biden, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and countless left-leaning commentators say that former President Donald Trump and the…
Long March through the Institutions – Infiltration of The Military
The U.S. military has long stood as a symbol of national unity, meritocracy, and upward mobility. For generations, it has offered young men from impoverished backgrounds—regardless of race—a clear path to economic stability and personal growth. Enlistees benefit not only from steady pay, comprehensive healthcare, and educational opportunities through the GI Bill, but also from…
Media Deception – The “Kids in Cages” Lie
In the heat of America’s border crisis debates, one image captured the public’s imagination and outrage: children behind chain-link fences, lying under Mylar blankets, crying and bewildered. These images were circulated endlessly on social media and in major newspapers, accompanied by incendiary headlines accusing the Trump administration of jailing children and tearing them from their…
Media Deception – The Trayvon Martin Shooting
The 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman became one of the most consequential flashpoints in modern American history—not because the facts of the case merited a national racial panic, but because the progressive media deliberately crafted a deceptive narrative. The incident, which occurred in a neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, was rapidly transformed…
Nationalism vs. Globalism – Competing Worldviews in American Politics and the Media’s War on Patriotism
Few ideological divides in modern politics are as sharply defined—and as fiercely contested—as the conflict between nationalism and globalism. These two worldviews offer fundamentally different visions for the role of the state, the identity of its people, and the direction of its policies both domestically and internationally. This divide has permeated political platforms, presidential administrations,…