Dead Air

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Dead Air is a twice-weekly podcast that keeps score of the mainstream media, featuring Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell. On Mondays, they autopsy the Sunday morning shows, grade the hosts, and call out what's been ignored. On Fridays, they focus on stories the mainstream media aren't widely reporting. With mainstream media, it's not just about what they cover. It's about what they don't. Steve and Dean run the grades and tell you who's really doing the work and who's just performing.

  1. 3d ago

    Dead Air: Bonded Pair with Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

    Donald Trump has a lot going on. He’s pulling the last U.S. aircraft carrier out of the Pacific, Iran says the latest agreement is dead, and Americans are getting crushed by the cost of groceries, gas, and health insurance. But what does Trump really want? To travel around with Natalie Harp and build his ballroom. Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell are here to discuss Trump and Natalie’s very special bond, while the rest of the country interrupts their quality time. Plus: UnitedHealth is posting record profits while your premiums go up; Trump is still obsessing over his ballroom and George Washington; someone stepped on his precious grass and he’s demanding answers; and the "Donald Trump Hates You" campaign keeps rolling. Oh, and there’s a Trump diaper video. Dead Air is back. Tune in! Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: Secretary of War Crimes tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/secretary-of-war-crimes?_pos=1&_psq=secretary&_psid=7e73ba632&_ss=e SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES 🇺🇸 JOIN @SaveAmericaMvmt: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. 👉 Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org 🔗 Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: Bonded Pair with Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

  2. 5d ago

    Dead Air: Sailors On The Edge | Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

    Sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have been stuck at sea for more than 260 days, families are sounding the alarm, and multiple sailors have attempted to go overboard. Pete Hegseth’s response? Everything’s basically fine. Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell are here to talk about the sailors being pushed to the edge, while Hegseth gets jittery and the administration looks the other way. Plus: Mike Lindell lost another election and, shockingly, refuses to admit it; DHS is spying on Americans while fighting over grounded planes; Karoline Leavitt called it quits two days after getting stranded on the doomed plane; and "Donald Trump Hates You" is officially in the skies, being towed behind a plane up & down the Florida Panhandle all weekend long — and there’s much more to come.  Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: Secretary of War Crimes tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/secretary-of-war-crimes?_pos=1&_psq=secretary&_psid=7e73ba632&_ss=e SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES 🇺🇸 JOIN @SaveAmericaMvmt: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. 👉 Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org 🔗 Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: Sailors On The Edge | Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

  3. Aug 10

    Dead Air: MAGA goes north | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell

    The reflecting pool case just collapsed, and now everybody's pointing fingers. Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell break down how the Trump administration quietly dropped charges against the Olympic canoer, blamed the reflecting pool damage on botched repairs, then threw Jeanine Pirro under the bus. You can't make this up. Plus: Montana's Senate race gets messier, and the 37 candidates scramble for Toronto mayor.  Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: Got Mitch? tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/got-mitch-tee?_pos=1&_sid=10cfd6cf7&_ss=r SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES 🇺🇸 JOIN @SaveAmericaMvmt: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. 👉 Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org 🔗 Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: MAGA goes north | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell

  4. Aug 9

    Dead Air: Missiles Gone. Wig On | Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

    Donald Trump got booed by a crowd in Vegas, can't seem to locate his missile stockpile, crashed out on Truth Social (surely not after midnight), and he dropped the hair-loss drug he's used for years — but who needs those when you've got a smokin' hot wig? Steve and Dean are here for all of it. In case you were wondering, yes, Steve's wig is on the way. Live at 12 pm ET, "Dead Air" is back to get to the bottom of the Missiles Gone, Wig On situation. Plus: Mitch McConnell has officially been discharged from the rehabilitation center, though some are saying he'll continue to be dead — just from home now. And the White House says the affordability crisis is basically solved, so why is the internet still fighting about $20 burritos? Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: Got Mitch? tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/got-mitch-tee?_pos=1&_sid=10cfd6cf7&_ss=r SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES 🇺🇸 JOIN @SaveAmericaMvmt: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. 👉 Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org 🔗 Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: Missiles Gone. Wig On | Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell

  5. Jul 28

    Dead Air: Fourth Estate Failures | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell

    On today's episode of "Dead Air" with Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell, they assert that the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was more than an embarrassing spectacle. It was a public confession of institutional failure. The people entrusted with holding power accountable laughed, applauded, and socialized with the very figures undermining American democracy. Journalism isn’t performance. It’s a public trust. Edward R. Murrow understood that. Too many of today’s media elites don’t. Former ICE agent and whistleblower Jenn Budd then joins them for a sobering conversation about the culture inside America’s immigration enforcement system. She describes an institution where abuse, dehumanization, and a lack of accountability have become normalized, while political leaders and much of the national media avert their eyes from what’s happening in their name. They close with an unflinching assessment of the Democratic Party. At the moment America most needs a disciplined, competent, and relentless opposition, Democrats remain strategically adrift, financially weakened, and poorly led. The stakes couldn’t be higher. Defeating MAGA will require far more than outrage. It will require a party prepared to meet history with clarity, courage, and competence. Support The Warning and become a YouTube member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw/join Today's Merch: F*CK ICE tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/f-ck-ice?_pos=1&_psq=f**k+ice&_psid=90a4f3f92&_ss=e&_v=1.0 SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES 🇺🇸 JOIN @SaveAmericaMvmt: The Save America Movement is dedicated to truth, accountability, and the preservation of our democracy. We can't do this without you. 👉 Take action today: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org 🔗 Follow Us & Stay Informed Website: TheSaveAmericaMovement.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. Jul 18

    Dead Air: The Bar is in Hell | Steve Schmidt, Dean Blundell & Tara Palmeri

    Today's episode of "Dead Air" is coming at you harder and faster than a Blue Angels flyover at a Florida Beach. Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell tackle Pentagon Pete's plans to provide gender-affirming care to the troops, the ex-wife of the ICE agent who shot and killed Joan Sebastian Guerrero exposing him as a violent loser who should never have been given a gun. Tara Palmeri joins to discuss Todd Blanche's humiliation in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Epstein survivors. Oh, and did you see Sen. Jon Ossoff's masterful takedown of DNI nominee Jay Clayton? If competence is your thing then you need to tune in. Brought to you by the Save America Movement. Read Tara's work and subscribe to her journalism here: https://www.tarapalmeri.com/ Support The Warning and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/@thewarningwithsteveschmidt Today's Merch: F*CK ICE tee: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/f-ck-ice?_pos=1&_psq=f**k+ice&_psid=90a4f3f92&_ss=e&_v=1.0 SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: The Bar is in Hell | Steve Schmidt, Dean Blundell & Tara Palmeri

  7. Jul 14

    Dead Air: No Sanitizing The Sinners | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell

    On today’s episode of Dead Air, we cut through the spin surrounding three stories that speak to the decay of American political life: the political vacuum left by Lindsey Graham’s death, the unanswered questions surrounding Mitch McConnell’s condition, and what may be one of the most alarming assaults on press freedom in modern American history. We examine the carefully managed public messaging surrounding Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, arguing that the American people deserve transparency from a man who has served at the highest levels of government for decades. The conversation explores what has — and hasn’t — been disclosed, and why the absence of clear information fuels growing public skepticism. We talked about Lindsey Graham’s legacy. I argue that Graham wasn’t merely another Republican senator, but one of the central architects of Donald Trump’s consolidation of power inside the Republican Party. His combination of institutional influence, political cynicism, and personal loyalty to Trump was singular — and leaves behind a void that is unlikely to be filled. The episode concludes with a discussion of reports that the Department of Justice, acting at the direction of the White House, has subpoenaed four New York Times reporters —Tyler Pager, Eric Lipton, Eric Schmitt, and Julian E. Barnes — following their reporting on Donald Trump’s use of a Qatari aircraft lacking defensive countermeasures. I argue that using the machinery of the federal government against journalists for doing their jobs is an attack on the First Amendment itself and another step toward the criminalization of independent journalism. Throughout the conversation, we place each story within a larger pattern: the erosion of constitutional norms, the corruption of democratic institutions, and the growing willingness of political power to substitute intimidation for accountability. It’s a sobering conversation about a country drifting further from the constitutional principles that once defined it. Support The Warning and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/@UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw Today's Merch: Embarrassed American https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/embarrassed-american-cotton-tee SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. Jul 11

    Dead Air: Weekend at Mitch's | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell

    Nobody has seen Mitch McConnell in weeks. He's reportedly hospitalized, senators are claiming conversations with him, but Washington is starting to look like a reboot of "Weekend at Bernie's." On today's edition of "Dead Air," brought to you by the Save America Movement, Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell sic the bloodhounds on the senator from Kentucky, just like he would do. They also wade into the Dems' Graham Platner mess in Maine, Trump's latest chaos, and react to the horrific murder of a Houston father at the hands of ICE. Support The Warning and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/@UC2I50t9-7Ol7AjwryRv-Fiw Today's Merch: Embarrassed American https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/products/embarrassed-american-cotton-tee SUBSCRIBE for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Store: https://thewarningwithsteveschmidt.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewarningses.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/ X: https://x.com/SteveSchmidtSES   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dead Air: Weekend at Mitch's | Steve Schmidt & Dean Blundell
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Dead Air is a twice-weekly podcast that keeps score of the mainstream media, featuring Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell. On Mondays, they autopsy the Sunday morning shows, grade the hosts, and call out what's been ignored. On Fridays, they focus on stories the mainstream media aren't widely reporting. With mainstream media, it's not just about what they cover. It's about what they don't. Steve and Dean run the grades and tell you who's really doing the work and who's just performing.

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  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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