If Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest is any indicator, MAGA, conservatives and conspiracy theorists are no longer aligned. From so called ‘Heritage Americans’ being more important than other more recent Americans to America First policies and blatant racism/antisemitism, the speakers at the event ripped into each other. The infighting was so awkward, Erika Kirk said it “Feels like a Thanksgiving dinner where your family’s hashing out the family business,” JD Vance tried to laugh it off but ended up doing little to bring people together. 
We’ll talk about it with iHeart TV and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich 
Astronomy Professor Andrew Fraknoi joins to take us to the stars. 
The Mark Thompson Show 
12/22/25
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