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Dr. Phil McGraw's attempt to transition from daytime television personality to a politically aligned media mogul during Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by spectacular failure and financial turmoil, according to a new report.

Since the start of Trump's presidency, ex-psychologist and famed TV doctor McGraw positioned himself as an active participant in the administration. He became a firsthand witness to ICE raids, a critic of protests, and an ever-present volunteer for the executive branch — attending events like RFK Jr.'s swearing-in and appearing with Trump after the Texas flooding.

Dozens of employees have been laid off as it averaged just 27,000 weekly viewers, broadcasting partnerships floundered and, in July, it filed for bankruptcy.

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[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

This guy doesn’t know that most of the activity online from MAGA are bots? He legit thought there were millions of people trying listen to his shenanigans. He needs to pay homage in order for Putin to boost his numbers.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

you are forgetting another thing, hes competing with other right wing grifter who has alot of the market share. originally TP usa, OWENs, shapiro, crowder,,,,etc.

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[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

If only it were real.

[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago

Wake me when he's dead so I can chuckle at the thought of his corpse rotting. Right now I'm still amused by thoughts of Charlie Kirk decomposing but that'll get stale soon enough.

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[-] unabart@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

And tonight… tonight the leopards shall feast on the egg headed carrion.

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[-] Visikde@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

FRO Oprah for making this grifter famous

[-] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

With any luck, the next thing we see from this grifter will be his obituary.

[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm here for the redemption arc where he gets us the Epstein files.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

So good things can happen still... Maybe this timeline isn't the absolute worst one

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago
[-] dmtalon@infosec.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well unless he's a total moron and not just playing one on TV he already made all his money from all the gullible people over the last 25 years so, why's he care?

Unless he pulls a my pillow guy he could just back into the shadows and live his life a lot better off than the rest of us.

(I did not read the article, just making assumptions)

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

This is probably what happens. I dont see this dude fighting for shit. I see him crawling into the shadows, having a side piece and yelling at the lawn guys.

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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Some are more equal than others. Or why Thiel stands to make more money with his giant surveillance scheme than that quack doctor.

[-] aeternum 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Man, Phil is despicable. I'm glad he's going broke.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no! Anyways…

[-] Reygle@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Good. Carry on.

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