Nick Sortor
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Oct 14, 2026
Michael BerryHOST
Well, actually, he wasn't.
Michael BerryHOST
Where was he? Was he at the Lindner Mental Hospital? Journalist Nick Sortor called.
Michael BerryHOST
It was part of three people who were investigating.
Michael BerryHOST
They released the audio.
Joe ConchaHOST
All right, all acceptable.
Joe ConchaHOST
But when we reach day eight, day nine, day 10, day 11, day 12, and you still haven't heard from the guy, it's worth at least asking the question, is there something else going on here? Now, there was this journalist, if you wanna call him that, Nick Sortor, who is online, has a big following, and he called a mental institution, basically a facility, in Ohio, where Talarico, uh, was rumored to be.
Joe ConchaHOST
At least that's what Sortor's sources were telling him, okay? So he called, and the woman who answered the phone said that, yeah, there was a James Talarico there, and he had been discharged or released.
Joe ConchaHOST
So then Sortor, I guess, said, "All right, that's good enough for me.
Joe ConchaHOST
All right, all acceptable.
Joe ConchaHOST
But when we reach day eight, day nine, day 10, day 11, day 12, and you still haven't heard from the guy, it's worth at least asking the question, is there something else going on here? Now, there was this journalist, if you wanna call him that, Nick Sortor, who is online, has a big following, and he called a mental institution, basically a facility, in Ohio, where Talarico, uh, was rumored to be.
Joe ConchaHOST
At least that's what Sortor's sources were telling him, okay? So he called, and the woman who answered the phone said that yeah, there was a James Talarico there, and he had been discharged or released.
Joe ConchaHOST
So then Sortor, I guess, said, "All right, that's good enough for me.
Dave NealHOST
But again, healthcare fraud, right? This is the thing that Trump wants Minnesota to, uh, go to war with themselves over, right? He wants a civil war in Minnesota for fraud that was exposed by Nick Shirley, a Republican operative who was fed a story that was already a public, uh, thing, right? And now in plain sight in Texas, we see that of course the Republicans that were upset about previous, uh, findings of fraud, of course they're gonna be quiet and, uh, sit on their hands for a story like this.
Dave NealHOST
But isn't this disqualifying? And just remember, James Talarico, the whole Republican operative led by Ken Paxton, um, that guy Nick Sortor and others, they all collaborated.
Dave NealHOST
And I mean, you had Spencer Pratt all with the same story.
Dave NealHOST
"Oh, uh, James Talarico's in a mental health facility.
21 MINS LATER
Dave NealHOST
I hope your lawyer's working for free." Now of course, speaking to those that made this story up, it was a giant story that was made up to smear James Talarico ahead of the Wall Street Journal coming out, which actually had damning information about Ken Paxton.
Dave NealHOST
I sincerely hope Talarico makes an example out of a MAGA influencer or outlet.
Dave NealHOST
Nick Sortor, Chaya Raichik, Eric Dougherty, pick one of s- or several of these people and sue them into oblivion because you can't have a functioning, healthy society with a propaganda machine that exists to mislead and misinform as many people as possible.
Dave NealHOST
It will not stop until the cost of doing this becomes too high, too risky.
David FreiheitHOST
He comes back out and he says, "I, I, I...
David FreiheitHOST
It was all, uh, just a flu, just a flu." Now, the reporting initially came from Nick Sortor, who is, I'd say, not eating crow right now.
David FreiheitHOST
Uh, he's taking a little bit of flak because Nick Sortor, reporting on someone else's reporting at the time, initially posted a 45-second, uh, audio coming from what purports to be a discussion with an alleged representative employee of the Lindner Center of Hope.
David FreiheitHOST
So you all understand how this, how this went down.
David FreiheitHOST
There's a community note on it right now which came subsequent to the Lindner Healing Center, uh, refutation public statement, if you believe that they would ever make such a statement like that without the authorization of the person about whom they're making the statement.
David FreiheitHOST
Set that aside.
David FreiheitHOST
This was the original reporting back a couple of days ago from Nick Sortor, October 11, two days ago.
David FreiheitHOST
"Breaking exclusive.
TJ WalkerHOST
Mental hospital, [clears throat] that was their solution.
TJ WalkerHOST
In Ohio, influencer Nick Sortor posted that an Ohio mental hospital confirms Talarico was discharged.
TJ WalkerHOST
His proof was a phone call where someone claimed to be Talarico's cousin, and the employee repeatedly said she couldn't find him or anyone with that name.
TJ WalkerHOST
That's not a confirmation.
Mark DavisHOST
... lack of natural curiosity, because if indic- the story is real at the mental hospital, which it appears it is not, th- then if it were real, there'd be great curiosity to that.
Mark DavisHOST
If it's not, if the thing was just a colossal hoax, th- then w- and, and I, I don't blame Nick Sortor so much for going with it.
Mark DavisHOST
He, that's just sort of wishful thinking plus gullibility.
Mark DavisHOST
But this guy, this, uh, what's, Ryan or Re- uh, Amacker, whatever his name is-
Mark DavisHOST
Because if indeed the story is real at the mental hospital, which it appears it is not, th- then if it were real, there'd be great curiosity to that.
Mark DavisHOST
If it's not, if the thing was just a colossal hoax, th- then w- and, and I, I don't blame Nick Sortor so much for going with it.
Mark DavisHOST
He- th- th- that's just sort of wishful thinking plus gullibility.
Mark DavisHOST
But this guy, this, uh, what is it, Ryan or Re- uh, Amacker, whatever his name is-
Alan SandersHOST
You know, we don't want to give away any, uh, details about where James Talarico might live and call home.
Alan SandersHOST
So you are once again s- claiming that you've got evidence that shows that Nick Sortor and others were wrong and lying or manufacturing or being fooled or misled or whatever, and you can't go the extra step to literally prove it.
Alan SandersHOST
You just get with your buddies at The New York Times, the old gray mare, the, the... w- where a lot of the hoaxes start and everybody just repeats.
Alan SandersHOST
And, and suddenly we just have to go, "Oh, okay.
Mark DavisHOST
... lack of natural curiosity, because if indic- the story is real at the mental hospital, which it appears it is not, th- then if it were real, there'd be great curiosity to that.
Mark DavisHOST
If it's not, if the thing was just a colossal hoax, th- then w- and, and I, I don't blame Nick Sortor so much for going with it.
Mark DavisHOST
He- th- that's just sort of wishful thinking plus gullibility.
Mark DavisHOST
But this guy, this, uh, what's, Ryan, or Re- uh, Amacker, whatever his name is-
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