Trump Shows Up and Wrecks Everything!
Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill was supposed to rally Republicans but instead, it exposed a total mess. Tim and Sam break down the chaos, the SALT Caucus embarrassment, and yes, they briefly address your comment section grievances.
15m May 20, 2025
15m
The Trump Team is Now Trying to Jail Members of Congress
Rep. LaMonica McIver faces charges after a tense visit to a New Jersey ICE facility. Sam Stein and Adrian Carrasquillo break down the confrontation, why Mayor Baraka’s charges are dropped, and how Democrats are responding.
11m May 20, 2025
11m
Trump’s DOJ Paying Nearly $5M to Capitol Attacker’s Family
Tim Miller breaks down the political and legal implications of Donald Trump’s Justice Department agreeing to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by police during the January 6 Capitol riot. Watch Michael Fanone's conversation with Ben Parker: https://youtu.be/h8x_E2L49rA
7m May 20, 2025
7m
Trump Fired Her For Not Giving Mel Gibson His Guns Back!
Former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer was fired after refusing to recommend restoring Mel Gibson’s gun rights. She speaks out about Trump’s abuse of the pardon system to reward allies and donors, DOJ intimidation tactics, and her fight to bring transparency to a secretive and corrupt process. Liz Oyer Substack https://substack.com/@lizoyer
25m May 19, 2025
25m
Trump’s Lawsuit Could Destroy Journalism
A bogus lawsuit, a media merger, and a newsroom on the brink. Tim and JVL break down Trump’s latest power play.
11m May 19, 2025
11m
JD Vance's Shameless Surrender To Putin
Tim Miller and JVL talk Vice President JD Vance’s comments on Ukraine, framing it as "Joe Biden’s war" and casted doubt on continued U.S. support.
10m May 19, 2025
10m
Joe Biden Diagnosed With “Aggressive Form” of Cancer
Sam Stein and Andrew Egger react to the news of former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis, and reflect on his personal and political legacy.
15m May 19, 2025
15m
Stop Using Cops as Props!
Michael Fanone joins Ben Parker to discuss the politicization of policing, the lies law enforcement has been sold, and why the people who attacked the Capitol should never be called patriots. Check out Michael's post here: https://michaelfanone.substack.com/p/from-one-cop-to-another
19m May 18, 2025
19m
Trump’s Treasury Chief Blows It Live on TV
Tim Miller explains how Trump’s team admits their own policies are hurting American businesses and consumers while pretending it is all good news.
11m May 18, 2025
11m
Tim Miller: The MAGA Freak Show Is Big Mad Again
Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House (https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house) to discuss Trump's reckless tariffs and high interest rates driving economic anxiety among everyday Americans, Republicans doing nothing, and why even MAGA loyalists are now turning on Trump over his controversial acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar.
16m May 17, 2025
16m
Trump Deportations Smacked Down By SCOTUS!
The Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s push for immediate deportations, allowing a group of immigrants to challenge their removal as a class. Though procedural, the decision marks a meaningful check on Trump’s power, and a rare rebuke, even from justices he appointed. It signals the Court’s resistance to executive overreach and the administration’s threats to defy judicial a...
10m May 16, 2025
10m
GOP Hardliners Trash Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill just crashed spectacularly in the House, sabotaged by Republicans themselves. Andrew Egger and Joe Perticone break down this major defeat for the President, the chaos unleashed by GOP infighting, and what’s next for Trump’s agenda as Congress scrambles to clean up this mess.
13m May 16, 2025
13m
Sarah Longwell: Trump Has A New Weak Spot
Sarah Longwell joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House (https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house) to break down how Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs are hammering working families, pushing prices even higher, and shattering the illusion that he knows what he’s doing on the economy.
12m May 16, 2025
12m
GOP in Total Chaos Over “Big, Beautiful Bill”
Sam Stein is joined by HuffPost’s Arthur Delaney to break down the infighting among Republicans over Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful” budget bill, highlighting the deep divisions over tax cuts, Medicaid reductions, and whether the plan has any real chance of passing. Join at 9pm ET for a Members Only Conversation with Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn (https://www.youtube.com/live/TeTFWrLsRnc?si=K...
12m May 15, 2025
12m
How Do We Fight Fascism? Flee or Fight?
Three prominent Yale professors are leaving the U.S. for Canada, warning that rising authoritarianism in America resembles 1930s fascism. The conversation debates whether fleeing is defeatist or a powerful way to raise the alarm, with some arguing it's time to fight, not flee.
19m May 15, 2025
19m
Trump’s Pay-to-Play World Tour
JVL and Bill Kristol discuss how Trump’s authoritarian playbook depends on public corruption, loyalty tests, and billion-dollar payouts. And why the business class is just fine with it.
24m May 15, 2025
24m
EXCLUSIVE: Disgusting Posts From Trump South Africa Refugee
JVL and Will Sommer deep dive into the social media accounts of one of the South African refugees who recently arrived in the US, uncovering far-right views that raise questions about the Trump administration’s hypocritical vetting process. Read More, An Afrikaner Refugee Has Thoughts About the Jews (https://www.thebulwark.com/p/an-afrikaner-refugee-south-africa-has-thoughts-about-jews-antisem...
14m May 14, 2025
14m
Noem Hearing: She Won’t Say Trump Lied
At a chaotic DHS hearing, Secretary Kristi Noem refused to admit a Trump-used photo was doctored, exposing how far officials will go to avoid contradicting him. The exchange highlighted the cult-like loyalty around Trump and the erosion of truth in government oversight.
14m May 14, 2025
14m
This Is the Most Obvious Corruption Ever (w/ Sen. Brian Schatz)
Sam Stein is joined by Senator Brian Schatz to break down the $400 million “gift” from Qatar to Donald Trump, raising serious constitutional and ethical red flags. They discuss how Democrats (and even some Republicans) are condemning it, and how this kind of blatant grift fits into the larger pattern of Trump-era corruption.
14m May 14, 2025
14m
Tim Miller: Why is Trump Making China Stronger?
Tim Miller joins Scott Galloway as a guest host on Raging Moderates. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHTCp2RpERg) They unpack how Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs and trade war have pushed the U.S. economy to the brink, rattled global markets, and handed major strategic wins to China while American consumers to pay the price. Watch the full show here: Raging Moderates (https://www.youtube.com/...
13m May 14, 2025
13m
Tim Miller Unloads on Biden’s Inner Circle
Tim Miller joins Krystal Ball on Breaking Points (https://www.youtube.com/c/breakingpoints) to share his takes on Biden’s decline, Democratic dysfunction, and how political cowardice opened the door for Trump’s comeback.
16m May 14, 2025
16m
Trump Gets Qatari Jet, While We Pay More!
Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s Katy Tur Reports (https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-live-katy-tur) to discuss Trump accepting a luxury jet from Qatar, his administration’s reckless immigration policies, and massive tariff hikes that amount to a tax on working families.
15m May 14, 2025
15m
Trump’s Lies About Prices, Thoroughly Demolished
Will Saletan unpacks Donald Trump’s lies about the economy, from food prices, tariffs, and job losses, and contrasts them with hard data highlighting how Trump dismisses economic warnings, blames others for downturns, and promotes approval ratings that don’t exist, raising questions about his grip on reality.
11m May 13, 2025
11m
China Just EMBARRASSED Trump and MAGA
Remember when Trump’s China trade war was the MAGA movement’s big new thing? Andrew Egger walks through how that tough-on-China stance fell apart in just a few weeks—and how MAGA influencers didn’t miss a beat.
8m May 13, 2025
8m
Trump’s Sickening “White’s Only” Refugee Plan
Tim Miller calls out the press conference by Trump's Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau where he explains the decision to accept white South African refugees while rejecting others, particularly Afghan refugees being forced to leave the United States, highlighting blatant racial bias and hypocrisy in U.S. refugee policy. Watch Tim's conversation with Will Selber, "They Will Be Killed...
12m May 13, 2025
12m
Trump Pulls Classic “Donnie Bait-and-Switch” on Drug Prices
Trump issued a new executive order on drug prices. Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn unpack what it actually does, what it claims to do, and how it stacks up against past policy efforts.
11m May 12, 2025
11m
Stephen Miller Flips Out Over Tim's Tweet
Tim Miller responds to Stephen Miller’s tweet accusing him of being a leftist for criticizing Trump’s massive tariff hike. He breaks down why the policy makes no sense, who will really pay the price, and calls out Stephen for defending everything Trump does to stay in his good graces.
9m May 12, 2025
9m
Trump's Latest Presser Made Our Heads EXPLODE
Sam Stein and Tim Miller react to the jaw-dropping moment Trump boasted about taking a luxury plane from a foreign government. No spin, no denial, just a full-on flex. They dig into why this matters and what it reveals about how Trump sees the rules.
13m May 12, 2025
13m
Law Firms Who Folded To Trump EXPOSED as Cowards! (w/ Sen. Richard Blumenthal)
Senator Richard Blumenthal joins Sam Stein to expose how major law firms have capitulated to Donald Trump’s pressure campaign, agreeing to vague, billion-dollar pro bono deals after being threatened by executive orders and government retaliation. Blumenthal criticizes firms like Paul Weiss for surrendering without written agreements, calling it a disgraceful betrayal of legal ethics and constit...
14m May 12, 2025
14m
RFK Lied About Vaccines—Now Kids Are Paying the Price
Jonathan Cohn speaks with pediatrician and former FDA official Joshua Sharfstein, who breaks down vaccine safety, debunks the myths pushed by anti-vaxxers like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and explains how RFK Jr.’s actions as Secretary of Health and Human Services are undermining public health in America.
20m May 11, 2025
20m
This $400M Plane Is a Bribe—And Everyone Knows It
Sam Stein and Bill Kristol break down one of the most jaw-dropping stories of potential political corruption in recent memory. According to new reporting from ABC News, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a $400 million Boeing 747-8 luxury jet—a "gift" from the royal family of Qatar—that would serve as a new Air Force One and later be handed over to Trump’s presidential foundation
12m May 11, 2025
12m
Our Democracy Is Actually Dying
In this conversation, political analyst Bill Kristol and Harvard professor Daniel Ziblatt—co-author of How Democracies Die—discuss the alarming authoritarian trends emerging during Trump's second term. They explore the rapid erosion of democratic institutions, the consolidation of power through executive orders, and the silence of civic and political elites. Drawing comparisons to historical re...
46m May 11, 2025
46m
Tim Rips Stephen Miller’s Sick Abuse of Power
Tim Miller joins Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez on MSNBC’s The Weeknight (https://www.msnbc.com/weeknight) to discuss the Trump administration’s alarming threats to suspend habeas corpus, the disturbing surge in ICE detentions without due process, and how Trump's immigration policies are eroding constitutional protections.
11m May 10, 2025
11m
They Hate the Pope?!
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer dig into the MAGA reaction to Pope Leo XIV, whose recent comments on immigration have triggered the usual suspects despite his otherwise conservative credentials.
10m May 09, 2025
10m
Trump Defeated! Detained Student Freed After Court Order!
A recent federal appeals court ruling has mandated that the Trump administration transfer Rumeysa Öztürk, a Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University, from an ICE detention center in Louisiana.
14m May 09, 2025
14m
Chris Murphy Nukes Kristi Noem’s Out-of-Control DHS
Sen. Chris Murphy confronted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about her agency's illegal overspending, immigration law violations, and mismanagement of funds.
10m May 09, 2025
10m
Trump Nominates “Reckless Maniac” for District Attorney in DC
Tim Miller breaks down Fox News' Judge Jeanine Pirro's controversial history as Donald Trump taps her for US Attorney to DC.
10m May 09, 2025
10m
American ‘Squid Game’ Could Be Coming to Gitmo
Tim Miller and Sam Stein discuss a shocking proposal to turn Guantanamo Bay into a "transformative" city, blending business, tourism, and immigration in what sounds like a mix of 'Squid Game', 'Severance' and 'The Truman Show.'
7m May 08, 2025
7m
New American Pope Blasted Trump and JD Vance Before Election
A shocking twist in church history: the new pope is American—Pope Leo XIV, a 69-year-old Villanova grad with deep ties to South America and the global South. His final tweet before ascending to the papacy took aim at J.D. Vance, mocking him. Though he didn’t speak English during his first blessing, he’s already sparking pride, back home.
15m May 08, 2025
15m
Trump’s Fake Deal Was So Stupid We Can’t Stop Laughing
Trump held a bizarre press event celebrating a UK trade deal that changed almost nothing, bragged about tariffs, luxury cars, and claimed empty ports were a win for America. While his team showered him with over-the-top praise.
12m May 08, 2025
12m
Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee May Be Too Weird Even for MAGA
Andrew Egger, Jonathan Cohn and Will Sommer discuss President Trump's new nominee for Surgeon General, and the drama it has caused with the anti-vax movement.
18m May 08, 2025
18m
Trump’s Lies Blow Up in Shocking Declassified Report (w/ Rep. Jim Himes)
Rep. Jim Himes joins Tim Miller to discuss the de-classified report revealing the Trump administration used disputed intelligence to justify mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act despite internal reports contradicting their claims.
12m May 07, 2025
12m
Trump Country Is About to Get Hosed By GOP Lawmakers
Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn break down the Republicans’ proposed Medicaid cuts with the potential impacts on millions and political blowback for the GOP. Read More, "Laura Loomer Just Called the GOP’s Bluff on Medicaid Cuts" (https://www.thebulwark.com/p/laura-loomer-just-called-the-gop-bluff-on-medicaid-cuts-maga)
16m May 07, 2025
16m
Europe Abandons Elon Musk, Tesla Sales Plummet
Tesla sales have plummeted in Europe, so JVL and Ben Parker bask in the joy that is a sad Elon Musk.
13m May 07, 2025
13m
SCOTUS Just Let Trump Fire These Soldiers!
Tim Miller and Alaina Kupec, founder and President of the Gender Research Advisory Council + Education (GRACE) discuss the military’s trans ban, what’s really behind it, and how these political attacks are already forcing brave, qualified Americans out of service. Learn more about GRACE: https://www.grace-now.org/
14m May 07, 2025
14m
Trump’s Lies Exposed by His Own Administration
Tim Miller joins Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House (https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house) to discuss Donald Trump’s abuse of the Alien Enemies Act, his targeting of critics like Miles Taylor, and his administration’s purge of military leaders.
17m May 07, 2025
17m
Right-Wing Militia’s Wild Plot to Destroy the Weather System
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer discuss the right-wing militia conspiracy group threatening federal weather radar sites, believing they're being used to control the weather.
12m May 07, 2025
12m
Canada PM Carney Visits Trump’s Oval Office of Insanity
Tim Miller and Sam Stein react to Canadian PM Mark Carney’s Oval Office visit shortly after winning his election, with mixed signals coming from Trump on trade policies, criticism of his own advisors, and US-Canada relations.
11m May 06, 2025
11m
The Fox-Trump White House Merger Is Complete
Sam Stein and Tim Miller talk about how Fox News has become an extension of the Trump White House, with cabinet members flooding the network to win Trump's approval or to spread propaganda? The lines are blurring between media and government.
11m May 06, 2025
11m
MAGA's New Icon? The Racist Playground Mom
Tim Miller and Will Sommer break down a disturbing viral video of a woman yelling a racial slur at a child and how MAGA influencers turned her into a cause worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Check out False Flag here: https://www.thebulwark.com/s/false-flag
10m May 06, 2025
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