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10.30.25 - 5:00am

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As Trump Rewards Billionaires and Mike Johnson Protects Pedophiles, Americans and Their Children Are About to Go Hungry  We begin with SNAP food stamp payments to one in eight Americans stopping on November 1 since the House of Representatives is shut down which will result in millions of kids going hungry so that Speaker Johnson … Continued

10.29.25 - 5:00am

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Reality Versus Fiction in Trump’s Asia Tour of Japan then on to South Korea To Meet Xi We begin with Trump’s Asian summit tour which has him now in Japan and heading to South Korea tomorrow where he will meet with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday. We will discuss the reality versus the fiction our … Continued

10.28.25 - 5:00am

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The Unbound Grandiosity of Trump’s Ego and Its Frailty as the Most Powerful Man in the World Craves and Demands Praise and Flattery We will begin with more evidence of Trump’s mental impairment from a deranged rant he posted on Truth Social about Tylenol and vaccines at 4.19 AM Sunday offering dangerously absurd medical advice. … Continued

10.24.25 - 5:00am

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How Blue States Can Defend Themselves Against the Divisive Partisan Warfare Trump is Waging Against Them We begin with the most divisive American president since the Civil War deliberately waging war on blue states who did not vote for him and punishing them by canceling government projects while invading and intimidating them with ICE thugs and … Continued

10.23.25 - 5:00am

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Although the Oysterman in Maine is Imploding and Senator Fetterman is a Disappointment, Authentic Populist Democratic Candidates Are Emerging on the Left We begin with the populist promise on the Left backfiring in Maine where the most beatable Republican Senator Susan Collins has been given a reprieve with a gift from disturbing revelations about the … Continued

10.22.25 - 5:00am

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Trump Tears Down the East Wing for a Gilded Ballroom While Washington’s Government Workers Aren’t Getting Paid We begin with the vandalism underway at the White House where the East Wing is being torn down to build a vanity project for Trump, a $250 million ballroom gilded with garish gold and glittering chandeliers at a … Continued

10.21.25 - 5:00am

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Trump’s Outlandish Vulgarity has Support in the GOP and Deep Roots in American Politics We begin with the AI video Trump posted of himself flying a fighter jet wearing a crown and dropping poop on demonstrators at Saturday’s No Kings rallies and discuss how in spite of Joe Biden’s often repeated assurance that “This is … Continued

10.17.25 - 5:00am

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Trump and Putin to Meet in Budapest Soon For Another Summit After the Alaska Fiasco We begin with the two hour phone call Trump had with Putin today which he described as yielding “great progress” with a second summit after the Alaska fiasco to take place soon in Budapest which the Kremlin has confirmed. Tomorrow … Continued

10.16.25 - 5:00am

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SCOTUS Appears Poised To Gut the Voting Rights Act Again to Give Republicans 10 to 12 New House Seats at the Expense of Black Voters Before Votes Are Cast in the Midterms We begin with the Supreme Court hearing today on the Louisiana gerrymander to remove black majority districts in which the court’s right wing … Continued

10.15.25 - 5:00am

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Hamas Moves to Assert Control Over Gaza Making the Prospect of an Arab/Muslim Police Force Taking Over Dubious We begin with the scant details in the Israel/Hamas peace plan that are more about the destination than how to get there. With Hamas displaying its priority of taking control of Gaza and executing its Palestinian enemies … Continued