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America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails–Trump’s Treasonous Sellout of Ukraine–Sasha Linden Cohen on How the “Socialist” Handled the “Fascist”
America’s Morally Bankrupt, Corrupt and Anti-Democratic Power Elite as Revealed in the Epstein Emails We begin on a day of justice with Trump’s lawsuits against James Comey and Letitia James thrown out and Defense Secretary Hegseth waging absurd threats at Senator Mark Kelly with an investigation into his “seditious” video and go from the good to … Continued
A Dangerous and Demented Trump Calls For the Execution of Democratic Senators and Congressmen and Women Who Are Military and Intelligence Veterans–In the Service of His Billionaire Tech Bro Buddies, Trump Doubles Down on Stopping States From Regulating AI–How Ordinary Citizens Witness and Record ICE and CBP’s Brutality and Cruelty
A Dangerous and Demented Trump Calls For the Execution of Democratic Senators and Congressmen and Women Who Are Military and Intelligence Veterans We begin with an American president lashing out with the most irresponsible, insane and murderous intent, calling for the execution of Democratic Senators and Congressmen and women who are military and intelligence veterans … Continued
As a Split in MAGA Emerges With Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance Jockeying to Succeed America’s Most Corrupt and Disastrous President–Trump’s Plan to Gut the Department of Education That Only Congress Has the Legal Right to Do–Trump is Pressuring a Weakened Zelensky to Accept a Sellout Peace Plan
A Weakened Trump As a Split in MAGA Emerges With Tucker Carlson and J.D. Vance Jockeying to Succeed America’s Most Corrupt and Disastrous President We begin with a weakened Trump whose power to intimidate House and Senate Republicans appears to be waning as a split in MAGA emerges between competing factions of far right neo-Nazis … Continued
The Epstein Loophole, MBS’s White House Welcome, and Meta’s Antitrust Escape
The Loophole in the Epstein Files Bill Passed by the House Today 427 to 1 That Allows Trump to Classify What He Does Not Want the Public to See We will begin with a loophole in the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed today by the House in a 427 to 1 vote to compel the … Continued
Background Briefing (5am) – November 18, 2025
The Cast of Characters Feeding the Bogus and Delusional Intel Trump is Using to Justify a War With Venezuela We begin with Trump, Rubio and Hegseth poised to go to war with Venezuela based on the most ridiculous intelligence from a couple of shadow warriors and threat fabricators financed by the Overstock CEO behind the … Continued
The show digs into the fallout from the newly released Epstein emails, with journalist Matthew Petti detailing Epstein’s ties to Israeli intelligence, and Dr. Louise Shelley unpacking the $100 million corruption scandal surrounding Zelensky’s former media partner. Christopher Preble then breaks down whether the U.S. should back Trump’s proposed security pact with Saudi Arabia as the White House moves to finalize it.
One of the First Journalists to Reveal the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence We begin with the cascading fallout from the release of Epstein’s emails and follow up on Epstein’s connections to Israeli intelligence with a reporter who first revealed these clandestine ties in an article in August in Reason magazine, “Inside Jeffrey … Continued
More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence | Silicon Valley’s Migration to Texas with Musk’s Monarcho-Capitalism Embracing the Christian Nationalist of Petrobaptists | A New Poll That Finds GOP Voters See Trump as Tough, Intelligent or a Peacemaker While Democrats and Independents Say He’s Destructive, Erratic or Reckless
More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence We begin with House Democrats releasing incriminating emails from Epstein expressing surprise that Trump had not been tied to his and Maxwell’s sex trafficking victims, one of whom Epstein said Trump spent hours with at his house, going on … Continued
From Trump’s Flimsy BBC Lawsuit to COP Climate Sabotage—and Whether He’s Imitating or Obeying Putin
Trump Tries to Shake Down the BBC for a $Billion With a Flimsy Lawsuit Like His Trumped Up Cases Against Comey, Letitia James, Senator Schiff, etc. We begin with Trump threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars in a trumped up case like the flimsy lawsuits against his enemies James Comey, Letitia James … Continued
Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises | Can Trump Overcome Supporters of Israel in Congress to End US Sanctions and Stabilize Syria? | Hegseth Wants Defense Contractors on a “Wartime Footing” as He Plans to Attack Venezuela
Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises We begin with eight Senate Democrats and one Independent caving to end the government shutdown with little apparent gain in their strategy to hold out on funding the government for continued subsidies for the ACA to avert skyrocketing healthcare premiums which the … Continued