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Trump Patrols the Streets of the Nation’s Capital as he Wages War on the Truth We begin with Trump patrolling the streets of Washington DC tonight and how he has sabotaged independent sources of knowledge, flooded communications media with disinformation, and is rewriting history to conform to ideology rather than facts, including Trump’s counter-factual charges … Continued
Protestors at DC’s Union Station Yell at Vance, Hegseth and Miller Who Calls Them “Crazy Communists” as They Bring Cheeseburgers to National Guard Troops We begin with Vance, Hegseth and Miller showing up today at DC’s Union Station with cheeseburgers for the National Guard troops only to be met by a cacophony of protest from … Continued
Trump’s Pathetic Idea of Diplomacy and the Art of the Giveaway We begin with yesterday’s embarrassing display of pathetic amateurism at the White House where our ridiculously out-of-his-depth president had a roundtable discussion with seven world leaders and NATO heads who were present out of desperation to do damage control. Caught on a hot mic, … Continued
Damage Control at the White House to Prevent Trump’s Sellout of Ukraine to Putin We begin with the damage control underway at the White House today as European leaders and President Zelensky try to prevent the total sellout of Ukraine following Trump’s craven gift of caving in and siding with the murderous Make Russia Great … Continued
Trump’s Performative Takeover of the Streets of Washington DC as Its Residents Cry “Fascists”, “Pigs” and “Go Home” We begin with the arrest of a Justice Department employee in Washington, D.C. charged with assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich after calling him and other agents “fascists.” With 1,650 federal officers on the streets having … Continued
How Ukrainians Feel About the Upcoming Summit to Which They Are Not Invited We begin and go to Kyiv, Ukraine for an analysis of how Ukrainians feel about the upcoming summit between Putin and Trump to which they are not invited and must hope that Trump does not sell them out as many expect he … Continued
The UN’s Palestinian Representative’s Call For a UN Peacekeeping Protection Force in Gaza We begin with the UN’s Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine’s call for an international protection force in Gaza that emerged from Sunday’s emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. Joining us to discuss how the formal request to the UN … Continued
Like a Tinpot Dictator, Trump Takes Over the Nation’s Capital, Sending Troops into the Streets as a Show of Force We begin with a lawless president and his lackey the AG acting in the name of law and order to take over the nation’s capital in the way that tinpot dictators send their military into … Continued
Low Expectations Among Experts For the Upcoming Putin/Trump Summit in the UAE We begin with the upcoming summit in the UAE between President Trump and President Putin in the hope we all share of ending Russia’s war on Ukraine that many experts on Russia and Ukraine think is unlikely to happen given Putin’s massive investment … Continued
Will the Lawless Trump Regime Have the FBI Arrest the Democratic Lawmakers Who Fled Texas to Stop Trump’s Power Grab? We begin with Republicans in the Texas Legislature and Senator Cornyn calling on Kash Patel’s FBI to arrest the Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to stop the gerrymandering power grab order by Trump. Meanwhile, … Continued
