Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 Today, Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court for a stay on the DC Circuit Court's ruling on immunity while he applies for a petition for cert ; the federal judge presiding over the Musk Twitter case has ordered him to schedule a deposition, a Republican Michigan lawmaker loses staff and his committee assignment after an online racist post; Donald Trump is considering Lara Trump for RNC Chair; and the Senate Foreign Aid Package consideration is underway. Plus Allis...
Feb 13, 2024•37 min•Ep. 1306
Monday, February 12th, 2024 Today, Donald Trump encourages Putin to invade NATO allies in Europe; the FCC makes AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal; RFK Junior’s super PAC is accused of campaign finance violations; new January 6th footage shows an insurrectionist firing a gun; the man who dove over the bench and attacked a judge in Nevada has been charged with attempted murder; and three people caught bringing fentanyl over the border are US citizens. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good...
Feb 12, 2024•51 min•Ep. 1305
Feb 10, 2021 on Patreon The Fulton County, Georgia DA opens a criminal investigation into former President Donald; Twitter announces Trump’s ban is permanent even if he runs for office in 2024; Biden announces the US is sanctioning the military leaders who directed the coup in Myanmar; the impeachment trial begins with Democratic arguments; plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) and AG hit the Hot Notes and deliver your Good News. Follow our guest on Twitter: Margaret Cho (@margaretcho) Reminder - you c...
Feb 11, 2024•54 min
Originally published on Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: a witness list from federal prosecutors gives us an inside look at the upcoming trial of a Three Percenters affiliate; the FBI has arrested another insurrectionist who was out on bail for attempted murder when he stormed the Capitol; McConnell breaks with the RNC and called the Capitol attack a violent insurrection; the FBI is investigating a meeting that took place between Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes on January 5th; p...
Feb 10, 2024•36 min
Friday, February 9th, 2024 Today, SCOTUS weighs Trump's ballot eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment; special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents is out and there will be no charges filed; Pete Navarro’s request to stay out of prison pending appeal is DENIED; New York vigilantes take down ‘migrant’ live on Fox News – but he was from the Bronx; the Senate breaks the filibuster to open debate on a clean foreign aid bill; the ACLU settles with a Tenne...
Feb 09, 2024•59 min•Ep. 1304
Thursday, February 8th, 2024 Today, Republicans tank their own border bill in the Senate as Chuck Schumer pivots to a clean aid package for Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel; Ronna McDaniel can add the Romney back to her name because she’s resigning as RNC chair; if you’ve donated to the Trump PAC, your money is going to pay Jared and Ivanka’s legal fees; the IRS is expected to collect hundreds of billions of dollars thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act; Nikki Haley loses to “none of these candidates”...
Feb 08, 2024•52 min•Ep. 1303
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 Today, the DC Circuit rules unanimously that former presidents, especially Trump, do not enjoy absolute immunity; Judge Engoron writes an email asking for input from the parties in the NYAG civil fraud trial about the Weisselberg perjury charge; Jennifer Crumbley has been found guilty on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter; James O’Keefe of Project Veritas admits he’s full of shit pursuant to a court settlement; Mitch McConnell reneges on the border deal and...
Feb 07, 2024•41 min•Ep. 1302
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024 Today, Donald Trump floats ousting RNC chair Ronna Romney McDaniel after brutal losses in 2023; Speaker Johnson says the bipartisan border bill will be dead on arrival in the House hours before the Border Patrol union endorses it; former Nancy Mace staffers call her a delusional joke; and President Biden denounces the House Republican efforts to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news. Promo Code For 20% off all mattress orders AND two...
Feb 06, 2024•39 min•Ep. 1301
Monday, February 5th, 2024 Today, Joe Biden wins the South Carolina primary with over 96% of the vote; Trump pal Vince McMahon is under federal criminal investigation for sex trafficking; the January jobs report exceeds everyone’s expectations; the NYAG civil fraud trial verdict has been delayed until perhaps mid February; House Oversight Dems are investigating Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military flag officer promotions; the US strikes back at Iran proxies after the attack in Jordan killing thre...
Feb 05, 2024•43 min•Ep. 1300
Originally Published 2/03/2024 In the Hot Notes: Trump considered blanket pardons for 1/6 insurrectionists before he left office; Colonel Alexander Vindman is suing Donald Trump Junior, Rudy Giuliani, and former White House staffers; Stewart Rhodes and Jeffrey Clark both testified to the 1/6 Committee today with public hearings likely to begin in April; Trump donated $1M to Mark Meadows’ non-profit weeks after the formation of the January 6th select committee; plus Allison and Dana deliver your ...
Feb 04, 2024•46 min
Originally Published Feb 3, 2021 The House impeachment managers and Donald’s defense team have filed pre-trial briefings; Ginni Thomas apologized to Clarence Thomas’ law clerks in the fallout of the attack on the Capitol; Biden will sign an executive order to reunite families at the border; Donald pocketed the cash he raised peddling the big lie; Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in a Russian penal colony; Lindsey Graham delays Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing; two FB...
Feb 03, 2024•54 min
Friday, February 2nd, 2024 Today, Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg is in negotiations to plead guilty to a perjury charge; President Biden hits violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank with sanctions; the House votes to expand the child tax credit; Trump spent $50M dollars on legal fees in 2023; the European Union secures $54B in funding for Ukraine; the 10 Oregon Republicans that walked out in 2022 have been found ineligible to run for reelection; the GOP has its worst fundraising year in a dec...
Feb 02, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1299
Thursday, February 1st, 2024 Today, President Biden finds a way to get arms to Ukraine as Republicans in Congress twiddle their thumbs; New York expands the legal definition of rape; Jack Burkman agrees to be disbarred; a Pennsylvania Trump supporter is arrested after decapitating his father on YouTube; the Texas Supreme Court blocks Ken Paxton depositions; the US State Department is reviewing options for the recognition of a Palestinian state; and the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchan...
Feb 01, 2024•35 min•Ep. 1298
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 Today, we could get a ruling from Judge Engoron in the $370M NYAG civil fraud case; MAGA has declared a holy war against Taylor Swift; nearly 30K firearms have been stolen from vehicles after Tennessee Republicans relaxed gun laws; the Department of Justice is investigating Representative Cori Bush; a white supremacist has been sentenced to 18 years for firebombing a church that hosted drag events; insurrectionist Edward Richmond is ordered detained pending his tria...
Jan 31, 2024•37 min•Ep. 1297
Monday, January 30th, 2024 Today, The Texas attorney general is requesting transgender youths’ patient records from a Georgia clinic; Senator Fetterman plans to force a vote barring Senator Menendez from classified briefings; the former IRS contractor that leaked Trump’s tax returns has been sentenced to five years in prison; Senator James Lankford is pushing back on Trump’s blockade of a border deal; NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre continues his testimony in the corruption trial. Plus Allison and Dana d...
Jan 30, 2024•34 min•Ep. 1296
Monday, January 29th, 2024 Today, a jury awards E Jean Carroll 83.3 million dollars in a win for all sexual assault survivors; Alabama executes Kenneth Smith with nitrogen gas; the Department of Justice executed an agreement with the parties finding Governor Cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct; top former Israeli national security officials say Netanyahu must be removed from power; Lauren Boebert finishes fifth in a straw poll in her new district; Wayne LaPierre testifies during the ...
Jan 29, 2024•57 min•Ep. 1295
Jan 26, 2022 In the Hot Notes: Lisa Monaco confirms the Department of Justice is reviewing the forged elector certificates; Alex Jones pleads the fifth over 100 times but then tells everyone about it effectively waiving his right to plead the fifth; John Eastman tries to block over 19K emails to Trump and allies sent from his Chapman University address, and a federal judge pushes for an April trial for the Oath Keepers; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our guest: Brett Meisel...
Jan 28, 2024•38 min
Originally Published January 26, 2021 The Inspector General of the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into any efforts to overturn the election (and can make criminal referrals); the House has delivered the article of impeachment against 45 for inciting the insurrection; SCOTUS drops emoluments cases; Biden continues to undo many of the last administration’s policies; Dominion Voting Systems is suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation; Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces her run for Govern...
Jan 27, 2024•59 min
Friday, January 26th, 2024 Today, still no ruling from the DC Circuit on immunity; Pete Navarro gets 4 months in the pokey; the House ethics probe into Matt Gaetz is heating up; the Florida Supreme Court weighs challenging the Desantis redistricting map; the Colorado House GOP leader resigns after trying to hide a DUI and gun charges; the DoJ is worried the insurrectionist that previously killed an iraqi civilian might snap; a Russian investor made millions off insider trading tied to Trump Medi...
Jan 26, 2024•57 min•Ep. 1294
Thursday, January 25th, 2024 Today, the United Auto Workers endorses President Joe Biden; the chair of the Arizona Republican Party has resigned because of those Kari Lake audio tapes; Ohio lawmakers have banned gender affirming care despite the governor’s veto; President Joe Biden has invited Kate Cox to the State of the Union address in March; House Republicans now have one of the smallest majorities in history; over 60K rapes resulted in pregnancy in states that have banned abortion; the Sena...
Jan 25, 2024•39 min•Ep. 1293
Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 Today, we have some early returns in the New Hampshire primary; Trump loses an appeal to his DC gag order; donors are suing No Labels over a bait and switch scheme; a House rep has written a letter to Merrick Garland to investigate the deep fake Biden robocalls in New Hampshire; a Trump Aide who told police on ⅙ to hang themselves has left the Trump campaign; Floridians could have gotten food assistance for their kids but the state said no; US Inflation Is set to fa...
Jan 24, 2024•57 min•Ep. 1292
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024 Today, New Hampshire heads to the polls; the Supreme Court overturns a 5th Circuit ruling and allows the Biden administration to remove razor wire in Texas; a Fake Joe Biden robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats not to vote on Tuesday; an Ex-soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing an Iraqi civilian has been arrested on Jan. 6 charges; a Florida bill would funnel $5M of public money to pay Trump’s legal bills. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news. Promo ...
Jan 23, 2024•37 min•Ep. 1291
Monday, January 22nd, 2024 Today, Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the race as New Hampshire gets ready to go to the polls; the DC Bar authority has filed charges against Trump 2020 election lawyers; newspapers were stolen in Colorado after reporting a rape allegation; Wayne LaPierre’s lawyers contend his brain is shrinking and can’t stand trial in New York; the Capitol Police investigated more than 8000 threats against lawmakers last year. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news. Promo Code...
Jan 22, 2024•35 min•Ep. 1290
Original date: Jan 20, 2021 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in as the President and the Vice President of the United States; several National Guard members are removed from duty, some for ties to white supremacist groups; Hawley blocks Biden’s nominee for Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas; Mitch McConnell says, on the Senate floor, that Trump incited the insurrection; Haspel resigns from the CIA; Biden’s DNI nominee says she’ll provide Congress with the unclassified report on the murder...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min
Friday, January 19th, 2024 Today, Judge Chutkan shuts down Trump’s motion to hold Jack Smith in contempt; Alina Habba intentionally ignored a court order in her cross of E. Jean Carroll; Texas ignores the DHS ultimatum to cease and desist blocking federal agents from rendering aid in Eagle Pass; a Kentucky Republican has withdrawn his bill to legalize sex with first cousins; conservative justices and lawyers ready a path for ending agency deference; Senator Menendez and his wife are asking for s...
Jan 19, 2024•59 min•Ep. 1289
Thursday, January 18th, 2024 Today, the Judicial Conference may be investigating the financial disclosure forms of Justice Clarence Thomas; Alina Habba’s very bad no good day in court; Democrat Tom Keen has won the special election for Florida's 35th State House District; nearly 50K veterans used free emergency suicide prevention at the VA in 2023; German Chancellor Scholz pledged to provide Ukraine with more than €7 billion in military aid after a phone conversation with US President Joe Biden;...
Jan 18, 2024•38 min•Ep. 1288
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 Today, Jury selection and opening statements kicked off day one of the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York; Trump won the GOP Iowa caucus with embarrassingly low turnout; Capitol Police and the FBI have opened an investigation into Roger Stone’s comments about assassinating Rep Swalwell and Rep Nadler; President Biden invites the top four congressional leaders to the White House to discuss Ukraine funding; the US will re-list Yemen’s Houthis as global terro...
Jan 17, 2024•50 min•Ep. 1287
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 Today, the White House threatens Texas after their refusal to stand down the state guard to allow Federal Border Patrol Agents to do their job; Tim Ballard faces four new sexual assault charges; Prince William County found 4,000 votes not counted in the 2020 election for Joe Biden; E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial begins today; Joey Taco Pants has filed a motion to withdraw as Trump’s lawyer. Plus Allison and Dana deliver your good news. Promo Code Get 30% of...
Jan 16, 2024•33 min•Ep. 1286
Monday, January 15th, 2024 Today, the Texas National Guard physically barred federal agents from rendering aid to a mother and her two children who drowned in the Rio Grande; the US and UK carry out strikes against Iran backed Houthis in Yemen; the E. Jean Carroll case begins in New York tomorrow; voters brave sub-zero temperatures to participate in the Iowa caucus today; Biden announces another wave of student debt cancellations; Taiwan defies China by electing a liberal president. Plus Allison...
Jan 15, 2024•33 min•Ep. 1285
Originally January 13, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the Department of Justice charges Oath Keeper Stuart Rhodes and 10 others with seditious conspiracy; the Supreme Court strikes down some of Biden’s vaccine mandates; the RNC signals they are unwilling to participate in presidential debates; the Select Committee subpoenas social media companies; the queen strips Prince Andrew of his military affiliations and royal patronages; Ghislaine Maxwell removes her objection to unseal the names of the John Does...
Jan 14, 2024•49 min
