It was a hell of a Sunday! More than 400-thousand PG&E customers in the Bay Area were without power. A San Francisco resident had her living room window blowout because of high winds. Trees toppled all over the place. A Santa Barbara Creek broke its banks. Roads were closed. Land slid down hills and fallen poles smashed cars. And it’s not over yet. Our favorite meteorologist, Spencer Christian, (sorry Mark) will stop by to give us the update. We get to talk politics with our favorite British...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 59 min
A new CNN poll sets President Donald Trump narrowly ahead of President Joe Biden should the two run against each other again. The survey has Trump over Biden 49-45%. Interestingly, while majorities of Democrats and Republicans are satisfied with their party’s candidates, a significant minority would prefer another option. It doesn’t look good for Trump’s D.C. trial to start in March. The case against Trump for allegedly plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election is now off the public ...
Feb 02, 2024•2 hr
A dispute between Texas Republicans and the Biden administration over the Southern border has brought some calls for Texas to secede from the U.S. Though it may seem far fetched, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked about the idea. She said Texas has the right to secede from the federal union, but that they won’t. She once again affirmed that she believes in state's rights. What does the Constitution say about states rights to secede? We will talk to former federal prosecutor, David ...
Feb 01, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Financial issues keep hitting Donald Trump this week. Powerful super PAC Future Forward is backing President Joe Biden with an unprecedented $250 million TV and digital advertising buy in battleground states. It’s reportedly the single largest purchase of political advertising by an outside group in the history of American political campaigns. The court-appointed monitor overseeing Trump’s businesses may be looking into a $48 Million Loan. It involves Trump and his Chicago Tower. Legal experts a...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 56 min
A windfall of loyal support follows pop icon Taylor Swift wherever she goes. According to a new survey, that reach extends to politics. How many Swifties would line up behind Taylor Swift’s candidate? Mark has the numbers! Monsanto pays the price again for its cancer causing pesticide Roundup. A Pennsylvania jury decided the herbicide caused a 49 year-old man’s cancer and proceeded to slap Monsanto and its parent company Bayer with a $2.25 billion verdict. The jury said Monsanto failed to warn a...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Another come from behind win put 49ers fans on the edges of seats across the Bay Area. Former KGO sports director Rich Walcoff joins us for a quick recap and a look at what the Super Bowl could bring. In a stunning decision by the jury in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case against Trump, she was awarded more than $83 million in damages. Will she get the money? We get a special appearance by former federal prosecutor David Katz to discuss. Monday brings us True Crime Corner. Courtney brings alon...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 52 min
Trump is showing his strongman bully tactics even though he doesn’t officially have the GOP nomination. From threatening to ban from MAGA land anyone who donates money to Nikki Haley’s campaign to killing potential border deals, he’s pulling strings all over the place. Michael Shure will be along to talk about the issues of the day and tell us what he’s seeing on the campaign trail. Friday ushers in another glorious sampling of life in idyllic Florida. John Daly joins in the fun. Culture Blaster...
Jan 26, 2024•2 hr
Trump didn’t do well enough. That’s the gist of comments made by a Fox News political analyst. Trump has a problem attracting moderate Republicans and Independents and it showed in New Hampshire. It’s indicative of why Trump will likely lose in the general election. Former federal prosecutor David Katz will stop by to talk about an Alabama execution case - first ever to use nitrogen gas. We’ll ask him about A Maryland appeals court tossing out the murder conviction of the former US intelligence ...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 59 min
President Biden won the New Hampshire Primary despite not being on the ballot. Biden supporters just wrote his name down. On the Republican side, you’d think after winning the New Hampshire primary, Trump would have been in a better mood, but during his victory speech, he called Nikki, Haley an imposter, and said he would get even with her. He was angry and full of threats. The current trajectory seems to point to a repeat of the last presidential election pitting Biden against Trump once again....
Jan 24, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Politico hosted the California senatorial debate last evening. The candidates vying to fill the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s seat appeared on stage for the event. It was clear that Republican Steve Garvey was not ready for prime time compared to Democrats Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee. We will discuss! New Hampshire voters have two Republicans to choose from with just Trump and Haley left standing in the race for the Republican nomination. President Joe Biden’s name is not on the...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Mark breaks down the DeSantis collapse... Early GOP presidential polls showed Ron DeSantis with a lead over Donald Trump. The tables quickly turned and despite having money and momentum just months ago, Ron DeSantis called it quits over the weekend and threw his support to Donald Trump. DeSantis has blamed all the court cases against Trump for motivating Republicans to support the former president. Is that it? Or did something else cause the spectacular collapse of Ron DeSantis? Now, it’s Nikki ...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 59 min
The Patriot Freedom Project is being called into question by Congressional Democrats. They have concerns about this nonprofit group that gives financial support to defendants charged in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. At issue: whether the Freedom Project’s apparent support for Donald Trump's presidential campaign may violate federal tax law. The judge overseeing Trump’s federal criminal elections interference trial is suggesting that a delay of weeks or even months in the trial is p...
Jan 19, 2024•1 hr 59 min
Much like the Biden impeachment inquiry, Donald Trump is also pulling the strings when it comes to a deal to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. It appears that Republicans are working directly with Trump to sabotage efforts to secure the border. Trump is belligerent in court and nearly gets kicked out for having a big mouth and no filter. The Supreme Court is considering how No much power Federal Agencies should legally have. ...and how young is too young to be tried as an a...
Jan 19, 2024•2 hr 6 min
We’ll talk about Trump’s win in Iowa, how many Republicans didn’t vote and why he will have to change his approach going forward. The football game crushed the caucus on Monday night. It seems just like a lack of voters, there was also a general lack of interest overall. About 28.6 million viewers watched the the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thump the Philadelphia Eagles 32-9. Compare that to viewership of the coverage of the Iowa caucuses with around 4.67 million viewers across the major networks. It’s...
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr 57 min
Trump wins the Iowa GOP caucuses. DeSantis edges out Haley to take second. Vivek Ramaswamy is throwing in the towel. But the results reflect a, so far, ignored fact that should worry Trump and his camp. Pulitzer winner, David Cay Johnston explains. Also, Boeing is in the middle of a scandal that affects public safety and it's of their own doing. Profit over people... We also welcome back our Jim Avila to the show to talk about his new investigative piece. And Jefferson Graham throws down some te...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Help is too much to hope for in Texas. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the deaths of three migrants, a woman and two children, and said Border Patrol agents were prevented from assisting them at the border by Texas state officials. This comes just days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the only reason they don’t shoot migrants is because the Biden Administration would press charges. Republican governors in 15 states are saying no to federal food money for 8 million children. Th...
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 56 min
A panel of federal judges is considering the matter of presidential immunity, but what about the court of public opinion? We’ll consider the results of a new poll on whether people think a president can pretty much do anything without fear of consequence or not. San Francisco is not in as good a place when it comes to jobs and the economy as New York City. That’s according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. He says the types jobs available in San Francisco are not as diversified as NYC and that ...
Jan 12, 2024•2 hr 3 min
Just moments before Chris Christie dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination for president, he was caught up in a hot microphone incident. He said Nikki Haley is going to get smoked by Trump and that she isn’t up for this. He also referenced a call with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. At the Trump rally last evening, the former president said he was proud of his role in overturning Roe v. Wade. He took full credit for it. In addition, Trump also said that if he was the president and our alli...
Jan 11, 2024•2 hr
Now that Nikki Haley has emerged as a real contender in some GOP polls, Trump is shifting away from swiping at Ron DeSantis and is honing in on Haley. His campaign launched its first TV ads critical of Haley’s position on Immigration. Trump is also bringing back the birther conspiracy. and saying that because Haley’s parents were not both born in the United States, she is not qualified to be president. Melania Trump’s mother is dead. Amalija Knavs was on her deathbed and Melania was tending to h...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 54 min
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the Colorado ballot case after the state’s high court sided with a lower judge in ruling Trump ineligible for the 2024 GOP primary ballot due to the 14th Amendment Insurrection clause. President Trump threw down a warning - saying there will be “big trouble” if the Supreme Court does not rule in his favor! Will the Supremes also decide whether Presidential Immunity is applicable to cover all Trump’s misdeeds? Pulitzer Prize winning author David Cay Johnston will ...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 56 min
A few months ago, Boeing put in a request for an exemption from key safety standards on the 737 MAX 7. It's the smallest of Boeing’s newest jets and as of yet uncertified. The move has sparked concerns because of recent problems with other Boeing Max airplanes. Case in point: the missing door plug that detached from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was found in an Oregon teacher's backyard over the weekend. For those perplexed at how any American could support Trump, one of his former p...
Jan 08, 2024•2 hr 2 min
You read that right! At least $7.8 million in total payments from 20 countries went to Trump-owned businesses and properties while Trump was a sitting US president. The largest total payment came from the Chinese government and its state-controlled entities which spent more than $5.5 million at properties owned by Donald Trump while he was in office. Democrats say it poses new questions about possible efforts to influence Trump through his companies while he was in office. What’s going on with t...
Jan 05, 2024•2 hr 4 min
Unsealed documents related to accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are now public. The documents include hundreds of names, some of them his accusers, others those of politicians or people he did business with. This is the first set of documents to be unsealed under a court order. More documents are expected in the coming weeks. The Trump legal team is looking to get some huge questions answered. As Trump’s name falls off at least two state ballots because of the insurrectionist clause in the ...
Jan 04, 2024•2 hr 2 min
Gold Bar Bob Menendez and his wife are already facing charges involving allegedly conspiring illegally for the Egyptian government. Now, new details are being added to the indictments alleging he may have also acted on behalf of Qatar in exchange for gold bars. It’s not a good time to be a woman in Texas. A federal appeals court panel says a 1986 emergency care law can’t be used. It would have required doctors in Texas hospitals to provide abortions for women whose lives are at risk due to pregn...
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Mark is back from his holiday on the high seas and now officially settling back into the captain’s chair here at the Mark Thompson show! It’s a perfect day to welcome David Cay Johnston, our Pulitzer Prize winning author and political analyst, to the show. Political news is starting off hot in 2024. The Trump legal team is working overtime to come up with a zillion different reasons why he shouldn’t face charges in elections Interference cases. The latest one is a head scratcher. Speaking of Tru...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Two States are now saying no thank you to having an insurrectionist on the ballot. Colorado was the first to toss Trump off and now Maine has joined in. The California Secretary of State says the matter has to be taken to the courts before California would take this action. We are in new territory when it comes to how these decisions are being made. Michael Shure will stop by to talk about it. It’s Friday which means it’s not just any old day. It’s Friday Fabulous Florida. We will bring John Dal...
Dec 29, 2023•2 hr 8 min
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley shocked some voters yesterday at a campaign stop in New Hampshire. She was asked about the cause of the Civil War. Her answer was that the government was managing freedoms and telling people what they could and could not do. Then she tried to turn the question around on the voter who was flabbergasted that Haley couldn’t bring herself to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War. We are a little more used to shocking behavior from Trump. It’s no su...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 56 min
US troops in the Middle East are facing new dangers. Three American service members were injured in a drone attack in Iraq. Threats to commercial shipping in the area are also putting US troops at risk. A CNN report indicates there are rising concerns that the Israel/Hamas war in Gaza could grow into a larger regional conflict. Is it party over for Vivek Ramaswamy? His campaign is cutting back spending on TV ads in some important states. He says TV ad spending is for candidates with a low IQ, bu...
Dec 27, 2023•2 hr 6 min
The Mark Thompson Show Birthday Edition! Even though our revered founder is still making his way back to us, we celebrate his birthday in his absence ⭐️💐🎉🎈 why, it’s almost like Christmas part II. David Cay Johnston will be in to help us cover politics. We’ll look at the Trump Christmas Day rantings on social media. More importantly, we will dive into President Biden ordering the U.S. military to perform retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups. This comes as three U.S. se...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 52 min
You may remember John Schneider from the TV show the Dukes of Hazzard. Now, he may be remembered for what appears to be his threatening words on the Internet. His social media post is now deleted, but here’s what it said: “Mr President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung,” Schneider wrote to Biden. “Your son too.” We’ll talk about that and the emergence of yet another election interfering phone call by Trump in 2020. This one was made to people tasked with certifying...
Dec 22, 2023•2 hr 1 min
