Meeting between Trump & Zelensky goes sideways with a loud argument in the Oval Office. A planned press conference is now canceled. We have the video. Elon Musk to the rescue! The billionaire says Verizon, which has a $2.4 billion contract to upgrade the FAA’s air traffic control system, is failing. That’s okay though, because he can fix it. Musk says it’s important that his Starlink take over. The FAA is already testing three Starlink terminals Musk sent over in an effort weasel his way int...
Feb 28, 2025•2 hr 20 min
What exactly happened in the last presidential election? Does it make sense that Trump won? Why is it not okay to entertain the notion that something may have been done improperly? We welcome Nathan Taylor. He is the co-founder of the Election Truth Alliance. Their mission is to investigate and litigate potential election manipulation, interference, and irregularities in election results. With the worst flu season in recent memory underway and a death from measles in the serious outbreak in Texa...
Feb 27, 2025•2 hr 10 min
For $5 million dollars, you too can have all the benefits of an American citizen. Trump’s latest money grab comes in the form of a US gold card. It beats a green card with a waiting list. Wealthy immigrants will be able to pay their way in to the U.S. in the hopes they’ll invest while they are here. Elon Musk is losing his mind over judges backing the U.S. Constitution. It seems he doesn’t like to be told no and is calling for the impeachment of judges who go against him. Musk was reacting poorl...
Feb 26, 2025•2 hr 5 min
Presidents Trump and Macron, of France, shook hands and seemed to get along at the White House yesterday, save for a tense moment when the topic of Ukraine came up. Trump got details of European funding for Ukraine wrong and Macron put his hand on Trump in a gentle - let me explain it to you - gesture all as cameras snapped away. Who exactly is running Doge? A federal judge is pressing the Trump administration for details amid her concerns Doge may be operating in an unconstitutional manner. We ...
Feb 25, 2025•2 hr 9 min
Reports from the Philadelphia Eagles front office indicate the champion team wants nothing to do with a visit to the Whitehouse to celebrate their victory alongside Trump. Trump is appointing another right-wing commentator to a position of power. Dan Bongino will be the deputy director of the FBI serving under FBI Director Kash Patel. We welcome iHeart radio television and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich to get his perspective. Jessica Denson, host of the Lights On podcast, will stop by. J...
Feb 24, 2025•2 hr 19 min
Donald Trump is trying to take control of the US Postal Service. According to the Washington Post, Trump plans to sign an executive order that will fire the Postal Service’s governing board so the agency will no longer function independently, He wants the USPS under the control of the Commerce Department and Secretary Howard Lutnick. The board isn’t going quietly and is reportedly planning to sue. Elon Musk celebrated firing government workers at CPAC last night by parading around on stage with ...
Feb 21, 2025•2 hr 30 min
Heads are spinning at the White House after President Trump seemed to flip flop on funding for Medicaid. That’s health care for the poorest Americans. Hours after holding an interview alongside Elon Musk where he said he would not touch Medicaid, Trump threw support behind a House GOP budget plan that will likely lead to billions in cuts to Medicaid. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel says Trump cannot end birthright citizenship. The case could go to the Supreme Court in a matter of days....
Feb 20, 2025•2 hr 19 min
We are marking the moment we hit 100,000 subscribers here on The Mark Thompson Show and we couldn’t have done it without you. From KGO & KFI to now, thank you for your support. Now, let’s discuss why Trump is blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion and why Musk is wrong about Social Sscurity. We’ll chat with Mo Kelly from KFI. Presidential historian John Rothmann joins and we’re pretty sure he has a lot to say about Trump’s second go at the oval. “It’s the Planet, Stupid!” brings our favorite ...
Feb 19, 2025•2 hr 11 min
In what may be the kiss-up of all kiss-ups, a Republican lawmaker is trying to make Trump’s birthday a national holiday. It’s on June 14th, already designated as Flag Day in the U.S. so Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, of New York, introduced “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act.” It would “permanently codify” June 14th as a federal holiday called “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day.” Pulizer Prize winning author and investigative reporter David Cay Johnston will stop by to talk poli...
Feb 18, 2025•2 hr 9 min
Donald Trump wants NASCAR to be the “fuel of America’s Golden Age.” Speaking ahead of the Daytona 500, he hyped up the roar of the engines and the Star Spangled Banner. Meanwhile, fallout from the latest Trump/Musk blunder is serious. The DOGE cutters fired the newer federal workers managing America’s nuclear weapons and are now frantically trying to get them back. Bill Martin, a beloved weatherman in the Bay Area is retiring from his longtime KTVU post. He was once Mark Thompson’s intern. We’ll...
Feb 17, 2025•2 hr 3 min
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s judgement is already in question after he extended an invitation to the Pizzagate conspiracy theorist. Hegseth included far-right influencer Jack Posobiec - offering him a media invitaton on his first official trip to Europe this week. Posobiec might not be able to roll with Hegseth as his online posts indicate that he is already in Ukraine with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Clearly, Posobiec is in demand by Trump administration officials despite pushing the ...
Feb 14, 2025•2 hr 23 min
Looks like Elon Musk is quickly recouping money he paid for the predidency via fat new government contracts. Over the last couple months, he’s been awarded SpaceX contracts and now Marco Rubio over at the State Department says he expects to spend $400 million on 'armored' Cybertrucks made by special government employee Elon Musk's Tesla. Can someone alert the waste, fraud and abuse team? A judge says the government employee buyout offer can move forward, we will check in with former federal pros...
Feb 13, 2025•2 hr 20 min
He hasn’t been confirmed as the Director of the FBI yet, but it seems Kash Patel has taken it upon himself to kick certain FBI leaders out of their jobs. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has "highly credible information" that Patel orchestrated the firings at the FBI and lied during confirmation hearing testimony by denying any knowledge of the purge. Will it keep him from being confirmed? We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and inves...
Feb 12, 2025•2 hr 20 min
With seeming disregard for the constitutional power of Congress and Trump administration leaders questioning of the validity of judges ruling on cases related to an unprecedented grab of presidential power, constitutional experts are warning of a crisis. On CNN, New York University law professor Ryan Goodman laid out a “doomsday scenario” when asked what would happen if Trump decides he doesn’t want to accept a court ruling. We welcome TYT’s Jayar Jackson to the show. His work creating videos th...
Feb 11, 2025•2 hr 14 min
First, Elon Musk commandeered America’s money without the consent of Congress. Now, Musk and JD Vance are questioning the authority of the judicial branch of government to serve as a check on executive power. They are pushing back against a federal judge's decision blocking Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records. In doing so, top Trump administration officials are questioning the legitimacy of judicial oversight. Musk called for the impeachment of t...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 54 min
Federal workers are getting bullied into resigning. According to Politico, Trump administration officials are sending multiple messages trying to convince staff to take a deferred resignation deal. Many federal workers aren’t sure that deal is legal or will even be honored. For now, threats of layoffs, cutting entire office locations and being replaced with AI are keeping the pressure on federal workers. We will check in with Josh Mankiewicz from Dateline NBC. When Mark & Josh get together, ...
Feb 07, 2025•2 hr 9 min
Elon Musk now has his fingers in America’s finances. He’s brazenly forcing his way into secure and protected systems. He has offended just about every federal worker with illegal buyout letters and threats to job safety. Now, it seems he’s losing support. A new Economist/YouGov poll shows that more Republicans who liked the idea of the SpaceX/Tesla billionaire having a significant influence in the Trump administration are singing a different tune. Right after the election, 47% of Republicans sur...
Feb 06, 2025•2 hr 9 min
Taking over land that has been fought over for decades might not sound like the smartest move, but here comes America inserting itself into the middle of a battleground. Donald Trump’s latest idea is to permanently relocate Palestinians in Gaza so that America can take ownership and redevelop the area. The question many are asking is whether Trump is serious or whether this is another one of his outrageous comments made to hasten longer term cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Also...
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 10 min
There is grave concern that Elon Musk has snatched control of the US Treasury and USAID away from elected officials. His access to the private information of millions of Americans along with intelligence reports is troublesome to say the least. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is one of many sounding the alarm saying, “Having an unelected billionaire, with his own foreign debts and motives, raiding US classified information is a grave threat to national security”. We welcome Pulitzer Prize...
Feb 04, 2025•2 hr 10 min
Over the weekend, President Trump slapped down his first tariffs against America’s two biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. He insists this is mainly about border safety, undocumented migrants, and the flow of drugs and contraband into America. Canada and Mexico stood strong both insisting retaliatory measures are coming. Under Trump’s tariffs, most products from Mexico and Canada will get a 25% tariff except for Canadian oil at 10%. Trump is also putting an additional 10% tariff on good...
Feb 03, 2025•2 hr 16 min
Two of America’s top trading partners, Canada, and Mexico, will get a taste of what it’s like to be Donald Trump‘s neighbor this weekend. Saturday, Trump says 25% tariffs will be announced…tariffs that he says may increase over time. Why rile up the neighbors? Trump says he is fighting back against an increase of migrants at the southern border, fentanyl coming into the United States and the trade deficit the U.S. has with both countries. Trump says neither Mexico nor Canada has treated the U.S....
Jan 31, 2025•2 hr 8 min
We are following the deadly collision of a plane and a helicopter last night in D.C. We will examine the message Trump sent shortly after the crash and why it’s importat. Aviation expert Patrick Weil joins. Did Elon Musk act without approval from President Trump when he sent all federal workers a “deferred resignation” buyout letter? It seems he went around key Trump officials, took over the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and presented an offer very much like he did at Twitter, worded simi...
Jan 30, 2025•2 hr 19 min
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wasted no time. On his second day on the job, Hegseth set about exacting revenge. He revoked the security detail and the security clearance for General Mark Milley and started an investigation into Milley’s conduct. All federal workers have been given a choice. Accept a buyout deal worth eight months pay or roll the dice and see if you still have a job after all the layoffs come. We welcome presidential historian and political analyst John Rothmann to the show to d...
Jan 29, 2025•2 hr 6 min
The Trump administration is moving to assume more control of the federal purse strings. Yesterday, Trump’s budget office froze all federal financial assistance. From food stamps to foreign aid, it’s all on pause. The only exceptions are Social Security and Medicare. The reason given in the official order? It appears to be a move to counter so called “Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies.” We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journal...
Jan 29, 2025•2 hr 14 min
There is a federal law (enacted as a result of Trump’s first term) that Congress must be given 30 days notice before an inspector general can be fired. Laws be damned. Trump and his team fired at least 12 inspectors general over the weekend. These jobs at federal agencies came about after Watergate and were meant to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in the government. Inspectors General hold agencies to account and help keep everything on up and up. Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Sch...
Jan 27, 2025•2 hr 8 min
Trmp is pushing pause on the release of science and health information from the government. That includes the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. That report gave us the first indication that diseases like HIV, Ebola and Covid would be an issue. It helps health care professionals know what to watch for and what to do. As of now, such communicatons are paused pending approval by a Trump appointee. A constitutional amendment to add a third Trump term is before Congress. Tennessee Represen...
Jan 24, 2025•2 hr 22 min
It was all buddy-buddy on a call between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Trump. The good vibes came as the Saudi prince said his kingdom wants to sink $600 billion in the United States over the next four years in trade and investments. No word where exactly those investments and trade would be placed. When it comes to birthright citizenship and other Constitutional issues, Trump is barreling right ahead. We welcome former federal prosecutor and now defense attorney David Katz...
Jan 23, 2025•2 hr 15 min
Big changes are coming to the ability of immigration agents to track down and arrest undocumented immigrants. Long considered out of bounds, the Trump administration says ICE agents are able to make arrests at churches and schools. These sensitive areas are now fair game in the new era of immigration enforcement. While encouraged to use common sense, officials say, “criminals will no longer be able to hide in America’s schools and churches to avoid arrest. The Trump Administration will not tie t...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 57 min
The people who mounted an attack on American Democracy, tried to steal the voice of the people by interrupting certification of the vote, smashed our nation’s capitol building and left it smeared with bodily fluids, attacked Capitol police and left them mentally shaken to the point of self harm, and threatened the lives of our elected representatives…they all just got big fat pardon from Trump. In a disgusting anti-American display, Trump ordered “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 55 min
A cold Inauguration Day brings Trump back to power in America. His return brings swift change. Trump will sweep into office with the intent to sign upwards of 200 executive actions. It’s an attempt to try to start keeping some of his campaign promises on Day 1 while wiping away the accomplishments of the Biden administration. We will talk politics with iHeart TV and radio political analyst Gary Dietrich as we follow the day’s events. Jefferson Graham joins to take a look at the best tech gadgets...
Jan 20, 2025•2 hr
