"They're there to protect him. Not the nation, not the truth, not what's good, not what's sacred, but just him." Barack Obama, MLK Jr., the Washington Commanders / Redskins, even Hillary Clinton's emails, all things that Donald Trump would rather discuss than Jeffrey Epstein. But the Epstein story isn't going away, with reports Pam Bondi had confirmed to Trump months ago his name appeared in the mountains of evidence he and Republicans are now refusing to release. Ed and Sean discuss the latest,...
Jul 24, 2025•15 min
"He knew his pictures were in there, he knew his name was in the log... this is one that really baffles me." Trump is scrambling to find a way to get his supporters to forget previous promises in regards to the Epstein Files and his own involvement with the alleged sex trafficker. But while Republicans and MAGA influencers are falling into line, a great deal of his supporters are finally becoming more sceptical. Meanwhile, economists and the rest of the world struggle to make sense of Trump's co...
Jul 17, 2025•17 min
"Representatives used to represent their constituents. Now they represent pools of money." Over a hundred dead and many more missing due to flooding in Texas, with part of the blame being directed at the lack of warning due to Trump's cuts to the NWS. But Trump is riding on a high this week thanks to the passage of his Big Beautiful Bill, cutting taxes on the rich, severing federal loan programs, and funnelling massive amounts of cash into his own personal army in the form of ICE. We also discus...
Jul 10, 2025•20 min
"Every single family in America is affected." The Senate has passed Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, sending it back to the House for final approval in spite of stated reservation, eschewing all responsibility for its effects on the American people. Meanwhile, Trump is looking to expand his targeting of immigrants by revoking the status of some while floating the possibility of denaturalising those who already have citizenship. Also discussing Iran and Israel, bankruptcy talk for Nebraska, and the v...
Jul 03, 2025•18 min
"Trump is one thing, the US government is another and the US people are another. Each of these groups is fractured, including Trump." A decisive bombing of three nuclear sites and a shaky ceasefire in the Iran / Israel / US conflict this week with allies lining up to praise Trump's actions. But is it genuine admiration or fears about what the mad king might do next that's driving world leaders? Meanwhile, tensions escalate over ICE crackdowns with the lines between cops and criminals becoming in...
Jun 26, 2025•19 min
"Intimidation, intimidation, intimidation... Sooner or later, people crack. Let's not crack." Donald Trump's military parade through Washington DC has gone off with a whimper rather than a bang, largely drowned out by the colour and defiance of the 'No Kings' protests scheduled in cities across the US for the same day. Tensions in the US and abroad continue to ratchet up, however, with politically motivated assassinations, arrests, and the possibility that the US will be drawn into yet another w...
Jun 19, 2025•23 min
"You'd almost wish he was a better dictator, there'd at least be a gameplan there but there's nothing." Wild scenes in Los Angeles as confrontations with ICE agents rounding up immigrants in parts of the city has escalated to full scale warfare, with journalists targeted by LAPD and President Trump deploying the National Guard and Marines to the city. But first, looking at the developing situation in the Middle East where Israel appears to be preparing for a strike against Iran. Also discussing ...
Jun 12, 2025•21 min
In spite of claims from Trump Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that there was no scenario in which wrongfully deported man Kilmar Abrego García would be returned to the United States, in breaking news this morning that is exactly what has happened. Facing charges of human smuggling over a 2022 incident that police formerly declined to pursue, however, is this a win for due process or the Trump administration trying to retroactively justify its glaring error? We take a look at this develop...
Jun 06, 2025•13 min
"They're not guilty of anything. They may be here illegally, sure, deport them, but treat them humanely." A terrorist attack in Colorado has led to the arrest of not just the perpetrator but his wife and five children as well, living illegally in the United States, with attempts to streamline deportation leading to yet another court battle. Meanwhile, Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill has seen fallout from some surprising quarters but it hasn't slowed Republican attempts to make cuts from the social s...
Jun 05, 2025•16 min
"You're asking the House to give up its power, you're asking the Senate to give up its power, and you're asking to dethrone the judiciary. What mad person would vote for that?" In the wee hours of the morning, House Republicans convened to pass Trump's Big Beautiful Bill through to the Senate. But not only does the bill knock a $3.8 trillion hole in the budget and take from the poorest Americans to extend Trump's tax cuts, it's also been specifically tailored to keep Trump from facing consequenc...
May 29, 2025•18 min
"Trump is under siege, he's underwater, and let's hope he'll be under the table soon." News this week that former president Joe Biden is suffering from an aggressive form of cancer raises the question of how the diagnosis was missed while he was still in the White House. Trump is set to be flying high in spite of protests his acceptance of a new luxury 747 is unconstitutional while the FAA continues struggling to deliver safe air travel and his administration now appears to be losing entire plan...
May 22, 2025•24 min
"I fear that this is going to be the largest constitutional crisis ever." The first American pope, Pope Leo XIV, has ascended to the head of the Catholic Church in Rome and Ed just so happens to be in Italy to catch the historic moment! Meanwhile, back on American shores, accusations of open corruption are becoming a commonplace feature of the Trump presidency with more gifts and offers showered on the grateful grifter-in-chief. Also this week discussing Iran, Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill on tax ...
May 15, 2025•20 min
"Trump is very large on the global stage. The good thing about that is it's making people wake up, the United States can no longer rule the world." Coming off the back of a similar result in Canada, does a thumping win for the Australia Labor Party and rejection of 'Temu Trump' Opposition Leader Peter Dutton indicate a global rejection of Trumpian politics? Other nations are also jumping at the chance to step into the gap on science and trade that American leadership has left vacant. Also touchi...
May 08, 2025•24 min
"If he can make a shilling, a buck, a penny out of this, he will, and the American people have to say, he must go." Trump has been accused of doing "the most corrupt thing any president has ever done" after creating a buying blitz for his $Trump meme coin this week but for most Americans it appears to have flown under the radar as just another day in Trumpland. Meanwhile, Trump's war on illegal, and legal, immigrants ramps up with the arrest of two judges and orders for ICE agents to invade home...
Apr 30, 2025•13 min
"It's more bumbling, more chaotic, and more time between actions." The Trump administration may soon have a job opening with news of a second Signal group chat putting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on thin ice. Meanwhile, China is not backing down in the trade war with Trump as the US and global economy begins to feel the longer term effects. Also discussing deportations, Trump's battle with Harvard, the latest on Ukraine, and the passing of Pope Francis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Apr 24, 2025•16 min
"If Trump is the winner here, it'll be at the expense of the US's future." With some Chinese imports facing tariffs of 245% it remains to be seen just how sustainable Trump's trade war really is, as businesses big and small bear the brunt. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is openly defying the courts in the case of wrongly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, doubling down on their current course in fact, leading to questions of whether anything can be done with a president who openly flouts th...
Apr 17, 2025•18 min
"Clearly there's fraud, chicanery, and all that, but the biggest issue here is stupidity." Trump has enacted a 90 day pause on tariffs after a barrage of opposition but appears less interested in what his trade war is doing to the economy and more on helping the rich get richer. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has given Trump free reign to continue deportations in spite of innocents caught up in his administration's nets and an ongoing refusal to abide by due process. Also discussing measles and bi...
Apr 10, 2025•22 min
"The small guy will be poor, the rich guy will be richer, and the American budget will still be in the toilet." Donald Trump has announced a blanket 10% tariff on all goods being imported into the United States as well as targeting specific nations with further measures in the latest escalation of the US Trade War. But with American consumers set to bear the cost, are the tariffs simply intended as a massive tax hike by another name? Meanwhile, a loss in Wisconsin signals the declining political...
Apr 03, 2025•18 min
"This is a breach of the law and if nothing's done about it, it says a whole lot about the United States." In the latest stunning show of incompetence, a journalist for The Atlantic has come forward this week to reveal he was accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat discussing top secret war plans on an unsecure app. In the scattered response, The Atlantic has already proven that top officials have lied under oath before the House regarding the chat's content but will anyone in th...
Mar 27, 2025•21 min
"[Trump] would have used this crisis to declare martial law or something." Leader of the Senate Democrats Chuck Schumer has handed Trump an easy victory on government spending with zero concessions leading to widespread condemnation, but was he so wrong? Meanwhile, Trump is testing his power by defying the court on deportations with little apparent consequences. Also discussing DOGE's latest setbacks, trade war, Israel's betrayal of the Gaza ceasefire, Ukraine, and rewriting history. See omnystu...
Mar 20, 2025•16 min
"This is a doomed policy, as the markets are showing." Trump's trade war engulfs markets this week, as tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as steel and aluminium imports, and the communication surrounding them, create absolute chaos for investors. Meanwhile, the bloodbath for federal workers continues with the Education Department set to cut almost half its workforce with an aim toward vanishing entirely. Also discussing the elimination of Biden's EPA directives, a potential Ukraine ceasefire, ...
Mar 13, 2025•16 min
"Donald Trump is a Russian agent." Trump has addressed Congress for the first time in his second presidency, fresh off a week targeting the likes of Ukraine and Canada as well as dismantling federal agencies. Europe and other nations continue to come to grips with a world in which the US is not a reliable ally but instead closely aligned with Russia and a potential aggressor in its own right. Also discussing efforts at resistance and the targeting of student protests. See omnystudio.com/listener...
Mar 06, 2025•18 min
"This is beginning to hit the very people who voted for Trump." House Republicans have passed Trump's big bill which aims to cut $4.5 trillion in taxes and reduce spending by $2 trillion, a task that will in part fall to Elon Musk's DOGE. Meanwhile, the United States is siding with Russia over the Ukrainian conflict as Europe wrestles with a world without the US as a reliable ally. Also discussing disturbing developments for Gaza, a $5 million 'Gold Card', climate change, Dan Bongino, and the re...
Feb 27, 2025•18 min
"What's happening is a pure takedown of democracy." Donald Trump has made moves to further consolidate his power this week with executive orders claiming ownership over the law and independent agencies. With the law powerless, federal agencies hollowed out by freezes and firings, opposition barely existent, and those in charge of the levers of power complicit, it seems nothing will stop this nascent dictatorship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 20, 2025•17 min
"Clearly, if we had a congress, he'd be out. That's what impeachment is about." Team Trump continues to test the limits of their power, this week defying a court order and arguing that a president's executive order overrules the power of the courts. Hamas have suspended hostage releases as they claim Israel is failing to abide by the terms of the ceasefire, leading to Trump threatening to unleash hell. Also discussing Elon Musk and DOGE's increasing hold on power, Ukraine, tariffs, Guantanamo Ba...
Feb 13, 2025•16 min
"An inability to have thoughtful people running the show is going to lead to even more disasters." 67 people have died in an aircraft collision over Washington D.C. and another seven dead in a crash in Philadelphia as questions arise as to just how much Trump's crusade against the FAA and other federal agencies had to do with the incidents. Meanwhile, Trump has doubled down on his proposal about relocating Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip with a suggestion that the US could take over managing ...
Feb 06, 2025•18 min
"This chaos, some of it is on purpose, a lot of it accidental, and all of it has to line Trump's pockets." Trump has sown chaos in the economy, federal agencies, international relationships, and the lives of the American people in his first ten days in office, some through carelessness, some it would appear as a deliberate smokescreen. Discussing the crackdown on illegal immigrants and its effects, the federal funding freeze, Greenland, firings, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Jan 30, 2025•23 min
"This is the beginning of a total authoritarian government." Donald Trump has hit the ground running, as expected, with day one executive orders targeting immigration, climate action, federal workers, trans individuals, and much more. Elon Musk is drawing fire away from the commander-in-chief, however, after the performance of a blatant Nazi salute in front of adoring crowds of billionaires and political backers at Trump's inauguration. Meanwhile, the Gaza ceasefire holds in spite of some uncert...
Jan 23, 2025•23 min
"The United States is a fragile, big, important entity." Ed and Sean are back for 2025 ahead of the inauguration which will see Donald Trump installed as President of the United States for a second term. We discuss some of the things we've missed over the new year break, such as Trump's new fixations on Canada, Greenland, and Panama, the Trump nothingburger sentencing and January 6th report, Gaza ceasefire, California fires and terror attacks. And as more people are switching off than ever befor...
Jan 15, 2025•24 min
"This is pre-Civil War-like, I think the nation is changed forever." As 2024 draws to a close, we stand at the precipice of what could prove to be one of the most consequential periods in human history. On the hunt to make some sense out of it all, Ed and Sean have a final word on the election campaign and Biden's stewardship, as well as the battle over reproductive rights, gun control, and the unending conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. We'll see you in 2025, have a Merry Christmas, a happy holiday...
Dec 12, 2024•27 min
