Friends, our regular Tuesday podcast had some technical difficulties. Instead, we think the world needs to hear just how crazy Trump was at the UN. The networks usually sane wash him, but we are running the whole embarrassing speech. Please share. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

"It’s not about Kimmel. It’s about freedom of the press. It’s about losing the presence of a free, independent media to hold politicians’ feet to the fire as enshrined in the First Amendment, is the very essence of democracy." thehill.com/opinion/civi...

Good morning Friends. Today's podcast will come out late this afternoon. It's about Trump's attempted crackdown on critics in the media and of course, the whole Jimmy Kimmel saga. Oliver Darcy, a leading media critic and scoop machine will be our guest. Stay tuned!

Though the Free Press is under attack from MAGA, our panelists are fearless: With Sabrina Siddiqui, reporter for The Wall Street Journal @hunterw.bsky.social investigative reporter @talkingpointsmemo.com and Geoff Earle long time DC correspondent. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/ngqnESY1O4A

"'Don't speak ill of the dead.' That's a good rule to live by. But so is this rule: Don't lie about the dead. Don't make them better dead than they were alive. Yet that's exactly what's going on today with the over-the-top lionization of Charlie Kirk." bit.ly/My-Column

"Trump seems to treat the murder of Charlie Kirk as an excuse to ramp up his use of presidential powers to go after his political enemies. It is the responsibility of the president to calm the waters. Instead, Trump continues to fan the flames." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

@AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social represents well over a million teachers from pre-school to post-graduate programs, so school violence is always on her mind. Plus she explains why Donald Trump and his minions fear teachers. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/vfdiLrdfcAA

It can be easy to label Donald Trump a fascist, and he may deserve it, but we must do the hard work to understand the *behavior* of fascists. To recognize it and resist it. @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social on just who might save us. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/vfdiLrdfcAA

As the nation deals with the assassination of Charlie Kirk, it's important to recognize and understand how language can lead to violence. @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social with a warning. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/vfdiLrdfcAA

In @AFT.org President @RWeingarten.bsky.social’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, she lays out just why autocrats and would be autocrats (Donald Trump, I’m looking at you) are waging a war on knowledge, education and teachers. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/vfdiLrdfcAA

@aft.org Prez @rweingarten.bsky.social explains why former teacher Lyndon Johnson got the Federal Government involved in local education and why Trump wants to shut down the Department of Education. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/vfdiLrdfcAA

Tough issues handled with sensitivity and trenchant analysis by Emily Goodin, White House Correspondent for McClatchy Media, Jason Dick, Editor-in-chief at CQ-Roll Call and @igorbobic.bsky.social, Sr. Politics Reporter @HuffPost.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube: youtu.be/Tk0Fuuht6I0

"Shutting down the government will not achieve its goal of stopping Donald Trump. He'll still find any excuse to declare an "emergency" in order to expand his presidential powers. In fact, a government shutdown would hand him one phony "emergency" to act on." bit.ly/My-Column

Psychologist and former Asst. Professor at Johns Hopkins, Dr. John Gartner @Duty2Warn says another way we see Donald Trump dementing in real time is the nonsense he spouts. See if you can figure out what he's saying. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/sjTmKri2rSQ

Donald Trump is a liar. But in his cognitive decline, he sometimes doesn't know he's lying. Psychologist and former Asst. Professor at Johns Hopkins, Dr. John Gartner calls it confabulation. A sure sign of dementia. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/sjTmKri2rSQ

While folks are focusing on Donald Trump's physical health, don't sleep on his deteriorating mental health. Clinical Psychologist and former Asst. Professor at Johns Hopkins, Dr. John Gartner lays it out on the pod. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/sjTmKri2rSQ

A lively and insightful panel today: With @dcdufour.bsky.social, Editor in chief at @NationalJournal.com, @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thnews.org and @delaneyrules.bsky.social,Senior Politics Reporter @huffpost.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen You Tube: youtu.be/R3jU1Rc2rCs

"Even if Trump doesn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, he’s not a total loser. On Aug. 5, Trump won Bedminster’s Men’s Senior Club Championship, his sixth golf championship of 2025. But, of course, it’s a lot easier to win the top prize when you own the club." thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Donald Trump claims he hates waste. How about the billions of dollars of waste he is creating by stopping clean energy projects that are often 80% completed. Plus 1000's of clean energy jobs. In Red states! bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube: youtu.be/I9LcAsGLdDY

Donald Trump hates wind turbines. For the selfish reason he thinks they destroy the view from his seaside golf courses. The rest of us and the world be damned to climate catastrophe. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube: youtu.be/I9LcAsGLdDY

The authoritarian war on science has come for both vaccines and climate change mitigation. That war will kill millions of people over time. Without facts, policy is made on whims and grievances. Not good. bit.ly/My-Column And now on YouTube: youtu.be/I9LcAsGLdDY

Remember when Donald Trump tried to shake down the oil companies for a billion dollars. The big dealmaker got well short of the billion but the fossil fuel industry got everything they wanted. bit.ly/My-Column And now on YouTube: youtu.be/I9LcAsGLdDY

Donald Trump is destroying America issue by issue. Today we tackle climate policy with the leading environmental reporter, @elizkolbert.bsky.social The outlook for planet survival is dire. bit.ly/My-Column And now on YouTube: youtu.be/I9LcAsGLdDY

From the sublime to the ridiculous to the truly scary. With @SarahDWire.bsky.social, Senior National Political Correspondent @USATODAY.COM, John Bennett, WH Correspondent for CQ @RollCall.com and former @WashingtonPost.com Columnist, @PBump.com bit.ly/Click-2-Listen You Tube youtu.be/UJ0XlWMdoTI

"He sees his job as president not as serving the public, but as personal profiteering. And, in that, he has succeeded beyond even his wildest imagination." bit.ly/My-Column

"What changed? The museum hasn’t changed. It’s Donald Trump who’s changed, from feeling he had to hide his inherent racism in his first term to openly embracing it in his second."

The big question: Will DonaldTrump follow court orders from SCOTUS? There is a small ray of hope on that front. But will it last? @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social explains. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube youtu.be/NlkRDE0M9SQ

I asked @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social what he thought of the Presidential Immunity SCOTUS decision. He gave a nuanced answer which showed the Conservative Justices to be tragically naive about Donald Trump bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube youtu.be/NlkRDE0M9SQ

@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social has a message for folks who fight Trump's authoritarianism. You are the heroes that will be remembered. And acknowledges the real courage it takes to defy Donald Trump. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube youtu.be/NlkRDE0M9SQ

@davidcole-gtown.bsky.social explains how Trump is forcing media, law firms and universities to bend the knee. They should resist, but even if they win in court, they fear Trump will find another way to wreak damage on them. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube youtu.be/NlkRDE0M9SQ

Trump campaigned on stopping what he called "The Weaponization" of the Justice Department. Two lies there. The Biden DOJ was following the law and policy. It's Trump and his lackeys who are weaponizing the DOJ. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And on YouTube: youtu.be/NlkRDE0M9SQ

Sharp insights and analysis from Katherine Doyle, White House Reporter for @nbcnews.com, @linda-feldmann.bsky.social, DC Bureau Chief and WH Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and @kirk-bado.bsky.social, Editor, @nationaljournal.com Hotline. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen youtu.be/L1m23N6C2cw

"Donald Trump is the LAST person in the world to complain about crime in Washington. The worst crime spree in the city's history was the sacking of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, spurred and instigated by Trump himself. Mr. Law and Order, Trump ain't!" bit.ly/My-Column

I ask my guest, @joecirin.bsky.social the question I get all the time, "What does Putin have on Trump?" Get more here(Audio) bit.ly/Click-2-Listen On YouTube: youtu.be/D00SsuMfxgU

Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize so bad. My guest on today's pod, @joecirin.bsky.social, explains how the European leaders used Trump's vanity to keep him from completely doing Putin's bidding. Get more here(Audio) bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/D00SsuMfxgU

@joecirin.bsky.social says the European leaders gave a masterclass on how to handle a needy @realDonaldTrump. Get more here(Audio) bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/D00SsuMfxgU

We know @realDonaldTrump changes positions like he changes wives. But I wonder if he even remembers what he said yesterday. Our Foreign Policy "Guru" @joecirin.bsky.social on the weakest president. Get more here(Audio) bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/D00SsuMfxgU

TACO Trump does not only apply to Tariffs. It's his Foreign "Policy," too. @joecirin.bsky.social calls out lDonald Trump's failures. Get more here(Audio) bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/D00SsuMfxgU

Great group of California reporters with sharp insider info. With Joe Garofoli, Sr. Political Writer @sfchronicle.com, ‪@laurajnelson.bsky.social‬, Staff Writer @latimes.com and @melmason.bsky.social‬, Sr. Political Reporter @politico.com. ‬ bit.ly/Click-2-Listen YouTube: youtu.be/A-62WoNw5kA

You know the metaphor about the frog not noticing the water is approaching the boiling point? David thinks frogs might be smarter than we are as our democracy is boiling away. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube with subtitles: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

My podcast guest @davidcorn.bsky.social on the existential race between Autocracy and Democracy. And right now the bad guys are winning. But the race is not over. Get more great insights from David here: bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

All those incompetent people @realDonaldTrump has appointed to crucial positions? It's not just that he saw them on Fox. It's part of the authoritarian playbook. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube with subtitles: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

My podcast guest @davidcorn.bsky.social on the existential race between Autocracy and Democracy. And right now the bad guys are winning. But the race is not over. Get more great insights from David here: bit.ly/Click-2-Listen or on YouTube: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

You know the metaphor about the frog not noticing the water is approaching the boiling point? David thinks frogs might be smarter than we are as our democracy is boiling away. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen And now on YouTube with subtitles: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

The great David Corn is my guest on today's pod. And he's pretty certain we have crossed the line to authoritarianism. He brings the receipts. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen and now on YouTube with subtitles: youtu.be/Kh0d4ozIlqI

Another wild week in Trump 2.0. TX Dems Stand-up. CA-NY-IL Dems Fight Back. Selling the BBB. GOP Town Hall Problems. Trump: Obama Committed Treason. Treason Claims=Epstein Distraction. Tariff Price Hikes are Here. YouTube youtu.be/kD-hH7m6URA Audio bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

Making sense of the news with @allansmith.bsky.social, Political Reporter @nbcnews.com, @amandabecker.bsky.social, Washington Correspondent @19thnews.org, and ‪@cameronjoseph.bsky.social Senior Washington Reporter ‪@csmonitor.bsky.social‬‬‬ bit.ly/Click-2-Listen

Trump accuses Obama of *Treason.* It should be front page news. But MSM barely covers it. And this: "Clearly, there was one former president guilty of treason. Not Barack Obama, but Donald Trump. And Merrick Garland looked the other way." Click to read: bit.ly/My-Column

"Trump tries to justify his ballroom by insisting it will be built by private donors. Who cares? If a handful of fat cats or big corporations want to suck up to Trump by funding his pet project, that doesn’t justify the desecration of the White House."

DonaldTrump is an economic illiterate. His America First economic "policy" is trash. Progressive Democratic Virginia Congressman Don @Beyer.house.gov explains. bit.ly/Click-2-Listen to the whole podcast. Or watch on YouTube(with subtitles) youtu.be/L37OLCkgrkE