Brett Breaks Things

Today on Brett Breaks Things , we follow the money behind the headlines. Trump's China summit leaves Nvidia's future uncertain, but new reporting on his stock trades raises a bigger question: how many corporate winners lined up with decisions coming out of his own administration? From Palantir and Nvidia to energy stocks and market-moving policy shifts, "Disclosure of the Grift" looks at the blurr...

Today we're looking at Todd Blanche's rapid rise from Trump's personal lawyer to one of the most powerful figures inside the Justice Department — and the growing questions about whether he's acting as America's top law enforcement official or Trump's personal cleanup crew. From recusal concerns and threats to subpoena reporters, to Raskin demanding answers about alleged payments to fired FBI agent...

Trump lands in China hoping for pageantry, praise, and a deal — but the real story is leverage. As the Iran war drains U.S. focus and gives Beijing a major strategic opening, Xi greets Trump with flags, flattery, and a blunt warning on Taiwan. Meanwhile, back home, the grift machine keeps humming: Justice Department officials weigh settling Trump's IRS lawsuit. Foreign policy chaos abroad, cash gr...

Today we ask what the war has really cost us — not just the Pentagon's $29 billion price tag, but the grocery bills, gas-tax gimmicks, strained alliances, and political cover stories piling up behind it. As Trump heads to China with Nvidia's CEO, Elon Musk, other tech executives, and Eric Trump in tow, Americans are being told not to ask too many questions about their own financial pain — even as...

Today on Brett Breaks Things , we break down the "MAHA" movement in action: RFK Jr.'s quiet but sweeping vaccine inquiry, the FDA blocking research that found Covid and shingles vaccines were safe, and the real-world fallout as vaccine skepticism spreads — including babies bleeding to death after parents reject a routine vitamin K shot. Then we head to the Reflecting Pool, where Trump's promised $...

Trump and Netanyahu are making it clear the Iran war isn't finished, even as new peace offers fall apart and Democrats press the administration on Israel's nuclear program. Meanwhile, the conflict is spilling into Trump's high-stakes China week — with Iran, Taiwan, trade, sanctions, AI, and the Xi summit all colliding at once. What was supposed to be a show of strength is turning into a dangerous...

It's Friday, and the chaos is leaking from every corner: Kash Patel's FBI is reportedly polygraphing its own people, chasing leaks to journalists, and defending him over a story about personalized whiskey bottles. Meanwhile, U.S. intelligence says Iran may be able to ride out Trump's Hormuz blockade for months, and Tennessee Republicans push a new map aimed at carving up the state's last Democrati...

Today, we break down Trump's Iran mess: a sudden Strait of Hormuz reversal, new Iranian rules over the waterway, and a DOJ probe into suspiciously timed oil trades tied to the war. Then we turn to Pete Hegseth's false testimony to Congress about troops at polling places under Biden — and the growing disarray inside the Pentagon.

Today, we break down the Trump administration's wildly incoherent Iran messaging: Marco Rubio says "Operation Epic Fury" is over, "Project Freedom" isn't offensive, and somehow the goal is to return Iran to exactly where it was before Trump started the war. Meanwhile, Trump is floating peace and escalation in the same breath, Lindsey Graham is openly talking about arming Iranians, and the White Ho...

Spirit Airlines is gone. Sean Duffy and others in MAGA-world are blaming Biden— but the story is a lot messier than the talking points. Today, we break down what really happened with Spirit and why Trumpworld is pushing this false narrative. Also, looks like we will be paying for most of Trump's ballroom.    

Trump escalates tensions in the Strait of Hormuz while Iran pushes back and questions pile up over "Project Freedom." Back home, judicial nominees dodge basic questions about Trump, the Constitution, 2020, and January 6 — as the fight over the midterms heats up.

Today's show is "Violation of Norms" — borrowing Bessent's own phrase, because if we're talking about norms, this administration has shattered the whole rulebook. Powell staying on the Fed board is being treated like the scandal, while Trump's pressure campaign against the Fed, the push to punish disabled adults living with family, the ballooning cost of the Iran war, and the effort to put Trump's...

The Voting Rights Act isn't officially dead — but the Supreme Court may have just put it on life support. Today we break down the Louisiana map ruling, the conservative push toward "race-neutral" redistricting, and the immediate political fallout as GOP-led states move to redraw maps, delay primaries, and potentially reshape control of Congress.      

James Comey's "8647" seashell post is now a criminal case, and the DOJ says it can prove intent with witnesses, documents, and Comey himself. Today, we break down Todd Blanche and Kash Patel's defense of the investigation, the threat of a 10-year sentence. We don't stop there, because the free speech question stretches from the FBI to the FCC as its latest crackdown on Jimmy Kimmel plays out.     ...

After the Correspondents Dinner shooting, Trump and his allies are using fear, rumors, and conspiracy theories to revive the push for a White House ballroom — even after Trump repeatedly promised taxpayers would not pay a dime. We break down the security spin, the $400 million funding push, the rhetoric hypocrisy, and Ron DeSantis' latest "Dummymander" attempt to redraw Florida in the GOP's favor....

Today we break down RFK Jr.'s defense of Trump's mathematically impossible drug-pricing claim — including the idea that dropping a $600 drug to $10 is somehow a "600% reduction." From there, we look at another round of chaos inside the Pentagon as Navy Secretary John Phelan exits amid tensions with Pete Hegseth and the ongoing Iran blockade, plus the disturbing new frontier of political betting: a...

Today we broke down the secrecy, internal maneuvering, and political pressure swirling around the Supreme Court. From secret memos and breaks from the norm to new questions about Justice Samuel Alito's future. The Senate Republicans also seem to be preparing for a possible vacancy and Ron DeSantis reportedly angling for a bigger role, we looked at how power is moving behind the scenes at the highe...

The Justice Department's widening pursuit of Trump's perceived enemies took another turn today, as a prominent civil rights group was hit with financial crime charges while broader conspiracy-style probes continue to expand under Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. We also break down the sudden reversal in the John Brennan inquiry, Kash Patel's angry public defense of his performance, and what i...

Trump always says he hires "the best people," but today's show tells a very different story. We break down the turmoil surrounding Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's exit, the investigations, internal chaos, and allegations swirling around the department, then turn to the mystery of an increasingly absent FBI director as Kash Patel tries to fight back against damaging reporting with a massive d...

As tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz, with ship attacks, blockade enforcement, and Trump claiming the U.S. seized an Iranian vessel, we break down how dangerous this latest phase of the Iran crisis could become. Then we turn to The Kushner Corruption Machine: a major Trump administration deal tied to a company backed by Jared Kushner's war-profiteer brother, new reporting on wealthy Syrian...

Today we break down how the Trump family's business dealings are raising new questions about how future presidents could profit from public office, while a private equity billionaire and major manufacturers move deeper into the business of war through Pentagon expansion and weapons production. We also look at the renewed fight over FISA, the government's controversial surveillance authority, and w...

Today's show breaks down the resignations of Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales and what they say about a Congress already struggling with a deep ethics problem. We look at the broader crisis of accountability on Capitol Hill, the erosion of public trust, and why the institution looks more unstable than ever.      

Trump's Jesus-style post sparks backlash, his feud with the Pope deepens, and the gap between political spectacle and economic reality gets harder to ignore as Iran tensions threaten higher prices at the pump.  

As Iran peace talks fell apart, new reporting raised fresh questions about the overlap between Trump-world politics, cryptocurrency, and foreign policy. We broke down World Liberty Financial, the investor backlash around the Trump-linked project, and the collapse of diplomacy with Iran. 

Trump is facing criticism from some of his loudest allies as Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and others publicly turn on him over Iran, Fox's coverage, and growing chaos inside his political orbit. We also break down the latest on U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks, the Strait of Hormuz standoff, NATO tensions, Melania's Epstein denial, and fresh questions around prediction markets and Trump-world...