Vibes Only

Dan Pfeiffer, former senior Obama advisor and host of Pod Save America, joins as a special guest to talk through some of the vibes this week!  We ask Dan about special counsel Robert Hur’s report that he referred to as a “partisan hit job,” media coverage of Biden’s age, and how to survive the dizzying pollercoaster.  Then, we give a brief update on Donald Trump’s election cases, and discuss his c...

The VIBES THIS WEEK: A 3-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit unanimously ruled that citizen Donald Trump does not have immunity in the DC elections case saying  “we cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter.” Also: Last week we talked about Trump and his congressional loyalists work to tank the bipartis...

Senate Republicans and Democrats are reportedly nearing a bipartisan border deal. Trump called the deal “a disaster” without knowing what’s in it because, as Senate Republicans have admitted, it would weaken his grievance that Biden is ineffective on the border.  Also:  Nikki Haley is going into attack mode. Is it too little too late? How will her Trump digs age if she eventually bends the knee? T...

New Hampshire results are in with the expected results taking the headlines. Donald Trump won the GOP primary, while Joe Biden, who wasn’t even on the ballot (we explain why) overwhelmingly won with an organized write-in campaign.  Nikki Haley performed better than expected and vows to stay in the race.  We break down the results, hot off the presses and also discuss:  Ron DeSantis’ early exit fro...

The Iowa caucus was so noncompetitive that the story the media were selling was not who would win, but who would place second. Trump did indeed dominate, as expected. Networks called the race about 30 minutes into the process - before most votes were cast.  We’ll break down the Iowa caucus results, and what the numbers suggest (if anything) about the general election.  We’ll also discuss:  The sto...

Vibes Only is a brand new podcast from COURIER that will check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. The vibes this week:  The three year anniversary of January 6th just passed. We disuss the politics of the insurrection and the state of democracy 3 years on… A Trump lawyer made a stunning assertion that presidential immunity would cover the chief executi...

INTRODUCING: VIBES ONLY. First episode drops on January 10, 2024! ABOUT: The polls are broken. The stakes are unprecedented. And the future of democracy, like it or not,  hinges on one thing – VIBES. Vibes Only is here to check the vibes of American politics and break down the need-to-know news of the week. And while one of the two major parties in the country has overwhelmingly embraced a right-w...