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Today, we’re releasing Isaac’s interview with economist Noah Smith; it’s the third time Noah has sat down for an interview with Tangle, and it’s a fascinating conversation on the outlook for the U.S. debt and deficit in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill becoming law. By the way: If you are not yet a podcast member, and you want to upgrade your newsletter subscription plan to include a podcast...

On Tuesday, July 29, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin  released  the agency’s proposal to rescind a determination that previous administrations had used to set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the determination, called  the endangerment finding , to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fo...

On Sunday, a group of Democratic lawmakers in Texas  left the state  to deny the Republican-controlled state House the quorum necessary to vote on a new congressional map designed to give the GOP five additional seats in the U.S. House next year. In late July, President Donald Trump  spearheaded  the plan to redraw Texas’s Congressional map, years in advance of the typical dece...

On Friday, President Donald Trump  fired  the commissioner of labor statistics for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Erika McEntarfer, after the agency released a lower-than-expected July jobs report and revised May's and June's numbers downwards. The BLS  reported  that nonfarm payrolls increased by 73,000 in July, below Dow Jones’s  estimated gain  of 100,000 jo...

In this episode, Isaac, Ari and Kmele talk about Sydney Sweeney and her wonderful jeans, the stock trading ban, the latest on the Trump economy and some of the fractures in MAGA world with whats going down in Gaza. All of this followed by an extra good grievance section. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion that challenges conventional perspectives and offers fresh insights into today's most...

In the early days of 2023, a group of researchers and activists published a  report  with a shocking conclusion: Utah’s Great Salt Lake was losing water so fast that it was on track to effectively disappear within five years. Since the report was issued, the Great Salt Lake’s water loss not only slowed, but its water level actually  increased . In June 2024, the lake’s two side...

On Tuesday, the Senate  voted  50–49 to confirm Emil Bove to a lifetime judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined all Democrats in opposing Bove’s nomination; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN)  did not vote . The confirmation follows a protracted fight over Bove’s nomination, which included whistleblower reports that Bove act...

In the past two months, several major U.S. food companies have voluntarily committed to removing artificial food dyes from their products, following  a plan  from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to work with the industry to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes. In June, Heinz and General Mills  committed  to removing synthetic dyes from all their products by the end...

On Sunday, President Donald Trump  announced  that the United States and the European Union (EU) had reached a trade deal following a meeting between Trump and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The U.S. and the EU agreed to a 15% tariff on most European goods imported to the U.S., as well as a commitment from EU members to buy $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and i...

The humanitarian situation in Gaza. On Sunday, the Israeli military  temporarily paused  operations in three parts of Gaza to allow aid groups into the enclave amid rising concerns over a hunger crisis. Separately, Israel  airdropped  humanitarian aid into Gaza for the first time since the start of its war with Hamas, one of several measures that government officials said were...

In this episode, Isaac, Ari and Kmele discuss the intricacies of political narratives surrounding the Epstein case and its implications, the candid revelations from Hunter Biden's recent interview, the dynamics of cancel culture, the complexities of climate change discourse, and the evolving landscape of political ideologies. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion that challenges conventional...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about  five things I had gotten wrong about Trump  in his first six months in office. In all honesty, I’m not a huge fan of political prognostication, and I often try to avoid making predictions to focus more on my analysis and reporting. Still, predictions inevitably slip into that analysis; and my last retrospective, like many others I had written before...

On Thursday, the Senate  voted  51–48 to pass a rescissions package clawing back $9 billion in federal funding that had previously been approved for international aid and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). The next day, the House  approved  the package 216–213, sending it to President Donal...

On Friday, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard  announced  the release of files that allegedly show President Barack Obama and his national security cabinet members concocted a false narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 election. DNI Gabbard claimed  the documents  showed a “treasonous conspiracy” to overturn Donald Trump’s electoral victory,  po...

On Friday, President Donald Trump  signed  the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, the United States’s first major cryptocurrency legislation. The new law  establishes  a legal category and regulatory framework for stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tied to a reference asset, like the price of gold or the U.S. dollar...

On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal  published  a report claiming that President Donald Trump signed a letter containing a lewd drawing and sexually suggestive text as part of a birthday album for Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. The Journal says it reviewed the contents of the previously unreported album and letters but has not released any of the documents. President Trump  strongly deni...

Isaac, Ari, and Kmele really get into it about all the Jeffrey Epstein stuff for nearly an hour. Then they talk about their opinions on the Jerome Powell and President Trump situation. And, as always, the Airing of Grievances and a very good one at that.  Ad-free podcasts are here! Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of this podcast that they could subscribe to — and we fin...

Hundred-year floods in Central Texas. Wildfires encroaching on the Grand Canyon. Powerful hurricanes, heat records, even winter storms — these events have many people sounding the alarm about climate change.  But which is it? Wetter or drier? Hotter, or more extreme in general? Can one effect possibly be causing such a wide range of problems? Are humans contributing to severe weather, or are...

Biden’s use of the autopen. On Tuesday, Fox News  reported  that the White House Counsel’s Office — in coordination with the Justice Department — is investigating former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen while in office. The Trump administration  says  the investigation will examine how Biden used the  autopen , a machine that reproduces a person’s signature, ov...

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has  escalated his criticisms  of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over Powell’s decision to maintain interest rates at current levels. The comments follow  reports  that Trump is considering removing Powell from his position, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent  said  that the administration has begun vetting replacement ca...

On Monday, President Donald Trump  announced  two measures aimed at pressuring Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. First, Trump said Russia would face tariffs “at about 100%” if it did not agree to a peace deal in the next 50 days,  adding  that he would impose secondary sanctions on countries that buy Russian oil, such as China, India, Brazil, and Turkey. Second,...

On Thursday, federal immigration authorities  said  they arrested 319 people suspected of being in the country illegally in raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection at two licensed cannabis farms in California. Law enforcement officers also found 10 children in the country illegally during the raids and arrested four United States c...

Isaac, Ari, and Kmele talk a lot about Jeffrey Epstein and the Grok/ai chat bot meltdown. Then the guys play a fun population game that they surprisingly do well on. And, as always, the Airing of Grievances and our mutual frustration with ticks! Ad-free podcasts are here! Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of this podcast that they could subscribe to — and we finally launched i...

So today, I’d like to tackle five things I think I’ve gotten wrong about President Donald Trump’s administration through the first six months of his second term. Of course, the book isn’t closed on all these stories, and I remain open to having my mind changed again in the future. Ad-free podcasts are here! Many listeners have been asking for an ad-free version of this podcast that they could subs...

On Saturday, Elon Musk  announced  his intention to create a new political party, called the “America Party.” The announcement follows Musk’s  public fallout  with President Donald Trump over Musk’s exit from the administration and spending provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill enacted on Friday. While the America Party is not yet an official political entity, Musk  say...