A Slice of News

In this episode I discuss Vice President JD Vance and his fall from heir apparent to the President to a man seemingly defined by his recent failures abroad in a matter of a week Are we seeing the end of any chance of Vance 2028?

In this episode I discuss the end of California Representative Eric Swalwell's run for California Governor amid numerous accusations of sexual misconduct and how Democrats seem to the the only one's willing to take decisive action when one of their own is found to have done wrong...

In this episode I discuss the return of discussion about Jeffery Epstein and the files as a result of a recent press conference given by First Lady Melania Trump that attempted to separate her from involvement in the Epstein situation and accusations she was at least somewhat connected if not at least aware of some of what her husband and Epstein were involved in, but with eyes back on Epstein is...

In this episode I discuss the President's recent threats directed towards Iran, how quickly he backed down from them, and how the still continuing conflict is possibly shaping up to be a generationally defining conflict the way Vietnam was for their grandfathers...

In this episode I discuss the ongoing conflict in Iran now stretching into its second month and how that it might partially be because the US started a conflict with an adversary that didn't simply fold at the first sign of American aggression and couldn't simply be bullied into submission...

In this episode I discuss the SCOTUS hearing a challenge to the idea that being born in the US makes you a US citizen and how those on the right feel that even though the Constitution and past legal precedent says that is how it is, there should be exceptions...

In this episode I discuss ICE's continued presence at our nation's airports and Border Czar Tom Homan's seeming inability to give a concrete answer as to when they will actually be taken back out of them, possibly hinting at a plan not to remove them at all...

In this episode I discuss the upcoming No Kings protest that will be occurring over the weekend, set to be attended by millions of people dissatisfied with the President and his actions, whether these sorts of gatherings actually do anything and how they aren't just about clever signs and chants...

In this episode I discuss the recent disclosure of investigative documents related to the President's stealing and hiding of classified documents, some relating directly to his own personal financial dealings and reportedly his showing of classified information to people who definitely weren't supposed to see them while flying on his personal plane....

In this episode I discuss the possibility that Senate Republicans are going to use reconciliation as a method of ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and get the ICE funding Democrats have refused, while also using it as a stealth method of getting their SAVE Acts though when they do not have the necessary votes to do so otherwise

In this episode I discuss a recently unredacted email from the Epstein files that seems to contradict many of the statements the President made regarding Jeffery Epstein and his relationship to him and opens the door to wonder if they covered this up, what else did they hide that is in those files ?

In this episode I discuss the consequences of the ongoing lack of funding at the Transportation Security Administration and how their workforce is slowly dwindling as they now have missed their first full paycheck since Department of Homeland Security lost funding last month with no end in sight At this rate multi-hour long lines at security may be least of travel's problems....

In this episode I discuss the resignation of National Counterterrorism Council Director Joseph Kent and the warnings and advice he left the President in his resignation letter about the ongoing conflict in Iran, ones the President is sadly unlikely too heed...

In this episode I discuss how Senate Republicans are at a point where they are willing to use every tactic at their disposable of removing the filibuster to get their signature SAVE Act passed, despite the fact its deeply unpopular and an incredibly blatant voter disenfranchisement bill that would cost millions of Americans their Constitutionally granted right to vote...

In this episode I discuss the perpetually ballooning financial cost of the ongoing military conflict in Iran, both to the armed forces and to the average American and question if in the end it will really have been worth it in the end...

In this episode I discuss a recent lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee concerning a number of Freedom of Information Act they had submitted related to the possible deployment of armed agents and troops to polling places and other election related sites during the upcoming midterm elections that had been ignored by the Administration's various departments and the illegality of fa...

In this episode I discuss the recent ousting of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem and how in some ways her removal from her top spot may have been inevitable

In this episode I discuss how the ongoing military actions in Iran are making many of the Trump faithful begin to question their loyalties as their leader has seemingly thrust the nation into yet another foreign war, despite numerous assurances i the past he would do the opposite and was a "President of peace"

In this episode I discuss the recent military action launched in part by President Trump in Iran and how historical precedent does not look favorably on the outcome of this now ongoing conflict

In this episode I discuss a proposed Executive Order being proposed by a gang of pro-Trump attorneys that would declare a national emergency to give the President to power to eliminate mail-in voting and restrict voting to hand counted paper ballots cast with a voter ID as a method of combating "foreign interference" in our upcoming midterm elections and beyond, and how that would massively underm...

In this episode I discuss the forthcoming and long awaited testimony of Bill and Hillary Clinton before a House Oversight Committee in relation to their possible connection to the ongoing Epstein investigation and how while those on the right really want to nail the Clintons on something relating to Jeffery Epstein, it may not go the way they are hoping....

I discuss a recent survey that showed a majority of Americans feel the nation is headed in a negative direction and we are worse off today than we were a year ago under President Trump, why they may feel that way and what the cost of still so many not seeing it that way might be...

In this episode I discuss the resent 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court that said President Trump did not have the authority to impose his tariffs the way he did and how he is likely not going to be happy about it...

In this episode I discuss Texas Representative and prospective Senate candidate James Talarico and how he's managed to reignite the feeling amongst Democrats that flipping Texas blue may actually be possible, and his good chances of not only securing his name on the Democratic ticket but maybe even beating his eventual Republican opponent in the election...

In this episode I discuss the ongoing push by the Trump administration to do anything except fully release the files and make any attempt to bring anyone named within them to any sort of real justice They want to American people to just "move on" from them, but they refuse, and seek the one thing the administration has thus far been doggedly avoiding...accountability