Matt and James

Leftist Lens

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Matt and James comment on all the terrible and some of the funny and interesting things that happened in the past week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Matt and James

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Latest episode

Nov 3, 2026

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Episodes

Remember Renee Nicole Good 12.01.2026

Hours after we recorded last week's episode, the US invaded Venezuela and kidnapped their President. Somehow, that's nowhere near the biggest story of the week. ICE agent Jonathon Ross murdered Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday January 7th. He hasn't been convicted but we saw several angles of it, so despite the government's insistence on telling us we didn't see what we saw, we know w...

Vindictive Leadership 05.01.2026

Trump seems to have essentially annexed Venezuela, although we recorded this before that happened. Tune in next week to see what we have to say about that. In this episode we talk about the made up scandals republican influencers make up to take up air time from the very real scandals and crimes their president commits every day. We also discuss how trump punishes entire states if he feels wronged...

Rich White Men Are The Worst 29.12.2025

The newest releases of the Epstein files are extremely disturbing. Although nothing in them is confirmed fact, knowing how terrible rich white men are, they are believable. The no wars president bombed Nigeria on Christmas day, just like Jesus would do. Our closest ally is preparing to fight a war against us. Every day is more insane than the last. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from these two...

We Got Some Epstein Files 22.12.2025

Pam Bondi appears to have not followed the Epstein Transparency Act by releasing heavily redacted files and definitely not all of them. Trump gives an unhinged address, and still wants to have war in Venezuela. Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or whatever you prefer to hear. . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump Admin Now Comes for the Tourists and People with Disabilities 15.12.2025

Read First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller if you don't understand the title this week. We talk about the new rules for tourists announced this week, the removal of aids for people with disabilities in federal agencies, and yet another school shooting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Affordability 07.12.2025

We brush past the news stories from last week to get to what we really want to about. You will hear affordability as a talking point for democrats leading into the midterm elections. We talk about the problems with affordability and demand that democrats articulate their policies to combat it to earn our votes. We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail,com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

War Crimes and Misdemeaners 01.12.2025

If we were still a nation of law and order, the trump regime would be facing long prison sentences. We talk about that, the murder of a National Guard soldier, the increasing likelihood the US invades Venezuela, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unanimous Consent 24.11.2025

Zohran Mamdani meets with trump, the Epstein files are coming out, trump sold out Ukraine, and MTG is resigning. What a week. Check out our video on YouTube (ep 97). We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One Side Capitulates the Other Defends Heinous Crimes 17.11.2025

This week is all about democrat capitulation and republican defense of pedofiles. This week was a disappoitment following the glimmer of hope we saw last week. If you want to search the eptein document drop you can find it at this link or by searhing Courier Newsroom's website. We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Name is Mr Mayor 10.11.2025

Big wins for democrats all over in this week's elections. The one that resonated most was Zohran Mamdani wininng the mayoral race in NYC. We talk about this and more this week on Leftist Lens. We can be reached at leftist.lens.business@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Name is Mamdani Part 2 03.11.2025

We won't tell you who to vote for (for the most part) but in this episode we will point out some of the bullshit the republicans are trying to shovel down our throats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We Protested Again 20.10.2025

Another quarterly protest occired Saturday and made trump mad, but that's about it. Another political prosecution is underway. Journalists lost their access to the Pentagon. Oh, and the government is still shut down. we can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plenary Authority 14.10.2025

A Sheriff and a General adhere to their oaths while the trump administration continues dragging us further into fascism. Leticia James gets indicted, and liberals in Texas are about to investigated for whatever Ken Paxton can find. We can be reached at leftist.lens.business@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Government Shutdown 06.10.2025

The federal goveement is shut down. This probably hasn't effected you yet, but it will. ICE is going to be watching your social media, say hi. And Italy is on strike for Gaza. Take notes our fellow Americans. We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No Peace Prize For You 01.10.2025

James is back after donating a kidney (for real, to a stranger too). Trump will never get the Nobel Peace Prize, another liberal city gets illegally invaded by the US Army, the ferderal governemnt is shut down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ANTIFA Terrorists 23.09.2025

Freedom of speech is dead, anti fascists are now terrorists, and Charlie Kirk is dead. Special guest Geoff joins Matt for a discussion of these and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sabres Are Being Rattled 08.09.2025

The Department of War has come back and the rhetoric to justify war is ramping up. :Plus more bad labor news and an Epstein update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where is the President? 02.09.2025

Happy Labor Day! We discuss labor day, and where is president trump? We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Better Late Than Never 02.09.2025

After a week off, we are uploading a week late. We welcome back special guest Anthony Vernon to talk about alligator alcatraz and gerrymandering, We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Neither Party Respects Your Vote 12.08.2025

While andy cuomo and the corporate democrats defy the will of the NYC voters, trump and texas governor abbot are trying to steal house seats for the republicans. We can be reached at leftist.lens.business@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fascism Here, There, and Everywhere 05.08.2025

We welcome our first ever guest, Anthony Vernon, a philosophy professor from South Florida that studies fascism. Can we ever believe labor statistics again? Why is trump building a ballroom in the white house? Your local PBS station may be in trouble. We can be reached at leftis.lens.business@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paramount Problem 30.07.2025

South Park came back with a vengeance and the Epstein saga won't leave the news. We can be reached at leftist.lens.business@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Epstein Files Redux 23.07.2025

Colbert cancelled, Epstein files are a hoax now, and why won't Democrats endorse Mamdani? We can be reached at leftistlensbusiness@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

404: Epstein Files Not Found 15.07.2025

Some of MAGA is big mad over the trump administration's decision to protect the rapists from the epstein case. There have been some good decisions from the courts this week but things are still very terrible to immigrants. Check us out on Substack: https://leftistlenspodcast.substack.com/ and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeftistLensToday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

Goodbye Medicaid 07.07.2025

Republicans passed their budget and we all got a temporary tax cut in order to hide the fact that millions will lose their access to healthcare. Elon is starting a new political party. Devastating floods have hit Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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