Jason Thompson

Nightly News Roundup

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A news headline show for people who love to hate the news and hate to love the news. Art by Cory Drake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Jason Thompson

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Latest episode

Jun 18, 2026

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Episodes

Nightly News Roundup for Jan. 9, 2026 10.01.2026

Tonight: ICE shoots Renee Good, calls it self-defense, and insults her on camera. Vice President Vance weaponizes tragedy while the press takes notes. Trump pitches Venezuela like a $100B timeshare, threatens Greenland, and declares himself NATO’s savior. DOJ buries Epstein files. Ramaswamy’s bodyguard runs a fentanyl warehouse. Trump accuses Petro of trafficking, Bogotá panics, Republicans mediat...

Nightly News Roundup for Jan. 8, 2026 09.01.2026

Tonight: Theo Jesterfield watches ICE kill a driver and draft the alibi, Trump get checked by his own party and melt down anyway, and the president declare himself the only law that matters. Healthcare math survives Congress. Epstein files stay buried. Gaza buries children. Federal agents shoot civilians in Portland and erase the receipt. If you feel rattled, congratulations—you’re still human. Th...

Nightly News Roundup for Jan. 7, 2026 08.01.2026

Tonight: Theo Jesterfield watches an ICE shooting turn into fan fiction, Venezuelan oil get laundered through U.S. banks, and Big Oil collect welfare with a military escort. Trump yells at defense contractors, agrees with RFK Jr. by accident, threatens Greenland like it’s a hostile takeover, and rewrites January 6 on an official government website. Markets flinch. Allies blink. Memory fights back....

Nightly News Roundup for Jan. 6, 2026 07.01.2026

Tonight: On the fifth anniversary of January 6th, Theo Jesterfield revisits a planned insurrection Donald Trump pointed at the Capitol on live TV. Trump eyes Greenland like a hostile acquisition, the DOJ releases less than one percent of the Epstein files and calls it transparency, the NRA sues its own charity, and Dan Bongino fights Matt Gaetz online like democracy’s unpaid intern. Congress defun...

Nightly News Roundup for Jan. 5, 2026 06.01.2026

Tonight: Theo Jesterfield watched Donald Trump treat war like a stock tip, Congress like an inconvenience, and transparency like a rumor. Wall Street chased regime change profits, the Pentagon misplaced millions of munitions, Elon Musk automated exploitation, and the Epstein files disappeared into a mystery warehouse. Meanwhile, the flu bulldozed the country while Americans debated vaccines with v...

Nightly News Roundup for Dec. 17, 2025 18.12.2025

Tonight: Theo Jesterfield placed odds on Donald Trump’s prime-time address and liked his chances of starting a new hemisphere-sized mess. Epstein files loomed, and Ghislaine Maxwell rediscovered faith in courts. Dan Bongino ditched the FBI for the mic. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat JD Vance in a poll and didn’t bother to whisper it. Mike Johnson lost control of his caucus over healthcare math. Rob...

Nightly News Roundup for Dec. 16, 2025 17.12.2025

Tonight: Susie Wiles opens the morgue and names the monsters running the cockpit. RFK Jr. praises vaccines, then poisons the well as measles explodes. Bari Weiss promises dialogue; Nielsen hands CBS a toe tag. Trump books a mystery address just ahead of the Epstein files. Pete Hegseth hides strike footage while the body count grows. Trump sues the Pulitzer Board and discovers discovery. Kash Patel...

Nightly News Roundup for Dec. 10, 2025 11.12.2025

Tonight: The Coast Guard hijacks a tanker, Trump shrugs “We keep it,” and the Caribbean turns into a live-fire garage sale. Peskov beams as Trump’s “civilizational erasure” rant lands like Kremlin fan mail, NATO wobbles, and Kyiv gets benched. Epstein files erupt, Noem gets sidelined for stealing screen time, citizenship becomes a paywall, Powell white-knuckles a $27T economy, and FIFA mugs Americ...

Nightly News Roundup for Dec. 9, 2025 10.12.2025

Tonight: Trump grades his economy “A-plus-plus-plus-plus” while half the country hunts sofa cushions for rent. Leavitt demands louder worship as workers bleed, the DOJ hands out “Deportation Judge” internships, and Congress weaponizes the NDAA to pry loose Pentagon’s “double tap” video. Preventable child deaths climb for the first time in 25 years, Boston immigrants are yanked mid-oath, and the El...

Nightly News Roundup for Dec. 8, 2025 09.12.2025

🎧 “Batshit Minority Broadcast (High-Voltage Panic Mix)” A frenetic, jet-fueled playlist for a nation ricocheting between propaganda, price spikes, and constitutional cosplay. Tracks include: “Cannibal Threats & LinkedIn Sales Funnels” “Herd Resurrection Séance (USDA Remix)” “Ghost Parent Protocol” “Sedition Wi-Fi Dropout” “Birthday Canyon National Monument (Extended Grift Cut)” “Haunted DOJ P...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 25, 2025 26.11.2025

A grimy, high-tempo soundtrack for a country sprinting through legal fantasies and foreign-policy delusions. Tracks include “Missiles Mandatory,” “Almost Peace (Timeshare Edit),” “Death Cult Chorus,” “Wordle Immigration Law,” and the explosive closer “Salmon Brisket Pipeline Blues.” Perfect for doomscrolling your way through another day in the American Funhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 24, 2025 25.11.2025

🎧 “Authoritarianism for Dummies (feat. The Ketamine Kid)” A chaotic mix of malfunctioning institutions, collapsing agencies, and grifts wrapped in red, white, and blue. Tracks include “Prosecution by Vibes,” “Berserker with Wi-Fi,” “Farm-to-Table Incompetence,” and the chart-topping scam single “MAGA Phone (Remix – Stolen Samsung Edit).” Perfect for doomscrolling through another day in the Upside...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 17, 2025 17.11.2025

David Richardson missed Texas drowning, Comey’s case fell apart, and Charlotte got a paramilitary panic parade. Trump rasped through a reversal on Epstein files while Marjorie Taylor Greene survived death threats, doxx-pizza, and a new nickname: “Traitor Brown.” The EPA turns wetlands into a corporate toilet, and the Treasury blames migrant cows for high beef prices. I’m Theo Jesterfield—reporting...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 13, 2025 14.11.2025

Epstein’s inbox coughed up judgment day, Trump’s team is sweating in the Situation Room, and Lauren Boebert just turned national security into open mic night. The economy’s missing in action, Starbucks is on strike, and the government’s staggering back to life like a drunk zombie. I’m Theo Jesterfield—reporting live from the fever dream formerly known as the United States. Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 12, 2025 13.11.2025

Epstein’s ghost is leaking receipts, Trump’s press secretary is a malfunctioning hologram, and Speaker Johnson’s guarding the vault of the damned. The FBI’s on tour, ICE reenacted fascism in Chicago, and Trump’s printing welfare checks from the land of make-believe. Meanwhile, Democrats traded healthcare for promises. I’m Theo Jesterfield—reporting live from the echo chamber of a dying empire. Hos...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 11, 2025 12.11.2025

Fifty-one days without a government; the fix is less healthcare. The Navy eyes Venezuela’s oil under the guise of “freedom.” Trump sells indulgences to donors and wages war on a mall that doesn’t exist. His AI revolts, the DOJ rots, and the FAA begs for gas money. Veterans still waiting on that back pay from 1783. I’m Theo Jesterfield—reporting from a malfunctioning republic with a hangover and a...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 10, 2025 11.11.2025

Senate finally reopens the government; Rand Paul enraged, Schumer stabbed by his own. Air traffic controllers unpaid, yelled at for patriotism. Trump proposes 50-year mortgages so you die before owning a house. DOJ bleeding lawyers like the last chopper out. Maxwell courts a pardon from a prison resort. Kim Davis denied again. The Federalist calls Trump rudderless. I’m Theo Jesterfield—reporting f...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 5, 2025 06.11.2025

Election bloodbath: Democrats wipe the GOP off the map. Trump calls it “the golden age,” economists call it “creative fiction.” FAA grounds 10% of flights because the government’s too broke to fly. The Supreme Court rediscovers limits, Roberts remembers math, Kavanaugh remembers Nixon. Trump’s rookie prosecutor faceplants in federal court. The republic coughs, but keeps breathing. I’m Theo Jesterf...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 4, 2025 05.11.2025

New York chews its own teeth; rats poll higher than politicians. Virginia shatters glass ceilings. Sandwich Wars ended with mustard trauma. Cheney outlived his conscience. UPS planes crash, gravity unionizes, and the government holds SNAP hostage. Trump threatens Nigeria; Fox invents citizens. Trump Burger dead, Empire Pizza rises. Crypto pardons, morality auctioned. I’m Theo Jesterfield—broadcast...

Nightly News Roundup for Nov. 3, 2025 04.11.2025

SNAP benefits cut in half—Trump calls hunger “budget innovation.” Inflation is “perfect” while beef costs more than rent. Kash Patel takes a $60 million FBI jet on a date. MAGA tears itself apart as Tucker, Shapiro, and Cruz feud over morality and ratings. Air traffic controllers go unpaid while planes stack up. Trump hides at Mar-a-Lago, fretting over midterms. Billionaires soar $700 billion rich...

Nightly News Roundup for Oct. 23, 2025 24.10.2025

Debt hits $38 trillion. Arctic Refuge becomes Chevron’s gift shop. East Wing demolished for gold-plated ego. Inflation gnaws paychecks; tariffs punch wallets. Pentagon press corps now pillow peddlers and conspiracy bloggers. VA tried to stall veterans’ benefits—nine judges slapped that nonsense down. NBA stars accused of mob poker. Theo Jesterfield—broadcasting from a crater in Alaska. The headlin...

Nightly News Roundup for Oct. 22, 2025 23.10.2025

Trump sues the DOJ for investigating him... while running it. The military’s blowing up fishermen for “freedom.” Congress lets kids starve while ICE hires ex-cons. Cyberdefense gets gutted as China hacks our power grid. Indiana forgets how to gerrymander, and health insurance costs as much as a new car. I’m Theo Jesterfield—broadcasting from the smoking servers of Fort Meade. The lights are flicke...

Nightly News Roundup for Oct. 21, 2025 22.10.2025

U.S. fires Hellfires into the Caribbean, repatriates survivors like bad Amazon returns. Pardoned rioter threatens to kill Hakeem Jeffries. Air traffic controllers moonlight for DoorDash. Kristi Noem buys $172M Gulfstreams for “safety.” Trump cancels Ukraine missiles, flirts with Putin, and guided-missiles for deportations. Theo Jesterfield here—reporting live from America’s last nerve. The headlin...

Nightly News Roundup for Oct. 20, 2025 21.10.2025

Trump skipped No Kings Day; five million marched while House Republicans called it a “hate rally.” AI Trump dropped feces on Americans. Ninth Circuit says federalize Oregon’s Guard. East Wing demo = 90,000 sq ft of ego and gold drapes. ICE tear-gassed peaceful protesters anyway. AWS hiccup = Fortnite, McNuggets, Medicare offline. Fox + First Family SPAC = exceptional corruption. Louvre heist: Napo...

Nightly News Roundup for Oct. 17, 2025 18.10.2025

Trump told Ukraine and Russia: “both declare victory.” Congress took a nap while 80% of nuclear guards went home. John Bolton mailed secrets like a moody teenager. No Kings Day turned streets into a republic-themed obstacle course. George Santos got a hall pass. Young Republicans praised Hitler. Trump bombed boats in Venezuela. Theo Jesterfield reporting from the fever dream of America—where shutd...

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