The Insurgents

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) ran for Congress, in part, on a platform of banning stock trading for members of Congress. Since being sworn in in January, he has traded over 500 times. Bryan Metzger joins Jordan to talk about the trades, the multiple pieces of legislation seeking to ban members from trading stocks and a...

Andrew Perez of Rolling Stone joins us to talk about his new piece, “ Can Dems Save Themselves By Spending $20 million on ‘Speaking With American Men’? ” We discuss the pitch deck Andrew obtained and what’s required to be successful in this effort. We also talk about Elon Musk’s departure from the White House and his alleged drug problem, along with Joni Ernst’s hilariously awful town hall in Iowa...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Sam Biddle of The Intercept joins us to talk about two recent pieces, U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data & Microsoft Says It’s Censoring Employee Emails Containing the Word “Palestine.” We also talk about Trump’s “Golden Dome” plans and the big announcement that C...

House Republicans rammed through Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” with its authors still writing it up to the last minute before passage. So what’s inside? We take a closer look at the cuts that will affect working families. We also discuss the shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers and the implications this may have due to the Trump administration’s weaponization. For more on what’s inside Trump’s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Matt Lech of The Majority Report and Left Reckoning joins the show to talk about the death of Democratic congressman Jerry Connolly, Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis (and hypocritical media figures now investigating the coverup of his health issues), the possible shift happening in global sentiment around Israel, the N...

Eliot from Internet Today joins Jordan to talk about Elon Musk’s Grok responding to many X users with lines about white South Africans, including one response in Jar Jar Binks’ voice. We also talk about Republicans trying to ban all regulation on AI for the next 10 years. Also! We are publishing more content on our YouTube channel . Here are some recent videos: NYU Punishes student for Gaza commen...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com We talk about some of the storylines of the ongoing and very exciting NBA playoffs, the rigged, fake draft lottery, Jordan’s trip to Vegas, the DNC ousting radical subversive extremist David Hogg, and much more.

Donald Trump forces through a Gaza ceasefire upon returning to the White House. Then he almost immediately allows Israel to break the deal and resume the violence while posting AI videos of him and Netanyahu catching rays at a Gaza Resort city. They boldly claim they’re about to wipe the Houthis from the face of the Earth, then a few weeks (and a few lost multi-billion dollar airplanes) later he’s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com During the Biden Administration there were brief moments of hope that the US Government could meaningfully act to address the growing student debt crisis affecting millions of Americans. If you can believe it, they opted for a more targeted means-tested approach that failed to address the issue, and now these curre...

After some banter about the LA Lakers’ disappointing first round exit from the NBA playoffs, we get into Donald Trump’s insane interview with Terry Moran from ABC news about his first 100 days in office in which he fixates on obviously fake MS-13 tattoos and cratering US tourism numbers. We also talk about the White House MAGA influencer briefing, the Podcast Question, the End Oligarchy events, Gr...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Rob gives us an update on the Canadian elections, we explore where the NDP goes from here as their numbers continue to shrink and examine how Mark Carney and the Liberals might strategize with a minority government. We also talk about the US/China trade war, David Hogg ruffling feathers at the DNC and Gerry Connoll...

Caleb Ecarma of Musk Watch joins Jordan to talk about Elon Musk’s latest ploy to siphon federal funds into one of his less-talked-about companies, The Boring Company . They also discuss the brewing feud between Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the private dinner Trump is offering to the biggest investors in his meme coin. You can follow Caleb here: https://x.com/calebhecarma Our most...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com We discuss the reports that Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense Secretary, could be pushed out of the Trump administration. Also this week, Elon Musk announced that he’s stepping back from DOGE after a catastrophic earnings call for Tesla. Jordan also talks about his trip to India and Rob provides an update on the Canadi...

Returning guest Gaby Del Valle of The Verge is one of our go-to sources to talk about the crossover between the tech dystopia and America’s increasingly nightmarish deportation machine. We talked about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, some other examples of innocent people currently being targeted and the dubious legal framework being used to make it happen, the ICE snitching app that is actually pr...

ICE is running rampant, student activists are being targeted, immigrants are being arbitrarily scooped up and sent to an El Salvadorian concentration camp, genocide in Gaza is ongoing, and fallout from America’s continuing attempts to economically isolate China is increasing. What to make of all this, and is the Democratic Party the solution, or is it complicit? Dr. Tamanisha John joins the show t...

Trump announced his sweeping, global tariffs last week, which sent markets into freefall. Now, the right is trying to spin the market selloff and looming price increases as good, actually. Jessica Burbank explains the real impact on consumers and what people should know about how the Trump administration may have come to their final conclusion on tariffs. You can follow Jessica on Instagram here ....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Trump announced his sweeping, global tariffs last week, which sent markets into freefall. Now, the right is trying to spin the market selloff and looming price increases as good, actually. Jessica Burbank explains the real impact on consumers and what people should know about how the Trump administration may have c...

Returning guest and now congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh joins us to talk about why she’s running for Congress, how her community-first approach to campaigning sets her apart from other outsider challengers and how Trump’s tariffs will impact the working class. You can check out Kat’s campaign site here: https://www.katforillinois.com/ Our most recent premium episode for paid subscribers co...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com Tesla’s share price fell 36% during Q1, demonstrating the success of the Tesla Takedown movement. In response, Trump, Elon and the GOP elite are trying to discredit the protest and boycott efforts, potentially even penalizing participants. We discuss that plus Trump’s team suggesting he can run for a third term, Ma...

As much as it would be nice to never talk or think about Elon Musk ever again, he’s turned a major online communications network into a reactionary propaganda machine and has fully embedded himself into the US government, so unfortunately we have to keep doing it. To do so today, Rob spoke to Evan Loves Worf, one of his primary online antagonists, about when we realized this man was not the altrus...

At the beginning of this century’s technological revolution, we were told that it would all result in a future world of luxury and convenience for everyone. A few decades later and it’s safe to say that is not what ended up happening. What went wrong, exactly? Mike Pepi, author of Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia is here to talk to Jordan about it. Also, Rob talks about the currently-un...

Eamon Whalen joins us to talk about his cover story in The Nation on the “problem with men” in America, some of the emerging thought leaders — and their critics — and how some are trying to create space for thoughtful dialogue on the left for people to think through how the left can win over young men in this country. You can read his piece in The Nation here: https://www.thenation.com/article/soc...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com We talk about Israel violating the terms of the ceasefire agreement during a bloody few days in Gaza, Chuck Schumer caving during budget bill talks, Trump ramping up attacks on Yemen to inch closer to a war with Iran, the JFK files, and signs we’re getting old. Photo: Victoria Pickering

Today Jordan sits down with two incredible guests. First, Katrina vanden Heuvel, publisher of The Nation, joins the show to talk about her latest piece in The Guardian regarding Jeff Bezos’ influence over the paper’s opinion section. From there, they talk about the ongoing peace talks between the US/Ukraine and US/Russia. She also warns about the Democratic party becoming a war party. Then, Serene...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.com A few weeks ago it was easy to dismiss Trump’s talk of Canada being “The 51st State” as bluster or jokes, but three months into this thing, as the trade war between the two countries has started to really heat up, it’s become abundantly clear that he was not kidding. Meanwhile, Canada has a new incoming Prime Minis...