The Mark Thompson Show

When asked about the possibility of pardoning Trump before the election, President Biden laughed it off. Now, following the pardon of Hunter Biden, there are multiple calls for such a move. Political insiders like Senator Joe Manchin and John Dean and commentator Stephen A. Smith all say it’s time to put any chares against Trump yo bed.  We’ll talk about it with Political analyst and presidential...

Trump’s choice to oversee the Pentagon couldn’t even oversee a couple nonprofits. The New Yorker reports Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both Veterans for Freedom and Concerned Veterans for America because of  “serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct.” Add that to a rape allegation and a now public letter from his mother in which she ma...

Despite words to the contrary earlier this year, President Biden is pardoning his son Hunter. The move will keep the younger Biden out of prison following convictions for gun and tax related crimes.  Our Legal expert on the show, former federal prosecutor David Katz, predicted the move months ago asking what man would let his son rot in jail when he has the power to let him go on charges that were...

Countries around the world are getting ready for Trump’s promised tariffs. In return, some are ready to level tariffs of their own on American goods. Potential trade wars are bringing economic jitters even before Inauguration Day. The president-elect made threats online to Mexico and Canada that they’d face high tariffs if they don’t stop migrants and fentanyl from coming over the border into the...

The effort to seat Trump’s incoming cabinet is a wild, chaotic, cash filled scramble. From dark money infiltrating the process and selling access to the president-elect to word that his confidants are jockeying so hard for influence that it’s led to physical confrontations, Trump’s second time around is not a smooth process.  We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist Da...

The Trump transition team is being directed not to move forward with FBI background checks for nominees.  According to CNN, the Trump team was caught off guard by allegations against Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz.  So why the aversion to background checks and why won't Trump and his team sign ethics forms?   We'll ask former federal prosecutor now defense attorney, David Katz about that and more.  ...

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy discuss details of their plans to eliminate some governmental rules along with many federal workers. As part of the Department of Governmental, Efficiency, the pair will be outside volunteers overseeing a staff of “small government crusaders.” They are looking to make administrative and regulatory cuts and save money. The plan is to “id...

Pressure on Matt Gaetz proved to be too much. He is stepping away from the Attorney General nomination. During the run up to the election, Trump did his best to distance himself from Project 2025. It’s a blueprint for implementing some draconian Christian nationalist policies that appear to be wildly unconstitutional. Trump said he had no idea who was behind the plan. Now, he is embracing its crea...

Elon Musk is emerging as a large figure in the upcoming Trump years. What made him get tangled up with politics and how does he stand to profit? How could we have been so wrong about the election? Our Republican friend from Florida, Jamie Miller, joins the conversation. He is a political consultant, field operations expert, and author of “Reasonable Arguments.” Pulitzer Prize winning investigative...

Ethics investigation report or not, details of Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, are oozing out. New details make him even less of a desirable choice to lead the DOJ, but Trump isn’t backing down. Meanwhile, there are calls for President Biden to start background checks on Trump nominees before he leaves office, since Trump doesn't intend to have them done. That would leave senator...

Trump’s mass deportation plan? Declare a national emergency and use the military to round people up.  Is Elon Musk creating a coalition of liars? After losing his fortune for telling horrible lies about the massacre at Sandy Hook, Alex Jones was on the verge of seeing his Infowars podcast purchased by satire site The Onion. Just as The Onion was declared the successful bidder, Elon Musk and his la...

Science just went straight out the window with the appointment of RFK Jr. to run Health and Human Services. Despite his controversial ideas about vaccines and medical science, Trump said: “HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming he...

An Attorney General under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for alleged sexual misconduct, a Secretary of Defense who knows more about camera angles than military strategy and a Director of National Intelligence with a soft spot for Russia? Mark discusses the perverse Trump method behind the bent madness of his cabinet picks. What happens to Trump’s pending sentencing for felonies in New...

Leading Trump’s “You’re Fired” department, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump wants the brothers grim to head a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in an effort to dismantle government bureaucracy, cut excess regulations and wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” We welcome presidential historian and political analyst John Rothmann to talk about this and more. The conver...

Elon Musk is emerging as a large figure in the upcoming Trump years. What made him get tangled up with politics and how does he stand to profit?  How could we have been so wrong about the election? Our Republican friend from Florida, Jamie Miller, joins the conversation. He is a political consultant, field operations expert, and author of “Reasonable Arguments.”  Pulitzer Prize winning investigati...

Are we now in the age of 'here come the election conspiracies' or do any new claims have merit?  We'll bring you the allegations, including a look at a statement by Joe Rogan that Elon Musk knew the results of the election 4 hours earlier than everyone else.  We'll talk about vote total numbers some are finding suspicious. Then, we'll discuss.   Whether or not illegal election conspiracies are val...

Donald Trump will skate by with out facing consequences for trying to steal the 2020 election with fake electors, putting pressure on states to find him the votes and then whipping up a frenzied insurrection at the Capitol to keep votes from being certified. How did it happen? Why is it that Americans will never get justice after Trump tried to silence our voices? Why are we faced with more potent...

Surprise! Project 2025 was the plan all along. Republicans were distancing themselves from it right up until election day. On November 6th, they felt comfortable openly admitting that Project 2025 will be their guide moving into the Trump administration. It includes a national abortion ban, limits on contraceptives, the expansion of presidential powers, the elimination of many federal agencies and...

The pollsters were right about one thing, this presidential election was extremely close. Still, Trump’s dominant success was something of a surprise. We’ll talk about what happened with this election and what happens to America now. Journalist Anthony Davis will join us followed by presidential historian John Rothmann.

President Biden, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Adam Schiff took the brunt of Trump‘s verbal assaults as the last day of campaigning saw him flinging insults. Despite the ugliness in his messaging and the unity in messaging from Harris, pollsters say the race is on a knife’s edge.  Jefferson Graham is back for Tech Tuesday. The Mark Thompson Show  11/5/24 Patreon subscribers are...

The end of presidential campaigning seems to be heightening Trump‘s anger at… well, everything. After some violent words toward the press and Liz Cheney and a long, weird and inappropriate rant about his microphone malfunctioning at a weekend rally, he’s now incensed over new polling data out of Iowa putting Vice President Kamala Harris in the lead. The Seizer poll for the Des Moines Register has...

A red flag for Trump. Early voting data and polling in Pennsylvania shows the senior vote leaning in favor of Harris. According to Politico, voters over the age of 65 have cast nearly half of the early ballots in Pennsylvania and registered Democrats account for about 58 percent of votes cast by seniors, compared to 35 percent for Republicans. we will dig into the numbers to find out what’s happen...

Happy Halloween 🎃 The final days of presidential campaigning will likely bring more outrageous comments from Trump. Political analysts say that’s because the more Vice President Harris has to respond to issues like Puerto Rico, the less time she gets to hammer home her message. This election cycle, legal maneuvering over voter rolls is a big concern. There is also a move not to allow federal elec...

An estimated 70,000 people gathered at the ellipse in Washington, D.C. to watch Vice President Kamala Harris make her closing argument to American voters. She talked about democracy, supporting allies, lifting up the middle class, the economy, reproductive rights and much more. She also touched on the formation of the United States saying. “we wrested freedom from a petty tyrant.” She talked about...

Just in time for the election, here comes Steve Bannon. The MAGA instigator is being released from prison today. He served nearly four-months for ignoring a subpoena in the congressional investigation of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon is expected to appear on CNN, hold a press conference and resume his podcast with hours of being freed. This is not the end of Bannon’s leg...