The Political Spectrum

JJ makes a bold prediction on the eve of the election that Trump will win and that the chattering classes will be attributing it to three things. 1) Podcasts and new media had their coming out moment. Trump on Joe Rogan is the Nixon - Kennedy debate for our era. 2) The VP pick and debate mattered this time. Just like JJ predicted it would. 3) We are seeing reverse incumbency power all over the wor...

Cox Media Group admits that they utilize software to wiretap your phone and that Google and Meta (Facebook) are among their clients. So basically when you thought your phone was listening to you all the time and selling you stuff, you were right. JJ will tell you what to do about that. Also, at what point are you just not a Republican or a Democrat? Looking at you Liz Cheney and Joe Manchin. Do th...

JJ walks reviews Ground.news in detail and discusses whether it's worth the cost of a subscription. In the process we come across some interesting news stories including Brazil trying to censor opponents of its far right government, the United States funding Chinese research en masse, and a new movie coming out about Donald Trump called The Apprentice. But the real question is... why are so ma...

JJ walks us through the news, shooting from the hip... no nets and no guardrails! Today he discusses Governor Abbott dropping 1.1 million names from the voter roles and tells a story about an expert in voter suppression that he met at a fundraiser. He also touches on a number of other subjects and spends some time discussing his preferred coffee cups. Don't miss it.

JJ is back with a theory on why Hidin' Biden is working for Kamala. Democrats have so many volatile interest groups to consider act this point that the only way to avoid offending them is to avoid staking out clear positions on what can and can't be done. Dems vote on issues, GOP votes on ideas. If Kamala tells interest groups that the issue you want solved isn't on her gift list, they...

JJ is back after a few days off with a survey of the day's news as only he can deliver it. This time with video! - Biological male beats up on a woman in the Olympics, what is to discuss here? Where can there be disagreement? - Did Meta try to erase the Trump assassination from Facebook? - American trust in doctors plummets after the Covid pandemic. JJ is not surprised.

JJ puts together clips from the state department briefing on July 25th where U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirms what Prime Minister Netanyahu said about Iran funding and organizing the protests against Israel and in support of Gaza. Kamala is in a difficult spot. The Democrats need the youth vote and they need Michigan, but she was forced to condemn Hamas because of the vio...

JJ covers many topics beginning with the Apple TV show "Presumed Innocent" and continuing with his attempts to drink Armagnac to feel classy. Today's TPS report covers the news from the Left, Center, and Right with focus on increased capital gains, the investigation of Delta flight cancellations, and the Prime Minister of Israel speaking to the joint session of Congress. JJ believes...

It’s raining in central Texas again. JJ thinks they made the right decision my endorsing Kamala and the timing of Biden resigning was inevitable. There are some stories out that VP Harris accessing Biden/Harris campaign funds may not be as simple as thought. Kamala has reportedly gathered enough support from pledged delegates to have the nomination wrapped up. But the announcement was weird in the...

JJ covers a number of topics related to the big question... is democracy in the balance? Is the world ending??? It’s less hot in TX which they call a cold front The Breville espresso machine is a life changer, it makes me money by using it Is this the most important election of our lifetime, don’t they always say that? If America was really in the balance, both sides would be acting much different...

JJ introduces us to Allsides.com and walks through the news of the day from Left, Center, and Right perspectives along with other observations. What is the TPS report? One rule, it has to be spontaneous. How does AllSides rank its political bias for common publications. Reviewing the details, JJ thinks Atlantic is more center than it used to be but AP is more left. Jim Geraghty of National Review...

JJ introduces the podcast and questions whether Autism is a real thing.  Today was Day 3 of the RNC and JD Vance was introduced as the VP candidate. JJ points out that “Vance” and “Pence” are similar sounding names but much different people.  The pundits are underestimating the importance of the VP pick this year, both candidates for President might not make it 4 years in office and will certainly...