However Comma

The first official However Comma debate: should the Electoral College survive? One of us defends it as the states' only real say in the executive; the other wants it abolished for a national popular vote. Along the way — the 3× Wyoming vote, the Iowa-corn test of states-vs-citizens, a live on-air concession, the national-recount nightmare, the 2024 near-inversion, and why the DSA wants to scra...

In this episode of However Comma, Jess turns in her homework and walks Jack Brett through the Iran deal like a very profane civics teacher, arguing that Trump’s “fix it or nix it” tantrum over the JCPOA was, inconveniently, not the dumbest idea on the table. Then they pivot to the latest assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the shooter’s manifesto, co...

This week on However Comma, Jack Brett and Jess discuss Meta’s historic defeat in civil court, and if it means the class action floodgates are officially open. They ask what humanity stands to gain, and lose, by regulating addictive UIs the same way we regulate drugs. Then a deep dive into where exactly ICE funding comes from, and could they perchance break something off for the TSA. It's civi...

Robert Mueller died, Trump managed to make it about himself, and somehow we still spend a solid chunk of time on Chuck Norris jokes before tumbling into Iran and authoritarianism. Jack Brett and Jess recap the Mueller Report and clash over the open‑ended way he handled the obstruction of justice question, but agree that his long‑awaited “conclusion” landed like a non‑statement statement for people...

In this episode of However Comma, Jack Brett and Jess start with Kristi Noem finally getting the boot from Trump’s cabinet—only to be “reassigned” into a freshly invented “Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas” gig that magically appeared just in time to catch her. They unpack Senator John Kennedy‘s folksy grilling over a $220 million ad budget, and how made‑up jobs function as golden parac...

In this episode of However Comma, Jack Brett and Jess start with the Supreme Court’s benchslap of Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and spiral into what billions in unlawful overpayments reveal about presidential power, economic illiteracy, and a wild but strangely sensible proposal to use the refunds to shore up Social Security instead of corporate balance sheets. From there, they dive into Kristi...

In this episode of However Comma, Jack Brett and Jess spiral from Pam Bondi’s “Dow 50,000” Epstein hearing performance into what the files, redactions, and statutes of limitation say about impunity, transparency, and who the system is really protecting.​They dig into DOJ roadblocks, Thomas Massie’s unlikely hero turn, and conspiracy rabbit holes about whether Epstein’s death was suicide or somethi...

In this episode of However Comma, Jess and Jack Brett unpack Donald Trump’s chaotic 60 Minutes interview, the missing crypto tantrum, and what it says about media editing, corruption, and presidential power.​ They also debate socialism in New York City under a potential Mamdani mayoralty, whether technology and AI could ever make socialism scalable, and Jess’s spicy “fix” for Social Security using...