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2025-03-25

  War in the Group Chat

Donald Trump's top national security officials plan a major offensive in a Signal chat—after mistakenly inviting a journalist to join—and hilarity ensues. More American institutions cave to Trump's pressure campaigns, and the administration presses on ...
  Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett author
2025-03-23

  A Democrat’s Tough Love for His Party

As the dumpster fire of U.S. politics shoots sparks across the globe, will the Pentagon supply safeguards or sycophants? What will MAGA authoritarianism look like for our communities and those abroad? And should Democrats be reconsidering their approac...
  Adam Smith, Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor author
2025-03-21

  Trump Comes for the Judges

With a Republican Congress bending to Trump’s every whim, the judicial branch is the last check on his power—and now he, Elon, and the MAGA regime have decided to wage war against it. Meanwhile, Trump wants to ax the Department of Education and is goin...
  Jon Favreau, Dan Pfeiffer author
2025-03-18

  A Lawless Trump and Aimless Dems

The Trump administration just took things to a chilling new level — deporting people to foreign prisons without due process. They’re using the Alien Enemies Act — a law last invoked to justify the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII — to depor...
  Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, Jon Favreau author
2025-03-14

  Trump's All Pain, No Gain Economy

Jon and Dan discuss the pros and cons of the Senate Democrats' shutdown strategy, Trump's declining poll numbers, and the absurdity of his economic policies. Meanwhile, Trump’s family reportedly looks to get into business with a crypto felon seeking a ...
  Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau author
2025-03-11

  Trump's Crackdown on Dissent

The price of eggs is still high, the stock market is sinking, but Donald Trump is fulfilling at least one campaign promise: using the power of the government to punish those who disagree with him. ICE arrests one of the leaders of the campus protests a...
  Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett author
2025-03-09

  How a Political Party Can Rise from the Dead

Donald Trump is looking pretty invincible right now, and it's easy to lose hope that Democrats will ever be able to regain power. But back in the '90s, liberals in Britain were in a similar predicament. Alastair Campbell, right hand man to former UK Pr...
  Alastair Campbell, Tommy Vietor author
2025-03-07

  The DOGE Who Caught the Car

The DOGE wrecking ball keeps swinging, but the Supreme Court, and even Donald Trump himself, might finally be slowing Elon down. Trump backs off his trade war with Canada and Mexico—without extracting a single concession—as economic indicators begin th...
  Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau author
2025-03-05

  The State Of the Union Is ... Long

Donald Trump makes history—by delivering the longest Joint Address ever, clocking in at an exhausting 99 minutes of blame, grievance, and sappy stunts. Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy break down all the biggest—and weirdest—moments, from warning of a "dist...
  Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau author
2025-03-04

  Trump’s Ukraine Fallout and Crypto Grift

The fallout continues from Friday's trainwreck of an Oval Office meeting between Trump, JD Vance, and Volodymyr Zelensky. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy break down whether things have improved or spiraled further since Friday's meeting—and whether we're witnes...
  Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau author