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The Trump White House re-launched the govenrmentâs official COVID-19 website on Friday. The revamped site blames the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticizing former President Joe Biden, former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization.
The website is also critical of steps like social distancing, mask mandates and lockdowns.Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how not even this level of government sanctioned critique of the nationâs COVID policy will be sufficient to shake some hopeless deadenders in the media and comedy community who refuse to engage in even the most cursory reexamination of their mistaken views over the pandemic.
Plus segments on British political commentator Douglas Murrayâs savage takedown of⊠British political commentator Douglas Murray, Trumpâs all-out assault on academic freedom and Chinese commentatorsâ better understanding of the United States than Americansâ.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano!
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The Trump administrationâs aggressive deportation practices, whether sending alleged gang members to a notorious El Salvadoran prison or rounding up foreign students for opposing Israelâs war in Gaza, have led many pundits and others to raise the alarm about a Constitutional crisis and the evisceration of due process.
But as Jimmy points out, this crisis has been decades in the making, and dates back to when Nobel Peace Prize-winner Barack Obama maintained a âkill listâ and signed into law the virtual elimination of Habeas Corpus.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss why now all the President has to do is cry âterrorismâ and Constitutional protections fly right out the Oval Office window.
Plus segments on the recent all-women Blue Origin âspace flightâ and the pro-Palestinian protester removed and arrested at a Bernie Sanders rally.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano!
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On Fridayâs episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher opened up about a surprising meeting he had last week with former President Donald Trump at the White House. Maher said the encounter was far more cordial and humorous than he ever anticipated.
âYou can hate me for it, but Iâm not a liar. Trump was gracious and measured,â Maher said. âAnd why isnât that in other settingsâI donât know, and I canât answer, and itâs not my place to answer. Iâm just telling you what I saw, and I wasnât high.â
During the meeting, Maher brought along a printout of Trumpâs past insults directed at him. Surprisingly, Trump took it in stride and even signed it with what Maher described as âgood humor.â
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the hype surrounding Maherâs visit to the White House and whether the Real Time host was merely charmed by Trump the consummate politician.
Plus segments on actor Michael Rapaport whining that his pro-Zionist activism has cost him work in Hollywood, Glenn Greenwald schooling Megyn Kelly on the first amendment and Bernie Sanders mysteriously dropping his talk of the threat of oligarchy during the Biden presidency.
Also featuring Mike MacRae and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from Liam Neeson!
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American comedian Dave Smith and British cultural critic Douglas Murray recently joined Joe Rogan for a much-discussed episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.
Murray confronted Rogan and criticised him to his face for platforming non-experts to discuss historical and political subject matter. Murray also claimed criticizing such figures was like âpunching jellyâ because they would fall back on an âIâm no expertâ or âIâm just a comedianâ defense.
Yet when questioned about just who should be allowed to speak on which topics, Murray (who, by the way, has very limited credentials of "expertise") himself turned to jelly, arguing that he hadnât said that only experts should be âplatformed,â at which point he pivoted to arguing with Smith for referring to the United States as âweâ when discussing the myriad wars the US has fought around the globe.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the series of semantic arguments Murray brought up throughout the show rather than debate the substance of even the subjects he brought up.
Plus segments on the recent SCOTUS ruling that the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man wrongfully deported to an El Salvador prison and RFK Jr.âs prediction that we will know the real cause of the autism epidemic by September.
Also featuring Mike MacRae and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from JD Vance!
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Donald Trump stunned markets Wednesday with another quick pivot on trade, announcing he would authorize a 90-day pause on his reciprocal tariff plans for all countries except China.
"They were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid," he said Wednesday, referring to the market unrest that unfolded following his "Liberation Day" tariff announcement a week ago.
Jimmy and guest host Aaron Maté discuss whether Trump is playing multi-dimensional chess with his tariff policy or is merely caving to concerns of the bond market.
Plus segments on Trump taking credit for the rebounding stock market after announcing a 90-day reprieve on most of the tariffs, leaked audio from AIPACâs CEO boasting about the organizationâs âaccessâ to top Trump officials, Benjamin Netanyahu pushing the âLibya Solutionâ for Iran, and Trump and Pete Hegseth boasting about the United Statesâ first ever TRILLION-DOLLAR defense budget.
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Some of Donald Trumpâs most prominent billionaire backers have begun sounding the alarm on the tariffs that have roiled markets. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned they could have lasting negative consequences and impact America's long-term economic alliances and the global economy.
Meanwhile, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who endorsed Donald Trump's run for president, warned the country was "heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter,â and said business leaders were losing confidence in Trump. Even Elon Musk has expressed reservations about whether the tariffs are all that advisable.
Guest host Aaron MatĂ© and Americansâ comedian Kurt Metzger discuss whether maybe the tariffs are actually good if theyâre upsetting members of the billionaire class.
Plus segments on Trump announcing direct nuclear talks with Iran, Trump and Netanyahu lying openly about Gaza, a top Russian official crediting Trump with averting World War III and GOP Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana slipping up and admitting he wants to cut Medicare.
Also featuring Mike MacRae, Dennis Kucinich and Malcolm Fleschner. Plus a phone call from Andrew Cuomo!
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Stocks plunged on Thursday and then again on Friday as U.S. trading reacted to President Trumpâs announcement of heavy tariffs on nearly every nation exporting products to the United States.
Trump announced Wednesday he would impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports, with higher rates for key trading partners in response to what the White House considers unfair trade practices. Tariff rates ranged from 20 percent for European Union products to a total tariff of 54 percent on Chinese goods.
Guest host Aaron MatĂ© and economist James K. Galbraith discuss what Trump hopes to accomplish with the tariffs and whether heâs likely to succeed.
Plus segments on Trumpâs bizarre method for calculating each nationâs tariff, auto workers cheering Trumpâs tariff announcement, Senator Tom Cotton mocking anyone who DOESNâT want to bomb Iran and former Congressman Dennis Kucinich on Democratsâ plunging approval ratings.
Also featuring Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from JD Vance!
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners â a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others â that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.
Trump, in a Rose Garden announcement, said he was placing elevated tariff rates on dozens of nations that run meaningful trade surpluses with the United States, while imposing a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries in response to what he called an economic emergency.
The president, who said the tariffs were designed to boost domestic manufacturing, used aggressive rhetoric to describe a global trade system that the United States helped to build after World War II, saying âour country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plunderedâ by other nations.
Guest host Aaron MatĂ© and former Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich discuss the likely negative economic consequences of Trumpâs tariffs, consequences that will likely be borne by those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
Plus segments on Marco Rubioâs startlingly hypocritical about-face on free speech when it comes to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuâs recent statements bragging about Israelâs control over what Americans are allowed to say, and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitting that Ukrainian neo-Nazis sabotaged peace with Russia.
Also featuring Kurt Metzger and Jenin Younes.
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The European Union did virtually nothing to stop the US and NATO from expanding east toward Russia and then provoking Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine, and now the chickens are coming home to roost in the form of a potential Russian nuclear response. So what is the EU doing now? Sharing videos instructing citizens to stockpile tuna a cell phone chargers in preparation for nuclear bombs raining down on them.
Jimmy discusses the way weâve been sleepwalked into a potential global nuclear conflict, all in service of powerful moneyed interests.
Plus segments on Israel dubbing its ethnic cleansing of Gaza as the âTrump plan,â RFKâs major first steps to reform the Health & Human Services department and Trump endorsing the ultimate swamp creature, Lindsey Graham, for reelection.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano, Kurt Metzger and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from a drunk Pete Hegseth!
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After answering repeated questions from CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins about the Signal group chat breach and security of communications among Trump cabinet members, VA Secretary Doug Collins turned the question around and asked Collins about a $5 million defamation suit her network settled with a veteran who successfully argued he had been libeled about his involvement in the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Jimmy explains how Collins ignores the most important part of the Signal breach story.
Plus segments on the REAL reason Trump is shipping all those alleged gang members from Venezuela to El Salvador, newly minted HHS Secretary RFK Jr. targeting big processed foods manufacturers and James Corbett talking to Jimmy about the phony left-right divide.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from JD Vance!
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Washiington DC remains in hyper-buzz mode over the recent security breach effected by top members of Trumpâs national security team as they discussed upcoming Yemen attacks over the messaging app Signal, and mistakenly included journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in the group chat.
And while most of the media is focusing on the security breach aspect of the story, Jimmy and Mother of all Talk Shows host George Galloway discuss what they feel is a much more important aspect to this story.
Plus segments on Ben Shapiro unwittingly implicating Israel in the assassination of JFK and western media silence over the targeted killing of journalists by Israel in Gaza.
Also featuring Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano!
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Investigative reporter and podcast host Nick Sortor reported on his Twitter page that the company "Influenceable" is paying MAGA influencers to support Big Soda. Sortor says he became suspicious when popular Trump-supporting pages like Clown World, Eric Daugherty, Not Jerome Powell and Ian Miles Cheong all posted remarkably similar tweets, each decrying the idea that SNAP (food stamps) recipients would be barred from using their benefits to purchase soda products.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Sortorâs exposĂ© and why prominent figures online should always disclose if they are being paid to promote a certain product or viewpoint.
Plus segments on Bill Maherâs recent realization that the Democratic Party is cooked and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnickâs tone-deaf comments on Social Security.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano!
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While many self-styled âpatriotsâ applauded the Trump administrationâs mass arrest of alleged âgang membersâ who were deported for immediate incarceration in El Salvador, as more details of the mass deportation emerge it is becoming increasingly evident that authorities ran roughshod over the Constitutional due process protections to effect the operation.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the cases of non-gang members, including a soccer goalie and a professional musician, who were caught up in Trumpâs net.
Plus segments on the Elon Musk sneak attack to take down Social Security and journalist Sharyl Attkissonâs explanation from the inside on how Big Pharma came to own the mainstream corporate media.
Also featuring MIke MacRae and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from JD Vance!
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Israel has launched a new ground invasion into Gaza, sending troops into areas they retreated from during a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. This follows a day of airstrikes that killed over 400 people, including many children, and wounded hundreds more, effectively shattering the fragile ceasefire that had been in place since January 19.
Jimmy discusses how Benjamin Netanyahu had planned to break the ceasefire from the very beginning and how Trump is actively destroying whatever anti-war credibility he has left.
Plus segments on both Trump and Tulsi Gabbardâs shocking about-faces on making war against the Houthis in Yemen and Chris Hedges explaining how âwokeâ ideology is designed to divide the working class.
Also featuring Mike MacRae and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from Alec Baldwin!
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has vigrously defended the deportation of green card-holding Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil over the activistâs participation in pro-Palestinian protests on campus. The case has raised serious first amendment concerns, with defenders of free speech claiming that Khalilâs deportation is a straightforward violation of basic constitutional protections.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the free speech implications of the Khalil case and the arguments against being proposed by the Trump administration.
Plus segments on Trumpâs threats to go to war with Iran as the United States bombs Yemen and how big money has corrupted the climate movement.
Also featuring Chris Hedges, Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano!
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Ben Cohen, legendary co-founder of Ben & Jerryâs Ice Cream, has long fought for progressive causes ranging from ending war to saving the environment. In this conversation with Jimmy Dore Cohen talks about seizing the opportunity of a second Donald Trump administration to cut the defense budget and redirect those precious funds to address the pressing needs of struggling Americans.
Plus segments on rapper Liâl Yachty calling out Black Lives Matter as a grifting organization and the giant highway being carved into the Brazilian rainforest to make travel easier to an upcoming climate conference.
Also featuring Mike MacRae, Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from Chuck Schumer and Elon Musk!
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President Trump is vowing to âlead the chargeâ to unseat Republican Represenative Thomas Massie of Kentucky after the congressman declared he will not support the GOPâs short-term government funding bill ahead of Fridayâs shutdown deadline.
Trump began a Truth Social post late Monday night by thanking the House Freedom Caucus for backing the stopgap funding package and supporting Speaker Mike Johnsonâs (R-La.) efforts to keep the government open, and then lit into Massie and called for him to be primaried.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how Massie is fulfilling the MAGA promises even more than Trump and why he likely doesnât need to worry about Trumpâs threats.
Plus segments on the latest ceasefire offer from Trump to Putin, the media freakout over an alleged measles epidemic and accusations that Mauiâs police chief was involved in a rape coverup for Diddy.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano!
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The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has not led to stability in the war-torn nation. In fact, death squads affiliated with the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that now rules over much of Syria have been blamed for more than 1,000 killings in the past week, most of them civilian members of the Alawite minority of deposed president Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Christians fear they will be the next group targeted by the HTS security forces.
Jimmy and renowned public policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs discuss the situation on the ground in Syria and this predictable outcome of Assadâs ouster by radical Islamists backed by the CIA.
Plus segments on the extermination of democracy in Romania, NIH nominee Dr. Jay Bhattacharyaâs controversial senate confirmation hearing and the background of new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Also featuring Mike MacRae, Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from JD Vance!
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday passed a measure to allow payment apps like Venmo and PayPal to return to ideological debankingârepealing a rule implemented in December by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Repeal of the rule would leave users of the apps in limbo, as the laws protecting consumers would still be in place, but the rule enforcing the lawâand the bureau with the capacity to enforce itâwould not.
Jimmy and Americansâ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the bill, which has not yet passed in the House, and how it will allow these payment app companies to deny service to individuals or groups on ideological grounds.
Plus segments on Americansâ declining support for Israel, Matt Taibbiâs perspective on why the left should support Kash Patelâs efforts to reform the FBI and Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethâs bellicose rhetoric toward China.
Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. And a phone call from Al Pacino!
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In what can only be described as a stunning reversal on a key political issues, Republicans have now siezed the mantle of supporting free speech away from Democrats â mostly owing to Democratsâ support for efforts to counter what they call âmisinformationâ and âhate speechâ online. But now Donald Trump appears to be willing to crack down on speech he doesnât like as well, in particular criticisms of Israel and support for Palestinians.
Jimmy and investigative journalist Matt Taibbi discuss just how much Trumpâs proposed measures against protesters will undermine his free speech bona fides among the MAGA faithful.
Plus segments with Taibbi on Trump exposing the likes of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders as pro-war tools, CNNâs post-speech poll showing wide-ranging support for Trumpâs stated agenda and Zelensky rethinking his stance of pissing off Trump and coming crawling back to make peace with Russia.
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