If Trump Can Ignore the TikTok Ban, What’s Next?
Episode Date: August 22, 2025Tim Miller and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s lawless TikTok play. The White House just launched an official account even though the platform was suppos...
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618 episodes transcribedTim Miller and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s lawless TikTok play. The White House just launched an official account even though the platform was suppos...
Sonny, JVL, and Hannah Yoest take on the Cracker Barrel rebrand, from the missing barrel man to the minimalist junk drawer décor. Is this about chasin...
JVL and Jon Lovett join forces in this Substack Live to cut through the noise on Trump, authoritarianism, and whether Democrats can find the urgency t...
Tim Miller and Jonathan Cohn break down why electricity bills are climbing as clean energy credits vanish, tariffs rise, and AI data centers expand.
JVL and Hannah Yoest discuss Gavin Newsom’s new “dark woke” shitposting style as it overly upsets MAGA, divides Democrats, and boosts his national pro...
MAGA’s biggest feud right now isn’t with Democrats — it’s inside Trump World. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Laura Loomer have turned on each other in spe...
Tim Miller slams Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry for sending National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to support Trump’s latest “law and order” stunt, eve...
Tim Miller goes deep into Elise Stefanik getting booed at a local event multiple times as her neglect of constituents and loss of credibility back hom...
JVL and Andrew Egger discuss Trump’s federal takeover of DC, the administration’s exaggerated claims about crime vanishing overnight, and the way the...
Marc Elias warns that Trump’s latest plan is not just bluster. By banning mail voting and claiming that states answer to him, Trump is setting up the...
As Trump calls in red state troops, should blue state governors fight back? Tim and JVL debate bold moves and risky strategies.
Tim Miller takes on Melania Trump's bizarre letter to Putin, asking him to “restore the melodic laughter” of children — without once mentioning Ukrain...
JVL and Ben Parker dive VERY deep into Trump’s BLS pick E.J. Antoni’s proud admiration of a Nazi battleship, and if his big plan for his upcoming role...
Tim Miller takes on how the Trump-Putin Alaska summit went from what seemed to be an empty nothing-burger to a grotesque betrayal as it’s now being re...
Donald Trump’s much-hyped Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin was a dud. No peace deal was announced. No press conference was held. It was all flattery,...
Andrew Egger and Will Sommer unpack a bizarre MAGA conspiracy theory targeting former Trump Attorney General Bill Barr. Right-wing outlets like Projec...
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Trump’s economic mess, from stagflation and skyrocketing inflation to targeted economic pain for political enemies.
Nazi imagery, extremist politics, and a January 6 cameo. Tim Miller and Bill Kristol expose the troubling record of Trump’s new BLS nominee and the ri...
Tim Miller joins MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle to take on how Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska, why America’s top CEOs are bowing to...
Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell react to Trump’s Kennedy Center announcement, mixing Phantom of the Opera with wild tangents on D.C. crime and grass.