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749 episodes transcribedIn 2025, Donald Jr. and Eric Trump launched "Trump Mobile," a smartphone designed and built entirely in America. Costumers could pre-order the phone b...
Russia celebrates Victory Day, the anniversary of its victory over the Nazis. Putin co-opts the holiday to showboat the country's military and boost m...
The original Mothers’ Day originated with Julia Ward Howe reacting in the 1870’s to the horror of modern war. Women needed to seize political power fr...
Trump & UFO stories. Meanwhile: Transportation Secretary misses months recording TV show, no bid contract for reflecting pool, real cost of war huge,...
Tennessee divides its majority-Black 9th Congressional District into three districts that extend into white suburbs, turning all its districts into Re...
Government restricts satellite imagery from the press, to hide the extent of damage Iran did to our bases in war. More insider trading surrounds lates...
After Trump promised his White House Ballroom would be funded entirely by himself and "friends," Republicans are appropriating $1 billion in taxpayer...
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May 3, 2026"86 47" graffiti in the Reflecting Pool sends Trump into a late night posting frenzy, many of them AI generated images. Trump pushes expens...
May 2, 2026Running of the Kentucky Derby, American Horses: Traveller, Comanche, Beautiful Jim Key, Man o’ War, Trigger, Sergeant Reckless, Mr. Ed, Bl...
May 1, 2026Today is the deadline for Trump to ask Congress for approval of the Iran War, Trump claims that the hostilities terminated on April 7, but...
April 29, 2026Trump and King Charles give very different speeches in Washington DC, Trump’s speech portrays the US as no longer a nation based on Enli...
April 28, 2026Administration tries to blame Democrats for incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump continues to claim the incident pr...
April 26, 2026The Department of Justice demands that the National Trust for Historic Preservation drop its lawsuit against Trump’s White House ballroo...
April 25, 2026Trump decides to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time, Trump has tried to silence the press during his secon...
April 24, 2026On April 25, 1945, delegates from 50 nations met to establish the United Nations, In the 1941 Atlantic Charter, Roosevelt and Churchill...
April 23, 2026Pete Hegseth asks Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to resign, Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg moves to take over responsibili...
April 22, 2026Virginia voters support a constitutional amendment to temporarily redistrict the state, VA judge rules the amendment and the referendum...
April 20, 2026Reporting indicates Trump entered the Iran War convinced that Iranian people would support it, The closing of the Strait of Hormuz has l...
