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Bondi Gets the Boot

<div>Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi and announces that Todd Blanche, his former personal attorney, will serve in the interim while he waits to appoint her replacement. Jon and Dan …

Apr 03, 2026 · 1h 5m

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SHOCKING GOP Plan to Fund War with Health Care Cuts

<div> <p>Congressional Republicans consider massive cuts to federal healthcare spending in order to raise $200 billion to fund Trump's war in Iran. Jon and Lovett discuss how that plan could …

Mar 31, 2026 · 1h 31m

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When Life Gives You Don Lemon

<div> <p>Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor turned independent journalist, talks to Alex Wagner about the charges the Department of Justice brought against him for covering an ICE protest inside …

Mar 29, 2026 · 1h 14m

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Blue Wave Building in the Strait of Hormuz

<div> <p>Donald Trump's approval rating hits historic lows as voters react to soaring gas prices caused by his war of choice with Iran. Dan and Jon discuss what those new …

Mar 27, 2026 · 1h 9m

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TACO Tuesday in Tehran

<div> <p>Donald Trump backtracks on his threat to obliterate Iran's power plants, saying the administration has begun talks with Iran to end the war, despite Iran's insistence that no talks …

Mar 24, 2026 · 1h 33m

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Trump’s Wartime Messaging Disaster (feat. Jen Psaki)

<div> <p>Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's former White House Press Secretary and host of MS NOW's The Briefing with Jen Psaki, talks to Dan about the ways the Trump administration is …

Mar 22, 2026 · 1h 13m

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The Worst Way to Spend $200 Billion

<pre>The Pentagon requests an additional $200 billion in funding for Trump's war in Iran. Jon and Dan discuss how Democrats in Congress should respond to the request, the administration's insistence …

Mar 20, 2026 · 1h 28m

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Trump Desperate for Strait Allies

<pre>President Trump calls on U.S. allies to send warships to the Middle East to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but no one seems interested in answering his call. Jon, Tommy, …

Mar 17, 2026 · 1h 11m

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Josh Shapiro Is Calm but Not Cool

<div> <p>Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro stops by the studio to talk to Jon Lovett about Trump's war in Iran, growing antisemitism and Islamophobia in America, and what it'll take for …

Mar 15, 2026 · 1h 7m

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Trump Celebrates High Gas Prices

<div> <p>President Trump suggests that the high price of oil—surging upward because of his war in Iran—is a good thing, because the United States makes "a lot of money." Jon …

Mar 13, 2026 · 1h 13m

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Trump Says War Is Over, Vows to Keep Fighting

<div> <p>The war in Iran enters its second week and Donald Trump declares that it's about to end — and also that it's going to last a very long time. …

Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 18m

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Gavin Newsom Is Finally Comfortable with Himself

<div> <p>California Governor Gavin Newsom sits down with Jon and Tommy before a live audience in Los Angeles to discuss Trump's war on Iran, the crowded California gubernatorial primary, and …

Mar 08, 2026 · 1h 9m

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Trump Deports Noem

<div> <p>Trump abruptly fires Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Dan and Jon discuss the Congressional hearings that led to her dismissal, Trump's announcement that Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin …

Mar 06, 2026 · 1h 40m

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Why Democrats Must Oppose Trump's Iran War

<div> <p>The Trump administration struggles to justify its new war with Iran, while Democrats struggle to effectively explain why Americans should oppose it. Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to Trump's …

Mar 03, 2026 · 1h 31m

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Graham Platner Isn't Backing Down

<div> <p>Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Maine, stops by the studio to talk with Jon about Trump’s impending conflict with Iran, the future of Medicare for …

Mar 01, 2026 · 1h 13m

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Trump's Dangerous War Games

<div> <p>The White House debates going to extreme lengths to get the American public to stomach a war with Iran, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tries to force Anthropic into …

Feb 27, 2026 · 1h 20m

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The State of the Union Is Long

<div>Donald Trump breaks his own record for longest State of the Union in history, delivering a meandering, angry, tone-deaf speech that utterly fails at its single most important goal: laying …

Feb 25, 2026 · 44m

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Will Trump Bomb State of the Union/Iran?

<div> <p>The State of the Union has arrived. Will war with Iran come with it? Jon, Tommy, and Lovett react to reports that Trump is considering launching air strikes against …

Feb 24, 2026 · 1h 29m

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Trump Loses At Supreme Court, Handles It Well

<div> <p>The Supreme Court tanks Donald Trump's tariff program in a 6-3 ruling supported by two of his hand-picked justices. Lovett talks to Jerusalem Demsas, economics writer and editor-in-chief of …

Feb 22, 2026 · 1h 0m

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Trump: "I've Won Affordability"

<div> <p>Trump's economic messaging tour takes him to Georgia, where he claims "I've won affordability"—as White House advisors concede in a high-level meeting that he "will do what he wants …

Feb 20, 2026 · 1h 14m

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Fascist Mile High Club

<div> <p>Live from Sydney, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan discuss the lurid details of The Wall Street Journal exposé on Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski's eye-opening behavior at (and high …

Feb 16, 2026 · 1h 38m

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How To Survive a Dictatorship (feat. Wagner Moura)

<div> <p>What can we learn from other countries that have lived through dictatorships? How can artists fight authoritarianism? How should an Oscar nominee react to an encounter with ICE on …

Feb 15, 2026 · 1h 8m

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Dems Freeze ICE

<div> <p>Live from Melbourne, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan react to Democrats’ decision to stand firm on ICE funding and force a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, Pam …

Feb 13, 2026 · 1h 11m

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MAGA: Defenders of the Epstein Class

<div> <p>Epstein revelations continue. New files reveal that the notorious sex offender had closer relationships than previously known with Trump’s inner circle, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Ghislaine Maxwell pleads …

Feb 10, 2026 · 1h 12m

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