It's the Fourth of July Episode! What's more patriotic than liberal protests railing against the government and right-wing glorification of the military? This week, the gang talks about the nationwide No Kings protests and President Donald Trump's military parade. The discussion turns into a critique of the mainstream media and how they are dropping the ball in a big way.

 

(0:00:00) - Intro (protest traffic, Ty's conflicting feelings about a manchild Royals fan)

(0:20:28) - Sounds of the Week:

• "Rockstar" tells MAGA fans to fuck off
• Trump tells Tim Walz to fuck off

(0:41:40) - No Kings protests and military parade

 

Songs:

• "Kill the King" by Megadeth
• "King Nothing" by Metallica
• "Kings and Queens" by Aerosmith

 

Notes:

• Israel strikes Iran's nuclear sites, kills military chiefs and scientists (0:02:15)
• US E-4B ‘doomsday plane’ makes unexpected flight to DC as Trump weighs Iran strike (0:02:30)
• US Soldiers Post 'Steak and Lobster' Meal Videos — A Chilling Sign They May Be Headed to War? (0:02:57)
• Guys & Dolls (real dolls documentary) (0:15:14) 
• MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine Is NOT A Republican! (0:20:35)
• Dave Mustaine: “Go into politics? They'd only bring up the fact that I did heroin” (0:20:35)
• MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I Don't Put Any Political Party Favoritism Into My Lyrics' (0:20:35)
• Have Dave Mustaine’s ‘Political Viewpoints’ Given the Megadeth Bandleader a Bad Rap? (0:20:35)
• Iconic 2000s rock singer says Trump supporters are NOT welcome at his tour (0:25:27)
• Dishwalla is not a Christian rock band. Although the song "Counting Blue Cars" is about God, it depicts God as a female. Ty was thinking about Jars of Clay and their hit song "Flood." (0:27:05)
• See Scott Stapp as Frank Sinatra in ‘Reagan’ Movie (0:27:34) 
• Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed, State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in 'targeted political violence' (0:28:50)
• How US senator falsely claimed Minnesota shooting suspect was ‘Marxist’ (0:31:11)
• Who is Vance Luther Boelter, the man wanted in the 'assassination' of a Minnesota lawmaker? (033:10)
• President Donald Trump's Easter Day message on Truth Social (0:34:39)
• Hearing Completely Breaks Down As Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Frost Of Having Been In Antifa (0:35:33)
• Democratic US Senator Padilla forced to ground, handcuffed by federal agents (0:43:25)
• Official No Kings website (0:48:31)
• Military parade rolls through DC as ‘No Kings’ protesters across US decry Trump (0:49:50)
• Trump addresses huge military parade as protesters rally across US against his presidency (0:49:50)
•  Digging into claims about crowd size at Trump's military parade (0:49:50)
•  I calculated the rough size of the crowd at Trumps b-day parade. (0:49:50) 
• White House director of communication's tweet claiming parade of attendance of 250,000 people (0:50:07) 
• Trump gets his D.C. military parade, but "No Kings" protests cast shadow (0:51:09)
• Trump raged at Hegseth over birthday parade where military had too much fun: ‘He’s p***ed off at the soldiers’ (0:51:29)
• Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance (0:55:00)
• No Kings Day attendance: Over 5 million turned out across US, organizers say (0:56:05)
• "No Kings Day" protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump (0:56:16)
• List of protests and demonstrations in the United States by size (0:57:55)
• ‘No Kings’ organizers say 60K people across Missouri, 17K in Kansas City attended protests (1:02:38)
• Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, US official tells AP (1:09:22)
• House votes to kill funding for public media (1:12:00) 
• Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky (1:13:22)
• Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender care for minors (1:18:28)
• United States v. Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter for Tennessee opinion (New York Times references on pages 37, 42, 44, 47, 50 and 51) (1:18:47)