Here's What's Happening

By Kim Moffat

Here’s What’s Happening is a daily news show — not to break the news, but to break it down.

Each episode puts the day’s biggest stories into context, cuts through the noise,

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July 03, 2026 A Republic, if You Can Keep It
It’s the 250th anniversary of this silly little experiment we’re running. But it’s also my Grandpa’s 99th birthday. So let me tell you some stories, including one about an underground missile, another about a carving of a sun, and most importantly, another about the world’s best grandparents.
-via Home of the Heroes, Armed car stops missile, AMA Journal of Ethics, NPR
-Project Hope
-GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
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As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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18min
July 02, 2026 We Love a Coincidence
In addition to an update on Venezuela, we’re also talking about a really annoying couple and a really annoying fireworks display, plus some financial dealings that were about on the up-and-up as the disclosure of Mitch McConnell’s current status.

Update: Venezuela
-via ABC News and AlJazeera
-Project Hope
-GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation

Empire State of Mind
-via CBS News and CBS News (proposal stats)

DC Fireworks Will Cause Pollution
-via Washington Post, NIH, and Census

Trump Reports Crypto Earnings
-via Reuters and People

Sen. McConnell
-via NBC News and USA Today
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December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
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12min
July 01, 2026 Audi Alteram Partem
As the Supreme Court continues to drop rulings, a deadly heatwave in France will see some relief before things heat up again and the House is out of session (on a whim).

Supreme Court Rulings
-via Axios (birthright citizenship), NBC News (investigation into Trump’s past renting practices), CBS News (spending limits), AP News (trans athlete ban), and The Guardian (Alito)

France’s Heat Wave
-via NY Times, US Soccer, Etymonline, and ABC News

Republicans in Disarray
-via CNN and AP News

Project Hope
GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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18min
June 30, 2026 Mildly Sick Burns Hour at Flappers
Fighting resumed around the Strait of Hormuz despite the Iran ceasefire, Venezuela’s earthquake death toll surged past 1,700, the Supreme Court issued major rulings on presidential power, voting rights, and Trump’s legal cases, and Pete Buttigieg revealed his family was subjected to a false CPS investigation.
Update: Iran
-via CBS News
Update: Venezuela
-The Guardian, PBS, and CNN
Project Hope
GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
German Shooting
-via NY Times, Gun Violence Archive, and Time
Supreme Court Ruling
-via Axios, NBC News, AP News (E. Jean King) and AP News (mail-in ballots)
Pete Buttigieg
-via NPR
Housing Bill Heads to Trump
-via CNN
Gracie the Giraffe
-via The Guardian and Vox
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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16min
June 29, 2026 There Are Ways to Help
An update on Venezuela, as well as two ways to help.
-via NPR and BBC
Project Hope
GoFundMe: I Love Venezuela Foundation
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
Subscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.com
All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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4min
June 26, 2026 Big Loser Energy!
Deadly earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the Supreme Court handed down a series of major immigration, gun, and civil rights rulings, Senate Republicans abruptly reversed course on the Iran war powers resolution, and the Reflecting Pool saga somehow got even stranger.

Venezuela
-via NPR and Project Hope

Supreme Court Hands Down Rulings
-via NPR (asylum seekers), NBC News (TPS), AP News (gun law), Washington Post (RoundUp), and AP News (Louisiana man)

Senate Changes Its Mind
-via PBS

Reflecting Pool
-via ABC Pool
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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14min
June 25, 2026 435 House Seats. 33 Senate Seats.
As Trump holds a bipartisan housing bill hostage to disenfranchise voters with the SAVE America Act, one person in America has been given a lifesaving drug and no one knows who it is, plus back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela right as I hit record.

Trump Tries to Disenfranchise Voters (Again)
-via AP News, NBC News, NBC News, Brennan Center, Native American Rights Fund, and NPR

Medical Mystery
-via Forbes and STAT News

Venezuela
-via NBC News
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
Subscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.com
All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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21min
June 24, 2026 Down to Clown in Cabo
A deadly shooting at a California library was reportedly inspired by Columbine, the Senate finally passed a symbolic war powers resolution aimed at limiting Trump’s authority in Iran, the Supreme Court expanded the government's ability to deny reentry to some green card holders, and a federal judge blocked ICE from making arrests inside immigration courts.

Chico Library Shooting
-via ABC News

Update: Iran
-via AP News and CBS News

Charges in ICE Center Attack
-via CBS News

The Supreme Court (Still)
-via ABC News

Federal Judge Rules Against ICE
-via NY Times

World Cuppa Records
-via BBC
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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11min
June 23, 2026 $3 Down Payment Ready to Go
Britain’s Prime Minister resigned, the Senate passed a bipartisan housing bill, two federal judges blocked Trump administration initiatives, the Supreme Court declined to hear a Voting Rights Act case, and Lionel Messi became the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history.

Starmer, Out
-via NY Times

Senate Passes Housing Bill
-via CBS News

Judge Blocks Trump
-via The Hill

Reflecting Pool
-via The Guardian

Judge Blocks Trump (Another One)
-via CNN

Clive Davis
-via CBS News

SCOTUS Once Again…
-via NPR

Not Messi’ing Around
-via NBC News
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
Subscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.com
All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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16min
June 22, 2026 Pirro, Girl, Have at ‘Em!
As things in Iran continue (and continue to be confusing), Trump’s posting is becoming more confusing, a Los Angeles fire finally gets good news, while the Reflection Pool… doesn’t.

Update: Iran
-via Reuters, NY Times, NPR, NBC News

Camp David
-via The Daily Beast

Boyle Heights Fire
-via CBS News

Reflection Pool
-via The Hill
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
December.on Amazon
Subscribe to the Substack: kimmoffat.substack.com
All episodes can be found at:kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can find me onInstagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat andTikTok @kimmoffatishere
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12min

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How many episodes does Here's What's Happening have?

The podcast currently has 889 episodes available.

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