Here's What's Happening

By Kim Moffat

A daily news show; not to break news, but to break it down.

Put it into context.

Maybe even bring a little humor to it.

All in a couple of minutes.

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Here's What's Happening episodes:

July 03, 2025 Special Episode: The Budget Bill
This is a special episode about the news that the budget bill has passed.
-via AP News
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5min
July 03, 2025 Surprised to Be Surprised
Sean Combs is found guilty on lesser charges, Wisconsin protects abortion access, a judge blocks Trump’s asylum ban, and the administration racks up legal battles while its budget bill stalls in Congress. Plus - you’ll never believe what Trump is trying in Los Angeles now.

Sean Combs Verdict
-via AP News

Wisconsin Supreme Court Win
-via The Hill

Big Beautiful Bill Burnout
-via Axios

CA Firework Factory Explosion
-via NBC News

Judge Blocks Trump’s Asylum Block
-via CNN

Trump Looking to Bar ASL Interpreters in Briefings
-via CNN

DOJ Suing Los Angeles
-via AP News, Politico, and AP News (Mamdani)
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december. - on Amazon
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16min
July 02, 2025 Let Them Fight (Or Kiss)
Trump announces a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as he visits a migrant detention center nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a judge blocks mass HHS layoffs, the Senate passes a brutal budget bill now headed to the House, and the jury deliberates in the Sean Combs case.

Israel/Hamas
-via AP News

Alligator Alcatraz
-via NPR

Federal Judge Blocks HHS Layoffs
-via CBS News

Big Beautiful Bill
-via Washington Post, The Hill, and NBC News

Sean Combs Case
-via CNN
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december. - on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at: kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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12min
July 01, 2025 Please Make a Call (202) 224-3121
This episode brings updates on Sunday’s firefighter shooting in Idaho, last month’s antisemitic attack in Boulder, and the Brian Kohberger case, plus a massive Medicaid fraud bust and a deep dive into Trump’s sweeping budget bill now facing the Senate.

Update: Idaho
-via AP News

Update: Boulder, Colorado
-via BBC

Update: Idaho (But a Different Part)
-via ABC News

DOJ Announces Health Care Fraud
-via NPR

One Big Dumb Bill
-via NY Times, Washington Post, and Axios
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december. - on Amazon
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All episodes can be found at: kimmoffat.com/thenews
As always, you can findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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14min
June 30, 2025 I’m Worried About a Secret Third Thing
Breaking news of a shooting in Idaho leads the news before a breakdown of what the Supreme Court’s decision in the birthright citizenship case means (because it’s super confusing!)
Shooting in Idaho
-via AP News
Birthright Citizenship
-via AP News, Supreme Court, NY Times, Politico, The Guardian, and Texas Tribune
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 findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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14min
June 27, 2025 Find the Difference Between a Kidnapping and an Arrest
The White House overshares intel while restricting Congress, Trump sues judges and mocks democracy, SCOTUS guts civil rights protections, and ICE accelerates its campaign of cruelty—from third-country deportations to outright kidnappings.

Iran’s Nuclear Program
-via ABC News and NBC News

Trump Sues Judges
-via Axios

SCOTUS v Planned Parenthood
-via CNN

RKF Jr v The Flu
-via The Guardian

Kilmar Abrego Garcia
-via CBS News

Tennessee GOP Calls for Mamdani to be Deported
-via The Hill

Los Angeles Citizen Kidnapped
-via The Guardian
Take the pledge to be a voter at raisingvoters.org/beavoter
december. - on Amazon
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17min
June 26, 2025 Little Buddy Veep Vance
Trump arrives at the NATO summit (but not before tweeting a music video about bombing Iran), ICE horrors escalate with cruel raids and medical neglect, and extreme heat adds to an already unbearable week.

NATO Summit
-via AP News and The Hill

Heat Wave
-via CBS News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia
-via CNN

ICE Raids
-via Miami Herald, Nashville Banner, Yahoo, and The Guardian
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 findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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11min
June 25, 2025 He’s Not a Good President!
Trump fumbles a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, an impeachment effort crashes and burns, Russia escalates attacks in Ukraine, and ICE plans to expand detention with a new facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

Israel/Iran
-via AP News, NY Times,

No Impeachment
-via Axios

Russia/Ukraine
-via BBC

ICE Arrests
-via CBS News
Take thepledge 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 findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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10min
June 24, 2025 Going to Therapy and Eating Some Ice Cream
Iran launches a retaliatory strike, Trump declares premature peace, and the U.S. quietly escalates deportations and domestic military presence.

Iran Strikes Back
-via AP News, NBC News, and CNN

Update: Los Angeles
-via NBC News

Deportations in America
-via CNN and NY Times

One Big Beautiful Bill
-via ABC News
Take thepledge 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 findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
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21min
June 23, 2025 Special Episode: America Has Entered the Chat
This episode is all about the latest in the Israel/Iran war and the United States' involvement.
-via AP News, CNN, BBC, NPR, The Guardian, NY Times, and The Hill
Take thepledge 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 findme on Instagram/Twitter/Bluesky @kimmoffat and TikTok @kimmoffatishere
...more
14min

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

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