This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the Super Bowl halftime show fight between normies watching Bad Bunny and Turning Point USA desperate safe space extravaganza, Pam Bondi's now infamous complete meltdown in front of the House judiciary committee over the Epstein files, more revelation as some Congressional members see more unredacted files, Amazon tries to just introduce mass surveillance to the general public, Trump/Vance administration working overtime to make sure emission standards don't exist, new bridge between Michigan and Canada is now on Trump's radar because a billionaire got sad, Border Patrol given access to anti-aircraft weapons and screw up immediately, failure to indict Democrats on BS charges happens yet again in Washington D.C., RFK Jr is just our there telling old cokehead stories, and much more!

Big Topic

• Super Bowl Latino Fallout

News You Need

• Pam Bondi had a legendary crashout during Congressional hearing
  • New Epstein revelations
  • New Trump/Vance administration members in the files
• So Amazon trying to recreate the Joker surveillance device *wasn’t* a good idea?

Fast Corruption and even Faster Screw-ups

• The admin is trying to kill emissions standards at the source
• Michigan bridge obvious corruption scandal
• So DoD is giving Border Patrol anti-aircraft weapons?
• Failure to indict Dems for being reasonable on illegal orders

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• I ain’t afraid of no germs! RFK loved that powder

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the hosts return to discuss the new drop of Epstein files (~3 million) from the DOJ, the Clintons want to testify publicly on Epstein implications, Democrat wins stunning victory in ruby red Texas State Senate race, Trump openly pushes for nationalizing elections (unconstitutional, for the record), Steve Bannon says ICE will be at every polling location for the midterms, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested for doing their jobs, Tulsi Gabbard looking into Puerto Rico voting machines, Supreme Court greenlights California's voting map, Virginia joins in on the gerrymandering fight, Melania's crap movie fails because of course it does, Nancy Mace is a total weird loser, and much more.

Big Topic

• New Epstein files drop…the fallout
  • Clintons want to battle Comer in public hearing, not private
    • Trump suddenly loves Bill Clinton…hmmm
  • DOJ releases CSAM in this latest drop, because of course they did
  • Perhaps the funniest Epstein denial

News You Need

• Democrat wins deeply red Texas state senate seat
• Trump pushes for nationalizing elections
• Steve Bannon says that ICE will be at every polling location in the midterms
• Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested
• Tulsi Gabbard goes after Puerto Rico to shore up Venezuela voting conspiracy BS
• Supreme Court gives the greenlight to California’s new congressional map
• Virginia Dems agree to a 10-1 congressional map

Fast Corrupt and even Faster Screw-ups

• Melania’s movie is garbage, but you already knew that

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Nancy Mace pushed for her staffers to boost her hotness on Reddit
• Nancy Mace said to be a bit of a boozer, but she says that’s not possible
• Did he poop? An investigation

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE agents, the response from the country and the GOP specifically, Ilhan Omar attacked at her townhall meeting in Minnesota, FBI's raid of a Georgia election facility, some interesting Minnesota special election results, why our trade deficit went up massively, Trump/Vance administration members working to break up Canada behind the scenes, Trump sues his IRS for $10 billion dollars, and much more.

Big Topic

• Death of Alex Pretti
  • Response from the Nation
  • Response from White House/GOP
    • Why is Pam Bondi demanding voter rolls?
    • Guns? Guns are bad now!
    • Retreat
    • Firing of Bovino, sending Tom Homan in his place
      • Tom Homan is just as useless
    • Senate Dems reach deal with Trump on budget

News You Need

• YUUUUUUUUUUCK
• Ilhan Omar attacked at her townhall meeting, Trump blames her
• FBI raids a Georgia election facility and takes 2020 information
• Minnesota held special elections and they were brutal
• Since the feds aren’t doing anything about Grok, the states are
• Tariffs fix trade deficits, this is a fact!!!(?)

Fast Corrupt and even Faster Screw-ups

• Canada is our Ukraine, apparently
• ICE tried to enter an Ecuadorian consulate
• Trump is suing the IRS for $10 Billion

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Trump/Vance administration cyber expert uploads secret docs to public ChatGPT

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss another episode of "TACO" this time it's Greenland edition, Europe pushes back strong against Trump, speeches at Davos, ICE thinks it can violate the 4th amendment, judge will not allow feds to go after Don Lemon, US House approves $30 million for increased SCOTUS security, Jack Smith testifies publicly to the House, pension funds start to dump US treasurys, DOGE access social security data to help overturn elections, Trump pushes further on his Board of Peace aka his evil UN alternative.
 
Big Topic

• TACO: Greenland Edition
  • Speech at Davos
    • From Trump
    • From the rest of the world
  • Europe’s response

News You Need

• ICE says they can violate your 4th amendment rights
  • And they’re literally kidnapping children
• Jack Smith testifies to Congress on his investigation
• Judge declines to sign off on charges against Don Lemon
• US House approves additional $30 million for Supreme Court security
• Pension plans selling off US Treasurys

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• DOGE accessed your social security information illegally, but that’s just the start
• The “Board of Peace” is like the loser table in the cafeteria

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the new aggressive behavior from Trump on Greenland, even the GOP is not onboard, DOJ opens up an investigation in Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Dems push hard for impeaching Kristi Noem, Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS is already a disaster, new Trump/Vance administration threats against Iran, Trump starts "joking" about not having midterm elections, EPA new rules are somehow pro-pollution, autoworker flips off Trump and calls him a "pedo protector," and much more.

Big Topic

• Greenland GREENland GREENLAND!!!!!
  • Even the GOP is pushing against Greendland military action

News You Need

• DOJ goes directly after Jerome Powell, backfires immediately
• Insurrectionist threatens protestors with insurrection enforcement
• Dems working to impeach Kristi Noem
• Bari Weiss is killing CBS Evening News viewership
• War with Iran? Sure, why not.
• Trump doesn’t think we need elections this year, because he thinks he’ll lose

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• EPA decides we’re way too healthy

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Flip off an auto worker and make him rich!

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return for the first show of 2026 with a doozy. This week's discussion topics are on the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE, the continued back and forth in Venezuela after Maduro was kidnapped from the country, calls from the Trump/Vance White House to now attack Mexican cartels in the coming days/weeks, potential action on Greenland, the freezing of $10 billion in childcare to Democratic-led states, Grok is busted creating child porn and Elon Musk refuses to fix it, ACA extensions are now passed in the House via discharge petition, job growth has slowed to a crawl and you'll be shocked to know why, and much more!

Big Topic

• ICE murders innocent woman in Minneapolis

News You Need

• US carries out ground attack in Caracas; kidnap Maduro and his wife
  • The stated justification is both bullshit and the slipperiest slope
  • The real reason, of course, is a tale as old as time
  • Dems are - once again - largely unwilling to meet the moment
  • Vance calls War Powers Act ‘fundamentally fake’ and unconstitutional
• Trump threatens to attack Mexican cartels after Venezuela
• Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
• Trump freezes over $10 billion in childcare
  • Judge blocks it for now
• Grok is generating child porn on demand
  • UK threatened with sanctions if Starmer bans X
• 9 House Republicans defy Mike Johnson, help advance Obamacare extension vote
• Job growth slows to a crawl

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the response to the death of Rob Reiner, Vanity Fair's interview with Susie Wiles, Mike Johnson lets ACA subsidies die on the vine, Trump labels fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction," unemployment spikes to 4 year high, Dan Bongino is leaving the FBI, Trump admits money is why he would run for a 3rd term, Tiktok buyout is now complete...who cares, the Hunger Games(?), and much more!

News You Need

• Pretty much everyone hates what Trump said about Rob Reiner
• Vanity Fair interview with Susie Wiles is telling, but what’s the real motive here
• Mike Johnson refuses to bring Obamacare subsidies extension up for a vote
  • House Dems and 4 Republicans reach the 218 discharge threshold to force vote
  • Johnson recesses the House immediately
• Trump labels fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction”
• Democrat Wins Election by 47-Point Landslide in Kentucky
• Unemployment hits 4 year high

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Dan Bongino is out as FBI Deputy Director
• Trump says he was offered money to run for a third term
• House passes trans healthcare ban
• The stupid TikTok saga seems to be ending in a predictably corrupt fashion
• Kennedy Center board “unanimously” elects to rename building after Trump

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• We doing Hunger Games now

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the looming healthcare insurance cost price hikes and what approaches both parties are putting forward in Congress, GOP led Indiana Senate rejects Trump's push for off year redistricting, U.S. captures Venezuelan oil tanker, Jasmine Crockett is now running for Senator in Texas, a grand jury for the second time rejects indicting Letitia James on mortgage fraud, Trump administration wants social media history from foreign visitors, the brutal battle over fonts has begun, and much more!

Big Topic

• Healthcare subsidies nightmare looms, GOP has no answers
  • Republicans pretend to not support Universal Healthcare on purpose (Video)

News You Need

• GOP-led Indiana Senate rejects redistricting legislation
• U.S. captures Venezuelan oil tanker
• Jasmine Crockett is running for Senate
• Grand Jury rejects second chance at indicting Tish James

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Trump admin considering requirement for foreign visitors to disclose social media history

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• The war on serif has come to a close

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to talk about how the Venezuelan boat strikes might have broken through to the MAGA cult, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump play hot potato with blame and seem to be willing to let Admiral Bradley be the fall guy, Trump tries to make a sensible healthcare policy choice and fails, Virginia Dems considering gerrymandering their state to 10-1, Nancy Mace considering retiring early from Congress like MTG, GOP women are in full revolt in the House, more legal failures as Trump administration can't secure re-indictment of Letitia James, one group is finding out the hard way that their misogyny might have been a poor choice, and much more.

Big Topic

• Boat Strikes seems to a topic that’s breaking through the noise
  • The ship was struck 4 times
  • House and Senate Republicans open investigations
  • Admiral Alvin Holsey resigned because he wasn’t an idiot
  • Admiral Bradley says there was no “kill them all” order, thus seemingly taking the blame
  • Mark Kelly and the Dems knew exactly what they were doing

News You Need

• Laughably Trump tries to get on right side of issue (poorly) and loses to GOP
  • Trump lowers tariffs and tries to promise some fiction, rebuffed by GOP
• Virginia Dems considering gerrymandering 4 additional seats
• Nancy Mace is considering retiring early alongside MTG
• Oh Oh Its Ladies Night…OHHHHH on the riiiiiight!
• Turns out trumped up charges are hard to make stick when you actually present to the grand jury

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Trump cares so much about drugs he pardons a narco kingpin
• Trump pardons Dems after corruption charges, Jeffries agrees with him

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• This is a group project and you all failed!

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the monumental Epstein vote in the House and Senate, the Trump administration's grand plan on Epstein isn't as locked in as some many thought it might be, Pam Bondi telegraphs what the administration is likely to do to slowdown the Epstein files from being released, Trump threatens Democrats with executions for daring to remind the military not to follow illegal orders, federal judges strike down Texas redistricting map, Coast Guard is cool with swastikas now?, Trump removed tariffs on beef, coffee, and fruits, White House is botching the show trial of James Comey, AI companies are going to want a bailout and they should not get one, another rightwing idiot pretends to be attacked for attention, and much more.

Big Topic

• Epstein Vote heard ‘round the world (Link to the actual bill)
  • House Votes 427-1
  • Senate Votes Unanimous consent
  • Trump signs bill into law
  • Pam Bondi gets new information all of a sudden

News You Need

• Trump says telling military to follow their oath is tantamount to sedition
  • You will be shocked to hear what happened next
• Federal judge rejects Texas redistricting map
• Coast Guard says swastika is no longer a hate symbol
• TARIFFS REMOVED!!!!!

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• White House absolutely botches Comey case in massive embarrassment
• We are absolutely going to do this again, aren’t we?

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Weird that this keeps happening?

Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government policy, Democratic strategy, elections, voting rights, Supreme Court rulings, and political news. Featuring progressive commentary, political analysis, and unapologetic opinions on the fight for democracy. Hosted by Jay and Brad. A TNP Studios production. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms. For more TNP Studios content, check out The Nerdpocalypse (movie & TV news), Black on Black Cinema (Black film reviews), and Dense Pixels (video game news).