This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the government crackdown on free speech in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk, new information released by the FBI that is suspicious at best, DOJ removes report on rightwing political violence stats, FCC goes after Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffries and Schumer prove just how useless they are in this fight, farmers are learning a hard lesson is getting played by the Trump, Brian Kilmeade's mask off moment might be an inspiration for more violence, Trump is suing the NY Times and this is a lesson they need to learn, and much more. 

Big Topic

• Charlie Kirk wasn’t killed by a liberal, but that isn’t stopping the Right from careening ahead to try to destroy free speech
  • Kirk’s alleged killer has all the signs of someone radicalized by being terminally online
  • DOJ deletes study showing Rightwing Political violence stats
  • Dude, we told you (Trump ballroom video clip)
  • Pam Bondi threatens a private citizen with prosecution because he refused to print some flyers? 
  • ABC capitulates in advance by pulling Kimmel off the air after threats from FCC Commissioner

News You Need

• Jefferies and Schumer once again showing they are not the wartime consiglieres we need right now as spending showdown ramps up
• The latest in your alert that it’s time to abandon the mainstream media
• Farmers are learning a hard lesson in Republican politics

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Brian Kilmeade openly advocates for killing homeless people
  • And then this happens
• Trump is suing the NYT for endorsing Kamala Harris in 2024
• Fired CDC director testifies in front of Congress as to RFK’s demands of her

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the death of rightwing hatemonger Charlie Kirk, the right and left's reaction to his murder, Trump's drawing to Jeffrey Epstein is as gross as you'd assume, Telsa's board of directors doesn't learn basic lessons, Bad Bunny sets the tone for how artists should treat the United States under Trump, Hyundai has its plant raided by ICE thanks to GOP Congressional candidate, GOP toss the filibuster for a special purpose, did Donald Trump have a stroke?, and much more.

Big Topic

• Charlie Kirk was killed while hosting a Turning Point event at a Utah college
  • The Keystone Cops are on the case!
  • Right wingers unsurprisingly out for blood despite their rhetoric leading to this
    • Bomb threats
  • The free speech advocates are at it again!
  • Why the Right doesn’t actually care about Charlie Kirk’s death

News You Need

• Trump letter to Epstein released to public alongside several other gross letters from the birthday book
  • And yet the Senate blocks the files from releasing
• Tesla looks to try to light $1T on fire
• Bad Bunny excluded US from next tour because he thinks ICE would stakeout his shows

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Hyundai and LG plants in Georgia raided resulting in hundreds of South Koreans being sent home, and SK is pissed
• GOP erodes yet another filibuster tradition to keep their nominees from being slow-moved

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Did Trump have a stroke?

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss how everyone was hoping Trump had left this mortal coil, dark money going to left-wing influencers and are we ok with this, Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors are creating their own list of abusers and they might be getting assistance from Congressmembers to release it publicly, RFK Jr has a Senate hearing for the ages, Florida becomes first state to eliminate all school vaccine requirements, jobs report is even worse than the last one, Trump administration seeks to take away gun rights, fake peacenik Donald Trump wants to change the Department of Defense to the Department of War, tariff lawsuit may help businesses see record profits in an amazing Trump administration backfire, and much more!

Big Topic

• We all hoped Trump died

News You Need

• Dark money group discovered to fund coordination with left-wing influencers...are we ok with this?
• Epstein survivors say they are generating their own list
• Local idiot claims mRNA vaccines kill people during senate hearing
• State of Florida becomes first to eliminate all school vaccine mandates; Surgeon Gen. compares vaccines to...slavery?
• Jobs report is a complete nightmare, so expect Biden to be blamed

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Trump administration somehow makes a mockery of the mentally ill gun ownership issue
• Donald the dove takes a completely shocking war stance

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Elimination of De Minimis exception leads to many companies and countries barring parcel shipments to the US
• Turns out businesses might benefit from tariffs but not the way they said

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the ongoing occupation of DC by the National Guard under Trump's orders, leaders of the CDC walk off the job under RFK Jr's nightmarish leadership, redistricting fight continues as Texas proceeds and California answers the call, former Trump national security advisor John Bolton gets his house raided by the FBI in obvious retribution for bad mouthing Donald Trump, Trump and Putin meet and it goes well for Putin, health concerns about the president continue to get louder, apparently America is going straight into communism by buying 10% stake in Intel, and much more!

Big Topic

• Occupation in DC continues, with now armed national guard
  • Trump promises to expand this to other cities

News You Need

• Massive CDC walkout erupts amid internal chaos
• Redistricting goes forward in Texas, California is responding in kind
  • Here comes Maryland
• Former national security advisor, John Bolton has house raided by FBI
• Trump finally got to meet with his Dad
  • Not the best, nor the brightest
• Trump’s health is becoming a glaring issue that the GOP can’t ignore
  • https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3lxikivtic22k
• I guess the GOP have horshoed around from fascism to communism
• Trump attempts to fire Federal Reserve Governor
  • She responds in the correct manner
• We’re seeing the impact of age-restriction laws already in the US

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• CBP is also getting access to police surveillance data

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Trump’s handpicked IRS chief was fired for actually having a backbone

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Possibly the dumbest bribery story ever

This week on Look Forward, the guys return (Jay is traveling so mind the audio quality differences) to discuss Dems in Texas and nationwide finally fighting back, gerrymandering is the new national battleground and its long overdue, JB Pritzker throwing his hat in the ring, Gaza is undergoing a genocide and arguments against this fact are completely ridiculous at this point, RFK Jr cuts $500M in funding for mRNA vaccine development based on poor understanding of the science, will blue states be able to protect its citizens from the next infectious diseases?, Trump administration destroying satellites that give them facts they don't like, MTG working overtime to finally get basic things liberals have been saying for years (she still struggles), Utah state senator really working overtime to justify sexual assault on children, DOJ leans on Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator to lie about Trump's involvement, and much more! 

Big Topic

• Dems are FINALLY ready to fight fire with fire
  • CA and NY talking about gerrymandering the GOP out of fed and state representation
  • TX Dems flee state to deny redistricting quorum; Abbott now talking about trying to remove them from their seats
  • JB Pritzker has entered the chat

News You Need

• Gaza is undergoing a genocide and that’s not debateable
• RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development
• Federalism might save you from infectious disease...at least if you live in a blue state
• This week in Space
  • Destroying satellites because you hate facts
  • Nuclear power ON THE MOOOOOON!

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• What IS HAPPENING TO HER!!!!?
  • First this
  • Then this
• Hey look - the field that should be avoiding AI THE MOST is fucking using it, because we live in the dumbest timeline
• And speaking of AI...

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Check that guy’s harddrive
• DOJ meets with pedophile, moves her to minimum security prison
• 100% tariffs on silicon and semiconductors...unless you debase yourself in public
• Oh man, I can’t believe the FCC gave this the thumbs up! Who would have imagined?

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Then STFU!

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss Mehdi Hasan going up against a bunch of far right conservatives, Trump's continued campaign to get you to talk about literally anything but his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, Tulsi Gabbard's gotcha on Obama isn't just another Epstein distraction its also stupid as hell, Stephen Colbert is fired and its obviously political, Trump suffering from extreme fatboy cankle disease, ICE access to IRS information is disturbing, and much more!

Big Topic

• 20 of Hitler’s Youth forced to wrestle with a Pitbull, Pitbull Wins Easily
• Trump letter to Epstein posted by WSJ, and the administration is SPIRALING
  • Trump suing Murdoch for $100 billion; the weird civil suit double standard that exists
  • Metadata suggests the released Epstein video was likely modified
  • Large Marge might be right
  • FBI worked tirelessly to help cover up Trump’s involvement

News You Need

• Tulsi Gabbard is desperate to make you stop talking about Epstein 
  • LOOK! Squirrel!!!!
• Please stop the mean comedian from hurting me!
• From bone spurs to cankles

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• They were on the fence, but the Naziism is what put them over the top
  • But don’t worry, Grok is totally fixed; Elon promised
• The IRS is building a tax database that they plan to share with ICE

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• When you can out-narcissist the FIFA President, that’s a sight to behold
• The party of small government!
• I love Lamp! Where the hell is Jake Tapper!? (video)

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the flooding in Texas that has unfortunately claimed the lives of over 130 people, the political fallout, implications, and history with the Texas area, Trump talks of ending FEMA in wake of these natural disasters, Jeffrey Epstein's client list is said to not exist according the Trump administration but the cover-up seems to be in full swing, Elon Musk's AI, Grok, gets a upgrade some may have NOT-SEE-N coming, here comes the America party, or whatever, Trump puts a 50% tariff on Brazil definitely non-petty reasons, and much more!

Big Topic

• Flash Floods in Texas kill over 100 people with over 100 more still unaccounted for
  • How did this happen?
  • Noem: “You know states are the ones who handle disaster recovery”

News You Need

• Jeffrey Epstein didn’t have a client list and other lies we are meant to believe
  • HMMMMMMM
• Grok was being “too woke”, so Elon...overcorrected
• Fine, I guess we’ll discuss the “America” party

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Trump levies 50% tariffs on Brazil - one of the few companies we have a trade surplus with! - to try to manipulate Bolsonaro prosecution

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the Big Beautiful Bill passage and its disastrous impact on the entire country, Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City's primary is sparking a national conversation between logic and objective bigotry, health insurers once again putting Americans in a corner and demanding they just take it, SCOTUS just allowing Trump to manage laws as he sees fit, Paramount pays Trump and learns no lessons, and much more!

Big Topic

• The One Big Bullshit Bill
  • GOP capitulates as we knew they would, because they think Trump will save them?!
  • I am not sure there is a better example of human garbage

News You Need

• Zohran demolished Cuomo, and boy the reactions across the entire political ecosphere are really pissing me off

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Bout’ to be a lot more Luigis is what I think

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• SCOTUS has officially abdicated their duty
• Paramount pays Trump $16 million bribe, because no one learns anything ever
• The master dealmaker strikes again by finalizing a cost of goods increase for goods from Vietnam

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• What kind of Hillbilly ass shit is this!?

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the weekend war that Trump helped spark off with Iran. Tehran responds to US bombing their nuclear facilities but this is all just foreign policy posturing. MAGA civil war begins as pro-war and anti-war factions argue about betrayal with some unlikely characters standing against the president. Senate passes legislation for stable digital coins, Mamdani seems to have a real chance to take the mayoral race in NYC thanks to his progressive policies and rank choice voting, homicide rates are dropping in major cities and sadly that’s not being talked about as much as the lies about violence in these areas from conservatives, Floridian Republican almost dies because of abortion law in her state but somehow that’s Democrats fault, Trump whines not getting the Nobel Peace Prize like the pathetic titty baby he is, and much more!

Big Topic

• Donald the Dove strikes Iran illegally
  • Tehran responds
  • MAGA Civil War is on
  • Trump: “Ceasefire will last forever”

News You Need

• Senate passes stablecoin legislation - in bipartisan fashion - because I guess bad regulation is better than no regulation
• Mamdani ahead of Cuomo in ranked choice voting: NYC mayoral poll
• Homicide rates sharply declined during the Biden administration, even more so in my backyard!

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Republican lawmaker with ectopic pregnancy nearly died amid new Florida abortion laws
• Blatant and explicit evangelicalism comes to the federal government

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• The latest burgeoning money industry that will now be hand-waved through regulation
• Report alleges Bukele government trying to shield MS-13 leader from US government prosecution

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• I WANT AN OOMPA LOOMPA DADDY, I WANT ONE NOW!!!!

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the nationwide "No Kings" Day of protests juxtaposed to the pathetic limp dick Donald Trump wanna be authoritarian forced military birthday parade, the political assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse and the shooting attack on another and his spouse by a MAGA faithful acolyte, Trump opens asks how to prevent farmers and hotel owners from suffering under the draconian immigration policies he has created, 2024 presidential election results under scrutiny in newest lawsuit, Israel does pre-emptive strike on Iran and is shocked to be retaliated against (let's talk nuance here, because its in serious need of some), Trump shows just how poor he is at negotiating when it comes to his trade deal with China, Trump Mobile begins and yeah its silly and dumber than you'd assume, and more.

Big Topic

• Millions turn out for No Kings day of protest across the country
  • Had to give dear leader a little ego boost
  • Meanwhile Trump got the Temu version of a strongman parade

News You Need

• Minnesota lawmakers targeted in their homes by right-wing extremist
  • Suspect arrested (as well as his wife)
• Sir, another TACO has hit the towers (CLIP)
• 2024 Election Results Under Scrutiny as Lawsuit Advances

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

• Israel does a pre-emptive strike on Iran, Iran retaliates…shocked Pikachu face!
• Only the best dealmaker could negotiate himself into an objectively worse position than where he started

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• The latest grift begins in earnest, and you’ll never guess where the product isn’t being manufactured!