This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump's newest inane threat statements that went nowhere, NYC mayor gets a lovely quid pro quo from the Trump administration, more tariff threats send the stock market into another tumble, the push for the unitary executive theory, firing the folks who handle nukes and pandemics just because, CPAC brings out the crazies and one big drug addict has a time, Ukraine is now the blame for Russia's invasion according to their top stooge, IRS fires 6000 people, Republican budget will have massive cuts to Medicare/Medicaid, cities are prepping for how to deal with huge layoffs from the federal government, and much more. 


Big Topic

• How much attention do we need to pay when Trump says the dumbest shit?
  • Claims we will not militarily support Canada unless they join the union
  • You are not alone in your feelings on what’s happening

Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups

• Trump admin cuts a quid pro quo with nation’s worst mayor
  • Leads to a Thursday afternoon massacre!
• Local idiot proposes more tariffs on lumber at 25% ACROSS THE BOARD!!!!!!!!!
• Freedom of Information Act request are dead
• Trump admin fires people who handle nukes, scramble to re-hire them
• The other - in retrospect - obvious reason behind DOGE’s purges

News You Need

• Trump blames Ukraine for the Russian invasion
  • Zelensky makes the point that media doesn’t want to address fully
• IRS fires 6000 employees right in time for tax season
  • Well maybe we don’t NEED the IRS after all
• Republicans unveil their budget plan and yeah its draconian as you’d assume
• CPAC is showing up just how much the Right is enjoying this, there is a lesson in this
• Cities will feel the hits of these layoffs, an example
• Trump Signs New Order to Vastly Expand His Presidential Powers

What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican?

• Look, maybe we’ve been too harsh on AI

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the judiciary's hard push back on Donald Trump and Elon Musk's attempts to ruin the U.S. government, DOGE staffers coming back after racists social media posts were discovered, Trump axes federal EV programs, Trump says America will own Gaza and develop it, more tariffs announced on foreign steel and aluminum with no exceptions, Eric Adams is definitely about to flip parties, voters in Missouri find out that Republicans couldn't care any less about their votes, JD Vance getting embarrassed publicly yet again by his boss, and much more!

Big Topic

• The judiciary is stepping up, but what happens when the administration throws up a middle finger?
  • Administration fires DOGE staffer after racist tweets resurface; Musk and Vance want to bring him back

News You Need

• Watch what they do
  • Trump axes Federal EV Charging program
  • NCMEC scrubs any mention of trans kids from website
• GAZA GAZA GAZA!!!! (what could possibly go wrong???)
• Surprise! Moar tariffs!
• More chaos around non-tariffs with suspension - and subsequent walk back - of de minimis exemption
• Eric Adams GOP turn coming in 5....4....3...
• Missouri voters chose to enshrine abortion access in the constitution. Legislators DGAF
• Brutal, when will people learn

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the Elon Musk's control over the U.S. financial payment system, the attack on USAID is in full swing, Dems begin an actually smart strategy, tariffs are happening...tariffs are not happening, Gitmo will be a concentration camp, and much more!

Big Topic

• Elon Musk stages what can only be called a coup over the weekend
  • Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems | Reuters
  • Musk claims to have shut down USAID (can’t do that without Congress!)
  • Schatz, Schatz, Schatz, Schatz, Schatz!
  • So...what the fuck is going to happen now?

News You Need

• House races that REALLY MATTER coming April 1st (seriously)
• Tariffs are (not) happening
  • Mexico folds...OR DO THEY?
  • Canada folds...OR DO THEY?
  • So why did this actually go sideways?
• Trump admin institutes funding freeze, walks it back, then unwalks it, then walks it?
• Trump plans to turn Gitmo into a sort of camp where migrants can be concentrated
• Plane disaster at Reagan just a week after Trump cans the head of the FAA at Elon’s request
• The CFPB is probably dead; would love to allow companies to sell your sensitive information
• Rubio appoints incredibly racist MAGA chud as UnderSec of Public Diplomacy at State

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss just a few of the massive nightmare changes that happened in Trump first week back in charge. We get the American version of the Night of the Long Knives with the firing of all the Inspectors Generals in the federal government, global aid stops excepts in two countries, Pete Hegseth is confirmed as Secretary of Defense, Trump and Vance both admit that inflation isn't a priority, an amendment to the Constitution is proposed to allow Trump a third term, Colombia demands respect be given to its citizens picked up by ICE raids, alleged plan leaked of how the U.S. will settle the war in Ukraine, and much more!

Big Topic

• First Week in Hell

News You Need

• Trump violates federal law by firing pretty much all the Inspectors General in the Federal Government
• Trump pauses aid for every country except Israel...and Egypt
• Meetings with the Joint Chiefs are now a two-drink minimum
• Dude, we told you, you absolute moronic fucks
• Republican pushes for amendment to the Constitution for Trump’s benefit
• Trump’s very stupid, very pointless 12-hour showdown with Colombia
• How’s the “lesser of two evils” working out?
• Ukraine plan leaked

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the first 2 days of the second Trump administration and show how it's already a complete mess. Trump pardon's Jan 6th domestic terrorists, goes after Trans folks with federal legislation, announces end of Birthright Citizenship (which is of course is protected in the Constitution), America will leave the World Health Organization, the Pope comes out against Trump's mass deportation plans, Elon Musk stops pretending and goes full fascist, AOC immediately sets the standard for the Democratic party in true fashion, Medicare and Medicaid advancements ended out of spite, meme coin scams, Biden does last minute pardons to protect people who were doing their jobs, and much more.

Big Topic

• Trump’s no good, very bad first day back
  • All the Jan 6 criminals have been pardoned or commuted
  • Trans Americans are the first victims of the new administration
  • Birthright citizenship, yer outta here!
  • America is leaving the World Health Organization
  • Even the Pope is coming out against Trump’s plans on deportation
  • We got Elon out here doing Nazi/Fascist salutes
  • Trump makes last minute change to inauguration b/c of crowd size fears, stranding his supporters

News You Need

• AOC sets the bar for Progressive response in the Trump era
• Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare
• The incredibly stupid TikTok saga is the most revealing bit of corporate genuflecting yet
• Biden drops some last minute preemptive pardons on the way out
  • General Mark Milley and Anthony Fauci
  • Biden Family Members
• Trump says something very weird about the election
• Meme Coins are all the rage now
  • MOAR!!!!
• Vivek Ramaswamy is out at DOGE before the stupidity even began
• Actual leaders doing actual leadership

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• It's going to be “The Golf of America” isn’t it?
• The GOP has daddy issues

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the massive wildfires in California and the hypocritical political responses from the Right, Israel and Hamas reach a ceasefire, Hegseth's hearing sheds more light on MAGA madness, Mark Zuckerberg goes full MAGA for Trump's good favor, loyalty test are beginning to emerge as Trump gets closer to the White House again, Bezos uses Melania as a way to curry favor with Trump, Musk is likely lying about his video game skills (pretty damn pathetic), and much more!


Big Topic

• The CA wildfires are the most helpless I can ever remember feeling
  • Windy conditions prevent this from ending
  • GOP signaling they’d like to hold disaster relief hostage unless states engage in policy change

News You Need

• Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire - why now?
• Dems show fight in Hegseth hearing; probably not gonna matter
• Dems take it to Pam Bondi
• Zuck has gone full mask -off in the blink of an eye
• Alito just corrupts out in the open
• Cannon auditions for SCOTUS seat
  • Happened anyway, but point still stands about her
• The loyalty tests are already starting
• Bezos launders $40 million to Trump
• The GOP is literally trying to steal a NC Supreme Court seat

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• World’s richest man is also so insecure that he’s basically been proven to account boost in a video game for clout

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return for the first show of 2025. There has been quite a lot happening in the world of politics since the last episode. So the hosts go through some of the bigger and lesser known stories that dropped over the holidays, and get into the "News You Need" for this week which includes: Dems screwing up by not putting AOC front and center, Justin Trudeau announces he is stepping down as head of the Labor party in Canada, Mike Johnson is narrowly re-elected Speaker of the House, Donald Trump tries to push for one single bill to enact all his terrible MAGA ideas at once, corporations line up to MAGA with Trump's inauguration looming, Joe Biden signs Social Security Fairness Act, Net Neutrality is likely dead now, what Dems need to be doing in the background during this next few years if they plan to regain power at some point, and of course our game "What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?"

Big Topic

• Quick Happenings:
  • Luigi Mangione charged with terrorism
  • Two acts of terrorism happen on New Years Day
  • Biden removes almost everyone from death row on the federal level
    • Some people need hard lessons I guess
  • Oklahoma decides to force poor kids into military servitude
  • Biden sign Social Security Fairness Act
  • Republican had a brief yet telling Civil War over H1B Visas

News You Need

• Dems - as a whole - do not seem like they’re up for this
  • 74-y/o cancer patient gets his participation trophy
  • Stop cooperating - start obstructing
• Trudeau’s announcement could not be worse-timed
• Got it in one (kinda)!
• Trump pushes the MOAB (Mother of all Bills) in Congress
• Businesses can’t decide if it’s bluster or serious
• Net Neutrality being spearheaded by the FCC is probably dead

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• We lost our committee chair?!
  • Other old bat falls down on first day on new Congress
• Time to take back the motherland!

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss why the news media seems happy to bend the knee to Trump and his incoming administration thus forgetting their job as being a challenge not a rubber stamp to the politically powerful. ABC settles Trump's defamation lawsuit, Time Magazine runner gives a bizarre response to the "Person of the Year" award winner, New York Times refuses to post images of Luigi Mangione or his manifesto. In the segment "News You Need," the hosts discuss Steve Bannon's shameless attempt to mainline absolute lies about the constitution ino the American body politic when it comes to presidential term limits, federal judges decide to reverse course and rescind their retirement announcements, man who started the Biden criminal conspiracy with Burisma admits that he did in fact lie about the entire thing, is Larry Hogan ok?, and much more!

Big Topic

• We aren’t even at January 20th yet, and MSM is already failing the test
  • ABC settles Trump defamation suit for $15m
  • Media owners making sure they get in good with the new admin
  • NYT unwilling to publish Mangione’s picture, manifesto

News You Need

• Let’s all pretend to be shocked
• Federal Judge Reverses Decision To Retire, Ruins Trump’s Plans To Fill His Seat
• Biden Conspiracy peddler admits he lied about the whole thing.

What’s Dumber, a Brick or a Republican?

• Larry Hogan doesn’t know what stars are

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the fallout from the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by the newly arrested Luigi Mangione, Democrats need to change strategies when it comes to the deluge of the incoming Trump administration's corruption that is already showing up before inauguration day, Americans say they want change but aren't voting in a way to get it, Assad finally flees Syria for Russia, Trump openly admits that he can not guarantee prices will not rise because of his tariffs, Pete Hegseth's nomination is in trouble and Ron DeSantis is being floated as his potential replacement, RFK Jr sends out a survey before taking over Health and Human Services and its way more insane than you could image. 

Big Topic

• UnitedHealthcare Insurance CEO killed publicly 
  • The response from the citizenry
  • Killer found?

News You Need

• Why flooding the zone works
  • Dems aren’t raising a fuss about this - why?
• Americans want change, but vote for the same over and over again
• Assad flees Syria and hides in Russia
• Trump admits that tariffs are likely going to screw you over
• Pete Hegseth seems to be on shaky ground

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• RFK Jr, are you OK?

This week on Look Forward, the guys finally return from their hiatus to bring in a new show format (still developing), discuss in heavy details what Donald Trump's incoming tariff plans are and what they do to the American economy, what they will not do as he promises, how the international leaders are reacting to the tariffs, and much more on the topic. In our "News You Need" section, we breakdown the pearl-clutching from the Right and some on the far Left that after President Joe Biden announces that he will in fact pardon his son, Hunter, which goes against what he has previously stated on the matter. Trump's border czar Tom Homan and incoming head of the FBI signal that they will have no issues in stomping on states rights and gutting the FBI and using it to go after their perceived political enemies. Discussion on Trump's incoming cabinet members that's a real who's who of SAers, bigots, morons, unqualified dummies, and bog standard hedge fund dirtbags. Also, we've revamped "This Week in Stupid" just a bit to something a little more direct. Welcome back to the crazy!

Big Topic

• The tariff plan - why it doesn’t matter what actually happens; Trump will declare victory regardless
  • China, Canada, and Mexico…welcome to the party pal
  • BRIC Countries, welcome to the show

News You Need

• “They’re going to call you a socialist regardless”
  • Biden pardons Hunter. Good - fuck what the GOP thinks. Dems need to use the weapons available to them. We’re past norms
  • Care about Tom Homan saying they’re going to prosecute uncooperative Democratic mayors and Kash Patel potentially weaponizing DOJ

• All the stars are here! (Cabinet and administration picks so far)
  • Trump has inadvertently made Mike Johnson’s life a living hell

What’s Dumber, A Brick or a A Republican?

• Brain Dead Buffoons take on Science