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

This is not a normally scheduled episode, instead Jay and Brad discuss their thoughts on the presidential election, where they were mentally immediately after the election, where they are in their headspace now, views on the landscape of what the American electorate is, some hard truths about how they see the United States going forward, and what comes next for Look Forward.

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the Trump campaign's disastrous Madison Square Garden rally that offended Puerto Rican and Black voters, Trump and Harr's closing message before election day, Trump does three hour interview with Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson's very weird "Daddy's home" speech, Trump vows to let RFK Jr ruin your health, Republicans fake outrage about Trump being called a fascist, Elon Musk's original immigration call path called out by President Joe Biden, Washington Post and LA Times disprove the notion of a liberal media, all billionaire political donations are bad, actual voter fraud has been found, disrespecting the X-Men, and much more!

Stories

• Trump’s closing message is complete mask-off racism to turn out the chuds
  • It really could have somehow been even worse
  • Florida GOP trying hard to pretend they love Puerto Ricans now
• Harris preparing a symbolic statement for her closing message
• Joe Rogan, welcome to the resistance?!
• Who is Tucker Carlson’s daddy?
• Trump Vows to Let Anti-Vax RFK Jr. ‘Go Wild’ on Health Policy if Elected
• Harris calls Trump the “F” word; GOP pearls immediately clutched
• Even the illegal immigration is coming from inside the house!
• WaPo and LA Times owners bend the knee, find out
• No, it’s not ok just because it’s our billionaire
• We found the voter fraud, again

This Week in Stupid

• THE X-MEN!!!!!!!!? WHO DARE YOU!

This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Donald Trump’s "unconventional" campaign strategies for the 2024 election, including cosplaying as a McDonald’s employee, which is creating buzz among voters just not HIS voters, while Elon Musk faces both political controversy and legal scrutiny. The collaboration between Musk’s super PAC and Trump’s network has stirred Republican infighting, as some GOP insiders criticize the lack of coordination in handling Trump's ground game (aka door knocking) in the swing states. Meanwhile, Musk is under fire for potential election law violations tied to monetary giveaways aimed at increasing voter turnout, so he says. In other news, JD Vance’s absence from the Senate during his VP bid with Trump has sparked backlash over neglecting his Ohio constituents. Trump also celebrated Arnold Palmer’s legacy during a rally in Pennsylvania to connect with rural voters by speaking about the famous golfer's genitalia. As the 2024 election heats up, record-breaking early voter turnout in North Carolina and Pennsylvania underscores the critical role of battleground states that could shape the outcome. This video dives into these key stories shaping the political landscape.

Stories

• Donald Trump does ridiculous McDonald’s cosplay
• Elon Musk field operation is crashing and burning according to Trump’s own people
• Elon Musk decides to violate federal law by trying to pay people to vote
• Trump talking about the Arnold Palmer's Dick is...something
  • It started long ago at a urinal far far away
• JD Vance has stopped doing his current job while he tries to get new job
• North Carolina exceeds 2020 early voter numbers despite Democrat Weather Machines
• Biden admin proposes rule to require private insurance to fully cover over the counter contraceptives
• Trump Social Security proposal would bankrupt program in 6 years
• Israel kills Hamas leader in strike, but will it matter?

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss Kamala Harris embarrassing Bret Baier during her interview on Fox News, Kamala Harris reveals her economic plan for Black men, Trump has an ever increasingly insane week with talks about using the military on American citizens, threatening to withhold federal dollars for states, listening to music and dancing during townhalls, pulling out of numerous interviews, and trying to get Stormy Daniels to sign an NDA. Also, another major contributor to Project 2025 is officially joining the Trump transition team if he wins, Judge stops a bunch of nonsense new election laws in GA, and much more!

Stories

• Kamala makes Bret Baier her bitch
• Kamala Harris release plan for Black men
• Trump is getting extremely unhinged in the days leading up to the election
  • Hey, lets violate one of the core tenants of the constitution!
  • Threatens Californians - in California! - with withholding of federal aid (again)
  • DJ Trump drops sick beats on Philly
  • Trump pull out game is weak
  • We’re playing the hits!
• Project 2025 has come aboard!
• Georgia sees 2nd day of record early voting turnout
• Georgia judge puts the kibosh (for now) on GOP plan to sow chaos in election
• The Greens are at it again, and they’re specifically micro-targeting Muslim voters