What if a mob boss had the power of the pardon? We’re finding out.

It’s been quite the year to be a criminal. Not for the people labeled criminals like immigrants or trans people, but people who actually have charges, convictions even! In his first year in office of his second term, Trump has pardoned a whopping 2,000 criminals who have committed all kinds of horrible acts and are still menaces to society.

We’re talking Jan 6 rioters who have abused children, killed people while driving drunk, and threatened other federal workers. Or drug dealers like former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who had been serving 45 years for one of the largest drug trafficking conspiracies in history. 

In some form or another, every pardon Trump has issued has either allowed himself to avoid any consequences for his own crimes, been a mechanism to get rich, or a way to extort political loyalty. From pardoning his 18 fellow co-conspirators in the Georgia elections scandal from 2020, to pardoning a crypto-tycoon CZ who is now helping Eric and Don Jr.’s stablecoin, to pardoning Eric Adams in exchange for allowing ICE to run amok in New York City, there’s a sinister reason behind each one.

Now, not only is Trump personally benefitting from his pardon power, but these criminals being at large puts everyone at risk. Whether it’s criminals who’ve harmed women and children, crooked CEOs who’ve defrauded investors, or big time drug dealers who have made millions off illicit drugs while individuals face time for nonviolent possession, these criminals aren’t just Trump’s criminals, but some are legit monsters.

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It's Erika Kirk's world we’re just living in it. Francesca and comedian Mav Viola react to the widow's weirdest glitches from blaming iPads and Pilates for political violence to her beef with Candace Owens. Plus, are Republicans waging a war on Christmas through defending data centers?

Then we speak with candidate Angela Gonzales-Torres who is running against the AIPAC and Crypto-backed Jimmy Gomez in CA-34. We talk ICE raids, what the Democratic party has to learn on mass incarceration, and keeping Angelenos safe.

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What kind of pressure is needed to ensure Zohran's success--both in the streets and in City Hall? Co-chair of NYC-DSA Grace Mausser joins to discuss this and so much more. What's up with keeping police commissioner Jessica Tisch, why did NYC-DSA vote to not endorse Chi Ossé against Hakeem Jeffries, and how much work is needed for Mamdani to make good on his promises of affordability?

Plus, Anthony Atamanuik on the Hollywood merger deal from hell and the Somali American community trolling the hell out of white nationalists like the president who has effectively put a bounty on their heads. And a little check in with Alligator Alcatraz, which is very much still open and treating undocumented immigrants with the torture techniques otherwise reserved for terrorists. 

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Is Glinda a centrist? Is Elphaba a revolutionary leader or did she fail? And how does the story of Elphaba and Glinda working together teach us some lessons for fighting fascism in a very unmagical place: present-day United States.

Francesca unpacks the political allegories in Wicked, beyond Oz’s anti-animal fascism, to look at how the allyship between Glinda and Elphaba mirrors characters within the Democratic Party.

Elphaba is a bit Bernie-esque, while Glinda is quite Kamala-coded.

But Elphaba and Glinda and also kind of remind us of revolutionary duos throughout history like MLK Jr. and Malcolm X, Gandhi and Nehru, or Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Changemakers who worked toward justice both inside and outside of their political systems, to bring change to their people. Who knows if they made change for the better, but they made change … for good ;)

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Trump continues to meddle in Latin America while operating with half a brain cell. Comedian Pete Dominick joins to talk about Trump’s unhinged Truth Social bender, his ‘perfect MRI’ and a new report that explains the corny chaos of the FBI. Crazy eyes Patel just needs a medium-sized jacket! 

Then we talk with Army veteran and Executive Director of Common Defense Jose Vasquez about the D.C. National Guard shooter who felt abandoned by the CIA, Pete Hegseth saying "we've only just begun" in Venezuela, and the tough conversations around veteran and populist Graham Platner.

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Zohran rizzes up Trump and calls him a fascist in the same breath... is he taking the president on or is there a bromance brewing? We discuss how the NYC mayor elect was about to keep his the affordability agenda #1 while in the Oval Office with comedian Pallavi Gunalan.

Meanwhile, if you are currently bothered by those high prices at the grocery store shopping for dinner, Fox News is helping you blame yourself instead of the president.

Then, we interview Memo Torres of LA Taco about the 173+ days that masked federal agents have been kidnapping people off of the streets of Los Angeles. What can mainstream media learn from local reporting and how are ICE and CBP's tactics shifting as the community continues to defend itself?

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Rachel Maddow and Anthony Fauci walk into a war criminal’s funeral… we wish this was a joke. Wajahat Ali joins Francesca for a Thursday show looking at the rise of the anti-Israel sentiment on the right and how Democrats need to seize this moment or get Nick Fuentes’ed. Then, a former Obama speech writer goes on a unhinged rant about how the lessons from the Holocaust only apply to Jews and not to any other people who are persecuted, suffering, or starving. 

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What makes an unrepentant misogynist? This is the question we dig into with reporter Jasper Craven as we go down the rabbit hole of Pete Hegseth’s twisted military mind and the coming ‘Forever War’ in Venezuela. 

Then the House votes to release the Epstein files, which includes wild text messages from Epstein to a Democratic lawmaker that show how much he was working to undermine Trump. Trump off’ed him! Come on! We unpack the latest from the Epstein saga with comedian John Hastings, and MTG's “Sorry For Being Trash” apology tour and what she really wants out of all of this. 

Plus, why can’t politicians from either side of the pond speak to immigration in a way that humanizes immigrants!?

Then, Francesca interviews journalist Jasper Craven about his writing about Pete Hegseth's lore and what his story tells us about American masculinity and the military. Plus, just how many wars are we getting into? 

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MAGA rarely disagrees. But blind support and billions of dollars to Israel is becoming a wedge issue on the right, just as it is on the left. Only very very different. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Candace Owens, and Tucker Carlson are all openly speaking out against Israel much to the chagrin of conservative and Christian Zionists. Francesca explains the rift between neoconservatives and the growing chorus of “groypers” who are actually antisemitic.

Republicans have rarely questioned supporting military aggression abroad. But after two years of a genocide the public opinion around Israel among the conservative base is shifting rapidly. And politicians and podcasters are fanning the flames.

It all came to a head when Tucker Carlson interviewed Holocaust denying white nationalist Nick Fuentes and had very little pushback. That somehow was a bridge too far for some conservatives and now people like Ben Shapiro are trying to put the hateful cat back in the bag. One they have let out over and over again.

While the left and students protesting against war have been called antisemitic by the media, or detained for speaking out, there is real antisemitism growing unabated on the right. Will the establishment do anything to change course?

Who will win this war or has it already been won?

00:00:00 INTRO

00:03:00 THE LEFT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BETTER ON ISRAEL

00:05:20 THE RIGHT HISTORICALLY LOVES ISRAEL

00:08:53 THE RIGHT BECOMES ANTI-ZIONIST?

00:10:56 THE TIDE OF PUBLIC OPINION

00:12:46 IT’S ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT TO BE ANTI-ZIONIST

00:16:37 IDENTITY POLITICS

00:19:47 CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

00:21:48 PURE ANTISEMITISM

00:26:22 THE CHARLIE KIRK OF IT ALL

00:28:30 NICK FUENTES ASCENDS

00:39:39 THE 2028 ELECTION 

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Does Putin have photos of Trump fellating Bill Clinton? Cause… we never want to see them. This week has been a wild political whiplash from the cowardly Democrats to new kompromat, this week has been political whiplash. Luckily Emma Vigeland of The Majority Report joined Francesca to talk about it all --- 'cuz the shutdown may be over, but the lingering bitterness over the Democrats total collapse remains.

Their one saving grace is 20,000 emails from convicted sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein that truly are a treasure trove of Trumpian ties. Emma and Francesca take stock of it all, including Epstein’s Israeli intelligence ties and Megyn Kelly’s truly heinous take.

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