In 2022, shortly after Russian troops rolled across the border into the Donbas region of Ukraine, negotiators for both sides met and hammered out an agreement to end the fighting — a deal that would have maintained the Donbas as a semi-autonomous region of Ukraine and let Ukraine proceed with plans to join the EU. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky turned down the deal, however, at the behest of NATO, and now the Ukrainian people are dealing with the fallout of this terrible decision.

Jimmy and The Duran hosts Alexander Mercouris and Alex Christoforou discuss the details of the 2022 agreement and how much more Ukraine will now have to concede to end the war.

Plus segments on a recent poll indicating that 71% of Trump voters oppose cuts to Medicaid and the nothingburger revelations in the most recent and highly ballyhooed Epstein files release.

Also featuring Mike MacRae, Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano. And a phone call from Elon Musk!

Glenn Greenwald recently responded to an article by Chris Hedges titled “The Purge of the Deep State and the Road to Dictatorship” describing Donald Trump’s dismantling of longstanding government institutions as a portent of worse to come. Greenwald disagreed with Hedges’ assessment, crediting Trump with positive steps like defunding USAID and firing thousands of civilian employees at the Pentagon.

Hedges returns to The Jimmy Dore Show to address Greenwald’s response and explain what Glenn got wrong.

Plus segments on whether Trump and Elon Musk’s dramatic efforts to curb government spending will forestall economic collapse and the recent AI-generated “Gaza Riviera” video Trump posted to Truth Social.

Also featuring Kurt Metzger, Ed Dowd and Paul Stone.

Political commentator and television host Joy Reid has been fired from her position at MSNBC, where she anchors her show The ReidOut. The move comes as the network is restructuring its programming.

Among other changes at the network, Symone Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele, and Alicia Menendez, who currently co-host The Weekend, will move to a new weekday program. And Jen Psaki, a former White House press secretary under the Biden administration, was moved to a primetime weekday slot.

Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the changes afoot at MSNBC and the real reasons behind Reid’s firing, along with some of the “greatest hits” during her tenure at MSNBC.

Plus segments with foreign affairs expert John Mearsheimer on his 2015 prediction about Ukraine coming true, the Trump administration’s dramatic reversal on Ukraine policy and what a possible peace deal over Ukraine might look like.

Also featuring Jimmy Dore and Mike MacRae. And a phone call from Kevin Spacey!

According to Bernie Sanders, we are “witnessing a very sad moment in American history.” Why? Because, he says, “the United States is aligning with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy.”

Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Bernie’s wholesale embrace of the anti-Russia propaganda that has helped kill hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians.

Plus segments on new FBI Director Kash Patel’s plans to investigate the Russiagate conspiracy, Donald Trump sending mixed signals on whether he will target Medicaid for spending cuts and GOP war hawks scrambling to find ways to find fault with the Ukraine-Russia developments without criticizing Donald Trump.

Also featuring Jimmy Dore, Hans Mahncke and Mike MacRael Plus a phone call from Elon Musk and Harrison Ford!

The Biden administration treated Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky as a near deity, a heroic figure inspiring his underdog nation to repel the invading Russian hordes. Now that Trump has assumed power, the dynamic has changed and Zelensky is being described by the U.S. President in very different terms — as a “loser” and a dictator who refuses to hold elections that might challenge his position.

Jimmy and Col. Macgregor discuss the reality of Zelensky that Americans have been denied by the mainstream, corporate hagiographic news media seeking to prop up Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

Plus segments on Zelensky and Ukraine being snubbed by the U.S. over peace negotiations, Zelensky’s pledge to ignore any diplomatic arrangement that doesn’t include Ukrainian input and health officials Deborah Birx and Paul Offit admitting that COVID policy wasn’t based on science.

Also featuring Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano!

Among all the crazed crackdowns on speech in Europe, the Germans may be taking matters to the most insane levels. German authorities today brag about breaking into people’s homes and laugh about seizing their personal devices like laptops and phones — all for the “offense” of insulting someone, sometimes a politician. Imagine not being allowed to insult a politician?

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the transformation in Germany from liberal democracy to authoritarianism over just these issues.

Plus segments on CBS reporter Margaret Brennan losing her mind by blaming the Holocaust on an excess of free speech and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropping truth bombs about Ukraine on European diplomats.

Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from Jeff Bridges!

Christian Parenti is an investigative journalist, academic, and the author of several books, including "Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis" and "Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder.” He has reported from various locations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela, and China. He is currently a professor of economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Jimmy and Parenti discuss why progressives should welcome President Trump’s assault on the FBI, an organization with a long history of targeting, infiltrating and undermining left movements.

Plus a segment on Trump and Musk’s DOGE defunding the National Endowment for Democracy, a well-known CIA cutout.

Also featuring Stef Zamorano, Kurt Metzger and Mike MacRae. Plus a phone call from Elon Musk!

Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a "political persecution."

Bannon, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty in state court in Manhattan to one count of scheme to defraud, a low-level felony. Spared from jail as part of a plea deal, he left court saying he "felt like a million bucks."

In this conversation with Jimmy, Bannon insists the prosecution was politically motivated and his relatively light sentence proves how weak the case against him was.

Plus segments on Donald Trump initiating negotiations to end the Ukraine War and an interview with former Seattle City Council member and Workers Strike Back founder Kshama Sawant.

Also featuring Kurt Metzger and Stef Zamorano!

On a recent episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart advised Democrats that if they want to regain office, they need to chill a little on the fascist talk and actually offer an alternative.

The late-night host showed clips of news anchors and Democratic voices talking about the “late Friday night purge,” where President Donald Trump fired at least 17 inspectors general. Reacting to the news, Stewart pulled out a prop axe and screamed, “Trump has ushered in the purge!”

“I, for one, will take full advantage by doing some unpermitted lawn work,” he joked. “Although, just in case I’m misinterpreting, what is this purge about, exactly?”

When realizing what Trump’s “purge” was really about, Stewart reacted in mock horror, yelling, “No! He got rid of 17 inspectors general? That only leaves—no one knows how many left. I have no idea.”

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how even liberal icon Jon Stewart sees the level of Trump Derangement Syndrome flowing through the Democratic Party.

Plus segments on a recent NY Times hit piece against Elon Musk and DOGE, the Super Bowl halftime show performer who revealed and paraded around with a Palestinian flag and the millions of dollars in questionable spending being uncovered by Musk and his DOGE acolytes.

Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike MacRae. And a phone call from Andrew Cuomo!

Since the moment the oath of office left his lips, Donald Trump has been employing a “flood the zone” approach to governance, overwhelming the opposition, the media, the courts and the public with a head-spinning array of executive orders and executive actions. 

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss how this approach not only puts all Trump’s critics on the defensive, practically knocking them off their feet, but also disrupts the narrative driving channels embedded withing the Deep State-media nexus.

Plus segments on corporate America abandoning DEI policies and Trump’s pledge to turn DOGE loose to investigate the Pentagon.

Also featuring Stef Zamorano and Mike Macrae. And a call from Joe Biden!