I can't recall when Republican hypocrisy has been more evident than this week. It's an ugly and vicious cycle. Charlie Kirk was killed, shot by a killer's single bullet. It was evident in the actions leading up to Jimmy Kimmel's show being indefinitely pulled from the air yesterday...

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Today is a doozy. At 7 this morning, dueling hearings in Congress began. The House Oversight committee held their hearing with Kash Patel in the hot seat - the House's version of yesterday's Senate hearing. Meanwhile, the Senate HELP committee held a hearing on wtf is happening at the CDC under RFK Jr's leadership (sic).

Trump is in the UK, Interested rates are lowered. Our guests Reynolds Holding wrote the book Better Judgement and says not to give up on the Judiciary!

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The title of today's show suggests a mighty big supposition, that the "ills of Democracy" can be cured. When I suggest anything similar, those who disagree with everything I stand for quickly respond that "This is not a Democracy" instead of speaking to the larger issue. Today's guest is James S Fishkin, Professor of Communications, Prof of Political Science at Stanford, author of Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy?

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Mondays are tough. I like to ease into the week by injecting humor and snark into the news. I prefer to do that every day, but Mondays are special. JONATHAN LARSEN of The Fucking News joins us every Monday for the second half of the show to discuss what's happening in our truly f'd up reality.

But today, we’ll bring along some extra snark! We'll begin the show with an old friend of mine, CLIFF SCHECTER of Blue Amp who like Jonathan and I, also works to bring you actual news in an entertaining way.

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Every Friday, the always brilliant and always informed Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins me to wrap up the week. We discuss most of the big and often the under-reported news of the week that you really should know about. And wow, was this a jam-packed week… From Charlie Kirks murder to the FBI’s malpractice. If not for the shooter’s father, he’d still be loose. To Trump’s power grab, SCOTUS crap, Bolsonaro’s guilty verdict & 27 year sentence (for basically the same crime Dump committed) and a whole lot more…

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I was struggling this morning as I sat down to prepare for today’s show. I’ve had panic attacks since last November, and I’m doing my best to keep them at bay these days. But today is a tough one. As was yesterday.

I'm sorry that Charlie Kirk was killed yesterday. Gun violence is never the answer to anything, especially a political disagreement. It's sickening. On Today's show, I'll sound off and check in with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch.

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Today has been a shitty day on a few levels.

Two shootings today. One at a college in Colorado, injuring three.. The other at a college in Utah, killing Charlie Kirk. Unreal.

On today's show, Impolite Talking Religion & Politics with comedian John Fugelsang & Democratic strategist Mike Nellis.

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Journalist, Author, Podcaster, Musician and a lot more, Brian Karem joins me today. Brian has had numerous run-ins with his orangeness.

With Captain Cankles' relationship with pedophile/child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein dominating much of the news today, that's one of the shitty news items we discussed today. The Epstein connection and stories surrounding it are really at the center of everything Trump related these days, as it appears the both Brian and I believe that it will ultimately be Epstein that brings Trump down. I just hope the end comes sooner rather than later!

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SCOTUS keeps issuing unsigned decisions from cases on the so-called Shadow Docket; two of them came this morning, neither one good. The first allows D'ump to fire commissioners at the FTC and other executive branch agencies without cause. In this case, that means his firing of Democratic member Rebecca Slaughter stands. The second one actually allows the administration to engage in racial profiling. In this case, it allows the feds to return to Los Angeles and use racial profiling in questioning and detaining people who look like they're here illegally. As usual, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson dissent.

Jonathan Larsen of TheFuckingNews.substack.com joined in and gave us more breaking news. This time it's good news!

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It was a chaotic week, again, in the Dumpster fire that is Trump's Amerikkka in 2025. As she does every Friday, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins me to unpack most of the important news we need to know, and injects some of her unique Wheeler wisdom to the insanity of it all.

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