The Political Spectrum

By JJ Michaels

JJ Michaels may or may not be autistic but he will certainly talk about the current news cycle from his own unique perspective. Special episodes include his world famous "TPS Report" where JJ does a b... more

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November 05, 2024 JJ Called It First!!! To Explain Why Trump Won, They Will Point To These Three Things
JJ makes a bold prediction on the eve of the election that Trump will win and that the chattering classes will be attributing it to three things.
1) Podcasts and new media had their coming out moment. Trump on Joe Rogan is the Nixon - Kennedy debate for our era.
2) The VP pick and debate mattered this time. Just like JJ predicted it would.
3) We are seeing reverse incumbency power all over the world and now here in America. Voters want to throw the bums out even if that means welcoming in the bums they just threw out four years ago.

Could JJ be wrong? Of course he could. But he's putting on the record now so that when he's right you'll be able to look back and say... ol' JJ called it!
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44min
September 07, 2024 We Live In The Silo, They're Always Listening! | Liz Cheney Is Not A Republican
Cox Media Group admits that they utilize software to wiretap your phone and that Google and Meta (Facebook) are among their clients.
So basically when you thought your phone was listening to you all the time and selling you stuff, you were right.
JJ will tell you what to do about that.
Also, at what point are you just not a Republican or a Democrat? Looking at you Liz Cheney and Joe Manchin. Do these people know what a political party is?
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34min
August 31, 2024 SPECIAL EPISODE - A review of a new "unbiased" news site plus a new Trump movie and more....
JJ walks reviews Ground.news in detail and discusses whether it's worth the cost of a subscription. In the process we come across some interesting news stories including Brazil trying to censor opponents of its far right government, the United States funding Chinese research en masse, and a new movie coming out about Donald Trump called The Apprentice.
But the real question is... why are so many of these stories only being reported by the left or the right?
JJ discusses how media is no longer content with bias, institutions on the left and the right are now just not reporting on otherwise newsworthy topics that they think you shouldn't know about.
Thankfully, the good people at The Political Spectrum are here to help!
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40min
August 27, 2024 TPS Report: Texas Drops 1 Million From Voter Roles, Voter Suppression?
JJ walks us through the news, shooting from the hip... no nets and no guardrails!
Today he discusses Governor Abbott dropping 1.1 million names from the voter roles and tells a story about an expert in voter suppression that he met at a fundraiser.
He also touches on a number of other subjects and spends some time discussing his preferred coffee cups. Don't miss it.
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30min
August 19, 2024 Dodging The Media Is Smart For Kamala, But Not For The Reasons You Think
JJ is back with a theory on why Hidin' Biden is working for Kamala.
Democrats have so many volatile interest groups to consider act this point that the only way to avoid offending them is to avoid staking out clear positions on what can and can't be done.
Dems vote on issues, GOP votes on ideas. If Kamala tells interest groups that the issue you want solved isn't on her gift list, they're gonna ask what is. But if she just says "hey, Christmas is coming, you never know what Santa might bring" she can keep them engaged.
JJ explains.
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20min
August 02, 2024 TPS Report - Americans Lose Trust In Doctors After Covid, Men Fighting Women In The Olympics, and more...
JJ is back after a few days off with a survey of the day's news as only he can deliver it. This time with video!
- Biological male beats up on a woman in the Olympics, what is to discuss here? Where can there be disagreement?
- Did Meta try to erase the Trump assassination from Facebook?
- American trust in doctors plummets after the Covid pandemic. JJ is not surprised.
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21min
July 26, 2024Iran Is Funding Anti-Israel Protests In America, You Sure You Still Want To Be President Kamala?
JJ puts together clips from the state department briefing on July 25th where U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirms what Prime Minister Netanyahu said about Iran funding and organizing the protests against Israel and in support of Gaza.

Kamala is in a difficult spot. The Democrats need the youth vote and they need Michigan, but she was forced to condemn Hamas because of the violent protests in Washington and may alienate some of this far left base.

JJ wants his more liberal young listeners to understand that your leaders in Washington aren't abandoning you, it's just that you've been lied to about what Hamas is and what Israel is and they know that what you've been told isn't true.
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23min
July 24, 2024TPS Report - High capital gains taxes prevent wealth redistribution | Why are they going after Delta? | You should listen to Netanyahu's address if you think he's a war criminal
JJ covers many topics beginning with the Apple TV show "Presumed Innocent" and continuing with his attempts to drink Armagnac to feel classy.
Today's TPS report covers the news from the Left, Center, and Right with focus on increased capital gains, the investigation of Delta flight cancellations, and the Prime Minister of Israel speaking to the joint session of Congress.
JJ believes that you should listen to those who you disagree with, especially if you disagree with them. We can improve the world by listening to our opponents and learning how to respond to them and advance our own positions.
If you think Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, today's speech by the Prime Minister would be a great time to start listening to those who you oppose.
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53min
July 23, 2024Who is in charge in the White House? | Just cuz Biden isn't running doesn't necessarily mean he should resign | Why Secret Service leaders can't use "following the plan" as an excuse
It’s raining in central Texas again.

JJ thinks they made the right decision my endorsing Kamala and the timing of Biden resigning was inevitable.

There are some stories out that VP Harris accessing Biden/Harris campaign funds may not be as simple as thought.

Kamala has reportedly gathered enough support from pledged delegates to have the nomination wrapped up.

But the announcement was weird in the way it was done, it makes JJ wonder who is in charge of the country if the president can’t make an announcement from the Oval Office.

Trump campaign says Kamala has been running the country the entire time, seems implausible but it’s an interesting campaign strategy.

Some are saying that Biden can’t be president if he can’t run for re-election, JJ says that there are holes in that logic but that it still is possible that he should resign.

What is the responsibility of the Secret Service?

Did Deborah Cheatle make the right decision by resigning?

JJ thinks that any leader who makes a plan and then uses “we followed the plan” as an excuse for failure should be fired.

Tomorrow we will not discuss the election at all. A one day break.
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31min
July 19, 2024Another "most important election?" | Trump isn't Hitler | If Stealing Elections Is So Easy, Let's Just Make It Legal | Old people running the country scaring you like its 1945, fascists vs commies
JJ covers a number of topics related to the big question... is democracy in the balance? Is the world ending???
It’s less hot in TX which they call a cold front

The Breville espresso machine is a life changer, it makes me money by using it

Is this the most important election of our lifetime, don’t they always say that?

If America was really in the balance, both sides would be acting much differently

Joe Biden told the truth when he said that if he loses, it’s ok to just have done your best.

This is the Super Bowl of politics and Joe doesn’t want the backup QB coming out for the second half

If Trump is not the next Hitler, that’s a very reasonable answer

And if Joe Biden’s handlers believed that, they would have forced him out a long time ago

We see thing differently in TPS nation, we don’t need to get into the specifics, it’s enough to know that this isn’t how people behave when the world is in the balance.

The old people running the country are running a playbook from 1945, Communists vs Fascists, it’s confusing and scary because it’s not real.

JJ gives us a run down alf the Trump acceptance speech and paints a picture of the event

The Trump speech was very un Trump like in the beginning. He could have spouted conspiracy theories but he didn’t

Then there was a turning point when he became worried that his speech was going to be worse than the others, and he went off script

Trump said he wants to lead all the people, but don’t they all say that? Well Trump didn’t used to but now he is

Is Democracy in the balance? JJ goes through every election since 2000 where they said the same thing and nothing changes.

If it’s so easy for both sides to steal elections, maybe stealing elections isn’t such a big deal? Mabye if it’s so easy to do, it should just be legal.

JJ delivers a message to the future for listeners in 2028, is he a prophet or is he in an alternate timeline?

The issues matter, and who the candidates are matters. Is Joe Biden a candidate?
JJ says that the only way forward for the Dems is for Biden to resign and let Kamala be the incumbent in November. Nobody would want to vote out the first woman president after just four months.

Should we do the show on weekends? JJ is taking the weekend off, but let him know.
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45min

FAQs about The Political Spectrum:

How many episodes does The Political Spectrum have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.