It's been quite a month. Brendan and Marty air some grievances and then focus in on how our current political situation resembles the Weimar Republic, as well as the ongoing government shutdown. Also, WTAF, Trump tore down the East Wing? WTAF?? Finally, Brendan finds time to speculate about the sex lives of prominent Republicans. Tune in!

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In this episode, Brendan and Martin discuss the Senate GOP going nuclear, and then focus on the murder of Charlie Kirk, and its aftermath. What does this tell us about the state of the nation? The media? And why is there so much pointless hatred and skapegoating of transgender people?

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Joe Walsh citations from the Welcome To The Party, Pal! podcast.

For more on the groypers, visit Wikipedia.

For more on Charlie Kirk, including quotes and activities, visit Media Matters.

Marty and Brendan go all conspiracy-minded on you, with explorations into the new JFK assassination revelations and—of course—the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

For more on the Kennedy assassination, Marty recommends "What Jane Roman Said."

For more on Whitey Bulger, Brendan recommends both "Black Mass," by Dick Lehr and the first season of the "Crimetown" podcast.

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This episode: Trump's unhappy birthday; Re-renaming military bases; Both-sidesing the political assassination in Minnesota; blind squirrel Joe Rogan finds a nut; and how Israel's attack on Iran may be Trump's Bay of Pigs.

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As the economy teeters, the GOP follows Trump into the threshing blades. Is it a good idea to cut FEMA? The civilized world rejects MAGA, as Texas doubles down. And, a plea to John Fetterman.

Today's episode is chockful of topics!

Jesse Welles Sings About Tarrifs;

Tarrifs Eating Faces;

A Weimar-style Collapse in DC;

WTAF John Fetterman;

Free Kilmar Garcia;

Are We STILL going after DEI?; and

Hands Off Protests.

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Friend of the pod, Hall Monitor's Bill Hangley—who you may remember from last seaon—spent the mid-1990s reporting from eastern Europe. He's back to discuss how DOGE could affect Philly parks—and ultimately make it impossible to get anything done. Plus, Trump and Putin move to partition Ukraine. Marty has thoughts. It's two hours of fun!

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The hosts of the Professional Left podcast, BlueGal and Driftglass, drop by to talk a whole lotta politics, from the golden-olden days of blogging, to Never Trumpers, to organizing and nurturing a progressive media ecosytem to counter the stumbling legacy media. Also knitting, and corn. Delicious, delicious corn.

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The Pennsylvania Policy Center's executive director Marc Stier drops by to chat with the guys about how the GOP is coming for Medicaid and more—and what we can do to stop them. Also, a special holiday post script!

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We have a great one for you this episode, folks. Philip Longman, Senior Editor at the Washington Monthly and the Policy Director at the Open Markets Institute drops by to discuss how 50 years of weak antitrust policies has hurt the Democrats with working class voters—and what they should do to win them back.

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