Unf*cking The Republic

Unf*cking The Republic

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  • The CLARITY Act is Dead (For Now).

    The CLARITY Act (Digital Asset Market Clarity Act) failed to pass cloture and won’t be taken up on the Senate floor. This is very, very good news. Despite attempts until the last minute by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand—a Democrat who is closely associated with the crypto lobby—not a single one of her colleagues came over to her side. So even she voted “no” to advance the bill. This likely means CLARITY is dead for the foreseeable future. But it doesn’t mean it’s gone. This is a victory for the banking industry and a huge blow to the Trump family who were banking (pun intended) on this bill setting up World Liberty Financial to be one of the wealthiest stablecoin firms in the world.

    Resources

    Politico: Gillibrand privately urges Dems to advance crypto bill

    CNBC: Trump agrees to ethics requirements in crypto Clarity Act as GOP seeks Democratic votes

    ABA Banking Journal: ABA, banking groups warn revised Clarity Act fails to protect community banks

    Unchained: Banking Groups Push Senate to Tighten CLARITY Act Stablecoin Rules, Warning of Deposit Flight

    decrypt: Tether Reports $1.5B Q2 Profit as USDT Supply Grows, Gold Holdings Rise

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    Video: The CLARITY Act is DEAD: Why Trump’s Crypto Scheme Failed.

    Essay: The CLARITY Act is Dead (For Now).

    Episode: Trump is Looting the Treasury.

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    17 min
  • On The Record (09-22-26).

    This week we put a proper endcap on the summer’s debt discussions—the $40 trillion number is real, but the conversation around it is almost entirely dishonest, designed to make cuts to grandma’s Medicare seem inevitable while military spending and corporate tax rates never even make the list. Then we looked at the housing market, where sellers are quietly stuffing concessions into nearly half of all deals to keep headline prices from falling, which is either a buyer’s market emerging or the last gasp before demand destruction, depending on which generation you’re in.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:38

    Quick Takes: 00:01:41

    Max Notes: 00:07:29

    Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:21:05

    Chart of the Week: 00:21:48

    Outro: 00:24:03

    Resources

    The New York Times: U.S. and China Balance A.I. Risks and Rivalry

    The New York Times: Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud

    Senator Chris Murphy: Why did Russia pay for Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding?

    The New York Times: Photos Spur Speculation About Possible Demolition of Kennedy Center

    CNN: Trump says proposed triumphal arch will double as military complex with snipers and drones

    CNBC: AI Models Are Stealing Your Data & The AI Safety Truth

    The Independent: Scott Bessent cannot say where Venezuelan billions are going

    Mother Jones: Bo French Sent a Tweet So Racist, His Own Party Finally Took Notice. It’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg.

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Debt to the Penny

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities

    Federal Reserve: Federal Reserve Balance Sheet: Factors Affecting Reserve Balances

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury International Capital Data for July

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury International Capital Data for July 2026

    Federal Reserve: Financial Accounts of the United States

    Federal Reserve: FEDS Notes

    Federal Reserve: Estimating Yield Impacts of Treasury Demand and Supply Changes

    Levy Economics Institute: Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending?

    CEPR: Ron Paul’s Surprisingly Lucid Solution to the Debt Ceiling Impasse William Mitchell: Central banks should just write off all their government debt holdings

    Yahoo! News: House Speaker Mike Johnson denies backing cuts to benefits amid Social Security shortfall warning

    Congressional Budget Office: Distributional Effects of Public Law 119-21

    The Elephant Graveyard: How Comedy Drowned in a Radioactive Cesspool of Corruption and Depravity

    Redfin News: Nearly Half of Homebuyers Get Concessions From Sellers as Most Markets Tip in Buyers’ Favor

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    Video: On The Record 9-22-26 (The Truth About the $40 Trillion Debt—And Why They Want You Scared.)

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    25 min
  • InDeFLATION: F*cked Sideways Either Way.

    The Producer Price Index (PPI) dropped and it was worse than expected. PPI is the measure of inflation building in the system and economists use it to forecast what consumer inflation will look like three to four months down the road. If these figures are any indication, inflation is about to hit the global economy like a tsunami and no amount of hand wringing and interest rate tweaking at the Federal Reserve is going to slow this train. In this episode, Max explains how this was all predictable based on Trump’s economic plan and the design of Project 2025. He talks about what comes next in best and worst case scenarios before addressing why in the world someone like Russell Vought would engineer such a catastrophic outcome. Because it was so clear from the start that this is where we were headed. Hint: Keep your eye on JD Vance.

    Resources

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Indexes

    Marketplace: The Fed’s preferred measure of inflation is changing

    Council on Foreign Relations: Hunger Warfare and a Fertilizer Crisis Are Straining Global Food Supplies

    The New York Times: Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity, Quoted on an Investment Basis

    Investopedia: Cost-Push vs. Demand-Pull Inflation: Key Differences Explained

    Bloomberg Television: US Producer Price Index Rises Most in Three Months on Energy Costs

    ProPublica: “We Want the Bureaucrats to Be Traumatically Affected”

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    Video: Terrible Inflation Report Warns of Economic Tsunami.

    Episode: The End of the American Experiment.

    Essay: InDeFLATION.

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    24 min
  • Omnibus (09-12-26).

    Max and 99 are back for another episode of Omnibus. They cover headlines on Israel killing a family of 12 in Lebanon including six children, and a new Elon Musk documentary alongside a fall movie season tackling Big Tech and its leaders. Then they tackle listener emails on childcare costs and the dependent care tax cap, Pete Buttigieg criticism, expanding Medicare versus a VA-style system, and whether Trump’s BLS numbers are even worth analyzing.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:37

    Headlines: 00:17:09

    Emails: 00:35:13

    Memberships: 01:23:44

    Outro: 01:24:03

    Resources

    The Decemberists: Everything Is Awful

    Subscribe to Current Affairs Magazine.

    Vanity Fair: X Marks the Spot: To Musk Filmmaker Alex Gibney, Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes Are Two Sides of the Same Coin

    The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood Puts Four Tech Moguls on Trial in October Movie Pileup

    Drop Site: Israeli Strike in Lebanon Kills 12 People From a Single Family, Including 6 Children

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    Video: On The Record 9-8-26 (JD Vance Latest Stunt is DISGUSTING | Nathan Robinson Interview.)

    Episode: Merchants of Death.

    Episode: Labor Daze.

    Episode: Scott Bessent Can’t Stop Failing.

    Video: Terrible Inflation Report Warns of Economic Tsunami.

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  • Scott Bessent Can’t Stop Failing: The Most Arrogant Man in the Land.

    Scott Bessent can’t do anything right. He just announced a paltry bond buyback that fell flat with the market responding by pushing rates higher. Bessent also proclaimed that he is “the house” and that people shouldn’t bet against him because he has inside information about what the Bank of Japan is going to do. Interesting. The guy doesn’t know what our central bank is going to do but he has the inside track on the BOJ? The market there is also telling him to get lost. And after he said he would cripple the Iranian regime in a matter of weeks or months with sanctions, the Iranians have been striking back and have now declared that they’re going to cripple our economy. Bessent is going to go down in history as the worst Treasury Secretary we’ve ever had.

    Resources

    Bloomberg Television: Bessent Tells Yen Traders ‘I Am the House Now’

    CNBC International Live: ‘I am the house’: Scott Bessent’s challenge to traders

    Bloomberg Television: Commodities Bull Market Is Underpriced: 3-Minutes MLIV

    ABC News: Oil Prices Climb Over $100 per Barrel as War in Iran Continues

    Bloomberg Television: US Treasury to Buy Up to $6 Billion in Long-Dated Debt

    Fox Business Clips: ‘SLINGSHOT’: Treasury’s rate move gets BRUTAL reality check

    IMF: Did the Plaza Accord Cause Japan’s Lost Decades?

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury Launches Unprecedented Campaign Against Iranian Regime on Economic D-Day

    The Hill: Iran reignites Strait of Hormuz fight as US tightens squeeze

    NBC News: Diesel hits all-time high of $6 per gallon, and just about everything will cost more

    Brookings: What is yield curve control?

    npr: Trump’s controversial nominee drops bid to head vital data-gathering agency

    U.S. Department of the Treasury: Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934 - 1945)

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Henry Morgenthau Jr.

    npr: The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected

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    Video: The Treasury Secretary Who Can’t Get It Right

    Essay: Scott Bessent Can’t Stop Failing.

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    18 min
  • On The Record (09-08-26).

    This week we dissected JD Vance’s child care rule change: A Heritage Foundation tradwife policy dressed up as family values, funded by gutting support for the single working parents who actually need it. Then Nathan Robinson joined us to talk about why the socialist moment is real and the DSA keeps winning where it’s not supposed to. And in honor of Labor Day, we put the wage-price spiral myth to rest: real wages flat for 50 years, corporate earnings through the roof, and the Fed looking the other way the whole time.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:38

    Quick Takes: 00:01:33

    Max Notes: 00:05:43

    Phone A Friend: 00:14:04

    Killer Left Take of the Week: 00:37:19

    Chart of the Week: 00:39:19

    Outro: 00:42:26

    Resources

    The Ghoul Pool

    wgaltv: Democrats criticize Fetterman after WSJ report claims he avoids meeting with constituents

    Steven A. Smith: Abdul El-Sayed on Israel, Hasan Piker, ICE and JD Vance

    A24: You Can See Everything

    Al Jazeera English: Far-right AFD wins vote in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state: Exit polls

    Mother Jones: Ashley Hinson Fought to Save Private Equity’s Favorite Loophole

    The New York Times: Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

    The Heritage Foundation: Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years

    Politico: Heritage Foundation calls on US to prioritize marriage and family in new report

    Congress: The Child Care and Development Block Grant: In Brief

    National Women’s Law Center: Re-Envisioning CCDF

    Emerald Book: How the 68% Black Single Motherhood Myth Harms Black Women and Families

    Center for American Progress: The Economic Status of Single Mothers

    Financial Planning Association: Leveraging Divorce to Maximize College Financial Aid

    Nathan J. Robinson: Why You Should Be a Socialist

    Nathan J. Robinson: Hillbilly Hypocrisy: ND Vance and the Dark Future of MAGA Politics

    Subscribe to Current Affairs Magazine.

    Jacobin: Capitalism makes “everyone feels a little insane”

    Investopedia: Wage-Price Spiral: What It Is and How It’s Controlled

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Average Hourly Earnings of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees, Total Private

    Union Stats: Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment by Sector and Demographic Group: 1973-2025

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Corporate Profits After Tax (without IVA and CCAdj)

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Center for Microeconomic Data

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    Video: On The Record 9-08-26 (JD Vance’s Disgusting Stunt | Trump is Melting | Nathan Robinson.)

    Essay: Hillbilly Hypocrite.

    Episode: Did Ronald Reagan Destroy the American Dream?

    Episode: Merchants of Death.

    Episode: Labor Daze.

    Episode: Economics of Racism.

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    43 min
  • Labor Daze: Trump’s Resident Idiot Says the Economy is a Gift.

    Trump administration official Kevin Hassett declared the latest jobs report as a “present to the American people” for Labor Day. Really, Kevin? Let’s dig into this claim by looking closely at the labor data. What you’ll find is that more Americans than ever are dislocated from the full-time employment picture in this country, and that this administration has zero idea how to fix it. And they’re not even trying. But, sure. Happy Labor Day, America. Enjoy the weekend worrying about how to pay your bills.

    Resources

    Bloomberg Television: NEC’s Hassett Says Inflation Is Under Control

    Vox: The Trump administration’s “cubic model” of coronavirus deaths, explained

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Labor Force Participation Rate

    NBC News: Trump’s new Fed chair walks fine line on inflation in key speech

    Bureau of Labor Statistics: The Employment Situation — August 2026

    ADP Research: National Employment Report

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: All Employees, Manufacturing

    Peterson-KFF Health Systems Tracker: What are the recent trends in employer-based health coverage?

    KFF: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance 101

    Bureau of Labor Statistics: Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

    Bureau of Labor Statistics: Frequently asked questions about data on contingent and alternative employment arrangements (May 2017)

    Bloomberg: Fewer Americans are Working or Looking for a Job. Experts Can’t Agree on Why

    PBS News: What the July jobs report reveals about the strength of the economy

    United States Census Bureau: Monthly Construction Spending, July 2026

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    Video: The Jobs Report Is A Scam: Here’s Why

    Episode: Merchants of Death.

    Essay: Labor Daze.

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    20 min
  • Omnibus (09-05-26).

    Max and 99 are back for another round of Omnibus. They hit headlines on the White House’s Venezuelan oil deal and the money launderer at its center, the Pentagon rolling out its own versions of ChatGPT and Grok, and a Gloria Steinem mantra. Then they tackle listener emails on what drives career politicians to serve billionaires, taxpayer exposure on the Venezuela oil deal, and Reagan’s popularity as a byproduct of mass media monoculture. Enjoy, Unf*ckers.

    Chapters

    Intro: 00:00:22

    Headlines: 00:04:38

    Emails: 00:18:54

    Fake Outro: 00:38:12

    Memberships: 00:43:14

    Outro: 00:44:01

    Resources

    Subscribe to the UNFTR Newsletter

    TechCrunch: The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok

    ICIJ: White House pick to run Venezuela oil deal under investigation in two countries

    The New Yorker: Road Warrior

    Hold Fast

    UNFTR Resources

    Episode: F*ck Milton Friedman.

    Episode: Merchants of Death.

    Episode: Did Ronald Regan Destroy the American Dream?

    Video: The Jobs Report Is A Scam: Here’s Why

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    45 min
  • Merchants of Death: The Men Who Killed Healthcare in America.

    The United States doesn’t have a comprehensive healthcare “system.” It has a patchwork of coverage options that come with heavy price tags and complicated processes. Consistent GOP attacks have made the entire framework untenable, and the results speak for themselves. Healthcare coverage is deteriorating rapidly under Trump and there’s no going back at this point. This might be the opening we need to finally have a real conversation about Medicare for All. But there’s going to be a lot of pain between now and then.

    Resources

    KFF: ACA Marketplace Enrollment Is Down By 3 Million After Big Jump in Premium Payments

    The New York Times: Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts

    Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027

    Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: How much and why premiums are going up for small businesses in 2027

    American Medical Association: Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

    Common Dreams: Nearly 2.5 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid and CHIP—So Far—During Trump’s Second Term

    STAT: The Trump administration is burying science and health care in paperwork

    Book Love

    Abdul El-Sayed + Micah Johnson: Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide

    Steven Brill: America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System

    Paul Starr: The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

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    Video: Healthcare Is Broken—And It’s Not Getting Better.

    Essay: Merchants of Death.

    Series: Healthcare.

    Episode: Medicare for All.

    Episode: Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

    5 Non-Negotiables.

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    19 min
  • Did Ronald Reagan Destroy the American Dream?

    Ronald Reagan. Champion of neoliberalism. To some, the man who lifted the spirits of a nation and restored a sense of pride and optimism after a period of despair. To others, the Reagan years marked the death of liberalism. A dark turn toward unfettered capitalist exploitation and the decapitation of working class movements and civil rights. So, which is it? Was Ronald Reagan responsible for ushering in an era of prosperity and restoring national pride as his boosters maintain? Or was he indeed the harbinger of doom and the reason we have Donald Trump today? Like most things, it’s complicated. But there are three ways in which Reagan fundamentally altered the trajectory of the United States to the detriment of most American families. Max walks through each of them before offering a bit of context for the era and ends with an example of a modern political figure that borrows from Reagan’s political playbook but with a twist: this time it’s to do good in the world.

    Resources

    Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute: Americans Still Believe in Strong U.S. Global Leadership and Engagement, Including Young MAGA Republicans

    The New York Times: Javits Sees G.O.P. Hurt By Reagan

    NPR: 1976: The Last Time Republicans Duked It Out To The Last, Heated Minute : NPR

    270ToWin: 1980 Presidential Election Interactive Map

    Center for Public Integrity: How four decades of tax cuts fueled inequality

    Roosevelt Institute: To Put Trickle-down Economics to Rest, We Need a New Tax Code

    Wikipedia: Americans for Tax Reform

    Brennan Center for Justice: Citizens United, Explained

    Heritage Foundation: Reagan And Heritage: A Unique Partnership

    The Nation: The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now

    The New York Times: The Strike That Busted Unions

    Jacobin: The Legacy of the Crushed 1981 PATCO Strike

    NPR + Code Switch: The Truth Behind The Lies Of The Original ‘Welfare Queen’

    History: Just Say No

    History of Cannabis Project: Reagan Drug Policy — Just Say No & the 1986 Act

    Wikipedia: Dark Alliance

    U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General: CIA-Contra-Crack Cocaine Controversy

    PBS: The Iran-Contra Affair

    National Archives: President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (1961)

    Peter G. Peterson Foundation: The United States Spends More on Defense than the Next 6 Countries Combined

    Frederic Lemieux: Militarization of Law Enforcement in America

    ProPublica: The Best Reporting on Federal Push to Militarize Local Police

    CounterPunch: The Hidden Cost of the U.S. Military: The Real Budget is Far Larger Than Reported

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    Video: Did Reagan Destroy the American Dream?

    Essay: Did Ronald Reagan Destroy the American Dream?

    The Carter Series.

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    31 min

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