-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump with Russ Vought cancels billions in climate and transit funding only for blue states, punishing voters who backed Kamala Harris

-- Trump embraces the government shutdown because it delays the Epstein files, with Speaker Mike Johnson blocking Adelita Grijalva from being sworn in

-- Congresswoman Madeleine Dean tells Mike Johnson that Trump is unhinged and unwell while Republicans pretend not to notice

-- The ADP report shows Trump’s economy loses 32,000 private payroll jobs in September with declines in hospitality, construction, and small business

-- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker joins Gavin Newsom in declaring Trump has dementia and calls for his removal under the 25th Amendment

-- Google search disables AI overviews for Trump dementia queries while providing them for Joe Biden, raising censorship concerns

-- Karoline Leavitt lashes out at reporters asking about Jared Kushner’s foreign funding, Trump’s AI deepfake, and looming layoffs during the shutdown

-- JD Vance defends Trump posting a sombrero meme of Hakeem Jeffries, dismisses racism concerns, and jokes while pushing the shutdown

-- On the Bonus Show: Big Pharma benefits from Trump’s drug pricing plan, Pope Leo denounces support for the death penalty as incompatible with being pro-life, John Fetterman polls higher with Republicans than Democrats, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Donald Trump openly admits that presidents are responsible for shutdowns while bragging about using this one to make irreversible cuts

-- Trump slurs his speech, appears disoriented, and shows symptoms raising concerns of a possible stroke or other serious condition

-- Trump delivers a bizarre speech to generals about gold paper, civil disturbances, and fake news while wasting taxpayer money

-- Top military leaders criticize Trump and Pete Hegseth’s chaotic meeting as a clown show and openly mock their weakness

-- Gavin Newsom taunts Trump over his weight and hypocrisy, sparking debate about Trump’s insecurities and false claims about himself

-- Organizers plan over 2,100 “No Kings” demonstrations across all 50 states as protests test whether mass resistance can disrupt Trump’s rule

-- Trump shocks with threats to cut health care during the shutdown while rambling incoherently alongside Robert F Kennedy Jr and Mehmet Oz

-- Multiple new polls show Trump deeply unpopular, collapsing on the economy and immigration, and increasingly propped up by a radical minority

-- Trump’s administration subsidizes coal in 2025 despite its economic collapse and health costs, clinging to nostalgia instead of reality

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump shares a deepfake of Jeffries and Schumer, Republicans block an elected Democrat from taking office ahead of the shutdown, OpenAI prepares to launch an AI video app, and more…

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(00:00) Trump admits shutdown blame, vows cuts
(06:51) Trump slurs speech, health concerns raised
(13:15) Bizarre Trump address to generals
(23:30) Generals mock Trump and Hegseth’s chaos
(30:00) Newsom taunts Trump over weight, hypocrisy
(35:10) Nationwide “No Kings” protests planned
(40:47) Trump threatens health care cuts with RFK Jr, Oz
(48:28) New polls show Trump collapsing in support
(56:29) Coal subsidies return despite collapse

-- On the Show:

-- Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut, joins us to discuss the looming government shutdown, gun violence, and Trump's authoritarianism

-- David breaks down how government shutdowns are a manufactured crisis created in the 1980s that punish ordinary Americans while politicians treat them like a game

-- Grocery prices surge to record levels with beef, coffee, and fruit soaring, exposing Donald Trump’s failed promises to lower costs

-- Leaked texts from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveal officials know Trump’s trade policies are devastating farmers but stay silent

-- Trump stumbles through a chaotic press conference mispronouncing names, complaining about teleprompters, and pushing a doomed Gaza deal

-- Trump openly vows to fire generals and admirals in loyalty tests while floating military action in Venezuela and against cartels

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene defies Trump by backing Epstein document releases and breaking with him on major issues despite her far-right extremism

-- Trump loyalists like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi risk long prison terms under civil rights laws as Rick Wilson warns of Nuremberg-style accountability

-- White House lawyer Lindsey Halligan delivers incoherent remarks minimizing slavery, embodying Trump’s pattern of choosing loyalty over competence

-- On the Bonus Show: Elon Musk and others are named in new Epstein documents, YouTube settles a $24 million lawsuit with Trump, MAGA erupts over Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and much more…

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