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Nightly News Roundup

Jason Thompson
94 episodes   Last Updated: May 15, 25

A news headline show for people who love to hate the news and hate to love the news.

Art by Cory Drake.

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Episodes

China and Russia agreed to collaborate to build a power plant on the moon, while Trump signed an agreement with a Mexican drug cartel. Three members of Congress were caught dozing off during a spending meeting, MAGA wants to outlaw all pornography. Commerce Secretary Lutnick shook hands with the people who killed 700 of his employees and his own brother in the 9/11 attacks, and RFK Jr. said no one should take health advice despite his being the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
RFK Jr. took his family for a dip in Shit Creek, Saudi Arabia treated Trump to a mobile McDonald's truck during his visit, protestors stormed the Rayburn Building over MAGA attempts to cut Medicaid, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is putting the brakes on Trump appointees until he gets an answer about the Qatari jet gift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump touted an end to the tariff war he created, then bragged about an executive order to lower drug prices, which drug companies don't have to follow, and then defended his accepting a big fat Qatari jet. Poopcopter is here! A Virginia McDonald's has banned people under 21 from dining in, and Josh Hawley throws a red flag on Trump's Medicaid play. All that and a Sports Desk! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Trump Administration happily accepted white refugees from South Africa, Kristi Noem proposed the death penalty for Mexican nationals involved in a boat disaster, and the President also seems to think empty ports are a win. 23 Fox News personalities have found gigs within the new administration, the Secretary of Defense doesn't understand the annual PT test cycle, and Stephen Miller strikes again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More than one billion Catholics around the world have a new Pope, a woke, liberal, Marxist, Trump posted about his plan of a deal with the U.K., Whiskey Leaks Pete Hegseth posted an anti-trans videos and offered voluntary separation, meanwhile the involuntary separation of jets from the aircraft carrier Truman was not discussed. India and Pakistan are in the largest dogfight since WWII, the FBI director showed up to his budget meeting without a budget, and Trump pulled his surgeon general pick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pete Kegsbreath made a personal decision to stop an arms shipment to Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene's political career could be in deep shit, the Federal Reserve sounds the alarm over Trump's economy, Pakistan and India are dropping jets from the ski, the Trump administration also shut down the CDC infection control committee, and NH state GOP representative thinks teenage girls are ripe and fertile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Secretary of Defense posed a video of himself bragging about ending vaccine requirements, ranting about climate change, and OF COURSE transgender people in the service. Trump said something batshit crazy during a serious meeting, then ordered the DOJ to free a woman serving time for tampering with voting machines. All that and India and Pakistan are threatening nuclear war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump wants to offer a cool grand to illegal immigrants to leave the U.S., AND he wants to reopen Alcatraz, AND he's big mad at the Wall Street Journal, a wildly respected newspaper founded on capitalistic and conservative values, for asking questions. He's also big mad at 60 Minutes, because of course he is. Oil and natural gas are leaking steadily into the Gulf of Mexico, and Trump announced he wants to put tariffs on foreign films. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
White House advisor, human Halloween decoration, and part-time Nazi Stephen Miller and his conservative think tank are suing Chief Justice John Roberts for control of all federal courts, and Trump effectively ended Veterans Day and replaced it with Victory in World War I. We also compare the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence to Trump's administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trump fired Mike Waltz as his national security advisor, then rehired him as his UN ambassador, then made Marco Rubio his security advisor AND the Secretary of State, Pete Kegsbreath threaten Iran with war in ALL CAPS. Then Trump said anyone buying oil from Iran can't do business with the U.S., and RFK Jr. said he's going to put an end to chemtrails. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.