The Weekly List Podcast
1) Week 47 - Trump Goes on His Revenge Tour, Addresses the Military, Loses in Court, and Shuts Down the Government
This week we see an increasingly unbridled Trump, taking previously unthinkable actions in the light of day, and facing little or no pushback, nor consequence. Trump finally got his wish for retributi...Show More
2) Week 46 - A Week Summarized by a Brazen Trump Extolling, “I Hate My Opponents” and “Your Countries Are Going to Hell"
This was quite a week! What strikes me the most in summarizing one of the longest lists of broken norms so far is the lack of pushback that persists. Trump is by all accounts unilaterally making decis...Show More
3) Week 45 - Trump Creates a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy in His Continued Attempt to Silence Dissent and Seize Power
The main story this week was continued political violence in the nation, as conservative activist Charlie Kirk was murdered while giving a speech on a college campus. While the killing was one in a lo...Show More
4) Week 44 - An Epstein Letter Comes Back to Haunt Trump, While Republicans and the Supreme Court Have His Back
This week, Congress is back in session, and so is the Jeffrey Epstein files story. Congress was greeted upon their return by Epstein survivors, who called for the release of files and accountability. ...Show More
5) Week 43 - Three Major Court Loses Could Imperil Trump’s Agenda
This week Trump lost three major court cases, which could have major implications on the regime’s ability to enact his agenda. Perhaps the most consequential was a 7–4 ruling by a federal appeals cour...Show More
6) Week 42 - Trump Says He is a Dictator, and Acts Like One
So much for what typically would be a slow news week in August. With Congress still on recess, this week it felt as if Trump was running the country on his own. He even mused at a half-day-long cabine...Show More
7) Week 41 - Trump’s Authoritraian Tools: Diversion, Seizing Equity, Rewriting History and Revising Data
This week we continue the storyline of Trump’s efforts to rewrite history and manipulate data to fit his narratives, both hallmarks of authoritarianism. Last week Bureau of Labor Statistics data was u...Show More
8) Week 40 - Two Truths, Two Sets of Data
What strikes me most this week is not the number of broken norms, but the nature of what Trump is getting away with. This week he assumed control of the nation’s capital; ordered a mid-decade census a...Show More
9) Week 39 - Is the Dwindling Media Losing Track of Some of the Most Important Stories?
Noteworthy this week is that several of the most important stories received little media coverage and attention. Part of this is the continued gutting of U.S. journalism, not only in our public broadc...Show More
10) While the Epstein Files Story Dominates, Trump and His Regime Become Increasingly Irreverent
This week, the Epstein Files scandal continued to dominate the news, despite Trump and his regime’s best efforts to distract with shiny coins and conspiracy theories. Trump didn’t help himself much in...Show More