Monday, June 8, 2026

Zero Intelligence (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

President Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General, and has named Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence.

A federal judge has re-opened the case that led to the slush fund settlement to investigate possible collusion and a fraud on the court as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies he’ll drop the fund but not the Trump family tax immunity.

John Bolton takes a plea deal for one felony count of mishandling national defense information.

Amid personnel changes at the Justice Department and the Pentagon, 2020 Election Denier Kurt Olsen joins the US Attorneys Office in the Southern District of Florida.

The lead prosecutor in the seashells case leaves.

A January 6th rioter gets a sensitive counterterrorism job.

Plus listener questions.
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Al and Norm Ornstein on The Blueprint for Trump's Cruelty (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

What's actually driving the Trump administration? Our good friend and emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Norm Ornstein, joins Al to follow the blueprint laid out by Project 2025.

The chief architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought, now runs the Office of Management and Budget, the perfect position to carry out The Project’s agenda. Norm and Al cover the human cost of gutting USAID, DOGE’s chaotic assault on the federal workforce, an immigration crackdown that's begun alienating the Hispanic voters who swung to Trump in 2024, and a cabinet culture so consumed with flattery that Ornstein calls it the "Lickspittle Olympics."

Plus, Trump promised to keep us out of wars, but with the ongoing conflict with Iran, the Venezuela invasion, preparations around Cuba, and a growing rift with NATO, it seems like he might not have been fully honest with the American people.

Norm discusses how this administration's corruption dwarfs every previous White House scandal combined. And what should Democrats actually do if they retake Congress? Is impeachment smart politics or a distraction? And what does a credible "Project 2029" look like?
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Shocking texts between police investigators revealed in new Karen Read lawsuit

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgrX_uStpqo

Trump says ‘I’d pay’ anti-weaponization fund applicants ‘the kind of money they deserve’

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCryZlXg7Uk

TOP DOJ Officials on FAST TRACK to IMPEACHMENT Following Trump’s DEMANDS

Trump's top DOJ officials are on the fast track to impeachment, as they sacrifice their independent judgment and ethics to follow Trump's commands to attack states like California and their methodical vote counting process, in order to try to suppress voter enthusiasm and undermine the legitimacy of the election. Popok explains the top 4 reasons California is not done yet with their vote counting from the June 2 primary, and NONE OF IT has to do with fraud!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wKD4OEvGr4

FBI agents stopped a religious extremist. Kash Patel just fired the agents.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EKX0GIK3u4Y

FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo

“This action is manifestly unjust, completely unsupported by the facts, and subverts standard FBI policy and procedure,” their lawyer, David Laufman, said in a statement. “These individuals deserved far better for the exceptional and faithful public service they rendered to protect our country.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/07/fbi-fires-several-analysts-catholic-memo


 

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it did not echo Trump’s view of the shooting…

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/07/scott-pelley-bari-weiss-renee-good-report


 

Christian Snowflake Sues Over Pride Flag

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnS-2jRqr4

Iran launches missiles at Israel in response to strikes on Beirut

Tehran official had promised ‘decisive and painful’ reply to Israeli bombing of apartment buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/israel-escalates-war-hezbollah-airstrikes-beirut 


Private Equity is Going After Your Utilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkK2AnaMFiU

Trump should not be the first American in history to get immunity from tax audits

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eo6o-B3reOU

Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

The English historian, author and television presenter Simon Schama described them as a “special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance”. 

Schama added: “As if the little people’s rage against immigration somehow is superior to the war against the 3rd Reich and entitles this comic book nobody to lecture the actual heroes.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/07/pete-hegseth-d-day-speech-immigration-grotesque-stupidity


 

Women accusing Andrew Tate criticise UK extradition delay as influencer appears in Russia

Andrew Tate has used his online presence to praise Putin, promote Kremlin disinformation and propaganda, align himself with Russian state-backed homophobia and echo Kremlin talking points about the war in Ukraine. In an interview with the US rightwing commentator Tucker Carlson, he thanked Putin for having “cured Covid” when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

The Tates were able to go to Russia after restrictions on their travel were lifted by authorities in Romania, who have reportedly been coming under pressure from the Trump administration on the case...

 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/06/andrew-tate-moscow-alleged-victims-uk-question-delay-extradition


 

Multiple people shot near street festival in Toledo, Ohio, authorities say

A search for the suspects continues as victims are taken to nearby hospitals, police say…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/toledo-ohio-shooting


 

Common sense says Trump’s war is bad. #isaiahmartin #debate #democrats

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2pCfRcYYuE0

Trump pardons former congressman convicted of insider trading

Donald Trump pardoned Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who served nearly two years in prison after conviction…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/trump-pardons-stephen-buyer-insider-trading


 








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