DC Special Grand Jury (feat. Joyce Vance) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) put out a new opinion expanding the definition of executive privilege to cover up the administration’s corruption.

A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups.

Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS.

Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

Plus listener questions.
Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-special-grand-jury-feat-joyce-vance/id1317481380?i=1000783570962

Endless war and high prices could spell doom for Republicans in November

‘Complete unraveling’ of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governance

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/trumps-midterm-malaise-endless-war-and-high-prices-could-spell-doom-for-republicans-in-november

 

Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’

“I’m running very low on energy. I am burnt out,” he said in a separate text. 

In a third, he said: “I eat when I can. My coworkers make sure everyone in our unit eats and we all try to share food whenever someone gets more than normal. Keep praying for us. We are doing our best to make sure we protect our country and our families.” 

 The mother said that her son had been on many deployments with the navy. This was the first time that he had ever indicated a lack of food and other basic supplies. “Something genuinely wrong has happened,” she said… 

 “Our military deserve the best of the best,” she said. “They are fighting for our country, and the government has a duty to provide them with the basics. If they’re losing weight, that means you’re starving them.”…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/navy-families-denounce-trump-hegseth

 

Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Calls Out U.S. Supreme Court on Race

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4kZNb_Mmpk

 

Thom Hartmann - Who Killed the American Dream (The Phil Ferguson Show podcast)

Interview with Thom Hartmann. His newest book is Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told. The detailed story of how companies have been fighting for Constitutional Rights for themselves and weakening the same right for actual people.

Also, A catholic bond fund. They only pick bonds that meet catholic values - what ever that means.
Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/557-thom-hartmann-who-killed-the-american-dream/id959436323?i=1000783200124

Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety

Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking out…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/republican-senator-bill-cassidy-denounces-trump-vaccine-claims 

 

More Money Than Iconic U.S. Parks Combined

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hbIZgEhcB18

 

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water…

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/16/danube-drought-destroyed-crops-rock-of-starvation-climate-crisis

 

Why cancer, not cost of living, may be the biggest issue in Iowa’s midterm elections

Iowa’s cancer rates followed national trends until 2012, when they began climbing upwards for reasons that Green said remain unclear. Cancer includes a broad group of diseases, and many aspects of life, from stress to food to environment, can modify someone’s risk. What’s plain is the importance to voters – one survey has cancer ranked as the top issue facing the state, eclipsing even the cost of living...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/iowa-midterm-elections-republicans-democrats

 

Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him

“The Inflation Reduction Act was a signature accomplishment of former president Joe Biden, a sprawling measure enacted in 2022 that aimed to lower prescription drug prices by requiring Medicare, the federal health program for the elderly, to begin negotiating the prices it pays drugmakers for an array of popular and costly prescription drugs,” the Post’s report noted. “The first price reductions took effect at the beginning of this year.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/trump-washington-post-drug-prices

 

Trumps White House Ugly-Off | Paula Poundstone #shorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u6vtoBM454k

 

What Would Christopher Hitchens Say About the Holocaust? #youtubeshorts

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cD4npMk7nwY

 

Robert Ingersoll - The Great Agnostic

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4L010bbAkds

 

Actually the folks claiming Christ seem to have hate down pretty well.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RVvfYJxK7TE

 

Why I’m a Materialist | Christopher Hitchens #youtubeshorts #shortvideo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8iT6iciA6UU