Takes the Cake (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The Department of Justice has established a $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund” after Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS. 

A former federal prosecutor has been indicted for sending herself copies of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report. 

A federal judge has dismissed the charges against Kilmar Ábrego García on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds. 

The Justice Department has dropped all remaining charges against the Broadview 6 after a grand jury transcript showed gross misconduct. 

Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?  

TACO, NACHO, and More Trump Acronyms - by Carlos Greaves

Interview: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unjustified/id1317481380?i=1000769318456

Catherine Rampell and Scott Lincicome on Trump's Tariffs (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

It’s been over a year since Trump’s “Liberation Day” when he rolled out his global tariffs, but the Supreme Court struck those down resulting in chaos and confusion about what happens next. Guest Host Catherine Rampell, of The Bulwark and MSNOW, welcomes Scott Lincicome, VP of economics at the Cato Institute, to try to make sense of how the 166 billion dollars in tariffs will be refunded to businesses that were impacted. Catherine and Scott break down the bureaucratic red tape of the refund process, why small businesses are once again getting left behind, and the valid fears of political retaliation that are keeping major corporations silent.

And with the U.S. government taking multi-billion-dollar equity stakes in everything from steel mills to quantum computing, we discuss the rise of “state capitalism.” It’s not exactly the free market that Republicans have been cheering for generations.

Plus, after Trump’s landmark trip to China, many Americans are experiencing what Scott calls “China envy.”
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/_xuSoxexbSw?si=emIcpGUE39GkY5kJ

The Orthodox Jewish Agenda Behind Kars4Kids (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #636)

— The White House hosted a taxpayer-funded Christian Nationalist rally in D.C. (0:43)

— California judge bans Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda. (5:28)

— The GOP wanted to punish liberal arts degrees. They may destroy Christian colleges instead. (20:45)

— Christian megachurch founder Brian Houston shared adult content on social media. Again. (36:26)

— A board game forum rejected ads for “Possess Me, Satan” over fears of demonic oppression. (49:20)

— Mary Miller’s “In God We Trust” bill is Christian Nationalism in a nutshell. (1:11:18)

— USDA employees sue after Sec. Brooke Rollins promotes Christianity in official emails. (1:15:58)

— Former “ex-gay” leader Alan Chambers charged with soliciting a minor. (1:22:10)
Interview: 

• Audio only: https://friendlyatheistpodcast.com/2026/05/20/the-orthodox-jewish-agenda-behind-kars4kids/
• YouTube video: https://youtu.be/c0TiKRUfO8g?si=SvKxRm-yq5eypuxE

Contents:

• 0:00 Intro 
• 0:43 The White House hosted a taxpayer-funded Christian Nationalist rally in D.C. 
• 5:28 California judge bans Kars4Kids ads for hiding Orthodox Jewish agenda. 
• 20:45 The GOP wanted to punish liberal arts degrees. They may destroy Christian colleges instead. 
• 36:26 Christian megachurch founder Brian Houston shared adult content on social media. Again. 
• 49:20 A board game forum rejected ads for “Possess Me, Satan” over fears of demonic oppression. 
• 1:11:18 Mary Miller’s “In God We Trust” bill is Christian Nationalism in a nutshell. 
• 1:15:58 USDA employees sue after Sec. Brooke Rollins promotes Christianity in official emails. 
• 1:22:10 Former "ex-gay" leader Alan Chambers charged with soliciting a minor.

Jim Acosta Takes Cognitive Test Trump Brags About Acing | HuffPost Latest News

In his video, Acosta can be seen taking the test in full. Some of the more difficult questions included copying a cube drawing and counting backward from 100 by sevens. Other questions included identifying animals, repeating back numbers and words, and drawing a clock...

 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ji_n_6a11df6ee4b0f1ba1f666680 

 

Hitchens: the universe doesn't need a designer.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju3XzGjs4-U

 

Trump got bent over man. #isaiahmartin #democrat

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4XwbXToF9HI

 

Trump says he does not make bad deals, but even Republican hawks doubt that now

The US has apparently had to agree to unfreeze billions of Iranian assets for a regime more hardline than before the war…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/trump-says-he-does-not-make-bad-deals-but-even-republican-hawks-doubt-that-now

 

He Walked Straight Into This: morality

He starts by agreeing with a simple principle: You don’t punish people for crimes they didn’t commit. Then we open the Bible.

 In 2 Samuel 24, 70,000 people die for David’s actions. In 2 Samuel 12, an innocent child suffers and dies, and David’s wives are handed over as punishment for his sin. Same principle. Same standard. Suddenly… different answer. 

Watch what happens when the moral rule he just agreed to collides with the text he’s defending. This is what it looks like when a belief system forces you to abandon your own moral instincts.

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

Mood in Russia turns against Putin

“There’s definitely been a shift in mood among the elites this year … there is profound disappointment in Putin,” said a well-connected business leader, adding that there was “a growing sense that some kind of catastrophe is looming”. “

No one believes everything will suddenly collapse tomorrow,” the source said. 

“But there is a growing realisation that utterly senseless, self-destructive decisions keep being made. People who once defended Putin no longer do. Any sense of a future has disappeared.”

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/24/there-is-profound-disappointment-in-him-mood-in-russia-turns-against-putin

 

5/23/26: Is anyone else noticing huge shifts and even something as simple as grocery shopping?

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0Z04XbMRR7A

 

He Skied Right Into It | Paula Poundstone #Shorts

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

 

 

TACO, NACHO, and More Trump Acronyms - by Carlos Greaves

If you’ve kept up with the news this past year, you might be familiar with the acronym TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out). Perhaps you’ve even heard the more recent acronym NACHO (Not A Chance Hormuz Opens). 

 But there are plenty more Trump acronyms where those came from. Here are a few you probably haven’t heard yet that are equally relevant:...

 https://shadesofgreaves.substack.com/p/taco-nacho-and-more-trump-acronyms

This Is Christian Nationalism: Breaking Down Rededicate 250 (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Sunday's nine-hour “Rededicate 250” event on the National Mall brought together politicians and religious leaders calling for America to be returned to God. In this episode, Brad Onishi breaks down key statements from figures like Robert Jeffress, Mike Johnson, Pete Hegseth, and Marco Rubio, exposing how their claims rely on selective history, mythmaking, and a deeply misleading vision of the founding. From the Doctrine of Discovery to the legend of Washington at Valley Forge, the story being told isn’t just inaccurate—it’s strategic.

This episode argues that Christian nationalism is not about personal faith or patriotism, but about power: the belief that certain religious identities deserve greater authority in public life. By revisiting the Constitution, the founding era, and the principle of “we the people,” Brad shows what’s actually at stake—religious freedom, democratic equality, and the boundary between church and state. The question isn’t whether religion belongs in American life, but whether the government gets to decide whose religion counts.
Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/this-is-christian-nationalism-breaking-down-rededicate-250?hsLang=en

‘It’s taking all of our money’: truck drivers in Iowa lament gas price surge sparked by Trump’s Iran war

As the summer season warms up, long-haul truck drivers lament their bills and vendors worry about raising prices…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/iowa-truck-stop-gas-prices

 

Former prosecutor pursued by Trump calls for crackdown on election lies: ‘Lying can be held to account’

Andrew Weissmann argues for new law to hold political liars like US president accountable for harming democracy…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/andrew-weissmann-donald-trump-liars-kingdom

 

Trump claims peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open

President’s claim is tempered by Pakistani PM’s hopes of hosting more talks ‘very soon’, and Iran’s Fars news agency saying strait of Hormuz will remain under Iranian control…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/23/trump-ceasefire-iran-strait-of-hormuz 

 

License to Discriminate (Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Freethought Radio podcast)

We report on Trump’s Christian-nationalist “Rededicate 250″ rally in Washington, D.C., last Sunday. Then, Hope Pisoni of Uncloseted Media and John Washington of Lookout tell us about their joint report, “Your License Plate Might Be Funding an Anti-LGBTQ Extremist Group.”

Interview: 

https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-may-21-2026/

#PeteHegseth embarrassed himself at West Point. #diversity #DEI

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P0i75ypNdF4

 

 

US and Iran inch closer to peace deal as Trump faces criticism from GOP hawks

American president says he is not rushing into a deal after proposed plan to end war prompts Republican backlash…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/iran-leader-and-security-council-still-need-to-approve-peace-deal-with-us

 

Christian defends slaughtering children - Doesn't Go Well (Jon Cohen; Unconvinced on YouTube)

What happens when someone calmly tries to justify God commanding the killing of children? In this live debate, a Christian caller attempts to defend some of the Bible’s darkest passages — including genocide, child killing, and eternal punishment.

The conversation escalates fast.

If morality means anything at all, it cannot suddenly stop applying when the character in question is called “God.”
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/IVIWDVaw_Sg?si=quXXGWP4BDXPkCfR

Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack

Assault hits water facility, market, residential buildings and schools, killing at least four and injuring dozens…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/24/russia-hits-kyiv-ukraine-hypersonic-ballistic-missile

 

Crybully Christians in the White House (Conspirituality podcast #309)

The Trump DOJ's 565-page report from the Task Force for Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias is one of the strangest federal documents in American history. It’s a crybully tome, arguing that the most powerful religious majority in the United States is its most persecuted minority.

Julian examines the FACE Act allegations, the FBI-Catholic surveillance controversy, and the selective history propping up the Christian-founding thesis. Derek traces the freethinker and secularist tradition the report erases. Matthew tracks the document's most telling absence: anticommunism.

From Eisenhower to Reagan, Christian nationalism always came bundled with a Soviet enemy and a defense of free enterprise and private property. But the 67% of the doc that’s about sexuality, gender, and reproductive rights shows that the billionaire Jesus class thinks the class war is over, and so all that’s left to control is the body itself.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/309-crybully-christians-in-the-white-house

Trump Cult Only Hires Corrupt People #psychology #politics #trump

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

 

LIVE DEBATE [God is Fiction] 3-6-2026 (Justin at DZ Debates on YouTube)

TIMESTAMPS

• 21:55 facexhunks - Caller’s audio pops a lot; God is real because there has to be an intelligent creator; Believes in Atlantis and that there are Nephilim on the Earth today 
• 55:10 His - Caller is extremely bad faith; What’s the history of Rome and Christianity? Did Aristeas rise from the dead? Is the Trinity logical? 
• 1:27:30 Peter [Friendly] - A quick chat on the timing of some New Testament events 
• 1:38:55 Domine [Misogynist Troll] - Venus joins; The Trinity is the basis of logic; Caller has a tantrum when he is challenged by Venus 
• 2:11:25 Deathless Light [Troll] - Caller tries to Philbro and the call becomes a mess; It ends with caller hitting on Venus and dropping the n-word 
• 2:32:52 Leo - The brain generates a 40 Hz resonance that is mirrored by the galaxy; You can measure this on a modded fMRI scan that makes your forehead glow 
• 3:01:20 Matthew - Gets dropped quick 
• 3:03:10 Jesus Warrior - Caller is bad faith, KJV only, Black Hebrew Israelite; Does the Bible have contradictions (James 1:13, was Jesus tempted?) Who is the father of Jechoniah? 
• 3:24:09 Matt aka plbmftimler - M’s and Scientific Snitch cover some concepts in evolution and biology; How about cancer? Are diseases good? 
• 4:01:30 Balt [Deconstructing] - How to handle the death of a child if there is no afterlife; Are curses real? 
• 4:15:40 Tristen’s - Takes a while but gets to the question of does God have parts; The logic of the Trinity 
• 4:59:25 Superchats and wrap-up 
• 6:02:10 A thank you song from Miniquan
• GGs

Interview: 

https://www.youtube.com/live/5UtCWdv6r0g?si=rHIKBsBMQg-FzQIh