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America is Closed, Fake Drug Prices, Military Gets Lectured
Headlines for October 01. 2025
Hegseth scolded America's military leaders, the Federal goverment has shut down, and Pfizer is offering suspicious drug pricing to appease Trump on tariffs.
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24 Feb 2025
Overload
The overload of information, Executive Orders, court cases, and daily attacks on the function of the US Government are ever present and escalating dramatically. I walk through some of the mess and try to unpack what's happening.
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4 Feb 2025
Crisis
America is having a crisis. Donald Trump’s presidency has been marked by divisive rhetoric and policies that negatively affect marginalized communities and threaten the nation’s future.
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1 Feb 2025
Week One Dipshits
Week one and we are into the chaos of Trump's short-lived federal spending freeze and its widespread impact. Also on the pod, Senator Bob Menendez's bribery scandal, RFK Jr.'s controversial HHS nomination, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's absurd remarks on a tragic plane crash.
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22 Jan 2025
Is Elon Musk a Nazi, or a Fool, or Both?
In this episode: Trump's deployment of paramilitary agents in schools and churches. Elon Musk's “awkward” Nazi salutes. Vivek Ramaswamy's firing by Musk's DOGE department. OpenAI's ambitious $500 billion project to create an AI chatbot named Stargate. Trump's interesting view of church services.
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Pastor Budde: https://youtu.be/mI4h4zbkNMU
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21 Jan 2025
Trump Returns to the Oval Office Like a Bad Penny
Trump is president again, and he wasted no time being terrible. From pardoning January 6th rioters to withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, his first day was jam-packed with bitterness and illegal Executive Orders. Are the Democrats ready to push back? Check out the Difficult Opinions Podcast to find out.
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7 Dec 2024
Podcast Intro
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29 Apr 2024
Day 8: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
In this episode, prosecutors presented a banker's testimony detailing a shell company and bank account set up by Michael Cohen. Meanwhile, Trump's lawyers attempted to challenge David Pecker's credibility, then Trump's former assistant, Rhona Graff, also took the stand, plus we heard from the banker who set up the LLCs used to pay for Stormy's story.
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26 Apr 2024
Day 7: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
In this episode, AMI CEO David Pecker returns to testify about his company's dealings and Donald Trump's connections to controversial hush money payments. Pecker’s testimony uncovers the strategic silencing of stories, raising questions about election fraud and Trump's campaign practices.
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24 Apr 2024
Day 6: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
We learn about the conspiracy to 'catch & kill' negative stories about Trump, and how Alvin Bragg has transformed the falsified business misdemeanors to election felonies.
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24 Apr 2024
Gag Order Contempt Hearing: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
We cover the contentious gag order contempt hearing, where Judge Merchan warns the defense they're losing credibility with the court with their empty arguments. Plus, the final disposition of the adjournment motion and the Stormy Daniels documentary subpoena denial.
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23 Apr 2024
Day 5: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
It's the first testimony day of Donald Trump's criminal trial. We discuss the opening statements, defense strategies, and of course…potential contempt violations.
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22 Apr 2024
Special Update: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
In this special update of the Difficult Options Podcast, we learned over the weekend, Trump's legal team filed a controversial motion. They're seeking to move the trial from Manhattan, claiming an unbiased jury cannot be found in New York County.
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20 Apr 2024
Day 4: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
In this episode, we discuss jury completion, Trump's press encounter denouncing a "rigged trial," and jury selection tactics. We briefly anticipate Trump’s trial next week, questioning if he can testify without incident, and a few hints at the historical and legal implications ahead.
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19 Apr 2024
Day 3: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
What a day! The jury selection rebounded back down for a while before ending on a high note. DA Bragg wants sanctions for Trump violating the protective order. Trump gives one of the weirder press appearances so far.
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18 Apr 2024
Day 2: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
We have memes! Day two was eventful, with social media posts, sleeping in court, a strong warning by the judge, plus the swearing in of seven jurors. Progress.
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17 Apr 2024
Day 1: Trump's Road to Rikers Island
Hello everyone! This is the first of hopefully many quick daily updates on The Trump Trials, currently his first criminal trial in NYC for business fraud.
Day one was typical. DJT fell asleep in court after he had attacked the judge, the DA, and the legal system on the way in.
Jake and Maggie video (https://x.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1779919388121956776)
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10 Mar 2022
Difficult Opinions Trailer
Covering politics, news, and life from a Progressive viewpoint.
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