“These are just the bread and circus acts, but I’m glad to see the American people are resistant… I don’t think this charade can go on much longer.”

Meetings with Vladmir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have again come to nothing as Trump, who once promised an end to the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours, blunders through negotiations. Meanwhile, Washington DC looks like a city under military occupation while the White House hints at interventions into other US cities. Also, the latest on the Epstein files, Gaza, Texas and gerrymandering, and the Trump administration’s targeting of transgender youth.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to stay up-to-date.

And check us out on Omny, Spotify, iHeart, Facebook and Bluesky