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OA Bonus Content E18 Listen in app We knew the Epstein plea deal was awful. Newly released emails make it EVEN WORSE.

Episode 18

E18 - Congress required the Department of Justice to release (nearly) everything it had from the investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell by December 19th, so of course they pretende…

Published on 6 hours ago

The 1968 Case That Proves the Charlie Kirk Firings Were Illegal

Episode 1218

OA1218 - What happens to your first amendment rights when you work for the government? Do you give it all up when you walk in the door? How do we balance the individual right of the worker to speak, …

Published on 2 days, 6 hours ago

The Federalist Says Trump Should Model Horrifically Racist 1920s Immigration Policies. He Already Is.

Episode 1217

OA1217 - Well, we recorded a bit late to make sure we caught Trump's "announcement" thingy and it was... nothing. But that's good!

Matt also takes us through more travel bans that are going into effe…

Published on 5 days, 8 hours ago

The NYT's Biden border article could have been written by Steve Bannon. It is STUNNINGLY bad.

Episode 17

We begin with a delightful amuse douche from the lawyer of Colorado election tamperer Tina Peters unconditionally demanding her release from state prison because Donald Trump said so before a deep di…

Published on 1 week ago

Solitary Confinement Is Inhumane, Traumatizing, and Unnecessary. So Why Are We Still Doing It To People?

Episode 1216

OA1216 - We welcome incarcerated journalist and advocate Christopher Blackwell, calling from his home at the Washington Corrections Center. Chris is the co-founder and Executive Director of Look2Just…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

But Who Will Execute the Executer? The Supreme Court.

Episode 1215

OA1215 - We examine why the potential merger of Warner Brothers Discovery with either Netflix or Paramount would almost be certainly illegal under better circumstances before mourning the imminent lo…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Ross Douthat says Trump's Christian Nationalism just needs more Christian in it

Episode 16

VR16 - This week on Vapid Response: it’s the Hat and the Hammer, with the return of both New York Times token religious conservative columnist Ross Doot-hat and Newsweek editor-at-large Josh Hammer. …

Published on 2 weeks ago

Trump Keeps Racking Up Ls in the Courts

Episode 1214

OA1214 - As the end of 2025 approaches, we are finding real cause for hope in how federal courts have been handling the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on the rule of law. In the first o…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Is Trump Playing “Pardon, Marry, Kill” With Narcotraffickers?

Episode 1213

OA1213 - Thomas is back for an action-packed Rapid Response Friday! This week: we compare the letter that just earned the former President of Honduras a pardon of his conviction for definitely being …

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump hosts (and dozes through) absolutely unhinged Antifa Round Table

Episode 15

Today on Vapid Response Wednesday: weeks after designating “Antifa” a “domestic terror organization,” the White House hosted a panel of MAGA luminaries to update the President on the not-at-all-made-…

Published on 3 weeks ago