6/12/25: Tanks rolling in streets as triggered Karoline Leavitt scolds reporter
-- On the Show:
— Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) joins David to discuss Trump’s authoritarian power grabs, Senate resistance, and what happens next
— Trump’s anti-war image goes up in flames as he floats war with Iran after sabotaging the working nuclear deal and now pretends there’s no other option
— Millions expected to protest across 1,500 cities on Trump’s birthday in the largest mobilization since his return to power, as tanks roll through D.C. and he threatens peaceful demonstrators
— Trump stages a Soviet-style military parade on his birthday with tanks, 7,000 troops, and 50 helicopters while most Republicans quietly skip the event
— Gavin Newsom demolishes Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders with facts after she claims Trump values “order”—even though Arkansas has double California’s homicide rate
— Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt calls a question about protesters “stupid,” makes up stats about violence, and pretends Biden’s autopen is a criminal offense
— Trump suffers an unhinged Truth Social meltdown, claiming L.A. would be a “crime scene” without his troops and bragging about an economic bill that actually explodes the deficit
— Trump gets brutally booed at the Kennedy Center, cluelessly fumbles a Les Misérables reference, and insists Fox News is wrong about nationwide protests—even though it’s Fox’s own data
— YouTube caves to Trump and quietly changes moderation rules to allow more hate, lies, and violent content as long as it's “political,” squeezing out independent media like this one
-- On the Bonus Show: MAGA boycotts Walmart over “No Kings” ad, David Hogg quits the DNC amid backlash, and Rand Paul whines about losing respect for Trump after being uninvited to a picnic, much more...
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