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    Episode 371: Sellout to Big NUANCE (Hush Money, Trump Campaign in Disarray, RFK Jr)

    23 APR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump's hush money trial in which a man sets himself on fire, Mike Johnson gets Ukraine funding through the House, the funneling of campaign dollars to Trump's businesses is in full swing now, Biden holds a 9 point lead but why is more important than anything, House passes Tiktok ban, RFK Jr is a problem for Trump says everyone with a functioning brain, Biden putting a solar panel in every pot for the poorest Americans, FISA re-upped for 2 more years, and much more. Stories - Trump's Criminal trial begins with opening statements - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/man-on-fire-trump.html - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/21/trump-trial-jury-political-opinions/ - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/21/politics/ukraine-aid-mike-johnson-house-speaker-israel-taiwan/index.html - An interesting bit of behind the scenes shenanigans inside the GOP (VIDEO) - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/18/trump-campaign-funnels-money-to-his-businesses/73344744007/ - https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-leads-donald-trump-poll-actual-voters-2024-presidential-election-1892723 (VIDEO) - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rfk-jr-candidacy-hurts-trump-biden-nbc-news-poll-finds-rcna148536 - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-unveil-7-billion-rooftop-solar-earth-day-message-2024-04-22/ - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/20/congress-extends-controversial-warrantless-surveillance-law-two-years/ This Week in Stupid - https://thehill.com/business/4611426-rfk-jr-im-gonna-put-the-entire-u-s-budget-on-blockchain/
    1h 2m 15s
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    Episode 370: Sleeping His Way to the Bottom (Hush Money, Illegal Voting, Motion to Vacate)

    17 APR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump's first two days of his hush money trial in New York, DJT stock continues to tumble downward as the company makes two unpopular announcements, Mike Johnson joins Trump at Mar-a-lago to announce a plan to stop illegal voting that is already illegal, Thomas Massie joins Marjorie Taylor-Greene in pushing for the motion to vacate the Speakership on Mike Johnson, Mitt Romney open to voting with Democrats to end the Mayorkas impeachment, potentially devastating financial plans for the U.S. dollar in the works if Trump is re-elected, Iran steps into the fray directly with Israel, OAN settles with Smartmatic and Dominion, and much more! Stories - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-judge-court-jury-intimidation-b2529790.html - https://www.newsweek.com/alina-habba-trump-due-process-supreme-court-trial-1890682 - https://qz.com/trump-media-stock-truth-social-tv-live-streaming-1851413123 - https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244302080/trump-johnson-noncitizen-voting-bill - https://newrepublic.com/post/180728/mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate-greene-massie - https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/mayorkas-impeachment-dismiss-vote-mitt-romney - https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/15/devaluing-dollar-trump-trade-war-00152009 - https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-retaliation-explainer-d9145465e2e2d54d3c975e51af95275b - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/16/media/oan-smartmatic-settlement - https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-ruling-1864-law-b43757f9a53848138c4d13e4315527ce - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-allows-lawsuit-that-free-speech-advocates-warn-will-threaten-right-to-protest This Week in Stupid - “Wow” - Robert E. Lee (video) - https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-biden-no-endorsement-2024-election-1235961800/
    1h 41m 9s
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    Episode 369: Florida is Back on the Menu, Boys! (Ballot Initiatives, Gag Order, House Speakership)

    3 APR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump getting his $175M bond, expanded gag order placed on Trump in his hush money trial in NY, GOP mad at Biden because of calendar dates, Florida ballot initiatives put the state in play for 2024, Dems trounce GOP in Alabama House seat special election, Mike Johnson thinks him losing the speakership to Hakeem Jeffries is a real possibility, SCOTUS doing more election damage, Israel's estimates of innocents killed is horrifying, IDF kills 7 aid workers, GOP goes full-on Peacemaker logic with their latest point on abortion in South Carolina, and much more! Stories - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/01/trump-new-york-bond-175-million/ - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/01/trump-judges-attacks-trials/ - https://newrepublic.com/article/180329/trump-truth-social-loses-money - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-bashes-dishonest-republican-criticism-bidens-transgender/story?id=108687647 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/02/ballot-measures-abortion-marijuana-florida/73183320007/ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/27/alabama-democrat-win-marilyn-lands - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/28/south-carolina-republicans-discriminatory-map-election-2024 - https://www.axios.com/2024/04/02/mike-johnson-hakeem-jeffries-motion-to-vacate - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/ - https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-netanyahu-says-he-will-defy-bidens-red-line-and-invade-rafah/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/28/brian-pritchard-georgia-illegal-voting/73135511007/ - https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4570261-virginia-democrat-slams-trump-airport-prison/ - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna75060 This Week in Stupid - https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/04/02/rfk-jr-biden-trump-democracy/ - https://www.meidastouch.com/news/mi-gop-launches-migrant-invader-bus-hoax-on-gonzaga-hoops-team
    1h 8m 41s
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    Episode 368: MAGA All-In on Stupid (Trump's Bond, Boat Conspiracies, Impeachment Ends)

    28 MAR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump getting a 10 day stay on paying his NY fraud bond while having it significantly reduced, merger of Truth Social isn't all sunshine and rainbows, MAGA is all-in for conspiracies around the ship crash in Baltimore, Republicans behind the scenes don't see much power in attacking Biden in state races, James Comer ends his nonsensical impeachment hunt on Joe Biden, Ronna McDaniel finally tells the truth - too little too late, RNC funding is a bigger mess than you might realize, another GOP member leaves the House of Representatives early, Marjorie Taylor-Greene puts Mike Johnson on notice, and much more! Stories - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-bond-reduced.html - https://newrepublic.com/article/180114/trump-175-million-bond-fraud-judgment - https://www.fastcompany.com/91068535/truth-social-profit-dwac-stock-merger-date-nears-spac-risky-track-record - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-right-wing-conspiracy-theories-1234994467/ - https://www.axios.com/2024/03/25/republicans-attack-biden-2024-gop - https://newrepublic.com/post/180126/james-comer-admits-defeat-biden-impeachment - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/25/republican-national-committee-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-biden-2020-election - https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rncs-fundraising-hole-is-even-deeper-than-it-looks?ref=wrap - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-26/house-gop-resignations-cut-party-s-already-slim-majority?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcxMTQ2ODE4MiwiZXhwIjoxNzEyMDcyOTgyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTQVlEQVFUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFM0UxQUQyNDNBRTg0RENFQURFMzVEOEZCNkFENEZCNyJ9.BnBEa1K-xUa-WNeWy_zvmt2NGJ7xWoP0gjdAgFkLXqc - https://www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1240186860/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate-house-speaker - https://www.thedailybeast.com/wife-of-james-ho-judge-on-mifepristone-case-was-paid-by-anti-abortion-group This Week in Stupid - https://www.yahoo.com/news/tennessee-senate-passes-kingston-reps-143011434.html?guccounter=1 - https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/03/23/man-who-tried-to-kill-ronald-reagan-now-claims-hes-a-victim-of-cancel-culture-n2171794 - https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003
    1h 16m 39s
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    Episode 367: Political Priapism (Trump Fraud Debt, Fed Abortion Ban, Texas Border Bill)

    20 MAR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, the guys return to talk about how Donald Trump can't pay his New York fraud case debt of $464M, reckless political statements about post election "bloodbaths," fallout from President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, Trump floating the idea of supporting a national 15 week abortion ban, real reasons for wanting to ban Tiktok are disingenuous, Peter Navarro heads to jail, Schumer gives the finger to Netanyahu, and much more! Stories - https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/trump-464-million-dollar-bond/index.html - https://www.salon.com/2024/03/19/i-would-be-forced-to-mortgage-melts-down-on-truth-social-as-lawyers-admit-he-cant-get-bond/ - https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/paul-manafort-trump-reelection/index.html - https://www.salon.com/2024/03/19/call-for-a-bloodbath-was-literal--lets-not-waste-time-pretending-it-was-ambiguous/ - https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/19/politics/trump-thinking-in-terms-of-15-week-federal-abortion-ban/index.html - https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/biden-state-of-the-union-invitation-republicans - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-texas-enforce-immigration-law-rcna142971 - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/13/will-us-ban-tiktok - https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/most-bizarre-order-ive-ever-seen-lawyers-were-absolutely-astonished-by-mar-a-lago-judges-latest-move-and-some-are-urging-jack-smith-to-seek-extraordinary-remedy/ - https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4541970-navarro-trump-white-house-official-prison-jan-6/ - https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/14/politics/chuck-schumer-israel-election-comments/index.html This Week in Stupid - https://deadline.com/2024/03/kennedy-family-st-patricks-photo-biden-rfk-jr-1235861601/
    1h 15m 3s
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    Episode 366: You NEED Boring Politicians (Trump Immunity, Mitch McConnell, Gaza Ceasefire)

    6 MAR 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the ridiculous choice of the Supreme Court when it comes to Donald Trump's supposed presidential immunity, SCOTUS backs putting Trump back on the ballot in state primaries, Trump can't pay his bill for the fraud case, Mitch McConnell is stepping down from Republican leadership, Rashida Tlaib is afraid of a Trump second term, Joe Biden goes after corporate price gouging, Biden slashes credit card fees, Trump backs the continued brutal destruction of Gaza, why a ceasefire in Gaza has become harder thanks to the IDF, Super Tuesday results in realtime, Republicans prime their voters for insane beliefs, and much more! Stories - - https://www.npr.org/2024/03/02/1235577375/supreme-court-decision-delays-trump-trial - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-kicked-colorado-ballot-rcna132291 - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/05/politics/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump - https://www.vanityfair.com/news/after-thoroughly-fking-over-america-mitch-mcconnell-decides-to-treat-himself-to-a-break - https://thehill.com/business/4507871-biden-strike-force-price-gouging-junk-fees-inflation/ - https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-credit-card-fees-slashed-millions-americans-white-house-1875964 - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tlaib-says-fears-second-trump-term_n_65e0ccc1e4b005b858337afa - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-israel-finish-problem-gaza-1234981038/ (VIDEO) - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/5/gaza-ceasefire-talks-fail-to-make-breakthrough-with-ramadan-approaching - https://www.salon.com/2024/03/04/claims-he-purposely-lost-dc-primary-while-fuming-over-nikki-haley-on-truth-social/ - https://www.salon.com/2024/03/05/not-what-america-wants-right-now-kyrsten-sinema-announces-shes-retiring/ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-2024-election-b2506815.html - https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-losing-white-evangelicals-joe-biden-1876228 This Week in Stupid - https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-reveals-what-god-told-her-about-moving-districts-1875409 - https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4507286-hogan-trump-bipartisan-border-bill-maryland-senate/
    2h 20m 44s
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    Episode 365: I Drink Your RNC, I Drink it Up! (Trump Wins SC, Fani Willis, Biden takes on Hunger)

    28 FEB 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump winning South Carolina, shrinking base of MAGA is serious, Nikki Haley hangs on after SC loss, Biden says ceasefire in Gaza could be this weekend, key witness against Fani Willis was a joke, Biden pledges $1.7 billion to fight hunger in the US, Biden forgives even more student loans, Ronna McDaniel is out as head of the RNC making way for Lara Trump, Mike Johnson once again refuses to do actual work in the House, Trump tries to push his payments back for the fraud case, and much more. Stories - - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-nikki-haley-south-carolina-primary-republicans-13237d287ce770e0a45e9bccee78e8ee - https://apnews.com/article/takeaways-iowa-new-hampshire-south-carolina-primaries-caucus-2024-c1ffba668946af3c6096b7f39eb9f38f - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/25/koch-network-halts-nikki-haley-funding-after-south-carolina-loss.html - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/26/biden-gaza-ceasefire-could-come-by-end-of-the-weekend/72752258007/ - https://newrepublic.com/post/179339/key-witness-georgia-fani-willis-crumbles - https://fox4kc.com/news/missouri-law-says-pregnant-women-cant-get-divorced/ - https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-pledges-1-7billion-end-hunger-us-white-house-1873734 - https://www.newsweek.com/student-loan-debt-cancellation-biden-today-eligible-1871892s - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/rnc-chair-ronna-mcdaniel-resignation-rcna137347 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/27/biden-ukraine-government-shutdown/ This Week in Stupid - https://newrepublic.com/post/179308/trump-excuse-cant-post-bond-e-jean-carroll - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-robocall-new-hampshire-strategist-rcna139760
    1h 12m 37s
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    Episode 364: Pay My Debts, PLEASE! (Trump Fraud Case, Tucker in Russia, Presidential Greatness)

    22 FEB 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the big New York fraud case with Donald Trump comes to an expensive end, MAGA supporters start Gofundme to pay Trump's fines, disgraced former Fox News "it girl" Tucker Carlson heads to Russia to be blown away by the most basic of things at a grocery store, Nikki Haley is hellbent on blowing up her presidential career if it ever got started, gerrymandering coming to a likely end in Wisconsin thanks to a little thing called voting, Alabama supreme court decides that IVF needs to have religion involved in it, scholars rank presidents on their greatness and it doesn't go well for MAGA, political dissident Navalny killed in Russian prison, Biden impeachment hits a Russian shaped iceberg, and much more! Stories - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-fraud-case-damages-pay-millions-judge-engoron-rcna135283 - https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fans-are-trying-to-pay-his-enormous-legal-bills-through-gofundme - Local idiot enamored by foreign grocery store (VIDEO) - https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/nikki-haley-pardon-donald-trump-us-election-b2498415.html - https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/19/wisconsin-democratic-governor-signs-state-legislative-maps-00142096 - https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-places-last-new-presidential-greatness-rankings-1871043 - https://www.axios.com/2024/02/20/alabama-ivf-embryos-children-supreme-court - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/20/alabama-supreme-court-frozen-embryos-children-ruling-ivf This Week in Stupid - https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-met-boos-chants-selling-sneakers-philadelphia/story?id=107329562
    1h 13m 39s
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    Episode 363: Global Defense Tip Jar (NATO, Taylor Swift, & Trump's RNC Takeover)

    14 FEB 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the nonsense conspiracy theory of the Biden administration rigging the Superbowl with Taylor Swift, NY-3 race results, Donald Trump makes insane statement about encouraging Russia to attack NATO countries, Republicans try and succeed in impeaching Homeland Secretary Mayorkas, US to require foreign countries to sign assurances when receiving weapons, Trump endorses his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, to co-chair the Republican National Committee, special counsel looking into Biden find nothing but still pushes old man narrative, white slaves in America(?!!!!), and much more! Stories - https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w4ky/taylor-swift-trump-disloyal-biden-endorsement-truth-soical-music-modernization-act-claim-2024-election?utm_source=reddit.com - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/10/politics/trump-russia-nato/index.html - https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mayorkas-impeachment-house-vote-02-13-24/index.html - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-to-require-countries-using-u-s-weapons-to-abide-by-u-s-law/ - https://time.com/6694269/donald-trump-lara-trump-republican-national-committee/?utm_source=reddit.com - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/special-counsel-says-evidence-biden-willfully-retained-disclosed-class-rcna96666 This Week in Stupid - https://www.rawstory.com/jennifer-decker-kentucky/ - https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article285234417.html
    1h 54s
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    Episode 362: The Trier of Fact, and the Judge of Credibility (Immunity, Border Deal, Biden on Gaza)

    8 FEB 2024 · This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss a delay in the Jan 6th trial for Donald Trump, Trump's presidential immunity argument being knocked down by DC appeals court, Biden trying to win back voters over Gaza, Judge Engoron mad about possible Trump CFO perjury plea deal happening without his knowledge, Republicans tank border bill they pushed for, JD Vance says he'd perform a coup as vice president, Trump wants to debate Joe Biden immediately, Ronna McDaniel likely being removed from the RNC, Oregon legislators forbidden to run for re-election, and much more! Stories - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-postpones-trumps-march-trial-on-charges-of-plotting-to-overturn-2020-election - https://apnews.com/article/trump-capitol-riot-presidential-immunity-appeal-46c2d7fc7807cd3262764d35e47f390e - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-785165 - https://www.businessinsider.com/blindsided-trump-fraud-trial-judge-demands-intel-on-perjury-plea-2024-2?r=MX&IR=T - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/border-deal-republicans-ukraine_n_65c18950e4b093b2e780ac30 - https://newrepublic.com/post/178742/jd-vance-embrace-coup-desperate-attempt-trump-vp - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/05/trump-calls-to-debate-biden-president-shrugs-him-off.html - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-appears-poised-throw-rncs-mcdaniel-bus-rcna137275 - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/02/oregon-republicans-banned-ballot-trump.html - https://time.com/6691951/nevada-caucus-primary-trump-rigged/?utm_source=reddit.com This Week in Stupid - https://www.rawstory.com/jim-lucas-gun-kids/ - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-election-nevada-truth-social-b2490284.html?utm_source=reddit.com
    1h 10m 3s
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