Day: May 20, 2026

Trump’s Grip Over the GOP Tightens as His Poll Numbers Tank 

We begin with Trump’s grip over the Republican party tightening at a time when his poll numbers are tanking and his criminality, corruption and contempt for democracy is more brazen than ever. Joining us is Rick Wilson, a renowned political strategist, infamous ad-maker, writer, speaker, and political commentator. A 30-year veteran of national Republican politics, he got his start in the 1988 Presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush. In December 2019, he co-founded the Lincoln Project and his books include Everything Trump Touches Dies and Running Against The Devil – A Plot To Save America from Trump And Democrats From Themselves. He writes at therickwilson.substack.com where his latest article is “Casino Donnie’s Insider Trading Racket.”

Trump’s Capture of the DoJ Gives Him a $1.77 Slush Fund and IRS Immunity From Tax Fraud

Then we examine Trump’s capture of the DoJ otherwise known as the Department of Pedophile Protection under Trump’s former defense attorney Todd Blanche who is giving Trump $1.77 billion of taxpayer money to finance his own street gang of thugs as well as immunity for him and his family for tax fraud with a $100 million IRS fine against Trump dropped. Joining us is Bruce Fein, a constitutional lawyer who formerly served as associate deputy attorney general under the Reagan administration, general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, research director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Covert Arms Sales to Iran, and member of the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Presidential signing statements. He has authored several volumes on the United States Supreme Court, the United States Constitution, and international law, and helped write the articles of impeachment for President Nixon and President Clinton. The Vice Chairman of the Committee for the Republic, his books include Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, American Empire: Before The Fall and, most recently, Congressional Surrender and Presidential Overreach.

Hondurasgate Look Worse Than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined But the US Media Is Ignoring It

Then finally we speak with Bill Scher, the politics editor of the Washington Monthly. He is the host of the history podcast When America Worked and the co-host of the bipartisan online show and podcast The DMZ. We discuss his article at The Washington Monthly, “Hondurasgate Looks Worse Than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined.”