May 8, 2026
Jackie and Dunlap yell about:
Tennessee Republicans redistrict Black people back to Jim Crow, plus Indiana GOP Trumps it up, and Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi all racist race back to the 1800s
Kash Patel has his own branded whiskey, loses it over losing bottle
Iran War intensifies, also is over, plus there’s a ceasefire, also here come more missiles
Taxpayers to pay for Trump’s ballroom; Garden of Heroes statue park balloons in cost.
Department of Justice raids offices of Trump antagonist Virginia state senator L. Louise Lucas; DOJ stops investigating Andy Ogles but continues investigating seashells, political enemies, Black women
Trump pushes FDA to Approve Flavored Vapes; meanwhile FDA halts publication of studies on covid and shingles vaccines; also meanwhile, boat-borne hantavirus spreads around Europe but I’m sure RFK Jr. is on that.
Trump hates buffalo: US Bureau of Land management canceled northern Montana’s bison grazing permits, with Ted Turner on his deathbed and everything.
Justice dept sued Colorado over a ban on high-capacity magazines adopted after a 2012 mass shooting; you may be able to mail guns soon
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in the E. Jean Carroll case
US to pull 5000 troops from Germany after Trump speaking to Putin
US fast tracks arms deals valued at 8.6 billion to Mideast partners,
Trump’s border wall expansion just bulldozed an ancient tribal site
Plus: Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn, Howard Lutnick, Epstein’s note, Nathan Bedford Forrest, data centers, detention centers, tariffs continue to be illegal
Photos by Robyn von Swank
Art by Yoni Limor
Music by William Sherry Jr.
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