The most historically incompetent leader of the nation’s most historically incompetent Justice Department has left the building, wiping away the news media’s reviews of the President’s incoherent Wednesday night address to the nation.
I have to confess: I had a lot of fun talking about this with Karoli and Aliza! (As if chattering away while the Titanic is sinking could be deemed as “fun.”)
I did not view Trump’s speech, as he did me a solid by scheduling it for the exact time of our family’s West Coast Passover seder.
So my impression of the speech has been gleaned from the news accounts I read yesterday morning. It turns out that I did not miss anything. It was just another hodgepodge of Trump’s Truth Social feed, as summarized by Robert Hubbell of the Today’s Edition newsletter:
Trump washed his hands of responsibility for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said (a) regime change wasn’t a goal of Operation Epic Fury, (b) the US achieved regime change nonetheless by killing the leaders of the Iranian regime in place on February 28, and (c) the “new group is less radical and much more reasonable than the previous regime.” (This is another lie)
Trump took every position imaginable on Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and nuclear capability. (t was obliterated, But in February 2026, Iran was on the verge of a nuclear attack, if Iran tries to weaponize its enriched uranium still in its possession, “We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong.”)
Trump said that his illegal war against Iran would end on the same timeframe as “infrastructure week”—i.e., sometime “in the next two or three weeks.”
Trump threatened to commit war crimes against the Iranian people.
So it’s no wonder that he picked yesterday to distract us with Bondi from his war of choice to distract us from the Epstein files.
His sinking poll numbers continue to plummet, the 2026 blue wave continues to gather steam, and his only hope of avoiding two years of investigations and impeachment hearings is to try to keep us away from the polls.
So of course, we discussed the Trump v Barbara Supreme Court hearing (otherwise known as the birthright citizenship case) - and his unprecedented presidential presence in the audience (an attempt to bully the Justices he appointed)…
And his illegal attempt to choose the nation’s electorate via executive order…
And the on-again off-again DHS funding deal, which brought us to that other fired mean girl, Kristi Noem and the apparent corruption of her (ahem!) chief of staff Corey Lewandowski.1
We even got a few moments to revel in the joy of seeing the Artemis II launch with a courageous crew that would give Pete Hegseth nightmares.
Watch the podcast above, or listen to the audio:
If you were hoping we would talk of Noem’s husband’s proclivities, you’ll be disappointed. While um, interesting - we felt it was irrelevant to our discussion of politics and government. Especially when that government is a three-alarm fire.
