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Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/DuYtNnXnIhA A look at the brief moment when left and right were circling the same problem of global power without local accountability before the internet and 911 ruined everything. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/61__fzlQ7fE This is a call for conservatives to finally say out loud what many have long known: Donald Trump is not a conservative, he is a threat to conservatism itself. On guns, on due process, on the power of the state, and on the rule of law, Trump has governed like the very authoritarians the right once opposed. The choice is no longer political. It is ideological. Either conservatives abandon Trump, or they abandon their own creed. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/fCl47tCRs34 Tim Pool spent the last 12 minutes of his podcast going line by line through my recent Newsweek op-ed, calling me insane, unhinged, and a victim of Trump Derangement Syndrome, so I figured we should talk about it. In this episode, I walk through the opening of his critique, explain where he gets my argument wrong, and why this debate isn’t really about Trump at all, but about whether our institutions still have a working emergency brake when dangerous leaders return to power, and why so much modern commentary would rather fantasize about civil war than do the slow work of institutional repair. My op-ed: https://www.newsweek.com/the-us-is-no-longer-a-republic-opinion-11394825 Tim Pool’s podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-doj-subpoenas-democrats-over-conspiracy-against-us/id1362265400?i=1000746111533 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/42Ih8v_Tgn0 In today’s episode, I break down Trump’s use of masked, militarized federal agents in Minneapolis and why the men who built this country feared a permanent domestic force more than any foreign enemy. Warrants, raids, executive power, and what happens when a republic stops restraining itself. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/3Sw5HKfmPZo In today’s Newsweek Radio monologue, Jesse Edwards explains why Trump has forced him to choose the enemy of his enemy, and why that choice may haunt American politics long after Trump is gone. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/8JzW8VK0leY A strange Trump remark leads Jesse Edwards back to Hunter S. Thompson and an old description of American power that still fits too well. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/99EdOxi6GSo On today’s Newsweek Radio, Jesse Edwards examines the most dangerous failure of the Trump era, not personality, but institutional collapse. When courts hesitate, Congress stalls, and accountability disappears, the republic is reduced to waiting for time to do what law no longer can. This is not a partisan critique. It is a warning about a system losing control of its own presidency. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/bLNME6ooHKk This episode takes the gloves off and lays out why Trump is the conservative many refuse to become. Along the way, the show breaks down the political memes of the week, because memes often tell the truth faster than headlines. From Trump’s public meltdowns to the moral rot he has normalized on the right, this is a raw look at what power without character does to people and how living through it has clarified where the lines actually are. The political memes of the week are officially on the table as a recurring segment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/sOV93Ak1-cg Everyone falls for lies. Everyone gets played. In this episode, Jesse Edwards explains why misinformation is unavoidable, disinformation is intentional, and Donald Trump became the most effective user of both. This is a rejection of tribal politics and a call to step back from the spectacle before it consumes us. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A message of solidarity with the people of Iran and the women defying a theocratic regime. Real protest, real courage, and a clear line between freedom and forced obedience. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/7vkmInf85ic Both tribes are yelling about the ICE shooting in Minnesota, and both are getting it wrong. One tribe is calling it justified. The other is calling it murder. The reality sits in the uncomfortable middle. A woman is dead. An officer made bad decisions. And an activist put herself in a situation that common sense says was dangerous. This episode cuts through tribal loyalty, asks who’s actually accountable, and why we keep turning preventable tragedies into team sports. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/zs2cNdWREEY For once, I’m giving Donald Trump credit where it’s due. Trump floated the idea of banning Wall Street and massive institutional investors from buying up single-family homes, and whether you love him or hate him, it’s a long-overdue idea that deserves support. In this episode, I explain why I’m backing the policy even as a hardcore never-Trump conservative, why I don’t trust him to follow through, and how his rare good instincts are constantly undermined by a lifetime of failed ventures, grift, and chaos. Yes, even Trump gets it right sometimes, just not often enough and not without breaking a few things along the way. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/NuN1F4-nbd4 Donald Trump didn’t just break American politics, he exposed how hollow it already was. The right sold its soul to a transactional grifter. The left responded with performative outrage, geriatric leadership, and empty lectures while the house burned. The media rewarded the chaos, the lies, and the spectacle because it was profitable. Now even Trump’s own America First crowd is fracturing as loyalty flows one way and accountability flows nowhere. This isn’t a call for unity or compromise. It’s a call for radical centrism, the refusal to lie for anyone, the rejection of cults on both sides, and the last real chance for adults to take the country back from MAGA freaks, woke theater kids, and the outrage economy before it’s too late. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/cjWIkI9mLWU This is not a partisan rant or a call to join a new tribe. It’s a direct reckoning with how extremism, cowardice, distraction, and tribal loyalty broke something fundamental in this country. Using real January 6 footage throughout, this monologue follows the path from frustration to clarity and asks a simple question: if neither side is willing to grow up, who is left to defend reality, persuasion, and adulthood? This isn’t about perfection. It’s about demanding better than this. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/iU6nXvw6euk Donald Trump once sold “America First” as a promise to end endless wars and foreign entanglements. Instead, he is delivering the opposite. After escalating in Venezuela, Trump is now openly threatening military or coercive action in Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and even Greenland, moves that would have been unthinkable to his own base just a few years ago. In a political moment that should alarm everyone, Marjorie Taylor Greene has recently sounded like one of the sanest voices in the room by openly questioning Trump’s direction and broken promises. This episode cuts through the distraction and asks the uncomfortable question many conservatives are finally whispering out loud: if America First meant restraint, accountability, and putting our country before special interests, then what exactly are we watching now? This is not about party loyalty anymore. It is about recognizing a con before it finishes the job. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.