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CPAC once stood for conservative principles. Now it looks more like a loyalty test for Donald Trump. As grifters and scandal-plagued freaks take the stage, one of the most consistently conservative voices in Congress, Thomas Massie, finds himself targeted for refusing to play along.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump insists the war with Iran is both over and still happening at the same time, declaring victory while hinting the fight is just getting started. Sound familiar? From Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” moment to Trump’s version of permanent maybe-war, the pattern of claiming success before the dust settles is becoming a familiar feature of American foreign policy. Meanwhile a quiet tariff refund fight in court raises a bigger question about the real money Americans have lost over decades of inflation.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump may think he can bomb Iran, declare “mission accomplished,” and move on. But this conflict could drag on long after he’s gone. First Venezuela, now Iran, and talk of Cuba next, a steady chain of crises that keeps attention far away from the Epstein files. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump just dumped Kristi Noem from Homeland Security and almost immediately started floating the idea of some kind of immigration amnesty. Again. At the same time, the “no more wars” candidate now finds himself presiding over a growing conflict with Iran, leaving parts of his own base furious. Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is openly blasting the move, warning that Trump is abandoning the America First promises that helped return him to power. From Noem’s quiet demotion to the MAGA backlash over Iran and immigration, the cracks inside Trump’s coalition are getting harder to ignore.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump promised no new wars, but the drumbeat toward conflict with Iran has been building in Washington for decades. Jesse Edwards looks at America’s long history of regime change, the permanent foreign policy machine that outlives every administration, and why this war may have been inevitable no matter who won the presidency.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Thousands of stores are closing, AI is accelerating toward job extinction, and the political class keeps landing on its feet. But don’t worry, big government will send you a check. Welcome to digital Marxism in the Trump Era.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump may have landed a righteous punch against a brutal regime. That doesn’t mean what comes next will be clean. As Iran’s long-simmering internal fracture erupts, America is staring down its next costly and complex entanglement.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A rare Friday palate cleanser. Jesse Edwards lightens the mood after a heavy news cycle by breaking down a viral inflation stumble from Rep. Lauren Boebert before diving into a legendary piece of chaotic city council testimony that perfectly captures the strange intersection of confidence, confusion, and democracy in action. It’s part satire, part cultural observation, and part uncomfortable question about whether understanding the system should matter before participating in it, all delivered with the irreverent, off-the-cuff energy that defines Newsweek Radio. Link to the City Council session in Santa Cruz, CA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5oVzbwYWpg&t=2sSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A candid reflection on the libertarian push to soften hard drug enforcement and the uncomfortable reality that followed, this episode explores what happens when ideology outruns infrastructure and why compassion without intervention becomes neglect.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A different kind of episode exploring consciousness, uncertainty, and the quiet absurdity of being alive, with a personal reflection on Deism as a way to approach spirituality & politics beyond dogma.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump once warned America about reckless conflict with Iran. Now the threats, the buildup, and the rhetoric sound eerily familiar. When the outsider starts echoing the establishment he ran against, the question isn’t left or right. It’s whether anything actually changed.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump’s tariff loss at the Supreme Court leaves another economic mess behind while teasing UFO disclosure and the promise of historic "alien" revelations. But as the spectacle grows louder, billionaire Les Wexner’s deposition raises new questions about a mysterious inventory system tied to Jeffrey Epstein, hinting at structured records.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump rolls out a shady sounding peace fund, showers praise on Qatar, and once again reminds everyone that in his world enemies are just future coworkers waiting for the right offer. Jesse Edwards digs into the eerie pattern of critics who swore Trump was dangerous only to end up smiling beside him once power got close enough to smell. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Trump edges toward war with Iran, many Americans are left wondering why their struggles at home keep taking a back seat. Meanwhile, CBS Sunday Morning continues to drift from the charm that once made it special, reflecting a broader disconnect between institutions and the audiences they’re meant to serve.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Conservatives are starting to jump ship, and 2026 may mark the end of the Trump era. As high-profile MAGA loyalists quietly distance themselves and midterm losses loom, the illusion of invincibility is cracking. But this episode goes deeper than one man. It examines how outrage has fueled a broken political machine, how power protects itself while we fight each other, and why the real battle isn’t left versus right — it’s bottom versus top. If Trump’s political dominance is fading, the real question is whether we’ve learned anything at all.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/DuYtNnXnIhAA 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__fzlQ7fEThis 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/fCl47tCRs34Tim 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-11394825Tim Pool’s podcast episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-doj-subpoenas-democrats-over-conspiracy-against-us/id1362265400?i=1000746111533See 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_Tgn0In 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/3Sw5HKfmPZoIn 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.