Four Endless Years

A recap of the presidency of Donald Trump. Not very balanced.

Episode 007--2017-02-13, In Like Flynn

Jen talks about General Michael Flynn and outlines the events of 2017, February 13th. 

09-10
08:54

Episode 006--February 1 to February 7th, 2017

Jen discusses the aftermath of the Muslim ban, Trump's fumbles early in his first black history month as president, and some of the other characters involved in the Trump White House. 10: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-senate-confirms-exxon-mobil-russia-oil-climate-change-sanctions-latest-a7558231.html 20: https://www.wsj.com/articles/deals-with-vladimir-putin-helped-fuel-rise-of-secretary-of-state-nominee-rex-tillerson-1481626925 30: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-gday-mate-on-call-with-australian-pm-trump-badgers-and-brags/2017/02/01/88a3bfb0-e8bf-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html 40: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/02/heres-what-the-dumb-deal-on-refugees-with-australia-actually-says/ 50: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/14/the-usaustralia-refugee-deal-couldnt-have-been-handled-much-worse 60: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/24/refugees-on-australian-detention-island-sew-lips-shut-in-protest 70: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-warns-israel-stop-announcing-new-west-bank-settlements-n716231 80: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/world/middleeast/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-trump.html 90: Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman 100: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/02/03/the-usda-abruptly-removes-animal-welfare-information-from-its-website/ 110: https://acis.aphis.edc.usda.gov/ 120: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/317203-lawmaker-to-propose-abolishing-epa/ 130: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-immigration-order-nationwide-n716706 140: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/02/04/trump-blasts-so-called-federal-judges-block-travel-ban/97484556/ 150: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827867311054974976 160: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/05/us/iran-us-wrestling-team/ 170: https://www.tnp.no/norway/politics/5453-former-prime-minister-of-norway-held-back-at-us-airport/ 180: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/appeals-court-travel-ban-trump-live-updates/ 190: https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/07/513739920/betsy-devos-confirmed-as-education-secretary

07-03
11:33

Episode 005--2017-01-26 to 31--The Muslim Ban

Jen discusses the Muslim ban and other events at the end of January 2017. But mostly the Muslim ban thing. Because it's terrible.  Sources: 10: Federal Register :: Request Access. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/01/2017-02281/protecting-the-nation-from-foreign-terrorist-entry-into-the-united-states. Accessed 31 May 2023. 20: 10 things you need to know today: January 27, 2017 | The Week. https://theweek.com/10things/670936/10-things-need-know-today-january-27-2017. Accessed 31 May 2023. 30: 10 things you need to know today: January 28, 2017 | The Week. https://theweek.com/10things/670937/10-things-need-know-today-january-28-2017. Accessed 31 May 2023. 40: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/nyregion/jfk-protests-trump-refugee-ban.html 50: https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/text-of-trump-executive-order-nation-ban-refugees/index.html 60: In President Trump’s First Week, ACLU Hands Him First Stinging Rebuke | ACLU. https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/president-trumps-first-week-aclu-hands-him-first-stinging-rebuke. Accessed 31 May 2023. 70: Trump's orders expand power of immigration officers | CNN Politics. https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/donald-trump-immigration-detention-deportations-enforcement/index.html. Accessed 31 May 2023. 80: https://www.npr.org/2017/01/28/512201631/trumps-executive-order-on-ethics-pulls-word-for-word-from-obama-clinton 90: Michael Wolff, The Fire and Fury 100: Trump travel ban: What does this ruling mean? - BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39044403. Accessed 31 May 2023. 110: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html?searchResultPosition=4 120: JavaScript is not available.. https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/825764264321355776. Accessed 31 May 2023. 130: JavaScript is not available.. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/825822320128303110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E825822320128303110%7Ctwgr%5E7dc9f66bf330a985fedf54203e8c22a8ba4b7f37%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F01%2F29%2Fnyregion%2Ftrump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html. Accessed 31 May 2023. 140: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/politics/white-house-official-in-reversal-says-green-card-holders-wont-be-barred.html 150: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/us/politics/visa-ban-trump-judge-james-robart.html 160: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/refugees-detained-at-us-airports-prompting-legal-challenges-to-trumps-immigration-order.html?_r=0 170: Donald Trump In Portland Maine 8/4/16 FULL SPEECH - YouTube. https://youtu.be/MLWZCX8nBG8?t=844. Accessed 31 May 2023. 180: Full text: Donald Trump's speech on fighting terrorism  - POLITICO. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-terrorism-speech-227025. Accessed 31 May 2023. 190: Why Trump Had to Fire Sally Yates - POLITICO Magazine. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/why-trump-had-to-fire-sally-yates-214715/. Accessed 31 May 2023. 200: Neil Gorsuch nominated as Supreme Court justice | CNN Politics. https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee/index.html. Accessed 31 May 2023. 210: Latest Trump News: Today in Trump, Jan 30 - CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/latest-trump-news-today-in-trump-january-30-2017/. Accessed 31 May 2023. 220: Trump executive order addresses number of regulations - CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-executive-order-regulations/. Accessed 31 May 2023. 230: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/trumps-transportation-secretary-pick-elaine-chao-confirmed-in-senate-with-some-top-democrats-balking/2017/01/31/a15c7604-df42-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html 240: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/world/americas/state-dept-dissent-cable-trump-immigration-order.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 250: U.S. Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Immigration Order Nationwide. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-judge-temporarily-blocks-trump-immigration-order-nationwide-n716706. Accessed 31 May 2023. 260: Trump adds Steve Bannon to national security team - CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-adds-steve-bannon-to-nsc-national-security-team/. Accessed 31 May 2023. 270: A timeline of Sally Yates' warnings to the White House about Mike Flynn  - ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/timeline-sally-yates-warnings-white-house-mike-flynn/story?id=47272979. Accessed 31 May 2023. 280: President Donald J. Trump Will Continue to Enforce Executive Order Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ Community in the Workplace | whitehouse.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131180023/https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/31/president-donald-j-trump-will-continue-enforce-executive-order. Accessed 31 May 2023. 290: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/18/this-london-borough-has-a-message-for-president-trump-youre-not-welcome-here/ 300: https://uy.usembassy.gov/president-donald-j-trump-will-continue-enforce-executive-order-protecting-rights-lgbtq-community-workplace/

06-01
10:56

Episode 004--2017-01-25--Immigration and The Wall

On this episode of Four Endless Years, Jen and special guest Marcos Lara discuss immigration, Trump's border wall, and other events of January 25th, 2017. Good times! www.twitter.com/4endlessyears www.fourendlessyears.com https://www.patreon.com/queer_coded  podcast@fourendlessyears.com   Sources:  10: https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final-count/index.html 15: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2016 20: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/802972944532209664 30: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/trump-voting-fraud-false-claim-investigation.html 40: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-establish-vote-fraud-commission-n757796 50: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/03/575524512/trump-dissolves-controversial-election-commission 60: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-border-security-immigration-enforcement-improvements/ 70: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-executive-order-wall/ 80: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-07/how-much-of-president-donald-trumps-border-wall-was-built 90: https://public.flourish.studio/story/1085717/?utm_source=showcase&utm_campaign=story/10857171 100: https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/infocus/usmxborder/quickfacts.html 110: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-wall-mexican-border-fence-segments/ 120: https://www.npr.org/2017/01/25/511619026/donald-trumps-moving-forward-with-his-wall-is-it-really-going-to-happen 130: https://www.npr.org/2017/01/11/509137239/watch-live-trump-holds-first-press-conference-as-president-elect 140: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46824649 150: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/978832011/trumps-border-walls-have-been-causing-injuries-as-people-climb-over-them 160: https://www.wola.org/analysis/400-miles-of-harm-nothing-to-celebrate-about-border-wall-construction/ 170: Numbers, if you are guessing. 180: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/08/03/cities-states-resist-and-assist-immigration-crackdown-in-new-ways 190: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/unpacked/2017/02/24/sanctuary-cities-and-trumps-executive-order/ 200: https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/25/politics/sanctuary-cities-injunction/index.html 210: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13768 220: https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/25/europe/russia-domestic-violence-bill/

05-15
24:33

Episode 003--2017-01-23, 24--TPP, Abortion, and the Pipelines

On this episode of Four Endless Years, Jen goes over Donald Trump's presidency for January 23 and 24th, 2017. This includes the TPP, Abortion, and the Pipelines. www.twitter.com/4endlessyears www.fourendlessyears.com https://www.patreon.com/queer_coded  podcast@fourendlessyears.com Sources: 10: What’s Next for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? From 20: Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama’s Signature Trade Deal From 30: The Constitution. Probably. 40: Trump: We're replacing NAFTA, which was "perhaps the worst trade deal ever made" From 50: Trading Away Health: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) From 60: Trump Revives Ban on Foreign Aid to Groups That Give Abortion Counseling From 70: Omarosa Manigault Newman--Unhinged (~208) 80: What is the Global Gag Rule From 90: Sanders Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership From 100: What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline? From 110: "The Keystone Pipeline...Explained" video (Youtube) From 120: Treaties Still Matter / The Dakota Access Pipeline From 130: Dakota Access pipeline: Supreme Court turns away challenge over tougher environmental review From 140: Future of Dakota Access pipeline uncertain as Biden presidency looms From 150: Moving Bakken Crude Oil Safely to Market From 160: Trump Sets New Low Point for Inaugural Approval Rating From 170: 10 things you need to know today: January 25, 2017 From 180: Health Providers Worldwide Welcome Biden Reversal of Anti-Abortion Rule:  From https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/world/asia/gag-rule-abortion.html?searchResultPosition=1>

04-24
13:16

Episode 002--The CIA Speech and Women's March

On this episode of Four Endless Years, Jen goes over Donald Trump's first day on the job as President in 2017, including the CIA speech and Women's March.  www.twitter.com/4endlessyears www.fourendlessyears.com https://www.patreon.com/queer_coded  podcast@fourendlessyears.com

04-10
12:43

Episode 001--The Inauguration

On this first episode of Four Endless Years, Jen goes over the Inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017, the money raised for it, and the whole, "how many people were there" thing.  www.twitter.com/4endlessyears www.fourendlessyears.com https://www.patreon.com/queer_coded  podcast@fourendlessyears.com  

03-27
17:27

Four Endless Years--Introduction

Hi! Welcome to Four Endless years. I am your host, Jen Durbent. A podcast about Donald John Trump's presidency and all those weird things that you forgot during that whole bizzarro time. Like, remember the inaguration attendence thing? Or the transgender troop ban? Or Scaramucci? Yeah.

03-19
00:51

Star Spangled Bollocks--The News at Jen

Back after the hiatus, apparently something happened.   Support us at https://patreon.com/Queer_Coded Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

07-04
09:24

Bappy Newb Tear

Jen remembers that she has a show, then she talks about Brandon going somewhere, the COVID thing, the Warren Commission, Germany, and James Webb Telescope, Sharknado, and more!   Oh, she should tell you about that album:   https://soundcloud.com/slutrax/sets/coviditties     Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent (For Now!) Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

01-03
10:31

Cathode Ray Theory--The News at Jen

Jen chats about the CRT, Bob's Burgers, Britain, sea level changes, millipedes, teachers begging for cash, and more!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

12-20
07:14

News For Nerds?

Jen chats about the recent Log4j security exploit, tornadoes, guns, horses, the shoey, and more!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

12-13
06:55

We Live In A Society

We Live In A Society--The News at Jen   Jen chats about school shootings and how that means America is finally almost back to normal. Also: Hippos, Roe v. Wade, Bob Dole, the Ukraine, and more! Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com And remember, I love you!

12-06
06:42

For The Big Birds--The News at Jen

Jen chats about Big Bird, California Condors, Britney Spears, Bannon, Trump sending people after Pence, Kellogg's, Muzak, Texas, and Tourists In America!       Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

11-16
09:04

Infrastructure Weak--The News at Jen

Jen chats about infrastructure, communism, Scotland, Virginia, Sopranos, and a huge potato. What more could you want?   Please like & subscribe!!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

11-08
06:48

Thanks Given--The News at Jen

Jen chats about Rittenhouse, the Aubery killers, Waukesha, Q Anon Shaman, January 6th subpoenas, democracy's demise, JK Rowling's house, Banned books, Covid, Omicron, thefts, selling the constitution, old people running, and plain old regular old people. Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com And remember, I love you!

11-08
08:44

Back At It (Whatever It Is)

This episode, Jen dishes on Synema, Manchin, Kyles, Coronavirus, Vaccines, Meta, Powell, kidneys, Vikings, Bacon, and a completely unnecessary swipe at Chandler, Arizona.   Oh and Dave Chappelle, too.   Please like & subscribe!!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

11-01
09:43

Squishy Toilet Seat Edition

Jen talks Twitch, Debt, Whatsapp, Malaria, toilets, and a hiatus. Yes! Again   Facebook is out! Post to twitter.   Please like & subscribe!!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

10-11
06:42

Chunky Peanut Butter Blues--The News at Jen

Jen discusses Covid, Pat Robinson, California, Wyoming's censorious roots, extinct species, Alex Jones, and more!   Please like & subscribe!!   Support me at https://patreon.com/JenDurbent Follow me at https://twitter.com/JenDurbent Like my page at https://facebook.com/JenDurbent Podcast Version: https://jendurbent.libsyn.com   And remember, I love you!

10-04
11:28

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