https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/extemporaneously--5056581enNews Commentary©2025 Jacobin Brothers™https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5ef48095dd9845c31034e603410a4280.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/extemporaneously--5056581Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:17:02 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Jacobin Brothers™distribution@jacobinbrothers.comExtemporaneous social and political commentary and debate from Jacobin Brothers™.falseepisodichttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/741-trumpelon-s-scorched-earthhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/64395056Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:15:55 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Improving government efficiency or stormtrooping the hallways? Trumpelon is in full effect, with all of the subtlety and grace that two megalomaniacs can summon. The unceremonious dismantling of USAID may be saving money, but at what cost?1785doge,musk,trump,usaidfalse2507fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/737-pardon-mehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/64105986Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:14:32 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Joe and Don have pardoned more than three thousand people, including the former head of NIAID, Anthony Fauci, for unspecified crimes. Learn how the dastardly duo has expanded the scope of presidential power and how we can look to the Warren Commission...1626biden,clemency,fauci,pardons,trumpfalse2505fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/711-the-biden-legacyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/63500309Sat, 28 Dec 2024 20:29:33 +0000Jacobin Brothers™As only the second single-term Democrat in the modern era, Joe Biden leaves a trail of oppression, suffering, and carnage. He is directly responsible for what some people consider to be the greatest mistake in the history of the country.1615biden,harris,legacy,trumpfalse2500fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/708-obstruction-of-transition
Not since John Adams and the Federalists of 1801 has a president attempted to project his influence into the subsequent administration, and that includes You-Know-Who in 2020.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63443233Sun, 22 Dec 2024 23:51:06 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Outgoing President Joe Biden has gotten himself on the naughty list – and not the good kind of naughty list. He betrayed a time-honored tradition that has made America exceptional among nations for most of the last 227 years: the peaceful transition...
Not since John Adams and the Federalists of 1801 has a president attempted to project his influence into the subsequent administration, and that includes You-Know-Who in 2020.]]>1709borderwall,clemency,donaldtrump,joebiden,transitionfalse2452fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/697-ted-luigihttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/63306722Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:25:26 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The apprehension of Luigi Mangione on December 9th revealed disturbing secrets about the assassin – and about society at large.1414luigimangione,unabomberfalse2451fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/692-trump-2-0-take-2https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63243780Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:08:50 +0000Jacobin Brothers™1426hegseth,rubio,trump,wilesfalse2450fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/686-trump-2-0
How will Trump's appointments temper the tempest?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63142345Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:01:12 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Trump 2.0 will drop on January 20, 2025 and previews of the new features are being released. Trump has been announcing cabinet nominations in an apparent attempt to keep the national media pundits exasperated and clutching at their pearls for the next...
How will Trump's appointments temper the tempest?]]>1904dod,gaetz,hegseth,lindamcmahon,rfkjr,susanwiles,trumpfalse2448fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/676-one-minute-to-midnighthttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62822498Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:36:39 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Joe Biden wants to poke the bear. Aside from being an act of war, it's incredibly foolish and a betrayal of 240 years of American tradition.1905biden,nuclear,putin,russia,trump,ukraine,zelenskyfalse2447fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/668-hurricane-donald
One third of the country is ecstatic. Another third of the country is apoplectic. And another third couldn't give a rat's ass.

How the heck did this happen?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62685827Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:16:47 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Love him or hate him to the point of tears, Donald Trump is an undeniable force of nature. He stormed into the 2024 presidential election and defeated Democrat candidate Kamala Harris by a projected 312 electoral votes to 226. One third of the...
One third of the country is ecstatic. Another third of the country is apoplectic. And another third couldn't give a rat's ass.

How the heck did this happen?]]>2479democrat,election2024,harris,republican,rfkjr,trumpfalse2446fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/663-presidential-prognisticationhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62615314Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:39:33 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Why wait until the election to learn who the new president is? We have you covered, along a few other predictions from election night through 2035!1697election2024,harris,prediction,trumpfalse2445fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/662-fantasy-president-draft
In the spirit of fantasy sports, where players are drafted onto fantasy teams and their real-life performances determine the outcome of fantasy matches, we have asked people who they would draft to be the next president of the United States. The answer will surprise you.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62600111Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:04:24 +0000Jacobin Brothers™For the past two presidential elections, a majority of the electorate has held their noses while punching their presidential ballots because of the quality of candidates listed thereon – and nothing improves this year. In fact, it’s the least...
In the spirit of fantasy sports, where players are drafted onto fantasy teams and their real-life performances determine the outcome of fantasy matches, we have asked people who they would draft to be the next president of the United States. The answer will surprise you.]]>15702024election,carter,clinton,eisenhower,ford,harris,johnson,nixon,obama,reagan,trumpfalse2444fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/634-incontinence-2024https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62429677Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:15:40 +0000Jacobin Brothers™One of the candidates believes he is ordained by God and the other candidate actually was ordained by the one percent. Welcome to Incontinence 2024 - because when all is said and done, everyone is going to need a wardrobe change.1956harris,trumpfalse2434fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/633-the-motive
Jacobin Brothers™ find a motive hiding in place sight.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62426368Sun, 20 Oct 2024 04:35:24 +0000Jacobin Brothers™It's been twenty-one days since a nursing home fry cook evaded the Secret Service with all of the precision and guile of Daffy Duck outsmarting Elmer Fudd, and yet the Federal Bureau of Ineptitude Investigation has yet to conjure a modicum of motive...
Jacobin Brothers™ find a motive hiding in place sight.]]>2016assassination,crooks,trumpfalse2432fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/632-the-second-shooterhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62426250Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:53:36 +0000Jacobin Brothers™As soon as the first bullet left Thomas Crooks' rifle on its way toward Donald Trump, pronouncements of a second shooter flooded the bitwaves. Let's talk about it.1777assassination,crooks,trumpfalse2426fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/631-placating-the-peasantryhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62424926Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:21:19 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The Democrats are in deep doo-doo – and so are the democratic processes they claim to care about so much.1655biden,dnc,harris,trumpfalse2430fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/shows/extemporaneously/622-clown-a-vs-clown-bhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/62424787Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:08:11 +0000Jacobin Brothers™A discussion of 2024's presumptive presidential candidates: Clown A, Clown B, and Clown C.1977biden,election,kennedy,trump,we'reallgoingtohellfalse2413fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/year-in-review--58132319https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58132319Wed, 27 Dec 2023 18:08:09 +0000Jacobin Brothers™As Earth approaches the conclusion of another journey around the sun – or the Sun around Earth, if you subscribe to alternative facts - and the year 5345 on the Jacobin Calendar draws to a close, we pause to contemplate the global events that...2557benjaminnetanyanu,donaldtrump,gaza,kelce,nfl,russia,taylorswift,vladimirputinfalse2349fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/index.php/shows/extemporaneously/592-bidenomics
Borrowing from the eponymous political term of the 1980's, Bidenomics would have you believe that Uncle Joe Biden is here to save the people from the evil capitalists.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58018404Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:18:51 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Joe Biden, like every president since John Adams, wants you to believe he wields the power to improve the economy. Conversely, his detractors would have you believe that he bears sole responsibility for skyrocketing inflation and outrageously priced...
Borrowing from the eponymous political term of the 1980's, Bidenomics would have you believe that Uncle Joe Biden is here to save the people from the evil capitalists.]]>1866bidenomics,economy,inflation,joebiden,stagflationfalse2349fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/index.php/shows/extemporaneously/589-the-oilgarchyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/57953675Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:44:45 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Does the price of oil, and therefore gasoline, obey the laws of supply and demand? If not, who controls the production and price of oil?2572bigoil,oilgarchy,opec,rfk,rfkjrfalse2348fullhttps://www.jacobinbrothers.com/index.php/shows/extemporaneously/584-the-last-kennedyhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/57806574Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:52:26 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is the last politically active member of the Papa Joe Kennedy Clan. Will his independent campaign for president crack the two-party system or will he be yet another footnote in the littany of also-rans?2233jfk,joemanchin,rfk,rosalynncarterfalse2347fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tuckered-out--53932903
At the time of his ejection, Tucker was the single most-watched news host in U.S. history, begging the question, why did FoxNews exile the goose that laid the golden egg to the desert of podcasts and self-styled media analysts?

Per usual, the Jacobins have an angle that will not hear anywhere else.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53932903Fri, 19 May 2023 18:08:34 +0000Jacobin Brothers™On April 26, 2023 Tucker Carlson was invited, most unceremoniously, to leave FoxNews. At the time of his ejection, Tucker was the single most-watched news host in U.S. history, begging the question, why did FoxNews exile the goose that laid the...
At the time of his ejection, Tucker was the single most-watched news host in U.S. history, begging the question, why did FoxNews exile the goose that laid the golden egg to the desert of podcasts and self-styled media analysts?

Per usual, the Jacobins have an angle that will not hear anywhere else.]]>2201false2320fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-vs-the-constitution--51294619
In November of 2020, Donald's prediction came true; he lost the election. However, not content to concede with humility, Trump challenged the election results in six states under the campaign "Stop the Steal".

Was there a constitution basis for challenging the certification of the election?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51294619Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:43:45 +0000Jacobin Brothers™In early 2020, Donald Trump started warning his supporters of a rigged election in anticipation of what was then an unlikely loss. In November of 2020, Donald's prediction came true; he lost the election. However, not content to concede with...
In November of 2020, Donald's prediction came true; he lost the election. However, not content to concede with humility, Trump challenged the election results in six states under the campaign "Stop the Steal".

Was there a constitution basis for challenging the certification of the election?]]>1878false22237fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joe-vs-the-republic--51212182
However, Mumbly Joe and his handlers elevated the verbal and presentational rhetoric of the speech to heights and extremes not seen in American politics since – ever.

Also, we talk about the guy who didn't want to be King Arthur.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51212182Sat, 10 Sep 2022 16:08:17 +0000Jacobin Brothers™On September 1, 2022 Joe Biden gave a speech in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. It that's all it was, it would be just another tissue of lies presented by a lying liar, as are all politicians, even presidents. However, Mumbly Joe and his...
However, Mumbly Joe and his handlers elevated the verbal and presentational rhetoric of the speech to heights and extremes not seen in American politics since – ever.

Also, we talk about the guy who didn't want to be King Arthur.]]>1524false22236fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/vlad-the-inhaler--49211117https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49211117Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:58:22 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The media would have you believe that Vladimir Putin is an unhinged madman. Joe Biden would have you believe that killing people with bullets is acceptable while killing them with chemical weapons is not.1422false22213fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rolling-ukraine--48879693https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48879693Sat, 26 Feb 2022 14:51:29 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Putin rolls Ukraine. Biden has no answers.1309false22209fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-missing-mandate--47083159https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47083159Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:19:54 +0000Jacobin Brothers™1172false2143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan--47078548https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47078548Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:34:07 +0000Jacobin Brothers™772false2143fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan-4--46334939https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46334939Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:04:29 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The U.S. leaves Afghanistan twenty-four hours early and strands ~200 Americans.1190false2136fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan-3--46252508https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46252508Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:40:46 +0000Jacobin Brothers™Afghanistan is not the Bay of Pigs.1091false2135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sars-cov-2-1--46238290https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46238290Wed, 25 Aug 2021 21:16:13 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The Pfizer vaccine has received full approval from the FDA. What does that mean for us?1051false2135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan-2--46162950https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46162950Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:28:41 +0000Jacobin Brothers™The global consequences of the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban1408false2135fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/afghanistan-1--46159029https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46159029Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:09:30 +0000Jacobin Brothers™884false2135full