The Mad Mod Pod

The Mad Moderate Podcast, aka The Mad Mod Pod, is a news, current events, and culture podcast hosted by @Ken__Thompson, with a moderate but fresh take.

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

The Iran War has exposed just how far behind our military is, despite us spending $1 trillion a year on defense... More than the next 10 countries combined. https://t.co/eQMIAY8Joa

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

See, Republicans want to be able to break the law whenever they see fit to do so, and then blame everyone else for the accountability we demand from them.

The Grand Old Party is nothing more than an authoritarian cult masquerading as a political party.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Johnson: If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y'all impeachment's not even the big concern. They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the The cabinet, his donors and friends, half of you in this room will be targeted. I run the protection program. We’ll take care of you.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

For the love of GOD, Trump was not in the military FFS

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

He spent $700k of your tax $$ to make a perfectly fine walkway into some palace-like absurdity with African granite carved in Italy.

In addition to the huge waste of $$ that this is, our White House is not supposed to be a palace. There’s a reason it’s called The People’s House.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Trump ripped up the walkway between the West Wing and the mansion to replace it with polished African granite carved in Italy. "Paid for by me," he claimed. Except that's not true. Taxpayers paid $689,232, per documents obtained by @michaelscherer https://t.co/7l2bkD0MIH

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

It's so sad to see people who have been so mendaciously supportive of a decompensating, mentally ill president suffer because of his decompensation and mental illnesses

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

I disagree, Putin should stand as close to windows as humanly possible.

Really look out that window Vlad, go on and take in the view.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

I love that Ukraine now has free rein to hammer the shit out of strategic targets in Moscow as Putin's air defenses collapse.

Russia is losing this war. Crimea will fall soon.

Putin should avoid...windows.

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

We warned everyone that free & fair elections would be at risk in a Trump 2.0 administration, and what do ya know…

Trump will do anything to prevent a referendum on his lame-duck presidency and stop Congress from using its power to block appointments and begin investigations.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

‼️ Two ICE agents confronted a poll worker at a voting site in Syracuse during the state’s primaries earlier this week.

Now, local election officials say they’re alarmed as far-right figures continue to call on Trump to deploy federal agents to polling places for the midterms. https://t.co/vlM7Q6Z6iK

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Vance is lying to Maher when he says highly-enriched uranium was allowed to accumulate over 20 years of previous administrations. Obama, with his deal, had Iranian enrichment down to 3.67% max, and Iran only started enriching to 20% and then 60% after Trump tore up that deal.

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

What a hellishly cruel and stupid mess SCOTUS has enabled.

Most or the 1.3M legally resident people they’re letting Trump deport have lived here 15+ years. Average age 42. They’re parents to 273,000 U.S. citizen kids. 30% have mortgages.

1/3

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

Vance says this insane comment without even a hint of irony… Given that his own boss committing a Watergate-level scandal, or worse, every week at this point, is the reason Nixon’s Watergate cover-up scandal is considered less serious now to people than in the pre-Trump era.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Ken Paxton says he often doesn’t want to be in Texas and prefers spending time in California, where he grew up, instead:

“I like places in California, even though I don’t like to admit that I go to California, but it’s beautiful.”

[Ken Thompson 🇺🇸🦅 @Ken__Thompson]

And people genuinely wonder why we’re so divided, as if our own president isn’t ground fucking zero for stirring shit up whenever, wherever, and however he can…

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Yesterday, Donald Trump was supposed to sign a huge bipartisan bill to bring down housing costs.

But he didn't. Why not? Donald Trump doesn't care about the cost squeeze on American families.

Mr. President: Sign the bill.

[Ken Thompson 🇺🇸🦅 @Ken__Thompson]

You mean the sitting Senator who tried to fight someone testifying in the middle of his own Senate hearing is behaving like an unstable lunatic?

That guy? Shhhocking. 🤦‍♂️

[The Mad Mod Pod @TheMadModPod]

The only Reflecting Pool vandal is Donald John Trump… America’s worst president.

As a universal principle, the best way for Trump to help is to not ever get involved at all.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “Tim Burchett always tells it like it ISN’T… it’s not young people who have no ‘dignity and respect’ — it’s him.”

@Kanew reacts to @RepTimBurchett pathetically helping Trump claim there were really reflecting pool vandals when everyone knows Trump is the real vandal.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

The Acting Attorney General of the United States is a cesspool of ethics violations and likely violations of the law.

@DAGToddBlanche will be disbarred.

Next year he will be investigated by Congress.

And if the facts warrant, the next Administration will prosecute him.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Florida legislative leaders cool with traffickers of underage girls being given public service appointments.

Noted.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

This is such a monstrous lie. Believe what he said then, not the lies he is telling you (and probably himself) now about the countless deaths DOGE is responsible for

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

Trump wants a giant gold fist on top of his stupid Arch.

Trump & Republicans have turned America into a fucking joke.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump appointed, 52 Republicans voted to confirm.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

If you are wondering what all the fuss is about with Musk going after me, X itself gives a pretty fair summary.