Ep. 54: Trump's Tumbleweed Tank Parade

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway!Programming Note: We will now be recording the show live (with puppets!) on Wednesdays at 11 AM EST and then releasing the edited audio on Thursdays. This is an extra-large episode jam-packed with all the snark and Ogre opinions you’ve come to know and love. Shannon and I celebrate the No Kings protests, laugh at Trump’s sad little birthday party, rage at MAGA terrorism, and savage Israel’s new stupid war. And that’s just half the show!Enjoy this week’s supersized portion of Ogre love!Ogre Nation News Update!3:13 - 22:16 Massive No Kings protests swept the nation and we’re just getting started! At the same time, Trump’s birthday party was so bad it was barely a punchline.22:17 - 28:46 A MAGA terrorist went on a killing spree in Minnesota. How the right and the legacy press responded to it is a bad sign for the future.28:47 - 43:15 Israel is bombing Iran and there’s a very real chance that Trump will send American troops into combat. 43:16 - 1:01:04 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE - Our ongoing segment highlighting the abuses of Trump’s Brownshirts.1:01:05 - 1:12:24 Headlines for Short Attention Spans1:12:25 - 1:20:01 Pride Story of the Week - The Ogre gets treated like a sex object in Dallas. Things We Discussed During The ShowJuneteenth - Still not canceled by Trump.Heavily Armed Man at ‘No Kings’ Protest Had 13 Bombs at Home, Police SayOrganizers say volunteers ‘took action’ against ‘imminent threat’ to protesters before deadly ‘No Kings’ shootingTrump “Reamed Out” Pete Hegseth for Disastrous Military ParadeThe suspect in the shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers had a 'hit list' of 45 officialsLive updates: Iran warns that US involvement would risk ‘all-out war’ as Israel strikes TehranIsrael-Iran conflict splits Trump's MAGA backersICE Ordered to Expand Deportations in Largest Cities‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is QuestionedSecurity News This Week: RFK Jr. Orders HHS to Give Undocumented Migrants’ Medicaid Data to DHSBrad Lander Detained by Masked Federal Agents and Accused of Assault — But Released With No ChargesHispanic journalist Mario Guevara arrested during protest detained by ICETrump’s Tax Bill Would Add $3.3 Trillion to National DebtTrump’s Horrific Politicization Of The VACalifornia lawmakers introduce legislation to ban law enforcement from wearing face coveringsFar-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Flown Above Government Agency in DCTrump Doesn’t Like Stephen Miller Any More Than the Rest of Us Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe