Trump Returns To The White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Harry Mayes joins for Mays Monday, survives the donation audit and helps open the Cut Sheet. We play President Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner material, including jokes aimed at Chris Christie, Jerry Nadler, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kaitlan Collins. The crew argues that Trump’s natural improvisation works better than the scripted set, while the room’s stiff reaction becomes nearly as big a story as the jokes. We open the hour with Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer confirming support for abolishing ICE, borders, prisons, the Senate, the presidency as it now operates and much of the Pentagon. We compare that platform with Democratic Party finances and Steve Kornacki’s analysis of recent socialist primary wins. A New Hampshire survey placing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just ahead of Pete Buttigieg in a possible 2028 Democratic primary sharpens the dispute. The crew digs into a poll showing 52 percent of Democrats with a favorable view of socialism and asks whether affordability language can carry those ideas into swing districts. We compare longtime voters with people entering politics for the first time, discuss Trump’s role as the opposition party’s central target and debate the presentation of network news anchors. Hakeem Jeffries’ claim that Democrats remain a big tent meets a skeptical response as PA-7 stays at the center of the midterm map. Official Ben to the Shore results spark another finish-line fight as Greg Danielewicz places third, Road Warrior lands 39th and other Kayal and Company riders appear throughout the standings. Harry joins the LeBron debate, covering ticket sales, Joel Embiid’s availability and title expectations, before Dawn shares her brief Michael Jordan encounter in a CBS newsroom. We close the hour with Bernie Sanders’ defense of progressive candidates, the narrowing Vance-Rubio gap and the Iran war’s effect on the Republican field.