Episodes
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Trump Bends the Knee to Xi
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Trump’s escalating war with the American media, as he continued to exclude CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House despite a federal judge’s temporary restraining order. All of this unfolded during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit, when Chinese...
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Trump's Fear: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I discussed Trump’s confrontation with the American press, which has now overshadowed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Washington. With the major television networks refusing to provide pooled White House coverage in response to Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico,...
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Trump’s Embarassment: Live with John Aravosis
Tonight’s show was all about Donald Trump embarrassing himself on the world stage, starting with his speech at the United Nations, where he threatened to annihilate Iran. Let’s think about that for a moment. He’s speaking at the United Nations -- an organization created to prevent wars -- and…
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Trump’s Wars: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Trump’s new Greenland agreement and why I think, after all the threats and drama, it largely brings us back to the arrangement the United States already had. Then I’ll get into Trump’s escalating fight with the press. After the White House banned CNN, MS NOW…
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David Pakman Interview: How social media disadvantages Dems
On today’s show, I sit down with David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show and author of the new book Pay Attention: How the Algorithms and Media Wars Are Suppressing Truth and Rewiring Your Brain. And we start with a pretty fundamental question: Are social media algorithms actually changing…
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AI Could Kill Us All by 2030: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing my upcoming interview with David Pakman, then the extraordinary warnings coming from inside the AI industry itself. Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon says he quit Anthropic because the major AI companies are racing toward superintelligence and...
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Iran Escalates -- Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the escalating war with Iran, as the U.S. launches new attacks on Iranian oil tankers and Tehran steps up its attempts to strike American warships and threatens commercial shipping in the Gulf. I’ll also look at Iceland’s furious response to Trump posting a…
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Trump's Wars: Live with John Aravosis
On today’s show I’ll be discussing the renewed escalation in Trump’s war with Iran. The United States has launched its second round of strikes in three days, following Iranian attacks on commercial ships and American military personnel. Two more oil tankers have now been struck near the Strait of...
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Iran War Heats Up: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the latest escalation with Iran, after the U.S. bombed Iranian forces preparing to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles at a Jordanian air base housing U.S. troops.Trump is now considering additional strikes as…
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Trump's Bluff: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Trump’s favorite governing strategy: bluff, threaten, brag -- and hope nobody calls you on it.Canada is now calling his bluff, hitting back with tariffs as high as 50 percent and openly discussing something that could hurt a lot more: restricting or taxing the...
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Trump's Shenanigans: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the Supreme Court handing Trump a win in his effort to restrict mail-in voting, even as future challenges remain open; Trump’s latest “economic D-Day” against Iran, which so far looks a lot more like a threat than an actual plan; and Iran’s reported threats...
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Trump is Losing America -- Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, we start with Donald Trump’s White House ballroom and the Supreme Court decision allowing construction to continue while the legal fight plays out. Trump’s lawyers are suddenly describing what was once very clearly a ballroom as an “impervious military complex” -- and I explain...
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Iran Calls Trump’s Bluff: Live with John Aravosis
Tonight’s show led with Trump’s latest threat against Iran, this time promising what he calls an “economic D-Day” — economic warfare and isolation on an “unprecedented” scale. But after nearly six months of war, the obvious question is: If Trump has some devastating economic weapon that can force...
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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Case COLLAPSES | David Hearn’s Lawyer Speaks
Tonight I interviewed Joshua Kolb, one of the attorneys representing former Olympian David Hearn, who was falsely accused by Donald Trump of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool -- and then charged with a felony that could have sent him to prison for years.Except now the government’s...
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Trump, Iran & Russia
Trump spent the week promising that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be done by Friday. Friday came and went, and now Trump says an agreement with Iran “could be soon.” Could be soon? That’s not exactly the deal we were promised. And the proposed arrangement itself is nuts: Iran and…
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US Weapons Shortage & the Iran War
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing reports that Trump’s war with Iran is running into a rather serious problem: the United States may be running dangerously short of some of the munitions it needs to keep fighting. Trump reportedly erupted at Pete Hegseth at Camp David after learning that he…
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Iran's Hormuz Shakedown
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the latest developments in the Iran war, including a potentially major agreement between Iran and Oman over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The arrangement could effectively give Tehran control over ships entering the Persian Gulf. Iran says there won’t...
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Iran War Update: America Is Running Out of Missiles
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the latest developments in Trump’s Iran war -- including Iran’s reported attack on a ship being escorted by U.S. destroyers and the increasingly serious questions about America’s dwindling weapons stockpiles.The United States has reportedly burned through…
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Iran War: Trump Lied Again
Donald Trump spent the weekend threatening Iran with a historic new attack. Then he suddenly announced that Iran had agreed to nearly everything he wanted -- including limits on its nuclear program and a deal involving the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by saying it wasn’t even negotiating with...
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Iran Attacks U.S. Troops -- And Trump Looks Weak
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing Iran’s surprise missile attack on American forces in the Middle East -- and Trump’s threat that the United States is now going to hit Iran hard. Iran appears to believe Trump is desperate to end the war and afraid of further escalation, so Tehran is testing…
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Iran Tests Trump as Ukraine's Zelensky Turns the Tables
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the latest developments in Trump’s Iran war -- including signs that economic pressure may now be hurting Tehran more than the bombing. Iran is facing gasoline shortages despite being one of the world’s largest oil producers, and U.S. officials believe the...
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Iran War Update, and more with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing Donald Trump’s increasingly disastrous war with Iran -- and the growing evidence that the United States is running dangerously low on the missile interceptors needed to defend our troops and allies. Trump reportedly postponed a massive new two-week bombing...
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Iran Threat Forced Trump Off Air Force One -- Then He Erased 4 U.S. Deaths
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the credible Iranian proxy threat that reportedly forced Donald Trump to abandon his new, donated Air Force One and fly home on the older, properly secured plane. Trump initially claimed that he switched aircraft so American service members could tour the new...
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Iran Quagmire Grows - Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the increasingly dangerous and deeply unpopular war with Iran -- including Trump’s threat to attack Iranian bridges and power plants if Tehran strikes shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the massive new deployment of American special-operations forces, fighter...
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Iran War Mess: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Donald Trump’s Iran war turning into exactly the kind of expanding quagmire he repeatedly promised he would never start. The CIA now says additional attacks probably won’t change Iran’s willingness to make peace. Meanwhile, Iran is targeting a desalination…
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Trump's Conspiracies, Live with John Aravosis
Donald Trump is preparing another prime-time spectacle devoted to elections, despite never producing proof that widespread fraud, foreign governments or American election officials changed the results of the 2020 election. Russia, Iran and other foreign adversaries have attempted to influence...
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Trump’s Epstein Cover-Up, Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, I’m discussing the Trump administration’s increasingly ridiculous Epstein cover-up. JD Vance claims he reviewed most of the six million pages in the Epstein files -- something that would have taken nearly two years without stopping to eat, sleep or pee. Then he insisted there…
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Trump's Loss
On tonight’s show… Donald Trump finally had to pay one of his victims. E. Jean Carroll received $5.6 million in cash after Trump exhausted his appeals in the sexual-abuse and defamation case. That is only the first installment. Juries have ordered Trump to pay Carroll roughly $88 million...
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Air Force One Unsafe to Fly
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Donald Trump’s latest Washington ego trip, from the proposed giant Trump arch near the Lincoln Memorial to reports that he may be messing with the 200-year-old White House columns because apparently they aren’t tacky enough for him. Then we’ll get into Trump’s...
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Iran Ceasefire Dead
On tonight’s show at 6pm ET US, I’ll be discussing Trump’s Iran war spiraling right back out of control. The ceasefire is apparently over, Iran has reportedly attacked commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. is firing back, Iran is firing back at U.S. military targets, and now…
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US Attacks Iran
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the latest escalation with Iran, after U.S. forces launched new strikes in response to Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz -- and the Trump administration revoked the oil-sale waivers it had just given Tehran.I’ll also be talking…
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More Trump Embarrassment
Thank you NJ McGuigan, Teresa Hill, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Trump’s Fourth of July debacle — from his late-night speech and delayed fireworks to the horrible air quality that followed — and how...
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Hang out, live with John Aravosis
Today was just a hangout. No specific news. We went with whatever news crossed the screen at the moment, and chatted for an hour. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aravosis.substack.com/subscribe
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Trump’s Pool Disaster
(And weird, I couldn’t get the show to start normally - and it did do something funky with the view angle. No idea why. Sorry!) On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing the continuing Trump Reflecting Pool debacle, and how the story keeps getting more absurd: the supposed 300-foot gash, the box…
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US STRIKES IRAN AGAIN, Live with John Aravosis
Thank you Julia D Lanford, BriaMom, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the latest escalation with Iran, after a U.S. Apache helicopter was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian Shahed drone.…
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Trump Kennedy Center Defeat
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing Trump’s latest legal and political messes, starting with the Kennedy Center quietly stripping Trump’s name from its materials and signage, and the new fight brewing over Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche to be full-time attorney general.Then I’ll get into…
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House votes to end Iran war -- Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show I’ll be discussing a growing Republican revolt against Trump’s war with Iran, as the GOP-led House votes to restrict the president’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval. We’ll also look at the latest round of fighting between the US and Iran,...
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More Trump Chaos: Live with John Aravosis
Thank you NJ McGuigan, Teri D, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. On tonight's show I'll be discussing Trump's latest budget maneuver, including how a controversial $1.8 billion fund may be gone while protections for Trump family business...
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Judges Smack Trump -- Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing the latest legal battle over Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center, including a federal judge’s decision blocking efforts to rename the facility the “Trump Kennedy Center” and preventing plans to close the center for major renovations. We’ll look at what the...
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Trump Caves to Iran: Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, I’ll discuss the bizarre and disturbing details emerging from Trump’s proposed Iran “peace deal,” including reports that the US may lift some longstanding sanctions, and let Iran sell oil freely in exchange for vague promises about future nuclear talks that sound suspiciously...
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Iran Chaos, Live with John Aravosis
On tonight’s show, we’ll be discussing Trump openly threatening to bomb our ally Oman over a possible Iran shipping deal in the Strait of Hormuz, while reports suggest Iran and the US are quietly negotiating a framework agreement that could reopen Gulf shipping and eventually lift parts of the...
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Iran War Update, Live with John Aravosis
Thank you BriaMom, Rajneesh Agrawal, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. On tonight’s show, I’ll discuss reports that the US and Iran quietly exchanged fire over a 24-hour period, including claims that Iran laid mines in the Gulf and that...
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Trump's Iran Chaos: Live with John Aravosis
Thank you NJ McGuigan, Sally, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. On tonight’s show, I’ll be discussing Trump’s incoherent new claims about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz -- one minute saying we have “total control,” the next minute basically...
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Trump's ballroom dead -- for now
Trump’s problem is never just the corruption. It’s the corruption wrapped in incompetence, wrapped in obvious non-credible denial. Take Iran. At the beginning of the war, Trump and his allies kept trying to tell us this wasn’t about regime change. Then it was about regime change. Then it wasn’t....
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Trump’s $1.8B Slush Fund, Live with John Aravosis
Donald Trump has finally found the perfect MAGA policy: Take nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer money and use it to help the people who tried to violently overthrow the US government. This new fund would reportedly be run by a tiny group of people appointed by Todd Blanche — Trump’s own loyalist at...
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Trump TACOs again
Trump did it again. One day he was threatening to bomb Iran. The next, he was announcing that he’s “holding off” because Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE had supposedly asked him to wait while “serious negotiations” were taking place. That’s Trump’s usual routine: threaten Armageddon, scare...
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Trump’s Billion-Dollar Grift, Live with John Aravosis
Trump went to China supposedly trying to get Xi Jinping to help pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz and calming global energy markets. That was the point. That was the strategic objective. Oil prices are threatening to push gas prices higher, bond yields are setting up higher…
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Trump's J6 Grift Fund
On tonight’s show, I talk about Trump’s price shock -- because that’s what this is. Grocery prices are exploding, tomatoes are up, coffee is up, beef is up, vegetables are up, and farmers are getting crushed on fertilizer. And a lot of this comes back to Trump’s own choices: tariffs, the Iran…
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Trump’s Corruption Crisis
On tonight’s show I’ll talk about how Trump is heading into major China talks apparently without a single serious China expert at his side. Which is insane. And while Trump’s team is screaming insults at actual experts, Eric Trump is joining the Beijing trip while a family-linked group is chasing…
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Trump’s Economy Cracks
On tonight’s show, I talk about Trump’s economy cracking under the weight of his own policies and his war with Iran. Inflation has jumped to 3.8%, gas prices are rising, oil is up, and there are warnings that regular gasoline could hit $5 a gallon if the Strait doesn’t reopen soon. Trump keeps...
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