SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Donald Trump’s own new government AI chatbot was supposed to make Washington work better. Instead, it started giving Americans answers that created a very different problem for the man who proudly introduced it. Then there’s JD Vance asking Americans to give Republicans another chance, while Mike Johnson explains what that next chance would actually look like. Those two messages sitting next to each other are something to behold. And if that isn’t enough...
Oct 1
19 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Nine days away from the microphone. You’d think that might calm me down, clear my head, maybe even give me a little perspective. Yeah. That didn’t happen. I came back to a United States Congress heading for the exits, Mike Johnson and Thomas Massie battling over Pete Hegseth and the Iran war, and an announcement about American weapons in space that sounds like somebody pitched it in a science-fiction writers’ room. Then there’s Canada, Donald Trump, the European Uni...
Sep 17
15 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW What happens when we hand kids the most powerful intellectual shortcut ever invented? New York City is putting the brakes on generative AI for hundreds of thousands of younger students, and it raises a much bigger question: Are we teaching kids how to use AI, or teaching them they don’t need to think anymore? Then there’s the strange case of the disappearing American. We used to go to banks, pharmacies, grocery stores, restaurants and dozens of other places where we...
Sep 8
23 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW When exactly did the word NO become a fucking suggestion? A judge says stop. Congress says no. The Constitution says you can’t do that. And somehow, the answer keeps becoming: try again until somebody finally gives in. That should scare the hell out of people, because democracies don’t usually collapse in one dramatic moment. Sometimes they get worn down one exception, one workaround and one ignored boundary at a time. Donald Trump keeps pushing because he understan...
Aug 29
12 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Donald Trump has picked a trade war with Canada, and Americans may soon discover exactly what a 50 percent tariff looks like when it reaches the checkout line. I break down what’s coming, why Canada is retaliating, and what you might want to buy sooner rather than later before higher prices hit. Meanwhile, something deeply unsettling is happening inside the United States Army. Pete Hegseth has been making changes at the very top, experienced leaders are disap...
Aug 27
15 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Primary night just delivered a few surprises nobody should ignore. Florida, Alaska and Wyoming produced results that raise some uncomfortable questions about Democrats, Republicans and just how powerful a Donald Trump endorsement really is. Meanwhile, the Kennedy Center name war has somehow gotten even more ridiculous. Trump’s name came down after a federal court ruling, but if you thought that ended the story, you seriously underestimated everyone involved. Then we...
Aug 20
15 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Fake electors are back in the news, and the latest development raises one hell of a question about accountability after the 2020 election. Jeff takes on a story that somehow manages to become even more infuriating the deeper you get into it. Donald Trump’s White House ballroom battle has now landed at the Supreme Court, with an incredibly bizarre reason from Trump for why his ballroom should be allowed to go ahead. You really have to hear this one to bel...
Aug 15
23 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Jeff Alan Wolf is in a weird Wednesday mood, and this edition of A World Gone Mad takes a decidedly different turn. It’s shorter, more relaxed and a little experimental, while still finding plenty in the news worth talking about. Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump White House, bringing another change to an administration that rarely seems to stay quiet for long. Mike Lindell, the pillow guy, is also back in the headlines following his latest venture into politics...
Aug 13
9 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW Jeff Alan Wolf really didn’t want to do this episode. Not because there wasn’t enough news, but because American politics increasingly feels like the same infuriating show on an endless loop… power, retaliation, investigations, outrage and politicians who seem far more interested in settling scores than actually governing. This episode of A World Gone Mad is different. It’s less a collection of headlines and more a rallying cry about what happens when Congress and W...
Aug 11
13 min
SEND ME A TEXT MESSAGE NOW What happens when political principles collide with political survival, presidential power runs into constitutional limits, and one of the world’s most important military alliances confronts a question nobody wants answered the hard way? Jeff Alan Wolf looks at the growing political drama surrounding Todd Blanche and the Republican senators who could determine his future as attorney general. Senator’s Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have each ta...
Aug 8
15 min
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