The guys celebrate Memorial Day! Brendan honors family and friends who served, Marty speculates on what verdict the jurors will render in Trump's New York trial, both of us make fun of thug-turned-schlub Michael Cohen, and we also have some fun with Rudy Giuliani's new barista gig.

The fellas laugh and laugh at Donald Trump's legal travails. Will Donald melt down if Stormy testifies?

Mike from Ohio, longtime commenter at Progress Pond, drops by for our first guest visit. We crap on Vince McMahon; discuss politics and chili in Ohio; and savor the trifecta of the DeSantis collapse, Trump’s problems, and Rudy911’s continuing descent.

Intro/outro music, "The Walk," provided by The Royal Hounds. "Some Kinda Gold," provided by The No Good Crowd. Podcast written and produced (where not ad libbed) by Martin Longman and Brendan Skwire. Engineered, and edited by Brendan Skwire.

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Brendan and Marty ponder magnets and how they work; Joe Biden saddles Trump with a hilariously obscene nickname; taking Trump down to the studs; and the Moms for Liberty are back and getting their freak on.

The guys roast Henry Kissinger over an open fire, make fun of professional liar George Santos, smack their heads over Israel, and point and laugh at the scandal-beset Moms for Liberty. Plus, Brendan has a new song out and both the guys have microphone problems.

Martin and Brendan discuss the fallout from the 2023 (dare we say it) Blue Wave. Then it's Speaker Mike Johnson, who wants everyone to know he doesn't watch porn, and has an app on his phone monitored by a special someone to make sure he keeps his filthy paws to himself. With all that porn-resistance, will the Speaker have time to avert a government shutdown, or will his hands be occupied? And on a serious note, some deep thoughts on Israel, Gaza, and Hamas.

Martin and Brendan are both fighting colds. Martin does a victory lap as the House GOP “majority” collapses.

Boneheads and Bigots: Can the stupidest man in Washington keep his gavel and cling to power? And, chairs goes flying as a Pennsylvania school district descends into chaos over LGBTQ+ policies.

Kevin McCarthy sources: https://progresspond.com/2023/01/02/kevin-mccarthy-has-already-lost/

https://progresspond.com/2023/05/30/its-kevin-mccarthys-moment-of-reckoning/

https://progresspond.com/2023/06/29/kevin-mccarthy-hopes-cabinet-impeachments-will-save-him/

https://progresspond.com/2023/07/03/at-risk-house-republicans-are-getting-restless/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/kevin-mccarthy-faces-perfect-storm-demands-shutdown-looms-rcna104490

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triad/news/2023/09/12/gaetz-says-impeachment-inquiry-not-enough--threatens-to-oust-mccarthy

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/13/defense-bill-house-republicans-00115530

Central Bucks School District:

https://whyy.org/articles/aclu-files-federal-complaint-against-central-bucks-school-district-alleging-discrimination-against-lgbtq-students/

https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/aclu-hits-central-bucks-school-district-with-a-new-complaint-discrimination-lgbtq-students,26853

https://whyy.org/articles/us-department-of-education-investigating-central-bucks-school-district-after-aclu-complaint/

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/doylestown/articles/after-papers-are-thrown-cb-school-board-meeting-spirals-out-of-control

https://www.cbsd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=141296&dataid=215506&FileName=Internal%20Investigation%20Presentation_2.PDF

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/school-shootings-what-we-know-about-them-and-what-we-can-do-to-prevent-them/