Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Trump learns to say 'affordability,' but doesn't seem to grasp its meaning
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at Donald Trump's callous disregard for Americans who are struggling to cover living...
Republicans strain to explain election failures, ignoring the obvious
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at some bizarre Republican hot takes explaining their poor performance in this week'...
Trump struggles to process blame for election 'thumping'
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of an Election Day disaster, Donald Trump struggled to accept the reality of the fa...
Decision 2025 election preview special edition of The Blueprint with Jen Psaki
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki offers a special preview of Tuesday's elections, including the important race for governor...
Trump brings signature ignorance, recklessness to U.S. nuclear stature
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shows Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President JD Vance explaining out lou...
Trump sinks to new levels of petty to rewrite history of his disgrace
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shares reporting on the suspension of two federal prosecutors after they submitted a sente...
Psaki delves into the heart of the scandal that rocked the Maine Senate race
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Maine Senate race was rocked this month when revelations about the Democratic frontrunner Graham...
Trump to test courage of American voters with apparent intimidation tactics at the polls
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a move seen as a test run for intimidation tactics during the midterm elections, Donald Trump is ...
Psaki: Trump becomes a parody of himself as corruption and bad taste become hallmarks of his regime
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki observes that as Donald Trump gets more comfortable with his autocrat persona, the traits ...
'An absolute gut punch': Psaki BLASTS Trump on White House demolition as public pushback strengthens
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reacts to Donald Trump's demolition of the White House's East Wing to make room for his va...
'No Kings Alliance' launches in wake of massive nationwide protests as movement's next step
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It has been weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected to represent Arizona's 7th congressional distri...
Pritzker looks to hold law-breaking ICE agents to account
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahead of the premiere of her new documentary, "Andrew Young: The Dirty Work," Rachel Maddow talks wi...
Saddled with Trump's unpopular agenda, Republicans look for ways to subvert voters before midterms
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at ways Republicans are trying to avoid accountability for Donald Trump's failures b...
Preview of “The Blueprint” Season 2
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki is on a mission to show us how the Democratic party can use this political moment to fight...
Trump turns his back on taxpayers while cashing in on presidential power
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at the myriad conflicts of interest and outright corruption by the Trump administrat...
Out of the loop?: Report says Bondi was blindsided Letitia James indictment
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shares reporting from ABC News that the indictment of New York Attorney General Lititia Ja...
'Thin-skinned and petty and weak': Trump exposes himself, degrades U.S. legal system
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James by Donald Trump's Justice Department,...
Bad Bunny breaks through: Evasive Mike Johson finds relevance in Super Bowl show
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shows House Speaker Mike Johnson's pattern of avoiding having to address any issues that m...
Introducing Season 2 of “The Blueprint”
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats are looking to regain power, and there is a whole lot of warranted debate about what a win...
Trump spirals as shutdown calls for leadership skills he lacks, a problem endemic to his team
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points out Attorney General Pam Bondi's strenuous efforts to avoid having to answer for an...
Psaki: Trump may be too clueless to understand consequences of his shutdown
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points out examples of Donald Trump not being aware of what his own administration is doin...
'Unhinged and unwell': Apparent degradation of Trump's mental state raises alarms
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As public displays of Donald Trump's erratic behavior seem to be increasing in frequency and intensi...
Jen Psaki blows the lid off Jared Kushner's multi-billion dollar 'donated time'
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen's Version: Jen Psaki addresses questions raised in the White House briefing room with real answe...
Trump, Hegseth put on embarrassing show before a distinguished military audience
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the federal government heads into shutdown, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries talks with Je...
'Breathtakingly corrupt, and mind-blowingly stupid': Trump DOJ on shaky ground with Comey indictment
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
George Conway, president of the Society for the Rule of Law, and Liz Oyer, former Department of Just...
Why indicting James Comey may come back to bite Trump
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann talks with Jen Psaki about the legal issues inherent in t...
Trump's sketchy prosecutor switch made clear with expected Comey indictment
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While it was generally understood that Donald Trump's installation of his own personal lawyer, Linds...
Trump humiliated by UN escalator; Anatomy of a Donald Trump rage cycle
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump managed to take it personally when an escalator at the UN General Assembly stopped work...
Free speech BACKLASH as even members of Trump's base reject his attack on the First Amendment
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on the negative reactions of some surprising Republicans to the Trump administrati...
Bigger than Kimmel: Psaki shows what's really behind the comedian's suspension
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Donald Trump saying the quiet part out loud about who should be allowed to speak in the United ...
Pritzker on bowing to Trump intimidation: The consequences of not standing up are worse
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker reacts to breaking news that Disney's ABC television network has capit...
Gov. Walz TRASHES Trump on shootings, national guard, economy
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz talks with Jen Psaki on the day that he had declared his candidacy for r...
Psaki: National crises of political violence call for unifying leadership
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks back at past examples of political violence in the United States and how political l...
With reward and images, authorities engage public in hunt for Kirk shooter
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the manhunt continues for the person who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Alic...
Ability to 'tap in' to the youth: Charlie Kirk’s rise in conservative politics
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senior White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, who has covered Charlie Kirk's ascent in conservat...
Trump's lies become more OUTLANDISH as he contorts reality to suit himself
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump and his Republican acolytes defy credulity with their bizarre denial that Trump's page ...
Pritzker readies residents for a CHICAGO SHOWDOWN as Trump amasses troops
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an exclusive, extended interview, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker talks with Jen Psaki about Donald...
Lie after lie, Senate committee dismantles RFK Jr., often using his own words against him
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Senate Finance Committee was not gentle with Donald Trump's HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Family of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre speaks out
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The role of Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre in demanding accountability for ...
Trump offers oddly meandering answer to rumors of his death
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shares Donald Trump's seemingly self-contradicting answer to a question about internet rum...
Trump faceplants in court on tariff power grab; burned again for overreach
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bassin, co-founder and executive director of Protect Democracy, and former federal prosecutor Kr...
The CDC is being 'transformed into a weapon': Top doctor exits CDC with a warning
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned in protest from his position as director of the National Center...
Psaki: Action on America's gun problem is not hopeless
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki addresses the horrific shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis and the shocking gun s...
Psaki: Bizarre Trump Cabinet suck-up meeting feeds his misguided interest in dictatorship
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki shares samples of the gross, sycophantic fawning of Donald Trump's Cabinet members at a gr...
Democrats in BATTLE MODE as Trump exploits servile Republicans
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Texas poised to pass a redistricting bill to help Donald Trump rig the midterm elections in his...
Trump team's bungling makes his bad ideas worse
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite his deep delusions to the contrary, Donald Trump turning Washington, D.C. into a police stat...
Trump-Putin summit special coverage; Part 2
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Expectations for the outcome of Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin were lo...
Trump-Putin summit special coverage; Part 1
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite efforts to lower expectations for his big meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Don...
FIRE WITH FIRE: Newsom sets plan to counter Trump's gerrymander scheme
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's use of federal forces to crack down on residents of Washington, D.C. is not well rece...
'Straight out of the Twilight Zone': Congressman shocked at ICE facility 'cover-up'
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump cements his dictator identity by rewriting U.S. history to his liking, tampering with m...
Trump National Guard stunt REJECTED by Maryland governor: 'I will not authorize'
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The truth of Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to police Washington, D.C. is evident i...
'TACO' Trump appears to surrender to Putin in advance; replaces ultimatum with concession meeting
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
August 8, 2025; 9pm: The Trump administration continues to dance around their promise to release the...
TRUMP HAS DESTROYED THE GOP: Former Georgia Republican switches parties
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points out that, contrary to initial denials, JD Vance, Pam Bondi, and Kash Patel met to d...
'SHE IS A MONSTER': Survivors warn Trump is dealing with Epstein's 'puppet master'
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
August 7, 2025; 9pm: Jen Psaki looks at how Donald Trump distorts the justice system to benefit hims...
TRUTH TO POWER: Constituent delivers blast of reality to Republican congressman at town hall
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
August 5, 2025, 9pm: Donald Trump's acolytes, including Attorney General Pam Bondi attempt to minimi...
'INCREDIBLY WEAK': Trump goes off the deep end over bad jobs numbers; Fox panel stunned
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's reckless manhandling of the levers of the U.S. economy, from tariff chaos to cruel an...
NO KING: Trump blows up his own case for tariff power with scattershot excuses
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Donald Trump's claim of king-like powers to apply trade tariffs by his own whims, a lawsuit ...
TRUMP'S GRIP SLIPS: Signs Republicans are finding less value in siding with Trump over constituents
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points to the rare sight of Republicans daring to defy Donald Trump. And while it's only a...
Criminal President Trump installs stooges and lackeys throughout legal system with Republican help
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the confirmation of Donald Trump's criminal defense attorney to a lifetime appointment as a fed...
Trump's Epstein mess dogs Republicans in home districts; Scandal follows Trump overseas
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on Donald Trump's unresolved and worsening Jeffrey Epstein scandal is giving Repub...
EPSTEIN ACCUSER SPEAKS OUT ON TRUMP: Maria Farmer wants to testify, access her records
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Farmer, one of the first women to speak out about the abuses of Jeffrey Epstein and his accomp...
Reports say DOJ told Trump: YOU'RE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki relays breaking news from the Wall Street Journal that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Don...
How to block Trump's plan to rig the next election
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Texas State Rep. James Talarico talks with Jen Psaki about applying his Christian faith to modern Am...
TRUMP'S TANTRUM BACKFIRES: Lawsuit is 'the stupidest thing he could have done,' says legal expert
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's desperate desire to make everyone stop talking about his friendship with Jeffrey Epst...
TRUMP IN SHEER PANIC: Report suggests Epstein 'secrets'; Republicans look for the exits
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New reporting from the Wall Street Journal says that Donald Trump's message to Jeffrey Epstein on hi...
TRUMP TRAIN WRECK: Wheels come off as Trump throws crash out tantrum over Epstein files
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on Donald Trump's spiraling freak-out over the public interest in the investigatio...
Epstein blunder exposes Trump as the 'unaccountable elite' his supporters sent him to attack
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A key element of Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories is that Epstein's friends and "clients" are wea...
Trump's Epstein turmoil triggers MAGA meltdown
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on how the Trump administration's insistence that there is no worthwhile informati...
Trump steps up effort to prevent truth from exposing his administration with new appointee
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points out how much of what we know about what the Trump administration is up to is due to...
'No earthly clue what he's doing': Psaki shreds Trump's poor grip on his own government
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki piles up evidence in a litany of examples of Donald Trump having no idea what he is doing,...
Amid Trump's FEMA phase-out, disasters make stark the need for federal help
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at questions about the preparedness of FEMA to offer its full assistance to American...
The backlash begins: Republicans heading home from D.C. face local protests over Trump bill
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki remarks on how the devastating removal of health care and food aid to millions of American...
Psaki: Republicans will regret passing Trump's bill as Democrats look to reprise 2018's House flip
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks back at how Democrats made Republicans pay for their efforts to kill Obamacare by ma...
Frost: Republicans short on votes for Trump budget bill as Democrats raise public alarm
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rep. Maxwell Frost talks with Jen Psaki about the uphill battle Republicans face in the House to pas...
Trump's budget bill is widely hated but Republicans are trying to push it through anyway
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reviews the terrible poll numbers of Donald Trump's budget bill, including among Donald Tr...
The protests were practice: Americans are prepared for Supreme Court's obstacles to opposing Trump
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at how we arrived at today's Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions, from Do...
Trump team frantically moves goalposts, throws tantrums to preserve Trump Iran bombing story
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at the strenuous lengths to which Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard are going to suppor...
'From lecturing to listening': Mamdani explains how he drew votes from Trump supporters in NYC race
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his first national interview since Tuesday's primary election New York City mayoral candidate Zoh...
Trump's Iran lies begin to crumble into an embarrassing mess
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on the evolving explanations and contradictory statements from the Trump administr...
Vance gets the cause of fear in L.A. totally backward in trying to justify military presence
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
JD Vance came to Los Angeles with the goal of making the case that the fear of unruly protests justi...
Psaki calls out media that fell for Trump's 'two week' trick
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki points out the mistake some media outlets made in relaying Donald Trump's two-week deadlin...
Trump's lack of foreign policy principles tears MAGA apart on Iran
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at the various influences manipulating Donald Trump as he makes decisions on the war...
Outrage grows over ICE overreach as public gets wise to Trump's dirty tactics to round up immigrants
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on yet another public official being arrested by ICE in the course of their heavy-...
Trump gets played as world leaders he admires see through his theatrics
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at the effort Donald Trump is putting into trying to make himself look like a third ...
Israel bombs Iran and a federal judge upends Trump's use of the National Guard in L.A.
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki covers breaking news of an attack by Israel on Iran, while at the same time a federal judg...
Democratic governors confer as Trump looks to spread militarized deportation frenzy
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on the absurdity of Donald Trump's military deployment to Los Angeles, and the exp...
Trump and allies are eager to distort protests in L.A.
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump needs the protests in L.A. to be violent and chaotic so he can justify the power grab h...
'A huge freaking deal': Psaki sounds alarm on Supreme Court letting DOGE access social security data
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even as the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatens untold chaos, the Supreme Court ruled ...
Musk inadvertently gives away the game in spat with Trump
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of Donald Trump and Elon Musk throwing insults and threats at each other on their respe...
Musk melts down over budget bill; Republicans in turmoil over their own bill
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on the tantrum Elon Musk is throwing over the Republican budget as his business in...
Trump's 'best people' are not doing very well; bad time to cut career public servants
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki looks at a startling number of Trump Cabinet members whose lack of fitness for the jobs th...
Special Preview of “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace”
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Who are The Best People? They’re the people who are the best at what they do and know how to bring...
Musk tenure ends awkwardly with report of drug use
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After ranting endlessly about Hunter Biden's drug use and addition issues, Donald Trump and his coho...
Trumpworld shocked: Governing is hard!
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump and his cast of supporting characters are learning the hard way that actually governing...
Introducing “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace”
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On her new podcast, “The Best People,” Nicolle Wallace sits down with the smartest, funniest, wi...
Federal trade court blocks Trump's sweeping tariffs; says they exceed his authority
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump lacks the autho...
Rogue pardon spree exposes Trump's political games and actual indifference to crimes
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki pairs Donald Trump's political rhetoric about crimes like fraud against his abusive use of...
Trump cashes in on crypto side-hustle as rich-get-richer budget comes into focus
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Psaki reports on how Donald Trump still used the trappings of the presidency during his "persona...
Backlash: Republicans head home to face constituent wrath over rich-get-richer budget bill
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Republican budget bill still has a lot of time and processing to undergo before it heads to Dona...
Failed idea features prominently in Republican bill despite red state regret
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Georgia and Arkansas have both tried to implement work requirements for Medicaid, with both producin...