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Trump 2: Idiots in Control (Boat Strikes, Healthcare Looms, GOP Women Revolt) | Ep433
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- Dec 6, 2025
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Summary
This week on Look Forward, the guys return to talk about how the Venezuelan boat strikes might have broken through to the MAGA cult, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump play hot potato with blame and seem to be willing to let Admiral Bradley be the fall guy, Trump tries to make a sensible healthcare policy choice and fails, Virginia Dems considering gerrymandering their state to 10-1, Nancy Mace considering retiring early from Congress like MTG, GOP women are in full revolt in the House, more legal failures as Trump administration can't secure re-indictment of Letitia James, one group is finding out the hard way that their misogyny might have been a poor choice, and much more. Big Topic Boat Strikes seems to a topic that’s breaking through the noise The ship was struck 4 times House and Senate Republicans open investigations Admiral Alvin Holsey resigned because he wasn’t an idiot Admiral Bradley says there was no “kill them all” order, thus seemingly taking the blame Mark Kelly and the Dems knew exactly what they were doing News You Need Laughably Trump tries to get on right side of issue (poorly) and loses to GOP Trump lowers tariffs and tries to promise some fiction, rebuffed by GOP Virginia Dems considering gerrymandering 4 additional seats Nancy Mace is considering retiring early alongside MTG Oh Oh Its Ladies Night…OHHHHH on the riiiiiight! Turns out trumped up charges are hard to make stick when you actually present to the grand jury Fast Corruption and Faster Screw-Ups Trump cares so much about drugs he pardons a narco kingpin Trump pardons Dems after corruption charges, Jeffries agrees with him What’s Dumber, A Brick or A Republican? This is a group project and you all failed! Look Forward is a weekly progressive political podcast covering U.S. politics, government…