Here's What's Happening
A daily news show; not to break news, but to break it down. Put it into context. Maybe even bring a little humor to it. All in a couple of minutes. Start the day strong. Start the day with, “Here’s What’s Happening.”
This Is a Cow’s Opinion
Trump tries to meddle in Missouri’s elections, RFK Jr. unravels at a Senate hearing, the DOJ targets trans Americans and faces lawsuits for overreach, DC sues over the hostile takeover, and the Pentagon might get a cosplay rebrand.
DOJ Seeks Voter Info
-via Washington Post
RFK Jr. Senate Hearing
-via AP News
DOJ v Transgender Americans
-via ABC News
DC Sues DOJ
-via CBS News, NY Times, and CNN
Whatever. Wh...
We Call That a Classic
A court blocks Trump’s mass deportation of Venezuelans, warships escalate tensions off Venezuela’s coast, Trump meddles in NYC’s mayoral race, Florida ends all vaccine mandates as West Coast states form a health alliance, Epstein survivors threaten to name names, Harvard beats a federal funding freeze in court, and Newsmax sues Fox in a battle of bad actors.
Venezuela
-via BBC, CBS News, and NY Times
Mayor Adams
-via NY Times
Vaccines
-via ABC News and NY Times
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Take Our Wins Where We Can Get Em
Trump reemerges to lie and move Space Command to punish Colorado, Epstein files resurface with little new info, Modi-Xi-Putin unite while Trump’s left out, a judge rules Trump’s use of the military in LA was illegal, and he threatens to send forces into Baltimore next.
He’s Fine.
- via Washington Post
Epstein Files
- via CNN
Triangle of Friendship (But Bad)
- via NY Times
Los Angeles Court Ruling
- via NBC News and A...
Human Beings Contain Multitudes
The CDC director is fired for following science, Afghanistan reels from a deadly quake, Rudy Giuliani survives a serious car crash, Chicago braces for ICE raids, Trump disappears from public view, and the president might be golfing—or maybe not.
CDC Changes
-via ABC News, Reuters, NPR, and NY Times
Afghanistan Quake
-via BBC
Rudy Guiliani
-via CNN
Immigration in America
-via The Guardian
ISO: The President
-via Newsweek
<...That Dude Sucks at Secrets
Two false shooter threats hit universities, Trump targets 55 million visas, has a fraud fine tossed, halts NIH grants on DEI, and patrols DC streets, all while the Pentagon seeks ICE volunteers and Kevin McCarthy melts down over California’s redistricting.
Villanova University
-via NBC News
Trump Reviewing Visas
-via AP News
Trump’s Suit Tossed Out
-via Axios
SOCUS Allows NIH Grant Freeze
-via CNN
Pentagon Looking for Volunteers
-via...
This Whole Thing Turns on Turnout
As Israel begins its takeover of Gaza, a change of command at Target shows protest works. Plus, updates on DC, the Epstein files, and Texas.
Israel in Gaza
-via NBC News and CNN
Protest Works
-via CNN
Update: DC
-via ABC News, ABC News, Democracy Now, and The Hill
Epstein Files
-via AP News and Axios
Texas
-via The Hill and Texas Tribune
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I’m Starting to Think We Can’t Trust That Guy
After a massive Russian strike follows Trump’s Putin-Zelensky plan, he calls Crimea and NATO “impossible” for Ukraine, while House Republicans trap a Texas Democrat in chambers, Epstein files are set for release, ICE arrests a legal police officer, and Trump revokes security clearances.
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
-via ABC News, BBC, and AP News
Epstein Files
-via CBS News
Trump Revokes Security Clearances
-via AP News
ICE Raids
-via AP News
Rep...
Presidential Fan Fiction With an Interesting Scribble
Trump proposes ending mail-in voting, jokes about canceling elections during war, and arranges a Putin-Zelensky meeting after suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea; meanwhile, a Texas Democrat refuses to sign GOP demands to leave chambers.
Zelensky in America
-via AP News and Axios
Mail-In Voting
-via NPR and Huffington Post
Nicole Collier
-via NBC News
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Dictator With Way Too Much Makeup
Trump’s meeting with Putin fails to deliver, Oklahoma imposes ideological teacher tests, Hurricane Erin has arrived, Texas Democrats begin their trip home while DC protests continue over Trump’s emergency police takeover.
Putin + Trump
-via The Guardian, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Newsweek, AP News, and NPR
Okay, Oklahoma
-via USA Today
Hurricane Erin
-via CNN
Texans Return Home
-via Politico
Update: DC
-via NPR
Pamela Duncifer Bondi
SCOTUS greenlights Mississippi’s social media age checks, Florida adds a “Deportation Depot,” Texas opens its largest-ever ICE facility, California puts gerrymandering on the ballot during an ICE raid, Trump threatens to punish DC officials over crime stats, and a House member has seen interdimensional beings.
Mississippi Social Media Age Verification
-via CNN
Florida Adds Another Deportation Center
-via ABC News
As Goes Florida, So Goes Texas
-via NBC News
Texas v California
-via ABC News <...
Just Trying to Eat Some Taco Bell
As preparations for Trump’s meeting with Ukraine begin, DC’s police state continues as does the Newsom/Trump feud). Plus - The Kennedy Center is a bummer now.
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
-via CNN, BBC, CBS News, and Washington Post
DC: 1984
-via CNN, AP News, The Guardian, Time, and Axios
Newson v Trump v Maps
-via The Hill
Kennedy Center Honors
-via CNN
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Resourcefulness for Bad
Trump faces legal backlash over his military deployment to LA, expands federal control in DC, Texas Republicans push gerrymandered maps as Paxton targets Beto, and Russia-linked hackers breach U.S. court records days before Trump meets with Putin to discuss Ukraine - without Ukraine.
LA v Trump Suit
-via CBS News, NBC News, and Cornell Law School
Trump’s DC Takeover
-via AP News, CNN, NY Times, and Washington Post
How About Them Cowboys?
-via Texas Tribune and Texas Tribune
You, Me, and Councilwoman Ruth Meowser Stanton
Mass shootings rock Chicago, Georgia, and Texas; a Pennsylvania steel plant explodes; Israel announces plans to occupy Gaza City amid rising death tolls; Trump takes control of DC police and sends in troops; and a SCOTUS challenge threatens same-sex marriage rights.
Mass Shootings
-via ABC News, ABC News, AP News, CNN, and NPR
Steel Plant Explosion
-via NY Times
Israel Takes Gaza
-via BBC, CNN, and NPR
Trump’s DC Takeover
-via AP News, CNN, NY...
Wash Your Hands, I Guess
Five soldiers were shot at Fort Stewart, RFK Jr. cut mRNA vaccine research, JD Vance hosted a strategy dinner on Epstein fallout, Trump threatened to federalize DC after a carjacking, and Texas Democrats faced a bomb threat while continuing to block GOP redistricting plans.
Fort Stewart
-via AP News
RFK Jr Ends mRNA Research Funding
-via Washington Post
JD Vance’s Strategy Session
-via ABC News
Trump v DC
-via CBS News
Bringing in the Illinois. Bringing in the Illi-Funk.
Austin Drummond was captured in Tennessee, Trump is eying military use for the Olympics and invited a sex offender to a kids’ event, the House subpoenaed DOJ for Epstein files, Texas map fights escalated, and NASA may put a nuclear reactor on the moon.
Update: Tennessee
-via CBS News
Los Angeles, the Angels We Are
-via NBC News, The New Republics, and The Daily Beast
Trump Invites Sex Offender to Kid’s Event
-via NY Magazine
Epstein Stuf...
We Love Comedy!
Two nationwide manhunts are underway for mass murder suspects in Montana and Tennessee, Pam Bondi ordered a baseless grand jury investigation into Obama over 2016 election conspiracy claims, and Texas Democrats are holding firm outside the state to block a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander.
Duel Manhunts
-via ABC News and NBC News
Bondi Directs Obama Investigation
-via CNN and PBS
Texas Democrats Hold Strong
-via Texas Tribune
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<...Not Only Is He a Bad Person, He Is Also a Bad President
Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give him a hickey, and religious persuasion at work is now encouraged.
Trump Tracking Health
-via AP News
TX Republicans Want to Further Gerrymander
-via NY Times
Trump Thinks a Little Religious Persuasion is Fine
-via The Hill
Epstein Updates
-via CNN and ABC News
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When’s That Brain Worm Writing a Memoir?
Trump wants to share your health data with Big Tech and told Texas to gerrymander harder. Ghislaine Maxwell wants immunity, RFK Jr. let a parasitic fish give him a hickey, and religious persuasion at work is now encouraged.
Trump Tracking Health
-via AP News
TX Republicans Want to Further Gerrymander
-via NY Times
Trump Thinks a Little Religious Persuasion is Fine
-via The Hill
Epstein Updates
-via CNN and ABC News
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Special Episode: Voting in America
A special episode about the latest attack on voting rights in America.
-via Democracy Docket, Arkansas Law, Heritage Foundation (but don’t go to them, they’re unethical), The Guardian, Elect Project
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Sometimes Soup Is Cold
A short episode (there’s a special episode about voting in the feed) with an update on Monday’s shooting in New York and the Russian earthquake that turned into a tsunami warning along the west coast.
Update: New York Shooting
-via CBS News and NY Times
Earthquake in Russia
-via AP News
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Just Buy Cheese
Three people are dead in a Reno casino shooting with another active shooter incident in Manhattan later that day. Trump downplays the starvation in Gaza starvation, shortens Russia’s ceasefire deadline, and distances himself from Epstein — again. Meanwhile, Ghislaine Maxwell has made appeal to SCOTUS and a judge blocked Trump’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood.
Reno Shooting
-via CNN
Trump Parts with Netanyahu
-via ABC News, Virginia.edu, and Cleveland Clinic
Russian Ceasefire Deadline
-via The Independent and The Times
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15%, Innit?
A Michigan man is charged with terrorism after a stabbing spree. Israel pauses fighting as Gaza starves. Trump touts a shaky EU trade deal—then calls for Beyoncé’s arrest.
Michigan Stabbing
-via BBC, 9and10News, and Twitter
Israel-Hamas
-via AP News
US Reaches Trade Deal with EU
-via Axios
Trump Wants to Prosecute Beyoncé
-via CNN
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I’m Trying to Create a Memory for People!
France recognizes Palestine as the US exits ceasefire talks, SCOTUS tees up two major voting rights cases that could gut the VRA, Trump visits the Fed, and of course - a cat crimewave in New Zealand.
France to Recognize Gaza
-via AP News, The Hill, and Axios
Trump v Powell
-via CNN
SCOTUS v VRA
-via AP News
Here’s This Cat
-via AP News
Pete Hegseth – For Fun
-via...
I’m the Cream of the Crop Baybee
The EPA moves to gut climate rules, Columbia pays Trump $221M, Harvard resists. Macron sues Candace Owens, courts block Trump’s birthright plan, and Epstein file chaos deepens. Plus: Pete Hegseth leaked war secrets in a group chat.
EPA Ends Climate Change Fight
-via NY Times
Abrego Garcia Update
-via NBC News
Macron Sues Owens
-via CBS News
Trump v Higher Education
-via CNN and NY Times
Birthrights and Wrongs
Good Job Mikey
As the Marines withdraw from Los Angeles, Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76, the U.S. Olympic Committee quietly bans trans women from competition, and the House delays a vote on the Epstein files while the DOJ prepares to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell.
LA Marines Withdraw
-via The Guardian
Ozzy Osbourne
-via Axios
Olympics Ban Trans Athletes
-via NY Times
Epstein
-via AP News, NPR, CBS News, and CNN
The Twice Impeached President of the United States Was Besties With a Pedophile
Global pressure mounts on Israel to end the war in Gaza, Breonna Taylor’s killer is sentenced to 33 months, actor Malcolm Jamal-Warner dies in a drowning accident, and Trump releases FBI files on MLK Jr. to distract from growing Epstein fallout.
Israel-Hamas
-via ABC News
Sentencing in Taylor Raid
-via NY Times
Malcom Jamal-Warner
-via NPR
FBI Files Released
-via AP News and CBS News
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Sounds Like You’re Busted, Dude
A devastating car crash in East Hollywood injures 30, Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians seeking aid, Colbert’s show gets the axe under suspicious timing, and Trump spirals further as new Epstein revelations emerge alongside threats, lawsuits, and late-night meltdowns.
Los Angeles Crowd Crash
-via CNN
Israel-Hamas
-via AP News
Colbert’s Colcancelled
-via Vox
Trump’s Meltdown Continues
-via The Guardian, AP News, AP News, CNN, NY Times, BBC, CNN, and NY Times
I Never Wrote a Picture in My Life
ICE gains access to Medicaid data in a chilling new agreement, the DOJ seeks only one day in prison for Breonna Taylor’s killer, Trump’s health raises fresh concerns, and disturbing new Epstein revelations include a letter signed by Trump.
ICE Gets Access to Medicaid
-via AP News, Journal of American Medical Association, and Georgetown
Breonna Taylor’s Killer
-via NY Times
Votes
-via NBC News and CBS News
Trump Diagnosis
-via BBC, Johns Hopkins...
Prove You Didn’t Do It
An earthquake in Alaska triggers a tsunami warning, Israel bombs Syria amid shifting alliances, Trump escalates Epstein cover-up accusations while firing key prosecutors.
Alaskan Earthquake
-via AP News
Assisted-Living Facility Fire
-via ABC News
Israel Bombs Syrian Capital
-via Axios and Washington Post
Epstein – Again. Still.
-via Politico, CNN, and AP News
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Big Fan of Oats
Fallout continues over the vanished Epstein files, Trump tells Texas to rig congressional maps, House Republicans block efforts to release client lists, and half of the National Guard troops finally exit Los Angeles.
Epstein Fallout Continues
-via CBS News, House.gov, The Guardian, Vox, BBC, and Axios
Trump Tells Texas to Redraw Lines
-via AP News
Update: Los Angeles
-via NY Times
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We Did It Boys!
Trump appeals a ruling limiting unconstitutional ICE raids, the Supreme Court lets him gut the Education Department, ceasefire talks stall in Israel-Gaza, Trump pledges weapons to Ukraine, and bizarrely claims ownership of a World Cup trophy.
Update: Los Angeles ICE Raids
-via CNN and NPR
Supreme Court v Education
-via AP News and CBS News
Update: Israel-Hamas War
-via NY Times
Russia and Ukraine
-via BBC
World Cup
-via...
Epstein? I Hardly Knowstein
A deadly shooting in Kentucky, catastrophic floods in Texas, ICE raids under legal fire, lawmakers uncover horrors at Alligator Alcatraz, and Trump allies scramble as the Epstein memo backfires.
Shooting in Kentucky
-via ABC News
Texas Floods
-via AP News, CNN, Texas Tribune, NY Times, and Texas Monthly
Deadly ICE Raids
-via NBC News, PBS, AP News, and CNN
Epstein List
-via BBC and Newsweek
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Special Episode: The Budget Bill
This is a special episode about the news that the budget bill has passed.
-via AP News
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Surprised to Be Surprised
Sean Combs is found guilty on lesser charges, Wisconsin protects abortion access, a judge blocks Trump’s asylum ban, and the administration racks up legal battles while its budget bill stalls in Congress. Plus - you’ll never believe what Trump is trying in Los Angeles now.
Sean Combs Verdict
-via AP News
Wisconsin Supreme Court Win
-via The Hill
Big Beautiful Bill Burnout
-via Axios
CA Firework Factory Explosion
-via NBC News
Let Them Fight (Or Kiss)
Trump announces a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as he visits a migrant detention center nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a judge blocks mass HHS layoffs, the Senate passes a brutal budget bill now headed to the House, and the jury deliberates in the Sean Combs case.
Israel/Hamas
-via AP News
Alligator Alcatraz
-via NPR
Federal Judge Blocks HHS Layoffs
-via CBS News
Big Beautiful Bill
-via Washington Post, The Hill, and NBC News
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Please Make a Call (202) 224-3121
This episode brings updates on Sunday’s firefighter shooting in Idaho, last month’s antisemitic attack in Boulder, and the Brian Kohberger case, plus a massive Medicaid fraud bust and a deep dive into Trump’s sweeping budget bill now facing the Senate.
Update: Idaho
-via AP News
Update: Boulder, Colorado
-via BBC
Update: Idaho (But a Different Part)
-via ABC News
DOJ Announces Health Care Fraud
-via NPR
One Big Dumb B...
I’m Worried About a Secret Third Thing
Breaking news of a shooting in Idaho leads the news before a breakdown of what the Supreme Court’s decision in the birthright citizenship case means (because it’s super confusing!)
Shooting in Idaho
-via AP News
Birthright Citizenship
-via AP News, Supreme Court, NY Times, Politico, The Guardian, and Texas Tribune
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Find the Difference Between a Kidnapping and an Arrest
The White House overshares intel while restricting Congress, Trump sues judges and mocks democracy, SCOTUS guts civil rights protections, and ICE accelerates its campaign of cruelty—from third-country deportations to outright kidnappings.
Iran’s Nuclear Program
-via ABC News and NBC News
Trump Sues Judges
-via Axios
SCOTUS v Planned Parenthood
-via CNN
RKF Jr v The Flu
-via The Guardian
Kilmar Abrego Garcia
-via CBS News
Little Buddy Veep Vance
Trump arrives at the NATO summit (but not before tweeting a music video about bombing Iran), ICE horrors escalate with cruel raids and medical neglect, and extreme heat adds to an already unbearable week.
NATO Summit
-via AP News and The Hill
Heat Wave
-via CBS News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia
-via CNN
ICE Raids
-via Miami Herald, Nashville Banner, Yahoo, and The Guardian
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He’s Not a Good President!
Trump fumbles a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, an impeachment effort crashes and burns, Russia escalates attacks in Ukraine, and ICE plans to expand detention with a new facility nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Israel/Iran
-via AP News, NY Times,
No Impeachment
-via Axios
Russia/Ukraine
-via BBC
ICE Arrests
-via CBS News
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