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Trump waives sanctions on Russia and says he's open to a three-way summit with Xi and Putin, Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down on a disgusting ad against Amy Acton, and a viral town hall clip puts a former Josh Hawley aide in the spotlight when he tries to bait Abdul El-Sayed. This week on Look Forward, we break down the stories you need to know.

Our big topic is Trump's Russia policy. A week after a diesel sanctions waiver, Trump issued an executive order waiving key tariffs and sanctions under the new Graham Russia sanctions law. Trump also said...

The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration history weeks before Election Day, the White House's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia admits she never passed the bar, and a Republican ad buyer sent Susan Collins' campaign money to the wrong Portland. This week on Look Forward, we break down the stories you need to know.

Our big topic is the federal probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar. Agents searched her Washington home Monday and seized her phone, and the DOJ issued about a dozen grand jury subpoenas, mostly to relatives, in an investigation reportedly focused on whether her...

This week on Look Forward, the Pentagon confirms Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the military's Dec. 3 capital punishment of Nidal Hasan; Tina Peters' attorney describes a midterm election plan after her reported White House meeting; the New York Fed finds tariffs added 2.9 points to inflation across 67 categories of consumer goods; Susan Collins and Troy Jackson trade shots in Maine's Senate debates; a Wall Street Journal report that Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle asked a GOP donor to wire $100,000 to her American Express account before her confirmation hearing, which she disputes; an Arizona Democratic House candidate comes forward about an attack while repairing...

Look Forward opens with Senator Eric Schmitt's attempt to catch former special counsel Jack Smith in a perjury trap, which fell apart in real time when Schmitt mixed up the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes. We break down the collapse and why his "I'm just asking questions" follow-up made it worse.

Ken Paxton is heard on a recording published by the New York Times telling donors that Trump's midterm convention hurt Republicans. His campaign calls the recording "manipulated nonsense." James Talarico leads in most recent independent polls. ProPublica reports an FBI probe into donations tied to Susan...

Look Forward breaks down AI companies actively pushing for federal regulation and Trump dismissing the entire need as a "hoax," even though the real story is far more complicated than either side is letting on. Rep. Thomas Massie pulls off a genuinely clever procedural move forcing a vote to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Speaker Mike Johnson responds exactly as predicted.

Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate in what can only be described as a pathetic, diminished appearance, raising real questions about his ability to continue to serve. Things get bizarre during a Kash Patel Capitol Hill visit...

Trump is once again telling a fake 9/11 story with no evidence behind it, this time claiming two firefighters carried him to safety near Ground Zero after hearing a nearby building creak. He wasn't at the World Trade Center on September 11th and has told wildly different, ever-changing versions of his "hero" story for over two decades, with no witnesses ever corroborating any of it. We break down the fabrication, line by line.

Meanwhile, Zohran Mamdani is the one facing backlash; not for lying, but for exposing the truth. Republicans are accusing him of using a 9/11 air quality report...

Look Forward covers the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos, a rare ICE action even critics of the agency find themselves agreeing with. A federal judge ruled that AI-generated child sexual abuse material is protected under the First Amendment, a genuinely alarming decision we break down in full. New reporting suggests Trump is secretly planning to extend the Iran war timeline specifically to influence November's midterms and somehow, the administration is already positioning this as something that will end up being blamed on Democrats. Meanwhile, 33 Democrats joined with Republicans to push through a bill in the House to smash down free speech...

Look Forward breaks down Trump escalating his trade war with Canada by signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America;" a genuinely bizarre 400 year old naming dispute born entirely out of tariff spite. Meanwhile, Trump's beef import plan is already causing real problems: 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef just got recalled in Texas and Florida, raising real questions about the plan's quality controls even as ranchers and consumers alike push back.

Hakeem Jeffries met privately with Jared Kushner weeks before midterms that could make him Speaker of the House, a decision that's drawing serious criticism from the...

Look Forward breaks down Trump threatening Oman over the Strait of Hormuz, having backed himself into a corner with no diplomatic exit. Trump's tabloid style "not-mistress" saga gets a new chapter as his rumored companion lands in the spotlight thanks to John Ossoff. Meanwhile, the administration quietly signals a scale-back of joint military exercises with South Korea, raising fears of history repeating itself in the region. Republicans, once skeptical of data centers, suddenly need voters to love them ahead of the midterms; we break down the political reversal and why this is a horrible move for them and a great...

Look Forward breaks down Abdul El-Sayed's hugely contentious primary win in Michigan's Democratic Senate race, a victory for the progressive wing that raises the question of whether centrist Democrats will actually rally behind him or quietly work against their own nominee. Trump is furious at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth aka "Whiskey Pete" over a missile shortage exposed by the ongoing Iran war, with the military burning through stockpiles faster than they can be replaced.

In a stunning diplomatic snub, Iran and Oman are negotiating the future of the Strait of Hormuz entirely without US involvement  after Trump spent m...

This week on Look Forward, we cover Graham Platner finally withdrawing from Maine's Senate race following a sexual assault allegation and Trump, of all people, is questioning the credibility of the woman making the accusation. Mitch McConnell has not cast a Senate vote since June 11th and has been hospitalized for over three weeks with almost no details released. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear formally demanded a health update, revealing conflicting accounts about whether McConnell suffered cardiac arrest. With Republicans holding a razor-thin 53-47 majority, his absence carries real consequences.

The Iran war ceasefire has collapsed again. Russia may...

This week on Look Forward we break down the political earthquake in New York; all three Mamdani-backed DSA candidates swept their congressional primaries, unseating establishment Democrats Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman. Attendees at Claire Valdez's victory party chanted "You're next" as Hakeem Jeffries appeared on screen. House Democrats are now in open panic over whether the socialist wing is taking over the party, while Mamdani declared "this was not the end of a political movement, it was the beginning." We also cover DSA member Melat Kiros' win in Colorado and her reason for unseating a long standing progressive Democrat.
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Look Forward breaks down the Iran deal in detail:  the 14-point MOU signed June 18th that ends three months of war, reopens the Strait of Hormuz, and begins a 60-day countdown to a final nuclear agreement. Iran commits not to acquire nuclear weapons, halts enrichment, invites IAEA inspectors back, and the US immediately lifts oil export sanctions. What's NOT in it: ballistic missiles, proxy networks, final enrichment status, and critically Israel was shut out of negotiations entirely. This is a perfect storm of poor negotiation work and sheer incompetence which is why the right and left are pushing back hard o...

Look Forward breaks down the Big Lie 2.0 arriving right on schedule. Trump is claiming California's June 3rd primary was stolen — no evidence, same playbook — after Trump-endorsed reality TV star Spencer Pratt lost the LA mayoral race to progressive Nithya Raman once mail ballots finished counting. The House of Representatives majority sitting at a razor-thin 218-213, Trump is pre-seeding election fraud claims before November.

Trump goes on video saying "I love inflation." Al Jazeera debunks his claim that the US secretly smuggled 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran war is back on and Trump anno...

Look Forward breaks down the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization slush fund collapsing in spectacular fashion. Ted Cruz said GOP senators literally "screamed" at Acting AG Todd Blanche in one of "the roughest meetings" of his Senate career. The fund is officially dead per Blanche, but Trump called it "a beautiful thing" and refused to commit to permanently scrapping it. Dead but not buried.

The House passes a war powers resolution 215-208 in which four Republicans (Barrett, Davidson, Fitzpatrick, Massie) finally joining Democrats to push back on Trump's three-month unauthorized Iran war. Thirteen US service members dead, $25 billion spent, $5 gas and...

Look Forward breaks down the Texas Senate race turning ugly fast: Ken Paxton's first general election ad calls Democrat James Talarico "too Low-T for Texas," Stephen Miller falsely called the straight, cisgender Talarico Democrats' "first transgender senate candidate." GOP nicknames include "Tofu Talarico," "Six Gender Jimmy," and "Tala-freako." Talarico raised $600,000 in the two hours after Paxton clinched the nomination.

The Iran war may be nearing its end, NYTimes reports the deal is 95% complete with the final 5% oddly being the entirety of the reason the conflict is continuing. But Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is threatening Oman, raising fears...

This week Look Forward exposes what may be the biggest presidential scandal in American history: the DOJ is creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate Trump allies who claim they were "targeted" by investigations. Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol on January 6 are suing to block the fund from being established. The scandal is so egregious that some Republicans are reportedly furious enough to abandon support. Plus: new WSJ reporting on Trump's suspicious stock trades.

Trump endorses Ken Paxton for Texas Senate, proving it's still his party no matter how many Republicans wish it wasn't. Colorado Democrats censure...

Look Forward breaks down Virginia's Supreme Court rejecting the voter-approved redistricting map in a major blow to anti-gerrymandering efforts. Inflation is skyrocketing: April 2026 data shows prices surging as Trump's Iran war continues to devastate the economy. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani passes his first major test, balancing the city budget without major cuts in his first months in office.

The Trump administration threatens to withhold Medicaid funds from ALL states over so called compliance disputes. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves announces plans to gerrymander the state's congressional map AFTER the midterms to eliminate the majority-Black district. RFK Jr.'s HHS...

Look Forward exposes how Southern Republicans are systematically destroying Black voting rights because the Confederacy never died, it just rebranded as the modern GOP. We break down the ongoing assault on Black political representation nationwide, especially in former Confederate states. Gas prices are up 50% on average since Trump launched his illegal Iran war, devastating American families while the conflict drags on. CIA intelligence suggests the "excursion" is going exactly as poorly as predicted.

Chief Justice John Roberts is reportedly sad that being a corrupt hack will define his lasting legacy on the Supreme Court. Rudy Giuliani, even on...

Look Forward breaks down the third apparent Trump assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner—and why conspiracy theories immediately flooded social media questioning if it was staged. Cole Tomas Allen stormed the Washington Hilton with guns and knives, but his defense argues the DOJ case is "built entirely upon speculation." Trump is using the incident to push his controversial White House ballroom project while blaming Jimmy Kimmel for "inciting violence."

The Supreme Court chips away at the Voting Rights Act AGAIN in Louisiana v. Callais, green-lighting extreme gerrymandering. AOC calls for blue states to fight back ha...

Look Forward breaks down Virginia voters' narrow victory approving a Democratic redistricting map despite a Republican judge's attempts to block it, which is a major counter to Trump's national GOP gerrymandering push for more House seats. House Oversight Committee Republicans are reportedly split on pardoning convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for Epstein testimony, with Chairman James Comer admitting "a lot of people" support the deal. Donald Trump's approval ratings are cratering fast, hitting historic lows as his Iran war drags on, and the American economy gets worse because of it.

Another Trump cabinet member is...

Look Forward breaks down the week Trump posted an AI image of himself as Jesus then claimed "I'm a doctor, and the news is fake," escalated his unprecedented feud with Pope Leo XIV by calling him "WEAK on Crime," and slashed Catholic Charities funding in apparent retaliation. Plus: Viktor Orban loses Hungary's election despite JD Vance flying to Budapest to campaign for him days before the vote, while Trump secretly conducts performance reviews of his VP and shops for 2028 replacements.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reads a prayer at a Pentagon worship service that turns out to be the...

The Iran ceasefire collapses with catastrophic economic consequences as fertilizer prices surge 35% and oil hits $112/barrel, threatening global food security. Vice President JD Vance travels to Hungary to openly interfere in their election just days before voting, campaigning for authoritarian Viktor Orbán while accusing the EU of election meddling. In an unprecedented rift, Pentagon officials allegedly threatened the Vatican and Pope Leo XIV, demanding the Catholic Church "take America's side" while invoking medieval papal subjugation. The Supreme Court appears poised to reject Trump's birthright citizenship order after oral arguments where even conservative justices expressed deep skepticism. Trump even walked o...

The Iran war is escalating. The US is targeting Kharg Island, which is Iran's oil export hub, and it could backfire catastrophically. Oil prices are spiking. Global energy markets are in chaos. This is Trump's dumbest war getting dumber.

Plus: Joe Kent, a former Trump administration intelligence official, just resigned over the legitimacy of the Iran war. This is not a small deal—it's a sign of major internal fractures inside the MAGA movement that will likely resonate into the presidential race in 2028. Markwayne Mullin advanced out of committee for DHS Secretary (John Fetterman voted yes—because of cour...

The Iran war is somehow both ending and just beginning. Trump wants out, but there's no clean exit. The US bombed an elementary school in Tehran. Iran has a new Ayatollah who's likely worse than the old one. Israel bombed Iranian oil facilities—and the US is reportedly furious. Meanwhile, Trump celebrates rising oil prices ("we make a lot of money"), and American Jews are caught in the crossfire with synagogue attacks at home.

Plus: Jim Clyburn is 85 years old and running for his 18th term in Congress (GO HOME, JIM). The Senate will vote on Trump's doomed SA...

Trump launched a war with Iran because Israel wanted him to. Republicans won't even call it a war. Trump keeps calling it a war. An Iranian girls' elementary school was massacred during the opening U.S. strike. Oil prices are spiking. And for the first time in polling history, more Americans sympathize with Palestinians than Israelis. This is the dumbest war in US history.

Meanwhile: The House Oversight Committee just subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi over the disappearing Epstein files. Kristi Noem gets fired from Homeland Security for the most Trumpian reason imaginable. And the chaos continues.
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This week on Look Forward, we break down Trump's record-breaking State of the Union disaster, White House manipulation of prediction markets, and the ongoing Epstein investigation chaos.

Trump's State of the Union Fiction:
Trump delivered the longest SOTU in modern history—1 hour and 48 minutes of detachment from reality. He ignored the economic pain Americans are feeling, lied about job creation (2025 was the worst year since 2003), claimed $18 trillion in investments that doesn't exist, and boasted about stock markets that aren't predictive or telling off the actual economy felt by the average American. We fact-check his most eg...

The Supreme Court kills Trump's tariffs — so he made new ones. The SAVE America Act passes the House and takes direct aim at your right to vote. Prince Andrew is arrested in the Epstein saga while the DOJ tries to look away. Social Security Administration is now feeding ICE appointment data. Ring wants to surveil more than just your dogs, with new information coming out post their disastrous Super Bowl ad. South Korea sentences its former president to life for insurrection. RFK Jr. made a weird video with ole Kid (Rock) Budweiser. It's another week in America. We are sadly her...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the Super Bowl halftime show fight between normies watching Bad Bunny and Turning Point USA desperate safe space extravaganza, Pam Bondi's now infamous complete meltdown in front of the House judiciary committee over the Epstein files, more revelation as some Congressional members see more unredacted files, Amazon tries to just introduce mass surveillance to the general public, Trump/Vance administration working overtime to make sure emission standards don't exist, new bridge between Michigan and Canada is now on Trump's radar because a billionaire got sad, Border Patrol given access to...

This week on Look Forward, the hosts return to discuss the new drop of Epstein files (~3 million) from the DOJ, the Clintons want to testify publicly on Epstein implications, Democrat wins stunning victory in ruby red Texas State Senate race, Trump openly pushes for nationalizing elections (unconstitutional, for the record), Steve Bannon says ICE will be at every polling location for the midterms, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested for doing their jobs, Tulsi Gabbard looking into Puerto Rico voting machines, Supreme Court greenlights California's voting map, Virginia joins in on the gerrymandering fight, Melania's crap movie fails because of...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the death of Alex Pretti at the hands of ICE agents, the response from the country and the GOP specifically, Ilhan Omar attacked at her townhall meeting in Minnesota, FBI's raid of a Georgia election facility, some interesting Minnesota special election results, why our trade deficit went up massively, Trump/Vance administration members working to break up Canada behind the scenes, Trump sues his IRS for $10 billion dollars, and much more.

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This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss another episode of "TACO" this time it's Greenland edition, Europe pushes back strong against Trump, speeches at Davos, ICE thinks it can violate the 4th amendment, judge will not allow feds to go after Don Lemon, US House approves $30 million for increased SCOTUS security, Jack Smith testifies publicly to the House, pension funds start to dump US treasurys, DOGE access social security data to help overturn elections, Trump pushes further on his Board of Peace aka his evil UN alternative.
 
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This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the new aggressive behavior from Trump on Greenland, even the GOP is not onboard, DOJ opens up an investigation in Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Dems push hard for impeaching Kristi Noem, Bari Weiss' tenure at CBS is already a disaster, new Trump/Vance administration threats against Iran, Trump starts "joking" about not having midterm elections, EPA new rules are somehow pro-pollution, autoworker flips off Trump and calls him a "pedo protector," and much more.

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This week on Look Forward, the guys return for the first show of 2026 with a doozy. This week's discussion topics are on the shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis at the hands of ICE, the continued back and forth in Venezuela after Maduro was kidnapped from the country, calls from the Trump/Vance White House to now attack Mexican cartels in the coming days/weeks, potential action on Greenland, the freezing of $10 billion in childcare to Democratic-led states, Grok is busted creating child porn and Elon Musk refuses to fix it, ACA extensions are now passed in the House via...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the response to the death of Rob Reiner, Vanity Fair's interview with Susie Wiles, Mike Johnson lets ACA subsidies die on the vine, Trump labels fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction," unemployment spikes to 4 year high, Dan Bongino is leaving the FBI, Trump admits money is why he would run for a 3rd term, Tiktok buyout is now complete...who cares, the Hunger Games(?), and much more!

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This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the looming healthcare insurance cost price hikes and what approaches both parties are putting forward in Congress, GOP led Indiana Senate rejects Trump's push for off year redistricting, U.S. captures Venezuelan oil tanker, Jasmine Crockett is now running for Senator in Texas, a grand jury for the second time rejects indicting Letitia James on mortgage fraud, Trump administration wants social media history from foreign visitors, the brutal battle over fonts has begun, and much more!

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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...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the monumental Epstein vote in the House and Senate, the Trump administration's grand plan on Epstein isn't as locked in as some many thought it might be, Pam Bondi telegraphs what the administration is likely to do to slowdown the Epstein files from being released, Trump threatens Democrats with executions for daring to remind the military not to follow illegal orders, federal judges strike down Texas redistricting map, Coast Guard is cool with swastikas now?, Trump removed tariffs on beef, coffee, and fruits, White House is botching the show trial...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the 8 Senate Democrats that caved to end the government shutdown, House resumes and immediately have a discharge vote on releasing the Epstein files, we discuss the political ramifications of the files release as well as what the pressure campaign from the White House looks like for Republicans, Megyn Kelly does her best R. Kelly impression when trying to start a talking point about Jeffrey Epstein, DOJ sues California over redistricting, October's jobs report isn't happening and we may never get another one, HHS does one good thing followed up with...

This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the November special elections, how Democrats swept the board, Zohran Mamdani's meteoric rise and victory in New York, Virginia and New Jersey governors races captured by Dems, Dems create a super majority in Northern Virginia, California passes Prop 50, GOP works to downplay Tuesday's elections, former VP and local Darth Vader enthusiast Dick Cheney died, government shutdown continues with Trump now pushing to eliminate the filibuster to get the government reopened, FAA cutting flights at 40 major airports because of shutdown, US layoffs reach 20 year high, Nancy Pelosi announces her long awaited...