The Trump Scorecard
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The Trump Scorecard
A weekly podcast documenting the very worst the Donald Trump presidency has to offer.
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Week 45: Let's Wrap This Up
The Trump Scorecard is going on hiatus, but first I talk about the things that make Trump so uniquely terrible: the racism, the lies, the corruption,...
Week 42: Red State Blues
Trump suffers his biggest loss at the ballot box since he lost the election by 3 million votes, the administration tells the truth (I swear!) about cl...
Week 41: Crimea River
Robert Mueller (finally!) starts to hand down some indictments, John Kelly is pretty racist, Scott Pruitt hates science, and Rick Perry is extremely n...
Week 40: And Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Trump
Donald Trump shapes reality to suit his needs, calls a Gold Star widow a liar, does Russia's bidding, gives banks a boost, and destroys the life of a...
Week 39: My Condolences
Trump manages to turn a simple phone call into a week-long scandal, immigrants are kept out of the military and out of abortion clinics, and learn how...
Week 38: The National Dolt
Trump fails a basic test on how the economy works, and we're all looking forward to him failing an IQ test too. He threatens to pull out of Puerto Ric...
Week 37: Can We Abort This Presidency After the 37th Week?
President Trump genuinely embarrasses himself in Puerto Rico, attacks LGBT rights on multiple fronts, and ruins Rex Tillerson's week. I talk to Dr. Le...
Week 36: Take a Knee(dy President, Please)
President Trump certainly has his priorities straight. Despite the disaster in Puerto Rico, scandals in his cabinet, and a new Muslim ban, he focuses...
Week 35: Me!Me!
It's time to recommit to the notion that This Is Not Normal, but Trump makes it easy. He posts memes, hires the worst lawyers, and threatens to destro...
Week 34: Amicus Boxers or Briefs
Trump maybe possibly reverses himself on DACA, Michael Flynn -- both of them -- are in hot water, a cartoon villain doesn't get what he wished for, an...
Week 33: Hopelessly DeVosted to You
Donald Trump only sees happiness in a hurricane shelter, puts the fox in charge of the coal mine, and drains the swamp into his pockets. I talk to Nit...
Week 32: UnDACAmented
Trump's behavior in the wake of his first major national disaster is bizarre, and we come back to Russia. I talk to undocumented advocate Juan Escalan...
Week 31: An Environment of Fear
President Trump soaks the Secret Service, declares his nonstrategy for Afghanistan, and gives your environment away to the highest corporate bidder.
Week 30: Charlottesville
Trump manages to hit a new nadir as he sides with white supremacists after their protests, violence, and even murder in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr....
Week 29: The Fallout From Trump's Vacation
President Trump and I are both on vacation, so it's a truncated version of The Trump Scorecard this week. But I couldn't skip the last episode before...
Week 28: Reverse Affirmative Action
Jeff Sessions targets black people who have the audacity to want to go to college. The administration targets immigrants. Lara Trump targets fake news...
Week 27: No Bohemian Rhapsody Jokes
The back-biting in the White House reaches new levels with an exciting new character, Trump says some incredibly dumb stuff, Trumpcare dies (for now),...
Week 26: A Constitutional Crisis of Conscience
Will Trump fire Mueller? Pardon himself? Fire himself and pardon Mueller? Is Trumpcare dead? How about sex ed? Find out as Trump makes it halfway thro...
Week 25: A Chip Off the Old Blockhead
Donald Trump Jr. releases evidence of collusion with Russia for some reason, while Trump Sr.’s lawyer calls a random Internet stranger a piece of shit...
Week 24: This Land Is Poland, It Is Not Your Land
The head of the Office of Government Ethics resigns because … well, wouldn’t you? And on the cusp of his meeting with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump con...
Week 23: A Qatar-ing Remark
Trump is a sexist jackass on Twitter (again), doesn’t have any idea what’s going on with health care (again), and makes enormous mistakes in the Middl...
Week 22: Due North Korea
Ever wonder what Donald Trump’s worst tweet is? Find out! Trump holds his first 2020 fundraiser — and pockets some of the cash. And the Senate GOP joi...
Week 21: Trump Should Mueller Things Over
A horrific shooting targeting Republican congressman leads to a great conversation on gun control (on the podcast, anyway), and we finally learn Trump...
Week 20: Liar Liar Presidential Pants on Fire
James Comey goes to the U.S. Senate to call the president a liar, and I take to the podcast to call on Donald Trump to resign. Plus, discover what Eri...
Week 19: I Love Paris in the Permanent Summer
While you were paying attention to President Trump destroying the planet, he was also taking away your civil rights and your birth control. Plus, Jare...
Week 18: He Won't Budget
Trump releases his first big boy budget and goes on his first big boy foreign trip. Which is more of a disaster? That’s for you to decide. Also, the R...
Week 17: I'm Pretty Sure This Week Didn't Happen
Every day this week brought a new earth-shattering revelation, but each story was part of a larger picture. I break down the Russia/FBI/Flynn crazines...
Week 16: Don't Comey Round Here No More
The president of the United States fired the FBI director to obstruct a federal investigation into possible collusion with a foreign power to fix an e...
Week 15: The Immoral Majority
Republicans pass a Trumpcare bill that could take health care away from millions of Americans, and we hear a few of their heartbreaking stories. Trump...
Week 14: 100 Days of So Dumb
We're just about at the 100-day mark, and historian Alexis Coe helps me put this landmark into perspective. (He's not doing very well.) Trump continue...
Week 13: Ethics, Schmethics
It's a vacation-shortened episode of The Trump Scorecard, and for once I'm the one going on vacation, not the president. But let's take a quick dive i...
Week 12: The Most Beautiful Slice of Fear
It's OK to be afraid when a giant orange toddler is in charge of your nuclear arsenal, especially when he seems more focused on cake than on diplomacy...
Week 11: This Is Super Syrious
Donald Trump launched an attack on an air base in Syria, and we hear from Win Without War's Stephen Miles on the horror that could be coming our way....
Week 10: Dinner for One
Mike Pence dines alone, Devin Nunes is caught in a lie, Rex Tillerson says "nah we're good" on human rights violations, and I do my first ever listene...
Week 9: Time to Get Your Hearings Checked
The news just kept coming in Trump's ninth week. Russia! Health care! And because we're talking about Donald Trump: inappropriate sexual comments! I t...
Week 8: The Meals on Wheels Come Off
Was this the worst week yet for the Trump presidency? Health care is off the rails. His Muslim ban gets blocked. His budget is evil. And he gets into...
Week 7: To Your Health... Insurance Going Away
In week seven of the Donald Trump presidency, the Republicans finally introduced their health care bill, and it's as bad as you'd expect. I get all th...
Episode 6: Has Sessions Resigned Yet? How About Now?
Trump's sixth week as president started and ended the same way: mired in scandal about his campaign's Russia connections. I speak to Rep. Dwight Evans...
Episode 5: On the Phone With Alex Jones
We've passed the one-month mark under Donald Trump, and somehow we've survived. This week I take a look at his terrifying relationship with Alex Jones...
Episode 4: Out Like Flynn
In the fourth episode of The Trump Scorecard, Trump faces his first big resignation and his first Cabinet nominee withdrawal and holds the craziest pr...