Just Buy Less Coffee, Answering the Deeper Questions of American Politics

Troy and Cathy break down the United States rapidly devolving into an apartheid state, guilty of crimes against humanity, as America's gestapo, the Department of Homeland Security, considers participating in a reality tv game show where undocumented migrants are thrown into the Hunger Games– competing in challenges in order to get the right to stay in the country. Meanwhile, a black nurse in Georgia dies pregnant and past the abortion cut off–  so the state mandates her body be kept functioning with machines to incubate the non-viable fetus, in an episode of the Handmaid's Tale come to horrifying reality.And wealthy white South Africans are fast tracked for refugee status in the United States by Donald Trump and Elon Musk because of their racist fears of living in a majority black nation, while actual refugees facing actual genocide in Sudan, Congo, and Afghanistan are left to rot by Trump who banned them from entering the country.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...This episode was recorded hours before news broke of President Biden's cancer diagnosis. Our hearts and prayers go out to Joe, Jill, his children and grandchildren. For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy break down the new American Pope, Leo XIV, after Troy called it in the last episode. Was this an absolutely stellar political move on the part of the Cardinals to put an American in power on the global stage to counter Donald Trump? A pro-immigration, pro-social justice Pope that can stand up to Trump and continue to exert moral American leadership on the world stage? We are here for it.We discuss the symbolism and spirituality, and the politics, of the Catholic church stepping up as a force for good in a rapidly devolving world.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy break down the death of Pope Francis, a man of the people who brought progressive reform to the Catholic Church on issues of homosexuality and economic justice, following a decade of right-wing rule from his predecessor Pope Benedict who resigned in the middle of the church sex abuse scandal.We discuss who the next Pope may be, and hope for a Cardinal from the Phillipines who would be the first Asian pope and could continue the legacy of Francis. Or will the church shift back to the right with a euro-centric traditional Italian leader.Meanwhile, Trump embarrassed the U.S. at the Pope's funeral while enacting draconian policies at home.A judge is arrested trying to protect a migrant from ICE who was in her court to be tried for a misdemeanor. The Trump administration is moving the needle on dismantling the independence of the judiciary, and it will only be a matter of time before federal judges are arrested simply for blocking Trump's dictatorial orders.Meanwhile, Elon leaves DOGE to return to Tesla and finds it a complete dumpster fire as profits tank 71% in the first quarter of 2025. He has some explaining to do to the Tesla board. Could not have happened to a nicer guy.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Subcribe to the show here for more exclusive content.

Cathy and Troy break down the passage of the SAVE Act in the U.S. House, a bill designed to disenfranchise millions of legal voters by requiring proof of citizenship presented in person to register to vote in federal elections. The biggest targets of the bill are Americans overseas, including the military, who can't get back to register in person, and married women or any individual who has changed their name legally, since names that don't match a birth certificate may not be eligible to vote. Meanwhile, Cathy deep dives the state of the economy by looking at the falling dollar and rising treasury yields, which is a fancy way of saying no one wants to invest in the U.S. anymore after Trump's disastrous tariff policy and market collapse. What does this mean for the future? A world where the dollar is no longer the standard currency, nations make economic deals with China and no longer partner with the U.S., and potential collapse of the U.S. economy finally due to unsecured debt. Awesome. Now what emerges from the rubble when all this over? All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Support Cathy's break from teaching to fight back without getting fired here.Support our show by becoming a Patreon subscriber here.

Cathy and Troy break down a disastrous week for the U.S. economy after Trump's Liberation Day unveiling of tariffs on the entire world. The U.S. has declared economic warfare, and countries are responding in kind. In response, the markets are in free fall. This is not a normal stock correction; investors are terrified of the instability of Trump and the looming recession. Stock futures reveal that more drops may be coming as the American economy teeters on a 1929 styled cliff, completely created by Donald Trump, as the seeds of MAGA fascist chaos bloom into full on class warfare of billionaires on workers. Retirement accounts are being wiped out and companies are preparing to lay off workers as Trump is unapologetic.Meanwhile, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate floor speech; raging for 25 hours against the corruption, incompetence, and cruelty of the Trump administration, breaking the previous record set by racist senator Strom Thurmond who filibustered the Civil Rights act of 1957.Performative? Or inspirational and effective? Booker's speech is the first major act of a Democrat fighting back against Trump in Congress while in the minority.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy interviews Bloomberg Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards about the coming, completely avoidable, recession. In no universe should the U.S. go from under 4% unemployment to staring down a recession in less than 100 days.Kathryn describes how Donald Trump manufactured a recession through tariffs, and explains how useless massive tax cuts over the last 20 years have given us nothing but a broken society, national debt that's trending in the wrong direction, and non-solutions to market death with almost nothing in return for the vast majority of Americans. And their next target is Social Security and Medicare. Republicans are setting the stage to gut thew most popular and successful government program in history, all for yet another useless tax cut for the rich.In spite of this, Kathryn preaches optimism, saying the only victory for Trump and Elon Musk is for people to give up on a better future. This is why Trump is such a fan of prefacing his horrible policies by saying, "what do you have to lose?" He knows so many people have lost faith that things can get better. But nothing they are instituting cannot be undone, we just have to finally agree to fix our problems. We are three bills away from a thriving society.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Check out Kathryn's new podcast, Optimist Economy, here.

Cathy and Troy break down the horrifying prospect of Donald Trump using U.S. troops to expel Palestinians from Gaza in order to make way for hotels. He hinted at it on the campaign trail. Could Trump Tower Gaza be coming? And with it WW3 and armageddon, as a battle of literally Biblical proportions would be in store with every Muslim nation on earth arming up to expel the Americans from the holy land?Trump signals the rule of law is dead with a Napoleon quote just in time for talks with Russia, as JD Vance humiliates himself and the United States with a god awful speech to European leaders at Munich.And Europe holds an emergency meeting to discuss what to do about a belligerent Trump administration allied with Russia (which even Russia doesn't want) after Trump refuses to allow any European delegation to the Ukraine peace talks. Zelensky makes it clear he won't recognize the results and instead calls for the creation of an Army of Europe.And we debunk some of the more ridiculous claims made by the bootlickers following along as DOGE tears apart the U.S. government to benefit Elon. What does Elon have on Donald Trump?All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, please subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy react to the stunning developments in D.C. as an unknown cadre of Elon Musk cronies sieze control of the U.S. Treasury, take over payment servers controlling trillions of dollars of U.S. assets, and shut down global aid fund USAID. This is a coup of the richest man on earth being given permission to infiltrate and corrupt the United States government at will.Trump's tariff wars kick off in earnest as Canada hardens the border and looks to Europe for their future, having seen enough of what it means to partner with the United States. At the last minute Trump delays tariffs with Mexico, demonstrating what it means to rule by chaos.And after firing the FAA director and trimming down air traffic control even beyond critically low levels, planes are starting to fall out of the sky. American society has begun to crumble. Where will all this lead.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, please subscribe here.

The Trump presidency is officially here and less than one week in we are already seeing the exact effects that were forecast of a fascist government coming home to the United States. Immigrant communities brace for the effects of Trump's ice raids that are also sweeping up American citizens, making the U.S. a "show me your papers" society. But are the mass deportations a distraction for the next move? Private concentration work camps for people that can't be deported? Trade wars begin in earnest with other nations, as Trump's America even makes Russia look like a sensible alternative.Meanwhile the world's richest man and Trump's co-president Elon Musk stirs up controversy by throwing up a nazi salute. But it's not an isolated incident, as Musk is actively campaigning for the AfD in Germany, the ideological descendent of the nazi party. Know your rights and protect yourselves.Get your official state department issued passport today here. If you want to leave the country, research nations with digital nomad visas here.If you want to move your pets out of the country, here is one company that can help you.

Cathy and Troy debunk the firestorm of lies surrounding the horrendous and heartbreaking wildfires in Los Angeles. Never missing an opportunity to spread division, Donald Trump and his army of miserable right-wing influencers push dangerous lies disparaging public officials, including fire fighters, and mock the suffering of Californians. Shame on them.To support families impacted by the fires in Los Angeles, please go here.Political personalities on full display at Jimmy Carter's funeral, with all former presidents and first ladies, along with Kamala and Dougie, forced to endure the stinky presence of Donald and Melania Trump. Its amazing that he actually showed up. Obama gets heat for sharing a moment of brevity with the soon to be 47th. While George W. Bush, Kamala, and Karen Pence blot out the sun with the amount of shade.And TikTok prepares to shut off the lights in the United States, barring a last minute save from SCOTUS, Biden, or even Trump. Tune in to see where you can find us after the clock app falls. We hope you had the time of your lives...All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, please consider subscribing here.

Cathy and Troy remember the legacy of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, who is often tarnished by Republicans because he was defeated by Ronald Reagan, but it was Carter who restored dignity to the White House and attempted to re-build an America based on compassion, civil rights, and public service, while Reagan built a United States of rampant consumerism, greed, corruption, and the destruction of the middle class.CEO avenger Luigi Mangioni heads to trial with a high powered Manhattan Attorney and pleads not guilty. Will he be acquitted? Whatever you think of his methods, Luigi has ushered in a new era of class consiousness and dread for CEO's who have delared war on working people for decades.And Donald Trump threatens imperial expansion into Greenland, Panama, Canada and Mexico while the U.S. media sane washes his plans as akin to the Loiusiana Purchase. Are we heading into WW3 at the hands of the man whose supporters said was the only one who could bring world peace? Cathy and Troy break down real world war of 5 (6? 7?) kings, with a potential alliance brewing between the U.S. and Putin's Russia, against Europe, Asia and Latin America tying their fortunes to China.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy discuss the stunning events in Syria over the weekend, with the brutal Assad regime falling after 13 years of civil war, and the Syrian people finally liberated in a sequence of events tied to other geopolitical earthquakes, like a challenge to the pro-Russia government in Georgia, and a military coup put down in South Korea.People all over the world are fighting back against authoritarianism. Will that come home to the U.S.?And a faceless John Doe becomes an unexpected celebrity after gunning down the CEO of a health insurance company famous for denying needed healthcare access to its customers. Is it right to celebrate the death of really bad people? Is this the tipping point for French Revolution 2.0, as billionaire oligarchs prepare to take over the U.S. government, and a whole generation raised on gun violence and active shooter drills prepares to push back in the exact way society taught them how to.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Read Cathy's blog "Confessions of a Florida Teacher" here.For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy hammers home the realities that we all must face as children of the United States of America following the election of Donald Trump, and especially those of us in the millennial generation whose lives continue to be defined by the events of September 2001.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

Cathy and Troy react to the news that Donald Trump, convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and noted fraud and probable traitor, will once again be President of the United States. The reason? An uneducated electorate finally swallowed our democracy.And his first acts as president-elect are a nightmare. A Russian spy for Director of National Intelligence? Sure. A pedophilic sex trafficker to head the Justice Department? Why not. An anti-vaxxer as head of Department of Health? Great idea. Buckle up brothers and sisters. The only bright side is Trump is already projecting such a terrible presidency it will hopefully finally divide Republicans, and Dems with no power can sit back with popcorn as the MAGA movement tears itself apart.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, subscribe.

Cathy and Troy LIST the roughly 8 or 9 October surprises that rocked the Trump campaign just over the last week, with possibly the most significant being losing Puerto Ricans and other Latino voters after an offensive comment made at a Trump rally by a shock comedian calling Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage. Then culminating in the release of new Epstein tapes that reveal a WHOLE lot of ick about Donald Trump only days away from the election.The Trump campaign has completely collapsed, Trump is sundowning, and Kamala has been dominating at the absolute best time. All of this revealed in late breaking polls that show the race may not even be close after all, with late deciding voters breaking in double digits for Harris, and a STUNNING poll coming out of Iowa, where one of the most accurate pollsters in the nation has Kamala up by three points in that state. If Kamala is leading in ruby red Iowa, that spells absolute doom for Donald Trump in places like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona. The Election is here. Get out and vote. Let's bring it home people, and show Trump and MAGA the door once and for all.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For information about election day voting in your state, go here.For more exclusive content, go here.

Cathy interviews Dylan Hellebrand, a former student, and a delegate to the DNC and staffer in the office of Congressman Maxwell Frost, about how young people can get involved in politics and make an impact quickly, the state of the race in Florida, predictions for the race nationally, and more, in this special bonus episode. We may have a new Gen Z correspondent! All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

Cathy and Troy discuss Kamala Harris' brutal takedown of Bret Baier during an obviously set up ambush interview on Fox News. Despite being designed to make her look bad, Kamala came away looking stronger than ever. Donald Trump has completely gone bye bye. His campaign team cites exhaustion after he cancels event after event. But one Town Hall stands out, as Trump refuses to take questions from the crowd and instead slowly sways on stage to music for 40 minutes, while a dumbfounded crowd wonders wtf is going on?Now imagine the media coverage if Biden had swayed silently on stage to music for 40 minutes without speaking. We literally had to invent a term:  "sanewashing" to describe how the media treats Donald Trump, and its pathetic, because if Trump wins journalists will die.And we put on our tinfoil hats to delve into conspiracies around the potential invoking of the 25th Amendment, which provides a method to rapidly remove a president over incompetence, if Trump becomes President, as the 2024 election draws near. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Learn how to early vote here.For more exclusive content, subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy break down the fire hose of lies on the internet surrounding the federal government's response to hurricane Helene. MAGA has successfully weaponized messaging around disaster relief to play on anger and frustration for votes, and yes scapegoat migrants yet again. No FEMA is not taking people's property. No survivors are not only receiving $750 dollars while we give billions to Ukraine or to house migrants. No people are not being denied resources. No FEMA is not out of money. No Biden did not take money out of FEMA's disaster relief budget to help migrants.Trump is the only President to divert funds away from disaster relief to the border. He's also the only President to deny federal aid to a state, when he said no to California in 2018 during wildfire season. Two former Trump aides told Politico that decision was in fact political. He only changed his mind when he was told there were more Trump voters in Orange County, CA than the entire state of Iowa.And, Cathy read and annotated all 165 pages of the released January 6th Trump indictment that Judge Tanya Chutkan made public at Jack Smith's request. And it's horrifying.Cathy and Troy give their historian perspective on just how much of a threat Donald Trump is to the Republic, how it compares to the scandals of Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush, and why, one month out from the election, Americans need to know the forces that want to rip away their democracy are actively at work setting up for round two.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Go HERE, to see FEMA's response to all the lies being circulated on social media and by Donald Trump.More more exclusive JBLC content, go HERE.

Cathy is joined by friend of the show Ryan, the Just Buy Less Coffee version of Steve Kornacki, our electoral big board correspondent, to discuss the math on getting Kamala Harris to 270 electoral votes in what will be one of the closest elections in U.S. history...if the polls are right...which they probably aren't.But how will we know if the polls are wrong in Trump's favor or Kamala's? Ryan and Cathy lay out some predictive signs for early in the evening on election night that will give clues as to whether it's time to break out the champagne, or put away the champagne and break out the whiskey.Pennsylvania: all eyes on you for a new birth of freedom.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Troy returns next week.For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here: 

Cathy and Troy break down the second assassination attempt of Donald Trump. Do the words of the man and party create an atmosphere of ongoing political violence and terrorism? Especially when the Haitian community in Springfield is currently being terrorized by MAGA lies with no accountability, and Arab Americans testifying before Congress experience hate in a committee hearing on hate crime? Speaking of terrorism, Israel just matched terror with terror by engaging in one of the most horrifying and audacious attacks in history. And the Federal Reserve slashes interest rates for the first time in 4 years, signifying finally a soft landing for inflation without a corresponding recession. Economics teacher Cathy breaks down what this means for the pocketbooks of Americans.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here.

Cathy and Troy are back and Troy is broadcasting from Spain, as Kamala Harris makes Swift work of Donald Trump in the 2nd presidential debate. We break down the highlights and lowlights and breathe a sigh of relief to once again have a candidate that can form a coherent sentence. She looked damn Presidential too.Then Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala, rounding out one of the worst possible nights for Donald Trump.And we reflect on the solemn anniversary of 9/11, and the infuriating tie to January 6th, as Trump supporters achieved what Al Qaeda never could: an attack on the U.S. capitol.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, go here.

Cathy flies solo for this brief interlude episode, while Troy moves to Europe, and discusses the Democratic National Convention, the acceptance speech of Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee, the legendary oratory of the Obamas, and four of the greatest days of television for political junkies in history. It was political Coachella and Cathy is here for it.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

Cathy and Troy break down Trump's complete collapse since the ascension of Kamala Harris to Democratic nominee. Trump's handlers have officially lost control as they beg him to stay on message. Trump gives bizarre press conferences, racist conspiracy-laden rallies, and most recently a disastrous appearance on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk, where Trump slurred his words for over an hour.Did he lose his dentures? Or is the once future American dictator in the middle of a complete free-fall of physical and mental health? Meanwhile Kamala Harris and Tim Walz draw massive crowds and bring enthusiasm not seen since another historic presidential candidacy in 2008.And we are joined by Paul Cox, a union leader from central Florida, to talk Florida politics, the realities of being a unionized worker in a "right-to-work" state, the progressive pro-union politics of Harris and Walz, and how unions are on the front lines mobilizing to stop the ultimate billionaire stooge, anti-worker scab Donald Trump from returning to the White House.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here.

Cathy and Troy discuss the dark horse pick of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be Kamala Harris' running mate. As usual, Cathy called it. Walz is a midwestern governor so charming he even got AOC and Joe Manchin to agree he was a great pick. Progressive on policy, Walz was the first governor to codify abortion rights after the fall of Roe. He instituted a free school lunch program in Minnesota, along with paid family leave, capped insulin costs, and expanded backround checks and red flag laws for guns sales. As a congressman, he even donated everything he received from the NRA to charity after the Parkland school shooting. The ticket is set. Trump needs to be shitting his pants...oh wait.Plus we discuss the other contenders including popular Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro who was the favorite, and why at the end of the day Walz was the best option.Meanwhile Trump tells a room full of black people that Kamala Harris isn't black.So, that's how the race is going.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here.

Cathy and Troy break down the historic news that President Joe Biden will not be seeking re-election, passing the torch to the next generation by endorsing Kamala Harris for President. Biden will now go down in history as one of the greatest presidents for his selfless move to save democracy when a path to beating Donald Trump became more and more unclear. Biden gives a mini farewell address that has George Washington farewell vibes. He can now retire into elder statesman status, and become the most senior figure in the Democratic Party. He also can just be President for the next few months without having to run for President, ending one of the most effective presidential terms in history.Now the focus shifts to Harris, who would be the first female and female person of color president in American history. As Trump and the GOP shit all over themselves trying to hit Harris with race and gender attacks, Harris shines in massive early fundraising and messaging as she wins support of all her rivals and of the Democratic base. And Cathy deep dives the potential Harris vice presidential pick as we explore the extradinary talent waiting on the bench for the Democrats. Who will be the vice president to the first woman president in history? Let us know your thoughts.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here.Check out Cathy's VP choice powerpoint here.

Cathy and Troy discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the politics of violence and conspiracy. Trump pledges unity, then defines unity as American loyalty to Trumpism, and his own absolute immunity. Then he chooses J.D. Vance to be his vice president, a MAGA extremist who opposes no-fault divorce, supports a national abortion ban, and who is even more pro-Russia than Trump.Judge Aileen Cannon throws out Trump's Mar-a-Lago stolen documents case in an obvious play to be the next Trump Supreme Court nomination.And Cathy deep dives the history of Presidential assassinations and attempts, from Andrew Jackson to Donald Trump.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing here. Check out Cathy's deep dive powerpoint here. 

Cathy and Troy continue our discussion of Biden potentially stepping down from the nomination and handing it off to Kamala Harris. Many more donors and key players have chimed in, including Nancy Pelosi and George Clooney, the latter signifying that Biden may have lost Hollywood, a key source of deep-pocketed donors that Democrats need to compete.While the choice remains with Biden, and we support the Democratic nominee against Trump whomever it may be, the time is running out to make a decision.Meanwhile, Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation wants us all to know that fascism is coming to the United States in a "bloodless revolution" and there isn't a God damn thing we can do about it.AOC files impeachment articles against Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito.The right-wing gets donkey punched in the UK and French elections. Could this be a bellwhether for the U.S. in the fall?And Cathy deep dives how elections work in these nations with a focus on the different parties and processes, and the lessons and warnings we can take away from what just happened across the pond.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For the exclusive subscriber only version of the deep dive and additional content, subscribe here.

Cathy and Troy break down the disastrous debate performance from Joe Biden last week, and discuss the growing calls for him to step into elder statesman mode and back another candidate. Biden has accomplished so much in four years. How will the next few weeks affect his legacy?Is it now time for Kamala Harris to step up and be the first woman of color President in history? What will take to make that happen, and can she beat back the onslaught of fascism?And the Supreme Court rolls out the red carpet to make Donald Trump a king by declaring that Presidents cannot be prosecuted for official acts. This means if Trump wins he will be above the law, with a fundamentalist religious cult Supreme Court that has positioned itself to remove the independence of the judiciary. And Cathy deep dives how we got here: tracing the history of Presidential immunity back to Nixon, when it was just a theory, to Clinton, where the justices declared that Presidents can be sued, to Trump as dictator in waiting. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...View Cathy's PowerPoint Presentation Here.For more exclusive content, consider subscribing Here.

Cathy and Troy break down the consequences of Trump's proposed economic plan: cut taxes for the rich, deport immigrant workers, and skyrocket the costs of consumer goods by spiking import tariffs, which economists say would lead to a recession in the U.S. by next year, while increasing inflation - leading to the S word: Stagflation, a combination of slow growth and high prices that we saw in the 1970's.The Trump campaign is preparing for a disastrous debate performance against President Biden this week by pre-suggesting that Biden will be on drugs, and only able to form a coherent thought when jacked up on performance enhancers and anti-depressants. Every accusation is a confession with cocaine addled diaper Don.Conspiracy network InfoWars is finally shut down by Alex Jones' bankruptcy trustee, ending a nightmare of American culture that destroyed hundreds of lives. And Cathy leads a deep dive discussion of the biggest Presidential debates of the modern era in preparation for the nightmare Trump Biden debate coming this week. Kennedy was TV ready while Nixon had the flu; Reagan dumbed down the Presidency to make it cool; and Clinton came out on top in a Presidential 3-way...All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at: patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the recent Supreme Court decisions: to lift the ban on bump stocks, a device that turns a semi-automatic rifle into a machine gun, and to allow the continued use of the abortion pill.The Trump presidential immunity case ruling is imminent, with two members of SCOTUS, Alito and Thomas, firmly entrenched within the Trump insurrectionist movement. Trump attempts another sham grassroots event, attending a service at black church in Detroit, and literally everyone in the crowd is white. The only black people in the room were the same Maga operatives who travel everywhere with Trump pretending to be adoring fans to build the narrative of black support.Trump then attended a Turning Point USA event where a "white boy summer" flag was unveiled, a slogan used by neo-nazi Nick Fuentes' group, the Groypers. Trump held a fake event at a black church in the morning, then partied with white supremacists in the evening, and still wants to pretend he isn't a racist.And Cathy gives a deep dive into Trump's plan to replace income tax with import tariffs, a dumpster fire idea that will put all the burden of funding the federal government on the poor by skyrocketing the price of goods.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee....For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy discuss Trump's "let them eat cake" moment as he tells his supporters standing in triple digit heat to see him speak that he doesn't care about their safety, only their votes. Speaking of let them eat cake, the European Union elections in France go full fascist, as the far-right, nazi-sympathizing party of Marine Le Pen destroys the centrist party of President Emmanuel Macron, setting up a showdown for control of the French parliament in elections this summer. Is fascism coming to France?And we deep dive potential reforms to U.S. Senate to save the body and American democracy as a whole by looking at how upper houses work in other countries and what we can learn from them, as the world barrels toward 3 crucial elections this year in the U.S., U.K., and France that will decide the future of global democracy.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the developing ceasefire proposal put forth by President Biden to end the conflict in Gaza. The deal includes a withdrawal of Israeli forces and the rebuild of Gaza, along with a return of displaced Palestinians to their homes. Is this the beginning of an end to the genocide and the start of a new era of Palestinian statehood? Bibi Netanyahu's right-wing coalition is adamantly opposed to it, but the Israeli people want it...and so does Hamas. Will Bibi's political opponents in the parliament back him on the deal if he loses the support of his right-wing base?Donald Trump is convicted by a jury of falsifying business records to cover up a scheme to launder hush-money payments to porn stars. And he is still the Republican nominee for President. Will the nation elect its first felon to the White House? What does that mean for the U.S and for the world?And Cathy brings us a deep-dive on generational responses to the Trump conviction.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the  verbal melee in Congress in the middle of the House Oversight Committee meeting, when Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to talk trash...then Jasmine Crockett made her eat it. But really isn't this what the House of Representatives was designed for?Biden agrees to debates with Trump...because Trump is an idiot and didn't realize you don't have to challenge your presidential rival to a debate, those are scheduled for the fall right before the election. But Biden calls Trump's bluff and now we get another  round of the absolute horror show that is the Trump/Biden debate. Awesome.Biden works on a deal with the Saudis to bring them into the fold on Israel in exchange for a ceasefire agreement. Will Israel agree to it? The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas while the President of Iran dies in a helicopter crash.And Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker decides to step in shit, lecturing college graduate women about how much better their life would be if they just gave up their careers and committed to making babies. Will Taylor Swift respond to her boyfriend's jackass teammate?All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

Cathy and Troy analyze Biden's decision to withhold offensive weapons from Israel after Benjamin Netanyahu crosses Biden's red line and attacks Rafah, and an investigation reveals U.S. weapons have been used to commit war crimes. Now all eyes on Tel Aviv and Washington as the world turns against Bibi, and Biden now has to decide if he will fully abandon the brutal Israeli response against the Gaza Palestinians. While campus protests accelerate in the name of establishing an Arab Palestinian single state, i.e. ending the state of Israel. But what will that mean if the only government lined up to take control of such a state is Hamas? A far right, Islamic fundamentalist, anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-Jewish regime, with 8 million Jews living in Israel. What is the plan? And where is the secular democratic leadership that can demand rights for the Palestinians without forcing a mass removal of the Jews, and the expansion of extremist sectarian fascism? And creepy Alabama Senator Katie Britt introduces a bill to create a federal registry of pregnant people. Trump tries to claim his rally hit 100,000 attendees on a boardwalk in New Jersey with a capacity of 25,000, and the local media repeats the lie. And Cathy pontificates on the potential of a larger Russian invasion of Europe in the first ever edition of the segment: Cathy smokes the tea leaves.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more in depth content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the looming attack from the Israeli Defense Forces on the city of Rafah, the last vestige of security for the people of Gaza, what the choices are for Biden now, and how this moment more than any other will define his legacy.Hamas agrees to a tentative ceasefire proposal written by Egypt to release hostages in exchange for a brief cessation of hostilities, but how will Bibi and the hardliners in the Israeli government respond?Protests grow on college campuses. Some are met with horrific racism, as in the case of Ole Miss. While some occupy buildings and become radicalized , and still others broker negotiations to achieve their goals from the universities. Cathy and Troy break down the history of college campus protests and draw parallels with the campus demonstrations of the late 1960's. And dog killer Kristi Noem wins Troy's lie of the week. And it's a complete disaster.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

Cathy and Troy break down Donald Trump's recent court cases, where the disgraced former president faces fraud charges for secretly paying off a porn star to keep quiet about their affair while his wife was pregnant, calling it a campaign expense, and paying a guy named Pecker to hide the story from the tabloids. Oh and he keeps falling asleep during the trial and farting himself awake, grossing out his own lawyers. And he's the nominee of the Republican party to be the most powerful person on earth. Slap yourself. This is reality.Pro-Palestine protests get more intense on campus, as Bibi Netanyahu begs Biden to exempt his top lieutenants from the International Criminal Court, and the United States sanctions Israeli troops for attacking non-combatant Palestinians in the West Bank. The Supreme Court hears two key cases: one where Trump's lawyers argued that Presidents are allowed to commit crimes with impunity; and another where the state of Idaho argued that federal laws mandating that emergency room doctors save women's lives shouldn't apply to states that criminalize abortion.We break down the responses from the Justices and predict which way the cases will go.And South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem publishes a book wherin she happily describes murdering her own pets, and tries to use it as a platform to launch her into the role of Trump's Vice President. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For more exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the Iran attack on Israel and the beginning of World War 3...or is it? Iran's attack was a very prescribed response designed to appease the hardline elements in their government, and resulted in only one injury and no deaths. Cathy and Troy examine the next possible moves for Israel and the U.S. with one thing certain: Israel is not safer as a result of Bibi Netanyahu's genocidal war on the Palestinians. And, we respond to far-left attacks on our character for our refusal to sit out the election, and ask what the plan is on the far-left, considering they don't even have a candidate to challenge Biden, let alone one that can get 270 electoral votes. The nation and the world has so much to lose with the election of Donald Trump, but the far-left care more about themselves than they do about actually helping the Palestinians. And a fake hug in a Chick-Fil-A wins Troy's lie of the week.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For additional exclusive content, consider becoming a subscriber at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy break down the new total abortion ban in Arizona, a law written in 1864  before Arizona became a state, and decades before women had the right to vote. The law has been on the books for more than a century but was unenforceable while Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. Thanks to Trump and the Federalist Society taking control of the U.S. Supreme Court, now Arizona women are subjected to 19th century law, and 19th century medicine.Arizona joins Florida as two major swing states that will now have abortion on the ballot for the Presidential election in November, greatly increasing the chances of a Democratic victory on the national level.Israeli Defense Forces pull troops back from southern Gaza a week after Biden called Bibi Netanyahu and read him the riot act over international food aid workers being killed in an air strike by the IDF. Bibi is now in a really bad spot as he's on the verge of losing American support if he pushes any further in Gaza, but if he doesn't he will lose his fascist right-flank supporters in the Israeli Parliament.And Obama's pollster discusses the reality of polls in the 2024 election and how despite what legacy media is saying, Trump is in no better a position than Biden according to the Polls. The Never Trump movement is holding strong with Nikki Haley getting tens of thousands of votes in primaries despite dropping out of the race. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...For additional exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

Cathy and Troy are joined by special guest, MeidasTouch contributor CoachD_Speaks, to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility, a day put into hyper public awareness by fake Republican outrage that it landed on the same day as Easter. Republicans lied and said Biden scheduled Trans Day of Visibility on Easter out of disrespect for Christians, but Trans Day of Visibility is always March 31st, and has been since 2009. The date of Easter changes, and they simply landed on the same day this year. We guarantee Biden didn't actually know Trans Day of Visibility was even a thing until Republicans made it huge.Speaking of huge, a giant container ship slapped in the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and collapsed it, killing 6. Rather than spark a conversation about our critically underfunded infrastructure, racist Republicans decided, inexplicably, to make it into their latest salvo in the war against diversity. And Texas Republicans get caught in a meeting with a group called Abolish Abortion Texas, whose explicit mission is to impose the death penalty on women and girls who get abortions, or receive IDF treatments, with no exception for rape or incest. All for less than than the price of a cup of coffee....Check out CoachD_Speaks on TikTok, Instagram, and on the MeidasTouch Network.https://youtu.be/6fd1zTcxMWE?si=r4VQ7w8sbhtm2f-ihttps://www.tiktok.com/@coachd_speaks?lang=en

Cathy interviews Sarah Hoffer, Change Party Senator at the University of Florida and Jayden Currence, Director of Communications for the UCF College Democrats, to discuss how politics is playing out on their respective campuses and offer advice for other young people and students looking for ways to get involved.

Cathy and Troy break down the UN Ceasefire Resolution that passed the Security Council without a U.S. veto, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his visit to the United States next month, likely signaling a decay of U.S./Israel relations. This was definitely the right move in the face of Israeli genocide of Palestinians, but will an increasingly isolated Bibi prove to be even more dangerous?A terrorist attack in Moscow kills 140 people. Putin recognizes that ISIS K is responsible but is still trying to spin the horrifying loss of civilian life as somehow the fault of Ukraine.House Republicans finally pass a funding bill to keep the government open to the end of the year, and as a reward for bipartisan compromise, House Speaker Mike Johnson now faces losing his job after Marjorie Taylor Green files a motion to vacate the Speakership. Here we go again with more House Speaker chaos? Or will House Dems save Johnson's job, and if so, what will he owe them?In the midst of Speaker drama, Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher, two old-school Republicans, suddenly quit Congress as a middle-finger to the MAGA takeover of the Party. Republicans now hold the House majority by a single vote.Chuck Todd finally shows up to work, telling off his bosses at NBC to their faces for hiring ex RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as full-time contributor.And Cathy puts on her tin foil hat and jumps right in to Royal family conspiracy theories surrounding the condition of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

Cathy and Troy analyze the Presidential election in Russia, where Vladimir Putin won with 87% of the vote, to look at what actually stealing an election looks like. Pro-democracy activist and Putin opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed in a Russian prison in February. Putin will now be dictator of Russia until 2030, at least.The U.S. House passed its effective TikTok ban; a law that TikTok must divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, and be purchased by an American company or investor group. As the Chinese economy collapses, could this be a bluff to hurt ByteDance stock and further harm China, the biggest U.S. competitor for global superiority? Or will Biden actually sign this law and allow the U.S. government to assist in a hostile corporate takeover of the biggest brand in the world? One thing is for certain: TikTok is too big to be banned. And Trump son-in-law  and former Director of Middle East Policy Jared Kushner discusses a plan to move out Gaza residents to build valuable beach front property in the Gaza strip. If Trump wins re-election, will construction begin immediately on Trump Tower Gaza?All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC breaks down the looming Congressional ban on TikTok, what is motivating it, and if it will actually happen. TikTok is a source of community for many youth and especially those affected in their formative years by COVID shutdowns. Many youth use TikTok as their main outlet of self-expression and connection. The U.S. Congress probably has more pressing things to deal with than to scapegoat an app on behalf of competing business interests. But then again, Trump may try to buy it...And a huge week of news as the State of the Union and Super Tuesday occured last week. We analyze Biden's speech as he shames the devil that is the MAGA Republicans into utter submission. We also discuss Biden's gaffe during the speech that overshadowed its success with many people.MAGA freshman Senator Katie Britt of Alabama gives a bizzare, unwatchable response speech that was so bad everyone but Trump hated it. She's probably going to be Trump's VP by the way. One section of Britt's speech was so misleading it earns recognition as Lie of the Week.And the general election is here at last with Super Tuesday primaries booting out Nikki Haley and Dean Phillips.  What will Nikki Haley do now? Will she finally form the third party for sane conservatives? Or will fold and endorse Trump, and return limping into the MAGA-sphere. Probably the latter.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...PLUS: a subscriber-only deep dive continuing our series on U.S. Presidents. This time we break down what we feel are the best Presidents of the 20th and 21st century. It was harder than it sounds.Catch the deep dive here:Patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

JBLC breaks down the passage of a bill in France to enshrine the right to an abortion in their constitution, a move inspired by the loss of reproductive freedom in the United States;Nikki Haley wins the DC primary on the way to a complete surprise rout of Donald Trump...probably not, but we take a look at the upcoming Super Tuesday primary elections, can Haley make a last stand against the insurrectionist and save the soul of the Republican Party?; Speaking of insurrection, the Supreme Court rules that states can't remove Donald Trump from the ballot for violating the 14th amendment insurrection clause. We explain why this actually was the right call, and also why we need a constitutional convention now more than ever; Also, Kamala Harris takes the lead on the conflict in Gaza from the U.S. perspective and calls for a 6 week ceasefire. Netanyahu opposition leader Benny Ganz is invited to the White House and the dicussion is kept secret. Is Biden prepping for force out Bibi?And Chaya Raichek, the creator of LibsOfTikTok wins liar of the week. She's a right-wing terrorist who foments trans genocide for money.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...PLUS: Inspired by the recent Presidential historian poll which ranked Trump worst President of all time, Cathy and Troy create their own lists of worst Presidents with analysis in a Patreon exclusive Deep Dive.Subscribe here to get access: https://www.patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

Cathy and Troy give a eulogy for the career of Mitch McConnell, who announced this week that he would be stepping down from his 2 decade role of Senate Republican Leader, a career marked by putting party ahead of country, weaponizing the filibuster, and corrupting all three branches of government, only to be turned on by MAGA. Bye Mitch. You earned your place in political infamy. The Supreme Court is taking up Trump's claims of Presidential Immunity, the concept that Presidents, and in Trump's case ex-Presidents, are allowed to break the law. The best case scenario is that SCOTUS is simply making a move to delay Trump's Jan 6 and classified documents trials. Worst case scenario, the Court paves the way for Donald Trump, and any President, to be above the law. This is the Court where Trump picked 3 justices, and another, Clarence Thomas, was directly involved in the Jan 6 coup through his wife and other political allies.The results are in from the Michigan primaries and some Democrats just can't commit to Joey Biden in the middle of the GAZA genocide. Cathy and Troy put on campaign manager hats and discuss the primary results from both parties, who had a good night, and which side is actually more uncommitted to their candidate.And the Christian nationalism crusade continues as men who think In Vitro Fertilization is abortion make moves to ban the procedure nationwide. We break down how the "life begins at conception" argument is so flawed with an epic Cathy rant.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC looks at the death of Russian pro-democracy leader Alexei Navalny, Putin's chief rival, in a Russian prison camp; a political assassination the same week that Trump announced to the world that he would let Putin do "whatever the hell he wants", as MAGA suddenly turns against Russia saying that Trump is the only leader who can stand up to Putin. Will this serve to dislodge Ukraine aid from  Congress as the world is reminded of the brutality of Putin's regime?All this as Russian propaganda ratchets up in the U.S. ahead of the election. Tucker Carlson goes to Russia and films a blatant pro-Putin gaslighting segment, stating that quality of life is better in Russia than in the United States. We dismantle Carlson's lies in our first "Lie of the Week" segment.Trump is ordered to pay $450 million dollars and banned from doing business in NY for three years in his NY Civil Fraud case, after a clown show of a trial where he attacked the judge and defamed the judge's clerk, all after forgetting to request a Jury. And the Presidential greatness survey is released and Donald Trump is ranked DEAD LAST, 45 out of 45, failing to edge out famous drunks and traitors. He's in the company he deserves. While Obama jumps to 7, and Biden enters the survey at 14.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...Jingle Credit: Iba Teacher

Cathy and Troy delve into the world of cognitive politics as a Trump appointed special prosecutor throws gasoline on the mental fitness debate between Biden and Trump. Should Biden drop out and make way for a candidate with less baggage? Will Trump be in prison by the election?Plus MAGA implodes in Congress over border negotiations, and right-wing heads explode over Taylor Swift and the Superbowl.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

JBLC analyzes the situation at the U.S. border with a look at both the MAGA response, which took the form of a failed convoy of true believers heading down to the border to stop the migrant invasion, only to learn that the trip was part of a con artist  grifting operation; to Republicans in Congress sabotaging their own border bill to make Joe Biden look bad, and keep the border in a crisis to help Donald Trump get elected.Cathy and Troy unload on Israel and Gaza with cathartic rage at the fact that U.S. is fighting in the middle east...AGAIN; discuss the tragic Biden legacy as a supporter of genocide, but swallow the hard pill than Biden is the better option for the Palestinians when faced with the prospect of a Trump presidency...and Bibi Netanyahu knows it too; and speculate on the future of a Palestinian state, and the role of the U.S in the world in the face of increased skepticism and global dismissal of U.S legitimacy as a defender of democracy. And we speak with special guest Monique Worrell, a Florida prosecutor suspended by Ron DeSantis over her investigation into racist corruption at a local police agency. DeSantis used Worrell during his Presidential campaign as an example of how he was cleaning house of "Soros-funded woke prosecutors." But now DeSantis has been embarrassed out of any possibility of reaching the Presidency, Worrell is running for re-election in a jurisdiction where she won 67% of the vote the last time...and she's seeking justice against DeSantis.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...See the full interview with Monique Worrell by becoming a paid subscriber on our Patreon page at:www.patreon.com/justbuylesscoffeeAnd get involved  and support Monique's run for State Attorney and defense of democracy in Florida here:https://www.moniqueforstateattorney.com/

JBLC breaks down the New Hampshire primary results as Trump has performance issues revealing cracks in the MAGA foundation and a problem with Republican enthusiasm, as Nikki Haley's campaign survives another round and Biden wins the state on a write in campaign; Ron DeSantis, who promised to never back down, backs down, showing yet again why Casey DeSantis can't have nice things; Texas politicizes a border crisis and stirs the brew of civil war, while Biden once again is the only adult in the room; Deepfaked nude pictures of Taylor Swift finally prove that John Connor was right about AI; And Fox's disinformation about Biden's mental health just gets lazy, as we show the full version of a deceptive clip that went viral; All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...PLUS:Deep Dives return for our Patreon subscribers as Cathy continues her discussion of the War Powers Act, this time delving into the Iraq war debacle that provided the backdrop of our political formative years in the early 2000's. Join us on a crushing trip down memory lane deep into our latent millennial subconscious, as the still-destabilized middle east once again blows up in war.Exclusively for paid subscribers at:patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

JBLC analyzes the results of the Iowa Caucus and the bizarre messaging from multiple corners of Trump's inevitability after only winning a tiny election in a ruby red state; We lament DeSantis' truly horrible campaign while we wait for him to drop out during our recording, and in typical DeSantis fashion he screws it up and announces 2 hours after we had finished that he was dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump. DeSantis, once the only viable Republican alternative to Donald Trump, had one of the least effective dumpster fire campaigns in history; So now eyes turn to Nikki Haley, the lone anti-Trump horse in the race. Will she revive the anti-Trump coalition DeSantis had and managed to bludgeon to death with mediocrity? Or fold in the face of unrelenting MAGA fascist pressure for her betrayal of the dear leader. The answer may lie in her performance in New Hampshire Tuesday...And Europe comes to terms with the reality of a 21st century without an alliance with the United States, as Trump eeks closer to power and a shift away from NATO and toward the world's authoritarian powers; And does Trump have syphilis? What in god's name in on his hands? We explore the possibilities.All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...PLUS:A free sneak preview deep dive available to the public on the coming SCOTUS ruling on the Chevron Doctrine, which could reverse 40 years of environmental protections and allow corporations to police themselves on pollution.To get access to the full deep dive series, become a subscriber at Patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee

JBLC revisits the genocide in Gaza and speculates about the future of the Israeli state in the face of worldwide condemnation and a historic charge of war crimes before the Hague; Trump goes on a Fox Town Hall and perpetuates the lie that he's a candidate of peace, despite his term being marked by escalations of U.S. wars all over the world, a destabilized middle east and United States, and mass global atrocities; Roger Stone threatens to assassinate two members of Congress; Iowa prepares to brave threatening weather to show off their caucus, while Ron Desantis and Nikki Haley grudge match for MAGA silver medal; And the Hunter Biden contempt hearing in Congress goes off the rails, AGAIN, as Marge Green shows off her prize collection of images of Hunter's penis, Jamie Raskin's head nearly explodes at the Republican audacity, James Comer pulls a hammy stretching the rules to accommodate the insanity of his party, and Jared Moskowitz shames the GOP to their face; All for less that the price of a cup of coffee...PLUS:A subscriber only deep dive on the history and consequences of the War Powers Act that grants U.S. Presidents the authority to use the military without Congressional authorization for a short time...in theory. Subscribe to Just Buy Less Coffee on Patreon to get exclusive access to this bonus recording session:https://www.patreon.com/justbuylesscoffee