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Saturdays for Sanity HALLOWEEN EDITION!!! 👻👻👻🎃🎃🎃

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Guest: Dana Dubois

Saturdays for Sanity is Saturday morning cartoons for grownups trying to stay sane, stay human, and stay in the fight. This week it’s the Halloween episode, because what could be scarier than the state of the world? Michelle Kinney and Julie Roginsky are joined by Dana Dubois and Lawrence Winnerman for a conversation about what’s actually haunting us — and how to stay human through all of it.

Breaking the News

2.3K views · 3d ago · 1:29:51

Breaking the News is live Fridays at 11am ET on YouTube and Substack. Part of The Mayday Network, an independent, women-led independent media where politics meets culture. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day.

Pax Americana

865 views · 3d ago · 1:22:54

Pax Americana is live Thursdays at 11am ET on The Mayday Network YouTube channel. Part of The Mayday Network, an independent, women-led independent media where politics meets culture. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day.

BREAKING: Putin Praises Elon Musk on Starlink "A Real Genius" | Radio Free Roginsky

1K views · 4d ago · 56:43

Vladimir Putin just called Elon Musk “a real genius” for Starlink. Why is the Kremlin flattering the man whose satellites have kept Ukraine’s military connected, and what does Moscow want from him? Julie Roginsky goes live, straight to camera, to break down Putin’s Musk comments, the Starshield shutdown over Ukraine, the Starlink ground stations burning across Europe, and why a dictator’s praise is never free. Bring your questions. Julie is taking them live.

Pollster Ben Lazarus on the Midterms

2.1K views · 4d ago · 1:38:52

Pollster Ben is back! Ben Lazarus joins us to go over polls, tells us what he's seen in focus groups, and calm us down.

The Kushner Slush Fund and the Men Who Bought CNN It’s All Connected | Breaking the News

2.4K views · 1w ago · 1:14:40

Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN after 42 years, and it is no coincidence that she’s walking out the door just as the Ellison-Skydance takeover closes in. Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis follow the money behind the deal: Gulf sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE financing the acquisition, the same UAE sheikh now tied to a reported slush fund that funneled money to Jared Kushner through an Azerbaijani bank, and a Kremlin meeting…

Troops Left to Die While Witkoff Salutes Putin as "Humanitarian" with Guest Ken Harbaugh

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Steve Witkoff sat in St. Petersburg this week, called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian, and saluted him, while American soldiers at bases overseas were digging holes in the dirt because nobody gave them bunkers.

The Most Disgusting Ad in American Politics: Vivek Ramaswamy and the 40-Year Road That Got Us Here

3.9K views · 1w ago · 1:21:35

Content note: this episode includes discussion of sexual abuse. Follow The Mayday Network for more commentary, analysis, and rapid response — new content every day. Part of The Mayday Network, an independent, women-led independent media where politics meets culture.

Topics: Welcome · Content note · Julie on Roger Ailes, Willie Horton, and the road to today · Who Amy Acton is · Who Vivek Ramaswamy is · Amy Acton responds

NEW: Radio Free Roginsky with Julie Roginsky

1.9K views · 1w ago · 1:39:01

Guest: Julie Roginsky

Radio Free Roginsky with Julie Roginsky is a NEW long-form, radio-style show where Julie takes the time to explain what's actually going on. She talks through foreign policy, Russia and Ukraine, and the biggest stories in American politics, then opens it up to the audience for questions. She gives the full story, then keeps the conversation going as long as it needs to.

Trump’s Thirst for Men’s Bodies, Met Stands With Ukraine, Shane Gillis SNL, Taylor Swift’s Silence

2.4K views · 2w ago · 2:23:23

Guest: Dana Dubois

Saturday morning cartoons for grownups trying to stay sane, stay human, and stay in the fight. Lawrence Winnerman’s Substack profile: and writing Dana Dubois’s Substack profile: and writing Julie Roginsky’s Salty Politics: (also

Topics: Welcome · Julie, Michelle, and Dana kick things off · The Met Opera stands with Ukraine · Trump’s sanctions executive order and Republican silence · “It was all true”: the case for accountability on Russia · Caleb Hearon on Trump and the White House’s shirtless post

The New York Times Is Failing Us: Friedman, Bumiller, and the Guilfoyle Fallout | Breaking the News

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Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down the week in media and politics, starting with the continuing turmoil at CBS News and 60 Minutes, including Leslie Stahl’s reported near-exit and a fight over how a story was covered on the evening news. They weigh in on Lisa Kennedy Montgomery’s Daily Mail column about her time at Fox with Kimberly Guilfoyle, whether she should have waited this long, and why corruption has become the number two issue in the polls.

Topics: Welcome · Julie, Michelle, and Jeff kick things off · The turmoil at CBS and 60 Minutes · Why you can’t “tone it down” with Trump · The next wave of journalism has to defend democracy · Lisa Kennedy Montgomery’s Daily Mail column on Kimberly Guilfoyle

Trump’s Diesel Deal Sells Out Ukraine | Pax Americana

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Guests: Pax Americana, Piers Morgan

Julie Roginsky and Olga Lautman are back for round two this week of Pax Americana because world events are moving too fast to wait. Volodymyr Zelensky sat down with Piers Morgan and the Financial Times, and his message to Washington has sharpened. Julie and Olga break down Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and why the math doesn’t add up: the first shipment amounts to less than a day of U.S. consumption, in a country that already produces more diesel than it uses.

Topics: Welcome · Round two: Zelensky’s Piers Morgan and Financial Times interviews · Trump’s diesel deal with Russia, and why the math doesn’t add up · Lukoil, the Gulf, and the grift · Olga: the diesel deal as a channel for communication and sanctions relief · Zelensky tells Piers Morgan he feels betrayed

EMERGENCY: Trump Backs Russia in War on Ukraine, Musk Kills Starlink and Ukraine's Defenses

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Julie Roginsky and Olga Lautman hold an emergency live episode on what they call a very dark day for Ukraine and the Western alliance. They break down the past 24 hours: ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv with no advance warning, the White House’s shaky answer on whether the U.S. has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, and reports that Starlink and Starshield were throttled in the middle of Ukrainian combat operations.

Topics: Welcome · A very dark day for Ukraine and the Western alliance · Missile strikes with no warning, and intelligence sharing · The White House’s answer on intelligence sharing · Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid before winter · Starlink and Starshield throttled during combat operations

Trump & Putin, Israel Votes, Ukraine, Guilfoyle Resigns | The Mayday Podcast with Guest Joel Rubin

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Joel Rubin, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama administration, joins Julie Roginsky on The Mayday Podcast for a long-form conversation on a busy foreign policy news day: Trump’s diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and the squeeze on Ukraine, Kimberly Guilfoyle’s resignation as ambassador to Greece, and the Israeli election on October 27.

Topics: Julie welcomes Joel Rubin · Breaking: Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns as ambassador to Greece · Why it’s a national security red flag · Why Greece matters: NATO, Turkey, and the Balkans · The Senate voted for her: how ambassador vetting works · How a financial vulnerability becomes a foreign intelligence opportunity

All Is Not Lost: Sinatra's Message, Ossoff, Felicity, AI, and the Fight Ahead | Saturdays for Sanity

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Guest: All Is Not Lost

Note on the film featured: The House I Live In (1945) is in the public domain and is preserved by the Library of Congress as part of the National Film Registry. The film is available from the Library here Saturday morning cartoons for grownups trying to stay sane, stay human, and stay in the fight.

Topics: Welcome and Frank Sinatra’s message · The week we’ve had · How are we back here eighty years later? · Ukraine, Russian oil, and Olga Lautman · The Onion and live-streamed executions · Trump in Syracuse and the “paid protesters”