Sunday, June 24 – John’s disgust for
the administration’s family reunification “plan” lacking a timeline or a way to reunite separated children with
their parents was so depressingly valid.
Fortunately, we also got a tremendous story about safe sex ads in
Norway, featuring a guy in a penis costume sneaking up behind people and
ejaculating confetti on them – what the what?
The main story was on the upcoming Mexican election. John looked at the corruption that’s occurred
under the current “fucktacular” president Enrique Peña Nieto, then examined a
few of the candidates running now. No
surprise, “El Bronco” was the big winner comedy-wise, between his plan of very
literally cutting off the hands of corrupt politicians to his personal vendetta
against Santa Claus. And I liked John’s
points about the frontrunner, dubbed “Amlo,” being vague enough on policy that
numerous disparate groups project their aims onto him.
Monday, June 25 – Re: the administration’s call center for families
separated at the border, I loved Trevor’s remark that a call line to find your
stolen kids “should have better hours than Comcast.” Good story on pushback against the
administration, from Sarah Huckabee Sanders being asked to leave a restaurant
to White House staffers struggling to date (“he looks like a Slytherin
professor who got MeToo’d” is a brilliant description of Stephen Miller,) along
with Maxine Waters being done with these guys.
Dulce came on to discuss a white woman who made to call the cops on a Black child selling bottled water – her point that the woman did it, not
because she cares about permits, but because she knew a Black child would be
scared of police, was really powerful.
Rap mogul J. Prince was the guest; I like Trevor’s comment that he’s the
“Forrest Gump of hip-hop,” popping up in so many iconic moments.
Tuesday, June 26 – Great point about
the shadiness of the Supreme Court buying Trump’s last-minute travel-ban add of
“North Korea’s in there, too, so it can’t
be about Muslims!” I liked the
continuing story on the Sarah Huckabee Sanders incident and right-wing pundits
calling for “civility” and “tolerance.”
Trevor’s comment that tolerance “got called an animal and thrown in a cage
and had her kids taken away” was spectacular, and I loved his interrogation of
the “be more like MLK!” argument by showing that people in the ‘60s didn’t like
his protesting, either. Michael did a
field piece at a Trump rally, asking people about “Space Force” – I did like
the wild disagreement about what it actually was. Good interview with Bill Clinton and James Patterson – in addition to talking about the book, Trevor asked Clinton about
some of the current goings-on in America, and I liked the way he approached
discussing the #MeToo movement.
Wednesday, June 27 – After touching
quickly on Mike Pence giving a supervillain-style speech in Brazil and a
CPR-trained police dog from Spain, we looked at a huge New York primary upset,
with a 28-year-old first-timer beating out a 10-time incumbent. I loved Trevor’s point that the incumbent had
been groomed for the “next generation” of Democratic leadership, given that he
was only in his 50s. Next was Justice
Kennedy’s resignation and the fear that comes with losing a key swing vote
during this administration, mixed with renewed anger at the Senate blocking
Obama’s nominee in 2016. Michael came on
to “clear things up” for Trevor on Trump supporters cheering for Trump’s
vulgarity and insults but clutching their pearls when a liberal activist
responds – handy demonstration of the hypocrisy on display. Guest Janet Mock talked about the different
hats she wears for Pose and the
importance of seeing people like you on TV.
Thursday, June 28 – Cute opening bit on
Mexican World Cup fans swarming South Korean embassies in celebration after a
key South Korean win kept Mexico in the tournament. Next was an app analyzing a baby’s cries to
determine the most likely cause, with Trevor throwing “Shazam for babies” some
serious side-eye. Loved the viral video
of a guy clinging to the hood of a car, especially his ultra-calm 911
call. More on the Supreme Court, with
Trevor ruminating on Trump’s pick shaping America for generations to come and
Hasan trying to find a way Senate Democrats could still Mighty Ducks their way to a win.
We then looked at some strides made for LGBTQ rights worldwide this last
year, including Bermuda legalizing same-sex marriage twice (Trevor shamelessly claimed the first law got lost in the
Triangle.) The guest, writer DarnellMoore, discussed his new memoir and the toxic masculinity that helped Trump get
elected.
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