WTF Just Happened Today? – Audio Edition Podcast
A sane, once-a-day update on today’s essential political news. Chronicling the daily shock and awe since 2017.
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Latest Episode
Day 1871: "Getting screamed at to find some good news."
March 5, 2026
In this episode: Trump fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replaced her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin; Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security for a third time; the House rejected a bipartisan effort to force Trump to seek congressional approval for continued military action in Iran; Trump said he wasn’t concerned about rising gasoline prices caused by the Iran war, saying "if they rise, they rise"; two dozen Democratic-led states sued Trump to stop his new 10% global import tariffs; and a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children.
Recent Episodes
Day 1870: "Why are we doing this?"
March 4, 2026
In this episode: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for a closed-door deposition about the Justice Department’s handling of records tied to Jeffrey Epstein; Se...
Day 1869: "A failure of leadership."
March 3, 2026
In this episode: Trump warned that "I guess the worst case" from U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran would be “somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed the U.S...
Day 1868: "The yips."
March 2, 2026
In this episode: Trump declined to rule out sending U.S. ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary,” saying “whatever it takes” and adding, “I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground”; Defense...
Day 1864: "The politics are a lot better."
February 26, 2026
In this episode: Pro-Trump activists circulated a 17-page draft executive order urging Trump to declare an election emergency and use it to impose federal voting rules, including limits on mail ballots and voting m...
Day 1863: "Is the president working for you? We all know the answer is no."
February 25, 2026
In this episode: Trump used his first State of the Union of his second term to insist that “our nation is back,” calling it “a turnaround for the ages,” and that “the roaring economy is roaring like never before,” ...
Day 1862: "Brink of disaster."
February 24, 2026
In this episode: Trump will deliver his first State of the Union of his second term with his approval rating near an all-time low, and polling showing that 55% of Americans disapprove of his job performance; at lea...
Day 1861: "Obnoxious."
February 23, 2026
In this episode: The European Union demanded that the U.S. honor last summer’s EU-U.S. trade deal, saying “a deal is a deal,” after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s emergency tariffs and he moved to replace th...
Day 1857: "Bad things will happen."
February 19, 2026
In this episode: Trump used the first meeting of his Board of Peace to announce that he’ll decide "over the next probably 10 days" whether to continue nuclear talks with Iran or order a U.S. military strike; Trump ...
Day 1856: "An embarrassment."
February 18, 2026
In this episode: The White House installed a critic of the CDC as the acting director of the CDC; the U.S. and Iran both claimed they’ve made “progress” in during latest nuclear talks even as the U.S. military is p...
Day 1855: "Dissemble and disassemble historical truths."
February 17, 2026
In this episode: Congressional Democrats sent the White House a new counterproposal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after the agency’s funding lapsed Saturday; an 18-year-old man was arrested near the...