Archives for March 2026

Episode 829 – Strait of Hormuz Toll Plaza

The Tim Corrimal Show
Episode 829 – March 29, 2026

Show Art - Trump dressed as 'Ayatollah No-brain-ee' sitting in a Strait of Hormuz toll plaza

On episode 829 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky) and John Bridevaux (@abluedotintexas.bsky.social on BlueSky) from his awesome video blog A Blue Dot In Texas.

On the show this week we discuss the ongoing war in the Middle East, Trump calling mail in voting ‘fraud’ as he and his family members voted by mail in Florida, and the No Kings protests around the country and the world. Next we discuss Trump’s announcement of a 5 day pause in strikes against Iranian energy plants, 8 architecture and culture groups suing Trump and the Kennedy Center board over the proposed renovations, and the U.S. Senate confirmation of Markwayne Mullins to replace Kristi Noem as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Then we discuss a jury finding that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a woman in 1972 and awarding her $60 million dollars, Charlie Kirk’s mentor Jeff Webb died in a pickleball accident, and the Pentagon closing office space to all journalists after a Judge ruled against it’s building press policy. Next we discuss the Supreme Court seeming skeptical of laws counting mail-in ballots received after election day, staffers at the Voice of America suing Kari Lake for airing propaganda, and the Trump administration placing a replica statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House. Then we discuss the Trump administration agreeing to pay a French energy company $1 billion dollars to stop them from building East Coast wind farms, Trump’s latest round of insane social media posts, and a New Mexico jury finding Meta committed thousands of violations that put children at risk as well as a Los Angeles jury finding Meta and Google liable for harming young users’ mental health. Next we discuss Democrats Emily Gregory and Brian Nathan flipping 2 Republican held seats in the Florida State Legislature, a Trump-endorsed North Carolina state Senate leader loosing an election by 23 votes after a recount, and a Federal prosecutor admitting that the government lacked evidence of misconduct in it’s investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Then we discuss Minnesota suing the Trump administration for evidence from the Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings, Delta Airlines temporarily halting perks for members of Congress until they end the TSA shutdown, and TSA officers saying that the ICE deployment to airports won’t ease security lines. Next we discuss Epstein’s accountant and lawyer telling Congress that they were never interviewed by federal investigators, the U.S. sending Iran a 15-point list of demands to end the war and Iran rejecting it, and Pete Hegseth saying ‘we negotiate with bombs’ at a press conference. Then we discuss Trump’s approval sinking to 36% after starting the war in Iran and soaring gas prices, Trump saying that Iran gave the U.S. ‘a very big present’ related to oil and gas, and Ukraine saying it has irrefutable evidence that Russia provided intelligence to Iran. Next we discuss Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte making two criminal referrals of New York Attorney General Leticia James for supposed insurance fraud, a Democratic lawmaker asking a Judge to take Trump’s name off of the Kennedy Center, and Melania Trump walking out with a humanoid robot at the White House event. Then we discuss the Army extending the maximum recruitment age to 42 years old, at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne set to deploy to the Mideast, and the revelation that Jack Smith found that Trump showed a classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022. Next we discuss Trump’s signature being put on U.S. currency starting this summer, Trump signing an Executive Order to pay TSA agents during the DHS shutdown, and a Judge blocking the Pentagon order branding Anthropic a national security risk. Then we discuss the DOJ admitting that ICE court house arrests relied on erroneous information, Trump extending his pause on striking Iran into April, the Pentagon weighing sending 10,000 more ground troops to the Middle East, and the financial markets falling to a new 2026 low as oil prices rise again. Next we discuss Mike Lindell losing his bid to overturn his defamation verdict as well as his lawyers facing sanctions, the U.S. voting against a U.N. resolution labeling slavery the gravest crime against humanity, and an Iranian attack on a Saudi base injuring 10 U.S. troops and damaging several planes, and videos showing an Iranian missile nearly hitting a U.S. F/A-18 fighter jet. Lastly we discuss that Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop the promotions of black and female officers, FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email getting hacked by a pro-Iranian group, Trump saying Cuba is next in a speech toting U.S. military successes, and Speaker Johnson rejecting the Homeland Security funding bill passed by the Senate and calling it ‘a joke’.

Featured videos on the show:
1. Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies – Mail-In, Mail-Out
2. @letsdiscusssomething on TikTok – Trump has been losing his mind on Truth Social

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Lauren Mayer – There’s Always a Tweet
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Episode 828 – Make Cuba Great Again

The Tim Corrimal Show
Episode 828 – March 22, 2026

Show Art - Trump dressed as Fidel Castro with a hat that says

On episode 828 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky), Francie (@Francie75.bsky.social on BlueSky and @Francie57@mastodon.social on Mastodon), and Cathy (@cathylarkin.bsky.social on BlueSky) and from the Let’s Remember To Never Forget Facebook Page.

On the show this week we discuss the ongoing war in the Middle East, comedian Godfrey cracking up Joy Reed with his Al Sharpton impression on the One54Africa podcast, and the saga of Afroman. Next we discuss a Federal Judge halting RFK Jr’s changes to children’s vaccine policies, a Federal Appeals Court ruling that the Trump Administration cannot implement sweeping funding freezes, and Trump saying he spoke to a former President about bombing Iran and the 4 remaining living Presidents saying they didn’t speak to him. Then we discuss our allies refusal to Trump’s request for assistance in opening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump’s incoherent rambling press conference on Monday, and him saying that he will have the honor of taking Cuba and he can do anything he wants. Next we discuss Airlines announcing fair hikes due to rising jet fuel prices, top Democrats referring Kristi Noem to DOJ for alleged perjury, and the FCC Chairman threatening to pull TV licenses over their Iran war news coverage. Then we discuss Trump revealing a Republican lawmaker’s private health diagnosis during a press conference, Vance saying he trusts Trump on the Iran war, and the Kennedy Center voting to shut down operations for 2 years ahead of a Trump-backed renovation project. Next we discuss the collapse of Cuba’s electric grid leaving millions without power, Judge Boasberg in D.C. issuing a new grand jury policy requiring DOJ to report grand juries declining to indict cases to the Court after their failed indictments of Democratic lawmakers, and National Counter Terrorism Center director Joe Kent’s resignation over the Iran war. Then we discuss the results of the Illinois primary elections on Tuesday, a Federal Judge ordering Voice of America to reinstate 1,000 employees cut under Kari Lake, and Trump’s attack on Gavin Newsom for having dyslexia and saying it disqualifies him from being President. Next we discuss New York City moving to quit defending Eric Adams in his sexual assault lawsuits, Trump delaying his trip to China after starting his war with Iran, and Ali Larijani who was believed to be running Iran since the beginning of the war being killed in a strike. Then we discuss House Democrats who stormed out of a meeting with DOJ leaders briefing on the Epstein files, MarkWayne Mullins’ confirmation hearing in the Senate, and Tulsi Gabbard declining to say if Iran posed an imminent threat to the U.S during a Hearing. Next we discuss Iran targeting neighboring Gulf countries’ energy infrastructure after Israel struck a gas field, Sen. Murphy saying that Trump has no exit plan on how to end the Iran war after attending a classified briefing, and voters in a key Pennsylvania swing district weighing in to an NBC reporter on Trump, gas prices, and the Iran war. Then we discuss Kash Patel being grilled by Sen. Warner on his personal jet use, Trump floating the idea of Venezuela becoming America’s 51 state, and Trump saying that ICE agents will be deployed to airports to assist TSA after agents called out sick and resigned during the DHS funding shutdown fight. Next we discuss the FBI announcement that Joe Kent is under investigation after he resigned over the Iran war, James Comey being subpoenaed in a Trump-appointed prosecutor’s ‘grand conspiracy’ probe, and Trump responding to a Japanese reporter while meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister saying ‘why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?’ Then we discuss Democrats seeking information on Jared Kushner’s potential conflicts of interest in the Middle East, Trump’s $200 billion dollar war request to Congress, and Netanyahu insisting that Israel didn’t pressure the U.S. into war with Iran. Lastly we discuss reporting that drones were detected over the military bases where Rubio and Hegesth live, the US debt surpassing $39 trillion after adding $1 trillion in 5 months, and the father of a service member killed in the Iran war saying that he never told Pete Hegseth to ‘finish the job’ countering Hegseth’s statements following the dignified transfer.

Featured videos on the show:
1. @one54africa on TikTok – Godfrey does his impression of Al Sharpton for Joy Reid
2. @realgoddessmia20 on TikTok – The Afroman saga
3. Voters in a key Pennsylvania swing district weigh in on Trump, gas prices and Iran war

You can contact me on social media at @TimCorrimal using my LinkTree.

The Tim Corrimal Show is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts.  The show is also broadcast on Netroots Radio at 6:30am Eastern and 7:00pm Eastern on Mondays as well as on Radio for Humans on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:00am Eastern and on Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern.

Music on the show:
Lauren Mayer – Baggy Shoes
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Episode 827 – Epstein Gas Prices

The Tim Corrimal Show
Episode 827 – March 15, 2026

Show Art - A man at a gas pump with his eyes bulging out over the price of gas

On episode 827 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky), JC (@detroidbluedog on TikTok and @jcthehippie on Substack) who is the host of “The Hippie Channel” on YouTube, Tee Brown (@teebrown1061 on Spoutible and @teebrown1961 on Substack) who is the host of “Just Tea Talk” on YouTube, and Justice Putnam (@justiceputnam.sky.social on BlueSky and @justiceputnam@sfba.social on Mastodon) from NetrootsRadio.com and http://www.dailykos.com/user/justiceputnam.

On the show this week we discuss the continuing war in Iran, Melania Trump’s speech at the Women’s History Month event at the White House, Russia providing intelligence to Iran to target U.S. forces, and the investigation results that the U.S. likely hit the girls school in Iran due to faulty intelligence. Next we discuss Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts being convicted of raping a 16 year old boy at her home while in office, Rep. Kevin Kiley announcing that he is leaving the GOP to become an Independent, and Rep. Andy Ogles saying that Muslims don’t belong in America. Then we discuss the vehicles that DHS purchased with ICE logos that aren’t being used because agents fear for their lives driving them, the special election in Georgia to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene going into a runoff, and the Alabama governor commuting the death sentence of a man who was found to have not killed anyone. Next we discuss DOJ pardon attorney Ed Martin being hit with an ethics charge, Kai Trump facing a backlash for a social media video of her shopping at the most expensive grocery store in Los Angeles, Iran laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and it seeming like the U.S. is on a path to deploying ground troops in Iran. Then we discuss Trump saying dead people blown up by bombs are walking around with no arms and legs, a Social Security whistleblower alleging that a DOGE worker took Social Security data with him on a thumb drive and planned to share it with his private employer, and a statue that was placed on the National Mall of Trump and Epstein in the Titanic movie pose on the bow of a ship. Next we discuss the White House telling House GOP members to avoid talking about mass deportations ahead of the midterms, a Judge saying that ICE and DOJ leaders are putting rank-and-file lawyers in an impossible position, and Erika Kirk being appointed to the Air Force Academy Board. Then we discuss the FBI subpoenas of election records from 2020 in Arizona, Trump giving his male cabinet members and visitors mis-sized Florsheim shoes, and Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant testifying before the House committee. Next we discuss Joe Rogan saying that many Trump supporters are feeling betrayed by the Iran war, the Pentagon estimating that the first 6 days of the Iran war cost $11.3 billion dollars, and Democrats drafting a bill to provide AI guardrails for autonomous weapons and domestic spying. Then we discuss 300 TSA agents quitting after not being paid during the DHS shutdown for over a month, police saying the January 6th plaque is unlawfully hidden from the public at the U.S. Capitol, and Pete Hegseth barring press photographers from the press room after an unflattering photo of him was released. Lastly we discuss Jeanne Pirro’s press conference after a Judge quashed her Grand Jury subpoenas against Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and the Pentagon press conference where Pete Hegseth and General Caine contradicted each other on the Iran war.

Featured videos on the show:
1. @ajay_vandertunt on TikTok – A movie & the Women’s History Month speech
2. @christinasteatalk on TikTok – Be careful out in these streets apparently there’s dead legless men walking around
3. @epistemiccrisis on TikTok – Florsheim shoes and dementia
4. @letsdiscusssomething on TikTok – I watched the drunk and General Caine talk today so you won’t have to

You can contact me on social media at @TimCorrimal using my LinkTree.

The Tim Corrimal Show is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts.  The show is also broadcast on Netroots Radio at 6:30am Eastern and 7:00pm Eastern on Mondays as well as on Radio for Humans on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:00am Eastern and on Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern.

Music on the show:
Lauren Mayer – Fixin’-To-Vote-Rag
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Episode 826 – Operation Epstein Distraction

The Tim Corrimal Show
Episode 826 – March 8, 2026

Show Art - Pete Hegseth sitting on a missile with liquor bottles surrounding him

On episode 826 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky), Sue (@sueinrockville.bsky.social onBlueSky and @SueInRockville@mstdn.social on Mastodon), and Seth (@SethP23 on Spoutible and @SethP23@stranger.social on Mastodon) from the VEGANesp Blog and his new photography website at https://www.sethpajak.com.

On the show this week we discuss the continuing war in Iran, Melania Trump chairing a United Nations council meeting, and the Trump administration dropping its defense of law firm sanctions then backtracking on it. Next we discuss a Federal Judge nixing the DHS policy that required 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities, the State Department urging Americans to leave the Middle East but providing no assistance to stranded citizens, and Iran shutting down the Strait of Hormuz blocking oil tankers and impacting gas prices. Then we discuss the White House blocking intelligence warnings about the threat of Iranian attacks on U.S. soil, the FBI investigating the shooting in Austin, TX as a potential act of terrorism, and Kash Patel’s firing of agents with expertise in Iran. Next we discuss the Minneapolis prosecutor’s office investigating Greg Bovino and other Border Patrol officials, the Trump Administration being ordered by the Court of International Trade to refund the tariff money that the Supreme Court ruled were illegally assessed, and the insider trading going on with prediction markets. Then we discuss Howard Lutnick agreeing to testify in the House Epstein investigation, service members being told that bombing Iran was part of a divine plan and the war is ‘biblically sanctioned’, and Democratic members sounding the alarm after attending a classified briefing on the military action in Iran. Next we discuss the results of Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Texas, Latinos turning out in massive numbers in the Texas primaries, and a Federal Judge in Minnesota demanding answers from the top Minnesota prosecutor in a contempt hearing. Then we discuss the San Francisco Ballet announcement that they have withdrawn from a 5 day run at the Kennedy Center, the House committee subpoena of Pam Bondi and the subsequent release of more Epstein files, and a Marine veteran who’s arm was broken by Montana Senator Tim Sheehe after he protested a hearing. Next we discuss Kristi Noem’s House hearing where Rep. Kamlager-Dove asked her about her alleged sexual relationship with Corey Lewandowski and her subsequently being fired, the Justice Department shelving it’s investigation into Biden’s used of an autopen, and a sprawling investigation finding decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island. Then we discuss over 20 states suing Trump over his 15% global tariff, Lindsey Halligan being under investigation by the Florida Bar, and Pam Bondi’s attempt to cut state Bar associations from investigating DOJ attorneys. Next we discuss Trump saying he wants to choose the next leader of Iran, a Federal Judge to hear arguments over the Pentagon’s restrictions on press access, and pardoned January 6th insurrectionist Andrew Paul Johnson being sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. Lastly we discuss Trump’s demand of unconditional surrender in Iran, the National Symphony Orchestra executive steeping down and leaving the Kennedy Center, and Virginia passing legislation that prohibits schools from teaching falsehoods about the January 6th insurrection.

Featured videos on the show:
1. @aaronparnas1 on TikTok – Service members told that bombing Iran was part of a divine plan and the war is ‘biblically sanctioned’
2. @jolly_good_ginger on Instagram – Dems sound the alarm
3. @Forbes Breaking News on YouTube – ‘Have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?’: Kamlager-Dove asks Noem socking question
4. @nickmuller703 on TikTok – Secretary of not gonna work here anymore

You can contact me on social media at @TimCorrimal using my LinkTree.

The Tim Corrimal Show is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts.  The show is also broadcast on Netroots Radio at 6:30am Eastern and 7:00pm Eastern on Mondays as well as on Radio for Humans on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:00am Eastern and on Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern.

Music on the show:
Lauren Mayer – Occam’s Razor
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Episode 825 – In Redactions We Trust

The Tim Corrimal Show
Episode 825 – March 1, 2026

Show Art - Trump speaking at the State of the Union with his eyes redacted and

On episode 825 of The Tim Corrimal Show, I am joined at the round table with Joe (Joseph Santorsa on Facebook and @marnus3.bsky.social on BlueSky), Cathy (@cathylarkin.bsky.social on BlueSky) and from the Let’s Remember To Never Forget Facebook Page, Adam Hebert (Adam Hebert on Facebook and @theadamhebert on Threads) from Radio for Humans, and Matt (@MessagingMatters@mstdn.social on Mastodon) from The Messaging Matters Blog.

For some strange reason, the audio track faded in and out on the first 30 minutes of the recording. I was able to save the recording, but I apologize for the way the audio sounds during that part of the podcast.

On the show this week we discuss the U.S. and Israel bombing of Iran, Trump’s statements about it, and how we all feel about it. Next we discuss Judge Cannon blocking the release of Jack Smith’s classified documents report, Peter Mandelson’s arrest in the U.K. after his name was released in the Epstein files, and Jeanine Pirro’s office shelving pursuit of the Democratic House and Senator members who made a video reminding military members that they don’t have to follow unlawful orders. Then we discuss the ICE whistleblower who testified to a committee that recruits are receiving defective training, GOP congressional candidate Omar Navarro being sentenced to 4 year in prison for fraud, and Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales facing calls to resigned after texts with a staffer who committed suicide were released. Next we discuss Netflix dropping out of the bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and Trump’s demand that Netflix remove Susan Rice from their board, Trump scrambling to fix his crumbling tariff strategy after losing in the Supreme Court, and a new poll that showed that most American’s say that the country is worse off than it was a year ago. Then we discuss Fedex and other companies suing the government to get the tariffs money they paid refunded, the Pentagon reaching a deal with xAI to use Grok in classified systems, and AI company Anthropic’s refusal of Hegseth’s demands to allow their software to be used to fire on targets without human intervention as well as being used for massive surveillance on Americans. Next we discuss the Democratic Senators introducing a bill to refund the illegally assessed tariff money, France baring Ambassador Kushner from meeting with French officials, and Ambassador Huckabee saying that Israel can take any part of the Middle East that it wants. Then we discuss DOJ not releasing documents from a victim that alleged that Trump sexually assaulted and hit her in her early teen years, around half of Democrats skipping Trump’s State of the Union speech, and the dementia addled rambling speech that had no basis in reality. Next we discuss the Supreme Court ruling that an ICE detention contractor can’t use it’s detainees as slaves, Clarence Thomas creating a threat to mail in voting by deciding that U.S. Postal workers can’t be sued for not delivering people’s mail, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce saying that the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs undermines Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa rule. Then we discuss the Trump administration considering requiring banks to collect citizenship information, Cuba saying four people were killed after a U.S. boat violated it’s territorial waters, and the Trump administration pausing Medicaid funding to Minnesota. Next we discuss the FBI firing 10 agents who worked on the Mar-a-Lago documents case, a Federal Judge rejecting the Trump administration policy deporting immigrants to 3rd party countries, and Rep. Nance Mace saying she will force a vote on releasing Congress members’ sexual misconduct reports. Then we discuss Surgeon General nominee Casey Means lacking support for confirmation in the Senate, Larry Summers leaving his Harvard teaching job over the Epstein files, and a Homeland Security official rejecting the suggestion that ICE agents will be at polling stations in November. Next we discuss the FBI raid of L.A. school superintendent Alberto Carvalho’s office and home after he refused to allow ICE agents in schools, a report that showed Kash Patel’s trip to Milan for the Olympics as filled with personal activities, and the depositions of Hillary and Bill Clinton. Lastly we discuss the rumors that Trump may sign an Executive Order to rewrite election rules since the SAVE act lacks the votes in the Senate, the blind refugee that was found dead after being released by Ice agents in Buffalo, NY, and a Federal Judge ruling that the Trump administration can’t force states to supply it’s food stamp data.

Featured videos on the show:
1. Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies – It’s Cause the Midterms
2. @pissedoffbudtender – He said it himself folks “that’s war”
3. @ohhthatsrich on TikTok – The tantrum behind Trump’s anti-election Executive Order

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The Tim Corrimal Show is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts.  The show is also broadcast on Netroots Radio at 6:30am Eastern and 7:00pm Eastern on Mondays as well as on Radio for Humans on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:00am Eastern and on Tuesdays at 7:00pm Eastern.

Music on the show:
Lauren Mayer – Nobody Likes Trump (the SOTU song)
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Lauren Mayer’s YouTube Page
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