Look Forward - Progressive Political News

Look Forward - Progressive Political News

Stay informed with Look Forward, your go-to podcast for in-depth analysis of U.S. politics, government policies, and the latest political news. We break down key issues, elections, and legislative decisions that shape the nation. Featuring commentary, and historical context, our episodes cover topics like democracy, voting rights, congressional debates, and the impact of political parties on American governance. Whether you're interested in presidential elections, Supreme Court rulings, or the future of U.S. policy, we provide fact-based insights to keep you ahead of the conversation. Our goal? To inform, provoke, and inspire you to stand up for democracy. No “both sides” fluff, just real talk about what’s at stake. Subscribe for weekly videos packed with sharp analysis, unapologetic opinions, and a dose of humor to keep you sane. If you’re ready to fight for a future free from fascism, join us.

Episodes

August 11, 2025 131 mins
This week on Look Forward, the guys return (Jay is traveling so mind the audio quality differences) to discuss Dems in Texas and nationwide finally fighting back, gerrymandering is the new national battleground and its long overdue, JB Pritzker throwing his hat in the ring, Gaza is undergoing a genocide and arguments against this fact are completely ridiculous at this point, RFK Jr cuts $500M in funding for mRNA vaccine development...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss Mehdi Hasan going up against a bunch of far right conservatives, Trump's continued campaign to get you to talk about literally anything but his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, Tulsi Gabbard's gotcha on Obama isn't just another Epstein distraction its also stupid as hell, Stephen Colbert is fired and its obviously political, Trump suffering from extreme fatboy cankle disease, ICE...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the flooding in Texas that has unfortunately claimed the lives of over 130 people, the political fallout, implications, and history with the Texas area, Trump talks of ending FEMA in wake of these natural disasters, Jeffrey Epstein's client list is said to not exist according the Trump administration but the cover-up seems to be in full swing, Elon Musk's AI, Grok, gets a upgrad...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the Big Beautiful Bill passage and its disastrous impact on the entire country, Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City's primary is sparking a national conversation between logic and objective bigotry, health insurers once again putting Americans in a corner and demanding they just take it, SCOTUS just allowing Trump to manage laws as he sees fit, Paramount pays Trump and learns ...
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    This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss the weekend war that Trump helped spark off with Iran. Tehran responds to US bombing their nuclear facilities but this is all just foreign policy posturing. MAGA civil war begins as pro-war and anti-war factions argue about betrayal with some unlikely characters standing against the president. Senate passes legislation for stable digital coins, Mamdani seems to have a real c...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the nationwide "No Kings" Day of protests juxtaposed to the pathetic limp dick Donald Trump wanna be authoritarian forced military birthday parade, the political assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker and her spouse and the shooting attack on another and his spouse by a MAGA faithful acolyte, Trump opens asks how to prevent farmers and hotel owners from suffering under the dracon...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the protest that are happening in Los Angeles, California against ICE kidnappings that Trump is working overtime to escalate into a fullscale fight with the national guard and U.S. military, Gavin Newsom steps up and pushes back in a pretty tough way against both Trump and Tom Homan publicly. A story about the U.S. Census that you ABSOLUTELY should be aware of, Kilmar Abrego Gar...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return (sorry about Jay's voice because of illness) to talk about the world's most predictable breakup between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, Stephen Miller and Musk have a bit of a cucked-up situation, Ukraine pulls off not just a innovative attack on Russia but just genuine cool as hell and its likely an indicator of what new era guerilla warfare looks like, anti-Semitic attack in Colorado helps t...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the dystopian and destructive details from the budget bill passed by House Republicans this past week entitled "One Big Beautiful Bill," Media becomes obsessed with potential Biden mental health news from last year while ignoring the destruction of the Republican in real time, Senate Republicans temporarily nuke the filibuster in what can only be classified as "raptors testing t...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the Democratic party attacking the progressive wing of its own party, Republicans have zero idea as the damage they will do to society with their reckless handling of AI (or do they?), Mike Lee pushes for a national ban on all pornography (check this man's hard drive immediately), birthright citizenship case heads to the Supreme Court, fascist parades are now going to be in Amer...
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    This week the guys return to have a quick mini-show all about the objectively insanely corruption that is happening in the open with the Trump administration. Donald Trump decides (AGAINST THE LAW) that he will accept a $400M plane from the Qatari government as the new Air Force One all the while structuring personal Trump Organization deals for a new multi-billion dollar Trump golf course resort in the Middle Eastern country. Also...
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    This week the guys return to discuss Trump's bizarre take on his responsibility over the economy, whether he has to uphold the Constitution, and how ignorant he is to what his trade war with China will do to the American economy and public. Israel goes all in on occupation of the Gaza Strip officially, White House attacks Jeff Bezos immediately off of a rumor that tariff impact will be visible to Amazon customers, "Take It Down" la...
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    This week the guys return to discuss Senator Chris Van Hollen's trip to El Salvador that was telling in many ways about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Trump's blatant human trafficking to CECOT, Trump just tells Putin to "stop it!" when it comes to the war in Ukraine, CEOs of big box stores tell Trump to knock off all the tariff nonsense, RFK Jr absolutely insane stances on school shootings, ailments he deems "exotic, and pushing to crea...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss how the Donald Trump administration is openly defying the Supreme Court ruling to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back to the United States from El Salvador, the tariffs are causing economic havoc and some are clearly taking advantage with insider knowledge, Harvard University fights back against the Trump administration draconian requests on their curriculum, Speaker of the...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the absolutely abysmal reaction to the new Trump tariffs, Corey Booker holds the longest speech on the Senate floor in a direction response to the enduring nightmare that is the second Trump administration, Social Security weaponized against the state of Maine because their governor followed the law, White House admits they made a mistake with sending an innocent man to El Salva...
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    This week on Look Forward, we break down the biggest political stories dominating the headlines, including Pete Hegseth's top secret military operations group chat on Signal, Chuck Schumer's massive vote screw-up on the continuing resolution, and AOC's star is rising in the Democratic Party and what her future may hold. From classified war plans on public chat applications to a legendary Democratic politician's inability to under t...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss Donald Trump's back and forth insanity with tariffs, the stock market heads into freefall as financial uncertainty is on the rise, Tesla stock is half what it was under Joe Biden and that's fine with us, Trump administration tries to disapear pro-Palestinian protestor, air travel contract to be taken over by Starlink, Rubio bends the knee to Elon Musk over USAID, DOGE exposes lo...
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    This week the guys return to discuss the progress of pushing back on the Trump administration, James Carville's controversial opinion and being a victim of your own political success, DOGE has a new head but does it really, shareholders and corporations feeling the heat for their behaviors towards Trump, auto-firing of federal employees?, Ron DeSantis is wondering who could be responsible for HIS parties screwing up, Trump selling ...
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    February 22, 2025 74 mins
    This week on Look Forward, Jay and Brad return to discuss Trump's newest inane threat statements that went nowhere, NYC mayor gets a lovely quid pro quo from the Trump administration, more tariff threats send the stock market into another tumble, the push for the unitary executive theory, firing the folks who handle nukes and pandemics just because, CPAC brings out the crazies and one big drug addict has a time, Ukraine is now the ...
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    This week on Look Forward, the guys return to discuss the judiciary's hard push back on Donald Trump and Elon Musk's attempts to ruin the U.S. government, DOGE staffers coming back after racists social media posts were discovered, Trump axes federal EV programs, Trump says America will own Gaza and develop it, more tariffs announced on foreign steel and aluminum with no exceptions, Eric Adams is definitely about to flip parties, vo...
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