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Pool Me Twice, Shame On You

Explore episode Jun 23, 2026

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The David Gentile Pardon: Corruption for Sale

At 50:12 · chapter starts 44:20

Jon Favreau walks through the New York Times story by Ken Vogel: David Gentile, who stole more than $1 billion from mostly mom-and-pop investors, had his sentence commuted by Trump less than 2 weeks in. Jailhouse communications reportedly showed Gentile discussing $2 million in payments to secure his freedom, with a retired Catholic priest and Trump inauguration speaker — who had cleaned and photographed Trump's parents' graves as a gift — being the conduit. Trump's own political appointees then killed the early-stage DOJ investigation into how the clemency happened. Jon Lovett argues this is some of the most brazen corruption of the administration, and notes there appears to be daylight between Trump (who may not have known money was changing hands) and the operatives around him who may have been pocketing fees. Tommy says this story directly connects corruption to voter harm and is exactly the kind of message Democrats should be running on. Jon Favreau contemplates whether the next Democratic Congress should pursue impeachment purely as an educational exercise.

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Bill Pulte as Acting DNI: Firings Have Already Begun

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Trump blocked the quick confirmation of his own DNI pick, Jay Clayton, to keep Bill Pulte — a corrupt political operative with no intelligence experience — in the acting director seat. A CNN source reported Pulte began carrying out deep-state firings almost immediately upon taking the role.

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Tulsi Gabbard Was Taking Literal Direction From a Cult Leader

Pool Me Twice, Shame On You · Jun 23, 2026 News

A Washington Post investigation found that in 24 of 32 TV appearances between 2014 and 2016, then-Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard used language from memos written by an alleged cult leader almost verbatim. The memos also directed which legislation she should introduce. She was the Director of National Intelligence.

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