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TMI 08/08/2025 – FEMA Funds Threatened, Jim Acosta’s AI Interview Fail, Politics on Substack, more

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Post date August 8, 2025
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On this episode, we examine the dangerous politicization of emergency management, as vital FEMA funds meant to make communities disaster-resistant are actively being threatened by the Trump regime. Then, we look at a profound failure in modern journalism, breaking down how Jim Acosta failed basic ethical standards by interviewing an AI version of a shooting victim.

Next, we aim to give fresh insights into alternative media ecosystems. We wrap up with an examination of exactly how politics are discussed, monetized, and manipulated on Substack. All this and more on TMI for Friday, August 8, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/25/2025 & 08/01/2025 – Colbert Cancelled by FCC Abuse, Feds Criminalize Helping Protestors, Stonewall Erasure, more

(Original broadcast July 25, 2025, rebroadcast the following week)

CBS/Paramount caused shock waves in the world of late-night television, but did you hear why Colbert’s sudden show cancellation is merely the beginning of unchecked FCC abuse under Trump? We examine how federal agencies are being weaponized against broadcast critics. Then, we look at the chilling escalation in law enforcement, as the Feds move to officially make it a crime simply to help ICE protestors.

Next, we aim to give fresh insights into the quiet erasure of LGBTQ+ history as we discuss how the Trump administration deliberately erased all bisexual references from the Stonewall Monument. All this and more on TMI for Friday, July 25 (and August 1), 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/18/2025 – BEST OF TMI – Will Roberts Documents the Vital CUNA/Trustage Strike in “Out of Office”, “Alligator Alcatraz” is a 21st Century Concentration Camp, WI Supreme Court News, more

On this Bestof TMI episode, Will Roberts joins us to discuss his Means.TV documentary “Out of Office” which succinctly and clearly shows the union’s side of the 2023 OPEIU Local 39 strike on Trustage (nee CUNA Mutual). We examine how even when a union is present, effort must be made to use it to protect the workers… and when that effort is made, it can win BIG. Listen in!

Next, we look at the shame that is the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in Florida. Erected in eight days, designed to hold people out where escape can mean death by predator, and ready to be abused as this-century’s version of a concentration camp, we look at this thing that both Trump and DeSantis hail as the new way to treat people they don’t like. Finally, we go over some good news from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as the majority decided to stop the Wisconsin State Legislature from unconstitutionally negating the rightful powers and duties of the office of Governor. All this and more on this Best of TMI for Friday, July 18, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/11/2025 – Will Roberts Documents the Vital CUNA/Trustage Strike in “Out of Office”, “Alligator Alcatraz” is a 21st Century Concentration Camp, WI Supreme Court News, more

Will Roberts joins us on this episode to discuss his Means.TV documentary “Out of Office” which succinctly and clearly shows the union’s side of the 2023 OPEIU Local 39 strike on Trustage (nee CUNA Mutual). We examine how even when a union is present, effort must be made to use it to protect the workers… and when that effort is made, it can win BIG. Listen in!

Next, we look at the shame that is the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center in Florida. Erected in eight days, designed to hold people out where escape can mean death by predator, and ready to be abused as this-century’s version of a concentration camp, we look at this thing that both Trump and DeSantis hail as the new way to treat people they don’t like. Finally, we go over some good news from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as the majority decided to stop the Wisconsin State Legislature from unconstitutionally negating the rightful powers and duties of the office of Governor. All this and more on TMI for Friday, July 11, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 07/04/2025 – SCOTUS Will Listen to GOP Argument That There Isn’t Enough Money in Politics, The End of the (Shared) World As We Know It, Two Good News Items for Trans Rights, more

Everyone’s focused (and rightfully so) on the horrific set of rulings that the Supreme Court of the United States just released this past week and a half, which is why it flew under the radar that they’ve accepted a case for this coming year that could end all campaign finance limitations as they still exist. Electing to take up a lawsuit brought by then-Senator JD Vance in 2002, what will be on the table is one of the final prohibitions on campaign spending, and the makeup of this Court makes the 2010 one that said yes to Citizens United v. FEC look moderate.

Next, we have reached the end of the world. I’m not the one to reach this conclusion, and even Jessica Wildfire of The Sentinel Intelligence merely uncovered what linguistic philosopher Donald Davidson accidentally predicted in his essay “A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs” – that as human beings are social animals, we communicate to survive, and to communicate we have to be in the same shared world. Sharing a world, however, seems to be a thing of the past.

Finally, we go over two positive news items for the rights of trans people: first we go abroad to India, where the High Court of Andhra Pradesh has ruled that trans women are legally recognized as women under the Constitution of India; second, we see that back home, action taken by the ALCU and others finally has the Trump regime relenting, and starting to allow updating of gender markers on US passports for trans people. All this and more on TMI for Friday, July 04, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 06/27/2025 – WI Supreme Court Rejects WMC’s PFAS Attack, Zohran’s NYC Primary Win Forces Dem Party Leaders to Choose, Google’s Triple Antitrust Losses Haven’t Split It Up Yet, more

On today’s episode, we look at how Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, on a 5 to 2 decision, upheld the WI Dept of Natural Resources’ ability to regulate toxins and pollutants ahead of the lengthy process of having those materials be officially designated as dangerous. The court even got one of the conservatives to go along with the decision, further isolating the toxic influence of the remaining two.

Finally, we look over what should have been a done deal: Google’s Alphabet has lost three antitrust lawsuits, and has been determined to be an illegal monopoly, so why is it still intact? All this and more on TMI for Friday, June 27, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 06/20/2025 – Jessica Wildfire Says “I Told You So” to the “Can’t Happen Here” Crowd, SCOTUS Makes Horrible Ruling on Gender Affirming Care, Fed Judge Declares Anti-Woke Initiatives “Racist”, more

Jessica Wildfire posted an overview on The Sentinel Intelligence of how people in denial of the rise of 21st century fascism repeatedly told those of us who warned about it that it “can’t happen here”. Then she pointed out how in each and every warning that was given, we are already there, despite some of the loudest media naysayers’ continued attempts to make things seem normal.

Next, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that, while failing to destroy ALL the legal wins trans rights have had recently, puts a serious amount of medical rights for trans people in extreme peril – we review. Finally, we show how a federal judge took apart the Trump Regime’s arguments for its “anti-woke” orders and directly declared them to be “racist”. All this and more on TMI for Friday, June 20, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 06/13/2025 – The Fallacies of Capitalism with Sam Reilly, The Reality of Trump’s LA Invasion with Senator Bernie Sanders, Utah’s Study to Confirm Gender-Affirming Care is Bad Fails, more

Essayist Sam Reilly joins us for an interview on his investigation of Capitalism’s pervasive lie that the competition it breeds brings about the best results for everyone. Together, he and I help outline the many ways it fails to bear the promised results.

Next, Senator Bernie Sanders spared some of his busy schedule to record his thoughts on the so-called Los Angeles “riots” and how Trump had used them as a poor excuse to further his fascistic ends – I “interview” Bernie’s recording to make sure we have what he meant as clear as possible. Finally, we look at how a study commissioned by the GOP of Utah to show scientific evidence of the harms of gender-affirming care flipped on them. All this and more on TMI for Friday, June 13, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 06/06/2025 – Preserving Worlds of Game Culture, Pride Flag and Celebration Bans Fought Nationwide, How Anger Must Be Kept in the Fight For Us All, more

Capitalism isn’t known for preserving culture, even that culture which was born from its offerings. This inspired Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil to create “Preserving Worlds” with Means TV, as both digital archaeology and cultural preservation, documenting not just the technical aspects of online virtual worlds built around games but the human communities and cultures that flourished within them. We discuss the series with them – listen in!

Next, we discover that from Florida Pride celebrants defying Governor DeSantis’ anti-LGBT laws to place in Montana, Utah and Idaho finding ways to re-legalize Pride Flags for their communities, there is a nationwide backlash against the attempt top erase the LGBTQ+ community. Finally, we take heed to Jessica Wildfire’s piece at The Sentinel Intelligence, where she warns of the danger of allowing only the elites to have anger in their arsenal. All this and more on TMI for Friday, June 6, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!

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TMI 05/30/2025 – Lisa Graves Says Chief Justice John Roberts is ‘Unprecedented’, Bill in Congress to Destroy Courts’ Oversight of Trump, Federal Court Blocks Iowa Book Ban, more

Today’s episode opens with an illuminating interview with Lisa Graves, Co-host at Legal AF, MeidasTouch and the Five 8 1/2, discussing her forthcoming book “Unprecedented,” which examines Chief Justice John Roberts’ leadership in the Supreme Court and his rise to power on the backs of the nation’s most fascist interests- listen in to hear more.

Next, we looked at alarming developments in Congress, where provisions buried within Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” are designed to systematically dismantle judicial oversight, including the No Rogue Rulings Act, which would strip judges of their power to issue nationwide injunctions against Trump’s policies. Finally, a federal court has struck down Iowa’s anti-LGBTQ book ban law as largely unconstitutional for its prohibition of school library books “containing descriptions or depictions of sex acts.” All this and more on TMI for Friday, May 30, 2025 – listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!