The Damage Report: May 9, 2025

Hosts: John Iadarola   Guests: Brett Erlich
MAGA supporters completely lose their minds over the announcement of the first American Pope Leo XIV after his history of posts and public comments against Donald Trump's decisions surge into the spotlight. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's insane cover story over pushing Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP to raise taxes on the rich collapses through his own Truth Social rant and through reports revealing the potential tax hikes Trump is trying to spin would only 2%, which would be a weaker version of the tax rates that were once in place before he was president. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump finally loses it with the appointment of another Fox News host, Jeanine Pirro, to a top position of interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., after Trump's original candidate, Ed Martin, was reportedly facing too much pressure in the Senate. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Former congressman and notorious fraudster, George Santos, takes an opportunity during his interview with Piers Morgan to beg Donald Trump for a pardon from his prison sentence using an unhinged strategy to gain Trump's favor by attacking the former Attorney General. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Conservatives spiral over the newly selected Pope Leo XIV over his worldview that is at odds with their beliefs and his social media posts putting Donald Trump, JD Vance and the rest of the White House to shame. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Newsmax panel group goes off the rails with insane attack on former Transportation Secretary Democrat Pete Buttigieg with bizarre rants over removing bike lanes and bus lanes so that only car drivers can exist. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Here are our thoughts on a religious mom saying it's god's will if a car blows up due to a person's actions. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: May 8, 2025

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is struggling to put out fires within his own party as GOP infighting erupts over the reality of medicaid cuts, as devastating new schemes are introduced to essentially kick people off of their health insurance plans, with different sections of Republicans wanting opposing action over cuts, which could completely derail the vote on Donald Trump's disastrous budget bill. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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During the second day of the meeting, it was announced that Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected to be the new pope and the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV, before Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate the pope after his AI-generated Trump pope post caused recent controversy. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump explodes over being questioned on trade deals ahead of his announcement on a mystery trade deal, which is instantly revealed to be with the UK, after his tariffs have caused mass trade confusion between allies and the market. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan scrambles during an interview on Fox News over lies that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is breaking the law after AOC calls him out on stage at town hall. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett gives Republicans and Donald Trump a brutal lesson they won't forget over who the real threat to Americans is and GOP hypocrisy during a fiery hearing. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump makes a shocking move as he caves to right-wing influencer and conspiracist, Laura Loomer, after she erupts on social media demanding he withdraw his nomination for Surgeon General, Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat, but then she gets even more mad at his new potential pick. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: May 7, 2025

Hosts: John Iadarola   Guests: Sharon Reed
John Iadarola responds to Marjorie Taylor Greene after the Georgia congresswoman made a direct request for John to be nice to her during an interview on TYT. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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MAGA Supporters and influencers, including Megyn Kelly, lose their minds over the Met Gala theme and the attendees. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and the scrambling GOP members sink to a whole new low in latest plan to sell off public lands to the highest bidder, opening the door for more oil drilling, mining and other drastic environmental disasters as they try to scrounge together more money from Donald Trump's tax plan. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Supreme Court issues a disastrous ruling, which could throw military members into chaos, with a move to temporarily green-light Donald Trump's hateful military ban for transgender service members until the 9th Circuit Court comes to a full decision on the ban. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump and his immediate family members get rocked by sweeping new proposal being introduced by Sens. Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren that would ban presidents, lawmakers and their families over crypto asset activities, after a New York Times report reveals suspicious Trump family profit ties to an upcoming foreign deal through an Abu Dhabi investment fund. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Israeli Defense Forces soldiers film video of them blowing up Gaza with bomb that has blue smoke as they celebrate a gender reveal of one of the soldier's expected child as children in Gaza are bombed and starved in war. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: May 6, 2025

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson gets hit with another new issue to add to his mounting obstacles to get the disastrous Trump-backed domestic policy bill passed at upcoming vote as a new letter signed by 20 hard-line Republicans demanding deeper Medicaid cuts to pass the bill is exposed through embedded metadata to be authored by Brian Blase, president of Paragon Health Institute, and not the Republicans attached to it. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Jon Stewart goes off during The Daily Show with stunning reality check on Donald Trump's "nonsense", such as reopening the Alcatraz mega-prison, being his ultimate scheme to distract the public from the terrible moves that Republicans are actually making, including the recent gutting of funding for American food banks. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Elon Musk reveals reasoning for his plans to colonize Mars with disastrous prediction during bizarre interview with Fox News, as the Trump administration reveals potentially massive new payday for Musk through SpaceX by government contracts and slashing spending for NASA. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drops truth over the underlying dynamics in the caucus within the Democratic party as she reveals she will not be running for the House Oversight Committee bid that Gerry Connolly has decided to step aside from, as press over AOC's tour and presidential potential booms. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Marjorie Taylor Greene gets hit with humiliating blow after declaring she would win the Georgia Senate election if she decided to run, after recent polls show she would currently be crushed by every other candidate in the race. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump looks visibly exhausted during a rambling speech where he makes a revealing misstep in admitting the inspiration for re-opening Alcatraz is because he was supposed to be a movie maker, as Attorney General Pam Bondi blatantly lies over the outrageous cost of the prison plan while touting being the party of detecting waste, fraud and abuse. John Iadarola and Luke Beasley break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report With John Iadarola: May 5, 2025

Hosts: John Iadarola   Guests: Jayar Jackson
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to get the Trump-backed enormous domestic policy bill passed before the end of the month, which will enact massive cuts to critical programs, such as Medicaid, and new spending plans for states to start individually handling, sparks massive infighting and chaos within the GOP over the coming vote. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's announcement over reopening notoriously cruel maximum-security prison, Alcatraz, gets hit with immediate pushback as many people note the prison would be a colossal financial mistake as it was closed because it was so expensive to operate, it would need extensive renovations, and Trump's plan would end all of the millions in tourism funds the prison currently makes. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's surprise announcement threatening to impose a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies in a recent Truth Social post explodes in instant backlash as people reveal how the plan makes no sense and would potentially hurt Hollywood with much more dramatic damage than the crisis it is already facing. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump can not recover from basic questions over upholding the Constitution during a disaster interview and then lashes out on Truth Social, continuing to prove his wild confusion. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump melts down with desperate excuses and obvious lies when questioned over economic consequences of his tariff plans and layoffs during tense interview as prices continue to rise and major retailers, such as Target, Walmart and Home Depot, reveal consumers are likely to see empty shelves in the next couple weeks. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump gets hilariously shut down by Mark Hamill in response to the White House's social media attempt to make a Star Wars post for May the 4th with a bizarre AI-generated photo of Trump holding a red lightsaber, which completely negates the text of the post attacking the left. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: May 2, 2025

Hosts: John Iadarola   Guests: Brett Erlich
Elon Musk is still melting down over the recent report from the Wall Street Journal claiming Tesla board members were privately opening a search for a replacement CEO, which has been denied by Tesla, while analysts expose the reality of the challenges of replacing Musk as CEO. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's catastrophic cuts to key programs, while massively increasing military spending to above $1 trillion for the first time ever, are unveiled in his FY 2026 budget ahead of its upcoming congressional vote. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Justice Department's civil rights division is facing a mass exodus of over 230 attorneys who have either quit or accepted deferred resignations after the new head of the department, Harmeet Dhillon, reveals what Donald Trump deems as civil rights cases they should be focusing on, which are the opposite of what the department was created for. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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A Supreme Court Justice finally takes a stand against Donald Trump as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson receives a standing ovation at a conference after delivering a surprise criticism of Trump's attacks on judges. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump abandons his biggest tech billionaire supporters, while labelling Elon Musk as terrific, with a humiliating blow while mocking them to a crowd in rambling speech. Elon Musk John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Mark Zuckerberg makes a grim announcement over his plans to cure male loneliness by creating computer friends, except the friends are actually AI-generated chatbots. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report With John Iadarola: May 1, 2025

Donald Trump backstabs his National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz and his deputy, Alex Wong, in a sudden ousting from their positions to push out Waltz to be the ambassador to the U.N. in the fallout of Signalgate, seemingly without Waltz being at all prepared for the firing. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Elon Musk is sent panicking after getting hit with more financial consequences after Tesla stock prices falls again following reporting by the Wall Street Journal that Tesla board members were exploring CEO succession options to potentially help rebuild the brand, to which Musk and Tesla have since claimed are false accusations, but have not taken any further action. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson sinks in a humiliating admission when confronted on raising an emergency declaration over Donald Trump overstepping constitutional power of congressional authority for tariffs and crashing the American economy during an Axios News Shapers event. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's latest humiliating video of his White House cabinet meeting has people cringing as officials are forced to take turns telling him how great he is, which backfires for Pam Bondi, whose attempt to celebrate his drug crackdown proves he is costing Americans way more for the same results as the Biden administration. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: April 30, 2025

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's scheme to hide the upcoming medicaid disaster, specifically through the cutting of an important amendment to a GOP bill over the effects of cuts, gets brutally exposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a stunning committee hearing. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Elon Musk ditches White House office, though he is reportedly not leaving his position in Donald Trump's administration entirely, with the announcement of how much he believes DOGE has found in government savings, which gets immediately wrecked by the counter numbers proving how much DOGE's disastrous rehirings, paid leave plans, staff cuts and more will actually cost taxpayers. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump loses it in an early morning meltdown with a post on Truth Social that highlights his disastrous tariff consequences as he tries to blame anybody else, while Trade Advisor Peter Navarro's economic defense instantly backfires on live TV. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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White House scheme to pump out propaganda on the Donald Trump administration escalates as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hosts off-the-walls press briefings for MAGA and conservative influencers, separate from the standard press briefings. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The Damage Report: April 29, 2025

Hosts: John Iadarola   Guests: Viviana Vigil
Jon Stewart takes Donald Trump and leaders in his administration, such as Scott Bessent, to task in a shattering reality check over the consequences of Trump's tariff war, trade relations and his first 100 days in office. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump proves he is still obsessed with Taylor Swift as he snaps over her Super Bowl appearance to support the chiefs, which he also did, before their loss to Eagles champions as a number of Eagles players refuse to attend White House photo-op ceremony. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt scrambles in a panic to take over questions from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during briefing when a reporter questions him over Amazon's crushing announcement about displaying tariff raised prices for American consumers, before retracting the plan. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's outrageous attacks and repeated desire to plan for Canada to be the 51st state blow up in his face as reports prove that when he started to target Canada, their political landscape swung dramatically from being in support of conservative candidate, Pierre Poilievre, to supporting Liberal candidate Mark Carney as the election winner. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump gets rocked by a surprise flip from Alex Jones who calls out Trump for blatantly unconstitutional plan to deport US citizens during his show. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Donald Trump's darkest plan yet sparks backlash as new executive order, the "Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens" order, is announced with plans to establish a legal military army for cops. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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