Joe and Tim catch up on some of the current events that took place over the holidays. After, they take time to reflect on their predictions from the past year and then make predictions for the upcoming year.

1. Las Vegas & New Orleans

a. Why? (8:00)

2. Speaker of the House (16:30)

3. Evaluation of our 2024 predictions and the predictions for 2025 (18:20)

After a week hiatus, Joe and Tim catch up on some of the big news leading into the holiday season:

1. Mangione optics

2. Drones in NJ (9:30)

a. Influence on trust in government (18:30)

3. Musk/Trump compared to Harris/Biden (24:50)

4. Near shutdown (32:20)

5. Checks on Trump (37:40)

6. Russian Spies (46:50)

7. U.S. identity (57:15)

8. Amazon strikers (1:04:30)

9. Syria (1:10:00)

Joe and Tim had a busy December week to talk about:

1. Joe Biden's Pardon of his son

a. Democrat & Republican erosion of norms (15:45)

2. South Korea Martial Law (19:35)

3. French No Confidence vote (25:20)

a. France & S.K. situations as crystal balls? (28:00)

4. Murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO (37:30)

This week, Joe and Tim discuss:

1. The Hezbollah Ceasefire

2. Trump Tariff "plans" (5:40)

a. Business plans for tariffs (17:25)

3. Syria Civil War (21:55)

4. School Choice (24:20)

5. Election Conspiracy Theories on the left (31:45)

6. Public Health like "Big Food", social media, etc. (38:25)

7. Sales tax in Louisiana (56:05)

Joe and Tim spend most of this episode in a circling argument over a few of the stories of the week and whether or not there is any connection between them:

1. Gaetz withdraws from AG nomination

2. Hong Kong sentencings (4:45)

3. Ukraine fires US missiles into Russia (13:20)

A. Goals in Ukraine (22:00)

4. 1st attempt to tie back in Gaetz (34:20)

5. Tim's beliefs in supporting democracy (37:00)

6. 2nd attempt to tie back in Gaetz (41:30)

7. Judging Biden in Ukraine (56:20)

8. Hezbollah & Mid. East connections (1:00:15)

9. Other small news stories (1:15:20)

10. Google search monopoly recommendations & other Big Tech. (1:18:00)

This week Joe and Tim mostly discuss the news in the presidential transition with a few other topics sprinkled in:

1. Administration appointments

A. Solicitor General

B. Attorney General (4:30)

C. Senate circumvention (6:00)

D. HHS (7:00)

E. DOGE (16:00)

F. No Haley (27:10)

G. SecDef (28:10)

H. Dir. of Nat. Intel. (29:00)

I. State (31:35)

J. Border Czar (32:50)

K. Additional names (35:35)

2. Economic news (36:10)

4. 3rd Term? (38:30)

5. 2028 Democrats (43:30)

6. InfoWars/The Onion (48:15)

7. Lame Duck time period/Millennials (48:50)

8. Biden/Trump meeting (56:30)

In this episode, Tim and Joe break down their takes on the election results as they were at the time of recording:

1. Going through the night of the election

2. Reaction to the election (9:35)

3. Other election results (12:45)

4. Takes on why the election unfolded as such (19:30)

5. Harris concedes (33:10)

6. Tim's post-election plan (36:00)

7. Down the rabbit holes of what could happen next (39:20)

8. Most divisive president? (1:00:50)

In the final episode before Tuesday's election, Joe and Tim discuss some of their final thoughts, weaving in a few other stories:

1. Missteps, gaffes, etc. in the final stretch

2. Betting on the election (8:30)

3. Joe shares his research on 3rd party candidates and finalizes his vote (12:45)

4. Boeing strike update (26:00)

5. The Dow Jones (27:40)6. The Fed (32:15)

7. Musk an illegal alien? (35:15)

8. Voting (37:45)

9. Election day claims (42:40)

10. Election night watching (46:20)