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Unf*cking The Republic

Omnibus (4-18-26).

Unf*cking The Republic

UNFTR Media

Politics, Government, News

4.8758 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Max and 99 are back for another episode of Omnibus. They break down why the 25th Amendment won’t work, hit headlines on climate math, vigilantes, and Trump’s Diet Coke cancer theory. Then they tackle listener emails on Trump’s successors and moving beyond No Kings. They rank their Top 5 celebrity dinner party guests and close with documentary recommendations. Enjoy!

Chapters

Intro: 00:00:13

Headlines: 00:08:10

Emails: 00:35:25

Top 5: 00:56:14

Beyond the Bullshit: 01:09:11

Memberships: 01:16:16

Outro: 01:16:51

Resources

The American Prospect: Who Wrote the 25th Amendment?

Grist: How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up

The Baffler: Vigilante Injustice

Wired: The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought

Independent: White House insists Trump was joking about Diet Coke killing cancer cells

Steal This Story, Please!

Trust Me: The False Prophet

UNFTR Resources

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Max for Meidas Touch

UNFTR’s 5 Non-Negotiables

Episode: No King.

Video: Tariff and Oil Shock | Iran War | Amy Goodman

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, welcome to Omnibus. Today is April 16th, but for you, it's April 18th.

0:23.6

At least that's if everything goes according to plan,

0:27.9

which it did not yesterday on April 15th on tax day,

0:32.8

where I actually had a rather miserable fucking day.

0:36.1

And it concluded with 99 and I in the studio,

0:44.2

having a romp, having a bit of a bit of a romp, a good time, having fun in the studio, recording this.

0:51.3

And then all of the power on this side of the street where our studio is in the little town that we're in just went out.

0:54.0

And so we lost the entire recording.

0:56.2

So we're doing this all over again. So we should be really good at it because we're pretty practiced. 99. We're not together today, though.

1:02.5

No. I needed to save because it costs $800 to fill up my tank. That's right. That's right. And why

1:10.0

is that? You know know it's the funniest little

1:13.6

thing is it yeah the gas stations just got together and decided to raise the prices that sounds like

1:20.0

collusion to me because i can't think of another reason no not a single one so donald trump is

1:27.2

fighting with the pope. So that's cool. He has proposed a one and a half trillion dollar military budget on top of his proposed budget for the year, which cuts everything from National Institute of Health and Education and Healthcare funding and all sorts of good stuff like that.

1:50.4

He wants to fire Jerome Powell again.

1:53.5

He said that to Maria Butter emails recently on Fox News.

1:58.3

But the S&P 500 hit a record.

2:00.3

Stock market is absolutely cranking. So I guess

2:02.6

everything is totally fine. And a lot of the stuff that you and I focus on 99, I think we have

2:08.3

our priorities out of whack. What should we be focusing on? The stock market. How's your portfolio?

2:15.8

Oh, it's great. I invested in the new Allbirds AI. Have you heard about

2:20.7

this? So smart. I heard they're up like 800%. That's great. Yeah. Yeah. I really, I thought that shoe company was

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