Omnibus (5-2-26).
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.8 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Max and 99 are back for another round of Omnibus. They hit headlines on Google selling AI to the Pentagon, Sergey Brin’s rightward shift, military impact on marine life in the Strait of Hormuz + more. Then they tackle listener emails on socialism, the Trump shooting, and oil price manipulation before the midterms. They rank their Top 5 brands to boycott and close with book recommendations and member shoutouts. Enjoy!
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:18
Headlines: 00:06:16
Emails: 00:41:04
Top 5: 01:08:33
Beyond the Bullshit: 01:31:43
Memberships: 01:32:57
Outro: 01:34:02
Resources
TechCrunch: Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal
New York Times: Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side
Mother Jones: Why Trump’s Crypto Empire is in Chaos
Wired: Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire
Readers Digest: 10 Things That Were Affordable 10 Years Ago—And Now Feel Like a Luxury
Me Mother Earth: The Ethical and Sustainability Concerns of Temu and Shein
Diet Prada on Instagram: Hegseth Wife Loves Shein
Wikipeda: Chick-fil-A and LGBTQ people
Business Insider: 16 of the biggest controversies in Hobby Lobby’s 50-year history — from denying contraceptives for employees to illegally smuggling ancient tablets
BDS: Guide to BDS Boycott & Pressure Corporate Priority Targeting
UNFTR Resources
Episode: Amazon (Part One).
Video: The Shock Heard ‘Round the World. Max for MTN.
Book Love
Becca Rea-Tucker: The Abortion Companion: An Affirming Handbook for Your Choice and Your Journey
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in to Omnibus, an audio presentation from Unfucking the Republic. |
| 0:25.1 | I'm your host, Max, and with me as always, the great and powerful 99. |
| 0:31.2 | This is me. |
| 0:33.4 | Hey, it's over. |
| 0:36.6 | As of the time you are hearing this, it is officially over. |
| 0:39.4 | The wrap, the end of our spring, fun friend and Hellraiser period. |
| 0:45.7 | And you all really came through for us. |
| 0:48.2 | I think we wound up at somewhere around, I'll call it 840 members, active members in the UNFTR effort to unfuck |
| 1:01.2 | this republic. So grateful, you guys really crushed it for us. And now we're going to shut the |
| 1:06.6 | fuck up about it. We're going to shut the fuck up about it for for months, like five months. |
| 1:11.7 | You're just not going to hear us prattle on about how we have no ads and we have no sponsors |
| 1:16.4 | and we try not to get any of our content. We put out stuff on Midas Touch. We put out stuff |
| 1:21.1 | on on fucking the Republic's YouTube and we send out a free newsletter and we update original |
| 1:26.7 | essays on the website. |
| 1:27.8 | We update our directory of progressive resources. |
| 1:29.9 | We do all the things as often as we can to try and fill your hearts, your souls, your brains, your minds with great, mostly socioeconomic information, but really good quality political information. |
| 1:43.3 | And then we have omnibus, |
| 1:44.5 | which is where we just share the things that are on our minds, topical happening right now, |
| 1:50.2 | in the here and now, hanging with you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything that you |
| 1:56.8 | did during that period. So let's fucking get on with it. |
| 2:01.3 | Before we get into some headlines, |
| 2:04.2 | what would you like to share with the good people |
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