The Briefing with Jen Psaki — Podcast Ad Analysis
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Jen Psaki tackles the biggest issues of the week and features one-on-one interviews with newsmakers.
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Trump lawyer flops defending slush fund at Senate hearing
May 20, 2026
Acting Attorney General and former Donald Trump criminal defense attorney Todd Blanche tried to convince the Senate Appropriations Committee that giving Donald Trump $1.8 billion to distribute to his…
Trump's campaign tough talk on China EVAPORATES in real world test
May 15, 2026
Jen Psaki looks at the boasts and promises Donald Trump made on the campaign trail about how he would handle China and President Xi, and compares that to Trump's performance on an actual trip to…
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Comey: 'The FBI is suffering' with Kash Patel as director
May 14, 2026
Former FBI Director James Comey talks with Jen Psaki about the state of the FBI in the second Trump administration, the effect of Kash Patel's leadership on morale and the resilience of the FBI's…
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SHAMELESS: Vance focuses on fraud with especially bad timing for Trump
May 13, 2026
Jen Psaki looks at the political convenience of JD Vance's new anti-fraud talking points as he struggles to demonstrate some relevance while the rest of the Trump administration goes to China. But…
Kash's boozy boasts backfire as drinking questions follow him to another hearing
May 12, 2026
Donald Trump's FBI directory, Kash Patel, testified before the Senator Appropriations Committee and faced more questions about reports of excessive drinking. Jen Psaki points out that despite Patel's…
The perspective you're looking for: Democrats still in good shape but gear up for hardball
May 08, 2026
The Supreme Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act followed closely by Virginia's supreme court rejecting their new redistricting has taken the wind out of Democratic sails, but the actual math and…
Trump team struggles to spin soaring gas prices as panic sets in
May 08, 2026
Jen Psaki shows members of the Trump administration failing desperately to address questions about the price of gas as polling shows an absolutely livid voting public.
Psaki reviews a shocking litany of political targeting by Trump's DOJ
May 07, 2026
Jen Psaki reviews the shocking litany of political targeting by Donald Trump's Justice Department, from investigations and indictments to raids of political opponents led by disgraced FBI Director…
Life after Trump: Elections show political adjustments as Trump fades from relevance
May 05, 2026
Pete Buttigieg, former secretary of transportation and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, talks with Jen Psaki about the burden of Donald Trump on Republican candidates, even in red states, and how…
Trump corruption backlash emerges as key election issue; Democrats plan for accountability
May 01, 2026
Donald Trump's corruption and greed have reached a tipping point with the American public to become a campaign focus for many Democratic candidates. Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security…
'Shut this White House down': Platner talks strategy to stop Trump
Apr 30, 2026
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for Senate from Maine, talks with Jen Psaki about the role Donald Trump plays in his race and with the voters he hopes to make his constituents, and discusses the…
'It's the incompetence!': Hegseth roasted by Democrats in congressional hearing
Apr 30, 2026
Jen Psaki explains the map at the center of the new Supreme Court ruling that is likely to weaken Black representation in Congress and talks with Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock about what the ruling's…
King Charles schools Trump on democracy in speech to Congress about checks and balances
Apr 28, 2026
Jen Psaki shares part of King Charles' speech to Congress in which he explains the importance of checks and balances in a functioning democracy to the very people who have abdicated their…
Most Americans think Trump is NOT mentally fit for office, Fox News poll says
Apr 24, 2026
With a new Fox News poll showing that most American think Donald Trump does not have the mental soundness to serve effectively as president, Jen Psaki looks at the trouble Trump is having even…
Trump's sons are fooling no one cashing in on Trump's war
Apr 23, 2026
Jen Psaki looks at the conflicts of interest behind the business deals Donald Trump's sons (and son-in-law) have made with companies that are making millions of dollars from government contracts and…
Trump's corruption becomes a campaign issue as GOP Congress flunks on accountability
Apr 23, 2026
As Donald Trump becomes ever more brazenly corrupt, finding ways to use his power over the federal government to enrich himself and his cronies, Americans are realizing the "checks and balances" they…
Trump clobbered by avalanche of bad news capped by critical loss in Virginia
Apr 21, 2026
Virginia voters agreed to a redistricting plan that could increase the number of Democratic members of the House after this year's midterm elections, helping to balance the rigging Donald Trump tried…
Paranoid freak-out, excessive drinking: Report describes erratic Kash Patel leading FBI
Apr 17, 2026
Sarah Fitzpatrick, staff writer for The Atlantic, talks with Jen Psaki about her new reporting about a bizarre freak-out by FBI director Kash Patel when he thought being unable to log into his work…
The writing is on the wall: Trump lashes out in desperation as support drains away
Apr 16, 2026
Jen Psaki looks at the political signs, from special elections to fundraising totals, that Donald Trump's political favor is fading fast and he has buried himself in messes he doesn't know how to fix.
Iran takes Donald Trump down a peg with costly lesson in compromise
Apr 16, 2026
Donald Trump is learning the hard way that Iran is not interested in unconditional surrender, which is forcing Trump to accept that the only way he's getting out of his disastrous war with Iran is to…
Trump becomes a parody of himself as he runs out of answers and his base erodes
Apr 15, 2026
Jen Psaki looks at how Donald Trump and his team of apologists have run out of answers and excuses for high consumer prices and high gas prices in particular, and the burden that is putting on other…
Artemis II Splashdown ...Plus, Hapless Vance heads to Pakistan saddled with Trump's Iran folly
Apr 10, 2026
With the global economy in upheaval and his domestic approval dropping like a rock, Donald Trump is sending his number 2, JD Vance to Pakistan to try to make a deal with the Iranians that allows…
Melania Trump stages bizarre announcement denying links to Jeffrey Epstein despite evidence
Apr 10, 2026
Jen Psaki wonders at the motivation of First Lady Melania Trump to make a sudden, surprise speech denying any past relationship with notorious sex trafficking pedophile and Donald Trump's long-time…
'Complete catastrophe': Trump faces widespread consequences for Iran blunder
Apr 08, 2026
Jen Psaki helps Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt answer some of the tough questions about the Iran ceasefire deal from today's White House briefing, and Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member…
Iran outmaneuvers Trump; cuts deal that leaves U.S. worse off than pre-war
Apr 07, 2026
Donald Trump managed to avoid having to follow through on his ghastly threat to commit genocide in the war he started with Iran by agreeing to a tentative deal that opens the Strait of Hormuz, albeit…
Trump struck dumb as realities of war make a mockery of his bluster
Apr 04, 2026
Donald Trump has put a lot of energy into boasting about U.S. military dominance over Iran, including eliminating Iran's ability to shoot down planes. As is the case with so much of Trump's talk…
In ironic twist, Epstein files apparently cost Bondi her job even as she shielded Epstein associates
Apr 02, 2026
Even though she was unfailingly loyal to Donald Trump, a quality that would be thought to keep her job secure, Pam Bondi reportedly did not sufficiently protect Donald Trump from public awareness of…
Trump goes off the deep end after judge halts his ballroom pet project
Mar 31, 2026
Donald Trump is so enamored of his White House ballroom pet project that he talks about it every chance he gets, regardless of the setting. Sometimes it seems like he wishes Americans would be as…
'Trump was warned': Reports contradict Trump's claims of surprise by challenges in Iran
Mar 27, 2026
Despite Donald Trump expressing shock and surprise at how Iran has responded to being attacked by the United States and Israel, Jen Psaki shares reporting that Trump was warned about everything from…
Psaki: Trump can't TACO out of Iran
Mar 26, 2026
Even as the war in Iran tests Donald Trump's attention span and the patience of American voters, it's not like other problems that Trump has created that he can reverse by changing his mind and…