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5 min readThe hosts of Lemonade Stand open with a boast: their coverage of an Alaskan Senate candidate who is currently in prison has been cited in a text blast from a rival campaign, making them, in their telling, legitimate journalists. This claim arrives just as the White House has banned CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from press access, branding them "fake news." The hosts frame their own rise and the crackdown on legacy media as two sides of the same coin.
The press pool fights back, and Trump TV is born
The White House ban triggered an immediate response from the press pool — the rotating group of five outlets that provide video and audio coverage of presidential events. All five, including Fox News, boycotted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new helicopter pad. Without them, there was no professional audio or video of the event. The White House responded by launching "Trump TV," a 24/7 streaming channel on a new official app, which the hosts note appears to include clips from Breaking Bad and Family Guy. The hosts see the boycott as a sign of Trump's weakening grip: "It does feel like there's a less of a tendency to automatically cow tow to these insane requests."
Supreme Court blocks Trump's mail-in voting overhaul
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:46) **We Are Now Official Journalists** - The hosts discover their Instagram clip is being used as campaign material in the Alaska Senate race, declaring themselves legitimate journalists.
- 2 (03:31) **Trump Bans CNN, MSNBC, and Politico from the White House** - The hosts react to Trump's announcement barring three major outlets, calling them "fake news."
- 3 (04:43) **Press Pool Boycotts Trump's Helicopter Pad Event** - The five video/audio pool outlets refuse to cover a White House ribbon-cutting, leading to a silent Trump speech with no mic.
- 4 (06:14) **White House Launches "Trump TV" with Copyrighted Clips** - The administration announces a 24/7 streaming service that includes clips from Breaking Bad and Family Guy.
- 5 (08:40) **Fox News Joins the Boycott** - In a sign of Trump's weakening influence, Fox News joins the other outlets in refusing to cover White House events.
- 6 (11:13) **Trump Loses Supreme Court Ruling on Mail-In Voting Restrictions** - A federal judge blocks Trump's executive order tightening mail-in voting, and the Supreme Court refuses to lift the block.
- 7 (14:19) **The Practical Impossibility of Implementing the Rule** - The hosts explain why the new ballot system couldn't be ready in time for the midterms.
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Show Notes
On this week's show... Atrioc gets kicked out, DougDoug gets thrown out, and Aiden is on vacation.
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Episode: 081
Recorded on: September 22nd, 2026
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Segments
0:00 Intro
1:10 White House Bans News Outlets
9:40 Mail-in Voting Integrity
18:46 Paramount Warner Merger
34:54 150 Pages of AI Misuse
48:58 Monarch Ad
48:10 Facebook Muse Is Gaining Users
56:02 Trump Makes Greenland Deal?
1:01:34 A Warning About A Diesel Ban
1:07:34 News From Texas
1:14:47 It's Slowly Happening
1:20:37 Outro
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