A WORLD GONE MAD
A Progressive Liberal News Podcast
Veteran Television, and Radio Broadcaster Jeff Alan Wolf offers his Observations on the issues (many issues) of the week with a fearless liberal bent. His solid delivery, and dry common sense approach sets him apart from other liberals that populate Talk and Commentary Podcasts”
Jeff Does NOT Pull Punches.
He does NOT Make comments that are “SAFE”.
He tells the Truth.
(He Tells It As He Sees It)
He Is Very OPINIONATED!
He says the things Out Loud YOU’RE
already thinking.
Jeff is Unfiltered, Unspun, A little Unhinged, but offers a lot of Common Sense.
This Podcast could make you MAD.
This Podcast could make you SMILE.
Regardless, it WILL make you THINK!
A WORLD GONE MAD
Trump appeal fails, Johnson spins FBI fantasy, Japan PM quits
Welcome to the Monday Fallout edition of A World Gone Mad.
The week opens with a courtroom ruling that undercuts a familiar strategy. What was framed as strength now looks like a stall, and the legal road ahead grows steeper by the day.
Inside the Capitol, party leaders search for new ways to rewrite a storyline that refuses to cooperate. The effort to shift perception only raises more questions about judgment and credibility.
Beyond Washington, the ripple effect spreads. A sudden resignation abroad jolts markets and reminds the world how fragile political stability can be. The timing and the speed of it all caught observers off guard.
Across the Atlantic, a labor stoppage in one of the globe’s busiest cities forces everyday people into extraordinary adjustments. What should have been routine travel becomes a test of endurance and patience.
Back in the United States, economic leadership is tested in a far less professional way. The people trusted with guiding policy and markets find themselves making headlines for the wrong reasons… and it is not about strategy.
Each of these moments may seem separate. Legal rulings, leadership stumbles, transportation strikes, and personal clashes. But together they tell a larger story of institutions under stress and individuals struggling to control the narrative.
This Monday Fallout episode of A World Gone Mad connects the dots. It delivers the perspective that cuts through the noise and makes sense of how power, politics, and personality collide at the start of a new week.
I’m Jeff Alan Wolf, and I’m not going to ignore this…and neither should you.
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This is a World Gone Mad. This is a World Gone Mad, mad, mad, mad, mad. Hello, I'm Jeff Allen Wolfe. Welcome back to A World Gone Mad, and it's time for another Monday Fallout, where the week starts off heavy. So I make it lighter for you by throwing it back in Washington's face. The headlines are absurd, the spin Olympic level, and I'm here to call it out With sarcasm, caffeine and just enough sanity to get us all through Monday. Okay, here we go. So here's where we start the week.
Speaker 1:President Donald Trump just lost his appeal in the E Jean Carroll case. The judges looked at his argument of I'm immune, I can say whatever I want, and basically said no, mr President, immunity is not a coupon you could redeem. At the courthouse, trump thought immunity meant, you know, a get-out-of-jail-free card. Turns out it only works in Monopoly, and even then you still have to pick up a community chess card that says pay hospital fees. This is the fantasy Trump keeps trying to sell, that being president makes him untouchable forever. You get the job, you keep the perks free golf, free crimes for life. But the court said actually, you just keep the spray tan bill. Now, let's be honest. This isn't about immunity. This is about delay. Trump's legal strategy is basically stall, appeal, whine, repeat. If he could drag this out long enough, maybe he thinks he'll be out of office again before the jury foreman has time to pick out a new tie.
Speaker 1:Now, the Carroll case isn't some little slap on the wrist. This is a jury that said we believe the woman, not you. And Trump is desperate to erase that reality. But now he's stuck with it Like a bad truth social post that even Devin Nunes can't delete. So where are we at? Trump is the sitting president of the United States while losing appeals in sexual assault cases. The Republican Party's message is basically sure he's guilty, but Republicans will tell you the economy is fine. So who cares? Immunity, fantasy, cracked Reality, still waiting for Trump to catch up. Trump's legal losses are piling up and instead of dealing with that reality, republicans are busy inventing new ones.
Speaker 1:Enter House Speaker Mike Johnson. He decided to open his mouth about Trump and Epstein and immediately wished he hadn't. Trump's legal baggage is heavy enough, but apparently that didn't stop House Speaker Mike Johnson from adding a carry-on. Over the weekend, johnson claimed Trump has acted as an FBI informant in the Epstein case. Trump has acted as an FBI informant in the Epstein case, the guy in the Oval Office suddenly moonlighting as James Bond Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.
Speaker 1:Johnson tried to sell it like Trump was bravely helping law enforcement and the Internet did what the Internet does it spun that into the dumbest fan theory of the week. Trump and Epstein's parties undercover to protect the children. Not Johnson's words, just the rumor mill, turning a bad idea into a worse screenplay. And then the walk back fast. Johnson said he wasn't literally calling Trump an official FBI informant. He was repeating what victim's attorney Brad Edwards said years ago that Trump provided helpful information During the 2009 probe, not that he had a former role with the FBI. That's the Speaker of the House turning the president into a covert operative on a Saturday and by Sunday, speaker Johnson explaining what he actually meant.
Speaker 1:Trump was the good neighbor who once passed along a tip from Quantico fantasy to HOA reality in under 24 hours. So now they're stuck selling two versions of the same hero story. One on one channel, trump, the unstoppable strongman. On the other channel, trump, the soft-spoken helper in khakis, bravely sipping a Diet Coke while gathering intel for the FBI. Pick one, because you can't have both. Mike Johnson wanted a headline that made Trump look heroic and instead he wrote bad fan fiction and then had to admit it was based on someone else's summary from 2009. Everybody who watched that storyline unfold came away dumber for having seen it Now, just when you thought the chaos was an American export, only Japan said hold my sake.
Speaker 1:Over the weekend, their prime minister suddenly resigned. No slow fade, no dignified announcement, just a full government reboot. While everyone else was trying to order brunch, imagine waking up Saturday morning pouring your coffee into your cup and your prime minister has already rage, quit the job. Like it was a bad Zoom meeting. This isn't. I'll finish out my term. This is. I've had enough. I'm out. Good luck with the nuclear codes.
Speaker 1:The ruling party is now scrambling to find a new leader, which in Japan, means the entire political machine had to hit control-alt-delete. You know, if that happened here in America, we'd be live-streaming congressional cage matches on C-SPAN, but in Tokyo they just quietly shuffled the deck while the rest of the world was still arguing about fantasy football lineups. And let's not ignore the absurd timing who resigns on a weekend? It's like breaking up with someone in the middle of a double feature. You don't even get to finish the popcorn.
Speaker 1:Leaders in Japan are supposed to fall on their swords, not their calendars. The global markets, of course, freaked out. Investors hate surprises, especially surprise. Your prime minister is gone. Stocks bobbled, currencies wobbled and the rest of us are left shaking our heads that the world's third largest economy just went into political freefall between happy hour and Sunday brunch. But here's the kicker Japan still looks more stable than Washington DC. Their leader quits and the trains still run on time. If the same thing happened here, the Wi-Fi would crash, but Donald's would run out of ketchup packets and Mike Johnson would declare Donald Trump the new emperor by Monday afternoon. So cheers to Japan, proof that even when their politics explode on a weekend, it's still more efficient than ours on a weekday.
Speaker 1:While Japan was rebooting its government, london was busy shutting down its sanity. The tube workers walked out, not just a few conductors, but engineers, signalers, station staff, Basically the entire underground said nope, not today. And suddenly Londoners discovered what sidewalks are for. Picture this the global, the entire global city forced into an unplanned marathon. People in three-piece suits, carrying briefcases, sweating through their jackets like they're auditioning for a Peloton commercial. You didn't want cardio. Hello, too bad mate, you're getting cardio. Uber, of course, smelled blood in the water. Surge pricing in London this week has basically replaced the national debt 20 pounds to go two blocks. Congratulations, you've just funded a CEO's third vacation home.
Speaker 1:And the government's response? Classic Downing Street wagged its finger, said Londoners are fed up and urged the union to negotiate. Fed up? That's the understatement of the century. These people are hoofing it across town in leather shoes. One more day of this and Big Ben is going to show up with shin splints. Here's the absurdity. London is a city that survived the Blitz, centuries of empire, hosting the Olympics, and it might finally break because Karen can't get to her office in Canary Wharf without burning 800 calories. The tube strike is supposed to last a week A week. By then, londoners won't need the tube anymore. They'll all be marathon ready with calves like Cristiano Ronaldo. The gyms are empty, the pubs are full and every single Fitbit in London is filing for divorce. So yes, it's chaos, but it's also the cheapest public health program the UK has ever run. Congratulations London. Your city just turned into the world's largest spin class.
Speaker 1:Now we wrap up tonight with the most presidential thing imaginable Two of Trump's top economic guys nearly slugging it out at a fancy Georgetown dinner. This wasn't a protest. This wasn't a policy fight. This was Treasury Secretary Scott Pesent threatening to punch housing finance chief Bill Pulte in the face at a private MAGA club over cocktails, because apparently nothing screams fiscal responsibility like shouting let's take it outside over the shrimp appetizer. Witnesses say Bessette was convinced Pulte had bad-mouthed him to Trump. So instead of you know, clarifying it like an adult, he stood up in a room full of donors and started channeling WWE SummerSlam. The co-owner of the club had to step in before it turned into the world's worst pay-per-view, one guy demanding the other. Get booted, or else it was going to be WrestleMania tax code edition.
Speaker 1:And here's the absurdity these are the people running America's economic strategy. We're supposed to believe they could manage inflation and stabilize markets, but they can't survive a dinner party without threatening to knock each other's teeth out. Bessette has a history too. Earlier this year he reportedly had a screaming match with Elon Musk at the White House. Some insiders even joked Musk walked away limping. Bessette isn't running the treasury like Alexander Hamilton, he's running it like Fight Club. So forget balanced budgets, forget interest rates.
Speaker 1:The real question is can the president's top economic brain trust make it through a three-course meal without a bodyguard stepping in? Judging by last week, no, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is your America in 2025. Global markets in one hand, 2025. Global markets in one hand, clenched fists in the other. Forget economic strategy. These guys are one chardonnay away from a Waffle House parking lot brawl at 2 am. So that's your Monday fallout.
Speaker 1:And what a Monday it was. The president loses an appeal, still thinks immunity is a coupon, mike Johnson turns Trump into the lost gospel. According to MAGA. Japan's prime minister rage quits after an election hangover, london declares cardio is mandatory and Trump's economic aid team nearly stages a cage match over cocktails. And these are the people running the planet. These are the serious leaders, the ones who tell you to trust them with your paycheck, your taxes, your future. Meanwhile, they're out here mixing Monopoly, netflix, peloton. They're out here mixing Monopoly, netflix, peloton and WrestleMania all in the same weekend. Wolfpack, if this is the best and brightest of Washington, may the odds be ever in your favor.
Speaker 1:Time to hear from you, the Wolfpack. Look, I don't need flowers, I don't need chocolates, I just need an email. So email me at wolfpacktalks at gmailcom. W-o-l-f-p-a-c-k-t-a-l-k-s at gmail or voicemail 833-399-9653. Please give me your feedback, give me rants, give me something I can use, because right now, my inbox is emptier than Congress on a Friday afternoon. You know what would be fantastic also If any of you, the listeners, are outside the United States.
Speaker 1:I'd love to get an email from you. I'm literally, literally figuratively, not literally building a wall in my studio pinning up emails printed out from different states, and right now I've only got a small slice of America covered on the wall and only one email from outside the country. So come on, wolfpack, let's get every state from the map up on my wall and every country that's listening to. Please check in Wolfpacktalks at gmailcom Wednesday, because someone has to say the shit that no one else will and apparently that jobs mine. Until then, wolfpack listeners stay skeptical, stay focused and, most of all, stay hopeful in the world, can't you see? And we need to stand up and preserve our democracy. This is a world gone mad. This is a world gone mad.
