DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas "deprogram" the latest domestic and international news and trends so you can see through the spin in the headlines to the raw truth you need to know. Ted's immersion in the media—prize-winning cartoonist and columnist, radio host, editor at multiple outlets, and the veteran of bruising First Amendment legal battles—informs analysis that cuts through the spin. Jamarl's experiences as a podcaster who has broadcast from around the globe grounds his international, humanist perspective as he helps you break down what's happening, what it means, and what's coming next. "DeProgram" offers fast-paced, entertaining analysis you can't get anywhere else. Live & Streaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow Live & Streaming on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow

  1. Target: The Far Left | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    9 HR AGO

    Target: The Far Left | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    LIVE 9:00 am Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • In an unusually expansive way, Sebastian Gorka, senior counterterrorism director on the National Security Council, is designating leftist groups in Greece, Germany and Italy as terrorist organizations, to pressure foreign allies to investigate them and to search for connections with leftists here so they can surveil, investigate and imprison American opponents of Trump. • Melania Trump denies connections to Jeffrey Epstein and that Epstein introduced her to Donald. Why? • Trump warns Iran ahead of planned negotiations this weekend, to comply abide by terms he says were agreed on for a ceasefire, or he’ll order large-scale attacks on the country. 6 ships—no oil tankers—passed through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. JD Vance, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will attend peace talks in Islamabad. After a surge of suspicious trading on prediction markets, the White House tells staff not to use insider information on the Iran war to bet on financial markets. • If someone wants to break into your Signal chats, they might find a way to do so. The FBI recently extracted incoming Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone. The user had deleted the app, but the FBI scraped incoming messages from the push notification database, even though those messages were set to disappear. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JamarlThomas LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas/id1825379504

    1 hr
  2. Dire Strait | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    1 DAY AGO

    Dire Strait | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • Iran says Hezbollah and Lebanon were part of the ceasefire deal. Pakistan, the mediator, confirms Iran’s understanding, as do France and the UK. Israel keeps bombing anyway. Now Iran says the Strait of Hormuz, open for ten minutes, is closed indefinitely. Is this a ceasefire, a fragile ceasefire, or all-out war, and will scheduled talks happen in Islamabad on Saturday? • Desperate to end the war he started, Trump drafted an X post in which Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif pretended to ask the US and Iran to negotiate a ceasefire. But Sharif derped—and posted it with “*Draft - Pakistan’s PM Message on X*.” Iran is emboldened and Pakistan’s role as neutral arbiter has been exposed. • Americans oppose the war by a 2-to-1 margin. Trump also suffers from a credibility gap; a majority think he is lying about Iran. Republicans worry that Trump’s attempts to end his war with Iran are too little, too late to save them from losing the House and Senate. • For the first time, American men ages 18-26 will automatically be registered for the military draft by December. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JamarlThomas LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas/id1825379504

    1hr 1min
  3. Q&A | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    1 DAY AGO

    Q&A | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    LIVE 12:00 noon Eastern time, Streaming Anytime: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Have a question for Ted and/or new co-host Jamarl Thomas? Join the hosts of "DeProgram" for a full hour of nothing but LIVE Q&A! Any topic, any question, goes—it's up to you. Q&A extras are every Monday and Wednesday at 12 noon Eastern time. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JamarlThomas LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-ted-rall-and-jamarl-thomas/id1825379504

    1hr 12min
  4. Two More Weeks | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    2 DAYS AGO

    Two More Weeks | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • As we predicted, Trump TACOed again in the final hour, extending last night’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agreeing to a ceasefire for another two weeks to allow the U.S. and Iran to hash out an end to the U.S.-Israeli War Against Iran. Israel, with a history of scuttling ceasefires, says it will continue to invade and bomb Lebanon, and is reported to have attacked an oil refinery on the country’s Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf. • Sticking points include: the US demanding zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil with full dismantlement of capabilities and stockpiles versus Iran's insistence on its sovereign right to enrich; Iran seeking immediate full lifting of all US sanctions and asset releases versus the US offering only phased relief tied to verifiable compliance; disputes over Iranian control versus unrestricted access through the Strait of Hormuz; the US pushing limits on Iran's ballistic missiles and an end to support for regional proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis versus Iran's refusal to negotiate these defensive elements; and Iran's demands for US non-aggression pledges, possible troop withdrawal, reparations, and a binding UN resolution. • Gulf countries are being forced to re-evaluate their relationships with Israel, Iran and the United States — their main security guarantor — now that the war has exposed the vulnerability of their oil fields, water desalination plants, hotels and airports. • ICE shot another man, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, in Patterson, 80 miles east of San Jose. ICE claimed Hernandez is a member of the Los Angeles 18th Street gang and was wanted for questioning in El Salvador related to a murder. In a video, three ICE agents were seen flanking a black sedan pinned between two other vehicles – respectively at its front and back – with flashing police lights. As the officers reached into the vehicle, the black sedan reversed with its right passenger door open. That door collided with the car behind it. The agents had their weapons drawn as the car reversed. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JamarlThomas LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504

    59 min
  5. TACO Tuesday 2.0 | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    3 DAYS AGO

    TACO Tuesday 2.0 | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    Political cartoonist Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • Tick, tock…8 pm Eastern tonight is Trump’s self-chosen deadline for U.S. forces to begin destroying Iran’s bridges and power plants unless the Islamic Republic agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. With all indications that Iran is not only winning but becoming a major economic player as a result of the Trump-Netanyahu attack, will Trump TACO out again? • Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal. “We only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won’t be attacked again,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Cairo, told the AP. In return, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran would also impose a fee of roughly $2 million per ship that it would split with Oman. Iran would use its share reconstruct infrastructure destroyed by American and Israeli attacks. • Australia charged Ben Roberts-Smith, once Australia’s most decorated soldier, with five counts of “war crime — murder” in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012, A former patrol commander of the Special Air Service Regiment, he received Australia’s top two military honors and was named Australia’s Father of the Year in 2013. In one version of events, one victim was a laborer who was handcuffed and kicked off a cliff. • Another ICE Lie: After an immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis this winter, the federal government cast the injured man as an attempted murderer and the agent as the victim of a brutal beating. A video contradicts the agent’s claim that assailants had beaten him with a shovel and broom before he opened fire. The video lasts about 12 seconds and shows two men struggling with the agent—no shovel. Prosecutors did not watch the footage until nearly three weeks after they filed charges. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JohnKiriakou LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504

    1 hr
  6. Q&A | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    4 DAYS AGO

    Q&A | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    Have a question for Ted and/or new co-host Jamarl Thomas? Join the hosts of "DeProgram" for a full hour of nothing but LIVE Q&A! Any topic, any question, goes—it's up to you. Beginning today, Q&A will be every Monday and Wednesday at 12 noon Eastern time. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504

    1hr 7min
  7. Crazy Bastard | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    4 DAYS AGO

    Crazy Bastard | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

    Political cartoonist Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. A Major Announcement this morning! Tune in to find out. Today we discuss: • On Easter Sunday, Trump threatens Iran with war crimes against civilian infrastructure: “Open the F****n’ Strait, you crazy bastards!” Deadline is 8 pm tomorrow. US politicians have reacted with alarm and are questioning the president’s mental state. Oil prices are up, stocks are down. Is it 25th Amendment time? • OPEC Plus warns about the toll the war with Iran is taking on global oil supplies and energy infrastructure: “restoring damaged energy assets to full capacity is both costly and takes a long time.” The group, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait, also said that it would raise its oil production quotas by 206,000 barrels a day next month, a largely symbolic move because Iran’s virtual blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has obstructed their shipping of oil to world markets. • Trump’s mounting frustration with NATO allies over their refusal to join the Iran war has policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic bracing for change. He would need congressional approval to officially withdraw, but there are other steps he can take to curb cooperation, and Europeans say his threats alone are badly weakening NATO. • Germany wants to require men aged up to 45 to get permission from the armed forces before any significant stay abroad, even in peacetime. • Lebanon's government says at least 54 health workers are among more than 1,400 people killed by Israel during the current invasion. Some human rights groups say first responders are being targeted by the IDF. MERCH STORE: https://www.deprogram.live https://x.com/tedrall https://x.com/JohnKiriakou LIVE ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall/id1825379504

    1 hr
  8. Bye Bye Blondi | DeProgram with Ted Rall and…

    4 DAYS AGO

    Bye Bye Blondi | DeProgram with Ted Rall and…

    Political cartoonist Ted Rall, and today producer Robby West, deprograms you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: • Sinking in the polls, Trump fired AG Pam Bondi, frustrated over her handling of the Epstein files and her failed efforts to prosecute his political enemies. Trump is also unhappy with Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the labor secretary, and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. • Trump attacks civilian infrastructure. A U.S. attack caused at least a partial collapse of a major highway bridge in Tehran, killing at least 8 people. • Sri Lanka and Myanmar are rationing fuel. The Philippines has instituted 4-day workweeks. Bangladesh briefly closed universities. In India, families and restaurants are cooking over wood fires. Airlines are canceling flights. This week, the final deliveries of oil and liquefied natural gas to Asia that passed through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to arrive. The last tanker shipments to Europe should land by mid-April. The price of oil could soar as high as $200 a barrel. This is worse than the 1970s. • As thousands of Oracle employees were laid off this week, the tech company filed for roughly 3,126 petitions to employ H-1B workers in 2025-26. Amazon, which axed 16,000 corporate employees, filed for 2,675 H-1Bs after firing 14,000 corporate workers last fall. JOIN US LIVE ON RUMBLE https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow FOLLOW TED: https://rall.com/ https://x.com/tedrall LISTEN ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kdFlw2w8sSPhKI8NRx8Zu LISTEN ON APPLE MUSIC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deprogram-with-john-kiriakou-and-ted-rall

    1 hr
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Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas "deprogram" the latest domestic and international news and trends so you can see through the spin in the headlines to the raw truth you need to know. Ted's immersion in the media—prize-winning cartoonist and columnist, radio host, editor at multiple outlets, and the veteran of bruising First Amendment legal battles—informs analysis that cuts through the spin. Jamarl's experiences as a podcaster who has broadcast from around the globe grounds his international, humanist perspective as he helps you break down what's happening, what it means, and what's coming next. "DeProgram" offers fast-paced, entertaining analysis you can't get anywhere else. Live & Streaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeProgramShow Live & Streaming on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/DeProgramShow

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  • Creator
    Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    182
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © (C) 2025 Ted Rall and John Kiriakou, All Rights Reserved.
  • Show Website
    DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas

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