Rick+Lisa Show - 2026

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We're about talking through logical, factual information you can use and dive into - insightful, satirical commentary about news, politics, history, and smart moves. Our goal? Keeping you aware, honest, grounded, and healthy! rickherbst.substack.com

  1. Rick H + Lisa + Shane Yirak (Special Guest Host!) talk Venezuela, Greenland, Tahiti Vacations

    JAN 8

    Rick H + Lisa + Shane Yirak (Special Guest Host!) talk Venezuela, Greenland, Tahiti Vacations

    Thank you Natasha K., P. J. Schuster, Cathy Stein, Susan Theriault, Donna Everett, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate and Shane Yirak! Thanks to everyone who joined this evening! If you missed our live broadcast, please watch the recording. We’d love to see your comments and questions. As it was, we discussed (essentially) the collapse of various systems, not least the mainstream media, our system of norms, and gave our latest on world order and geopolitics, all at a level designed to be accessible to you. We’d appreciate it if you filled out our Viewer Feedback form - it takes about 2 minutes and helps us a lot! We also hope that you can like and subscribe - if you heard us live, please make sure to hit the like button here too! Subscriptions are: We’re a reader and viewer-supported publication. Your support goes directly to production costs for the show, for which we’re grateful for your Paid Subscription. If not that, please consider becoming a FREE subscriber! Thank you! Shane’s Substack is located: Lisa’s is here: Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 1m
  2. Live RICKSPLANATORY: Making Sense of the World in Light of Venezuela - Explainer Interactive

    JAN 4

    Live RICKSPLANATORY: Making Sense of the World in Light of Venezuela - Explainer Interactive

    Thank you Kay Smith, Deborah J., Bee's Free Verse/True Verse, ROSA E., Darnell Martin, and many others for tuning into my live video! All who joined today, a huge thank you! I’m grateful for your time, and I hope the information and context provided helped set boundaries around what’s going on in the world. If you take anything away from our time together, I hope you’ll gain a better sense of the big, historically shaped systems that drive countries to do what they do. They are in force now, and when the United States drifts from its First Principle of “Rule by Consent of the Governed” towards oligarchic greed and graft, we will rise up. I mentioned in the video for YouTube viewers to Like and Subscribe. What I also should have said was “PLEASE hit the like button (if you do), RESTACK so this reaches more people - attaching a recommendation from you is helpful too. Finally, please, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to the publication and podcast. If that’s just not doable right now, NO PROBLEM, I totally get it - it’s tight and scary - but do consider becoming a FREE subscriber! Two things I also asked: * Please visit the LiftUpDemocracy.org site and read this article about the job claims of the Trump administration for a thorough debunking. We’re still putting the like/share stuff on that site, but it will grow into our hub for organizing to Win the House, Senate, Gubernatorial races, and a slew of local and regional elections for progressives! * Please take a moment, whether you watch the video or saw the Live, to fill out the Reader Survey, but read this first: All fields with identifying information are OPTIONAL. I don’t want to know who you are if you don’t want me to! Just leave them blank and click past them. The survey is available at this link and takes under 2 minutes to complete. It really helps. Lastly, please subscribe if you haven’t, free or paid, we welcome you and I personally thank you: We’re entirely viewer/reader supported. All monies collected go straight to the production costs of our work. The people you see here and the ones you don’t behind the scenes are volunteers. We are so grateful for you, and hope you LIKE, RESTACK, COMMENT, and ENJOY our work (find it helpful). Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 7m
  3. LIVE w Rick Herbst (Adverse Action) VENEZUELA ATTACKS - Updates / Breaking News / Analysis

    JAN 3

    LIVE w Rick Herbst (Adverse Action) VENEZUELA ATTACKS - Updates / Breaking News / Analysis

    Thank you Cat, Jeanne Elbe, Dannys, Judith Evans, Pamela Austin, and many others for tuning into my live video! I’m grateful to everyone who joined this morning on short notice. I hope you found it informative and at least a bit interactive - thanks for the questions during the cast, I hope I was able to answer them accurately. Depending on what comes of Trump’s press conference at Mar-a-Lago at 11 am EDT, I may come back on afterwards for a shorter piece on analysis. It’ll take me about 20 minutes to go live after his yapper quits making noises. Also, I totally forgot: Please LIKE, RESTACK, and Subscribe if you would. It helps me immensely in supporting this effort! I am grateful to every single one of you who has supported me with a paid subscription, and if that’s not in the cards - that’s OK - please be welcomed to the community with a FREE subscription - they’re the same (I don’t paywall). Lift Up Democracy and Adverse Action are viewer/reader-supported publications. Your support matters - whether free or paid, please subscribe! ALSO… I published an unrelated way-early-morning piece today on Lift Up Democracy.org’s (LUD) website, mostly because the Substack format really sucks. It’s here (another browser window will probably open): Jobs Are Not Booming Like Trump Says And take the Reader/Viewer Survey to let me know how we’re doing - Confidential unless you want to identify yourself Reader Survey I have much better control on the LUD site! It’s organized better, reads faster, and is generally easier to understand. It’s all about Trump’s bogus claims of American-Born Job Growth being historically high. Worth at least a glance, which you can do on the LUD site. (YOU DON’T NEED TO PAY ANYTHING, in fact, DON’T - the “cheapest” subscription is FREE and will notify you of new updates only if you want it. Don’t buy the $1 one, it is only there bc the hosting company requires it.) Lastly, I’m grateful for the assistance of a behind the scenes author, Jack Boyle, who’s helping us out with LUD reporting, especially on the insider tracks in Washington and the DoD. Please Like this if you do, restack, and thanks for joining. Take care, and I will see you soon! -rick Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 9m

  4. JAN 2

    Special NY Day - Rick+Lisa Show! JD McGee Vance, MN Fraud, Grievance Culture & More!

    Thank you julie elder, Dannys, Maura, K K, Richard Hogan, MD, PhD(2), DBA, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate! We are grateful for the people who made time to join us on New Year’s Day! Our episode covered a lot of ground with clips and discussion on the MN fraud investigations and debunking the large amount of BS shoveled by the Trump regime in cutting off funding. They failed to realize the innocent victims get trampled under their ham-handed handling of a situation that already has its own process - for CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS that have been ONGOING SINCE BEFORE 2022. Children are now knee-jerk victims, as are parents who live 1 paycheck away from homelessness who can’t go to work now that childcare is severely underfunded, REGARDLESS of criminal involvement. We go on to examine JD Vance’s alarming TP USA comments about: * Not having to “apologize for being white”. I’ve never apologized or been asked to for THAT, but I think that Vance is reprehensible for making people of color the targets for hatred and giving more permission slips to people with nothing but hate to spew. * Christianity is the root religion of the United States, just like Russell Vought wants it to be in his Christo-fascist hot dream. Right on camera, Vance spells it out. See for yourself. Thanks again for joining - we’re looking forward to our next episode this weekend and want you to join if you’re able. Please, take a moment to give us either anonymous (skip the email / substack handle fields) (not mandatory!) or directed comments and feedback or questions! We take your feedback VERY seriously and appreciate it VERY MUCH. Link to Feedback Survey Lastly, if you haven’t already, PLEASE subscribe - as a paying or free subscriber! We honestly need help paying for the costs of producing the show, so any amount is helpful! But if you can’t afford a paid sub, we understand! We’d be glad to have you through a FREE subscription! Lift Up Democracy is a viewer/reader supported publication. Whether free or paid, your subscription is INVALUABLE to us. Thank you for taking the time to subscribe! Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 8m
  5. Rick+Lisa Show! Live: News, Events, Analysis, and Community... Join Us!

    2025-12-29

    Rick+Lisa Show! Live: News, Events, Analysis, and Community... Join Us!

    Thank you Pat, ROSA E., JordanMeidasLioness, Pamela Day, K K, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate! Great conversation and good interaction from our wonderful audience, who we deeply appreciate for joining the show! We ran the gamut of topics, from the follow up to Lev Parnas and MeidasTouch Network, to the recent bombings by American forces on Nigeria, to Hemisphere Control that appears to be the Trump regime’s latest M.O. If you didn’t get a chance to join us, no problem - the video here is the replay straight-up. As promised, we have a new feedback / questionnaire form - you don’t have to leave your email or substack handle (just press enter or click next in the form to bypass them). We’re grateful for questions, and feedback on how we can make the show better for you! Feedback form: click here. As always, we really appreciate your support. Kindly like (click the heart below) if you do, restack if you can, and by all means, subscribe! The button below takes you to the page where you can decide the level that’s right for you: Free or paid. We appreciate you subscribing either way! We’re an entirely viewer/reader-supported publication, and appreciate your paid subscription to help us cover the costs of producing our work. If you can’t become a paid subscriber, please join as a FREE one! Lisa’s Substack page is: Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 12m
  6. Rick+Lisa Show - Live! Today's News and Events / Commentary / Analysis

    2025-12-27

    Rick+Lisa Show - Live! Today's News and Events / Commentary / Analysis

    Thank you Deborah J., M Hope, Nora Sallows, Rob C, Don, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate! Join me for my next live video in the app. Thanks to everyone who joined us in our latest conversation about politics, the holidays, a bit of history, and Trump’s bizarre 100+ holiday tweets he cranked out like a monkey on meth December 25th. We had a lot of fun, and if you missed it, we hope you’ll catch us on the live recording! We’ll be back soon, which as of now is Sunday night, and we’re really looking forward to seeing both the new and returning folks who joined us this evening! HEY! We have a new way to reach us for questions and feedback, which you can get to by clicking right here on this link! If you use QR codes, you can scan this with your phone to go straight there: Our podcast and articles are entirely viewer supported, and we are thankful for every one of you who has a paid subscription to support our work and defray costs! If you want to become a paid subscriber, just enter your email below. BUT, if you can’t do that right now, no problem - we want you as a FREE subscriber, too! Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 11m

  7. 2025-12-22

    Rick+Lisa Show: News Headlines, Commentary, and Surviving Christmas!

    Thank you Rachel H., Cathy Stein, Deborah J., Janie 🪡, K K, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate! Join me for my next live video in the app. Thanks to all of you who were able to join us for our live this evening! We are grateful to each one of you who made the time to join our Live podcast. Not only did we get a chance to plug the benefits of yoga, we talked about Epstein and how the DOJ seems to take law as a suggestion over a command (!). We discussed the framing by the Right of the Democrats as a holier-than-thou actors in the scandal (hypocritical). Instead, we want to see some truth and consequences that involve the Republicans, and in particularly Trump, and STOP distracting our attention with Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. Lots of other topics came up, and it was great interacting with our audience’s live questions, which we try to address in real time. We also touched on the major update to Lift Up Democracy this weekend (still have lots of features and functionality we’ll be adding in the days ahead). We plan on rolling out some great features and content that we think you’ll love. The link to the new Lift Up Democracy site is here: Lift Up Democracy.org Please enjoy our podcast if you missed it, and we invite you to the next one! We’re a reader and viewer-supported publication. Your paid subscription - $5/mo - helps defer the costs of production. If you can’t afford that, we understand! Times are tight. Please join our community with a FREE Subscription! Lisa | We are the 3rd Estate’s Substack is here: Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 4m

  8. 2025-12-15

    Live: Rick+Lisa+Guest Host Shane Yirak! Politics in the Week Ahead - Sunday Chat with LIFT UP DEMOCRACY

    Thank you julie elder, Dannys, Ms. H, Susan Theriault, Linda Simpson 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈🎸👮🏻‍♀️, and many others for tuning into my live video with Lisa | We Are The Third Estate and Shane Yirak! Thank you also to the many people who participated in the chat! We had some new audience members today, as well as familiar names - WELCOME! We sometimes do a “freestyle” show where the conversation drifts (a little, sometimes off topic), but if nothing else, we try to share useful info you can take with you into the week ahead! Our panel tonight is a walking, talking smorgasbord of useful history, facts we can back up, and connected dots we can explain. We are grateful you keep up, and appreciate you telling us when we need to slow it down! Our next LIVE of the RICK+LISA LIFT UP DEMOCRACY SHOW will be Wednesday, December 17. Look for the invite soon in your alerts! Please - if you haven’t yet, and find value in our content, like, subscribe, restack, and help us spread the word about the LIFT UP DEMOCRACY PODCAST we do several times a week - share with a friend! As always, you can reach me directly via email or DM on Substack. I welcome questions and non-abusive criticisms! I’m at rick@liftupdemocracy.org. You can also visit the (right now, coming online, so expect some dust and clutter) LiftUpDemocracy.org website with tons of useful information we’re publishing this week at: LIFTUPDEMOCRACY.ORG Subscribe here: Lift Up Democracy / Adverse Action is an entirely viewer & reader-supported publication. Kindly consider becoming a paid or free subscriber today! We want you in our community today! Get full access to Adverse Action Daily at rickherbst.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 16m
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