134 episodes

Two social media misfits: Troy Matthews, Senior Writer for MeidasTouch, and Cathy Cannon, a political educator, bring years of political campaign experience, with a full helping of latent millennial rage, to offer a unique and seasoned, 30-40 something contextual take on the most important political stories of the day, with frequent guest hosts from politics and media. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee, you broke bastards. New episodes Tuesdays.

Just Buy Less Coffee, Answering the Deeper Questions of American Politics Troy Matthews and Cathy Cannon

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    • 4.9 • 93 Ratings

Two social media misfits: Troy Matthews, Senior Writer for MeidasTouch, and Cathy Cannon, a political educator, bring years of political campaign experience, with a full helping of latent millennial rage, to offer a unique and seasoned, 30-40 something contextual take on the most important political stories of the day, with frequent guest hosts from politics and media. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee, you broke bastards. New episodes Tuesdays.

    Episode 129: #WW3 #IranToThePolls #IsraelNotSafer

    Episode 129: #WW3 #IranToThePolls #IsraelNotSafer

    Cathy and Troy break down the Iran attack on Israel and the beginning of World War 3...or is it? Iran's attack was a very prescribed response designed to appease the hardline elements in their government, and resulted in only one injury and no deaths. Cathy and Troy examine the next possible moves for Israel and the U.S. with one thing certain: Israel is not safer as a result of Bibi Netanyahu's genocidal war on the Palestinians. 

    And, we respond to far-left attacks on our character for our refusal to sit out the election, and ask what the plan is on the far-left, considering they don't even have a candidate to challenge Biden, let alone one that can get 270 electoral votes. The nation and the world has so much to lose with the election of Donald Trump, but the far-left care more about themselves than they do about actually helping the Palestinians. 

    And a fake hug in a Chick-Fil-A wins Troy's lie of the week.

    All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

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    • 1 hr
    Episode 128: #ArizonaRising #19thCenturyLaws #SwingerStates #AbortTheGOP

    Episode 128: #ArizonaRising #19thCenturyLaws #SwingerStates #AbortTheGOP

    Cathy and Troy break down the new total abortion ban in Arizona, a law written in 1864  before Arizona became a state, and decades before women had the right to vote. The law has been on the books for more than a century but was unenforceable while Roe v. Wade was the law of the land. Thanks to Trump and the Federalist Society taking control of the U.S. Supreme Court, now Arizona women are subjected to 19th century law, and 19th century medicine.

    Arizona joins Florida as two major swing states that will now have abortion on the ballot for the Presidential election in November, greatly increasing the chances of a Democratic victory on the national level.

    Israeli Defense Forces pull troops back from southern Gaza a week after Biden called Bibi Netanyahu and read him the riot act over international food aid workers being killed in an air strike by the IDF. Bibi is now in a really bad spot as he's on the verge of losing American support if he pushes any further in Gaza, but if he doesn't he will lose his fascist right-flank supporters in the Israeli Parliament.

    And Obama's pollster discusses the reality of polls in the 2024 election and how despite what legacy media is saying, Trump is in no better a position than Biden according to the Polls. The Never Trump movement is holding strong with Nikki Haley getting tens of thousands of votes in primaries despite dropping out of the race. 

    All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

    For additional exclusive content, consider subscribing at Patreon.com/JustBuyLessCoffee

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Episode 127: #EasterisTRANSformational #Faketroversy #DiversityBuildsBridges #TourofHell

    Episode 127: #EasterisTRANSformational #Faketroversy #DiversityBuildsBridges #TourofHell

    Cathy and Troy are joined by special guest, MeidasTouch contributor CoachD_Speaks, to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility, a day put into hyper public awareness by fake Republican outrage that it landed on the same day as Easter. 

    Republicans lied and said Biden scheduled Trans Day of Visibility on Easter out of disrespect for Christians, but Trans Day of Visibility is always March 31st, and has been since 2009. The date of Easter changes, and they simply landed on the same day this year. 

    We guarantee Biden didn't actually know Trans Day of Visibility was even a thing until Republicans made it huge.

    Speaking of huge, a giant container ship slapped in the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and collapsed it, killing 6. Rather than spark a conversation about our critically underfunded infrastructure, racist Republicans decided, inexplicably, to make it into their latest salvo in the war against diversity. 

    And Texas Republicans get caught in a meeting with a group called Abolish Abortion Texas, whose explicit mission is to impose the death penalty on women and girls who get abortions, or receive IDF treatments, with no exception for rape or incest. 

    All for less than than the price of a cup of coffee....

    Check out CoachD_Speaks on TikTok, Instagram, and on the MeidasTouch Network.

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    https://www.tiktok.com/@coachd_speaks?lang=en

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Special Guest Episode: Cathy Inverviews Campus Change Makers

    Special Guest Episode: Cathy Inverviews Campus Change Makers

    Cathy interviews Sarah Hoffer, Change Party Senator at the University of Florida and Jayden Currence, Director of Communications for the UCF College Democrats, to discuss how politics is playing out on their respective campuses and offer advice for other young people and students looking for ways to get involved.

    • 40 min
    Episode 126: #CeasefireIsolation #MotionToPlacate #What'sRonnaWithNBC?

    Episode 126: #CeasefireIsolation #MotionToPlacate #What'sRonnaWithNBC?

    Cathy and Troy break down the UN Ceasefire Resolution that passed the Security Council without a U.S. veto, leading Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his visit to the United States next month, likely signaling a decay of U.S./Israel relations. This was definitely the right move in the face of Israeli genocide of Palestinians, but will an increasingly isolated Bibi prove to be even more dangerous?

    A terrorist attack in Moscow kills 140 people. Putin recognizes that ISIS K is responsible but is still trying to spin the horrifying loss of civilian life as somehow the fault of Ukraine.

    House Republicans finally pass a funding bill to keep the government open to the end of the year, and as a reward for bipartisan compromise, House Speaker Mike Johnson now faces losing his job after Marjorie Taylor Green files a motion to vacate the Speakership. Here we go again with more House Speaker chaos? Or will House Dems save Johnson's job, and if so, what will he owe them?

    In the midst of Speaker drama, Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher, two old-school Republicans, suddenly quit Congress as a middle-finger to the MAGA takeover of the Party. Republicans now hold the House majority by a single vote.

    Chuck Todd finally shows up to work, telling off his bosses at NBC to their faces for hiring ex RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel as full-time contributor.

    And Cathy puts on her tin foil hat and jumps right in to Royal family conspiracy theories surrounding the condition of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales.

    All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Episode 125: #TrumpTowerGaza #RussiaPutinItsPlace #EvilBastards

    Episode 125: #TrumpTowerGaza #RussiaPutinItsPlace #EvilBastards

    Cathy and Troy analyze the Presidential election in Russia, where Vladimir Putin won with 87% of the vote, to look at what actually stealing an election looks like. Pro-democracy activist and Putin opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed in a Russian prison in February. Putin will now be dictator of Russia until 2030, at least.

    The U.S. House passed its effective TikTok ban; a law that TikTok must divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, and be purchased by an American company or investor group. As the Chinese economy collapses, could this be a bluff to hurt ByteDance stock and further harm China, the biggest U.S. competitor for global superiority? Or will Biden actually sign this law and allow the U.S. government to assist in a hostile corporate takeover of the biggest brand in the world? One thing is for certain: TikTok is too big to be banned. 

    And Trump son-in-law  and former Director of Middle East Policy Jared Kushner discusses a plan to move out Gaza residents to build valuable beach front property in the Gaza strip. If Trump wins re-election, will construction begin immediately on Trump Tower Gaza?

    All for less than the price of a cup of coffee...

    • 1 hr 3 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
93 Ratings

93 Ratings

kody.roams ,

Great podcast for political updates

With paywalls and twitter gone to poop, it’s getting harder and harder to access the news. These folks do a great job of recapping important events in US politics from a left of center perspective (by no means far left). I love their banter too. They keep it very entertaining.

G8rheel ,

Got here from Instagram - Cathy + Troy

Simultaneously as we were sunking lower and lower as a country (Trump, hatred, insurrection, misinformation, etc) I ran across the Instagram feeds - Canonsfodder_ig and KeepTroyBlue. They bring different sides (if information, not politically) to a topic but their sides are always headed towards democracy, the will of the people, and away from hatred, racism and bigotry. This podcast is that and more as they dig deeper into current and past political issues. I definitely recommend listening regularly and following them on Instagram or TikTok.

DeanRobertDean ,

Use to love this show

I use to love this show but without Irene they’ve fallen into mainstream dem nonsense being mostly pro Biden and pro Israel. If you’re a leftist this isn’t for you.

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