Ep. 96: Trump's Oil Shock Is Just A Few Weeks Away

Ep.103: The Supreme Court Is Staging A Slow-Motion Coup

Substack has been slowly choking off traffic to smaller newsletters like this for more than a year. If you appreciate the stories I tell and the voice I tell them in, please become a contributing subscriber and push back on corporate censorship. We need all of the independent media we can get before the only news we’re allowed to consume is what is allowed by a fascist regime controlled by billionaires. For just $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!), you can help fight back against Substack’s censorship. Thank you for reading and keeping this newsletter going. This week’s entire show is devoted to the (mostly) corrupt Supreme Court rulings handed down over the last several days. Best make sure to take your blood pressure medication. The Most Corrupt Supreme Court In American History™ really outdid itself… Come join the Ogre Nation conversation and feel the rage. Ogre Nation Supreme Court News Update! 1:41 -6:30 Mullin v Doe - A racist ruling on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of refugees. 6:30 - 13:05 Mullin v Al Otro Lado - Another racist ruling about asylum seekers that hinges on a deliberate mangling of the English language. 13:06 - 17:10 Blanche v Lau - ANOTHER racist ruling concerning green card holders. 17:11 - 19:49 Wolford v Lopez - A ruling expanding on the rights of ammosexuals that endangers the public. 19:50 - 23:35 Watson v RNC - The regime takes an L, and stealing the midterms just got harder for the fascists. 23:36 - 27:40 Trump v Slaughter - SCOTUS hands Trump even more power to corrupt the federal government. 27:41 - 29:25 Trump v. Cook - SCOTUS protects the money of billionaires by denying Trump the power to fuck with the Federal Reserve 29:26 - 31:49 NRSC vs FEC - Another gift to the billionaires who can now inject unlimited money into our elections. 31:50 34:45West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox - The next disgusting step in erasing the Tans community. 34:46 - 45:35 Trump v Barbara - A rare loss for white nationalism. Birthright Citizenship is upheld (for now). 45:36 - 49:40 An Ogre Rant about what Democrats have to do to save this country from SCOTUS’ corruption. The Hot Mess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 102: The Regime Spits On The Disabled

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! Even as Trump’s popularity collapses and his own base begins to abandon him, the regime is still full steam ahead on its eugenics program. Because genocidal monsters don’t care what the public thinks. They will mindlessly pursue their agenda of mass murder until they are dragged from power and charged with crimes against humanity. It’s up to us to make sure that happens. #NurembergThemAll Ogre Nation News Update! 2:40 - 15:14 The regime is trying to strip the disabled of their rights. Pure eugenics through policy. 15:15 - 27:10 The Reflecting Pool fiasco is a ridiculous microcosm of Trump’s entire shitty regime. 27:11 - 39:10 Welp! We told you some stuff was going to happen, and now it has. Time for another prediction update! 39:11 - 1:05:55 Headlines for Short Attention Spans 1:05:56 - 1:14:20 Self-care of the Week The Unedited Hot Mess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Special Farewell Episode: Lila Explains One Last Time

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! This is it, Ogre Nation. Lila’s last time on the podcast before she heads off to her big, new, exciting life at college. As excited as I am for her, I am also going to miss the sweet, funny, and silly little girl who has been such an integral part of my life for the last decade. But before she rides off into the sunset, we had to record one final Lila Explains for you, our beloved audience. This episode is about depression and anxiety. I wanted to talk about this with Lila because she has struggled with both for a long time, and now that I’ve had a firsthand peek inside that world, I wanted to compare notes. We think you’ll find it interesting and very sappy because by the end, we get pretty mushy. But hey, she’s my daughter, I love her, and I’m sad to see her go, so you’ll just have to come along for the ride. Just a side note, the phrase I forgot at 18:33 is “abandonment issues” because I am dumb. This is a song from Cowboy Bebop, one of my favorite anime, and it really captures my mood these days. Very bittersweet. Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 101: More Supreme Corruption!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! The Most Corrupt Supreme Court in history continues to give Democrats all of the legal, moral, and political capital they need to expand the Court and strip the Republican Party of all of its stolen power. But until we get there, it’s going to be a loooong slog through nonstop judicial tyranny and Federalist Society scumfuckery. Florida Woman Rants [https://substack.com/profile/25053661-florida-woman-rants] and I tackle this story and more this week, so jump on in and join the Ogre Nation Conversation! Ogre Nation News Update! 1:37 - 13:25 The most corrupt Supreme Court in history lets Alabama put a racist map into play. Because of COURSE they did… 13:26 - 22:00 Donald Trump is dying, and it’s becoming too obvious for the press to hide anymore… 22:01 - 28:10 I guess we have to talk about Graham Platner… 28:11 - 31:24 Quick Epstein Files Update - Trump is even grosser than you thought… 31:25 - 1:07:24 Headlines for Short Attention Spans! 1:07:25 - 1:18:00 Self-care of the Week The Hot Mess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Ep. 100!!! 2026 Predictions Update w/The Daily Whatever!

The Opinionated Ogre Podcast is 100% listener-supported. Please help us continue to inform/amuse/outrage you by becoming a supporting subscriber today for only $5 a month or just $50 a year (a 17% discount!)! If not, it’s all good. Welcome to the Ogre Nation anyway! The OgPod turns 100…episodes old! To celebrate this astonishing milestone (astonishing because you’re still listening to us!), we have an extra special (and extra long) show for you with special guests and everything! Come join the Ogre Nation Conversation, and here’s to another 100 episodes! Thank you for coming back every week. You, our beloved (and supernaturally attractive) audience is why we do this, and we absolutely love you for it! 🥰🥰🥰 0:00 - 36:42 The longest opening ever goes completely off the rails with Lawrence Winnerman [https://substack.com/profile/314034871-lawrence-winnerman] and Dana DuBois [https://substack.com/profile/201342263-dana-dubois] from The Daily Whatever Show [https://substack.com/profile/488833761-the-daily-whatever-show]! A far-ranging casual conversation about the states we live in, chocolate, J.K. Rowling, American racism/fascism, Dana and Lawrence’s substacks, AI in the workplace, the AI bubble, and the economy. Yowzer! Ogre Nation Midyear Prediction Update! 36:42 - 43:08 The regime is going to lash out in desperation, but there are a lot of roadblocks to their plan for a permanent authoritarian takeover. 43:09 - 50:34 The 2026 midterms are going to be a total wipeout for the fascist fucks of the GOP, no matter how hard they try to cheat. 50:35 - 58:27 The economy is collapsing, and 2026 is almost certainly going to see major disruptions on par with (but probably worse than) 2008-2009. Lawrence digs deep on this one. 58:28 - 1:01:47 The No Kings protests will pass 10-15 million, causing the regime to panic and push more people into the streets to protest. 1:01:48 - 1:06:39 ICE will reach new depths of violence and depravity. 1:06:40 - 1:15:41 The Anti-Israeli movement and the legacy press will be used to whitewash Republican Nazis 1:15:42 - 1:18:49 Trump’s declining health and cognitive collapse will be impossible to hide. 1:18:50 - 1:21:50 JD Vance will ramp up his campaign to be Trump’s successor, and that won’t go well. At all. 1:21:51 - 1:27:41 The Epstein files will only become a bigger and uglier scandal. 1:27:42 - 1:33:13 Corporate America is going to rediscover its love of democracy and diversity as the regime stumbles and fails. 1:33:14 - 1:51:00 Self-care of the Week The Unedited Hotmess Livestream! Get full access to The Opinionated Ogre at opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe [https://opinionatedogre.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]