In the latest episode of the No Agenda Show, hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deconstruct a week of political upheaval, focusing on three major events: Vice President JD Vance taking over the White House press briefing, Rep. Thomas Massie's primary defeat, and the federal indictment of former Cuban dictator Raul Castro. The episode, titled "VBS" and released May 21, 2026, examines how mainstream media outlets like ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, and MSNBC framed—or ignored—these stories.
The show opens with David Muir's unusual ABC headline tease before pivoting to what Curry calls the real lede: Vice President JD Vance filling in for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Vance fielded questions on Iran, gas prices, and the ongoing ceasefire, with Curry remarking, "He is making the press briefing exciting again." The hosts then dissect Rep. Thomas Massie's primary loss to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein, a $32 million race shadowed by an alleged AI-driven smear campaign involving Massie, Lauren Boebert, and a so-called "boner phone." Curry argues the Massie collapse—from a 71% win probability on May 8 to a near 10-point loss—was driven by an algorithmic smear ignored by legacy outlets. Dvorak explains, "It was a smear campaign that indicated that once Massey's wife died, he had an affair with at least 2 women," while Curry counters with a listener letter alleging the story was manufactured to take down both Massie and Boebert.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Hatch Act–adjacent campaign appearance and Tucker Carlson's combative Channel 13 Israel interview round out the political block. The hosts then turn to the DOJ's indictment of Raul Castro over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, framed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Dvorak floats the theory that President Trump is "completing the Bay of Pigs operation that Kennedy chickened out on," noting the Nimitz strike group's entry into the Caribbean.
Other segments cover the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund born from Trump's settled IRS lawsuit, his 3,700 stock trades (which the hosts attribute to high-frequency trading algorithms), Polymarket insider-betting concerns tied to Donald Trump Jr., Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's "Economic Fury" sanctions program targeting UK-domiciled tanker operators, the San Diego Islamic Center shooting, and Google's $190 billion Gemini Spark rollout at I/O. The episode underscores how algorithm-driven narratives and selective media coverage shape public perception, with implications for the 2026 midterm cycle.
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