The Daily Whatever, Jun 14: No Kings Day news round-up with Frederic Poag & Walter Rhein

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The Daily Whatever, Jun 14: No Kings Day news round-up with Frederic Poag & Walter Rhein

Professor Poag and the fantastic Walter Rhein kicked off an incredible No Kings Day

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Jun 16, 2025

I went into this No Kings Day with huge apprehensions—with just cause.

We had a president itching to pull the trigger on the Insurrection Act, a baltallion in Washington DC for his “I’m a Big Boy” military parade, millions gathering for protests, the National Guard deployed in multiple states, the Marines in Los Angeles, and Israel and Iran lobbing weapons at one another. Then we awoke to news of the assassination of Minnesota State Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband Saturday morning.

It was a lot.

Thankfully, I had

Frederic Poag

and

Walter Rhein

join me for The Daily Whatever, to deconstruct these events and what was likely to happen over the course of the weekend. It was seriously one of the most informative and engaging 90 minutes I’ve spent in ages.

Huge thanks to them both for sharing their hard-won wisdom with all of us. And big thanks to my usual The Daily Whatever cohost

Lawrence Winnerman

, who took a day away from the podcast in order to march in his local Fort Wayne, Indiana protest. Patriotism looks so good on you, my friend!