No Agenda Show Ep. 1891: Memes, Media Bias, and Truth Social API

Broadcasting from just outside Chicago in FEMA Region 5 and the Connecticut shore, Episode 1891 of the No Agenda Show, titled "We Need Memes!", published August 2, 2026, features guest hosts Darren O'Neill and Larry Bleidner continuing to hold down the fort in the wake of co-founder John C. Dvorak's passing. The pair open with a tearful viral tribute from Australian listener Sarah Harris before diving headfirst into a two-hour media deconstruction spanning RFK Jr.'s combative CNN appearance, Bernie Sanders' real-estate empire, and Donald Trump's newly announced Truth Social API pricing.

The episode threads together several of the week's most-spun stories through the show's signature skeptical lens. Topic threads include: RFK Jr. accusing Dana Bash of "press malpractice" over COVID-era coverage; Bernie Sanders defending three homes, including a Lake Champlain "summer camp"; Trump Media's $100,000-per-month Truth API and Senator Chris Murphy's response; alleged Iranian cyberattacks on 30 Minnesota water treatment plants; and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's plan to seed 2028 presidential "memes". The hosts refuse to let political framing pass unchallenged. On RFK Jr.'s confrontation with CNN, Bleidner cheers the exchange, noting the rare moment a cabinet member turned the tables on a broadcaster. The verbatim clip captures Kennedy telling Bash: "I think it was absolute press malpractice. You weren't allowing your... Mr. Secretary, your job is a fierce skepticism toward authority. And you weren't doing that. You were beating up people who were dissenting." O'Neill adds that disagreement was rebranded as disinformation during the pandemic, a pattern the show has documented for years.

Deeper analysis follows on Trump Media's Truth API, which O'Neill argues is being misrepresented by Senator Chris Murphy and pundit David Pakman as "insider trading." Drawing on his technical background, O'Neill explains that high-frequency traders already pay for similar firehose access on X, and that the advantage measures in milliseconds. The hosts also dissect Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed's leaked remarks about "paving the pathway for 2028" through memes and "primarying" Senator John Fetterman, with El-Sayed reportedly saying he would "put one ogre on a pike" to bring other Democrats into line. Clips from Bill Maher, Michael Savage, Dave Rubin, Stephen Miller and Governor JB Pritzker round out the deconstruction.