I Doubt It Podcast · Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page

#948 - "Threat Updates, Trump vs. Musk, Eye on The BALL!, and Takin' Care of Biz feat. John Morales."

June 7, 2025·1 hr 23 min·7 clips

Jesse and Brittany reveal the outcome of their rape and death threat case after months of silence.

Episode 948 starts in an ugly place. Jesse and Brittany share an update in their rape-and-death-threat case, and the conversation gets personal before it gets analytical. That is the point. They do not treat the danger as random background noise, because they connect it to years of threats from Donald Trump supporters. The tone stays raw. They are direct about what it feels like to keep doing political commentary while violent hostility keeps showing up. Then the argument widens. A clip-and-react section turns toward Democrats who keep chasing moderation instead of making clear moral choices. Names get named. Ruben Gallego, Alyssa Slotkin, and Gavin Newsom come up as examples in a broader complaint about politicians learning the wrong lessons. Brittany makes the sharper point. Turning backs on trans children is not leadership, especially when the easier move is chasing whatever looks politically popular. The tax-cut fact check has teeth. Using the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, she says the top 0.6 percent, about 1.2 million people making over $1 million, would receive more total cuts than 127 million people earning under $100,000. That is the receipt. The hosts argue that Trump's pitch is not a broad gift to ordinary families. It is a windfall for the wealthy, with poor and working-class families paying the price. Then the personal fight drops into the middle of it. The split is framed as bruised egos and personal slights, not a fight over values. Their read is that the two men are at odds personally while still lined up where principles actually matter. The ending eases off. After the heavy politics, they move into dentist-chair weirdness, listener contact details, Patreon housekeeping, and the familiar affectionate signoff.

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Personal stakes, sharp receipts, and no pretend neutrality.

The episode opens on Jesse Dollimore and Brittany Page's rape and death threat case, then broadens into Trump, taxes, and the normalizing of power.

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Press play for the threats, the spin, and the bullshit named plainly.

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