The Blindspot

What Happens Next in Gaza

Today on the Blindspot I try to answer the following. Now that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire in the Gaza strip, what happens next, to Gaza, to Israel, and to the mostly dead but still reflexively kicking idea of a two state solution. I give my thoughts on these matters at length. Enjoy.

The Only Option

Today on The Blindspot, I give my thoughts on why the Democrats were correct to shut down the government. I also discuss some related issues. Enjoy.

Talking a Good One

In a sprawling, expletive-laced monologue, Jason Polaski dissects the impotence of European foreign policy and the illusion of moral posturing in global affairs, focusing on two central crises: Russia’s unchecked drone incursions into European airspace and the hollow gesture of European nations recognizing a Palestinian state. Polaski savages Europe’s strategic stagnation—its failure to rapidly rearm, its reliance on the U.S. for defense, and its delusion that symbolic acts (statements, summits, recognitions) substitute for hard power. He contrasts this with Russia’s realpolitik aggression and Israel’s ruthless pursuit of strategic goals, both of which, while brutal, are at least effective. Europe, by contrast, talks "a good one" but acts as if soft power can exist in a vacuum. The episode expands into a withering critique of Western hypocrisy, the failure of performative protest, and the dangerous confusion of symbolic action with substantive leverage. Polaski argues that will, not moral clarity, determines outcomes—and that absent will, Europe and the Palestinians alike are playing pretend in a world that punishes fantasy.

The Assassination of Charley Kirk, Redux

More thoughts on the aftermath of the assassination of Charley Kirk.

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Jason Polaski’s monologue on The Blind Spot is furious, sprawling, and unsparing. Across 90 minutes, he makes one point relentlessly clear: justifying political assassination is a moral and strategic failure—no matter who gets shot.Polaski loathed Kirk’s politics—reactionary, theocratic, anti-democratic—but insists those views must be defeated in public, not silenced by bullets. He turns his rage on the American left, mocking its sanctimony, strategic incompetence, and lazy celebration of Kirk’s death.You don’t beat Charlie Kirk by gunning him down. You beat him by out-arguing him. Failing to do that is cowardice and political suicide. 

Europe comes to Washington

Today on The Blindspot, I discuss the aftermath of the heads of several European countries traveling to Washington to strengthen the leverage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his meeting with President Trump, which broadens out into complaints about European and American foreign policy. Enjoy.

What You Have to Negotiate With Is Making Their Lives Harder

Today on The Blindspot, Jason Pilaski breaks down Trump’s latest meeting with Putin—and tears into the stupidity of ceasefire culture, the moral vacancy at the heart of MAGA foreign policy, and the paralyzed impotence of Europe’s endless conferences. From Ukraine’s grinding battlefield math to the global stakes of letting Putin win, this episode is a flamethrower aimed at wishful thinking, isolationist cowardice, and the idea that talking is the same thing as doing. If you want to understand why this war still matters—and why Trump’s behavior isn’t just weak but dangerous—this is the one.

Big Balls, and their lack

Jason Pilaski opens The Blind Spot by introducing “Big Balls” (Edward Coriston), a young tech whiz with a shady résumé who improbably landed high-level roles in the Trump administration and got carjacked in D.C. He uses the incident to pivot into a blistering critique of Trump’s recent move to seize control of D.C.’s police and deploy the National Guard under the pretext of fighting crime—something Pilaski opposes mainly because it expands Trump’s authoritarian tendencies, not because D.C. crime isn’t a real problem. He lambasts Democrats for their chronic inability to message on crime, accusing them of sounding evasive, academic, or soft, which cedes rhetorical ground to Republicans who speak bluntly and claim the “tough on crime” mantle. He rails against a small far-left faction for toxifying the party’s brand, warns that reflexive opposition to Trump without strategy alienates persuadable voters, and argues Democrats must rebrand, talk plainly, and connect with working-class and minority concerns instead of pandering to insular activist circles. The throughline: crime is high, Trump is exploiting it for power, Democrats are fumbling the counterpunch, and unless they grow a backbone and fix their messaging, they’ll keep losing.

An Indefensible Thing

Today on The Blind Spot, we zero in on Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — a petty, thin-skinned move straight out of the authoritarian playbook that shreds the credibility of every jobs report going forward. I walk through how the numbers actually work, why revisions are normal, and how this stunt poisons the well for business, government, and anyone who needs real data. From there we rip apart the flimsy partisan defenses, call out both parties’ habit of protecting “their guy” no matter what, and still leave room to torch bad livestream culture, break down Trump’s tariff wall, and make a wild prediction about an AI-driven economic boom. It’s a full hour of policy, profanity, and a reminder that if you kill the messenger, you kill the message. Enjoy!

Where the Hell is My Recession?

Jason Pilaski opens his rambling, profanity-laced podcast The Blind Spot with self-deprecation and disgust at his decaying surroundings before launching into a wide-ranging monologue skewering both left-wing moral panic and Democratic Party incompetence. He dismantles the backlash against a Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial, mocking claims of white supremacist propaganda as emblematic of a broader intellectual rot. He then shifts to a realpolitik analysis of Trump's second term, declaring Trump is "winning" by brute force—dominating trade negotiations, pushing NATO allies to meet military spending goals, bombing Iran's nuclear sites, and imposing economically reckless but politically effective tariffs. Pilaski argues that, despite Trump's instability, he’s producing tangible results while the Democrats flounder with no coherent message, strategy, or vision. He scorns the EU’s military and economic impotence, supports aggressive immigration enforcement, lauds Trump's full-speed-ahead AI policy, and ends by warning that reflexive opposition to Trump without alternatives will cost Democrats power again. Beneath the bile and humor, Pilaski delivers a brutal diagnosis: America is being governed by a madman—but at least he's governing, unlike his opponents.