TRUMP’S “LET THEM TAKE OUT L.A.” IS TREASON. IMPEACH HIM FOR IT - 10.8.26

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Oct 8, 2026

Trump’s remarks about allowing attacks on Los Angeles and San Diego spark a constitutional case for impeachment. Republicans, Fox News, and media executives appear to be distancing themselves from him, while the FBI faces accusations of manipulating its Most Wanted list. In sports, the mystery behind Don Larsen’s World Series perfect game is revisited, along with a personal Yankees story involving Chuck Knoblauch.

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INSIGHT

Trump’s Nuclear Rhetoric As Constitutional Treason

Keith Olbermann argues that Trump’s willingness to let Iran attack Los Angeles or San Diego amounts to constitutional “aid and comfort” to an enemy.
He connects the rhetoric to Trump freeing roughly $14 billion in Iranian oil revenue, which could strengthen Iran militarily.

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Trump’s Tough-Guy Image Collapses Under Pressure

Olbermann says Trump’s response to a minor threat caused the United States to abandon an air base and move bombers away.
He presents the withdrawal as evidence that Trump’s performative toughness masks fear and strategic weakness.

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Republicans Begin Their Trump Escape

Republican candidates are distancing themselves from Trump as war, tariffs, and high prices damage their campaigns.
Mike Rogers attacks the tariff war, John Sununu rejects the fight with Canada, and Susan Collins celebrates removing road salt from tariffs.

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COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN – SEASON 5 EPISODE 11

A-Block (SPECIAL COMMENT): This is not complicated.

Trump: ”They could take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.”

U.S. Constitution: “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.”

It’s impeachable aid and comfort to an enemy. Literally. Definitionally. PER THE CONSTITUTION. Add it to the $14 Billion he freed up by letting Iraq and its investors regain access to their oil money in March - $14 Billion they could use to fund a “take out” of L.A. or San Diego or – moron – the all-MAGA corridor between the two cities.

So impeach him next January. The chances that there will be 60 Senators willing to convict continue to increase, between Democratic chances, terrified GOP Senators up for re-election in 2028, and accelerating De-Trumpification. Greg Abbott blew him off in San Antonio yesterday. Mike Rogers cut an anti-tariff ad in Michigan. Sununu. Rupert Murdoch! Maybe even David Ellison!

-And an all-time great meme is born. Susan Collins continues to self-destruct in Maine, giving birth in the middle of a debate to ‘Let Them Eat Road Salt.’

-Plus why Trump is actually right about Murdoch throwing him under the bus, and the indicator that new CNN/CBS owner David Ellison is backing into the hedges. The phenomenal story of Kash Patel appearing to put fugitives on the FBI’s Most Wanted List just as the FBI is about to arrest them – they’ve even corrupted THAT.

B-Block (39:00) SPORTSBALL CENTER TONIGHT: The Secret of Don Larsen’s World Series Perfect Game is Revealed!

70 years ago today a mediocre pitcher who had led the league in losses two years earlier and would be traded nine times in his career, threw the only perfect game in the history of the World Series (indeed any post-season game). Don Larsen of the Yankees: 27 Dodgers up, 27 inexplicable Dodgers down.

Well it WAS inexplicable. A revelation on a long-lost kinescope of the game telecast from 1956, and two sets of previously unknown color photographs, explains the whole thing. I own the photos and I’ll share them with you.

In short: the Dodger batters never saw the ball coming out of Larsen’s hand! Can't see ball, can't hit ball!

C-Block (55:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: Since we’re doing baseball in the middle of the baseball playoffs – why not? Let me tell you the unexpectedly hilarious story of the day in 2000 my Mom, sitting in our seats at Yankee Stadium, got hit in the face with a wild throw by the second baseman, Chuck Knoblauch. She was the star of the New York tabloids for a week, she never had more fun in her life, and to ratchet it up a notch – I was ON THE AIR anchoring the Game-of-the-Week broadcast on Fox and got to narrate highlights of my own Mom becoming the most famous fan in America.

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