"A couple of second chances" – Trump Bends the Knee to Netanyahu At White House Shower

Breaking News: it was just announced that for the first time ever, the 2026 winner of the Israel Prize will not be an Israeli. It will instead be Donald Trump.

Netanyahu visited the Israel-firster this week to shower him with praise, and in response, Trump bent the knee to proclaim that Israel can have as many second chances as they’d like to prove they’re not committing genocide. In the same speech, Trump kind of lets slip that he’s maybe thinking of shooting missiles into Iran on behalf of Israel, but hey, the whole second chances thing, right?

Katie and Aaron are covering everything happening in Israel-Palestine for one last blowout show of 2025 – but that’s not all we’re watching: a new right-wing childcare conspiracy has erupted in Minnesota after a YouTube prankster banged on daycare center doors, shouting “Where are the kids??” Somehow, this strategy led to people shutting doors in his face, which he, and GOP politicians, took to mean the daycare centers are all frauds. Now they’re cutting childcare funding in the state. Plus, Fox News’ Tomi Lahren gives a psychotherapy session on who you should really be looking to for personal inspiration.

It’s all this, and so much more madness, on the Useful Idiots News Year’s Mockin’ Eve. Thanks for joining us for a wild 2025, we’ll see you in the next one.

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