In episode 1887 of the No Agenda Show, titled 'The Stick Works,' hosts Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak deliver their signature media deconstruction of a turbulent news week, focusing on President Trump's primetime address alleging Chinese interference in the 2020 election and the subsequent release of unclassified CIA documents. Broadcasting from the Texas Hill Country and Northern Silicon Valley, the duo unpacks the refusal of ABC, NBC, and CNN to carry the speech live, questioning the implications for media objectivity and public access to presidential addresses.
Across nearly three hours, Curry and Dvorak examine specific evidentiary claims Trump advanced and cross-reference them against the source documents. Key threads include the alleged Chinese acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files, the Michigan Muskegon canvassing investigation, and DHS findings on 278,000 non-citizen registrations. Curry walks listeners through his line-by-line verification exercise, arguing that Trump's rhetoric outran the released documents in several places while other claims held up. As Curry puts it, 'So I've done that as a public service. What we expected. Yes. So here is claim number 1... the People's Republic of China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history.' Dvorak counters with skepticism about the China framing given Trump's recent Beijing overtures, asking whether the Strait of Hormuz posture and shipbuilding push signal a broader pivot.
The episode also probes Secretary of State Marco Rubio's State Department forum on political terrorism, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's disclosure of a February 2024 assassination attempt by Ryan English, and Vice President JD Vance's Joe Rogan appearance targeting Brad Parscale and the Esther Project, a German PR operation allegedly funded by the Israeli government. Curry connects Parscale's FARA filings to Salem Radio Network. The hosts then track the House vote where 103 Democrats, including Whip Katherine Clark, backed Thomas Massie's amendment to cut Israel aid, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Fetterman, and Governor Wes Moore weighing in. A long segment on AI chatbot failures features viral creator Husk and Databricks CEO commentary on GPU scarcity and the Kimi K3 model.
