The Jimmy Dore Show: "SCREAMING MATCH Between Bernie & RFK At Senate Vaxx Hearing!"

Date: September 8, 2025
Host: Jimmy Dore
Episode Theme:
In this episode, Jimmy Dore dissects the recent contentious Senate hearing between Bernie Sanders and RFK Jr. over COVID-19 vaccines, using the exchange as a springboard for broader critiques of establishment politics, media, and the influence of Big Pharma. Dore uses his trademark sarcasm, skepticism, and outrage to take on topics from the National Guard in Chicago, government overreach, AI oligarchs dining at the White House, to the secrecy around the Epstein files—with a specific focus on exposing hypocrisy and corruption across the political spectrum.

Main Topics Covered

1. Satirical Cold Open: National Guard and Chicago (00:49–09:48)

• Guests (Impressions): Vice President J.D. Vance and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (all voices by Mike McRae).
• Vance boasts about Donald Trump’s health and responds to concerns about Trump’s appearance with self-deprecating humor.
• Discusses the U.S. projecting power amid international developments, then pivots to “projecting power” domestically by sending the National Guard to Chicago—framed by Dore as fascistic overreach.
• Pritzker vows Illinois will resist federal overreach; the conversation devolves into playful and profane name-calling.
• [Notable Quote, Vance, 05:38]:
  "We're doing boots fascism."
• [Notable Quote, Dore, 05:56]:
  "Projecting power against your own people. How brave."
• Sarcastic back-and-forths highlight the absurdities and dangers of authoritarian trends in American governance.

2. The Senate Vaxx Hearing: Sanders vs. RFK Jr. Breakdown (10:24–23:39)

• Jimmy introduces the main topic: Bernie Sanders "acting" in a Senate hearing, attacking both Sanders and the entire establishment.
• Dore lambasts Sanders as phony, a "garbage person," and a gatekeeper for the status quo.
• [Notable Quote, Jimmy Dore, 11:24]:
  "Everything about Bernie Sanders is fake and phony. And I lost over half my audience when I told them that."
• Plays and comments on the tense exchange:
  • Bernie: "Are President Trump and the medical community right, or do you still believe that the COVID vaccine was, quote, the deadliest vaccine ever made?" [13:43]
  • RFK Jr. appears flustered, provides names like Bhattacharya, Makary, Dr. Oz as advisors, prompting Sanders to scoff at “a few doctors” versus the consensus of major medical organizations.
• Dore interjects with rebuttals:
  • Challenges the “all scientists agree” narrative, highlighting dissenters, the corruption of medical journals, and failures around COVID policy transparency.
  • Critiques Sanders for flipping his own anti-corporate message to attack RFK for "casting doubt" on the medical establishment.
• [Notable Quote, Dore, 16:21]: "All those organizations are in the pocket of Big Pharma... They're all corrupted by big pharma money."
• [Notable Quote, Dore, 20:39]: "Everyone is corrupted by Big Pharma, Bernie. You're one of the people running around the country saying that."
• Dore presents the entire hearing as political theater—a chance to enforce establishment orthodoxy and silence dissent.

3. COVID Narratives Challenged: Data, Deaths, and the Role of Big Pharma (23:41–29:40)

• Dore follows with clips of Bill Gates stating that COVID was only “mainly a disease of the elderly”—contradicting Bernie’s earlier point about mass deaths.
  • [Bill Gates, 24:38]:
    "We didn't understand that it's a fairly low fatality rate and that it's a disease mainly of the elderly, kind of like flu is, although a bit different..."
• Peter McCullough is quoted as saying there’s never been a proper trial showing COVID vaccines reduce mortality or hospitalization.
  • [Peter McCullough, 25:47]:
    "There's never been a prospective, randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial ever showing that COVID-19 vaccines reduce mortality or hospitalization."
• Dore points to new CDC and New York Times admissions of overcounted COVID deaths, repeating his stance that skeptics were vindicated.
  • [Dore, 27:04]:
    "...authorities over counted COVID deaths and overhyped the pandemic."

4. AI Oligarchs at the White House: The Dinner of Tech Titans (32:43–49:32)

• Dore covers the White House dinner where tech leaders (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Sam Altman, etc.) praise Trump’s pro-business, pro-innovation stance.
• Mocks tech leaders’ bland, uniform “scripted” gratitude and highlights their efforts to curry favor for regulatory leniency.
  • [Dore, 34:16]:
    "Why do they all sound like they have one writer? It’s because they’re all reading from a script written by one guy."
• Points out hypocrisy ("socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor"), expressing cynicism about AI innovation and the oligarchic power structure.
• Notable hot-mic moment: Zuckerberg tells Trump he wasn't sure “what number you wanted to go with” regarding a huge investment.
  • [Zuckerberg, 46:36]:
    "I wasn't sure what number you wanted to go with."
  • Dore: “So you guys, you know, there's a hot mic there. We could hear you.”
• Parallels are drawn to mafia, autocracy, and techno-feudalism—referencing historical precedent and conspiratorial control.

5. Epstein Files, Deep State, and the “Hoax” Narrative (49:41–62:16)

• Dore turns to the growing controversy over the release of Epstein files and the shifting narratives around Trump’s involvement.
• Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is cited as claiming Trump was an “FBI informant tasked with taking down Epstein”—contradicting Trump’s own description of the scandal as a “Democrat hoax.”
  • [Mike Johnson, 51:03]:
    "He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down."
• Dore and co-host Kurt Metzger mock and dissect these contradictions, suggesting the whole "informant" claim is a desperate cover-up.
• Cites Alex Jones, who claims Trump is protecting the Mossad and CIA by slow-walking files—not because it's a hoax, but because of intelligence agencies’ interests.
  • [Alex Jones, 56:04]: "Why he's been doing this is protect Mossad and the CIA."
• Highlights polling showing strong bipartisan support for Epstein files’ release, questioning why secrecy is being maintained if nothing is being hidden.
• Dore concludes that government secrecy and institutional mistrust—rather than transparency—define American democracy.

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Jimmy Dore (satirical, recurring):
  • "[Bernie] is there to make sure the two party duopoly stays firmly in place… That it bends the knee to Big Pharma, Big Oil..." [10:52]
  • "No greater example of what a garbage person Bernie Sanders is..." [22:33]
  • “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.” [48:51]
• Impression of J.D. Vance (as VP), on domestic use of force:
  "We're doing boots fascism." [05:38]
• Bill Gates (on COVID):
  "We didn't understand that it's a fairly low fatality rate and that it's a disease mainly of the elderly, kind of like flu is..." [24:38]
• Peter McCullough (on vaccine efficacy):
  "There's never been a... trial ever showing that COVID 19 vaccines reduce mortality or hospitalization." [25:47]
• Mark Zuckerberg hot mic moment:
  "I wasn't sure what number you wanted to go with." [46:36]
• Mike Johnson (on Trump & Epstein):
  "He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down." [51:03]
• Alex Jones (on why Trump won’t release files):
  "Why he's been doing this is protect Mossad and the CIA." [56:04]

Timestamps of Key Segments

• 00:49 – Satirical call with VP J.D. Vance on Trump’s health, National Guard in Chicago
• 06:51 – Gov. J.B. Pritzker joins, federal vs. state power clash parody
• 10:24 – Introduction to Senate hearing, Dore’s takedown of Sanders
• 13:43 – Bernie Sanders and RFK Jr. exchange at Senate vaxx hearing
• 24:38 – Bill Gates on COVID lethality
• 25:47 – Dr. Peter McCullough on lack of evidence for vaccine reducing mortality
• 27:04 – Dore cites CDC/NYT admission of COVID death overcounts
• 32:43 – Big Tech White House dinner, oligarchic praise for Trump
• 46:36 – Zuckerberg’s hot mic moment re: “investment” number
• 49:41 – Discussion on Epstein files, Trump’s contradictory “hoax” and FBI informant narratives
• 56:04 – Alex Jones on Mossad, CIA protection as reason for stonewalling
• 62:16 – Dore: “Democracy is not based on trust. It's based on mistrust.”

Tone & Language

• Tone: Acerbic, satirical, populist outrage; often profane, irreverent, and deeply skeptical.
• Language:
  • Heavy use of sarcasm, mockery, impersonations, and direct attacks on establishment figures.
  • Frequent hyperbole for comedic effect; conspiratorial undertones throughout.
• Style:
  • Incorporates audio clips for context, then provides play-by-play commentary and deconstruction.
  • Frequent co-host banter, echoing Dore’s anti-establishment worldview.

Summary Takeaway

Jimmy Dore’s episode is a whirlwind critique of American political theater, from party hypocrisy and media manipulation to Big Pharma and tech oligarchs. The main thrust is a skeptical deconstruction of the establishment’s COVID-19 narrative, highlighting what Dore argues are lies, cover-ups, and corruption. By juxtaposing the high drama of the Sanders/RFK Jr. hearing, the White House’s tech summit, and the ongoing Epstein saga, Dore rallies his audience to question authority, reject official narratives, and seek transparency in government, all while maintaining his signature comedic and confrontational style.