-- Donald Trump gradually loses control over his base and party as voters and allies begin questioning his leadership and distancing themselves

-- Senator Mike Lee admits he does not know how many illegal votes exist while still pushing election fraud claims to justify stricter voting laws

-- Analysts highlight Donald Trump’s weak approval ratings and explain how poor polling with independents signals likely midterm losses

-- A strong anti-corruption platform targets insider profit and forces Republican leaders to defend or oppose reforms that appeal to their own voters

-- Tucker Carlson is building a loyal media-driven base that mirrors modern political power while publicly downplaying any interest in running for president

-- Donald Trump and allies repeatedly make false claims without consequences, as political incentives reward confidence and attention over accuracy

-- Mike Pence claims Donald Trump did not reshape the Republican Party despite clear evidence that loyalty to Trump now defines party identity

-- Repeated scandals and extreme rhetoric desensitize the public to behavior that used to end careers

-- On the Bonus Show: Kristi Noem’s husband is caught up in a cross-dressing scandal, the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk cannot be affirmatively matched to the alleged rifle, Pete Hegseth will not investigate why Army helicopters flew near Kid Rock’s house, and much more…

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-- Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Gavin Newsom lead early Democratic polling for 2028, but none seem likely to unify the party

-- Donald Trump builds support through identity and loyalty rather than policy, which allows contradictions, failed promises, and blame shifting to be accepted by supporters

-- Trump allies increasingly reinterpret and manage his statements instead of repeating them, revealing a loss of internal confidence and a shift from loyalty to damage control

-- Donald Trump's absence during key moments shifts real decision-making to figures like JD Vance and other officials, creating a fragmented leadership structure

-- Trump's allies pursue rule changes and enforcement presence to tamper with the 2026 midterms, fueled by bogus claims of widespread voter fraud

-- Donald Trump repeatedly announces aggressive policies that face immediate backlash and are then delayed, revised, or abandoned

-- Donald Trump's policies like tariffs, war-driven energy spikes, and healthcare uncertainty, disproportionately raise costs and instability for his own voter base

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-- Ronny Jackson and Pete Hegseth openly signal that political losses and higher prices are acceptable as long as Donald Trump does not back down in Iran

-- With indicators pointing to possible Republican losses in 2026, the question becomes whether Trump will blame election fraud, the media, or members of his own party

-- Rick Scott, Donald Trump, and Karoline Leavitt defend rising fuel and food costs while framing the economic pain facing voters as a necessary sacrifice

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to answer reporters’ questions about Iran negotiations, rising diesel prices, and Donald Trump’s statements during a tense White House briefing

-- Television hosts and commentators increasingly question Donald Trump’s mental sharpness as polls show a growing share of Americans saying he appears more erratic with age

-- A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll shows Donald Trump at 33 percent approval, highlighting deep public dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy and foreign policy

-- Jessica Tarlov challenges Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld on Fox News by arguing that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson blocked a bipartisan plan that could have funded TSA workers

-- Laura Ingraham raises questions on Fox News about whether Donald Trump fully understood the risks and complexity of the conflict with Iran before moving forward

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-- Rep. Sara Jacobs, Democrat from California's 51st district, joins us to discuss the No Kings protests, cost-of-living messaging, suspicious trading tied to Iran policy, and much more…

-- Reports show the United States deploys more than 50,000 troops to the Middle East while the Army raises the maximum enlistment age to 42

-- Ann Coulter, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Erik Prince publicly criticize Donald Trump’s escalating Iran conflict, exposing rare fractures inside the MAGA coalition

-- Architects criticize Donald Trump’s rushed plan to build a massive White House ballroom, pointing to design flaws like stairs that lead nowhere and columns that block views

-- Donald Trump promotes his new White House ballroom and complains about mail-in voting and Democrats, while gas prices rise and international tensions escalate

-- Donald Trump frequently says he is hearing about major issues for the first time and maintains a loosely structured daily schedule dominated by media consumption

-- Donald Trump signals distance from Tulsi Gabbard by describing her as softer on Iran and nuclear weapons

-- JD Vance says the United States does not expect to remain involved in Iran one or two years from now, revealing a longer timeline than earlier claims

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-- Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, joins us to discuss her approach to reducing homelessness and crime in LA, as well as her concerns about Trump intervening in the 2028 Olympics

-- Donald Trump allies gather at CPAC with smaller energy while millions attend No Kings protests across thousands of rallies

-- Fox News defends Donald Trump over gas prices by highlighting historical oil averages, while Trump again promises to replace the Affordable Care Act

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling speech, misstating foreign policy achievements and admitting he labels military actions as operations to avoid congressional approval

--Many politicians and political media figures shape their messaging around polls, incentives, and engagement rather than consistent ideology or concern for voters

-- Republican figures such as JD Vance and Marco Rubio position themselves for influence as factions within the MAGA movement prepare for leadership after Trump

-- Megyn Kelly criticizes the Iran war but shifts responsibility toward right-wing activists and journalists rather than holding Trump accountable for the decision

-- Joe Rogan calls many MAGA supporters uninteresting and unintelligent, prompting a response from JD Vance as Republicans attempt to contain criticism

-- On the Bonus Show: TSA workers start getting back pay despite the DHS shutdown persisting, birthright citizenship goes to the Supreme Court, architects criticize Trump's ballroom's design flaws, and much more...

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-- Fox News confronts Speaker Mike Johnson with Donald Trump publicly rejecting the shutdown deal and Johnson struggles to reconcile his defense of Trump

-- Melania Trump appears at the White House, introducing a humanoid robot named Plato that she says will help teach children classical studies

-- The Pentagon under Pete Hegseth removes journalists from inside the building after a federal judge rules previous restrictions illegal

-- Travelers facing massive disruptions directly blame Donald Trump for the chaos, contradicting Republican messaging that attempts to shift responsibility onto Democrats

-- Melania Trump calls herself a visionary, while advisers claim she is working on legislation and signing executive orders, even though only the president can legally issue executive orders

-- Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld debate whether Kamala Harris is attractive on Fox News, while broader national issues like war tensions and rising prices dominate public concerns

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- Senator Tammy Baldwin, Democrat from Wisconsin, joins us to discuss what Congress can do to rein in Trump's war, gas price hikes, ICE at airports, and much more

-- Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman tells Fox News that the US is heading towards a recession under Donald Trump which undermines Trump’s economic brand

-- Donald Trump gives a confusing speech to GOP congressional members, making contradictory statements about the Iran War and mail-in voting

-- Karoline Leavitt delivers a rambling defense of Trump, misrepresenting facts, and avoiding answering key questions about Iran and congressional authorization

-- Pete Hegseth’s pastor publicly prays for the death of Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico and Talarico responds with love instead of threats

-- Donald Trump posts erratic messages on Truth Social, demanding the filibuster be terminated, and complains about NATO and Iran

-- Trump’s allies, including Nancy Mace, publicly criticize his Iran war strategy and refuse to support troops on the ground, signaling political distancing

-- On the Bonus Show: The right wing is divided ahead of CPAC weekend, the Army raises its enlistment age to 42, Trump gets a new trophy, and much more...

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-- Democrat Emily Gregory wins Donald Trump’s home district in Florida flipping a Republican seat despite Trump’s endorsement and presence

-- Millions of people protest across the U.S., creating massive visible opposition that unsettles Donald Trump during multiple crises

-- CBS News ratings collapse under Bari Weiss’s leadership as the network shifts toward Trump-friendly coverage, losing key viewers and demographics

-- Suspicious market trades occur minutes before Trump announces halts on Iran attacks raising insider trading concerns and calls for investigations

-- Donald Trump delivers confused and incoherent remarks about the Iran war, asylum seekers, and Kamala Harris

-- Donald Trump struggles to stand and speak, and contradicts himself while addressing Iran and military matters

-- Markwayne Mullin is confirmed as the new DHS Secretary despite bragging about physically disciplining his children and threatening his daughter’s boyfriend

-- C-SPAN callers criticize Republicans and Donald Trump for the DHS shutdown, holding them accountable for policy choices and government failures

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-- Donald Trump negotiates a framework to end the Iran war that closely matches the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by Barack Obama

-- Massive bets on oil and stock futures appear minutes before Donald Trump announces he is delaying strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure

-- Senator John Kennedy says Donald Trump blocked a Republican plan that would have reopened the Department of Homeland Security and paid TSA workers

-- Donald Trump gives erratic answers at a press conference about Iran negotiations, ICE arrests at airports, and sanctions on Iranian oil

-- Donald Trump tours Graceland, jokes about fighting Elvis Presley, and speculates about pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago

-- Jessica Tarlov tells Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld that Democrats introduced multiple bills to fund TSA workers while Republicans blame Democrats for the shutdown

-- Stephen Miller, Kash Patel, and Pete Hegseth praise Donald Trump at a Memphis event while Donald Trump appears sleepy and later says Hegseth first pushed for the Iran war

-- On the Bonus Show: ICE deployed at airports to help with security, Markwayne Mullin confirmed as DHS secretary, Trump votes by mail again, and much more...

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-- Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Iran as a strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan energy facility sends global gas and oil prices surging

-- FBI Director Kash Patel struggles through congressional questioning about firing Iran counterintelligence experts and basic voter fraud investigations,

-- Donald Trump confuses economic data and makes a bizarre Pearl Harbor remark to a Japanese leader while misrepresenting the economic fallout from his Iran conflict

-- Donald Trump faces rising political danger as surging oil, diesel, and fertilizer prices drive inflation across farming, transportation, and food costs that could define his presidency

-- Republican donors and party figures quietly organize around Marco Rubio for 2028 as Donald Trump tests support between Rubio and JD Vance

-- A Pennsylvania voter who supported Donald Trump three times now angrily denounces him over rising costs, signaling potential cracks in Trump’s loyal voter base

-- A longtime conservative influencer who once backed Donald Trump declares that MAGA is dead and says she no longer recognizes the president

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The staggering costs of the war in Iran, and much more...

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-- JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, joins us in person to discuss immigration enforcement fears in Chicago, regulating crypto and prediction markets, and what agenda Democrats should pursue ahead of 2028

-- Jerome Powell warns the United States economy faces rising inflation risks, weak private sector job growth, and tariff-driven pressure, as Donald Trump’s policies strain the labor market

-- Maria Bartiromo and other Fox hosts react nervously to hotter-than-expected inflation data and warn Americans that prices could worsen in the coming months

-- Donald Trump posts a confusing threat about the South Pars gas field in Iran that reveals panic over escalating conflict and the economic fallout of the war

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend Operation Epic Fury and gives evasive answers when pressed about NATO coordination and the administration’s war strategy

-- Markwayne Mullin, Trump's choice to replace Kristi Noem at DHS, refuses to say he would follow the law over the president when questioned by Maggie Hassan about illegal orders

-- JD Vance delivers a speech to a quiet crowd and tells Americans struggling with gas prices that people overseas are suffering even more

-- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argues the Trump administration’s shifting explanations for war with Iran contradict earlier claims about destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities

-- On the Bonus Show: Labor rights leader Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse, Joe Kent is under FBI investigation after resigning in protest over the Iran war, a judge implies he'll stop construction of Trump's ballroom, and much more...

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-- Americans react to rising grocery and gas prices, describing $150 for basics and saying they ignore political messaging and focus on what they pay every week

-- Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche face a House Oversight subpoena over their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, signaling aggressive Democratic investigations if they win power

-- Donald Trump delivers a series of erratic and controversial remarks on war, luxury spending, and foreign leaders

-- Donald Trump appears to confuse basic facts about who is president, prompting mockery and a viral response from Gavin Newsom

-- Donald Trump makes statements in the Oval Office about Cuba, markets, war, and social issues

-- Speculation grows about Donald Trump quitting if Republicans lose midterms, but his personality makes him more likely to stay in office

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Donald Trump’s Iran war and links it to rising gas prices

-- Donald Trump makes incorrect claims about NATO powers, struggles in exchanges with reporters, and faces pushback

-- Viral footage of Donald Trump’s discolored hand fuels speculation about his health and spreads rapidly across social media

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-- Donald Trump damages Republican prospects in the 2026 midterms as betting markets shift to a 50/50 chance of Democrats winning control of the Senate

-- Megyn Kelly and Mark Levin publicly feud with personal insults on social media while Donald Trump intervenes to defend Mark Levin, exposing growing conflict inside the MAGA movement

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to answer basic questions from reporters about the Iran conflict, troop deployments, and allied military support

-- Donald Trump posts a lengthy late-night rant attacking the Supreme Court over a tariff ruling while repeating claims about the 2020 election and accusing the court of political bias

-- JD Vance claims rising gas prices in 2026 are the fault of Joe Biden, even as prices surge after Donald Trump’s Iran war and instability in global oil markets

-- Donald Trump boasts on Truth Social that media figures who criticized him have lost influence, signaling pressure on journalists and media organizations that challenge him

-- Stephen Cheung attacks Gavin Newsom with personal insults after Gavin Newsom posts a clip from our interview with him in which he criticizes Stephen Miller

-- Tim Dillon criticizes Donald Trump and warns that the Iran conflict and economic conditions could push the country toward a wider crisis

-- On the Bonus Show: Tucker Carlson says he is under investigation, rumors spread about Netanyahu being replaced by a body double, and much more...

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-- New GDP data shows the U.S. economy slows sharply to 0.7 percent growth as Donald Trump faces rising oil prices, weakening job numbers, and economic uncertainty

-- Donald Trump claims the United States has already defeated Iran while missiles continue flying, the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, and global oil markets surge past $100 per barrel

-- Donald Trump lashes out at reporters, dodges questions about sending troops to the Middle East, and struggles to explain his strategy as the war with Iran intensifies

-- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump’s policies on Fox News but pivots to culture war talking points like transgender athletes while avoiding questions about the administration’s broader agenda

-- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent abruptly leaves a live interview after being summoned by Donald Trump to the White House Situation Room and returns hours later visibly shaken

-- Karoline Leavitt claims Donald Trump is responsibly releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve even though the move closely mirrors a similar action taken earlier by Joe Biden

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer basic questions about the length of the Iran war, the meaning of unconditional surrender, and his energy price predictions as the conflict escalates

-- Donald Trump tells Jake Paul the United States attacked Iran first because Iran was about to attack, while the interview veers into bizarre stories and product promotion

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-- Donald Trump's war with Iran drives up oil prices while his administration controls Venezuelan oil sales, raising questions about whether the conflict increases the value of oil revenue tied to the U.S. government

-- Donald Trump attacks Gavin Newsom’s dyslexia on Truth Social in an attempt to portray him as unfit for office, even though medical experts say dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence or leadership ability

-- Senator Rick Scott publicly admits that prices will remain high after the Iran war drives up oil costs, undercutting Republican claims that their policies protect Americans from rising costs

-- Democrat Shawn Harris finishes first in a special election in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former Georgia district, ahead of Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller, forcing a runoff in a deeply conservative seat

-- Joe Rogan says supporters feel betrayed over Trump's war with Iran despite campaigning against endless wars, raising fears of a wider global conflict

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling speech filled with strange claims and contradictions while Republican leaders, including Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise, applaud him for nearly two minutes

-- Rand Paul criticizes Donald Trump’s Iran war on television, warning that the conflict is expensive, poorly justified, and could lead to political disaster in the 2026 elections

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-- Alex Wagner, MSNBC host and journalist, joins us on Substack Live to discuss Trump’s Iran strategy, Pete Hegseth, and the upcoming elections

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer basic press questions about the Iran war, giving incoherent responses and denying knowledge of major events

-- Donald Trump attacks reporter Liz Landers with personal insults after she challenges his election claims with facts, including statements from his own former attorney general

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling and erratic rally speech in Kentucky, featuring fabricated numbers and awkward moments

-- Donald Trump contradicts himself about the Iran conflict, makes inaccurate claims about prices and oil, and awkwardly attempts to leave an event mid-conversation

-- Steve Bannon publicly questions the Iran war and warns that the conflict is not resonating with the MAGA base that Donald Trump built

-- Newsmax interviews with Donald Trump rally attendees in Kentucky produce confused and incoherent answers from supporters about current events

-- On the Bonus Show: Cornyn flips on the filibuster to court Trump's endorsement, every Democrat but Fetterman wants an investigation into the Iran school massacre, Iran's soccer team will not play in the World Cup, and much more...

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-- Senator Mark Warner, Democrat from Virginia, joins us to discuss why he believes the Iran conflict is a war of choice with unclear objectives and poor planning by the Trump administration

-- Senator Richard Blumenthal warns after a classified Iran briefing that the United States appears to be moving toward deploying American ground troops

-- Reporting shows that Volodymyr Zelensky offered Donald Trump battlefield-tested technology to counter Iranian-style drones but the Trump administration failed to act

-- Gasoline prices jump about 32 percent in a matter of months during Donald Trump’s presidency, creating a political problem as voters confront higher costs at the pump

-- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt struggles to answer reporters' questions about Donald Trump’s Iran claims, troop injuries, and other issues

-- Democrat Bobbi Boudman defeats Republican Dale Fincher in a New Hampshire special election, marking the tenth straight seat Democrats have flipped during Trump’s second term

-- Donald Trump posts a series of aggressive and erratic Truth Social messages threatening Iran, boasting about military strikes and attacking fellow Republican Thomas Massie

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-- Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, joins us in person to discuss Donald Trump's failures, speculation about 2028, and his new book "Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery"

-- Antony Blinken says that Barack Obama and Joe Biden avoided war with Iran for years because Iran can fight cheaply with drones, while the United States spends far more on missiles and sustained operations

-- Donald Trump advisers quietly urge him to declare victory and exit the Iran war as oil prices rise, U.S. casualties mount, and political pressure grows

-- Donald Trump claims the Iran war is essentially complete despite ongoing Iranian attacks and thousands of U.S. strikes that military analysts say have not ended the conflict

-- Donald Trump gives contradictory answers in a press conference about the Iran war, says he does not know key facts about attacks, and suggests the war is ending yet expanding

-- Pete Hegseth announces the most intense strikes yet inside Iran, even as Donald Trump claims the military objective is essentially complete

-- Donald Trump claims future laser weapons will replace Patriot missiles and offers unclear explanations about the timing and purpose of the Iran war

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-- Maura Healey, Governor of Massachusetts, joins us to discuss Donald Trump's failure to coordinate with governors ahead of military action against Iran and her efforts to limit ICE activity in the state

-- Donald Trump faces rising costs, oil shocks, civilian casualties, and the rise of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s new supreme leader

-- Donald Trump triggers a global market panic as escalating war with Iran sends oil prices surging, shuts down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

-- Donald Trump appears at a dignified transfer ceremony for fallen U.S. service members at Dover Air Force Base while wearing a baseball hat

-- Karoline Leavitt refuses to rule out a military draft if the war with Iran expands, while defending higher gas prices and blaming Joe Biden for the affordability crisis

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer questions about ground troops, civilian casualties, and the meaning of unconditional surrender as reporters press him about the escalating war with Iran

-- Newly released Department of Justice documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation summarize FBI interviews with a woman who alleges that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a minor

-- Pete Hegseth warns that more casualties are likely and refuses to rule out U.S. ground troops in Iran while declaring that Iranians who expect to live should be worried

-- On the Bonus Show: Travelers encounter long delays as the DHS shutdown continues, Cory Booker wants to make the first $75k of income tax-free, Alabama is ready to execute someone who didn't kill anyone, and much more...

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-- Donald Trump removes Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security after a series of public embarrassments, then assigns her a vague new envoy role to disguise the firing

-- The real political divide in the United States is between powerful elites and ordinary Americans rather than traditional partisan conflicts

-- Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer faces an investigation after reports that taxpayer funds were used for a birthday celebration disguised as an official Department of Labor event

-- Prosecutors investigate former Customs and Border Protection commander Gregory Bovino over video showing him throwing a chemical gas canister at protesters during a federal operation in Minneapolis

-- Rising oil prices following the Iran conflict trigger internal panic in the Trump White House as officials scramble to respond to the political fallout from higher gasoline costs

-- Larry Kudlow publicly argues that Donald Trump ended a war by starting one, highlighting the administration’s attempt to reframe military escalation as peacekeeping

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Megyn Kelly that Donald Trump has said he does not expect to go to heaven and is near the end of his life

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-- Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut, joins us to discuss Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran, who should be held accountable, and what steps Congress can take to limit presidential war powers

-- Donald Trump demands the Texas Republican Senate primary effectively stop and says the candidate he does not endorse should immediately drop out

-- Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove asks Kristi Noem during a congressional hearing whether she has had a sexual relationship with Corey Lewandowski

-- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump’s Iran policy with vague explanations and clashes with Kaitlan Collins while refusing to clearly state the administration’s goals

-- Karoline Leavitt refuses to explain the cause of the cream used on Donald Trump’s neck as reporters press the White House about the unexplained rash

-- Donald Trump delivers a series of confused and slurred remarks while repeating unsupported claims about Iran being two weeks from a nuclear weapon

-- Photos of Donald Trump’s ear appear to show a diagonal earlobe crease sometimes associated with cardiovascular disease

-- On the Bonus Show: The Senate turns down legislation to stop Trump's war with Iran, RFK Jr. pushes medical schools to teach more about nutrition, Dan Crenshaw's loss in Texas is largely due to a feud with a billionaire, and much more...

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-- James Talarico wins the Texas Democratic Senate primary and will face the winner of the upcoming Republican runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton in the general election

-- Democrats flip seats in Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana amid collapsing approval numbers for Donald Trump, signaling early signs of a potential 2026 midterm wave

-- Donald Trump stumbles through comments about succession in Iran and makes erratic claims about Spain during tense public appearances

-- Donald Trump acknowledges that escalating conflict with Iran could raise oil and consumer prices despite campaigning on lowering the cost of living

-- Donald Trump and Marco Rubio give conflicting explanations about evacuation planning after strikes on Iran, raising questions about whether Americans were protected before military action

-- Republican Senator Thom Tillis publicly rebukes Kristi Noem over her book remarks and challenges her responses about immigration enforcement

-- Marco Rubio defends Donald Trump’s strike on Iran with shifting explanations and denies prior statements as reporters confront him with contradictory video evidence

-- Donald Trump posts on Truth Social blaming Barack Obama and Joe Biden for Iran policy while his administration scrambles to evacuate thousands of Americans after launching military strikes

-- On the Bonus Show: Minnesota launches investigations into ICE officers, SCOTUS considers a law barring marijuana smokers from owning guns, Elon says Tesla robotaxis are coming to California despite doing nothing to get permits, and much more...

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-- Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat from Arizona, joins us to discuss Donald Trump's attacks on Iran, whether they constitute an impeachable offense, and how they will affect the midterm elections

-- Hillary Clinton angrily rebukes Lauren Boebert after Boebert raises conspiracy claims about Anthony Weiner and Epstein files during a tense exchange that leaves Republicans scrambling

-- Donald Trump faces backlash from Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other MAGA figures after launching military action against Iran despite campaigning on no new wars

-- Gas prices surge nationwide as Donald Trump’s military escalation in the Middle East disrupts oil markets, rattles Wall Street, and pushes energy costs higher for American consumers

-- Donald Trump struggles through remarks honoring a fallen soldier, pivots to discussing ballroom decor, and leaves the room in visible silence and confusion

-- Melania Trump chairs a United Nations meeting on children in conflict, while Donald Trump speaks about drapes at the White House, creating strange presidential optics

-- The White House confirms Donald Trump is using a preventative skin cream after visible redness appears on his neck, but officials decline to name the condition or treatment

-- Marco Rubio and Donald Trump defend a preemptive strike on Iran as both proactive and defensive, saying the United States acted first to avoid a larger attack

-- On the Bonus Show: Americans are told to leave the Middle East, a draft Barron Trump website launches, the House opens an ethics probe into Nancy Mace, and much more...

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-- Donald Trump launches a joint military operation with Israel, attacking Iran that kills Ayatollah Khamenei, leading to regional retaliation, and raising unresolved questions about regime change

-- Donald Trump confirms three United States service members are dead, says there will likely be more casualties, and frames additional American deaths as inevitable while offering no clear mission or exit strategy

-- Pete Hegseth calls the Iran operation a war, predicts more United States casualties, contradicts Donald Trump on regime change, and invokes religion while defending the administration’s military actions

-- Four men at a Washington DC restaurant allegedly brag about bombing Iran hours before the strikes, raising serious operational security concerns

-- Tulsi Gabbard had previously warned that Donald Trump committed an act of war without congressional authority and questioned the objective of escalation with Iran

-- Ted Cruz says he has no indication Iran was close to obtaining nuclear weapons, undermining the stated urgency and core justification for Donald Trump’s military strikes

-- Donald Trump could attempt to delay, disrupt, or manipulate midterm elections through emergency declarations and pressure on state officials if political conditions favor such actions

-- National literacy data shows that roughly one in five American adults reads below a sixth-grade level, raising concerns about how limited reading comprehension shapes political messaging

-- On the Bonus Show: Americans will likely pay for Trump's war with Iran, Bill Clinton testifies before Congress, Bernie calls for a $4.4 trillion tax hike on billionaires, and much more...

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-- Americans relocate abroad in record numbers as foreign residency data, citizenship renunciations, and student enrollment trends show growing dissatisfaction with life in the United States

-- Casey Means struggles to defend past financial conflicts, evasive public health answers, and refusal to clearly endorse measles vaccination during a contentious Surgeon General confirmation hearing

-- A Reuters Ipsos poll finds that a majority of Americans believe Donald Trump has become more erratic with age as economic dissatisfaction fuels concerns

-- Republican Congressman Glenn Grothman claims missing Epstein-related files reflect liberal elite sexual behavior, ignoring allegations against members of his own party

-- CNN analyst Harry Enten highlights new data suggesting Texas may be trending politically competitive as voter shifts challenge longstanding Republican dominance

-- JD Vance deflects unfavorable Fox News polling showing Donald Trump deeply underwater on the economy by blaming Joe Biden rather than presenting evidence of current improvement

-- JD Vance and Mehmet Oz announce a temporary halt of congressionally approved Medicaid funding to Minnesota raising constitutional questions about executive authority

-- Donald Trump calls for Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Robert De Niro to be sent back from the United States after public criticism of him

-- On the Bonus Show: How Democrats countered Trump's State of the Union address, trans drivers in Kansas must surrender their drivers licenses, a MrBeast editor gets implicated in a Kalshi insider trading scheme, and much more... 

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-- Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address was a low-energy, reality-detached speech filled with false claims, self-praise, and economic distortions

-- Right-wing politicians and media figures exaggerate and misrepresent data to portray Donald Trump as dominant and successful despite weak approval numbers

-- Attorney General Pam Bondi struggles to defend Donald Trump’s State of the Union during a Fox and Friends interview and fails to present a clear argument

-- Several voters criticize Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech for lacking economic clarity while one swing voter offers vague praise without specifics

-- Mike Johnson admits that losing the midterms would expose Donald Trump to renewed investigations and aggressive House oversight

-- The United States Department of Justice withholds dozens of tracked FBI pages tied to allegations involving Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein case

-- Joe Kernen challenges Senator Markwayne Mullin’s inflation claim on CNBC, undercutting a key Republican talking point about economic progress

-- Global markets significantly outperform United States markets since Donald Trump returns to office, weakening his economic leadership narrative

-- On the Bonus Show: Democrats win three more elections, prices likely won't go down despite SCOTUS's ruling against Trump's tariffs, the US government drops its case against six Democratic lawmakers, and much more...

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-- Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address as Americans continue struggling with healthcare costs, affordability, immigration enforcement, and civil rights concerns

-- Karoline Leavitt defends Donald Trump’s claim that Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities but acknowledges Iran could rebuild, as escalation with Iran looks increasingly likely

-- Karoline Leavitt blames Joe Biden for the ongoing affordability crisis despite Donald Trump being well into his term, prompting scrutiny over economic ownership

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling public appearance in which he jumps between unrelated topics and frames himself as a persecuted leader

-- Donald Trump appears momentarily disoriented after a White House event, fueling broader concerns about repeated verbal confusion and observable hesitation in presidential settings

-- JD Vance claims numerous factories are being built that will hire thousands of workers but provides no specific projects or data

-- Donald Trump posts on Truth Social threatening higher tariffs against countries he accuses of playing games and asserts broad unilateral authority over trade

-- Donald Trump falsely claims that Gavin Newsom has dropped out of a presidential race that has not begun, prompting public corrections

-- Jesse Watters says he does not want a president who struggles to read even though Donald Trump has questionable reading abilities

-- On the Bonus Show: A gunman is shot dead at Trump's Mar-a-Lago, Mexico kills a cartel leader resulting in mass violence, Kash Patel is scrutinized for celebrating with the US hockey team, and much more...

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-- Michael Wolff, journalist and best-selling author, joins us to discuss Trump's return to power, the Epstein scandal, and his latest book "All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America"

-- Donald Trump attacks Supreme Court justices as disloyal and foreign-controlled after they strike down his tariffs as unconstitutional

-- Republican leaders including Don Bacon, Mitch McConnell, and Rand Paul publicly reject Donald Trump’s attempt to reimpose tariffs, signaling a growing loss of influence within the party

-- Donald Trump repeatedly asks advisers whether JD Vance or Marco Rubio should succeed him in 2028, revealing deep insecurity about his legacy and fear of backing a losing candidate

-- Donald Trump posts an angry Truth Social rant claiming he gained power after losing at the Supreme Court, reframing defeat as victory while attacking the legitimacy of the judiciary

-- New polling data highlighted by Harry Enten shows Donald Trump suffering his worst independent voter approval ratings and lowest pre-State of the Union numbers of either term

-- C-SPAN confirms a caller using the name John Barron was not Donald Trump, exposing how online commentators amplified an unverified claim that fit existing narratives

-- Donald Trump demands that Netflix fire Susan Rice after she criticizes corporate deference to him, raising concerns about presidential pressure on private companies

-- On the Bonus Show: Winter weather disrupts production of The David Pakman Show, and much more...

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-- FBI Director Kash Patel defends aggressive federal actions while raising serious First Amendment concerns about targeting protest funding

-- Donald Trump demands an end to mail voting but congressional Republicans publicly refuse to include a ban in new election legislation

-- Kevin Hassett attacks a New York Federal Reserve study showing American consumers bear most tariff costs instead of refuting the economic evidence

-- Peter Navarro declares the economy strong despite data showing the worst January layoffs in seventeen years, highlighting the gap between official claims and measurable reality

-- Shawn Ryan publicly accuses Donald Trump of breaking promises about exposing corruption, signaling growing frustration within Trump’s own political base

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The Epstein scandal causes a rift between Newsmax and Fox News, Jessica Tarlov destroys her Fox News co-hosts, and much more...

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-- Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, is arrested by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

-- Donald Trump reportedly moves toward possible military action against Iran as frustration with stalled nuclear negotiations grows and concerns mount over constitutional war powers and congressional oversight

-- Donald Trump makes a series of erratic and insecure remarks during a meeting with international leaders, fueling concerns about his stability, judgment, and public conduct

-- Donald Trump appears to fall asleep during a public meeting while his political movement remains silent despite years of attacking Joe Biden over age and stamina

-- Donald Trump delivers rambling and confusing remarks at a Black History Month event and repeats election falsehoods while drawing chants about extending his time in office

-- Donald Trump appears with heavy makeup covering visible bruising on his hand at a White House event, prompting renewed questions about transparency regarding his health

-- Karoline Leavitt struggles to provide clear answers while asserting that Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts define official policy

-- Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump face questions about alleged conflicts of interest, foreign business dealings, and cryptocurrency promotion while offering defensive responses without directly rebutting the core claims

-- On the Bonus Show: More on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Kansas passes a bounty transgender bathroom bill, some Democrats plan to boycott Trump's State of the Union address, and much more...

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-- Dr. Frank George, psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist, joins us to discuss why he believes Donald Trump likely has Frontotemporal dementia, citing his disinhibition, confabulations, and changes in speech and gait

-- Price hikes are soaring across the economy as the Trump administration panics over the political consequences of tariffs and trade wars raising costs for consumers

-- Trump officials organize religious worship inside the Pentagon, violating the Constitution and mixing government authority with religion

-- Republican Congressman Buddy Carter says warrants are inconvenient, showing how political leaders treat constitutional rights as obstacles to government power

-- Vice President JD Vance makes awkward statements about deportation and polling while lacking charisma and failing to demonstrate leadership qualities

-- Steve Bannon privately told Jeffrey Epstein that Trump should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, revealing private doubts behind public loyalty

-- Trump’s longtime allies and supporters publicly express anger and concern over his handling of the Epstein issue, signaling cracks in his political coalition

-- On the Bonus Show: Russia-Ukraine peace talks end with no breakthrough, food companies are rebranding due to changing demand, daycare centers in California struggle to compete due to free preschool, and much more...

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-- Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins us on Substack Live to discuss how Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric, institutional pressure, and personality cult dynamics fit into historical patterns of authoritarianism

-- Republican senators warn that Donald Trump’s controversies and economic anxiety threaten to cost the Republican Party control of both the House and the Senate in the midterms

-- Donald Trump forgets that he already endorsed Clay Fuller, claims total exoneration in the Jeffrey Epstein matter, and appears disconnected from key details surrounding his own allies

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly blames Donald Trump for fostering a bullying political culture that she warns could damage Republican chances in the midterms and deepen internal fractures within the movement

-- New polling shows Donald Trump’s approval rating at 34 percent, with economic frustration and cost of living concerns driving sharp erosion among financially struggling voters

-- Dan Bongino reverses years of claims about hidden Jeffrey Epstein evidence after leaving the FBI, now saying the agency lacks the explosive material once promised

-- Donald Trump posts a series of aggressive Truth Social messages attacking Democrats, threatening executive action on voter identification, and lashing out at critics including Bill Maher

-- On the Bonus Show: Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84, Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked his James Talarico interview, Colorado could remove all penalties for prostitution, and much more...

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-- Dan Koh, Former White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary and former Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs under President Biden, joins us to discuss his candidacy for Congress to represent Massachusetts' 6th district

-- Forensic pathologist Michael Baden repeats his long standing claim that Jeffrey Epstein was strangled, while existing medical research shows hyoid bone fractures can occur in suicides

-- House Democrats announce a shadow hearing in Palm Beach featuring survivor testimony that increases scrutiny of Donald Trump’s past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

-- David announces his new book Pay Attention and argues that algorithms and the attention economy are reshaping how people think, consume media, and understand politics

-- Donald Trump and his allies advance proposals and rhetoric that critics argue could restrict voting access and challenge unfavorable 2026 midterm election results

-- Kristi Noem says officials must ensure the right people vote, reinforcing concerns that Trump aligned policies aim to narrow who participates in elections

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Donald Trump personally pushed hardest to block the release of Epstein related files, contradicting his public calls for transparency

-- Peter Navarro incorrectly describes the Dow Jones Industrial Average in dollar terms, raising concerns about the economic competence of Donald Trump’s advisers

-- On the Bonus Show: Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval polling, European countries confirm Alexei Navalny was poisoned, Oatly banned from using "milk" in UK marketing, and much more...

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-- Senator Chris Murphy questions Donald Trump nominee Jeremy Carl under oath, exposing incoherent defenses of white identitarian ideology and prompting Republican backlash over his antisemitic remarks

-- Donald Trump delivers rambling and false responses to questions about Jeffrey Epstein, windmills, and mail-in ballots, raising renewed concerns about his mental clarity

-- Two public incidents in which Donald Trump struggles to speak and appears to fall asleep during Lee Zeldin's remarks intensify viral speculation about his cognitive stamina and physical durability

-- Karoline Leavitt defends federal immigration raids in Minnesota that involved masked agents, arrests, and clashes with local authorities, while dismissing criticism

-- Fox News personalities criticize Pam Bondi after her contentious House hearing performance, amplifying speculation about internal frustration and her standing within the Trump administration

-- Joe Rogan publicly questions Donald Trump's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, signaling potential cracks within a key segment of the Trump coalition

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- Pam Bondi erupts during a House hearing, redirects questions about Jeffrey Epstein to stock market numbers, clashes with Ted Lieu, and refuses to engage directly with Democratic members

-- Jim Jordan says protesters cannot enter the Capitol and disrupt Congress, unintentionally describing the criminal conduct of January 6 rioters whom Donald Trump later pardons

-- Donald Trump delivers rambling remarks about wind turbines in China and Europe, praises tariffs as his favorite word, and abruptly ends an event without taking questions after scrutiny of Pam Bondi intensifies

-- Donald Trump accepts a “Champion of Beautiful, Clean Coal” trophy amid exaggerated praise, highlighting how flattery and branding around clean coal substitute for substantive energy policy debate

-- Six House Republicans including Thomas Massie and Brian Fitzpatrick join Democrats in a 219 to 211 vote to end tariffs on Canadian imports, prompting Donald Trump to threaten primary consequences

-- Trump’s central promises on immigration, trade, and the economy are facing broad resistance and failing to deliver the stability he promised

-- Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses the Pam Bondi hearing as a circus while projecting midterm confidence, reinforcing party loyalty messaging as scrutiny and internal pressure grow

-- Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz criticize the Trump administration’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein narratives, signaling potential erosion within culturally influential podcast audiences

-- On the Bonus Show: The House passes new voting rules, free speech lawsuits grow over Charlie Kirk commentary, the US military temporarily closed the El Paso airport, and much more...

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-- Members of Congress say partially unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files reveal concealed names, very young victims, and possible contradictions involving Donald Trump’s past claims

-- Senator Chris Van Hollen confronts Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Lutnick admits he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island after previously saying he cut ties

-- Karoline Leavitt says the White House is moving on from Jeffrey Epstein questions, defends Howard Lutnick, and declines to rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

-- Donald Trump says he cut hundreds of thousands of jobs, raises tariffs over personal disputes, and claims the economy and affordability are strong

-- Prediction markets assign elevated odds that Donald Trump leaves office early amid political and health uncertainty

-- Jessica Tarlov says Donald Trump faces an Epstein files problem, and Greg Gutfeld pivots to attacking the Clintons instead of addressing the claims

-- A Rasmussen poll shows more voters say Joe Biden did a better job as president than Donald Trump, signaling weakness with independents

-- Megyn Kelly criticizes Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance as anti-American, even though Spanish speakers and Puerto Ricans are part of the United States

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-- Dr. Mehmet Oz is urging Americans to get vaccinated against measles amid growing outbreaks, a predictable consequence of vaccine skepticism pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the MAHA movement

-- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after newly released Jeffrey Epstein records contradict his claims about cutting ties with the convicted sex offender

-- Donald Trump rants on Truth Social that he will block a new Canada-U.S. bridge unless the U.S. is compensated, accusing Canada of unfair trade, and even absurdly claiming China would eliminate Canadian hockey

-- Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs that amount to the largest U.S. tax increase since 1993, raising household costs by over $1,000 a year, driving tariffs to their highest levels since 1946, and cutting GDP

-- The Trump administration is drawing a hard line against Democrats’ demand that ICE obtain judicial warrants to enter private property as a government shutdown deadline approaches

-- In secret, the Trump administration dismantles key nuclear safety safeguards to accelerate new reactor construction

-- Amazon’s Ring is deepening its ties to police by partnering with Flock Safety and Axon to let users opt in to sharing doorbell footage directly with ICE and other law enforcement

-- The Justice Department is moving to dismiss Steve Bannon’s Jan. 6 contempt conviction, signaling a broader Trump administration effort to unwind prosecutions of the president’s allies

-- On the Bonus Show: American optimism plummets, more members of Congress leaving office, Trump deregulates environmental protections, and much more...

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-- U.S. Olympians Hunter Hess and Chris Lillis publicly criticize Trump administration policies while representing the United States, undercutting the claim that opposing Donald Trump is unpatriotic

-- Donald Trump’s absence from the Super Bowl and the fading visibility of pro-Trump symbolism signal a rapid collapse in MAGA’s cultural relevance

-- Donald Trump repeatedly dodges direct questions, contradicts himself, and appears disengaged during press exchanges, raising concerns about his control and awareness

-- Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend a racist video on Fox News, worsening Republican fears about message discipline ahead of the midterms

-- A longtime Trump voter publicly renounces Donald Trump, highlighting how accountability paired with an offramp can weaken cult-like political loyalty

-- Historical patterns show leaders who centralize power and weaken institutions, including Donald Trump, rarely control how their political stories end

-- Reporting from Trumpworld insiders fuels concern over Donald Trump’s erratic behavior after a racist post, intensifying Republican anxiety before midterms

-- Internal Republican polling shows Senate races tightening as Donald Trump’s presidency becomes a growing liability for GOP control of Congress

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-- Donald Trump hijacks the National Prayer Breakfast to rant about attacks, oil, and himself, exposing how hollow and weaponized his relationship with religion really is

-- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes keto as a cure for serious mental illness, blending real critiques of food and pharma with dangerous pseudoscience that could get people hurt

-- Donald Trump’s late-night Truth Social meltdown pushes election lies alongside an openly racist meme targeting the Obamas, portraying them as monkeys

-- Doanld Trump allegedly froze a $16 billion transit project unless it was renamed after him, showing how vanity and insecurity now outweigh jobs, infrastructure, and the public good

-- Crypto is crashing as Trump’s volatility, tariff chaos, Fed meddling, and self-serving crypto schemes rattle markets and destroy investor confidence

-- Layoffs just hit their highest January level since 2009 as AI cuts accelerate, markets slide, and Trump downplays the damage while delaying and attacking job data

-- The Clintons are daring Republicans to make Epstein hearings public, betting that sworn testimony would expose Trump and other powerful figures far more than it damages them

-- On the Bonus Show: Mike Lindell's campaign is buying tons of copies of his own book, the Washington Post cuts hundreds of jobs, reactions from Josh's first day guest hosting, and much more...

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-- Megyn Kelly has a sit-down softball interview that rebrands JD Vance as a calm, “reasonable” MAGA heir, laundering the same extremist agenda without Trump’s volatility

-- Donald Trump bulldozes an NBC interview with Tom Llamas, openly fantasizing about commandeering taxpayer money and dodging Epstein questions with rambling deflections

-- A deep dive into a Cato Institute study blows up Trump’s immigration narrative, showing even conservative data proves immigrants generate trillions in surplus and strengthen the economy

-- A DOJ attorney overwhelmed with 90 immigration cases told a federal judge the system “sucks," as courts accuse the Trump administration of brazenly ignoring lawful orders

-- Trump’s grip on young men is weakening as economic stress, broken promises, and growing disillusionment replace the anger-driven appeal that helped him win them in 2024

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-- Donald Trump allies float deploying ICE agents with guns at polling places to intimidate voters and manipulate elections without formally canceling them

-- Donald Trump faces mounting legal pressure as Republicans open the door to subpoenas while Georgia election conspiracies trigger new lawsuits

-- Rep. Ted Lieu cites allegations involving Donald Trump in newly-released Epstein files while stressing the difference between claims, evidence, and proven wrongdoing

-- Donald Trump lashes out at Kaitlan Collins over Epstein questions and spins implausible defenses rather than answering basic accountability questions

-- Donald Trump melts down when pressed on nationalizing elections and signals willingness to override states if outcomes displease him

-- Karoline Leavitt repeatedly defends Donald Trump by minimizing unconstitutional statement and deflecting blame onto political opponents

-- House Speaker Mike Johnson admits he cannot prove election fraud claims while repeating them anyway, revealing how Donald Trump traps allies into owning indefensible lies

-- Donald Trump’s drive for total control reflects fear of legal, financial, and criminal exposure facing his family and allies once his political protection disappears

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-- Accountability for figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz should confront their predictable failure without pushing them back into extremism

-- Donald Trump uses the Justice Department to arrest Don Lemon, confirming long-standing warnings about authoritarian retaliation against journalists

-- Donald Trump unleashes frantic Truth Social rants about Jeffrey Epstein while threatening lawsuits and contradicting his own public record

-- Donald Trump calls for nationalizing elections as a workaround to state control after failing to overturn the 2020 results

-- Multiple insiders and foreign leaders privately describe Donald Trump as cognitively unstable after extended personal interactions

-- Donald Trump denies involvement in a Texas special election he aggressively endorsed after Democrats flipped the seat by double digits

-- Donald Trump shows visible physical and verbal deterioration during public appearances while continuing to threaten democratic institutions

-- David, as a naturalized US citizen, questions his own safety after the arrest of Don Lemon and the growing use of federal power to intimidate dissent

-- On the Bonus Show: Takeaways from the latest batch of Epstein files, immigration officers in Minneapolis getting body cameras, ICE officers complain about not getting their $50,000 bonuses, and much more...

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-- The right-wing media ecosystem turns Charlie Kirk into both a saint and a conspiracy object, hollowing out his legacy while the Trump administration exploits his death

-- The White House insists Donald Trump is in perfect health while public footage shows cognitive lapses and a presidency increasingly shielded by public relations

-- MAGA functions as a cult of personal loyalty to Donald Trump and collapses without him, leaving the Republican Party to repackage the same resentments in quieter forms

-- A Democratic House after the 2026 midterms strips Donald Trump of legislative power and turns his presidency into institutional paralysis and constant investigation

-- Republican leaders increasingly treat Donald Trump as a liability to manage rather than a leader to follow, quietly building parallel power structures

-- New polling shows Donald Trump deeply underwater with independents, signaling midterm danger as congressional allies distance themselves

-- The Trump administration follows the classic authoritarian pattern where loyalty replaces competence and governance collapses into chaos

-- Donald Trump’s behavior consistently contradicts his rhetoric, revealing a governing style built on performative outrage and quiet retreats rather than real belief

-- On the Bonus Show: Don Lemon is arrested in a clear attack on the media, Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over an Epstein joke, and much more...

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-- Rand Paul rebukes right-wing media figures for lying about the ICE killing of Alex Pretti and defends constitutional carry rights

-- Jessica Tarlov questions Melania Trump about unity, exposing selective right-wing outrage over language, immigration, and who is treated as a legitimate American

-- Federal immigration policy deliberately escalates confrontations, deeaths, and creates conditions where stochastic violence becomes statistically inevitable

-- Donald Trump threatens Iran with military force on Truth Social, contradicts his anti-war branding, and escalates global tensions

-- Trump administration officials including Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino face demands for accountability over immigration policies that predictably lead to civilian deaths

-- Donald Trump forgets the word Alzheimer’s while insisting on cognitive perfection, highlighting double standards and unresolved concerns about presidential fitness

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- Graham Platner, a Marine and U.S. Army veteran and oyster farmer, joins us to discuss his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine

-- The Trump administration publicly shields ICE agents while quietly setting up a political scapegoat strategy that would sacrifice individual officers to protect Donald Trump and senior officials

-- Tom Homan signals internal blame shifting as the Trump administration prepares to distance itself from ICE and Border Patrol agents amid political backlash

-- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserts independence and delivers bleak economic signals that undermine Donald Trump’s economic narrative

-- Donald Trump delivers erratic remarks alongside Nicki Minaj endorsements and incoherent policy claims that highlight cognitive decline and performative chaos

-- Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul openly clash over authoritarian logic and foreign policy, exposing fractures inside the Republican coalition around Trump

-- Fox News figures Brit Hume and others acknowledge polling reality and concede that Donald Trump’s immigration and economic policies are politically damaging

-- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deflects responsibility for false claims about a Minnesota killing by invoking obedience while positioning herself as expendable

-- On the Bonus Show: Democrats and the White House try avoiding another government shutdown, the Melania documentary is bombing, the FBI searches an Atlanta election office looking for 2020 voter fraud, and much more...

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-- A federal ICE agent in Minnesota threatens a legal observer for speaking and filming, openly signaling that constitutionally protected speech will be punished

-- Donald Trump blames Rep. Ilhan Omar after a Trump supporter sprays her with a liquid at a Minneapolis town hall, refusing to condemn the assault

-- Donald Trump dismisses checks and balances, attacks victims and reporters, and delivers incoherent and authoritarian rhetoric during a chaotic televised interview

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling Iowa rally speech filled with false claims and self-mythologizing as protesters interrupt and the crowd visibly disengages

-- Donald Trump publicly questions lawful gun ownership to deflect blame from federal agents, triggering backlash as he reveals his view that rights are conditional

-- Conservative figures including Glenn Beck and Sean Spicer rebuke Donald Trump for undermining Second Amendment arguments while he continues spreading false claims

-- Donald Trump oscillates between praise, denial, and evasiveness over the Alex Pretti killing and Kristi Noem’s role as investigations, protests, and media scrutiny intensify

-- Senator Rand Paul condemns ICE conduct and demands an independent investigation, openly challenging the Trump administration’s narrative and enforcement strategy

-- On the Bonus Show: TikTok blocks Epstein and anti-ICE content, Bari Weiss makes more cuts and changes at CBS, anti-ICE protesters call for nationwide shutdown on Friday, and much more...

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-- Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist and world leader in health policy and bioethics, joins us to discuss his new book "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life"

-- The Wall Street Journal editorial board calls Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown a moral and political debacle after federal agents kill ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

-- Donald Trump demotes Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino after agents under his leadership kill Alex Pretti, signaling damage control as the administration collapses

-- Conservative figures and Second Amendment defenders publicly question the Trump administration after Alex Pretti is killed while legally armed, exposing fractures inside the MAGA coalition

-- Donald Trump posts a conciliatory Truth Social message about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz while quietly reshuffling personnel, revealing a crisis response

-- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt struggles to defend shifting White House narratives as reporters repeatedly fact check claims about Alex Pretti, Stephen Miller, and the justification for lethal force

-- Kash Patel contradicts himself across multiple interviews on gun rights and protests, creating legal and political confusion as the administration tries to justify the killing of Alex Pretti

-- Megyn Kelly argues that Alex Pretti should have avoided federal agents entirely, effectively endorsing the idea that citizens must stay home to avoid being killed by the state

-- On the Bonus Show: NRA calls for an investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, House Democrats push impeachment of Kristi Noem, calls grow for a US World Cup boycott, and much more...

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-- Adam James, a licensed physical therapist working in home healthcare and content creator known as “epistemiccrisis,” joins us to discuss the state of Donald Trump's cognitive health

-- The Trump administration escalates federal immigration enforcement as Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and ICU nurse, is shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis while filming and attempting to help a woman

-- A legally-armed citizen follows pro-gun rhetoric, confronts federal agents during an immigration operation, and is killed by the state that claimed guns protect against tyranny

-- The killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents exposes how state violence is normalized and defended while individual political violence is universally condemned

-- Kash Patel contradicts gun law realities and his own past statements while right-wing figures misrepresent legal firearm carry to justify a federal killing

-- Donald Trump unleashes erratic and conspiratorial social media posts attacking Minnesota officials while defending ICE actions and inventing financial fraud narratives

-- A viral image of severe bruising on Donald Trump’s hand raises renewed concerns about age, medication use, and long-standing secrecy around his health

-- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara publicly condemns federal immigration tactics after multiple shootings, contrasting them with local policing that clearly avoided lethal force

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-- Lara Trump and allies aggressively spin Donald Trump’s rambling Davos appearance as brilliance to preempt and smother growing public concern about his cognitive decline

-- A reporter exposes Donald Trump’s incoherent foreign policy by forcing him to confront contradictions he cannot explain about Vladimir Putin, Greenland, and his so-called peace initiatives

-- A fast-growing measles outbreak driven overwhelmingly by unvaccinated populations highlights the real-world consequences of Donald Trump’s long-standing flirtation with anti-vaccine rhetoric

-- Polling shows most Americans feel the country is out of control, but the meaning of that chaos diverges in ways that ultimately reinforce authoritarian politics

-- As Donald Trump escalates tariffs and territorial threats, U.S. allies quietly hedge, sign new trade deals, and build long-term strategies designed to function without American reliability

-- A Fox News guest accidentally concedes that markets would benefit if courts restrained Donald Trump’s tariff powers, revealing how unpredictability rather than policy substance drives economic damage

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- Donald Trump immigration enforcement detains five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos outside his Minnesota home, exposing how mass deportation policy now targets children instead of violent criminals

-- Donald Trump abruptly abandons threatened tariffs on Europe after markets panic, reinforcing the pattern of reckless bluster followed by retreat that destabilizes global trade

-- Donald Trump fails to explain his Greenland claims as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte publicly contradicts him, revealing the policy was never real

-- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt spirals while attempting to praise Donald Trump, offering empty assertions instead of factual defenses

-- The White House denies obvious verbal mistakes by Donald Trump, escalating concern that aides are covering for visible cognitive decline

-- Democratic lawmakers publicly raise alarms about Donald Trump's mental fitness, pushing cognitive decline into mainstream political scrutiny

-- California Governor Gavin Newsom mocks Donald Trump as boring and mentally diminished, striking at his ego and credibility

-- Donald Trump unravels in a friendly interview with Maria Bartiromo, exposing confusion on policy, markets, NATO, and Greenland in real time

-- On the Bonus Show: US has net negative migration for the first time in 50 years, Gavin Newsom denied entry at a Davos event, a jury acquits a former Uvalde school officer, and much more...

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-- Maryland Governor Wes Moore joins us to explain how his administration is pushing back against Donald Trump’s authoritarian actions, outline recent policy changes in Maryland, and discuss his political future

-- Donald Trump faces broad public rejection as new polling shows majorities say the country is on the wrong track, his economic claims are not credible, and most Americans view him as dangerous

-- Donald Trump triggers market turmoil by publicly threatening allies, escalating trade wars, and insisting on U.S. control of Greenland

-- Donald Trump shows visible cognitive and physical decline during a rambling press event marked by confusion and erratic responses to questions about policy, violence, and foreign affairs

-- Donald Trump struggles to answer basic questions about governance, foreign hostages, and legislative goals, repeatedly defaulting to trivial anecdotes and statements that reveal confusion about how government functions

-- Donald Trump embarrasses the United States at the World Economic Forum by delivering a low energy, incoherent speech filled with slurring, factual errors, and false claims

-- Stephanie Grisham publicly warns that Donald Trump appears mentally slipping after observing a disjointed and low energy press conference

-- Erick Erickson argues that Donald Trump’s Greenland obsession and reckless diplomacy are alienating allies and giving Republicans political permission to distance themselves from Trump

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump made $1.4 billion in his first year back in office, Australia passes stricter gun laws after Bondi massacre, Kyrsten Sinema gets sued over an alleged affair with her bodyguard, and much more...

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-- A new economic study reported by The Wall Street Journal finds that American consumers and businesses pay nearly all of Donald Trump’s tariffs, directly contradicting his claim that foreign countries bear the cost

-- A CNN and SSRS poll shows a majority of Americans view Donald Trump’s first year back in office as a failure, with low approval ratings signaling serious risk for Republicans

-- Donald Trump sends a letter to Norway threatening peaceful relations and hinting at force over Greenland after being denied a Nobel Prize

-- Donald Trump gives rambling and incoherent answers to basic questions about foreign leaders, tariffs, and inflation, intensifying concerns about his mental state

-- Donald Trump posts a series of overnight messages about seizing Greenland and global power that rattle markets and spark fears of reckless escalation

-- DHS Secretary Kristi Noem falsely claims most immigration detainees are violent criminals, then dismisses corrections despite her own department’s data showing the opposite

-- Federal agents under Donald Trump escalate force against protesters and bystanders, making public speech and filming dangerous and chilling the practical exercise of First Amendment rights

-- A viral video shows right-wing influencers praising Nazi imagery while ignoring that Adolf Hitler’s racial and social policies would have targeted many of them

-- On the Bonus Show: Don Lemon covers an anti-ICE protest at a church, small Minneapolis businesses hit by ICE crackdown, Jon Stewart entertains a question about running for president, and much more...

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-- Jesse Dollemore confronts ICE abuses directly after agents gas a woman in a wheelchair and refuses to retreat under pressure

-- Republican Rep. Andrew Garbarino struggles to criticize Donald Trump while entertaining the use of the Insurrection Act against Americans

-- European leaders openly question whether the United States under Donald Trump remains a trustworthy democratic ally

-- Speaker Mike Johnson deflects responsibility from Donald Trump and blames Joe Biden while unraveling during a Fox News interview

-- German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warns that Donald Trump is dismantling the postwar global order and isolating the United States

-- Fascism scholar Jason Stanley leaves the United States citing authoritarian tactics and political pressure under Donald Trump

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-- Donald Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy U.S. military troops against Minneapolis residents protesting federal immigration enforcement after an ICE agent killed Renee Good

-- Senate Republicans claim they will block Donald Trump from seizing Greenland by force while avoiding direct accountability for enabling his broader foreign policy extremism

-- Donald Trump appears confused and lethargic at a public event as he fixates on milk, struggles to answer basic questions, and defers repeatedly to Robert F Kennedy Jr

-- Donald Trump suffers a forty-two point collapse in Gen Z approval as young voters turn sharply against his leadership on the economy, climate, and reproductive rights

-- Trump surrogates including Pam Bondi lash out on television and fire federal prosecutors as protests intensify after ICE kills Renee Good in Minneapolis

-- Donald Trump and his administration promote austerity diets and reduced consumption while refusing to address corporate price gouging, housing costs, and stagnant wages

-- Trump adviser Peter Navarro falsely blames undocumented immigrants for nationwide rent increases using fabricated numbers and nonsensical economic math

-- Representative Lisa McClain defends her husband’s purchase of private xAI shares before a Pentagon contract announcement

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-- ICE agents report fear of the public after the killing of Renee Good which exposes how Donald Trump turned immigration enforcement into an unaccountable political weapon

-- Donald Trump rambles through false claims about tariffs and the economy as a Michigan audience sits in stunned silence and reacts only to fabricated talking points

-- Donald Trump melts down at a Ford factory after UAW worker TJ Sabula calls him out publicly and Trump responds with obscenities and a middle finger

-- Donald Trump struggles through basic questions about tariffs, Iran, and the Federal Reserve while displaying visible confusion and disorientation

-- Donald Trump gives incoherent answers to CBS host Tony Dokoupil while minimizing the death of Renee Good and claiming his power is limited only by his morality

-- Donald Trump falsely claims he can cut off federal funding to sanctuary states and suggests taking Greenland despite clear constitutional and international law barriers

-- Joe Rogan condemns ICE violence and militarized enforcement while describing the killing of Renee Nicole Good as horrifying and unjustifiable

-- Donald Trump openly warns Republicans about impeachment as lawmakers cite unauthorized military action, abuse of power, and repeated constitutional violations

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-- Janet Mills, Governor of Maine, joins us to discuss her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate

-- Republican Senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski block Donald Trump Federal Reserve nominees after the Justice Department opens a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

-- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers a culture war speech, mocks military readiness, and announces Elon Musk artificial intelligence tools entering the Pentagon

-- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt falsely claims evidence against Renee Nicole Good, defends the officer who killed her, and states Donald Trump fully supports the shooting

-- Karoline Leavitt defends ICE actions in Minneapolis, attacks protesters, threatens Greenland, and suggests airstrikes on Iran remain an option

-- Donald Trump displays new slurping sounds during speeches, prompting discussion of possible breathing or neurological issues

-- Donald Trump posts a series of erratic Truth Social messages threatening tariffs, attacking courts and warning of retribution against political opponents

-- Democratic lawmakers move forward with impeachment efforts against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the killing of Renee Nicole Good by a federal ICE agent

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-- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss the killing of Renee Good, and how to resist Trump and his ICE agents

-- Donald Trump and his allies respond to scandals involving Nicolás Maduro and the killing of Renee Good by rejecting investigation and demanding absolute loyalty

-- Donald Trump pressures the Justice Department to open a criminal probe into Jerome Powell after the Federal Reserve refuses to cut interest rates, and Powell publicly resists

-- Newly released video of ICE agents killing Renee Good contradicts official claims of self defense and raises serious questions about the justification for deadly force

-- Donald Trump abruptly leaves a high level meeting with oil executives to admire the White House ballroom construction project

-- Kristi Noem repeatedly defends Donald Trump and law enforcement actions on television by rejecting video evidence and reframing any challenge to Trump as illegitimate

-- Donald Trump delivers incoherent and contradictory answers to reporters on immunity, policing, health care, and foreign policy

-- Congressman Jake Auchincloss confronts Fox News host Peter Doocy with the implications of defending the ICE shooting of Renee Good

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-- Donald Trump delivers rambling and contradictory remarks on Fox News boasting about Venezuela oil seizures and casually predicting Republican losses

-- Trump announces plans to bomb Mexico over cartels while ignoring U.S. law international law and the reality of immediate retaliation

-- David responds to a serious viewer argument about civil unrest personal safety gun regulation and the risks of asymmetric political violence

-- JD Vance defends a deadly ICE operation attacks the media and recycles administration talking points while ignoring clear contradictions

-- Jessica Tarlov confronts Fox News hosts by dismantling false claims about the killing of Renee Good and exposes the network’s narrative collapse

-- Tulsi Gabbard’s credibility collapses after Donald Trump openly embraces regime change contradicting her confident public assurances

-- Rand Paul dismantles Fox News justifications for Trump’s foreign policy and exposes incoherent Republican standards on live television

-- The Friday Feedback segment

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-- Caleb Ragland, Chairman of the American Soybean Association, joins us to discuss how Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the soybean industry and the economic future of rural America
-- An ICE agent shoots and kills U.S. citizen during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis as Trump falsely claims self defense and blames the radical left
-- Governor Tim Walz prepares the Minnesota National Guard after uncoordinated ICE raids kill a resident and escalate tensions between state authorities and federal agents
-- A confrontation between Minnesota state power and federal ICE operations raises concerns about institutional breakdown as courts and political norms face direct strain
-- Trump proposes raising the U.S. military budget to 1.5 trillion dollars while falsely claiming tariffs will pay for it and contradicting years of anti Pentagon rhetoric
-- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt makes incoherent and contradictory claims about U.S. control over Venezuela and openly entertains buying Greenland
-- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald Trump has ordered obesity to end as new federal dietary guidelines reshape school meals military food and assistance programs
-- On the Bonus Show: New reporting shows many patients regain weight after stopping GLP-1 drugs, raising questions about whether medical weight loss now requires lifelong treatment. Plus, Donald Trump says the United States could effectively run Venezuela for years, signaling an extraordinary expansion of U.S. control over another country’s government and oil industry
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-- A United States Coast Guard team seizes a Russian-flagged oil tanker under Trump’s orders, sparking escalation fears and suspicion of a choreographed standoff

-- Trump warns Republicans about impeachment as Democrats argue his Venezuela raid violates congressional war powers and international law

-- In a chaotic speech for House Republicans, Trump rambles, fixates on grievances, and dances, fueling fresh concern about his cognitive and physical state

-- Trump floats canceling elections, repeats election denial on January 6, and tests authoritarian rhetoric in plain sight

-- The “Trump is a puppet” theory gets tested: Trump is neither mastermind nor puppet, but the permission structure that enables the administration’s worst actors

-- Megyn Kelly criticizes Fox News regime change cheerleading on Venezuela and warns about American troops being sent into another quagmire

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Donald Trump over Venezuela and the economy, accidentally delivering a left-coded critique of corporate-driven regime change

-- Nancy Mace admits Republicans have not delivered results and signals mounting fear of a 2026 midterm backlash

-- On the Bonus Show: we break down the chaos at CBS News, why Gavin Newsom is suddenly looking like the 2028 frontrunner, and how Pete Hegseth’s moves in the military are raising alarms about religious freedom

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-- Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrat from Georgia, joins us to discuss the Trump administration’s Venezuela operation and the stakes for U.S. credibility abroad

-- Trump tells NBC that U.S. oil companies could rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure and then be reimbursed by the U.S. government, shifting taxpayer risk to protect corporate profits

-- Donald Trump and allies including Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller float military action against Iran, Cuba, Colombia, and Greenland after campaigning on “no new wars”

-- Legal experts discuss whether Trump’s extrajudicial kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro could trigger universal jurisdiction and expose Trump to detention risk if he travels abroad

-- Fox hosts struggle to reconcile Donald Trump calling foreign military action “not war” while framing domestic drug trafficking as “war,” highlighting contradictions even in friendly media coverage

-- Donald Trump posts false claims about the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule and promotes misinformation about vaccines and acetaminophen

-- María Corina Machado flatters Trump and floats sharing a Nobel Peace Prize with him as Sean Hannity presses for loyalty

-- Gavin Newsom publicly mocks Mike Johnson’s U-Haul-based claims about California, cites recent population growth and wage and tax-burden arguments

-- Volodymyr Zelensky highlights the inconsistency of Trump targeting Nicolás Maduro while avoiding any comparable action toward Vladimir Putin

-- On the Bonus Show: Colombia and Mexico brace for Donald Trump’s next moves as flu activity surges in the U.S. and overwhelms communities across the country

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-- Donald Trump orders a U.S. military operation that captures Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in Venezuela and brings them to New York despite lacking clear legal authority

-- Reporting says Donald Trump escalates to military action after Nicolás Maduro dances on Venezuelan state television and aides treat it as personal mockery

-- Donald Trump bets the Maduro seizure will unlock Venezuela’s oil, but allies, businesses, and markets resist a plan with no clear political transition

-- Donald Trump gives rambling, conflicting answers about Venezuela, oil, and military escalation that raise questions about his decision making

-- Donald Trump admits he did not brief Congress yet says he spoke with oil companies and calls the Maduro seizure a kidnapping

-- The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump shows visible signs of decline, disputes doctors, and mislabels a CT scan as an MRI while aides manage optics

-- The Wall Street Journal says Donald Trump takes more aspirin than doctors recommend and blames bruising on superstition instead of updated medical guidance

-- Marco Rubio tells Kristen Welker the United States is running Venezuela but cannot explain elections, governance, or the legal rationale in real time

-- Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham indicate Cuba is a likely next target after Venezuela, signaling escalation rather than containment

-- On the Bonus Show: Oil markets steady after Trump’s Venezuela strike shocks the world, speculation grows that Donald Trump Jr. is being groomed for a 2028 run amid tension with J.D. Vance, and Minnesota politics take a twist as Governor Tim Walz looks ready to exit and Amy Klobuchar eyes a comeback.

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-- Donald Trump faces a hard power cutoff in the 2026 midterms where losing the House would effectively halt his legislative agenda and severely weaken his leverage

-- The United States dollar suffers its largest annual decline in nearly a decade due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, attacks on Federal Reserve independence, and destabilizing foreign policy

-- Corporate bankruptcies hit a 15-year high as Donald Trump’s tariffs raise costs, squeeze margins, and push construction, manufacturing, and consumer businesses into collapse

-- Gen Z men rapidly turn against Donald Trump as new polling shows collapsing approval driven by economic frustration and disillusionment with culture war politics

-- Donald Trump remains in office despite actions that would remove leaders in functioning democracies, exposing institutional failures

-- AI-generated impersonation scams are eroding trust and preparing the ground for large-scale election disinformation

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The 10 most outrageous things Trump did in 2025, and much more...

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-- Attorney General Pam Bondi deletes a tweet praising what she thought was Donald Trump’s success after realizing the overdose data actually reflects declines under Joe Biden

-- Dr Oz downplays vaccines and promotes vague wellness advice while ignoring evidence that flu shots reduce hospitalization even in weak match years

-- Donald Trump pressures supporters to donate immediately by falsely claiming Democrats will steal imaginary tariff rebate money

-- Donald Trump reposts praise from foreign troll accounts posing as MAGA supporters while railing against foreign interference

-- Caroline Sunshine frames Donald Trump as a paternal authority who rewards and punishes states, saying Trump is "daddy"

-- Megyn Kelly argues Trump’s personal misconduct does not matter while minimizing documented sexual abuse and overstating his policy record

-- Tomi Lahren attacks retired and seriously ill Joe Biden for taking a vacation while excusing Donald Trump’s constant time off in office

-- Karl Rove warns that fatigue with Donald Trump is spreading inside his own coalition ahead of the 2026 midterms

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump says he's halting child care payments to Minnesota, SNAP bans on some junk food items set to begin, the key moments of 2025, and much more...

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-- Donald Trump casually references a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela so incoherently that journalists and officials initially cannot tell whether the United States carried out an act of war or whether the president is confused

-- Donald Trump’s long claim of an Epstein hoax collapses as documents, photos, statements, and flight records confirm his sustained proximity to Jeffrey Epstein and undermine the idea that Trump was unaware or uninvolved

-- Donald Trump launches a chaotic spree of false claims and incoherent statements about hostages, Putin, asylum, and foreign policy that expose his increasing detachment from reality

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling press conference filled with lies, vague threats, and factual ignorance that leaves reporters stunned and forces aides and journalists to correct his statements in real time

-- Benjamin Netanyahu awards Donald Trump a symbolic prize that feeds Trump’s obsession with validation and reinforces a pattern of foreign leaders flattering him to manage his ego rather than honor real achievements

-- Jessica Tarlov reminds Fox News viewers of Donald Trump’s record of believing authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, puncturing the myth that Trump is tough or strategic with dictators

-- Donald Trump repeatedly claims he inherited a broken economy despite taking office amid falling inflation and strong employment, then blames Joe Biden

-- Donald Trump’s elastic definition of ending wars collapses when applied consistently, revealing that by Trump’s own standards Barack Obama would qualify as having ended far more conflicts

-- On the Bonus Show: Gen Z men drift away from Trump, Kennedy Center performers cancel events after Trump name change, Trump installs plaques in his White House “walk of fame,” and much more...

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-- Dr. John Gartner, former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and founder of Duty to Warn, joins us to discuss signs of cognitive decline in Donald Trump’s second term

-- Donald Trump repeatedly praises Vladimir Putin, lashes out at reporters, and makes incoherent remarks during a public meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

-- Donald Trump delivers confused and rambling answers after meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, minimizes American deaths in Ukraine, and repeatedly contradicts himself

-- Donald Trump abandons his anti-war image by authorizing major military strikes in Venezuela, Nigeria, Yemen, and Iran while bypassing public debate and congressional oversight

-- Visible bruising and a possible IV mark on Donald Trump’s hand raise concerns as he refuses to provide clear medical explanations

-- Joe Rogan falsely claims measles was harmless and universal in his childhood while ignoring vaccine history and basic public health data

-- Trump administration allies promote 50-year mortgages that lower monthly payments while massively increasing lifetime costs, trapping buyers in long-term debt

-- The MAGA movement exploits Charlie Kirk’s assassination for fundraising and branding while abandoning his legacy and losing his former audience to more extreme figures

-- On the Bonus Show: Half of Project 2025 has been implemented already, scrutiny increases over betting market apps, the search for the missing Malaysian flight from 2014 restarts, and much more...

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-- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick falsely claims on Fox News that GDP growth guarantees higher wages and the segment explains how deliberate economic lies are normalized on conservative media

-- Stephen Miller repeatedly makes false claims about inflation, COVID lockdowns, and deportations, using dehumanizing rhetoric that goes unchecked and escalates extremist narratives

-- House Speaker Mike Johnson warns conservatives that Donald Trump will be impeached if Republicans lose the House, effectively admitting Trump is protected only by partisan control

-- Interior Secretary Doug Burgum misleads audiences about wind energy reliability and national security while ignoring grid diversification, storage technology, and documented fossil fuel failures

-- A Manhattan Institute survey reveals widespread conspiracy beliefs, racism tolerance, and factual rejection among Republicans, showing misinformation is central to the modern GOP coalition

-- Tucker Carlson seriously claims a literal demon physically attacked him in his sleep, illustrating how supernatural thinking is being normalized in right-wing political culture

-- The Friday Feedback segment

-- On the Bonus Show: Plans for the show in 2026, Pat's upcoming trip, and much more...

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-- Newly released Justice Department and FBI records include a rape allegation naming Donald J. Trump document his repeated association with Jeffrey Epstein

-- Newly released Justice Department flight records directly contradict Donald Trump’s claim that he was never on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane

-- A leaked succession blueprint shows Trump allies planning a long-term pipeline of JD Vance, Charlie Kirk, and Donald Trump Jr to preserve Trumpism

-- Donald Trump posts overnight Truth Social messages threatening media critics and suggesting punishment for unfavorable coverage

-- The White House releases a heavily edited Christmas card image that appears to conceal visible bruising on Donald Trump’s hand

-- Donald Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Honors after reshaping its leadership, turning a national arts ceremony into a self-centered spectacle

-- Trump allies selectively credit Donald Trump for positive economic data while blaming Joe Biden for inflation and negative indicators

-- A Fox News segment sees Jessica Tarlov center Epstein survivor Maria Farmer, exposing fractures inside Fox’s audience

-- Measles cases surge among unvaccinated populations as years of anti-vaccine rhetoric linked to Trump’s political movement collide with public health consequences

-- On the Bonus Show: A holiday sendoff from David, and much more...

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-- A newly released Jeffrey Epstein letter claims Donald Trump shares an explicit sexual interest in young women, raising serious questions

-- Newly surfaced Justice Department emails allege Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet with a 20-year-old woman, contradicting Trump’s long-standing claims

-- The Trump Justice Department releases thousands of Epstein documents while simultaneously warning the public that claims about Donald Trump are false, signaling political damage control

-- Donald Trump unleashes late-night attacks on the press, denies basic economic facts, and retroactively spins bad data as good

-- Donald Trump makes erratic and misleading claims about seizing Greenland, using robots as workers, slashing drug prices by impossible percentages, and taking foreign oil without legal authority

-- Donald Trump repeatedly contradicts himself while responding to questions about Jeffrey Epstein, attacking critics and minimizing his own documented connections

-- A video briefly published by the Justice Department appears to depict Jeffrey Epstein on the day of his death and is later removed without a clear explanation

-- Donald Trump rebrands existing military housing funds as a taxable cash bonus, allowing him to claim credit while service members lose money compared to the original tax-free benefit

-- On the Bonus Show: More than 50 lawmakers announce retirements, the Justice Department halts funding for sex trafficking survivors, Trump pauses offshore wind projects, and much more…

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-- Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, joins us to discuss her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor

-- The Trump administration releases the Epstein files under a transparency law but heavily redacts documents and removes files from the Justice Department website

-- Justice Department Epstein files that include photographs of Donald Trump vanish without notice and the release shows more secrecy than before

-- Infighting at a Turning Point USA event explodes publicly as JD Vance, Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson and others attack each other while Donald Trump stays away

-- Donald Trump appears visibly unwell at rallies, glitches while claiming perfect health, and alarms even his own supporters

-- CBS leadership under Bari Weiss pulls a fully vetted 60 Minutes investigation on Trump administration migrant deportations to El Salvador hours before airtime

-- Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett admits on air that Americans pay tariffs, directly contradicting years of administration claims that foreign countries foot the bill

-- Lawmakers from both parties move toward contempt proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi for defying the Epstein Files Transparency Act and removing mandated documents

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump appoints an envoy to Greenland who wants the US to acquire the island, Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor, Mitt Romney calls for higher taxes on the wealthy, and much more... 

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