Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday with a literal cage match on the Ellipse. Today, we dig into: The reality of the war in Iran The massive spending crisis at the Pentagon Startling new revelations regarding the White House Situation Room from Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's upcoming book, "Regime Change." Support the show so we can keep fighting the good fight and defeat the algorithms!

Trump turns 80. Musk goes trillionaire. Maine's Dem frontrunner had a Nazi tattoo. In this episode: • Trump cancels Iran air strike — no one told Iran • Jay Clayton named DNI over actually qualified Bill Py • Todd Blanch nominated as permanent AG: commits one felony a day for Trump • $70 billion for ICE — body cameras not included • SpaceX IPO: the largest in stock market history — Musk becomes the world's first trillionaire • 1 million AI data centers in orbit. 1 million Optimus humanoid robots. The endgame. • Trump visited 22 medical specialists — zero psychiatrists • Trump turns 80 and gains weight: BMI 29.9, just under "obese" • Trumpflation is official • Graham Platner leads Susan Collins by 9 points in Maine • Platner's skull-and-bones tattoo turned out to be a Nazi SS symbol • Platner's digital trail: racism, misogyny, and trivialization of rape • NYT hints Platner may have been physically abusive toward women Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Todd Blanch, Jay Clayton, Graham Platner, Susan Collins, Pete Hegseth, Bill Gates, Steven Miller 🔔 Subscribe for live political commentary every Sun, Tue & Thu at 6:05 PM ET 📺 Recorded live June 11, 2026

Trump naps courtside and jinxes the Knicks. Bovino wants 100 million Americans disappeared. And Musk's robots are coming for the rest of us. In this episode: * 🇫🇷 A Defense Secretary smears migrants as "Nazis"—standing on D-Day's graves. * 🤡 JD Vance moves to ban Indian immigrants, the same path that gave him his own family. * 🏛️ The House funds ICE and Border Patrol through 2029—no warrants, no body cams, no shame. * 🚨 Greg Bovino says "deport 100 million," then floats a run for president. * 😴 Trump naps at the NBA Finals while promising an Iran "peace deal" for the 38th time. * 📉 Jobs up, wages down, inflation at a four-year high—and Wall Street blames you. * 🤖 The robot-to-robot economy, the AI bubble, and a billionaire plan to make humans optional. Key figures covered: Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Greg Bovino, Donald Trump, Kevin Warsh, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Bernie Sanders, Pope Leo, Peter Thiel, Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk. Subscribe for news the comfortable rather you skipped.

Trump ripped off his mic and ran from Meet the Press. Then it got worse. In this episode: Trump storms off Meet the Press when Welker keeps asking for proof Hegseth uses a D-Day speech to compare immigrants to invading Nazis JD Vance blames a British killing on immigrants — when both men were born in Britain More than 200 killed on boats in strikes the Pentagon's own lawyers call illegal Trump blames the "dirty FBI" for January 6th — again Pardoned January Sixers getting re-arrested The billionaire swallowing CNN and CBS while Colbert gets fired Mamdani's plan to abolish ICE — as ICE quietly stops reporting inmate deaths South Carolina and Maine primaries: Graham Platner vs. Democratic Party Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Usha Vance, David Ellison, Stephen Colbert, Nancy Mace, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Zohran Mamdani, Graham Platner, Susan Collins, Bernie Sanders.

Trump's got two bag men now — one at Treasury, one at Justice. Scott Bessent moves the money, Todd Blanche hunts the witnesses. This is what a family business looks like. In this episode: 💰 Trump's graft, out in the open — and the two men who do the collecting 🧾 Scott Bessent stonewalls Elizabeth Warren on his weapons money ⚖️ Todd Blanche sics the Justice Department on E. Jean Carroll — the woman a jury already believed 🕊️ Even the House votes to end Trump's war with Iran 🪶 John Bolton pleads guilty to hoarding secrets — and walks with a fine ☠️ Twenty deaths in immigration custody this year — and no one will say why 🎙️ "60 Minutes fires Scott Pelley 🚀 SpaceX goes public and Elon Musk eyes the first trillion Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Todd Blanche, Elizabeth Warren, E. Jean Carroll, John Bolton, Elon Musk, Scott Pelley. 👉 Subscribe so you never miss a live show. 🔴 Recorded live Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Trump goes dark. Rubio's hands get bloodier. Blanche walks into a trap of his own making. In this episode: 📴 Trump vanishes for a week — ⚰️ Marco Rubio's foreign-aid shutdown racks up a body count 🔫 The Strait of Hormuz and the $5 gas nobody voted for ⚖️ Todd Blanche's $1.8 billion weaponization fund was always a fraud 💸 The hidden IRS immunity deal that saves Trump $100 million 🕵️ Bill Pulte handed the nation's intelligence — and Roger Stone's reason 🗳️ What the vanishing act means for the midterms and 2029 Key figures covered: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Todd Blanche, Bill Pulte, Jared Kushner, Tulsi Gabbard, Roger Stone, Andy Ogles, Mike Lawler.

Todd Blanche will do anything for Trump — even take the fall. Trump robs his own IRS for $1.8 billion. His birthday gala collapses. Live. Sunday. In this episode: • Todd Blanche — the acting Attorney General walking the exact same path as Rudy Giuliani • Trump sued his own IRS for $10 billion, then his own Justice Department settled in secret • The $1.8 billion "weaponization fund" a federal judge just decided to investigate • The secret addendum that drops every Trump audit — forever • Trump paid $750 in federal taxes — what his leaked returns actually showed • His 80th birthday gala falls apart as artist after artist cancels • A judge orders Trump's name off the Kennedy Center • Booz Allen, Edward Snowden, and the government contractor scam Key figures covered: Todd Blanche, Donald Trump, Charles Edward Littlejohn, Morris Day, Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, Lee Zeldin, Sidney Powell, Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis

DOJ going after Trump's rape accuser. ICE detention is a for-profit gulag. And we why can't defeat Iran. In this episode: • Todd Blanche orders criminal investigation of E. Jean Carroll • Delaney Hall ICE detention — hunger strikes, $1 billion no-bid contract to GEO Group • Markwayne Mullin lies about who's actually being detained • US missile stockpiles depleted — 30 percent of Tomahawks gone, half of Patriots used since February • We cannot take Kharg Island or force open the Strait of Hormuz • Trump manipulating oil markets with Iran war threats • Lincoln Memorial — $13 million no-bid repair contract • California Governor primary: Becerra vs. Hilton vs. Steyer vs. Porter • Lindsey Graham's nine lies in 13 seconds about Iran • Stephen Miller's Office of Remigration — sending citizens "back home" • 60 Minutes' Sharon Alfonsi fired by Bari Weiss at CBS News Key Figures Covered: Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, E. Jean Carroll, Markwayne Mullin, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Lindsey Graham, Gavin Newsom, and Sharon Alfonsi.

Republican *Ken Paxton* preaches the Ten Commandments while committing adultery. *Trump's* at Walter Reed again. And the Republican map eraser works overtime. *IN THIS EPISODE:* ▪️ Paxton wants the Ten Commandments in every Texas classroom — his wife filed for divorce citing adultery on "biblical grounds." ▪️ Paxton was impeached on 20 articles. Not exonerated — he pled out. Paid $300,000. ▪️ Trump makes his third trip to Walter Reed since returning to office. No one's explaining why. ▪️ A federal judge wrote TWICE that Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. ABC paid $20 million to avoid saying so on air. ▪️ South Carolina Republicans tried to erase James Clyburn's congressional seat. The state Senate blocked it — for now. ▪️ Alabama: Federal judges threw out the map designed to kill majority-Black districts. The GOP is appealing. ▪️ Florida: Four Democratic seats erased by Republican remapping. A judge refused to block it. ▪️ The Texas Senate runoff — Paxton vs. Cornyn — and what it tells you about Trump's grip on Republican voters. *KEY FIGURES COVERED:* Ken Paxton • John Cornyn • James Talarico • Donald Trump • E. Jean Carroll • James Clyburn • Sam Alito • Angela Paxton • Jasmine Crockett • Beto O'Rourke • Colin Allred

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