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The show digs into the fallout from the newly released Epstein emails, with journalist Matthew Petti detailing Epstein’s ties to Israeli intelligence, and Dr. Louise Shelley unpacking the $100 million corruption scandal surrounding Zelensky’s former media partner. Christopher Preble then breaks down whether the U.S. should back Trump’s proposed security pact with Saudi Arabia as the White House moves to finalize it.

One of the First Journalists to Reveal the Email Trove Linking Epstein With Israeli Intelligence We begin with the cascading fallout from the release of Epstein’s emails and follow up on Epstein’s connections to Israeli intelligence with a reporter who first revealed these clandestine ties in an article in August in Reason magazine, “Inside Jeffrey … Continued


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More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence | Silicon Valley’s Migration to Texas with Musk’s Monarcho-Capitalism Embracing the Christian Nationalist of Petrobaptists | A New Poll That Finds GOP Voters See Trump as Tough, Intelligent or a Peacemaker While Democrats and Independents Say He’s Destructive, Erratic or Reckless

More Damaging Epstein Emails Emerge While the Real “Smoking Gun” Remains Epstein’s Ties to Israeli Intelligence We begin with House Democrats releasing incriminating emails from Epstein expressing surprise that Trump had not been tied to his and Maxwell’s sex trafficking victims, one of whom Epstein said Trump spent hours with at his house, going on … Continued


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From Trump’s Flimsy BBC Lawsuit to COP Climate Sabotage—and Whether He’s Imitating or Obeying Putin

Trump Tries to Shake Down the BBC for a $Billion With a Flimsy Lawsuit Like His Trumped Up Cases Against Comey, Letitia James, Senator Schiff, etc. We begin with Trump threatening to sue the BBC for a billion dollars in a trumped up case like the flimsy lawsuits against his enemies James Comey, Letitia James … Continued


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Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises | Can Trump Overcome Supporters of Israel in Congress to End US Sanctions and Stabilize Syria? | Hegseth Wants Defense Contractors on a “Wartime Footing” as He Plans to Attack Venezuela

Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises We begin with eight Senate Democrats and one Independent caving to end the government shutdown with little apparent gain in their strategy to hold out on funding the government for continued subsidies for the ACA to avert skyrocketing healthcare premiums which the … Continued


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Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken/As a Blue Wave Looms, What Will Trump Do to Rig the Next Election?/Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff on Her Decision to Retire

Mounting Evidence the MAGA Spell Has Been Broken We begin with mounting evidence the MAGA spell has been broken and that the obvious damage Trump is doing to America is finally arousing a silent majority to end his destructive reign of error, incompetence and chaos. Joining us is Rick Wilson, a renowned political strategist, infamous … Continued


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A look at Zohran Mamdani’s stunning New York mayoral victory and whether the Democratic establishment will finally embrace his movement. Then, Governor Newsom warns that Trump will stop at nothing to rig the next election, followed by an examination of the Republican Party’s growing embrace of extremist and neo-Nazi factions.

Having Shunned Mamdani, Will the Democratic Establishment Now Embrace Him? We begin with Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory in the race for Mayor of New York City which has captured the nation’s attention and mobilized young Gen Z voters to propel him to win big and overcome the hysterical lies of the monied establishment and backers … Continued


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Trump’s latest move turns cruelty into strategy as he threatens to defund SNAP to force Democrats to reopen the government. Also, a look at a quiet, billionaire-backed race for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and how contests in New York and New Jersey expose deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

After Offering to Half-Fund SNAP, Trump Turns Callousness Into Cruelty by Refusing to Fund It At All Until “Radical Left Democrats” Open Up the Government We begin with Trump’s latest outburst on Truth Social apparently reversing his decision to half-fund the SNAP program by announcing today that “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions … Continued


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An examination of Trump’s push to oust Venezuela’s Maduro without war — and why dismantling the country’s entrenched corruption won’t be simple. Then, a call for Democrats to go on the offensive with real policy solutions to counter Project 2025, followed by a look at whether the Supreme Court will sacrifice its legitimacy by siding with Trump on tariff

Trump Wants to Take Out Maduro Without a War But Replacing Venezuela’s Corrupt and Criminal Hierarchy Will Not Be So Easy We begin with the increasing likelihood that the Trump administration will attempt to take out Venezuela’s Maduro and try to avoid a war with the country’s armed forces that have Russian missiles which could … Continued


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An inside look at the launch of Defiance.org, a new effort to help Americans resist Trump’s campaign of revenge — followed by an analysis of Putin’s escalating brutality in Ukraine and how echoes of Hitler’s atrocities once galvanized Russians to defeat Nazism.

Today’s Launch of DEFIANCE.ORG to Help Americans Push Back Against Trump’s Revenge We begin with a defiant one who was the first to be targeted by Trump for vengeful prosecution before Comey and the others who, in response to being continually asked what can we do to stop Trump, has launched a movement today to … Continued