- Minnesota’s Senate race intensifies as Michelle Tafoya challenges Peggy Flanagan and an undercover video puts the state’s controversial voter-vouching rules under a national spotlight. - James O’Keefe tests Minnesota’s vouching process on camera, showing poll workers explaining how registered voters can attest to the residency of others under state election rules. - The Lindsay Clancy murder trial centers on an insanity defense as testimony examines postpartum mental illness, psychiatric treatment and the deaths of her three children. - Abdul El-Sayed faces fresh political attacks over past comments on reparations and football while his association with Hasan Piker remains a major issue in Michigan’s Senate race. - Karoline Leavitt prepares to leave the White House press secretary role as Scott Jennings, Alina Habba, Sage Steele and others emerge in speculation over her replacement. Today’s podcast is sponsored by : PARAMOUNT PLUS - Don’t Miss “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lioness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠” - all episodes NOW STREAMING on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paramount Plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

- The Trump administration puts fraud front and center, touting roughly $230 billion uncovered while highlighting prosecutions involving health care, SNAP, pandemic loans and immigration schemes. - Karoline Leavitt announces she is leaving as White House press secretary to spend more time with her children while remaining an outside Trump adviser heading into the midterms. - ICE weighs electric-shock gloves as a nonlethal enforcement tool while Minnesota Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan faces questions over what she means by wanting to “rip ICE apart.” - New polling puts the economy and immigration far ahead of climate change as voter priorities, sharpening the issues likely to dominate the midterm campaign. - The WNBA delays a decision on transgender eligibility as Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White continue pressing the league to clarify who can compete in women’s basketball. Today’s podcast is sponsored by : PARAMOUNT PLUS - Don’t Miss “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lioness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠” - all episodes NOW STREAMING on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paramount Plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

- Francesca Hong loses Wisconsin’s Democratic governor primary by roughly 3,200 votes despite polls showing her ahead by 20-plus points, putting pollsters and the delayed vote count under intense scrutiny. - Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota’s Democratic Senate nomination and immediately targets ICE, immigration policy and the Iran war as Michelle Tafoya prepares for the general election fight. - Tucker Carlson’s interview with Hunter Biden rattles longtime supporters as Hunter denies dropping off the infamous laptop and Carlson questions how its contents entered the media bloodstream. - The WNBA faces a new eligibility dilemma as openly transgender former player Layshia Clarendon becomes part of the debate sparked by Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White. - Abdul El-Sayed’s past comments linking football to racism, colonialism and oppression resurface as fresh ammunition in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race.

- Newly surfaced Fauci texts trigger fresh scrutiny after officials privately discuss a theoretical first-trimester miscarriage risk while publicly emphasizing COVID vaccine safety for pregnant women. - Massachusetts expands abortion protections as Gov. Maura Healey’s bill signing ignites a fierce fight over how late in pregnancy abortions should remain legal. - Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong embraces a sweeping progressive agenda—including abolishing ICE, public grocery stores and universal child care—as her primary campaign surges. - Hasan Piker’s influence becomes a political liability as Democrats face growing pressure to distance themselves from his inflammatory comments on 9/11, Israel and capitalism. - Enes Kanter Freedom’s bid for the 2027 WNBA draft forces the league into a high-profile showdown over transgender eligibility and how its rules define who can compete.

- Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White challenge the WNBA’s transgender eligibility stance, forcing league officials to confront who can compete in women’s basketball. - A brutal flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham ignites another WNBA firestorm after DiJonai Carrington responds with a “white privilege” post and Cunningham’s own coach questions intent. - NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya clashes with Margaret Brennan over COVID misinformation, vaccine distrust and the Biden administration’s censorship of dissenting pandemic views. - Abdul El-Sayed refuses to distance himself from Hasan Piker as the streamer’s past 9/11, Hamas and anti-capitalist remarks become fresh ammunition in Michigan’s Senate race. - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she remains aligned with the DSA and leaves open a possible 2028 presidential or Senate run during a national TV interview.

- A new White House fraud tracker puts nearly $230 billion in alleged waste and fraud under the microscope as JD Vance and Dr. Oz push investigations into Medicaid, home-health and COVID-era schemes. - Dr. Oz says investigators uncover extraordinary billing irregularities in Maine and other states, intensifying scrutiny of home-care providers and pandemic-era federal spending. - Anthony Fauci’s diary and congressional testimony fuel another accountability fight as Democrats and Republicans clash over his pandemic record and Fifth Amendment testimony. - Hasan Piker’s growing influence around Democratic candidates comes under fresh scrutiny over his past rhetoric, while Zohran Mamdani is booed during a Staten Island appearance. - A Trump voter who supports deportations turns against the policy after ICE detains his Venezuelan fiancée, whose underlying permission to remain in the U.S. has lapsed.

- A Senate committee votes 8–5 to advance a contempt resolution against Anthony Fauci after he invokes the Fifth Amendment 111 times. - A Ted Cruz-led hearing examines alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections surrounding Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed as Democratic senators skip the proceedings. - Mike Rogers targets El-Sayed’s alliance with Hasan Piker, turning Michigan’s Senate contest into a battle over national security and political extremism. - Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong faces scrutiny over past calls to cancel Thanksgiving, abolish major institutions and emphasize racial identity. - Coco Gauff supports fairness in women’s sports but calls transgender eligibility a “nuanced” issue, triggering criticism over her refusal to take a firmer position.

- Abdul El-Sayed narrowly captures Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination, setting up a sharp general-election clash with Republican Mike Rogers as Hasan Piker’s influence takes center stage. - Susan Collins opposes Trump attorney general nominee Todd Blanche despite previously supporting Merrick Garland and several major Democratic judicial nominees. - Seth Moulton apologizes to transgender activists for saying he does not want his daughters competing against biological males, triggering accusations of political cowardice. - A 6-foot-3 transgender player dominating France’s women’s league signals interest in the WNBA, putting the league’s inclusion rhetoric under immediate scrutiny. - Max Miller’s campaign reels from domestic-violence, child-injury and drug-use allegations as a combative media tour raises fresh questions about his political future.

- Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary centers on Abdul El-Sayed’s alliance with Hasan Piker and the party’s growing socialist wing. - Footage from Ceuta shows migrants overwhelming the Spanish border as independent journalist Nick Shirley is chased, threatened and pelted with objects while reporting. - Seth Moulton calls for prosecuting ICE and granting citizenship to undocumented immigrants as agents arrest a convicted child sex offender in Massachusetts. - Aaron Rodgers blasts Fauci for invoking the Fifth Amendment and confronts ESPN over its obsessive coverage of his vaccination status. - Rosie O’Donnell claims Kamala Harris won the 2024 election and predicts Trump could use a national crisis to cancel a future vote as she prepares to return to The View.

- RFK Jr. clashes with Dana Bash over Fauci, vaccine mandates and CNN’s pandemic coverage, accusing the network of repeating claims it cannot support. - Past CNN reporting declaring Pfizer’s vaccine “100% effective” for adolescents resurfaces as the media faces renewed scrutiny over its COVID record. - James Carville, Bill Maher and Joe Manchin warn that socialists and radical activists are rapidly taking control of the Democratic Party. - Sophie Cunningham becomes the center of a WNBA firestorm as coaches, players and broadcasters defend transgender inclusion in women’s basketball. - Donald Trump claims another club championship with a score of 70, sparking blunt questions about whether the victory and score are legitimate.

- Tom Shattuck of The Maine Wire fills in for Gerry. - Chaotic footage from Spain fuels warnings that unchecked migration and progressive border policies are rapidly destabilizing Western countries. - Hunter Biden attacks Donald Trump and his entire family during a Barstool appearance, prompting criticism over the interviewers’ lack of pushback. - Jasmine Crockett claims Black women are America’s most educated demographic and broadly targeted by law enforcement, triggering a sharp challenge to her assertions. - A viral street interview features a woman arguing that even her own rapist should remain out of prison, exposing the extremes of anti-incarceration ideology.

- Anthony Fauci’s Senate testimony drives a renewed examination of pandemic lockdowns, vaccine mandates, censorship and COVID-era restrictions. - The episode revisits extreme enforcement measures, including arrests, shuttered businesses, masked children and outdoor activities blocked in the name of public health. - Zohran Mamdani faces backlash after appointing no Jewish members to an 18-person judicial advisory committee amid rising antisemitism concerns in New York City. - A Seattle Storm co-owner receives a five-game suspension after allegedly confronting two teenage girls wearing shirts supporting biological women’s sports. - A WNBA-promoted video sparks integrity questions after Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers appear to discuss a $400 wager connected to a game.

- Anthony Fauci repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing as Rand Paul confronts him over COVID origins, gain-of-function research and pandemic-era decisions. - Rand Paul argues that Biden’s sweeping pardon eliminates Fauci’s right to refuse testimony and warns that defying the committee could trigger legal consequences. - Josh Hawley and Bernie Moreno hammer Fauci over lockdowns, censorship, school closures and his pursuit of media attention and lucrative awards. - Newly released audio appears to capture Joe Biden acknowledging classified material while sharing documents with his ghostwriter before becoming president. - Zohran Mamdani faces accusations of exposing wealthy New Yorkers’ identities and properties while promoting government-run grocery stores that could undercut neighborhood bodegas.

- Anthony Fauci to head into Senate testimony as diary entries appear to contradict his public positions on lockdowns, school closures, vaccines and the origins of COVID. - CNN shuts down an attempt to discuss the Fauci revelations, fueling accusations that major media outlets are protecting a longtime source and political ally. - A newly published report names prominent journalists allegedly hosted by CCP-linked influence groups and questions whether favorable China coverage follows those trips. - A Massachusetts bill proposes a permanent Muslim affairs commission tasked with identifying and recommending Muslim candidates for government positions, sparking constitutional concerns. - Zohran Mamdani rejects calls from 9/11 families to stay away and confirms he will attend the 25th-anniversary commemoration.

- Rand Paul releases more than 1,100 pages of Anthony Fauci’s private diary, exposing his obsession with awards, celebrity status and glowing media coverage during the pandemic. - Fauci’s January 2020 entry states the Wuhan market is not the source of COVID, directly colliding with his later public claims that keep the wet-market theory alive. - Major news outlets remain silent as Fauci’s writings reveal private relationships with prominent journalists and intense pressure to secure awards and public recognition. - A Democratic Socialists of America representative openly supports abolishing the Senate, presidency, Supreme Court, ICE, borders and large parts of the prison system. - More than 11,000 people, including hundreds of 9/11 families, sign a petition seeking to keep Zohran Mamdani away from the 25th-anniversary commemoration.

- Senator Tim Sheehy argues Iran has attacked Americans for 47 years and defends continued military pressure while rejecting claims that the conflict is an American-made war. - Elon Musk rejects claims that USAID cuts cause mass deaths, calling the agency politically driven and pointing to private foundations capable of replacing legitimate aid programs. - John Fetterman calls Zohran Mamdani a “clown,” dismisses his threats against Benjamin Netanyahu and condemns his refusal to confront Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran. - North Yarmouth officials vote to remove a Pride flag from a municipal building and reject a second proposal to display it throughout June. - Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin’s candid comments about her sex life collide with clips of her emotional political coverage, fueling fresh accusations of media hypocrisy.

- The media begins normalizing Zohran Mamdani’s socialist agenda as Jon Stewart compares democratic socialism to public libraries, schools, and fire departments. - Van Jones and Bill Maher warn that DSA radicals are hijacking the Democratic Party as younger voters increasingly favor socialism over capitalism. - John Solomon reports that New Jersey’s election vendor denies any software glitch after 6,600 noncitizens enter the voter rolls and at least 400 cast ballots. - Nancy Pelosi joins nearly 200 Democrats opposing a congressional stock-trading ban despite her family’s extraordinary investment returns. - Sophie Cunningham doubles down on protecting women’s sports, defending Title IX and rejecting biological males competing against female athletes.

- Zohran Mamdani concedes New York City has no legal authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, while President Trump vows the Israeli prime minister will remain protected during his U.N. visit. - Democratic leaders face scrutiny over their ties to Hasan Piker as he displays a framed image of the burning Twin Towers and continues praising Mao and communist ideology. - New Jersey admits 6,600 noncitizens are improperly registered through a motor-vehicle software error, while Trump cites a far higher DHS figure and media figures downplay the scale. - A recorded call in Maine captures election officials explaining how a man in Angola can receive and return a ballot without providing proof of U.S. citizenship. - Sophie Cunningham defends female athletes from competing against biological men, directly challenging Megan Rapinoe and the Democratic position on transgender participation in women’s sports.

- Gerry is back! - Maine’s Democratic Senate contest erupts into chaos as Ashley Webb’s debate appearance goes viral and Troy Jackson inherits the nomination with his own political baggage. - An armed suspect sets a fire outside New York’s federal ICE headquarters, injures two people, and faces years in prison after months of anti-ICE political rhetoric. - Major networks refuse to air or cut away from President Trump’s election-security address as he unveils allegations involving Chinese interference, illegal voter registrations, and intelligence officials withholding information. - ESPN removes Ryan Clark after years of controversial commentary, including his claim that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are not generational talents.

- Tom Shattuck of The Maine Wire guest hosts for Gerry. - Maine Democrats hand the Senate nomination to entrenched insider Troy Jackson after Graham Platner’s collapse, while Ashley Webb’s debate performance reignites questions about candidate vetting. - A viral University of Central Florida confrontation shows an enraged student defying police commands and getting pepper-sprayed, fueling a fierce debate over campus culture and law enforcement. - DSA co-chair and Hasan Piker promote public grocery stores, rent freezes, and a harder socialist agenda as Bill Maher warns the movement is openly embracing communism. - Sunny Hostin declares that nobody is above the law, then pressures police to spare her Harvard-educated son from a trespassing citation.

- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - President Trump declassifies intelligence alleging China targets U.S. voter data, pressures American business leaders, and works to undermine his reelection. - New disclosures identify roughly 278,000 registered noncitizens and revive a Michigan investigation involving allegedly fraudulent applications and gift-card incentives. - Democrats and major media outlets dismiss election-security concerns as old clips show Hakeem Jeffries and Kamala Harris previously warning about foreign interference and vulnerable voting systems. - Maine’s Democratic Senate debate spirals into spectacle as Ashley Webb cites failed campaigns, self-published music, books, and personal medical advocacy as qualifications for office.

- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - Elliot Page’s casting as a Greek warrior in The Odyssey sparks a brutal takedown of Hollywood’s diversity mandates, historical rewrites, and Oscar-driven virtue signaling. - The upcoming Sylvester Stallone film I Play Rocky earns praise for celebrating perseverance, masculinity, patriotism, and the real-life gamble behind one of America’s most iconic movies. - Out-of-state activists descend on Biddeford after the fatal ICE encounter, expanding the memorial, confronting officials, following federal agents, and turning a local shooting into a national protest spectacle. - A low-flying Blue Angels beach demonstration becomes a culture-war flashpoint, with critics attacking the military display while supporters celebrate American power, technology, and unapologetic patriotism.

- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - The Biddeford ICE shooting ignites a protest melee, with demonstrators condemning federal agents before the facts are settled and Maine Wire reporter John Featherston reporting assaults and slashed tires. - President Trump defends ICE traffic stops as an essential enforcement tool, while Portland’s depleted police force leaves residents waiting up to 40 minutes and physically restraining suspects themselves. - Canadian wildfire smoke sparks a takedown of climate alarmism, recycling theater and NGO grift, before Joe Biden’s new memoir is mocked for sanitizing COVID and the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. - Ro Khanna gets cornered on October 7 and refuses a direct answer on whether Palestinian forces had the right to attack Israeli military bases, exposing his 2028 tightrope with the anti-Israel left.

- Tom Shattuck from the Maine Wire fills in for Gerry today. - Video of the fatal Biddeford ICE encounter drives the episode, showing the driver circling agents and ignoring commands before gunfire as politicians and protesters immediately label the shooting murder. - Maine Wire reporter Jon Featherston challenges demonstrators on what they actually know, then faces insults, threats, physical contact, and a skateboard strike while local police largely stay out of the confrontation. - Seth Moulton is hammered for minimizing the threat posed by a moving vehicle and embracing the anti-ICE narrative, while the episode argues that obeying lawful commands prevents deadly escalation. - A study alleging Apple and Google suppress negative Graham Platner coverage fuels accusations of Big Tech favoritism, while Haley Stevens’ awkward Michigan pitch is mocked as manufactured populism. - Evan McKay, a Harvard-trained UAW organizer running in Massachusetts, is portrayed as the latest elite activist repackaging campus unionism, LGBTQ advocacy, and anti-dark-money rhetoric as a working-class campaign.

- The episode opens by marking the anniversary of the Trump assassination attempt, arguing that the near miss permanently changed how Americans view presidential security, political violence, and Trump’s sense of mission. - A major focus is the death of Lindsey Graham, with the episode praising his loyalty to Trump, his service record, and especially his explosive defense of Brett Kavanaugh during the confirmation hearings as the defining moment of his Senate career. - The show also returns to Graham Platner, hammering Ro Khanna and Liz Warren for backing him when it was useful, then going silent after his collapse instead of admitting they helped sell a fraud to voters. - Another key theme is the coming Democratic fight in Maine, with Troy Jackson and Shenna Bellows portrayed as weak replacement options who now have to inherit the wreckage left behind by the party’s failed attempt to elevate Platner. - The episode closes by warning that the Democratic Party is still being pulled by its most radical voices, from Ro Khanna’s Israel stunt to open anti-American rhetoric on the left, while Republicans gain fresh momentum from favorable 2028 polling and a weakened opposition bench.