Episodes

  • Iran Is Weeks From a Nuke, Generals Are Fed Up With Talks, Six States Vote on Trump's GOP Grip & the DOJ Just Created a $1.776 Billion Fund

    Iran Is Weeks From a Nuke, Generals Are Fed Up With Talks, Six States Vote on Trump's GOP Grip & the DOJ Just Created a $1.776 Billion Fund
    May 19 2026
    The Energy Secretary just said Iran is weeks away from a nuclear bomb. The generals are done pretending negotiations are working. So what is Washington waiting for? Six states hold primaries today and every result will be scored as a Trump loyalty test. Then the DOJ announced a $1,776,000,000 compensation fund — that number is absolutely not an accident — for people harmed by the Biden administration's Justice Department. It will be challenged in court immediately. Four enormous stories today and we are not pulling any punches.

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    36 mins
  • Iran Attack Called Off Again — Art of the Deal or Fear of the Trigger? Plus Luigi Mangione Back in Court as Judge Rules on Key Evidence

    Iran Attack Called Off Again — Art of the Deal or Fear of the Trigger? Plus Luigi Mangione Back in Court as Judge Rules on Key Evidence
    May 18 2026
    The national security meeting was scheduled. The attack plans were ready. Then Trump called it off — again. Is this masterful negotiating leverage or a president who praises his military but keeps finding reasons not to use it? At some point Iran stops believing the threat is real and that is a very dangerous place to be. Then Luigi Mangione was back in a New York courtroom today where a state judge ruled some evidence is out — but the gun and the manifesto are in. The trial just got a whole lot more interesting. Both stories today, no sugarcoating.

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    35 mins
  • Beijing Was a Fancy Dinner Party With No Deals — Trump Got Nothing on Iran, Xi Got Nothing on Taiwan & Republicans Have Been Promising Cheap

    Beijing Was a Fancy Dinner Party With No Deals — Trump Got Nothing on Iran, Xi Got Nothing on Taiwan & Republicans Have Been Promising Cheap
    May 15 2026
    The Beijing summit is over and the scorecard is empty. Great food. Lovely airport ceremonies. Zero agreements. Trump needed Iran help from China and left empty handed. Xi wanted movement on Taiwan and got none. The CEOs who tagged along for the trade mission are heading home with nothing to show for the trip. Meanwhile Republicans have been promising gas prices will drop like a rock since February 28th — and that promise is aging about as well as last month's leftovers. At what point do hollow promises at the pump become a real political problem? All of it today, straight and honest.

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    36 mins
  • Trump Wants Iran, Xi Wants Taiwan — Beijing Day One Proves These Are Two Very Different Conversations. Plus Import Price Inflation Is Gettin

    Trump Wants Iran, Xi Wants Taiwan — Beijing Day One Proves These Are Two Very Different Conversations. Plus Import Price Inflation Is Gettin
    May 14 2026
    Trump went to Beijing for Iran. Xi greeted him with Taiwan. Day one of the summit made one thing crystal clear — these two leaders are not on the same page and may not even be reading the same book. Xi was aggressive on Taiwan from the opening bell while Trump needs Chinese cooperation on Iran to break a military and diplomatic stalemate back home. Are these two issues even tradeable? Will day two find any real common ground? Meanwhile import prices are climbing fast — fuel costs and tariffs are the culprits and American consumers are absorbing every bit of it. The geopolitics and the economics are the same story today and we connect all of it.

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    27 mins
  • Warsh Is the New Fed Chair, Rates Are Going Up Not Down, China Won't Save Us on Iran & Chinese Cars Are the New Toyota — Are We Repeating th

    Warsh Is the New Fed Chair, Rates Are Going Up Not Down, China Won't Save Us on Iran & Chinese Cars Are the New Toyota — Are We Repeating th
    May 13 2026
    Kevin Warsh just got confirmed as Fed Chairman and his first challenge is an inflation surge that is not slowing down — rates may go higher before they go lower. China is getting all the attention as a potential Iran dealmaker but do not count on Beijing to do Washington any favors. And the ban on Chinese cars? We have seen this story before. In the 1970s Detroit tried to block Japanese imports too. Toyota and Honda made American cars better. Are Chinese automakers about to do the same thing — and are we too afraid of the competition to let it happen? History is rhyming loudly today.

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    36 mins
  • US-China Summit Is All Business Not Friendship, Iran Stalemate Until Beijing Meets Washington & Inflation Spreads Beyond the Gas Pump

    US-China Summit Is All Business Not Friendship, Iran Stalemate Until Beijing Meets Washington & Inflation Spreads Beyond the Gas Pump
    May 12 2026
    China walks into the summit holding all the cards. Washington needs Beijing's help on Iran and Beijing knows it. The real currency on the table is not goodwill — it is semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and export controls. Everyone will smile for the cameras and pretend to be friends. The Iran war is not going anywhere until after this meeting concludes — which means Tehran gets more time and the unfinished military mission stays unfinished. And while all of this plays out on the world stage inflation is quietly spreading beyond gas prices and into groceries, housing, and everyday life. The economic squeeze is real and growing. All of it connected today.

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    32 mins
  • Stop the Hantavirus Hysteria, Trump Says Iran Gave Him Garbage, When Does the Military Finish the Job, AOC Is Building an Army & Denver's He

    Stop the Hantavirus Hysteria, Trump Says Iran Gave Him Garbage, When Does the Military Finish the Job, AOC Is Building an Army & Denver's He
    May 11 2026
    The media wants you terrified about hantavirus. The numbers say otherwise. We separate fact from fear. Trump called Iran's response garbage — so when does the military finally finish the mission it started and stopped too soon? AOC is growing a following that nobody should be laughing off anymore. We tell you exactly why she is worth watching very closely. And we cover the tragic and deliberate plane incident in Denver Friday night with the care and seriousness the story deserves. Big show today.

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    37 mins
  • Trump's Iran Deal That Isn't, Virginia's Map Gets Tossed, Tariffs Rejected Again & AOC's Billionaire Problem Gets Weirder

    Trump's Iran Deal That Isn't, Virginia's Map Gets Tossed, Tariffs Rejected Again & AOC's Billionaire Problem Gets Weirder
    May 8 2026
    The President says Iran agreed. Iran says they didn't. And more people than ever are asking if Trump has simply lost his nerve on this war. Diplomacy with Tehran — a real strategy or just delay? Virginia's Supreme Court just threw out a congressional map voters approved and Democrats are furious. The Trade Court rejected the White House's replacement tariffs leaving the entire trade agenda in legal freefall. And AOC's views on billionaires have taken another strange turn that deserves an honest look. Four big stories no filter today.

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    43 mins