-- On the Show:

-- Trump allies try to distract the public from Epstein revelations by turning the FBI's 2020 election investigation into a fake scandal

-- A viral clip of 92-year-old Senator Chuck Grassley unable to hear reporters sparks debate about aging politicians and fitness for office

-- Vice President JD Vance defends racism and xenophobia as "reasonable," exposing the GOP's open embrace of prejudice

-- Kelly Loeffler falsely claims the economy is booming under Trump, gaslighting Americans while small businesses struggle with tariffs

-- Farmers who once supported Trump turn against him as tariffs and collapsing export markets devastate rural America

-- Trump's new tariffs raise prices and destroy jobs, leaving his working-class base suffering from the very policies they cheered

-- Many Trump supporters remain fiercely loyal despite personal harm from his policies, showing cult-like devotion rooted in identity and faith

-- The Friday Feedback segment, where we react to notable emails and social media posts from the audience

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump wants to end the filibuster to end the government shutdown, MAGA demands weight testing for SNAP benefits, and much more...

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-- Jonathan Karl, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, joins us to discuss his new book "Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America"

-- Fourteen Republicans rebuke Trump's trade plan, saying his Argentina beef deal hurts U.S. ranchers and exposes GOP fractures

-- Donald Trump claims he's restarting nuclear tests and mimics dictators to project false strength

-- Donald Trump gushes over Chinese President Xi Jinping and spins his failed trade war as a win

-- Donald Trump rambles about tariffs and deals after meeting Xi Jinping, showing confusion and fixation on flattery

-- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits there's no proof Tylenol causes autism, undermining his own conspiracy claims

-- Fed Chair Jerome Powell blames Trump's tariffs for rising inflation and a weakening job market

-- FBI Director Kash Patel used a government jet for personal trips with his girlfriend, billing taxpayers for luxury travel

-- On the Bonus Show: Tucker Carlson hosts Nick Fuentes on his podcast, an AI school security system mistakes a Doritos bag for a gun, arrests made following the Louvre heist, and much more...

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-- On the Show:

-- Major corporations including Amazon, Microsoft, and UPS cut over 100,000 jobs as Trump's promises of growth turn into widespread layoffs

-- Twenty-three states sue the Trump administration for halting SNAP food aid, accusing it of letting 42 million Americans go hungry during the shutdown

-- Trump fires an entire federal agency overseeing his White House renovation after a profanity-filled outburst over his East Wing demolition plan

-- Trump appears visibly disoriented while meeting the Japanese prime minister, adding to growing concerns about his cognitive health

-- Trump struggles through multiple incoherent speeches abroad, confusing topics from AI to Obamacare while boasting about weak job numbers

-- Trump rambles so badly during a Tokyo press conference that even Newsmax cuts away, highlighting his ongoing mental decline

-- Trump's team begins blaming ranchers and farmers for rising beef prices, sparking backlash from his own rural supporters

-- Fox host Maria Bartiromo spreads multiple falsehoods about Biden's policies, autopen signatures, and immigration in a single segment

-- On the Bonus Show: The House Oversight Committee says Biden's autopen pardons are void, The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates again, Texas sues Tylenol makers alleging risks of autism, and much more...

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