Episode Details

After weeks of near-total silence following his fall and hospital stay, the 84-year-old Kentucky senator posed for the camera looking cheerful. He’s missing Fancy Farm and a colleague’s memorial, and he's still sidelined as the Senate heads toward recess. His office and the Capitol physician say he’s grinding through intense physical therapy every day, with his childhood polio still a major factor in his mobility. This is the first real update in 15 days, and the timing has a lot of people wondering what’s actually going on behind the smile. Regular Americans watching this career politician enter the final months of a 42-year run deserve straight talk instead of carefully staged photo ops.

Pat also covered:

• John Thune continues to get pressure from Trump and the White House
• New grocery stores to open in NYC thanks to comrade Mamdani
• Ken Paxton is the answer for Texas, not James Talarico
• Does Ariana Grande have Karen Carpenter disease?
• Is Jon Ossoff the future of the Democrat Party?

Do you buy the recovery narrative, or does this feel like more of the same? What does it tell you when a longtime power player suddenly surfaces with a big grin after radio silence?

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00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED!

00:20 Trump on John Thune & the SAVE Act

03:47 Trump Asked a Stupid Question

09:18 Trump with the Latest Update on Iran

12:04 Trump on Netanyahu's Opposition to F-35s in Türkiye

13:43 Mitch McConnell is Home & Safe (is he, though?)

25:44 Anthony Fauci Diary Entries

30:18 Fat Five (Pat Says Chewing the Fat)

49:53 Anthony Fauci is a Dirty Liar!

1:04:07 Zohran Mamdani Asked about 9/11

1:05:43 Zohran Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Stores

1:07:29 Zohran Mamdani Doxxes the Rich

1:09:38 Ariana Grande Suing Music Hackers

1:12:20 Cracker Barrel CEO Fired!

1:18:36 Boeing Replacing Airplane Seats

1:20:34 Ken Paxton VS. James Talarico

1:29:07 Jon Ossoff Talks with TMZ Reporter

1:32:40 FLASHBACK: Jon Ossoff's Careful Answers to Questions

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