Episode Details

Jon Herold leans on chat interaction for a genuinely slow Wednesday, working through a Hill piece framing a third Trump impeachment as inevitable given midterm polling, and pushing back hard on the idea that any political "consensus" can be trusted when he believes the outcome is already being engineered. He covers Trump welcoming Russia back into the G20 despite Moscow's continued support for Iran, a contradiction Jon flags as unresolved, plus Bessent's economic pressure campaign warning off Iran's remaining trade partners. Other topics include the fatal Times Square stabbing of a Bank of America executive, a symbolic House vote to lock the Supreme Court at nine justices, an appeals court upholding the federal machine gun ban, and a new poll showing record numbers of Americans view government corruption as widespread. Sponsor reads, fantasy football league recruiting, and a lively chat session round out a lighter hump day show.