Episode Details

Jon Herold spends a big chunk of Thursday's show wrestling honestly with Trump's viral midterm convention promise of a $5,000 dividend to every adult if Republicans keep the House, playing multiple clips of the speech and JD Vance's follow up defense, then pulls up an old Charlie Kirk clip calling Biden's student loan forgiveness "naked bribery" to press the question of consistency. He walks through the math on where the money would actually come from, argues it functions as future taxation either way, and challenges his audience not to become hypocrites just because it is their own team making the promise. Later he plays a wide ranging Aaron Rodgers interview clip covering political disillusionment and COVID era grievances that Jon finds surprisingly aligned with his own worldview. Other stories include DOJ letters warning states not to destroy 2024 election records, a Supreme Court order blocking Missouri's new congressional map, and fresh Florida grand jury subpoenas tied to the Russia collusion investigation. Sponsor reads and a lively chat session round out a dense Thursday show.