Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

This week we discuss Pete Buttigieg's doting profile in WIRED that refers to him as a "cathedral mind" among other things, Matt Stoller on AI anti-trust legislation, and James Li on Americans living longer but sicker lives.

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Biden's humiliation in the Debt Ceiling fight, Doomsday scenarios if US defaults on Debt, Noam Chomsky caught in Epstein money transfers, the Housing Market his a Record Low Confidence, Youth Depression skyrockets post pandemic, the NYPD calls out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's claims that they were pursued by paparazzi in a 2 hour car chase through Manhattan, the Drudge Report saying Sean Hannity is being tapped to replace Tucker's primetime hour slot, Krystal looks into surveillance being weaponized against poor people in public housing, Saagar looks into Pat McAffee's ESPN Deal to put his internet show on TV, and we're joined in studio by Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) from Semafor to discuss her recent reporting on the Trump and DeSantis campaigns in Iowa and when DeSantis might be announcing. Shelby's recent reporting (https://www.semafor.com/article/05/14/2023/the-real-2024-campaign-started-in-iowa-this-weekend-trump-desantis)

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Ryan and Emily discuss a top AI CEO warning Congress that the technology is uncontrollable, John Fetterman speaks on the Debt Ceiling, Ryan and Emily go deep on Kentucky, Pennsylvania elections, Rudy Giuliani is accused of sexual harassment of a former employee, Elon Musk is Subpoenaed in the Epstein lawsuit, Ryan looks at Turkey's Erdogan arresting election overseers, and Emily looks into Durham Report and its Russia Gate legacy, and guest Ken Klippenstein joins the show to talk about his new piece on the Pentagon's new "Perception Management" office to counter disinformation. Ken's article: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/17/pentagon-perception-management-office/

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Krystal and Saagar bring you an exclusive interview with RFK Jr. in studio on his presidential campaign. We ask him questions on Abortion, the Border crisis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Krystal has a fiery debate on Vaccines, his thoughts on political family dynasties, and much more.

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Krystal and Saagar discuss workers fleeing big cities like NY/DC, AI killing office jobs, SCOTUS legalizing corruption in Cuomo aide case, Trump and DeSantis fighting over 2020/abortion, NYT admitting DEI programs are failing, Obama/Hillary caught in Russia-gate scheme in Durham report, Jake Tapper admitting the FBI's failures, Boomer wealth transfer and AI potentially wreaking havoc on the future of journalism.

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Krystal and Saagar discuss DeSantis's recent trip to Iowa, the DeSantis team reveals their plan to win, Elon bows to censorship demands of Erdogan's Turkey, Elon fans revolt over new Twitter CEO, Leaked documents show Zelensky plotted a NATO pipeline bombing, Germany applauded for sending 3 Billion dollars to Ukraine, the Dianne Feinstein Staff caught covering up her dementia for years, Jon Stewart shreds CNN for "rigging" Trump Townhall, Krystal looks into an MSNBC clip when guest Julian Castro says Biden should participate in debates, and Saagar looks at the CNN reporters in tears over the Trump Townhall.

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This week we discuss the Elizabeth Holmes profile in the New York Times that showcases her new persona "Liz", the Biden Tik Tok kids panic on the Tim Dillon show when they admit they'll lose followers if they criticize the Democrats, Netflix's upcoming show "Cleopatra" is sparking drama among Egyptians for casting a black woman as Cleopatra, Dianne Feinstein returns to her job in a wheelchair, and our BP partner Spencer Snyder takes a deep dive into American's lack of financial literacy.

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Saagar and Ryan discuss the CNN Townhall where Trump made statements on Jan 6th, Stop the Steal, the E Jean Caroll allegations, Debt Default, and his position on the Ukraine-Russia war. Also, we have a debate on the Border Crisis as Title 42 ends, Tucker's Twitter show plans revealed, Saagar looks into the new breast cancer guidance that might be a scam, and Senator JD Vance joins us in studio to talk about his new Rail Safety Bill.

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Ryan and Emily discuss Donald Trump being found liable by a New York federal jury for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990's, George Santos is charged and arrested by the Feds for Fraud, Biden threatens to ignore the Debt Ceiling, Ukraine worries their counter offensive might not move the needle, DeSantis takes an important step in moving towards announcing a campaign for president, Liz Cheney launches attack ad in New Hampshire against Trump, the CIA caught aiding the Biden 2020 election, and Congressman Ro Khanna joins the show to talk about Clarence Thomas and SCOTUS corruption. We also take a short moment to celebrate the life of David Miranda, a Leftist in Brazil with a long career of political activism and husband to Glenn Greenwald.

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Saagar reacts to the breaking news of Tucker Carlson's announcement that he will be doing a new show exclusively on Twitter as he sues Fox News.

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