In this episode, Alex starts by trying to get through an excruciating Star Spangled Banner performance at the Home Run Derby by Ingrid Andress. Andress has apologized, claimed she was drunk, and is checking into rehab. Alex wonders what will come in the United States (and should we check into rehab?), where he thinks this iteration of the Star Spangled Banner is a perfect analogy for everything going wrong in American politics. He talks about the drunken chaos at the RNC, Matt Gaetz trolling Kevin McCarthy, and Rudy Giuliani falling down. Later, Alex gets into actual news. He talks about the Bob Menendez convictions and why it is good for Democrats, why JD Vance may turn off even more women, and why Joe Biden is getting more isolated and Trumpian after his Lester Holt interview. Finally, Alex looks at some substance from the RNC and worries that while violent retaliation is a growing threat (according to the FBI), the GOP has become an isolationist party with no moral compass.