Graham Platner, the scandal-plagued Democrat Senate nominee in Maine, is refusing to drop out of his race unless he gets to hand-pick his own successor — even as a rape allegation from ex-girlfriend Jenny Racicot piles on top of a growing list of red flags Democrats ignored for months. Todd breaks down the hostage standoff, draws the parallel to how the party pushed out Biden in 2024, and walks through where real conservatism sits on the political spectrum versus the false left-right framing you were taught in school.

Then, day two of Tyler Robinson's preliminary hearing in the Charlie Kirk assassination case brings new surveillance video and testimony placing him on campus with a concealed rifle. Conservative, not bitter.