-- On the Show

-- Accountability for figures like Joe Rogan and Andrew Schulz should confront their predictable failure without pushing them back into extremism

-- Donald Trump uses the Justice Department to arrest Don Lemon, confirming long-standing warnings about authoritarian retaliation against journalists

-- Donald Trump unleashes frantic Truth Social rants about Jeffrey Epstein while threatening lawsuits and contradicting his own public record

-- Donald Trump calls for nationalizing elections as a workaround to state control after failing to overturn the 2020 results

-- Multiple insiders and foreign leaders privately describe Donald Trump as cognitively unstable after extended personal interactions

-- Donald Trump denies involvement in a Texas special election he aggressively endorsed after Democrats flipped the seat by double digits

-- Donald Trump shows visible physical and verbal deterioration during public appearances while continuing to threaten democratic institutions

-- David, as a naturalized US citizen, questions his own safety after the arrest of Don Lemon and the growing use of federal power to intimidate dissent

-- On the Bonus Show: Takeaways from the latest batch of Epstein files, immigration officers in Minneapolis getting body cameras, ICE officers complain about not getting their $50,000 bonuses, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:29) Rogan, Schulz, accountability

(09:12) Trump arrests Don Lemon
(18:04) Epstein rants and threats
(24:09) Trump wants to nationalize elections
(30:57) Insiders question Trump stability
(36:24) Texas election denial
(43:13) Trump’s visible deterioration
(53:51) Fear under authoritarian power  

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