Nate Brady and Mike Smith open with the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show—Nate found it visually impressive and moving (Puerto Rico's power-pole imagery, messages of believing in oneself), while Mike thought it was merely fine. They unpack Republican lawmakers calling it "pornographic filth" and asking the FCC to step in; Mike notes conservatives seem to want to make it illegal for a brown person to succeed. They clarify Bad Bunny said "God bless America" while including all American countries, and laugh at Jake Paul wanting an "American" performer—and AOC's comeback that he moved to Puerto Rico for taxes (and his "account was hacked" response). They discuss AOC and Gavin Newsom as top 2028 Democratic contenders and a "progressives moment," then the NJ-11 race. The hosts dig into Trump's call to nationalize elections—Mike sees a plan to deploy ICE in heavily Democratic cities to intimidate voters—and the NGA scrapping its meeting because Trump wouldn't invite Democratic governors like Wes Moore. They turn to political accountability: the need for outsiders like "AOC types" to subpoena and hold power to account, and the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Ghislaine Maxwell invoked the Fifth for every question in her House deposition; Nate has mixed feelings that the only person in jail for the ring is a woman, and that her lawyer offered to speak if granted clemency (exonerating both Clinton and Trump). They dissect an absurd Epstein-file redaction where "don't" was redacted, and Nate's frustration that only six names were released—transparency means the public gets to see everything. Updates: grand jury won't go after Democratic lawmakers for the "don't follow illegal orders" ad; Wisconsin allows canceling and re-requesting mistaken absentee ballots; Supreme Court allows California's new congressional map (Nate is cautiously optimistic). They agree defeating lawless politicians may require playing dirty now, then strengthening checks and balances and pushing for algorithmic, non-gerrymandered map-drawing—and Nate announces his intention to run for Congress in California's 40th district to fight for exactly that.