In this episode, Mike examines why public trust in the media has collapsed to historic lows and how narrative-driven coverage shapes political outcomes and division, then turns to how the climate “crisis” lost priority when affordability, energy reliability, and economic reality forced a reckoning with exaggerated claims and costly non-market solutions, before closing with why Republicans again face the healthcare dilemma ahead of the midterms as past failures, voter anxiety, and the absence of a clear alternative resurface.