The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is joined by Sarah Jones, Editor in Chief, for PoliticusUSA, to help make the transition from the football season that culminated, in Super Bowl 53, to the political season, that ends on November 5th.

They also discuss special prosecutor Robert Hur, a Trump holdover, who cleared President Biden of any wrongdoing with the handling of classified documents, but released a report that was critical of Biden's memory.

On that same topic, Sarah and Brad explore what's going on with U.S. political media, why they're taking the bait in letting Trump's attacks set the narrative, and whether they've learned anything since Trump's first run in 2016.

Sarah also explains why she's exceptionally disturbed by the media's obsession about President Biden’s age without the context that he is functioning well as a president.

Then, CNN military analyst Col. Cedric Leighton (USAF Ret.) joins Brad to examine the world at war in Gaza and Ukraine.

This includes a discussion about Trump's latest comments attacking NATO, and giving Putin a free pass.

The website for PoliticusUSA is www.PoliticusUSA.com and their X handle is @PoliticusUSA. Sarah's handle is @PoliticusSarah.

Col. Cedric Leighton is the Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations.

He founded the company in 2010, after serving in the US Air Force for 26 years as an Intelligence Officer and attaining the rank of Colonel.

His website is CedricLeighton.com and his handle on X is @CedricLeighton.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Messenger.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles. You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His X handle is @BradBannon.

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