On Saturday, May 30, 2026, Max and Blake argue that three Supreme Court cases dominating the headlines are actually one story about who holds constitutional authority in American life.

• Trump v. Slaughter: The Court signals it may end 90 years of independent agency protections, dismantling the constitutional firewall between executive politics and regulatory bodies like the FTC.
• Trump v. Cook: A challenge to Federal Reserve independence exposes a market mispricing danger — bond markets are pricing in zero political risk at the Fed, a bet with serious free market consequences.
• Trump v. Barbara: The birthright citizenship case tests the 14th Amendment's text against an administration theory that legal scholars note the amendment's own framers never intended.
• Little v. Hecox / West Virginia v. B.P.J.: The transgender sports cases are better read as a federalism and constitutional scrutiny story than a culture war flashpoint.

The episode closes with a concrete local action item: read the 14th Amendment citizenship clause yourself, then check your senators' confirmation votes before the June rulings land. New episodes every Saturday.

On Saturday, May 23, 2026, Max and Blake trace a single pattern across this week's news: every American military commitment abroad creates a strategic window for China to advance at home and abroad.

• Pentagon Intelligence Report: A classified assessment confirmed by the Washington Post concludes China is gaining across all four dimensions of national power — diplomatic, informational, military, and economic — simultaneously, as Trump flew to Beijing for a summit shaped by the Iran war.
• Munitions Depletion: CSIS analysis shows the Iran conflict burned through nearly half of U.S. precision strike missiles, THAAD interceptors, and Patriot stockpiles in seven weeks, creating what analyst Mark Cancian called a window of increased vulnerability in the western Pacific.
• China's South China Sea Buildup: Antelope Reef went from sandbar to a 1,500-acre military installation while U.S. carrier assets were deployed elsewhere.
• Philippines Diplomatic Trap: China's joint energy development offer would legally legitimize territorial claims Manila already won in a 2016 international tribunal ruling.

Max and Blake close with a concrete local action: call your representative about THAAD and Patriot inventory transparency, and ask your senator how they will vote on Pacific readiness conditions in the expected defense supplemental. New episodes every Saturday.

On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, six states held primaries and the connecting pattern was the same in every one: the Republican Party is being reorganized around loyalty to Trump, and that reorganization is beginning to carry a measurable cost in November.

• Kentucky: Thomas Massie lost the most expensive House primary in U.S. history, a $34 million race driven by two separate money operations — Trump's political machine and AIPAC — while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth campaigned in the district during an active Iran military operation.
• Texas: Trump endorsed AG Ken Paxton over Senator John Cornyn, who votes with Trump 99 percent of the time, over a 2023 grievance — putting a constitutional Senate seat at real risk in November.
• Georgia: Democrats pulled 53 percent of primary ballots to Republicans' 45 percent, part of a sustained turnout surge showing up across every state that has voted this cycle.

The episode closes with two concrete local action items, including a look at Article I, Section 6's speech and debate clause and what it means for limited government and constitutional deliberation. New episodes every Saturday.