The audacity of Arctic Frost is mind-blowing and way bigger than Watergate. Plus, my guest Karen Sweigert talks about the new lawsuit she filed in Missouri on behalf of female athletes including an Olympian against the United States Fencing Association for allowing trans athletes into female events in Kansas City . Will we have flying cars in a few months? Elon Musk just hinted in new interview that his next product demo will be huge. We’ll check in on cases on our criminal docket. My political pro and my friend Greg Keller, a political pro, joins us to talk all things elections, shutdowns, and the Missouri map. Plus, it appears we have a Somali problem in America.

Producer Drake sits in for Jen today as the Esquire On Fire celebrates her birthday!

Hurrah! The libs protested & America doesn’t have a king! Plus, Missouri’s new 7-1 congressional district map is in trouble. But a major case- Calaiss argued at SCOTUS this week. Jesus Osete was there & Jennifer asks him if it could mean a 8-0 Missouri map. Plus, Jennifer’s thoughts on John Bolton’s indictment, the St. Louis City Sheriff is behind bars, George Santos is free, Zohran Momdami the commie, JB Pritzker reported $1.4M gambling winnings, & Kevin Federline’s tell-all book about Britney Spears.

Trump brokered a historic peace deal but didn’t win the Nobel Peace Price. Senator Eric Schmitt joins me to discuss his new book. Ways & Means Chairman Congressman Jason Smith join me to talk about the shutdown and the Big Beautiful Bill. Plus Ilhan Omar's dad has quite a backstory and you won't believe how a woman in Solitary confinement got pregnant. Letitia James got indicted. The Palisades arsonist got caught. SNL had Tina Fey playing Kristi Noem. And there will be an alternate halftime show.

MU President Mun Choi patrols downtown Columbia 11pm-3am and the mayor and city council were MIA. ICE raids get vigorous protestors all during the funniest shutdown ever. Apple/Google yank ICE-spotter apps. Portland judge blocks Trump’s Guard deployment, Chicago sees a Border Patrol shooting amid protests, and DC plays shutdown brinksmanship—complete with VP Vance at the podium. Plus: Missouri’s 4th lawsuit over the new congressional map, “Gold Card” visas, the Eisenhower Library sword drama, another Bush (in Maine), and Diddy gets 50 months. Special guests: real estate guru Mike Grellner, and a segment on Harvard’s “LaWhore Vagistan.” Criminal Docket, Lightning Round, and the week ahead.

Stephen Miller’s thunderous eulogy for Charlie Kirk, what Kamala reveals (and forgets) in 107 Days, and what we still need to see with the Comey indictment. Plus: Earhart files, J6 “274 FBI agents?” claims, Zuck vs. Musk (now with robots), Portland & ICE, and a Tylenol-TikTok moment that says a lot about our politics. Criminal Docket, Lightning Round, and the week ahead.

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Mizzou puts campus agitators--and employees--on notice. We break down the court order letting Students for Justice in Palestine into the MU Homecoming parade(with strings attached), and why President Mun Choi's staff email matters. Plus: the Charlie Kirk memorial at State Farm Stadium (security, speakers, what to expect), Bill Maher vs. ABC over Jimmy Kimmel, and a smart take on why the death penalty is the wrong move in Utah v. Tyler Robinson. Guest: MU TPUSA President Paige Schulte!

A brutal week for America. We open with what we know about the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, what’s fact vs. rumor, and why officials should stop announcing “acted alone” and “seeking death” before the evidence is in. Then: a PG explainer on furries (yes, really); the visa-revocation push for foreigners celebrating the murder; Erika Kirk’s first public steps; why Gen Z men may bolt left-of-center institutions for good. Trump announced a RICO investigation against none other than George Soros- what a hypothetical RICO theory would need to show. And two huge (unfinished) Missouri wins—new congressional map + IP reform. We close with a lightning round and a moment for Charlie’s family.

Trump rebrands the Pentagon as the Department of War, the U.S. blows up a Tren de Aragua drug boat off Venezuela, and DOJ quietly debates a rule to restrict gun ownership for transgender Americans. We bring on Jesus Osete to unpack a Title IX clash with California high-school sports and the Illinois rifle-ban fight in the 7th Circuit. Plus: a jaw-dropping Putin/Xi hot-mic about immortality, the Criminal Docket (Alaska pilot plea; suspects in the D.C. intern murder) Tim Kaine's take on where our rights come from, and SHEIN's AI backlash. Lighting round closes with whether a national housing emergency would actually help Missouri.

Gov. Mike Kehoe calls a Sept. 3 special session to redraw Missouri’s U.S. House map and tighten the initiative-petition process. Jennifer explains the stakes, the legal fight, and how Texas just flipped the table with a five-seat GOP map. Also: sorting fact from fiction in the Scottish viral video, the latest on John Bolton’s probe, DOJ staffer firings, and why several prominent Democrats are under mortgage-fraud