The Rick Robinson Show

Today on The Rick Robinson Show, we’re drawing the line between politics and power abuse — from the apparent swatting attempt at Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home to blue-state Democrats floating a 100% tax on anti-weaponization payouts. 

We’ll look at voter wake-up calls in Georgia, California, and Texas, America 250 already turning into a cultural food fight, Oklahoma’s SQ 832 minimum wage vote, Iran testing America’s red lines, and why rockets, pilots, and the Thunder all remind us what happens when America gets hit and answers back.

Texas voters just sent Washington a message loud enough to shake both parties. John Cornyn is out, Ken Paxton is in, and the old idea that seniority equals automatic renewal took a serious hit. But the Texas reset did not stop with Republicans — Democratic voters rejected Maureen Galindo’s radicalism in TX-35, Al Green’s impeachment-theater era came to an end, and Oklahoma’s governor race is already showing signs of voter restlessness.

Today on The Rick Robinson Show, we break down what the Texas runoffs really mean, why Republicans cannot sleepwalk into November against James Talarico, what Oklahoma voters need to know before the June primary, and why trust keeps showing up as the central issue in story after story — from Biden’s Hur tapes to Minneapolis police leadership to activists getting reality hilariously wrong outside an ICE facility.

And because America is still bigger than the political mess, we close with the loud, weird, patriotic build-up to America’s 250th birthday — Hoover Dam, White House UFC, IndyCars on the National Mall, tall ships and all.

Today on The Rick Robinson Show: courts, consequences, fake consensus, and political institutions that only seem to love the rules when the rules help them win. Rick breaks down Virginia’s court-retaliation fight, the DNC’s Biden-free 2024 autopsy, Iran’s reported assassination-bounty talk, Rubio at NATO, New York’s anti-ICE push, Senate GOP dysfunction, California’s fake grassroots politics, and a Friday culture close on Hollywood and late-night TV discovering the audience has options.

TRRS 05-20-26 #ChatlivesMatterDay -- Power, Payback, and Political Math

Thomas Massie loses his Kentucky primary, Hakeem Jeffries talks about ‘breaking’ MAGA, Democrats drag SEC athletes into redistricting politics, and the FBI’s January 6 answers keep getting messier. Then we hit New York City’s budget fantasy, Texas demanding cities show their books, and why voters, taxpayers, and the math eventually notice everything

Oh looky looky, the CIA is getting outed on The Hill along with Dr. Fauci -- So again Rick Eleventy trolls ZERO Plus Fraud rediscricting and news updates

The Redistricting fight did not go the way Temu Obama hoped the UFO files dump happened, or did it? Can we trust Trump and red lines anymore? All this and more is discussed on this episode.

TRRS 05-06-26 The Bill Came Due Last Night 

Politicians have spent years talking about democracy, public safety, clean government, immigration, and accountability. Now voters are starting to ask a simple question: are they actually walking the walk?

Today on The Rick Robinson Show, we dig into the breaking FBI searches tied to Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, the legal fight over Virginia’s redistricting push, Trump-backed challengers hammering anti-redistricting Republicans in Indiana, Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio primary win, Democratic coalition cracks, L.A.’s anti-ICE signs, local leadership failures, and the latest in the Cole Allen WHCD indictment.

The speeches were easy. Governing is harder.
And now the bill has come due.