This week Rachel and Aaron stick to the one scandal that’s finally sticking to Teflon Don: Jeffrey Epstein, and the Trump Administration’s spectacular inability to control the narrative. Rachel dives into the need to “politicize everything.” A look at how Trump 2.0 is using immigration to destroy democracy with quiet bureaucracy. And why are some Dems demanding to fight “fire with fire” after the latest GOP effort to retain control of the U.S. House?

LINKS:

* The Cycle (Substack): Politicize Everything: A Blueprint for a Party that Fights

* YouTube: 'You’ve got no rights’: teenage US citizen records violent arrest by immigration officers

* The Guardian: How Trump has supercharged the immigration crackdown - in data

* YouTube: 'Epstein Partied With Trump': Texas Congressional Candidate Dragged Out Of Hearing

* YouTube: California's Newsom Calls To 'Fight Fire With Fire' As Texas Considers Redistricting

* Surrounded (Jubilee Media): 1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives (ft. Mehdi Hasan)

* 50501: Rage Against the Regime | August 2, 2025

* The National: Convicted US Felon to Arrive in Scotland

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