Week of August 17: Texas Map Redrawn, Bolton's House Raided, and RFK & Epstein
Update: 2025-08-24
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On today's episode, Rick and I break down:
- Why the Kremlin is publicly rejecting Trump’s peace plan.
- Texas Democrats return, and a new GOP map advances
- Trump vows an executive order targeting mail-in ballots;
- Ghislaine Maxwell, in new comments, says she never saw Trump or Clinton behave inappropriately while highlighting RFK Jr.’s friendship with Epstein.
- Trump’s gripe that the Smithsonian “talks too much about slavery,” the headlines about Florida schools pulling versions of The Diary of Anne Frank,
- FBI raid at John Bolton’s home,
- Trump has bought over $100M in bonds since January,
- Elon Musk is backing away from a third party while signaling support for JD Vance.
- The push to dismantle Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz,”
- An open letter from 750 HHS employees urging RFK Jr. to stop spreading health misinformation
- U.S. bankruptcies are outpacing pandemic-era levels
- Kamala Harris’s upcoming book tour
- DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s revocation of multiple security clearances
- Trump’s latest “weird heaven” comment is making the rounds.
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