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Week of August 17: Texas Map Redrawn, Bolton's House Raided, and RFK & Epstein

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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Week of August 17: Texas Map Redrawn, Bolton's House Raided, and RFK & Epstein

Week of August 17: Texas Map Redrawn, Bolton's House Raided, and RFK & Epstein

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