Project 2025 Themes: Loyalty Over Competence

-- On the Show:

-- Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut, joins us to discuss the looming government shutdown, gun violence, and Trump's authoritarianism

-- David breaks down how government shutdowns are a manufactured crisis created in the 1980s that punish ordinary Americans while politicians treat them like a game

-- Grocery prices surge to record levels with beef, coffee, and fruit soaring, exposing Donald Trump’s failed promises to lower costs

-- Leaked texts from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reveal officials know Trump’s trade policies are devastating farmers but stay silent

-- Trump stumbles through a chaotic press conference mispronouncing names, complaining about teleprompters, and pushing a doomed Gaza deal

-- Trump openly vows to fire generals and admirals in loyalty tests while floating military action in Venezuela and against cartels

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene defies Trump by backing Epstein document releases and breaking with him on major issues despite her far-right extremism

-- Trump loyalists like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi risk long prison terms under civil rights laws as Rick Wilson warns of Nuremberg-style accountability

-- White House lawyer Lindsey Halligan delivers incoherent remarks minimizing slavery, embodying Trump’s pattern of choosing loyalty over competence

-- On the Bonus Show: Elon Musk and others are named in new Epstein documents, YouTube settles a $24 million lawsuit with Trump, MAGA erupts over Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show, and much more…

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(00:00) Government shutdowns loom (07:24) Grocery prices hit record highs (12:28) Leaked texts reveal failing trade policies (19:14) Trump’s chaotic Gaza press conference (25:25) Trump’s military loyalty tests and threats (34:44) Marjorie Taylor Greene defies Trump (48:00) Chris Murphy interview (52:50) Trump loyalists face prison risks (57:26) Incoherent defense of Trump policies