
 Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi & Kristin Brey Trump is Following the Coup Playbook
 Aug 26, 2025 
 01:03:36 
WTMJ’s Steve Scaffidi and Kristin Brey tackle a wide range of topics shaping headlines and daily life.
Here’s what’s inside:
🚨 National Guard in Chicago — NewsNation’s Mills Hayes joins to break down Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial move.
🎙️ Bill Maher’s warning that troops in U.S. cities could signal a coup sparks debate.
📊 Crime, incarceration, and listener reactions to the Guard’s deployment.
🥞 Cracker Barrel’s rebrand—the company responds.
📚 Federal funding for public universities and libraries, and what it means for higher ed.
🍽️ Why fewer families are eating at the dining room table—and what it says about modern life.
✈️ Steve previews his upcoming Cancun trip with Fox World Travel.
A mix of politics, culture, and everyday shifts in how we live—this episode covers it
