HOT TOPICS | WTF! Trump Administration's Epstein Meeting CANCELED! - August 7th, 2025

Well, well, well, the big Epstein strategy meeting hosted by JD Vance? Canceled. Yep, the same meeting CNN reported was set for last night to help Team Trump figure out how to contain the Epstein fallout. Now they’re claiming it was “never going to happen.” Sure.

Let's unpack the chaos, the walk-backs, and what this says about just how panicked Trump World really is behind the scenes.

Then we shift gears to take on the state of the media: How did we get to this point, and why are so many major outlets suddenly so eager to bend the knee to Trump? Where’s the spine? Where’s the journalism?

Joining us to break it all down is Perry Bacon Jr. of The New Republic. Don’t miss this one!

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