ICE agents in trouble as under the bus goes Bovino

-- On the Show

-- Graham Platner, a Marine and U.S. Army veteran and oyster farmer, joins us to discuss his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine

-- The Trump administration publicly shields ICE agents while quietly setting up a political scapegoat strategy that would sacrifice individual officers to protect Donald Trump and senior officials

-- Tom Homan signals internal blame shifting as the Trump administration prepares to distance itself from ICE and Border Patrol agents amid political backlash

-- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell asserts independence and delivers bleak economic signals that undermine Donald Trump’s economic narrative

-- Donald Trump delivers erratic remarks alongside Nicki Minaj endorsements and incoherent policy claims that highlight cognitive decline and performative chaos

-- Senators Marco Rubio and Rand Paul openly clash over authoritarian logic and foreign policy, exposing fractures inside the Republican coalition around Trump

-- Fox News figures Brit Hume and others acknowledge polling reality and concede that Donald Trump’s immigration and economic policies are politically damaging

-- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deflects responsibility for false claims about a Minnesota killing by invoking obedience while positioning herself as expendable

-- On the Bonus Show: Democrats and the White House try avoiding another government shutdown, the Melania documentary is bombing, the FBI searches an Atlanta election office looking for 2020 voter fraud, and much more...

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0:00) Start(01:18) Trump sets up ICE scapegoats(07:20) Homan hints at blame shift(13:29) Powell defies Trump narrative(21:19) Trump rambles, chaos on display(28:22) Rubio Paul GOP fracture(36:47) Graham Platner Interview(1:00:56) Fox admits Trump damage(1:07:04) Noem deflects Minnesota killing

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