Trump’s Deadly Diet| Spencer Pratt for Mayor| Ken Paxton's 9 Commandments| Mom-and-Pop Bomb Makers

*Saturday's Notebook: The Week's Stories That Bubbled Back Up*

Ken Paxton won't stay down, beef prices have doubled, and a reality-TV personality is polling for mayor.

*In This Episode:*

* 🗳️ *LA Mayor Race:* A new Emerson poll shows Karen Bass on top, with Spencer Pratt at 22 percent.

* ⚖️ *The Political Survival of Ken Paxton:* Impeached, indicted, divorced, and still climbing toward the Senate.

* 🚫 *Redistricting in SC:* The Republican plan that would leave South Carolina with zero Black representatives.

* 🩸 *Trump's Health:* Analyzing what might be wrong with Donald Trump's left hand.

* ✈️ *Middle East Escalation:* Airstrikes on southern Iran, sold to the public as "self-defense."

* 💣 *Defense Spending:* The Pentagon's budget and its "mom and pop bomb makers."

* 🥩 *Economic Shifts:* Why beef costs twice what it did in 2020.

* 🍔 *Trump's Diet:* Trump's McDonald's order and its potential impacts on him.

*Key Figures Covered:*

Ken Paxton, Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt, Donald Trump, James Clyburn, Al Green, General Dan Kane, and Angela Paxton.

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⏳ *Chapters:*

*0:00* 🗳️ A reality-TV moron polling at 22 percent

*1:07* ⚖️ Ken Paxton won't stay down

*11:08* 🚫 The GOP plan for zero Black reps in SC

*12:33* 🛂 "Genocide" refugees who aren't refugees

*13:24* 🩸 What is wrong with Trump's hand?

*14:56* ✈️ Bombing Iran and calling it self-defense

*15:22* 💣 The "mom and pop" bomb makers

*17:15* 🏛️ A sex therapist runs for Congress

*18:46* 📉 How Al Green lost his seat

*19:42* 🥩 Why beef costs twice what it did

*21:42* 🐄 Drought, cattle, and the climate lie

*22:29* 🍔 Trump's McDonald's death wish

*23:11* 🌬️ Trump still hates windmills

*24:30* 🐈 Melvin the cat, serial killer

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