— On the Show:

— China is ignoring Donald Trump on making a tariff deal, and we analyze the underlying economic asymmetry causing this

— Former Vice President Mike Pence comes out forcefully against Donald Trump’s tariffs in the continued separation between Pence and Trump

— FCC Commissioner Brandon Carr says that suspending CBS’s broadcast license for what Trump believes is bias would be an appropriate punishment in a chilling red alert moment

— A confused Donald Trump glitches badly when asked about reopening Alcatraz, making no sense whatsoever

— Fox News is increasingly shaken and unsure how to handle Donald Trump’s collapsing poll numbers

— His own father’s dementia appears to be a major factor in Donald Trump’s obsession with passing cognitive tests

— Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s White House Press Secretary, panics on Fox News as things simply aren’t going well for her

— Elon Musk gives a final, humiliating interview to Fox News’ Jesse Watters

— On the Bonus Show: Australia’s fascinating election results, AI getting more powerful but the hallucinations remain, woman who hurled racist slur at child raises $600,000, much more…

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