June 28th • 2h 52m
Shownotes
Every new episode of No Agenda is accompanied by a comprehensive list of shownotes curated by Adam while preparing for the show. Clips played by the hosts during the show can also be found here.
00 🚩 SOCIALISM IS COMMUNISM
The NYC socialism chorus — Trump branding the Mamdani-swept Democrats 'communists' ('I'd be the greatest communist'), Mamdani's own 'moderate manifesto' defense on ABC, Sen. Murphy's 'common good capitalism,' Kaine swatting the 'godless communists' line as 'goofy word salad,' and the rigged-board NYC rent-freeze rebuttal. The multi-source density across networks is the tell.
Clips — 11
Kaine
01 43-3- Sen Tim Kaine (Brennan) — Trump 'godless communists' attack is 'goofy word salad' - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Tim Kaine (CBS Face the Nation): Trump's 'godless communists' attack on Democrats is 'just goofy word salad' while families suffer under tariffs and an 'illegal war.'
Mamdani-ABC
01 41-1- Mamdani — not a communist manifesto, a moderate manifesto - ABC This Week
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (ABC This Week): democratic socialism is 'extending democracy beyond the ballot box' — moderates' line was 'not a communist manifesto, a moderate manifesto.'
02 41-2- Mamdani — if youre a socialist youre not a Democrat, big tent even a tent has to stay up - ABC This Week
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (ABC This Week): the party is 'a big tent... but even a tent has to stay up' — 'I'm not interested in writing a manifesto, I'm interested in delivering.'
03 41-3- Mamdani — Trump says socialists bring squalor, no food no housing, let them - ABC This Week
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (ABC This Week): on Trump warning socialists bring 'squalor, no food, no housing' — 'Let them' make me the poster child; touts free childcare, lowest crime.
Murphy-NBC
01 44-1- Sen Chris Murphy (Nobles) — not a socialist but party 'way too timid' on corporate power - NBC Meet the Press
Sen. Chris Murphy (NBC Meet the Press): 'I'm not a democratic socialist,' but Democrats are 'way too timid' on corporate power — candidates confronting it are the ones winning.
02 44-2- Sen Chris Murphy (Nobles) — 'this version of capitalism isn't working' common good capitalism - NBC Meet the Press
Sen. Chris Murphy (NBC Meet the Press): 'this version of capitalism isn't working' — pitches a 'common good capitalism,' 'more millionaires and less trillionaires.'
Rent Freeze
01 07-1 07 landlord Lee CBS — cosplaying fairness, mayor appoints 75% got his hand on the scale - CBS
NYC landlord 'Lee' (CBS): the 7-1 rent freeze is 'just cosplaying fairness' — 'they're not even hiding the bias,' the mayor appoints 75% of the board and 'has his hand on the scale.'
02 07-2 07 landlord Lee CBS — freeze hurts renters, erode one side and people in those buildings suffer - CBS
NYC landlord 'Lee' (CBS): the rent freeze backfires on tenants — 'if we keep eroding one side... the people in those buildings are going to suffer.'
Trump
01 40-1- Trump — really its communists full gaggle answer through Never Never Land - USA TODAY
Trump (USA TODAY): brands the DSA-swept NYC candidates communists — 'that woman is a communist,' brags '16 and 0,' mocks the leftward drift 'into Never Never Land.'
02 40-2- Trump — socialism and communism by different names its never ever worked - USA TODAY
Trump (USA TODAY): a democratic-socialist 2028 nominee only helps Republicans — 'socialism and communism by different names... never ever worked,' and won't this time.
03 40-3- Trump — communism very easy to sell Id be the greatest communist free rent free house everyone votes for me then it fails - NYPost
Trump (NY Post): communism is easy to sell — 'I'd be the greatest communist in history,' free rent/house/food, everyone votes for me, then in 2-3 years 'the country fails.'
01 ☢️ IRAN STRIKES AND THE DEAL
The just-signed Iran MOU already fraying — CENTCOM strikes missile/drone sites after Iran hits a cargo ship in Hormuz, Trump's 'foolish violation / you'll find out,' CNN's deal-collapse fears, the IAEA-inspection question, Gary's MOU-approval explainer, and Cassidy's 'a medium-sized power fought a superpower to a draw' + the closed-door War-Powers-vote shouting match.
Clips — 11
CENTCOM
01 10-1- CBS Killion — CENTCOM struck Iran missile-drone storage after cargo-ship attack - CBS
CBS's Nikole Killion (CBS): reads the CENTCOM statement — U.S. aircraft struck Iran's missile and drone storage as a 'powerful response' after a drone hit a cargo ship in Hormuz; the new MOU now fragile.
02 10-2- CBS MacLean — CENTCOM hitting missile drone radar sites retaliation for Ever Lovely - CBS
Analyst Aaron MacLean (CBS): CENTCOM is hitting missile, drone and radar sites and Iranian islands, retaliation for Iran's strike on the container ship Ever Lovely — contested control of the Strait.
Cassidy
01 42-1- Sen Bill Cassidy (Brennan) — Trump shouting match, my Irish temper got the best of me - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Bill Cassidy (CBS Face the Nation): recounts a closed-door shouting match with Trump after the Iran War Powers vote — 'my Irish temper gets the best of me.'
02 42-2- Sen Bill Cassidy (Brennan) — Iran, a medium-sized power fought a superpower to a draw - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Bill Cassidy (CBS Face the Nation): Iran, 'a medium-sized power... fought a superpower to a draw' — $29 billion spent, 13 Americans dead.
Deal Collapse
01 CNN — Iran US trade strikes officials fear deal collapse - CNN
CNN correspondent (CNN): officials fear the just-signed Iran deal is collapsing as both sides trade strikes — IRGC targeting U.S. positions, 'a significant escalation... that could spiral out of control.'
Gary-MOU
01 38-1- Michael Herson (ADI defense lobbyist) — Iran MOU approval explained pt1 - Defense & Aerospace Report
Michael Herson, ADI defense lobbyist (Defense & Aerospace Report): walks through the Iran MOU approval process, part 1.
02 38-2- Michael Herson (ADI defense lobbyist) — Iran MOU approval explained pt2 - Defense & Aerospace Report
Michael Herson, ADI defense lobbyist (Defense & Aerospace Report): walks through the Iran MOU approval process, part 2.
03 38-3- Michael Herson (ADI defense lobbyist) — Iran MOU approval explained pt3 - Defense & Aerospace Report
Michael Herson, ADI defense lobbyist (Defense & Aerospace Report): walks through the Iran MOU approval process, part 3.
IAEA
01 Former Iran nuclear negotiator — Iran would agree to IAEA inspections of bombed nuclear sites - euronews
Former Iranian nuclear negotiator (euronews): Iran 'would agree' to IAEA inspections citing JCPOA precedent, but no IAEA protocol yet exists to inspect the bombed nuclear sites.
Trump Reax
01 11-1- Anchor reads Trump Truth post — foolish violation of ceasefire 4 drones Strait of Hormuz Ed OKeefe now what - CBS
Anchor reads Trump's Truth Social post + Ed O'Keefe (CBS): Iran fired four drones at Hormuz ships, 'a foolish violation of our ceasefire' — 'now what? we'll have to wait and see.'
02 11-2- Trump — youll find out warning on Iran ceasefire violation Doocy already found out an hour later - FOX
Trump via Peter Doocy (FOX): warned reporters on the violation 'you'll find out' — Doocy buttons it, 'we have already found out less than an hour later' (the strikes).
02 🪖 PENTAGON PURGE
Sen. Kaine on Hegseth pushing out the brass — Gen. Chris Donahue's ouster that blindsided Armed Services, the McRaven op-ed warning of military miscalculation, 'pushing out the truth-tellers to surround yourself by yes-men.'
Clips — 2
01 43-1- Sen Tim Kaine (Brennan) — Gen Donahue ousted by Hegseth, 'few answers' from Pentagon - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Tim Kaine (CBS Face the Nation): Gen. Chris Donahue's ouster by Hegseth blindsided Armed Services — 'we don't yet have good answers from the Pentagon.'
02 43-2- Sen Tim Kaine (Brennan) — Hegseth firings, 'pushing out truth-tellers to surround yourself by yes-men' - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Tim Kaine (CBS Face the Nation): on Hegseth's military firings (the McRaven op-ed) — 'Are you pushing out the truth-tellers to surround yourself by yes-men?'
03 🫧 AI BUBBLE
The AI premium fading — CNBC on enterprises reining in token spend ('paying premium models to write emails'), big tech stiff-arming OpenAI/Anthropic on price with the IPO window now, and All-In's Gavin Baker on China's open-source shift moving value off frontier-lab margins.
Clips — 3
All-In China
01 35-3- Baker — China open-source AI shift value from frontier margins; future is composable a symphony of models - All-In
Investor Gavin Baker (All-In): China's open-source AI shift moves economic value off frontier-lab margins; 'composable models are the future' — 'a symphony of models' with frontier models as conductors.
Efficiency
01 02-1- Kate Rooney CNBC — enterprises rein in token spend, peak is paying premium models to write emails - CNBC
CNBC's Kate Rooney (CNBC): the AI spend-at-all-cost era is ending as enterprises rein in token spend — the peak was 'paying premium models to write emails.'
02 02-2- Kate Rooney CNBC — big tech stiff-arms on price, IPO window now before the AI premium fades - CNBC
CNBC's Kate Rooney (CNBC): Microsoft, Google and Amazon are 'stiff-arming' OpenAI/Anthropic on price — the IPO window may be now, before the AI premium fades.
04 🦊 TUCKER AND THE FARA FILES
Alex Bruesewitz on Tucker — the Israeli foundation that tried to hire him, Brad Parscale's $1.5M/month (claimed $46M/year) Israel FARA contract to push 'our propaganda' through Salem Media, and his 'Mark Levin inspired more BDS than any campus group' line. FACT-CHECK: FARA #7649 is real; the '$46M/yr' figure is a projection — see sidecar.
Clips — 3
01 34-1- Bruesewitz — Israeli foundation tried to hire me on Iran then Parscale files $1.5M-mo Israel FARA vs Ballard-Saudi $60k - Tucker
Alex Bruesewitz (Tucker Carlson): an Israeli foundation tried to hire him post-Iran-strike, then Brad Parscale filed a $1.5M/month Israel FARA contract — vs Ballard charging Saudi Arabia $60k/month.
02 34-2- Bruesewitz — updated filing Israel paying Parscale $46M-yr to spread propaganda thru Salem Media incl Josh Hammer - Tucker
Alex Bruesewitz (Tucker Carlson): an updated filing shows Israel paying Parscale $46M/year to spread 'our propaganda' through Salem Media — naming host Josh Hammer.
03 34-3- Bruesewitz — at Jerusalem Post I said Ted Cruz should shut up Mark Levin inspired more for BDS than any campus group - Tucker
Alex Bruesewitz (Tucker Carlson): at the Jerusalem Post conference he said Ted Cruz should shut up to help Israel — 'Mark Levin has inspired more people to join BDS than any campus group ever.'
05 🛸 UFO DISCLOSURE
Two poles of the disclosure fight — physicist Brian Keating (Shawn Ryan) calling the Trump-Hegseth UFO release a 'trust me bro' nothingburger with discrediting timing, versus the NBC believers' panel (Elizondo/Mellon) on the NYT origin story, the metadata-stripping push, and 'anomalous' Apollo photos.
Clips — 6
Keating
01 36-1- Brian Keating — tore through Trump-Hegseth UFO release found zero trust-me-bro nothingburger - Shawn Ryan
Physicist Brian Keating (Shawn Ryan): tore through the Trump-Hegseth UFO release 'like a kid on Christmas' and found zero — a 'trust me bro' nothingburger; 'that's not the way science works.'
02 36-2- Brian Keating — two red flags disclosure crowd wont work together timing at Epstein-Iran discrediting - Shawn Ryan
Physicist Brian Keating (Shawn Ryan): two red flags — the disclosure crowd won't work together, and the alien batch dropped amid Epstein and the Iran war; 'the timing alone is discrediting.'
03 36-3- Brian Keating — Grusch et al never produce physical evidence could be a deer carcass not a whistleblower - Shawn Ryan
Physicist Brian Keating (Shawn Ryan): Grusch and the marquee witnesses never produce physical evidence — 'could be a deer carcass'; if you won't go the distance 'you're not a whistleblower.'
NBC Panel
01 16-1- Elizondo — modern disclosure push started with NYT story two insiders came to me secret hotel-lobby meeting - NBC
Luis Elizondo (NBC): the modern disclosure push started with a NYT story when two Pentagon insiders came to him — a secret first meeting in a hotel lobby with Kean 'frightened.'
02 16-2- Elizondo — efforts underway right now to strip metadata force orgs to release higher-fidelity UAP video - NBC
Luis Elizondo (NBC): efforts are underway right now to strip metadata and force orgs to release higher-fidelity UAP video — 'the more compelling the video, the harder it is to get declassified.'
03 16-3- Mellon-Elizondo — NASA second tranche released Apollo moon photos anomalous activity not lens flare what else do we have - NBC
Mellon/Elizondo (NBC): NASA's second tranche released Apollo moon photos of anomalous activity it says is 'not lens flare' — 'what else do we have?'
06 ⚖️ BOLTON AND BLACK
Accountability theater — John Bolton pleads guilty to retaining classified info ('I am, your honor. I'm sorry for it.'), and House Oversight subpoenas Leon Black over his Epstein NDAs for a July 16 deposition.
Clips — 5
Bolton
01 04-1- NewsNation anchor + DOJ SOT — Bolton guilty 1 count $2M fine prison on table DOJ grave risk in violation of law - NewsNation
NewsNation anchor + DOJ SOT (NewsNation): Bolton pleaded guilty to one count, agreed to a $2M+ fine with prison on the table — DOJ: 'he put our national security at grave risk in violation of the law.'
02 04-2- CBS anchor + fuller DOJ SOT — Bolton guilty 18 counts shared w 2 relatives for book DOJ grave risk highest classification - CBS
CBS anchor + fuller DOJ SOT (CBS): Bolton, indicted on 18 counts for sharing classified info with two relatives for a book, pleaded guilty — the info was 'classified at the highest classification level.'
03 04-3- The Hill reporter pkg — Bolton guilty 1 count $2M fine up to 5yr Oct 28 I am your honor Im sorry for it - The Hill
The Hill reporter (The Hill): Bolton pleaded guilty to 1 of 18 counts, $2M fine, up to 5 years, sentencing Oct 28 — told the judge 'I am, your honor. I'm sorry for it.'
Leon Black
01 06-1 Comer presser — two subpoenas to Leon Black, deposition July 16, for stonewalling on Epstein NDAs - CBS
Chairman Comer (CBS): announces two subpoenas to Leon Black — all his Epstein NDAs plus a July 16 deposition — for stonewalling, 'we are handing it to him as we speak.'
02 06-2 Black attorney to press — he never abused a woman, never blackmailed by Epstein - CBS
Leon Black's attorney (CBS): calls it a 'premeditated political' subpoena — 'he never abused a woman... never was blackmailed by Epstein.'
07 🩺 RFK AND FAUCI
The health-trust beat — Cassidy says RFK Jr. broke his confirmation-vote promises ('trust is the coin of the realm'), and Rand Paul lays out the case to prosecute Fauci (lying to Congress, 'read this then destroy it') plus the over-broad preemptive-pardon challenge.
Clips — 3
Cassidy-RFK
01 42-3- Sen Bill Cassidy (Brennan) — RFK Jr broke promises, when commitments are violated trust is destroyed - CBS Face the Nation
Sen. Bill Cassidy (CBS Face the Nation): RFK Jr. broke the confirmation-vote promises — 'when commitments are violated, trust is destroyed... trust is the coin of the realm.'
Fauci
01 05-1- Sen Rand Paul — two clear-cut cases on Fauci lying to Congress felony + destroying records read this then destroy it - Vigilant Fox
Sen. Rand Paul (Vigilant Fox): two clear-cut cases against Fauci — lying to Congress (a felony) and destroying records via emails saying 'read this then destroy it'; 'I still would prosecute him.'
02 05-2- Paul SOT + fmr prosecutor Fahey — Fauci pardon too broad could be challenged in court - The National Desk
Sen. Rand Paul SOT + fmr prosecutor Jonathan Fahey (The National Desk): Fauci's preemptive pardon is so broad and unspecified it could be challenged in court — 'legitimate questions to be answered.'
08 🗳️ SAVE ACT AND GERRYMANDER
The voting fight — Cruz's Senate Judiciary roll-call of Democratic racial-discrimination history (with Padilla's aggrieved rebuttal), the SAVE Act standoff stalling the House over Trump's voter-ID demand, and Dusty Johnson on the GOP-Trump friction ('it is a bad time to be a normal').
Clips — 9
Cruz
01 08-1- Sen Cruz — historical roots — poll taxes literacy tests KKK Jim Crow Bull Connor whose party Democrats - X
Sen. Ted Cruz (Senate Judiciary): roll-calls poll taxes, literacy tests, the KKK, Jim Crow and Bull Connor to the Democrats — 'a party based on racial discrimination... they support it.'
02 08-2- Sen Cruz — is race discrimination constitutional 14th 15th Amendment prohibited the flat-out lie - X
Sen. Ted Cruz (Senate Judiciary): race-based districting violates the 14th and 15th Amendments — the claim that minorities can't win without it is 'a flat-out lie.'
03 08-3- Sen Cruz — Tim Scott Owens Donalds James Hunt black Republicans elected statewide white districts - X
Sen. Ted Cruz (Senate Judiciary): cites Tim Scott, Burgess Owens, Byron Donalds, John James, Wesley Hunt — Black/Hispanic Republicans elected statewide or in white districts.
04 08-4- Sen Cruz — final question gerrymander payoff racial gerrymandering their party is built on - X
Sen. Ted Cruz (Senate Judiciary): the closing gerrymander payoff — the Supreme Court has stopped 'the racial gerrymandering and discrimination their party is built on.'
05 08-5- Sen Hirono rebuttal — I feel personally aggrieved to be lectured
Sen. Hirono / Padilla rebuttal (Senate Judiciary): fires back at Cruz — 'I feel personally aggrieved to sit here and be lectured... just stop lecturing the rest of us.'
Dusty Johnson
01 14-1- Rep Dusty Johnson — canceled housing bill no 51 or 60 votes - NBC Meet the Press
Rep. Dusty Johnson (NBC Meet the Press): on Trump canceling the bipartisan housing bill — 'he's a big boy, he doesn't take orders from me'; Trump lacks the 51 or 60 votes to kill the filibuster.
02 14-2- Rep Dusty Johnson — I dont think theres a loyalty test - Greenland Qatari jet bad time to be a normal - NBC
Rep. Dusty Johnson (NBC Meet the Press): downplays a GOP 'loyalty test,' citing dissent over Greenland, the Qatari jet and the tariff dividend — 'it is a bad time to be a normal.'
SAVE Act
01 20-1- Politico Mia McCarthy — SAVE America Act explainer partisan voter-ID 60-vote wall - Politico
Politico's Mia McCarthy (Politico): explains the SAVE America Act — a partisan voter-ID/proof-of-citizenship bill stuck at the 60-vote Senate wall but pushed for weeks by the House and Trump.
02 20-2- CBS anchor — House GOP cancels votes Trump wont sign housing bill until SAVE Act passes - CBS
CBS anchor (CBS): the House cancels votes as Trump refuses to sign a bipartisan housing bill until the SAVE Act passes — Senate says it can't, Trump demands the GOP stop 'grandstanding.'
09 🇬🇧 UK LABOUR CHURN
Britain's 'sixth PM in a decade' churn — Starmer's resignation outside Downing Street, Andy Burnham's Makerfield victory and the July-9 Labour succession mechanics, and Trump dismissing Burnham as 'the mayor of a town' who 'won't open the North Sea.'
Clips — 5
Burnham
01 39-1- Andy Burnham — Makerfield victory speech new politics of unity vs the divided dark politics we see in the US - Guardian News
Andy Burnham (Guardian News): Makerfield by-election victory speech — pledges 'a new politics based on unity and hope' versus 'the divided, dark politics... we see in the United States.'
02 39-2- NBC Molly Hunter — succession mechanics nominations 9 July coronation-or-contest Burnham won a seat - NBC News
NBC's Molly Hunter (NBC News): lays out the Labour succession mechanics — nominations July 9, a coronation or a contest by September; Burnham, the runaway favorite, 'just won a parliament seat.'
03 39-3- AP correspondent — sixth British PM in a decade churn Burnham won a seat to challenge Starmer could be PM mid-July - AP
AP correspondent (AP): Starmer is the 'sixth British prime minister in a decade,' extraordinary churn — Burnham won a seat to challenge him and could be PM by mid-July.
Starmer
01 21- Starmer outside Downing Street — I will resign as leader of the Labour Party (7th PM in a decade) - NPR Sources and Methods
Keir Starmer (NPR): resignation audio outside Downing Street — 'I will resign as leader of the Labour Party' (the 7th UK PM in a decade).
Trump-Burnham
01 Trump — Burnham mayor of a town extremely liberal wont open the North Sea - YouTube
Trump (YouTube): dismisses Andy Burnham as 'the mayor of a town,' 'extremely liberal' — 'so he probably won't open up the North Sea,' rolling into his Starmer/Aberdeen oil riff.
10 🌍 DYING WORLD ORDER
Newsom's national-billionaires-tax 'economic reset' pitch ('democratize the economy to save our democracy'), and the landmark FRANCE 24 TotalEnergies ruling that corporations owe Scope-3 client-emission obligations.
Clips — 2
Newsom
01 Gavin Newsom — national billionaires tax economic reset democratize the economy to save democracy - X
Gavin Newsom (X): calls for a national billionaires tax and 'an economic reset' — a true minimum tax, ending lifestyle loans, an AI public-equity fund — to 'democratize the economy to save our democracy.'
TotalEnergies
01 Justine Rippon — TotalEnergies client emissions ruling two big wins Total and French prosecutor both wrong today - FRANCE 24
Justine Rippon, Notre Affaire a Tous (FRANCE 24): the TotalEnergies climate ruling is two big wins — corporations owe climate obligations including client (Scope-3) emissions; 'Total and the French prosecutor were both wrong today.'
11 🛂 IMMIGRATION AND THE COURTS
The 6-3 SCOTUS TPS ruling — Homan's 'temporary means temporary,' and DHS Sec. Mullin's fiery family-separation hearing clash with Rep. DeLauro ('do not accuse me of lying').
Clips — 2
Homan
01 Tom Homan — temporary means temporary SCOTUS immigration [payoff] - [SOURCE]
Tom Homan (YouTube): defends the 6-3 SCOTUS TPS ruling — 'TPS has never been temporary' in 40+ years; 'temporary means temporary... when the condition gets better, they need to go home.'
Mullin
01 DHS Sec Mullin v Rep DeLauro — dont point your finger vs do not accuse me of lying family-separation hearing Jun2026 - NY Post
DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin v Rep. Rosa DeLauro (NY Post): a fiery family-separation hearing clash — she snaps 'don't you point your finger at me,' he fires back 'do not accuse me of lying.'
12 🎰 SERENDIPITY
The grab-bag — the Freedom 250 flop, Kiriakou's CIA-recruitment and torture-whistleblower saga on Theo Von, Maher's 'America not Utopia' 250th New Rule, the Morning Wire fear-porn-into-call-to-prayer close, invasive Asian longhorn ticks, and Venezuela's quake-overwhelmed hospitals.
Clips — 8
Freedom250
01 Bulwark reporter Jared Poland — Freedom250 as soon as Trump came on crowd thinned out got their pictures and head for the gates - MSNBC
Bulwark reporter Jared Poland (MSNBC): eyewitness to the Freedom 250 flop — 'as soon as Trump came on the crowd started to thin out,' people 'got their pictures and head for the gates.'
Kiriakou
01 37-1- John Kiriakou — CIA recruited me undercover as my professor would you like to join - Theo Von
John Kiriakou (Theo Von): a GWU professor who was secretly a CIA officer recruited him after a psych-profiling assignment — 'I'm a CIA officer... would you like to join?' / 'Oh yes, I would.'
02 37-2- John Kiriakou — death penalty espionage case for telling ABC and NYT about the torture program - Theo Von
John Kiriakou (Theo Von): faced a death-penalty espionage case — three counts for telling ABC and the NYT about the Abu Zubaydah torture program; 'it's illegal... we're a nation of laws.'
Maher
01 09-1- Bill Maher New Rule — soccer tourists remind us America is awesome on its 250th, America not Utopia - Real Time HBO
Bill Maher 'New Rule' (Real Time HBO): World Cup soccer tourists remind us on the 250th that America is awesome, even with its real failings — 'the name of our country is America, not Utopia.'
02 09-2- Bill Maher New Rule — good things about us, freedom + inventions + legal weed, Happy 4th sign-off - Real Time HBO
Bill Maher 'New Rule' (Real Time HBO): inventories America's strengths — free speech, top GDP, the light bulb/telephone/airplane, legal weed in 24 states — 'Happy 4th everybody.'
Morning Wire
01 Morning Wire close - fear-porn teaser then Muslim chant - Morning Wire
Daily Wire 'Morning Wire' close (Morning Wire): an Evening Wire teaser fear-porn litany (terror warnings, 'Radical Islam has designs on the West') resolving into a ~60s Muslim call-to-prayer chant.
Ticks
01 Travis Mundy — Asian Longhorn ticks spreading covered his cattle in days - Farm Journal
Cattleman Travis Mundy (Farm Journal): invasive Asian longhorn ticks covered and killed his cattle in days — 'walk to the gate and you'll have five or six crawling up your pant leg.'
Venezuela
01 Project HOPE Skopec CBS — Venezuela quake medical centers overwhelmed - CBS
Project HOPE's Chris Skopec (CBS): after Venezuela's twin earthquakes, the 14 health centers it supports are 'absolutely overwhelmed' — no power or water, running out of trauma supplies.