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Ryan Grim said most of Trump's inner circle had cooled on renewed attacks, leaving Admiral Brad Cooper as the main advocate. Grim argued the U.S. would reenter the conflict with oil near $100 to $110 per barrel, depleted interceptors and missiles, exhausted personnel, and lost drones and fighter jets.
Ryan Grim said Rogers's cease-and-desist letter did not identify a specific false fact in the Dropsite report; it objected to the article's implications and to its repetition of earlier critics. Dropsite declined to retract the story, and Grim said readers contributed $50,000 to its legal fund after the threat.
Ryan Grim said Ansar Allah forces had encircled Taiz and controlled territory where roughly 70% of Yemen’s population lives; UAE-linked forces held most of the rest, while Saudi forces had been driven out. A Saudi-backed push down the coast failed to hold territory and lost armored vehicles.
Ryan Grim argued that Saudi Arabia cannot defeat Ansar Allah after more than a decade of war and that U.S. intervention risks renewed disruption of Red Sea shipping. He said Trump may avoid helping Mohammed bin Salman, whose weakening position could make him more dangerous and expose U.S. financial and political ties to the Saudi leadership.
Economist and YouGov polling showed voters living near data centers moving toward Democrats. Ryan Grim argued that Wisconsin Democrat David Crowley’s refusal to oppose data centers could cost Democrats a statewide trifecta, especially after party leaders rejected Francesca Hong as supposedly unelectable.
In Georgia, John Ossoff pressed Mike Collins to stop neo-Nazi propaganda reportedly being produced from Collins’s home, while Collins shifted to threats against his family and attacks on Ossoff donor Reid Hoffman. Ossoff also noted Collins voted against releasing Epstein-file evidence; Ossoff said he would not run for president, a pledge Ryan Grim doubted.
Ryan Grim said Mike Rogers’s wife received more than $1 billion in taxpayer-funded security-contracting work while Rogers chaired the House Intelligence Committee. The hosts also flagged a raid on Ilhan Omar’s home in a politically charged investigation and Rogers’s attacks invoking the Muslim Brotherhood ahead of his debate with Al-Sayed.
Reports said Kimberly Guilfoyle solicited donor help with a $100,000 Amex bill and sought $250,000 toward a car loan from Greek businessmen, while the Wall Street Journal described gifts and services exchanged for access. Ryan Grim contrasted those allegations with far larger suspicious oil trades under CFTC scrutiny, and the hosts said officials had told the agency to stop investigating; they also noted FTC scrutiny of FanDuel and DraftKings.
Ryan Grim reports that Christy Rogers built Aegis’s U.S. business while Mike Rogers chaired House Intelligence; their wealth rose as Aegis pursued government security contracts, creating an appearance of insider access.
Ryan Grim says Aegis won a major Afghanistan security contract while Christy Rogers led its pursuit, and also oversaw contractors while competing for their work; a whistleblower challenged that conflict.
Ryan Grim recounts Aegis’s record of violence and scrutiny: Blackwater contractors operating under its oversight were involved in the Nisour Square killings, and an Aegis gunman posted video of gunfire at civilian vehicles.
Ryan Grim says Aegis had operated in Libya and assessed Benghazi before the 2012 attack; critics accused Mike Rogers of obstructing congressional scrutiny to shield his wife’s company, though a Judicial Watch report said it found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Ryan Grim says Mike Rogers moved into cybersecurity after leaving Congress, prompting Abdul El-Sayed to attack his revolving-door career and alleged family enrichment; the Rogers campaign called the accusations false and counterattacked over El-Sayed’s family ties.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky say Mike Rogers’s campaign is using Abdul El-Sayed’s Egyptian family history and alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections against him, but argue that the links are convoluted and say little about his politics in Michigan.
Emily Jashinsky says a judge’s approval of the search warrant indicates investigators presented evidence, but the age-fraud theory remains unproven; Ryan Grim argues the inquiry looks politically motivated and questions whether Omar could know her birth date independently of family records.
Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky argue Trump’s administration lacks credibility when it invokes equal justice, given the corruption allegations surrounding Trump and his allies; they say the Omar raid is unlikely to win over voters already disillusioned with Trump.
Ryan Grim says consumer inflation accelerated as energy costs rose, with gasoline responsible for half the monthly increase; Amanda Janou warns that higher fuel prices will compound pressure on food, home heating, and housing costs.
Ryan Grim says Republican governor Phil Scott, long considered secure, faces a tougher race after Amanda Janou won the Democratic primary; Amanda Janou’s populist campaign has drawn Republican Governors Association spending, while Democratic leaders are unhappy with her nomination.
Abdul El-Sayed attacked Mike Rogers over foreign property and corporate ties during the Michigan Senate debate. Ryan Grim noted Rogers earned $14 million from cybersecurity firms after chairing the House Intelligence Committee, where he faced scrutiny over Libyan security contracts.
John Ossoff evaded labeling Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide during the debate, deferring intent determinations to the International Criminal Court. Krystal Ball called the dodge overly calculated, while Ryan Grim noted pro-Israel groups abandoned Ossoff regardless after prior votes.
Ryan Grim explains New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani retained Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch to prevent an NYPD police slowdown. Keeping Tisch shifts political accountability for rising crime rates onto the police commissioner rather than the mayoral administration.
Tech startup Tavis introduced Griffin, a video AI model claimed to pass the video Turing test based on an internal study. Saagar Enjeti and Ryan Grim argue that highly realistic, real-time AI video avatars will rapidly accelerate digital identity fraud and automated spam.
Bill Gates proposes taxing companies that replace human employees with AI or robotic labor at the same FICA rate as human workers. Host Ryan Grim agrees, arguing that the US must tax capital and wealth rather than labor.
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note surged to a 24-year high of 5.3 percent. Ryan Grim warns this rapid increase threatens a financial system built on a quarter-century of cheap debt and looming refinancing requirements.
Ryan Grim highlights a formula by Iranian politician Mohammad Ghalibaf arguing Iran can maximize stress on the US economy by exploiting America's high debt load, low Treasury demand, and rising interest rates.
Senator Marco Rubio ordered the Iranian delegation to leave the United States following the UN General Assembly. Ryan Grim reports the US also denied visas to high-level Iranian officials and imposed severe local travel restrictions.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced strong indications of Iranian involvement in a security incident at RAF Fairford. Ryan Grim and Saagar Enjeti express skepticism, noting police only recovered petrol and found no actual explosives.
A New York Times report indicates Hispanic voters along the South Texas border are souring on Donald Trump. Ryan Grim explains that aggressive local ICE deportations and rising diesel costs have alienated key parts of his coalition.
Former Republican strategist Karl Rove announced at the Texas Tribune Festival that he plans to vote for Democrats. Ryan Grim points out the irony of Rove abandoning his party halfway through his predicted 50 year Republican majority.
Ryan Grim highlights new reports warning that automated AI agents could trigger a 50 percent drop in digital subscription revenues. These tools easily locate and cancel forgotten recurring payments on behalf of users.