Day: July 14, 2025

Our latest Contrarian episode, with Norm Eisen, Michael Podhorzer, and Jennifer Rubin — each from the all-star cast of the dynamic new media venture. Republicans felt buyer’s remorse as Americans learned the contents of their “Big Beautiful Bill.” ICE, soon to be the country’s biggest law enforcement agency, kept up its aggressive raids. And the DOJ sprinted toward the cliff’s edge in its totalitarian activities. Plus Emil Bove, Justice Jackson, and a lot more.

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Over one week has passed since President Trump signed the “big, beautiful bill” into law, and he is now urging Republican Senators to support a package that would codify his proposed cuts via the Department of Government Efficiency. Meanwhile, House Republicans have already approved the package. This week, the House will take up several measures seeking to make the U.S. the leader in financial technology, cryptocurrency, and digital assets innovation. House Majority Whip Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-6) joins the Rundown to discuss the passage of the President’s “big” bill and the upcoming “crypto week.” On July 13, 2024, an attempted assassination of President Trump
took place at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. One year later, the country
continues to wrestle with the question: how could such a breach have occurred? Veteran journalist Salena Zito witnessed the event firsthand, which she recounts in her new book, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near
Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland. She
joins the podcast to examine how the Butler incident marked a turning point for America, igniting an “awakening” in Middle America and a pushback against the political status quo.
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