NEW EPISODE · SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 · EP 635
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CNN: Are Trump’s Iran actions motivated by media coverage?

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why Paul is calling AI the number one national security threat. bigger than Trump himself

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The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with th. The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with three US government websites this summer without the lab’s knowledge

03

How NATO, the UN, Congress, and the World Bank are failing to keep up with AI. and why Congress being out of session makes it worse

04

The Iran war as a sucking chest wound. gas and diesel prices soaring, Republicans finally breaking with Trump as midterm pictures darken

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Brian Stelter cites new reporting that shows Trump is being affected by news coverage of his actions in the Middle East. Katie Rogers says Trump “has a particular aversion to coverage that makes him look weak.” Paul Rieckhoff says leaders need to “control the tone, to de-escalate and in order to do that we have to be thoughtful, we have to be measured, we have to be clear-headed — all the things that Trump is generally not.”