The MAGA machine is cracking. Tucker Carlson — a 35-year Republican defender — just announced he won't support the GOP in the midterms. Marjorie Taylor Greene piggybacked within hours. Shawn Ryan, Joe Rogan, and others have already signaled the same. So what comes next? A more extreme Republican spinoff? A fake-independent rebrand in the RFK Jr. mold? A Tucker run with Tulsi Gabbard? Paul Rieckhoff delivers a hardcore Tuesday solo briefing on what the fractures inside Trump's base actually mean heading into the midterms — and why the angry middle has to be ready for what's coming.
It's also primary day in New York, Maryland, and Utah — and more than 5 million independents are locked out of elections they pay for. Paul breaks down the math, the public polling showing 40% of New York Democrats aren't really Democrats, and which governors are stepping up on open primaries and which ones are ducking. Plus: the Pentagon quietly asking Congress for an additional $80 billion to cover the real cost of the Iran war that Hegseth told you was $29 billion, the Giannis trade shaking up the NBA, and why little Cape Verde at the World Cup is the kind of Cinderella story this exhausted country needs right now.
In this episode
- Tucker Carlson declares he's done with the Republican Party after 35 years — and what he might do next
- Marjorie Taylor Greene piggybacks: "we are done with the America last Republican Party"
- Why a fake-independent rebrand from Tucker could damage the real independent movement
- Primary day reality check: 5+ million independents locked out across New York, Maryland, and Utah
- New polling: 40% of New York Democrats aren't really Democrats — they just want to vote
- The governors duck-and-cover test: Wes Moore, Shapiro, Newsom, Pritzker on open primaries
- The $80 billion Iran war bill the Pentagon is quietly asking Congress to cover
- Why the "peace deal" with Iran isn't over — and the Strait of Hormuz proves it
- Giannis to Miami and a College World Series upset in Omaha
- Cape Verde, 500,000 people, tying Spain at the World Cup — hope as a form of resistance
