Thursday, June 11: Republicans are defending 23 Senate seats in 2026, and the primaries they are running may already be deciding the outcome. Rush and Reagan work through the full toss-up map with one central argument — a primary vote is a general election bet, and candidate quality is the only variable that separates a survivable map from a lost majority. Georgia's June 16 runoff hands Jon Ossoff free opposition research while he sits near 50 percent in every matchup. Iowa shows what a clean, electable primary result looks like. Michigan may do the opposite. North Carolina puts a first-time candidate with Trump's endorsement against Roy Cooper's polling lead and fundraising advantage. And Texas — Ken Paxton pulled 63.8 percent of the runoff vote, and Democrats are now openly competing for the seat. The Economist's median Senate simulation lands at 50-50, with JD Vance as the tiebreaker. The structural map is survivable. Whether primary voters use the information they have is the only open question. Weigh in — find us wherever you listen and tell us which race you think breaks first. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Wednesday, June 10 — the President of the United States walked into Madison Square Garden for an NBA Finals game and got booed through the national anthem. Rush and Reagan break down Trump's historic MSG appearance and what the crowd response actually signals, then turn to Zohran Mamdani — the democratic socialist who went from 1% in the polls to mayor of New York City — and ask the honest question: is that a preview or an anomaly? From there, they get into the 2026 Senate map and why conservatives should be paying close attention: Cory Booker has $22 million and his opponent has negative cash on hand. Rush and Reagan walk through the four states that could flip the Senate, including a Texas matchup that should not be competitive but is. No panic, no dismissal — just a clear-eyed look at a genuinely dangerous electoral environment for the GOP. What states are you watching in 2026? Let us know — and if this episode made you think, send it to someone who needs to hear it. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Tuesday, June 9 — Steve Hilton's election night confetti has dried, and the lead is gone. Rush and Reagan break down how California's jungle primary produced the exact result Republicans set themselves up for: years of anti-mail-ballot messaging suppressed GOP turnout by mail, Becerra overtook Hilton as those ballots were counted, and Trump called it stolen on Truth Social without a single piece of evidence — then walked out of a Meet the Press interview when pressed for specifics. The show covers the red mirage phenomenon and how it became Republican self-sabotage; the DOJ dispatching federal monitors to an LA County ballot center where they received the standard public tour available to any citizen; the MEGA Act and whether it's real election reform or political theater headed for a Senate wall; and what California's count means for the House majority when midterm headwinds arrive in November. The central question the episode keeps returning to: can a party complain about a system it spent years convincing its own voters not to use? Weigh in — and tell us whether you think Hilton still has a path in November. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Monday, June 8 — The Supreme Court is in its final sprint, and the rulings coming before June 26 could fundamentally reshape the country. Rush and Reagan break down the two biggest cases on the docket: the transgender athlete bans, where oral argument signals point toward a likely majority to uphold the bans but the scope of the ruling may matter more than the outcome itself; and birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara, where the constitutional read is unfavorable to the executive order — and Trump's own appointees are a big reason why. They also map out the political math: what a culture war win at the Court actually requires to convert into midterm votes, why the Right has a messaging discipline problem, and how to track the June 11, 18, and 25 opinion days before spin replaces substance. Opinion days are coming fast. Subscribe so you're not reading someone else's summary of what the Court actually said — come back later this week for breaking analysis the moment rulings drop. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Friday, June 5 — a sixth-generation Iowa farmer just became the first candidate to defeat a Trump-endorsed opponent in the entire 2026 midterm cycle, and the margin was 0.8 points. Rush and Reagan break down exactly what happened in Iowa's congressional primary: who Zach Lahn is beyond the MAHA branding, why incumbent Randy Feenstra's debate-skipping record may have cost him more than Trump's endorsement helped him, and what the data actually says about Trump's 14-1 endorsement scorecard this cycle. They stress-test the cable news 'crack in the armor' framing against the cold statistical reality of a five-candidate field. Then they turn to November, where Democrat Rob Sand holds an $18 million war chest and 64 percent prediction-market odds — and where MAHA voters don't need to switch parties to decide the race, they just need to stay home. The episode closes on MAHA's move into Kansas the day after Iowa, and the question that now defines the 2026 cycle: is the Republican coalition durable enough to hold? Weigh in — do you think Iowa is a one-off or the start of something? And check back Monday as the post-Iowa fallout continues to develop. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Thursday, June 4 — The Supreme Court is about to hand the White House a loss on birthright citizenship, and Rush argues conservatives should be glad it happened. Rush Lindell and Reagan break down Executive Order 14160, why every lower court blocked it, and what the April 1st oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara actually revealed about the administration's legally thin domicile theory. They walk through the Fourteenth Amendment's text, the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent, and what Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said from the bench. Then the conversation shifts to the real question: whether a SCOTUS loss clears the runway for the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 — H.R. 569 and S. 304 — or whether Republicans in Congress will let those bills die in committee. Reagan draws the line between amending the INA and touching the Fourteenth Amendment, and Rush makes the case that the Court's ruling should be treated as a legislative starting gun, not a finish line. What do you think — is Congress ready to move, or is this another moment that gets celebrated and forgotten? Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and share this with someone who needs to hear it. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Wednesday, June 3 — DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin went on national television and threatened to pull customs officers from JFK, LAX, and O'Hare, which would effectively shut down international travel at America's busiest airports. Rush and Reagan break down what triggered it: a Memorial Day standoff at Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility where local police never showed up. They build the conservative case for the threat, then dismantle it — starting with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy publicly breaking with Mullin at a Congressional hearing. They run the numbers on why the rerouting logic doesn't survive contact with reality, covering 70 million annual passengers and the red-state connecting hubs that take the same hit as blue-city gateways. They get into the World Cup timing disaster, with hotel bookings already running nearly 80% below forecasts weeks before MetLife hosts the final. And they close on the legal and political picture: CNN sources calling this Mullin's personal obsession, courts that already blocked this same theory in 2017, and a White House that won't touch it. Is this leverage theater or a genuinely dangerous idea? Weigh in — and tell us whether Duffy or Mullin has the better argument. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Tuesday, June 2 — Trump's endorsement record now stands at 118 and zero, and the Republican Party just watched a four-term Texas senator lose his own primary by 28 points. Rush and Reagan break down the 2026 primary season race by race: Thomas Massie out after 14 years, Bill Cassidy running pro-Trump ads while Trump funded ads to end his career, and John Cornyn gone in the most significant GOP Senate primary upset since 1970. They dig into Ken Paxton's Texas win and what Cook Political's same-night rating shift signals about November. Then the November map — Democrats need four Senate seats but only three House flips, and forecasters already like their odds in the lower chamber. The core question isn't whether Trump can win a primary. It's whether winning every primary loses the majority anyway. That answer may come on the same night. Weigh in on where you think the Senate map lands — and subscribe for new episodes every weekday. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Monday, June 15 — the Supreme Court has 23 cases left to decide before summer recess, and the ones still on the table are the ones that actually reshape the country. Rush and Reagan break down what's coming: the birthright citizenship fight in Trump v. Barbara, which asks five justices to rewrite 128 years of precedent and affect 250,000 U.S.-born children annually. The trans athlete bans out of West Virginia and Idaho, where the scope of the ruling matters as much as the outcome. The strange-bedfellows Second Amendment case where the NRA and the ACLU landed on the same side — against a law the Trump DOJ is defending, the same law that convicted Hunter Biden. And Trump v. Slaughter, which could gut the 91-year-old precedent protecting independent agency heads from presidential firing — with the Federal Reserve as the unresolved fault line nobody wants to touch. They close with a mock nickname draft for all nine justices based on oral argument performance. Reagan gets the last word. How do you read a Supreme Court ruling when it drops with no warning? Rush explains what to look for — and what the headlines will almost certainly miss. Weigh in after you listen. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Friday, June 12 — the U.S. is hosting the World Cup, and it's already turning people away at the door. Somalia's CAF Referee of the Year was denied entry at Miami after 11 hours of questioning. Iraq's star striker spent seven hours detained at O'Hare — while his team's photographer was sent home entirely. Iran's national team is sleeping in Tijuana and commuting across the border on game days. And DHS Secretary Mullin went on record refusing to rule out immigration arrests inside World Cup stadiums, triggering a strike vote among 2,000 SoFi Stadium workers. Rush and Reagan break down each incident, take the security rationale seriously, and explain exactly where the execution falls apart. They also cover FIFA president Gianni Infantino telling the world to chill and relax — and what that answer reveals about how much leverage FIFA actually has over the U.S. government. The next few weeks will answer whether this is disciplined enforcement or a self-inflicted PR disaster. Weigh in — and tell us which story hit hardest. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Tuesday, June 16 — Georgia Republicans may be handing Jon Ossoff a Senate seat while they fight each other in prime time. Rush and Reagan are tracking live results from two high-stakes GOP runoffs: Burt Jones versus Rick Jackson for governor, and Mike Collins versus Derek Dooley for Senate. They break down what Trump's endorsement record actually means when the scoreboard is live, including a sharp look at Jackson's $100 million spending machine and the nickname that captures his whole campaign. They dig into the Collins-Dooley race as a Kemp-versus-Trump proxy fight, complete with a damning anonymous quote from inside the Georgia GOP. And they put Ossoff's $31 million cash-on-hand advantage in its proper context — a gift from months of Republican infighting, not Democratic strength. The Senate majority math is unforgiving. Georgia is a load-bearing seat, not optional insurance, and Cook Political Report has already moved it to Lean Democrat on a state Trump won. Who wins tonight shapes how much runway Republicans have left before November. Weigh in — did tonight's results change your read on Georgia? And check back for the first post-runoff fundraising filing. That number will tell you everything. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Wednesday, June 17 — the Supreme Court is sitting on roughly 20 unissued opinions with no warning on timing and a hard deadline at the end of June. Rush and Reagan hand you the cheat sheet before the rulings land. They break down the birthright citizenship fight in Trump v. Barbara and why the nationwide injunction question buried inside it may matter more than the citizenship ruling itself. They cover the two transgender athlete cases and why a narrow legal holding will get covered as something far broader. They walk through a pair of Second Amendment cases — including one tied to the same statute that convicted Hunter Biden — that are getting almost no press despite major downstream consequences. And they close on the election law double-header: mail-ballot grace periods and 50-year-old campaign spending limits, both likely to drop before the 2026 midterms. Every case comes down to the same fight: where does authority begin and where does it end. Knowing that before the headline hits is the whole point. If you found this useful, leave a five-star review and send it to someone who will be asking you what the rulings mean. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question

Thursday, June 18 — DHS Secretary Mullin said ICE would be at World Cup stadiums every day, then LA County Sheriff Luna put a no-enforcement commitment in writing. Nobody in the White House has explained that contradiction. This episode covers the full four-month policy arc from February to now: how a 96% strike authorization vote by UNITE HERE Local 11 extracted an unprecedented right to strike over ICE threats, why Human Rights Watch went zero for nineteen with FIFA sponsors, and how Iran's national team was bused back to Tijuana the same night they drew with New Zealand — while their winger's visa quietly expired and got fixed by the State Department. Rush and Reagan also take apart the media coverage that treated the enforcement pause as a humanitarian baseline instead of asking who actually blinked and why. The legal authority never changed. The political position did. That distinction is the story. What happens when the truce runs out? Weigh in — and subscribe for new episodes every weekday. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! - 📝 Submit a question