Host Dave Rubin opened with extensive coverage of the Los Angeles mayoral race, where former reality TV star Spencer Pratt has emerged as a serious Republican challenger to incumbent Mayor Karen Bass following the Palisades fire that destroyed his home. Pratt appeared on multiple shows including the All In podcast, where he exposed the stark media double standard favoring Democratic officials who can lie without fact-checking while he faces intense scrutiny for every claim. An attack ad against Pratt backfired spectacularly by highlighting his popular positions: opposing taxpayer-funded homeless housing, supporting more police over social workers, and challenging union power. Rubin pivoted to national Democratic dysfunction, featuring clips of Senator John Fetterman and Bill Maher lamenting their party's embrace of socialism, with Fetterman calling Seattle's mayor 'absolutely a socialist' and noting the term is no longer a smear. On foreign policy, Rubin covered Trump's rejection of Iran's latest ceasefire counteroffer and showed Netanyahu proposing to completely phase out U.S. military aid to Israel over the next decade, calling the current $3.8 billion annual deal an effective American defense subsidy. The redistricting fight dominated the second half, with the Virginia Supreme Court striking down a Democratic gerrymander that would have given them 10 of 11 seats in a 50-50 state, part of a broader Supreme Court trend against race-based districting that Republicans calculate will net them 8-10 House seats. Democrats responded by proposing to lower Virginia's judicial retirement age to force out justices who ruled against them, while Senator Cory Booker repeatedly called the Supreme Court 'corrupt' and refused to rule out court-packing. Rubin closed by mocking AOC's claim that the American Revolution was 'against the billionaires of their time,' juxtaposing clips of Democratic fear-mongering about fascism with Scott Jennings predicting AOC will eventually run for president because 'that's where all the energy on the left is right now.'
The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a Democratic redistricting referendum that would have given Democrats 10 of 11 congressional seats in a state that votes 51-49. The gerrymandered map, which passed referendum 10-to-1, was ruled unconstitutional. Virginia will maintain its current 6-5 Democratic advantage, which reflects actual voter distribution.
Read this moment →Senator Cory Booker repeatedly called the Supreme Court 'corrupt' when pressed on whether he would support adding seats, deflecting multiple times when asked directly about court expansion. His comments came after Virginia Democrats proposed lowering the mandatory judicial retirement age from 75 to 54 to remove justices who ruled against their gerrymandering scheme.
Read this moment →Reality TV star Spencer Pratt, now running for Los Angeles mayor after his home burned in the Palisades fire, exposed stark media bias favoring incumbent Democrat Karen Bass on the All In podcast. Pratt detailed how Democratic officials face no fact-checking while he must provide exhaustive evidence for every claim, illustrating the asymmetry conservatives face in blue city politics.
Read this moment →Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS he wants Israel to completely phase out U.S. financial military aid over the next decade, proposing to begin immediately rather than wait for congressional approval. The current $3.8 billion annual deal signed by Obama requires 74% of funds be spent purchasing American military equipment, making it effectively a U.S. defense subsidy.
Read this moment →President Trump posted detailed claims about Obama's cash payment to Iran, alleging it required physically emptying banks across the DC region because the sum was too large for wire transfer. Trump described Iranian officials as shocked by the scale of cash delivered in suitcases, characterizing Obama as 'the greatest sucker of them all' for reviving Iran's economy.
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