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Trump Says He LOVES Inflation?! | ActBlue CEO Pleads the Fifth | Belfast's New Mayor | 6/11/26 Jun 11, 2026

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Trump's oil revelation, ActBlue fraud, Róis-Máire Donnelly, Albert Mohler, and Jensen Huang headline today's A.M. Update. Trump drops a bombshell at a White House signing ceremony, revealing the U.S. military has been secretly siphoning millions of barrels of Iranian oil through the Strait of Hormuz every night — which is why prices are at $85 to $90 a barrel instead of $250, and why his "I love inflation" soundbite is going to be played on a loop. ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones pleads the fifth when Congressman Jim Jordan asks her point blank whether ActBlue has watered down its fraud standards to benefit Democrats, and Aaron says that answer tells you everything. New Belfast Lord Mayor Róis-Máire Donnelly, a Sinn Féin councillor who took office June 1st preaching diversity and inclusion, is now presiding over a city where mobs are burning buses and police cars in response to a Sudanese migrant's attempted beheading of a local man. Albert Mohler's male-pastor-only amendment to the Southern Baptist Convention constitution passes its first required two-thirds vote at 76%, and Aaron calls it the SBC course-correcting back toward orthodoxy. Aaron closes with Jensen Huang's task-versus-purpose argument for why AI elevates jobs rather than eliminating them, and the poll of the week results on who has done the most damage to college sports.

Karmelo Anthony Guilty | Belfast Is Burning | Iran Shoots Down Our Apache | 6/10/26 Jun 10, 2026

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Karmelo Anthony, Decarlos Brown Jr., Bryan Fair, Zohran Mamdani, and the Gallup morality poll headline today's A.M. Update. Karmelo Anthony is found guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet, with a jury deliberating less than three hours including their lunch break, and Aaron says justice has been served. Iran shoots down a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz during what is supposed to be a ceasefire, Trump posts that the U.S. must respond, then tells the Wall Street Journal it was not a big deal — and Aaron says the whole thing just drips weakness. Interim SPLC CEO Bryan Fair appears before Congress and refuses to take TPUSA off the hate map even after Charlie Kirk was murdered, while Congressman Brandon Gill forces him to admit the SPLC's own reference materials call Graham Platner's tattoo a racist skinhead symbol. A Sudanese migrant in Belfast attempts to behead a man on the street, protesters set buses and police cars on fire across Northern Ireland, and Zohran Mamdani keeps beating the drum to abolish ICE. Decarlos Brown Jr. is found mentally incompetent to stand trial in the Iryna Zarutska Charlotte light rail murder, and Aaron closes with Aaronalysis on the Gallup morality poll — specifically why 89% of Americans call affairs immoral while 74% say divorce is acceptable, and why you cannot square that circle.

Denaturalize and DEPORT | College Football Is Broken | HelloFresh's DISGUSTING Pride Post | 6/9/26 Jun 09, 2026

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Todd Blanche, Brendan Sorsby, Graham Platner, Brooke Rollins, and Pastor Dave Chrest headline today's A.M. Update. The DOJ files denaturalization actions against 17 naturalized citizens whose rap sheets include child sexual abuse, H1B fraud, stock manipulation, and grooming — and Aaron says this is one bite of what is likely a very large elephant. Trump goes after Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Truth Social over the parliamentarian again, and Aaron wonders aloud whether Thune is using her as a scapegoat to explain Republican inaction to the White House. Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby wins a court injunction allowing him to play despite betting $90,000 on his own sport, Aaron compares it to the Iowa player who lost his career over a single $10 bet on women's basketball, and says nobody has any power in college sports anymore. Brooke Rollins gives an update on the screwworm outbreak in southern Texas and the sterile fly production ramp-up, Graham Platner refuses to drop out of the Maine Senate race despite the Nazi tattoo and the sexting scandal, and Aaron closes with HelloFresh's viral pride month post and a youth pastor named Dave Krist at Gateway Church who had a very different message for his congregation.

Trump Walks Off Kristen Welker | St. Paul Won't Charge Church Stormers | Market Tanks | 6/8/26 Jun 08, 2026

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Trump's Kristen Welker walkoff, the Cities Church ruling, Thomas Crooks, H1B fraud, and the jobs report headline today's A.M. Update. Trump drops his mic and walks off an NBC News interview after Kristen Welker pushes California election fraud questions, and Aaron asks the obvious follow-up: if the press is that dishonest, why keep giving them the interviews. New Judicial Watch documents reveal Thomas Matthew Crooks exchanged emails with a Butler County sheriff's deputy before the July 2024 assassination attempt, and a remote device with an antenna was found in his pocket. St. Paul City Attorney Irene Kao declines to file state charges against the anti-ICE protesters who stormed Cities Church in January, and lead pastor Jonathan Parnell asks his mayor directly whether evangelical Christians are included in her commitment to the city. A blowout May jobs report of 172,000 new payrolls sends markets tumbling as investors price in a Fed rate hike, with the S&P 500 posting its worst day since October. Kayleigh McEnany airs an H1B visa fraud report on Fox News that Aaron says you would never have seen there ten years ago, and Aaron closes with Jeff Bezos on why compromise is not truth-seeking and what that actually means outside the boardroom.

Bolton Pleads Guilty | NIH Scientists Smuggled Monkeypox | AOTMA | 6/5/26 Jun 05, 2026

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John Bolton, Vincent Munster, Claude Kwe, Karmelo Anthony, and the war powers resolution headline today's A.M. Update. Trump blasts House Republicans for passing a war powers resolution mid-Iran negotiations, but Aaron floats a take he cannot shake: the vote might actually be Trump's exit ramp out of a deal that was never going to happen. John Bolton pleads guilty to one count of retaining national security information and agrees to $2.25 million in restitution, and Aaron questions whether that counts as the scalp DOJ's critics were hoping for. Two NIH researchers, Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, are charged with smuggling 113 vials of monkeypox through Detroit Metro Airport after lying to customs agents, and Brooke Rollins confirms a new world screwworm detection in Zavala County, Texas. YouTuber Jesse Ridgeway announces he and his wife terminated their pregnancy after a Down syndrome diagnosis, and Aaron does not pull punches. The AOTMA segment covers a listener's plans to create a crisis Bible for the suicidal, nuclear family month spreading to Tennessee, Alabama, and Arkansas, the two-tiered justice system, SNAP cards being used at fast food restaurants in Michigan, and a candid update on the show's distribution struggles.

Iowa's Gubernatorial X-Factor | Blanche Permanent at DOJ? | 6/4/26 Jun 04, 2026

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Todd Blanche, Josh Turek, Ashley Hinson, Tim McBride, and Spencer Pratt headline today's A.M. Update. Trump tells Miranda Devine at the New York Post he wants acting AG Todd Blanche to stay permanently, and Aaron says the DOJ's activity record makes it hard to argue with. California primary results are still trickling in with Steve Hilton leading the Republican field at 27.8% and Spencer Pratt trailing Karen Bass by only about four points with votes still outstanding, and Aaron breaks down the campaign lessons Pratt's run already offers any candidate willing to learn them. Secretary of State Marco Rubio methodically dismantles Senator Jacky Rosen's gotcha question about the Pakistan negotiations, then tells Congressman Tim McBride that Greenland is part of Denmark "for now" — and Aaron says that was the best line of the week. Iowa's general election matchup is now set: Republican Ashley Hinson faces Paralympic gold medalist and Democrat Josh Turek for Joni Ernst's retiring Senate seat, and Aaron closes with a deep dive on what Zach Lahn's populist anti-big-ag message means for Iowa politics and why it might quietly split the Democratic coalition in November.

Zach Lahn SHOCKS Iowa | Scott Pelley Out at CBS | Trump Names a New Spy Chief | 6/3/26 Jun 03, 2026

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Zach Lahn, Scott Pelley, Bill Pulte, and the California jungle primary headline today's A.M. Update. In a photo finish, businessman Zach Lahn defeats Trump-endorsed congressman Randy Feenstra in Iowa's Republican gubernatorial primary by less than a percentage point, and Aaron says the MAHA coalition was the deciding factor. California's jungle primary has Steve Hilton leading the Republican pack while Tom Steyer and Xavier Becerra close strong on the Democratic side, raising the possibility that two Democrats could end up in the general. Trump names FHFA director Bill Pulte as acting DNI to replace Tulsi Gabbard, a pick Aaron notes will have trouble clearing the Senate. Scott Pelley is fired at CBS after going nuclear on Bari Weiss in front of the entire 60 Minutes staff, calling her a murderer of the show, and Aaron sides with Weiss. The Supreme Court clears Alabama to use its redrawn congressional districts, Mehmet Oz announces $50 Medicare GLP-1 coverage starting July 1st, and Aaron closes with Indiana Governor Mike Braun's nuclear family month proclamation and a viral video of a corporate employee who submitted a biblical take on pride to his company's own open-call campaign, after which the entire program was quietly shut down.

Spinning In Iranian Circles | DeSantis Wants to Kill Property Tax | 6/2/26 Jun 02, 2026

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Tyler Robinson, Markwayne Mullin, Ron DeSantis, and Graham Platner headline today's A.M. Update. Judge Tony Graf rules the public and press cannot be barred from Tyler Robinson's upcoming preliminary hearing, meaning potentially bombshell evidence against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer will be visible to the world. Iran remains a chaotic blur of strikes, broken communications, and shifting demands, with the IRGC now insisting any deal must include leaving Hezbollah alone in Lebanon, and Aaron says it's starting to look less like 3D chess and more like the U.S. being pressured. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirms some of the Delaney Hall protesters were bussed in from Portland, Oregon, as a curfew holds in Newark. Ron DeSantis pushes his case for eliminating Florida homestead property taxes, arguing tourist revenue can absorb the cost in a way no other state can replicate. Graham Platner loses The View and Cory Booker in the same news cycle as his Maine Senate campaign crumbles under the weight of sexting allegations, Nazi tattoo history, and a suspicious app account. Aaron closes with Rep. Tim Burchett's pitch to replace the 250th birthday concert dropouts with John Rich, Kid Rock, and Lee Greenwood, and the story of Henry Nowak, the British student handcuffed by police as he bled to death from a stab wound after his killer falsely claimed to be the victim.

Trump vs. Turning Point in Iowa | Burning Down PARIS? | Iran Waits | 6/1/26 Jun 01, 2026

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Randy Feenstra, Zach Lahn, Graham Platner, Trevor Williams, and Jill Biden headline today's A.M. Update. Trump tells Lara Trump the Iran deal is close but if it falls apart the Department of War starts back up, while Scott Bessent defines finishing the job as simply reopening the Strait and keeping uranium out of Iranian hands. Anti-Antifa rioters attack police on horseback outside the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark as Mayor Ras Baraka finally imposes a curfew. The Washington Nationals fire director of community relations Sean Hudson after an O'Keefe Media Group sting catches him admitting the team deliberately excluded Catholic pitcher Trevor Williams from social media because of his faith. Graham Platner's Senate campaign in Maine adds another scandal as his wife confirms reports that she told the campaign about his sexually explicit texts with other women. Jill Biden smirks through a CBS interview claiming she saw no signs of cognitive decline in her husband. Aaron closes with a deeply personal look at the Iowa governor's race, where Trump's surprise endorsement of Randy Feenstra set Turning Point Action against the White House, and why losing Charlie Kirk means there is nobody left to broker that conversation. Subscribe and listen every weekday morning.

Carroll Under Investigation? DOJ Denies | MORE Threats Against Kirk | AOTMA Friday | 5/29/26 May 29, 2026

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JD Vance, Jacob Wenske, Tickle v. Giggle, and Michigan SNAP fraud headline today's A.M. Update. Vance delivers a just war theory address at the Air Force Academy warning graduates that as AI takes over warfare, the moral weight of life and death decisions must stay with humans. A Texas man named Jacob Wenske is arrested on two felony counts for posting bomb threats and death threats against Erika Kirk ahead of the San Antonio TPUSA summit, and Aaron ties it directly to the Candice Owens crowd's slander campaign against her. Reports suggest the DOJ may be looking into E. Jean Carroll for alleged perjury over her claim of receiving no outside funding for her Trump lawsuits, though details remain unconfirmed. Australia's Full Federal Court doubles damages against women-only app Giggle for Girls for blocking a biological male who identified as transgender, Michigan refuses to share SNAP data with the feds despite a 9.53% self-reported fraud rate, and Aaron closes the week with the White House's Harambe tribute post.

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