9/16/26: Bessent Defends Terrible Economy, Massie Says Impeach Hegseth, Trump Mail In Ballot Smackdown
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Why does Scott Bessent blame Americans for the terrible economy?
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Good morning and welcome to Breaking Points. We have an amazing show today, don't we, Emily?
You know, we really do because we have a lot of Ryan Grimm original reporting in today's show.
A lot of drop site original reporting. Some Ryan Grimm, some
Ryan Grimm. Ryan Grimm edited reporting. There you go. There we go. Let's go with
that.
And great stuff too. And on both the Iron Beam, we're gonna get into all of this, but also midterm election reporting out of Michigan, we're gonna start because the Fed's announcement were is expected within a matter of hours. So we're gonna start going through a whole lot of economic news. We actually had a hard time dividing the economic news from the Iran news. Uh we're gonna do blocks on both of them, but they're of course intertwined. There's so much going on now as uh the Fed debates its potential. That's what we're
expecting.
Yes. And midterms continuing to look terrible for Republicans, especially bad in Michigan, as a new drop site report is going to make Mike Rogers look pretty damn bad.
Yes, indeed. Uh, we'll also talk about uh section two nineteen is gonna come before the Senate now that they're back in session. That's the one that would merge the Israeli and American militaries. Martazza Hussein and I looked into some of the claims that are made that it is actually the US that benefits from our collaboration with the uh ingenious uh indigenous. uh innovators over in Israel when so we're we're gonna we're gonna take a look at particularly at the Iron Beam, also at the Arrow Missile Program. And the real story
first reporting.
It's America first reporting. The real story is you'll be surprised to know different than uh what you've been told uh before about that. Uh Cash Patel was up on Capitol Hill talking about bestiality for some reason.
Yeah, he was talking about bestiality. And among other things, Patel and Besson both on Capitol Hill yesterday. We have clips from both of those. But yes, we will break down what happened with Cash Patel yesterday. There was so uh much ground covered, including, of course, bestiality. And then Ryan, we'll be talking about uh the Houthis because you recorded an interview with a pro Houthis.
Well yeah, so I was explaining it to uh Emily yesterday as so we're gonna t we're uh yesterday I interviewed uh Hussein uh al-Bukhaidi, whose brother Muhammad is actually in the uh political bureau of the of Ans Ansar Allah. And so I said he's sort of like uh he is to Ansar Allah as I am kinda to DSA. We are kind of sympathetic, but we're willing to be critical when and we think that's a good thing. think that they're going astray.
Fascinating, especially given all the news coming out of uh the world right now.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Scott Bessent blame Americans for the terrible economy?
0:00–7:22
2
What evidence does the CBO report provide about the cost of the Iran war?
7:22–14:36
3
How is the $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel being framed in the media?
14:36–23:11
4
What are the implications of the Supreme Court’s mail‑in ballot ruling for the 2024 midterms?
23:11–31:34
5
Why is the price of Shanghai crude oil spiking to $135 a barrel?
31:34–38:47
6
How did Rep. Thomas Massie move to impeach Secretary Hegseth over the Iran war?
38:47–47:58
7
What role did Mike Rogers play in the opioid crisis and related legislation?
47:58–56:43
8
How are poll numbers showing a shift among low‑income voters ahead of the midterms?
56:43–1:04:25
Speakers
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