HOT TOPICS | WTF! Trump Administration's Epstein Meeting CANCELED! - August 7th, 2025
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What breaking news opens the show about the Epstein strategy meeting?
Hello, everyone. Good morning. I love it. Okay, so this is Hot Topics, 10 a.m. Wow, the coffee's good. How's your coffee? How's your morning going? Let me know where you are. I love that you are tuning in, no matter which platform that you are tuning into us on. whether it is YouTube and the big show, whether it is Instagram right here as well, and Facebook, or if you're on TikTok. So make sure that you hit the thumbs up, smash the screen, as they say. It is very important to us independent folks, not just me, but to all of us. And of course, we like you to subscribe and we like you to become members, okay? And so thank you for that. OK, so look, here's the breaking news. We told you about yesterday and now like this news is it is I should say developing.
It's actually kind of surprising to me that they're continuing on with this farce. OK, right. Warren, Ohio. Who's here? Right. Detroit in the house. Tamara. crystal in cincinnati you know what i'm talking about right someone arizona's in the house as well i'm surprised that they are continuing on with this wanda from chicago with this farce phoenix arizona is in the house cleveland is in the house kankakee illinois i remember when i was oh my gosh when i worked in chicago i'd have to say kankakee illinois So, good morning from New Orleans, Louisiana. So, yeah, I'm just really surprised that this happened. And someone said, hi, I saw you with Ari and Molly on MSNBC yesterday. Thank you. We taped that earlier.
So, I was on Ari Melber's show, The Beat, last night. And it was from an appearance or something that we taped before. But anyways, it's always great being with Ari and the folks over at MSNBC. They're a good bunch. Hello, Grand Blanc, Michigan. I'm surprised. I'm going to talk to you about why I'm surprised. I'm going to talk to you about the bullshit. I'm going to talk to you about how this administration is attacking the media. They attacked the media brutally yesterday in the White House, by the way. Brutal. And do they deserve it? Are they tired of being like bitch slapped by the administration? J.D. Vance, of all people, like, come on, J.D. I mean, you love the media. You love being on CNN. Can we get J.D.
? Yes, of course. Did J.D. say yes? J.D. loved the media.
Lemonheads.
And so are they tired of being bitch slapped or backstabbed, contradicted, beaten up, punked? The media tired of that? Like, like, bite back. But they can't. They can't. They can't. They can't. They can't. They're in an unjust. It's untenable. And I understand. So when I say that, don't think I mean like I'm criticizing, you know, the reporters in general, specifically what I'm what I'm criticizing is the system. Right. When people say I can criticize my country and still love it. You know, I can criticize the media and still love them. And I understand the restraints that they have right now. And it's just really unfortunate that they do. But I mean, to hear yesterday what they said about the media, I would say, wait a minute, weren't you?
You're the source. Also, let's show the breaking news. Let's put this up. So, you know, John Cornyn, right? He's a senator. And then we're going to get to the craziness. But first, let me put up, this is from a reporter who's going to join us from the New Republic. But that's not it. Can we put up the New Republic? The reporter's going to join us. There we go. Perry Bacon Jr. is going to join us. Why so many key institutions have folded rather than challenge Trump. It's a fascinating article. We should link it. when we do it so people can read it. Okay, so here we go. Here's the breaking news also on what is happening in Texas. And that is John Cornyn, the senator, has asked the FBI director... To what? To go out and be able to hunt, as they said, these lawmakers in Texas.
Cornyn says FBI will help find Texas lawmakers who fled the state. The senator said the federal agency had agreed to help locate Democratic state lawmakers who left the state to try to block a vote on new congressional district maps. What on earth is going on? Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that the FBI had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What breaking news opens the show about the Epstein strategy meeting?
0:16–17:47
2
How did Senator John Cornyn ask the FBI to 'locate' Texas Democrats and why is this controversial?
17:47–1:04:22
3
What legal expert analysis explains whether the FBI can pursue out‑of‑state legislators?
1:04:22–1:19:50
4
How did Perry Bacon Jr. explain why institutions and media are accommodating Trump?
1:19:50–1:33:43
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