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S1 · E48
Thursday · 19 min
Thursday: Seven Toss-Ups, NH's Shocking Flip
New Hampshire just blew up the Senate map on Thursday, September 24 — Cook Political Report yanked Sununu-Pappas from Lean Democratic to Toss Up, and Rush Lindell and Reagan aren't letting that slide. This episode is the full seven-seat scorecard the show has been promising for weeks, ranking every race that decides whether Republicans keep their 53-47 majority. Rush and Reagan grade Alaska and Iowa first, then move into Ohio and the Paxton-Cornyn mixup in Texas before landing on that New Hampshire bombshell. Michigan and Maine get graded as quieter Democratic-leaning risks, and the hosts lock a final ranked order from safest to most vulnerable. The episode closes with dueling predictions: Rush bets New Hampshire flips first, Reagan bets Michigan. Both picks are on the record now — tune in next episode to see who's right, and let us know which seat you think flips first. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E47
Tuesday · 19 min
Tuesday: Silver's Wipeout Call vs. Cook's Cold Feet
Tuesday, September 22: Nate Silver just called the political forecasting industry asleep at the wheel — and Rush Lindell and Reagan put his brand-new FLIPR model on trial to see if he's right. This episode breaks down whether Silver's Senate and House projections actually hold up against the old guard, or if it's just a louder spreadsheet. Topics covered include the FLIPR model's Senate numbers versus prediction markets and Cook Political Report's toss-up list; the historical midterm precedent Silver leans on to argue for a Democratic wave; a head-to-head of three competing House forecasts and why they diverge so sharply; and the pivotal Cook downgrade on New Hampshire that undercuts Silver's 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E46
September 17 · 20 min
Wed: We Bet Cuts, The Fed Hiked—We Blew It
Thursday, September 17: Rush and Reagan finally admit it on air — the Fed just hiked rates instead of delivering the cut they called for months, and Trump is not happy about it. The vote landed 12-0 for a quarter-point hike to 3.75-4%, the first increase since 2023, with 16 of 18 officials signaling more hikes ahead. This episode breaks down where the prediction went wrong, why Trump's trade-threat pressure campaign on the Fed didn't force the cave everyone expected, and what his real-time fury at Fed chair Warsh actually reveals about his leverage. Rush and Reagan also translate the decision into real numbers: mortgage rates near 7.37%, rising car prices, and what compounding credit card debt means heading into the holidays. They close by connecting the vote to the midterm mailers already hitting mailboxes, spun in opposite directions depending on who's sending them. No hedging, no spin — just the call, the miss, and the fallout. Tell us how you think households respond, and catch tomorrow's episode for what's next. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E43
September 15 · 20 min
Tuesday: We Bet Cuts—Now the Fed's About to Answer
This beat established the binary being graded tomorrow: a hike to 3.75-4.00% or a surprise hold, with no cut option left on the table despite the show's months-long cut thesis, and closed with an added exchange affirming they won't dodge their own scoreboard. Reagan's insistence on evidence before victory-or-defeat is spent and should not be re-litigated. Next beat must explain the mechanics of the meeting itself, not restate the two outcomes. In this episode, we cover The Thesis on Trial, The Meeting on the Calendar, Meet the Tell: Warsh at Jackson Hole, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E42
September 10 · 21 min
Wed: Trump's $5K Bribe or Genius Turnout Play?
Thursday, September 10: Trump closes his Dallas convention speech with a jaw-dropping promise — a $5,000 dividend for every American adult, contingent on Republicans sweeping the House and Senate this November. Rush and Reagan grade the bet live, and it's messier than it sounds. This episode breaks down the actual price tag on the pledge, the trillion-dollar funding gap nobody in the campaign has explained, and whether offering cash tied to an election outcome crosses into bribery territory under federal law. The hosts also dig into Fox News' own on-air skepticism, a budget expert's blunt fact-check, and the ready-made attack ad Democrats can build from a single on-record accusation. Rush calls it a turnout masterstroke; Reagan calls it a panic move dressed up as confidence. Their final grades land on opposite ends of the scale. Where do you land on this one — genius or desperation? Weigh in, and catch us for Thursday's convention finale coverage. } }}}} 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E41
September 9 · 17 min
Tuesday: The GOP's Hail Mary Convention in Dallas
On Tuesday, September 8, Rush and Reagan tear into the GOP's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas and ask the question nobody in the party wants answered: is a 100-plus speaker lineup a show of strength or a five-alarm panic dressed up as strategy? From there, the show gets sharper. Trump's approval slide and the Democratic enthusiasm edge get measured against 2018's messy lessons. Reuters/Ipsos numbers showing 71% disapproval on cost of living force a hard look at whether Dallas's tax-relief pitch even matches what voters are angry about. Politico's list of no-shows and undecideds — including Thune, despite being in town — turns into a real fight over snub versus smart politics. DeSantis's warning about a one-man turnout machine gets tested against Nashville's special election numbers, and Paxton-Talarico's shift to toss-up shows cracks nobody's talking about yet. Rush and Reagan don't agree on everything here, and they don't pretend to. Tune in tomorrow to see who's right — and tell us where you land. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E40
September 3 · 16 min
Thursday: Johnson Punts the Shutdown Past Nov. 3
The House passed a stopgap funding bill 370-48 on Thursday, September 3, and Rush and Reagan aren't buying the victory lap Speaker Johnson is taking. That lopsided margin looks less like consensus and more like both parties dodging a fight they knew they'd lose before the midterms. Rush and Reagan break down what's actually in the bill and what it means for the months ahead. They trace this year's two record-breaking shutdowns and call out the identical playbook both parties ran while blaming each other. They replay the near-collapse of the rule vote, where five Republican defections almost sank the bill before two Democrats bailed out the floor. And they dig into the fine print — a blocked OMB grant-review rule, a Border Patrol transfer ban, and the spending add-ons that bought enough votes to get this thing passed. The real fight lands December 11th, in a lame-duck session with none of the incentives that produced this week's landslide. Reagan's already daring listeners to push back on her take — drop your argument and tune in to see who's right. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E39
September 1 · 20 min
Tuesday: Warsh's Jackson Hole Tell Guts Our Cut Call
On Tuesday, September 1, Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech puts Rush and Reagan's September rate-cut call in front of a firing squad. The hosts break down exactly what Warsh said, why his use of AI-driven productivity to justify staying tight flips the usual Fed playbook, and how markets reacted in real time as hike odds jumped from a coin flip to over 55% on CNBC and past 66% on CME FedWatch. They dig into the growing split at the top, with Bessent pushing back on a hike while Roger Ferguson calls for two more this year, and translate all of it into what it means for car loans, mortgages, and midterm politics. Rush stands by his on-record call for a September 16 cut. Reagan isn't so sure. Both agree to grade the call live next episode, loser buys the coffee. Tell us who you think is right before the Fed decides for both of them. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E37
August 27 · 21 min
Thursday: We Called The Fed Wrong—Or Did We?
Thursday, August 27, the Fed might hike into an election and Rush and Reagan are here to admit their rate-cut-saves-the-midterms call may be flat-out wrong. They walk through how July’s softer inflation data set up their original thesis, then stack that against Kevin Warsh’s bruising confirmation fight and the summer oil spike that flipped market odds toward a September hike. From there, they unpack the tug-of-war between rate-cut hopes, hike fears, and a possible hold, all while a Hormuz scare and a gold rally rattle nerves. Along the way, they bring it back to kitchen-table math: health premiums, borrowing costs, and what the September 16 Fed decision actually means for regular families. How their original Fed and gas-price prediction broke as oil ripped higher. Why Kevin Warsh’s divided confirmation still shapes today’s rate debate. What gold, Hormuz chatter, and debt buybacks signal about market fear. How looming ACA premium jumps and Fed policy collide for middle-income households. Stick around to see how their call looks after September 16, and send in your take on whether the Fed should blink or hold the line. Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E36
August 25 · 16 min
Tuesday: Kushner's Secret Meeting Has Johnson Panicking
On Tuesday, August 25, a closed-door meeting between Jared Kushner and Hakeem Jeffries becomes the prism for whether the White House is secretly hedging on who will control the next House of Representatives. The episode unpacks why this off-camera conversation matters, how it collided with progressive anger at Jeffries, and what it reveals about the gap between public confidence and private preparation in an election year. Listeners get a clear walk-through of Johnson’s on-air bravado, the polling and forecasting numbers he left out, and how recent Iran war-powers moves in the Senate fit the same hedging pattern. The undisclosed Kushner–Jeffries sit-down and what it signals about 2026 House expectations The left’s backlash against Jeffries and his attempt to reframe the meeting Speaker Johnson’s “hedge” comments on Fox versus the data he avoided naming How Iran war-powers votes mirror the quiet bets Washington is placing Stay tuned for the next episode as Rush and Reagan dig into who else in Washington is acting like the majority is already up for grabs. Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E35
August 20 · 15 min
Thursday: 33% Approval and $4 Gas Is No Coincidence
Trump's approval just hit thirty-three percent on Thursday, August 20, and Rush Lindell and Reagan tear into what's actually driving the collapse. This episode digs into the Reuters/Ipsos crosstabs showing Democrats now beating Republicans on economic trust for the first time in a decade, then follows the money down to $527 in extra household fuel costs since the war began. Rush and Reagan clash over Fed nominee Warsh's split July decision and whether a September rate hike can even touch oil-shock inflation. They also stage a brutal parody of the White House's broken gas-price promises, with an OPIS analyst predicting no relief until 2027, before landing on three dates -- September 11th CPI, the September 15-16 FOMC meeting, and daily AAA gas averages -- that could decide the midterms. Reagan pushes back hard on Rush's inflation-crisis framing, forcing a real argument about who owns the blockade and its price consequences. Disagree with her take? Tell them. New episodes drop every weekday. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E34
August 20 · 15 min
Wednesday: Trump Hits 33 and MAGA Starts Flinching
Trump's approval hit 33 percent on Wednesday, August 19, and Rush Lindell and Reagan aren't letting the White House spin it away. Five separate pollsters are landing in the same range, echoing the December 2017 floor Trump eventually clawed back from. This episode digs into whether MAGA erosion is real or just noise, testing old predictions against fresh NBC/Newsweek identification numbers and a Politico finding on Trump voters ditching the label. Rush and Reagan break down a historic shift in economic trust toward Democrats, sliding Republican support for the Iran war even among Trump's own base, and what Cook Political Report's House forecast means for the midterms. They close by staking specific, falsifiable predictions for Labor Day approval numbers. Topics covered: the 33 percent approval number and whether it's a pattern or a blip, the MAGA identification split and what's driving it, the economy and Iran war polling dragging Republicans down, and the House math behind 2026's midterm stakes. Think the numbers turn around by fall? Tell us your prediction, and tune in tomorrow to see who's closer. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E33
August 4 · 17 min
Tuesday: Trump Called Off the Same Iran Strike Twice
Rush and Reagan track Trump's whiplash on Iran — calling off history's biggest planned strike twice in a week, then branding Tehran "unbelievably duplicitous" — while Iran insists it's only talking to Oman about Hormuz, not Washington. In this episode, we cover Lead Story / Iran War, Economy / Energy, Accountability / Analysis, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E32
July 30 · 16 min
Thursday: Alex Jones Wants Trump Impeached Now
On Thursday, July 30, Alex Jones did the unthinkable and called for Trump's impeachment over the Iran war, and Rush Lindell and Reagan aren't letting the moment pass quietly. They pick apart whether the war powers argument holds up even as they question the messenger delivering it. This episode covers a lot of ground fast. Oil crossing $100 a barrel and Leavitt's unanswered draft comment get separated fact from fear. The actual congressional vote counts, a 214-208 House win and a failed 47-49 Senate resolution, expose defectors nobody's tracking yet. Rush's satirical mock floor speech on Article I lands some laughs before Reagan pulls things back to the human cost: American troops killed in Jordan, strikes on Aqaba, and a war Congress never actually debated. They close with three concrete things to watch heading into the midterms, plus predictions listeners can hold them to. Tune in tomorrow to see who's right. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E31
July 28 · 14 min
Tuesday: $100 Oil, Split Votes, One Bad Prediction
On Tuesday, July 28, Rush and Reagan tackle a hard truth: Congress just voted twice on Iran war powers, and neither vote actually stops Trump from waging war. With three American troops dead in Jordan and a fourth in Iraq, the hosts dig into why a nonbinding resolution and a failed binding one both amount to Congress talking tough while ceding real authority. This episode covers a lot of ground. Rush and Reagan grade their own prior predictions on the ceasefire collapse, owning what they got wrong. They trace triple-digit oil prices and near-four-dollar gas straight back to the widening war, separating panic-driven spikes from real structural risk. They break down which Republicans are crossing party lines and why, including Trump's blunt insult toward defectors. And Reagan walks through the legal distinction between concurrent and joint resolutions that explains why Congress's votes are more symbolic than binding. Expect sharp disagreement, a few laughs at Trump's Truth Social threats, and a serious look at collapsing GOP support as prices climb and questions swirl around Hegseth. Next episode: watch for that new benchmark both hosts committed to on the record. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E30
July 23 · 15 min
Thursday: Trump's Iran 'Peace Deal' Is a 12-Night War
Rush opens fired up over CENTCOM's twelfth straight night of strikes on Iran, framing it as a war dressed up as diplomacy, until Reagan corrects the record on how many separate waves of strikes there have actually been. In this episode, we cover Lead Story / Iran War, Callback / Accountability, Defense Spending / War Economics, and more. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E29
July 21 · 16 min
Tuesday: Trump's Iran Deal Is Dead, Who Called It?
The Iran MOU is dead, and on Tuesday, July 21, Rush Lindell and Reagan tear apart exactly how it collapsed. Trump killed the deal himself at the NATO summit, and within weeks his rhetoric flipped from praise to calling Iran's leaders "scum." This episode covers the full timeline from tanker attacks to CENTCOM's 80-plus target strikes and Tehran's defiant response from Ghalibaf. Rush and Reagan break down oil's 6% spike, CFR's read on why prices still sit below prior war highs, and shipping data showing Hormuz is rattled but not shut. They also revisit their own MOU predictions with blunt self-criticism, dig into Max Boot's limited-war thesis, and expose the overlooked detail that the deal only guaranteed 60 days of toll-free shipping. A parody Yelp review of Iran's Foreign Ministry keeps things sharp before the final verdict: gas prices, not diplomacy, may decide what happens next heading into midterms. Who called it right? Listen and decide, then tell us where you land before the next episode drops. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E28
July 16 · 15 min
Thursday: Dems Grab the House, But Can the Firewall Hold?
Thursday, July 16: DDHQ's new 2026 midterm forecast has Democrats favored to retake the House while the Senate sits at a knife's-edge 50-50, with JD Vance as the tiebreaker "asterisk man." Rush and Reagan dig into what that 57% probability actually means before anyone calls it a done deal. From there, the show turns structural: mid-decade redistricting quietly padded the GOP's House position by roughly five seats, a shift Rush calls the party's "insurance policy" and Reagan insists gets separated from any Trump approval bump. The Senate breakdown maps all eight DDHQ-flagged races into Rush's "Firewall" thesis, stress-tested against North Carolina, Alaska, and Texas, where even a clean sweep leaves Democrats one seat short. A satirical DNC war-room bit gets deflated fast, and a look at Trump's climbing approval versus a shrinking generic-ballot cushion sets up both hosts' predictions, with a Lear Capital read in between. Rush stakes a number on the Senate map. Reagan reminds him a hundred-plus days is a long time. Tune in next episode as the Firewall thread gets tracked again, and weigh in with your own call on the eight races in play. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E23
July 9 · 14 min
Thursday: SCOTUS Passed the Buck, GOP Has No Plan
The Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling isn't the 6-3 landslide everyone's reporting on Thursday, July 9 — it's actually a 5-4 constitutional squeaker, and Rush and Reagan break down why that distinction changes everything. This episode covers Trump's Truth Social demand for Congress to act despite the legal contradiction baked into his own request, Kavanaugh's concurrence that dodged the Fourteenth Amendment entirely, Stephen Miller's apocalyptic "knife wound" rhetoric versus what federal law may already handle, and the GOP's three-way strategy collapse between Rand Paul's state-by-state amendment push, the Lee-DeSantis-Johnson caucus, and competing statutory bills from Cotton and Cornyn. Listeners get a clear-eyed look at why none of these Republican plans solve the actual vote math, plus a satirical imagining of what happens when you put all these competing GOP factions in one room. The hosts close by weighing this ruling against Trump's other major losses this term, making the case that the real fight just moved from the Court to a gridlocked Congress ahead of the midterms. Next episode: what happens when the amendment caucus and the statute crowd actually sit down together. Got a theory on how this plays out? Send it our way. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E22
July 7 · 14 min
Tuesday: Platner's Collapse Just Saved the GOP Firewall
On Tuesday, July 7, Graham Platner's Maine Senate campaign implodes overnight after a new sexual assault allegation from a former girlfriend sends Democratic leaders scrambling for cover. Rush and Reagan break down exactly how bad it is, why the party's outrage feels awfully convenient, and what happens next in a race that could decide control of the Senate. Topics covered: the allegation itself and Platner's denial, the pattern of past controversies (that Nazi-style tattoo, the texts, the Reddit posts) that made this feel inevitable, the Democratic exodus with Khanna and Gallego pulling endorsements while Warren and Sanders stay conspicuously quiet, Maine's tight legal deadlines for replacing him, and whether Susan Collins just got handed a free pass to reelection. Rush is already calling him 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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