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Trump loses the economy as Republicans scramble to save Texas

1 Oct 2026 · 1 h 15 min

On the Show:

-- A Republican super PAC named Texas PAC spends over $7 million per day to support Ken Paxton against Democrat James Talarico

-- A new AP-NORC poll shows that 82% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of cost of living and 65% blame him for high prices

-- Democrats direct funding toward Scott Colom as he challenges Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi

-- Donald Trump claims 97 car plants are under construction and only a Hispanic could survive falling off his new ballroom construction site

-- Donald Trump makes false claims about winning California and misrepresenting current national gasoline prices

-- Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly declares that the MAGA movement is dead and accuses Trump of betraying his supporters

-- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to his position

-- Pennsylvania reports nearly one thousand measles cases and five deaths as national infection counts reach their highest levels since 1991

-- On the Bonus Show: Tennessee's lethal injection drugs fail in botched execution, Trump will visit red states ahead of the midterms, Trump's AI chatbot turns on him, and much more...

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(00:00) Start

(01:15) Republicans spend millions in Texas

(09:00) Voters overwhelmingly reject Trump's economic record

(21:02) Democrats target long-shot Senate race in Mississippi

(27:48) Trump delivers bizarre Hispanic Heritage speech

(39:12) Trump lies about winning California and gas prices

(46:59) Marjorie Taylor Greene claims MAGA movement dead

(55:59) Pete Hegseth announces religious affairs office

(1:05:59) Republicans spend millions saving Texas Senate seat

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