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Two conservative voices, one mission, completely different playbooks. One host brings the fire and volume, the other counters with razor-sharp wit and a perfectly timed eyebrow raise. Together they tackle the week's political chaos, media nonsense, and culture war casualties with opinions that actually mean something—and they're not afraid to call each other out in the process. If you want political commentary with real conviction and zero corporate polish, you've found your show.

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S1 · E54
Thursday · 22 min
Thursday: Hot CPI, $4 Gas, and Warsh's Hike Dilemma
Thursday, October 15: Inflation just hit 3.7 percent, and the fight is over whether to blame Trump's war or Warsh's Fed. Rush Lindell and Reagan go through the scorecard and disagree about who owns the pain at the pump and the kitchen table. The number. September consumer prices beat the 3.6 percent forecast, and gasoline jumped 9.1 percent on the month. The war. The June ceasefire collapsed over Hormuz, and the hosts test the link from the strait to your gas tank. The votes. The Senate defeated the Iran withdrawal resolution on Sept. 24 while four Republicans crossed over, just weeks before the midterms. The Fed. The Oct. 28 meeting lands six days before Election Day, and neither a hike nor a hold comes cheap. Both hosts hand out final grades, and they are not close. Do you agree with them? 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 · E53
Tuesday · 20 min
Tuesday: Cook Moves 18 Races, Is the House Gone?
On Tuesday, October 13, the House map is the story: is Cook Political Report spotting a real Democratic wave, or are the pundits just stampeding together? Rush Lindell and Reagan dig into Cook's October 9 update, which moved eighteen races and now projects a Democratic gain of nine to nineteen seats, or 224 to 234 in the chamber. Herd or math? Rush says raters copy each other. Reagan says the numbers and voter unhappiness do the work. The districts. They walk through the Iowa rematch, Pennsylvania, Michigan-10 and Virginia. The money. Republicans lead on cash, $89 million to $76 million, and on ad spending, yet Cook says it has not moved the needle so far. Jeffries. Is his claim that Democrats are on the verge of taking back control posturing, or does the range back him up? Then each host picks the five seats that decide the House, and both grade their lists a B-plus. You decide who wins. Tell us which five seats you would pick. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E52
October 8 · 20 min
Thursday: Early Votes In, GOP Panic or Real Problem?
On Thursday, October 8, Rush Lindell and Reagan tackle the question rattling Washington: do more than 700,000 early ballots across 30 states signal real trouble for Republicans, or just a skewed sample? They open with the headline numbers and what a pile that size can and can't tell you. Then they go state by state on Democratic ballot-request shares in Iowa, Pennsylvania, Maine and North Carolina, which are up from 2024. Here's the catch: in most of those states they're still below 2022, and a request is not a returned vote. Rush makes his case that early voters skew older and that Republicans often wait for Election Day. Reagan counters with months of summer polling showing a Democratic motivation edge, plus faster voting in Harris-backing areas of Virginia. Nevada and Michigan are too thin to call, since Michigan's 201,909 absentee returns come with no party breakdown. The verdict is a soft signal, not a wave, and the real test is whether later numbers keep leaning the same way. The hosts grade each other and land on a 7-7 tie. Who do you think won? Tell us what you're seeing in your state. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E51
October 6 · 20 min
Tuesday: Hegseth's Brass Cut Burns His Own Side
On Tuesday, October 6, Rush Lindell and Reagan take on Pete Hegseth's plan to cut one in five generals and admirals, and ask whether it is a long-overdue shake-up or a purge. First, what Hegseth actually announced at Quantico, how the 20% breaks down, and why the Jan. 1 deadline for roughly 170 slots matters. Then, why Republican senators say they were blindsided and what they want in notice and transparency. Then, a parody, a Lear Capital sponsor read, and the competing price tags on the Iran war. Finally, why some Republicans are now campaigning against that war, what the $67B supplemental request means, and how the midterm damage scores out. Rush says accountability beats hurt feelings. Reagan can back a smaller brass, but not one nobody has explained. Both say to watch the list: who went, why, and whether the rules were applied evenly. Who's right? Weigh in, and tune in for the next episode. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E50
October 1 · 20 min
Friday: Jobs Day, Then the Court Takes Over
Thursday, October 1: Two dates three days apart, Friday's jobs report and Monday's Supreme Court opening, are fighting for control of the November conversation. Rush Lindell and Reagan grade their own Fed calls first. Rush earns a D-plus and Reagan a B for the right call with the wrong reasoning. Then they lay out what to expect from the September payroll number, with forecasts running from about 50,000 to 90,000 jobs and unemployment near 4.1%. The Oct. 27-28 FOMC meeting comes next, with futures pricing roughly a one-in-three chance of a hike. Reagan makes her case with a receipt: inflation at 3.4%, gasoline up more than 27% on the year, and a pump price near $4.30. Rush answers with the court docket, including climate liability, voting rules, and jury size. Then they swap sides and argue each other's case, with parody closing ads included. The verdict: the wallet is felt first, the courts get fought over longer, and the two dates are really one story. Who do you think moves voters more, the pump or the robes? Tell us, and be ready for Friday's number. 📣 We Want to Hear from You! 📝 Submit a question Links Claim my Silver Offer https://go.heymato.com/rushlindell
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S1 · E49
September 29 · 21 min
Wednesday: Texas Turns Purple, and We Owe You Crow
This beat no longer re-quotes Rush's prior 'Texas stays red' line or re-stages the Cook Political Report toss-up move as fresh news — it briefly nods to the cold open's admission and treats the toss-up rating as already-established fact before moving to the early-voting deadline (October 19) and teasing three separate polls without naming them yet. The toss-up reclassification and the GOP-favored self-quote are now fully spent; the next beat must name and detail Marist, TPOR, and Big Data Poll rather than re-establishing the toss-up premise. In this episode, we cover Grading Ourselves: We Called This Wrong, Three Polls, One Story: Talarico Overtakes Paxton, Beyond the Toplines: Independents and the Generic Ballot, 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 · E48
September 24 · 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
September 22 · 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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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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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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