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As the second Trump administration has been firing ethics officials and accountability officers, the whistleblower has become more important than ever.

But who protects the people who take the risk to tell the truth?

Grant talks to David Kligerman, Senior VP at Whistlebloweraid.org. The non-profit organization helps whistleblowers come forward to sound the alarm about unethical and illegal things happening in our government.

They talk about how dangerous it is to be a whistleblower right now, how busy they've been with so many people coming forward, and why whistleblowers are as important now as they have ever been to protect the present and the future of the United States.

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Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday to start another round of peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. It's the first time Putin will meet with a US president on US soil in a decade.

But why is it in Alaska? Sure, it's technically the closest state to Russia, but there's more to it.

Grant breaks down why meeting in Alaska is actually a win for Putin, what Trump has been saying about the meeting, and why the dance of diplomacy is about the small things.

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Donald Trump has federalized the DC Metro police and called in hundreds of DC National Guard troops to fight crime and homelessness in the nation's capital.

The problem? There isn't a crime wave in DC, and arresting homeless people isn't going to make them not homeless.

Grant explains Trump's unprecedented decision, what is actually happening on DC streets and why, more than any other point so far, it's important to pay attention to what's coming out of the White House.

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As the Trump administration continues to more aggressively target immigrants to boost arrests and deportations, there has been a growing fear among a group of Americans that they could be targeted or used as a test group for attacks on citizenship.

Adoptees.

In this episode, Grant talks to Greg Luce. Luce is the founder of the Adoptee Rights Law Center, the Executive Director of Adoptees United, Inc., an attorney for adoptees, and an adoptee himself. They talk about the fear in the adopted community right now, how he's handled Trump's new immigration enforcement and whether adoptees are just the beginning of new attacks on citizenship for the rest of us.

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It's been a week of big news in two things Trump has called hoaxes: Russian election meddling and the Epstein files.

First, Grant breaks down what's going on with the new DOJ investigation into "Russiagate," the "hoax" that multiple investigations proved wasn't a hoax. But, Dir. of National Security Tulsi Gabbard is now trying to say it wasn't just a hoax but a treasonous plan to undermine Trump.

Then, he explains the latest in the Epstein saga after Epstein's accomplice, Ghislane Maxwell, was interviewed by the Deputy AG before getting a surprise transfer to a "country club" level prison.

Finally, all the president's hoaxes. Trump calls both Russia and Epstein a hoax. He's called dozens of provable things hoaxes, but how well is that holding up?

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A fight over the landscape of the 2026 midterms has been playing out in Texas, and this week it crossed state lines.

Grant breaks down what's happening with the new election maps in Texas, why more than 50 TX Democrats aren't living in the state right now, and why this fight could affect you no matter where you live or which party controls your state.

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Democratic strategist Mike Nellis joins Grant to talk about the future of the Democratic party, specifically with his old boss Kamala Harris who announced she wasn't going to run for Governor of California, leaving a presidential run in 2028 on the table.

They also talk about Trump's admission about Epstein-Mar-A-Lago admission, whether Democrats are doing the right thing when it comes to talking about the Epstein files and where teh party needs to go next.

Plus, why are there so many...weirdos who run or are in office and why can't we get candidates to be just a little more normal.

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A little watched Senate committee boiled over this week as Senators are trying to pass a bill that would ban members of Congress and future Presidents and Vice Presidents from trading stock. The fight was just the tip of an iceberg sized problem of alleged insider trading in Congress.

Grant breaks down the bill, the fight over it, why Trump got mad at it, and what happens next.

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