Harry Mayes joins us for Mays Monday and the cut sheet. John Fetterman insists he remains a Democrat at the Texas Tribune Festival, then accidentally answers one question by calling himself a “lifelong Republican” before immediately correcting himself—a moment he knows will be clipped. We also get into Texas defender Colin Simmons’ costly post-sack celebration, how far football rules should go in policing celebrations and Trump’s support for the Protect College Sports Act before Nick and Harry argue over the proper rules of college-football fandom.
The college-football argument spills into 8 AM as Nick defends his decades of Alabama fandom. We then hear Trump explain why he keeps appearing at major sporting events and revisit the United States comeback at the Presidents Cup. Harry’s presence keeps the sports talk moving, but the cut sheet quickly shifts back toward media and politics.
Jimmy Failla’s joke involving the Iranian delegation sparks a wider discussion about comedy, offense and social-media reaction. Saturday Night Live’s season premiere gives us Trump, Zohran Mamdani and Natalie Harp impressions before Christiane Amanpour’s Mamdani interview raises a more serious question: why do Trump and Mamdani, despite major policy differences, appear so comfortable around each other? Recent reporting likewise describes their rapport as cordial despite continuing disputes over immigration, housing and other issues.
We then discuss a bipartisan push from Senators Katie Britt and Raphael Warnock for federal guardrails involving Flock license-plate cameras. Harry rejoins the discussion of whether democratic socialism can translate outside New York, and the roundtable moves through New York politics, Kamala Harris’s possible 2028 plans and campaign spending. Harris continues to say she has not decided whether to run again. We close with Pennsylvania congressional spending, Kamala’s cooking conversation, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson singing the national anthem in Pittsburgh and a preview of the taxpayer-funded Trump spot that becomes a major 9 AM topic.
