The studio heat gives us a running joke, but the first stretch stays on Butler and security. We argue about rooftops, perimeter control, short public attention spans and why major investigations can fade from view before moving to Rep. Thomas Massie’s eight impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Rather than settling the legal questions ourselves, we lay out Massie’s allegations and shift quickly to the political and economic pressures surrounding the Iran war.
Fuel prices take over as we talk record diesel costs, war polling, household heating expenses and what voters may feel at the pump or on utility bills. We also touch the SAVE America Act, the Protect College Sports Act and the Federal Reserve meeting, where markets expect Chair Kevin Warsh and the Fed to raise rates. The common thread is cost: what moves Washington, what reaches a household budget and what campaigns choose to talk about before November.
The hour then turns to Pennsylvania, where Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clash over the state’s measles deaths and response. State health officials report 693 cases across 38 counties and four measles-associated deaths, and we debate the public-health and political fight around those numbers. From there, we move into the governor race between Shapiro and Stacy Garrity, focusing on interviews, debate access, campaign visibility and a major fundraising gap without declaring a winner or forecasting the result.
