Adam Kinzinger — former U.S. Congressman and Air Force veteran — breaks down the day's biggest stories with the clarity and candor Washington doesn't always welcome. No spin. Just honest analysis of the people, decisions, and moments shaping America. Go deeper at AdamKinzinger.com
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Pulling the Plug | Trump Reverses Hegseth on Livestreaming an Execution — October 16, 2026
Oct 16, 2026
Trump cancels Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the Fort Hood firing squad execution after bipartisan backlash, but says it still would have been a strong deterrent. Also: nine fired FBI agents who…
Where’s Bo Hines? | The White House Crypto Adviser Who Was on the Industry’s Payroll — October 15, 2026
Oct 15, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reveals that Trump’s White House crypto adviser Bo Hines kept a stake in a consulting firm that was paid $415,000 a month by Tether, the world’s largest crypto company, while…
Hiding the Numbers | White House Buries Report on Impact of GOP Tax Law — October 14, 2026
Oct 14, 2026
The IRS report showing who actually got a break from the Republican tax cut was due in July. It’s October 14th and the Treasury Department still hasn’t released it. A former top IRS official says the…
Partying With Fugitives | Ken Paxton’s Dubai New Year’s Eve Video Exposed — October 13, 2026
Oct 13, 2026
The Wall Street Journal has video of Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, at a Dubai New Year’s Eve party with two fugitives indicted for stealing $15 million from a Chicago…
Putin’s Lifeline | Trump’s Illegal Russian Diesel Deal Sparks a Senate Revolt — October 12, 2026
Oct 12, 2026
Trump lifts Russia sanctions to buy diesel from Putin, and senators from both parties say it’s illegal. Adam Kinzinger breaks down the Russian energy deal, the 2022 law Congress passed, Thom Tillis…
Raking In The Dividends | Trump’s “Golden Age” Of Science Is Really About His Portfolio — October 9, 2026
Oct 09, 2026
Trump handed out National Medals of Science to Big Tech CEOs and declared a “Golden Age” of American innovation. His administration has canceled billions in research grants, including 2,500 NIH…
Honey, Please | Leaked Texts Expose Corruption Inside Trump’s Administration — October 8, 2026
Oct 08, 2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump’s ambassador to Greece, texted a donor asking him to wire $100,000 to her American Express account so it “won’t show up anywhere,” according to hundreds of messages obtained…
When Loyalty Is the Qualification | The Criminals and Conspiracy Theorists Now Working at the DOJ — October 7, 2026
Oct 07, 2026
The Justice Department's civil rights division has lost more than 300 career lawyers under Trump, and the New York Times just revealed who's replacing them. One hacked a Florida election system twice…
Deny, Deny, Deny | Russia Hides a Deadly Outbreak While Trump Takes Putin's Word — October 6, 2026
Oct 06, 2026
A plague outbreak in Russia, and the Kremlin wants everyone to stop asking. One lab worker is dead, a second death is reported, and nearly 200 contacts are in quarantine while Moscow insists it's…
Republicans Abandon Trump | Red-State GOP Leaders Back Democrats as Polls Collapse in Trump Country — October 5, 2026
Oct 05, 2026
Dozens of Republicans are endorsing Democratic candidates ahead of the 2026 midterms, and new polls show Democrats competitive in red states Trump won by double digits. Conor Lamb fills in for Adam…
"We'll See" | Trump Won't Rule Out Troops at the Polls — October 2, 2026
Oct 02, 2026
Trump told TIME he won't rule out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a state of emergency around the 2026 midterms. Adam Kinzinger breaks down what the Insurrection Act actually is, why…
Rescue Mission | Trump Spends Final Month Defending Red States As Approval Hits 30 Percent — October 1, 2026
Oct 01, 2026
Trump is spending the final month before the midterms campaigning in Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Alabama, some of the reddest states in the country, while a new AP poll puts his approval at 30 percent…
Caught on Tape | Ken Paxton Privately Admits Trump Is Sinking His Campaign — September 30, 2026
Sep 30, 2026
Ken Paxton was secretly recorded at a private Washington fundraiser admitting Trump's Republican convention in Dallas dropped his poll numbers and hurt the whole GOP ticket. The tape went to the New…
A Scam From the Beginning | Trump's Grand Conspiracy Probe Loses Top Prosecutor — September 29, 2026
Sep 29, 2026
Trump's grand conspiracy investigation loses a second prosecutor in a month. Kurt Olsen, the election denier sanctioned in Arizona for false statements in Kari Lake's case, walks away from the DOJ…
Walking Away | Farmers and Superfans Abandon Trump Before the Midterms — September 28, 2026
Sep 28, 2026
Farmers, truckers, and Trump's own rally superfans are turning on him. Soybean prices collapsed after China stopped buying, diesel hit a record six and a half dollars a gallon in the middle of…
Follow the Money | Government Watchdog Finds ICE Wasted Millions on Detention Nobody Used — September 25, 2026
Sep 25, 2026
A government watchdog says ICE wasted tens of millions on detention space it never used, including tents and empty warehouses, after Congress gave the agency 45 billion dollars. Meanwhile new…
You Can't Do This | A Trump-Appointed Judge Orders the White House to Restore Press Passes — September 24, 2026
Sep 24, 2026
A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked Trump's press ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, ruling it likely unconstitutional and ordering the White House to restore their press passes. Reporters were…
Right Before They Vote | Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Starts Hurting His Own Voters — September 23, 2026
Sep 23, 2026
Republicans timed the One Big Beautiful Bill's Medicaid and SNAP cuts to land after the 2026 midterms. They're hitting early instead. Food stamp work requirements, expired health insurance subsidies…
Caught in the Act | The Susan Collins Bribery Scheme and the Case Trump Killed — September 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
Trump killed the FBI's bribery investigation into Congress. ProPublica reports the case ran through Susan Collins' office, built on a defense contractor who funneled $150,000 to her Super PAC through…
The Fine Print | Trump's Drug Pricing Deals Exposed — September 21, 2026
Sep 21, 2026
Trump's secret drug pricing contracts are finally public, and they show the deals protected the pharmaceutical companies instead of lowering drug prices. Tariff exemptions, confidentiality clauses…
Pulling the Plug | Republicans Sink Trump's ICE Pick — September 18, 2026
Sep 18, 2026
The White House pulls its nominee to run ICE after Republican opposition in the Senate. Rand Paul wanted DHS files on the two American citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, and the…
Begging for Mercy | Vance's Desperate Closing Message for the Midterms — September 17, 2026
Sep 17, 2026
JD Vance gives the Republican closing message for the 2026 midterms, and it amounts to begging voters for another chance. Adam breaks down why the White House can't ask for forgiveness while…
The Revolt Begins | Republicans Start Breaking With Trump Over the Iran War — September 16, 2026
Sep 16, 2026
The Pentagon's inspector general and the Congressional Budget Office just revealed the true cost of the Iran war: dozens of aircraft destroyed, bases hammered by missile strikes, and $38 billion…
The Final Blow | The Supreme Court Ends the War on Mail-In Ballots — September 15, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
The Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration's attempt to rewrite mail-in voting rules weeks before the midterms, and a whistleblower report reveals a new scheme: federal immigration officers…
Brought to You by Russia | Putin's Inner Circle Paid for Don Jr.'s Wedding — September 14, 2026
Sep 14, 2026
A ProPublica investigation reveals Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas wedding was bankrolled by Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch in Vladimir Putin's inner circle who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for…
He Quit | The Man Running Trump's Revenge Probe Walks Away — September 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
Joe diGenova has resigned from the Justice Department's grand conspiracy investigation into Trump's enemies, saying on his way out that indictments without evidence are an ethical problem. Today's…
Rigging the Census | How Trump's New Plan Redraws Political Power — September 10, 2026
Sep 10, 2026
The Trump administration wants to change who counts in the 2030 census. A new Commerce Department proposal would exclude millions of immigrants, including people here legally, and drop the race and…
The 9/11 Lie | Trump Turns the 9/11 Anniversary Into a Story About Himself — September 9, 2026
Sep 09, 2026
Trump told a fake story about firefighters carrying him to safety at Ground Zero on 9/11, days before the 25th anniversary. There's no record he was there until September 13th, and on the day of the…
The Shadow Secretary | The Unconfirmed Aide Who Ran DHS and Shopped It to Foreign Governments — September 8, 2026
Sep 08, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reports that Corey Lewandowski secretly ran Trump's Department of Homeland Security as an unpaid, unconfirmed adviser, controlling billions in DHS contracts, then offered his…
Workers Organize Anyway | A Labor Day Reckoning With Trump's War on Unions — September 7, 2026
Sep 07, 2026
Adam Kinzinger marks Labor Day with a special episode on Trump's assault on organized labor, from stripping nearly a million federal workers of collective bargaining to firing career employees…
