The election disaster is getting much worse for them

-- On the Show:

-- JD Vance publicly blames Trump's Iran war for the Republican midterm defeat, breaking with Trump less than a day after the rout

-- Trump emerges after the devastating losses and gives bizarre answers on Vance, Hegseth, impeachment, and when the Iran war ends

-- Asked if he's worried about a third impeachment, Trump insists he's not, saying it would destroy the Democratic Party instead

-- Ron DeSantis calls the Republican midterm defeat something like an extinction-level event and warns Texas is slipping away

-- Trump retreats from public view after the midterm disaster, posting about his ballroom, vote transfers, and daylight saving time

-- Trump publicly defends Pete Hegseth while reportedly asking advisers whether his Defense Secretary should be replaced after the losses

-- Mike Johnson quits Republican leadership rather than lead the minority, as Jordan and Scalise circle the job he left behind

-- Elon Musk spent roughly $474 million backing Republicans in the midterms, lost everything, and started deleting his election posts

-- On the Bonus Show: Who pays for a $1B riot, North Korea's $6 billion Binance theft, and the week in politics, and much more...

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(0:00) Start

(1:05) Vance turns on Trump

(7:55) Sickly Trump struggles

(20:29) Trump fears impeachment

(27:19) Extinction-level event for Republicans

(38:55) Trump stays in hiding

(45:53) Trump panics over Hegseth

(51:55) Johnson quits leadership

(58:50) Musk deletes his posts

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